Young couple married in Trenton Missouri
Lois Watson and Cpl. Donald Axtell wed in Trenton Missouri at two pm Tuesday November 30 the Probate Judge George Hubbell presiding The bride is daughter of Henry and Mrs Watson and the groom son of Earl and Mrs Axtell The couple had a wedding supper at the Henley home and will reside with Lois parents while Don remains at Camp McCain Mississippi The groom returned to camp December 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Watson
Cpl
Donald Axtell
Trenton
Missouri
George Hubbell
Lois
Henry Watson
Near Browning
Cpl. Axtell
Earl Axtell
Humphreys
Humphreys High School
Gene Henley
East of Galt
Axtell
Camp McCain
Mississippi
Reverend Garfield Hill Weds Bertha Turner in Meadville Area
The Rev. Garfield Hill united in marriage Mrs. Bertha Turner of Boon Tennessee on December 8. The ceremony was held at 1:00 PM at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C N Huston in Laclede with Rev W R Adams officiating. The couple will live on a Browning area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Hill
Near Browning
Bertha Turner
Boon
Tennessee
Laclede
C. N. Huston
W. R. Adams
Meadville
Browning
Tax Collector's Notice for Jackson Township Tour
Tax Collector Etta Browning will visit Hecla on December 20 Haseville on December 21 and Shafter on December 23 to collect taxes for Jackson Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecla
Haseville
Shafter
Jackson Township
Etta Browning
Homeworkers Club Meeting Notes December Day
The Homeworkers Club held an all day meeting on December 9 with opening song In the Garden and roll call My favorite hymn. Eight cents penny collection. Attendees included Mrs. Robert Smith and son Jerry, Mrs. Hazel Johns, Mrs. Tressie Tate, Mrs. Blanche Mur vell, Mrs. Gale Zimmerman, Mrs. Elda Wolfe, and Mrs. Kathryn Taylor. Next gathering set for December 21 with Mrs. Tressie Tate. C. R.
Legion and Auxiliary Meeting Set for December 17
All members of the American Legion and Auxiliary are requested to meet at the Legion Home on Friday night December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion and Auxiliary
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Home
Linn County Named Fourth War Loan Drive Chair
Ellis Brownlee, head of Brownlee-Moore Banking Co. in Brookfield, is reappointed Linn County chairman for the Fourth War Loan Drive opening January 18 and ending February 15. District 4 covers Linn Harrison Daviess Caldwell Mercer Grundy Livingston Putnam and Sullivan with county chairs named across the group. Missouri War Finance officers are listed and Linn County surpassed its September quota at 110.7 percent with 697 492 dollars raised toward a 630 000 goal along with other counties meeting theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Brownlee
Brownlee-Moore Banking Company
Brookfield
Linn County
W. W. Alexander
Trenton
Linn
Harrison
Daviess
Caldwell
Mercer
Grundy
Livingston
Putnam
Sullivan
W. M. Planck
Bethany
Floyd S. Truggle
Gallatin
L. G. Enlers
Hamilton
J. T. Robbins
Princeton
S. M. Rissler
Edgerton
Welch
Chillicothe
John Rogers
Milan
A. L. Cassidy
Unionville
Missouri War Finance Committee
Walter W. Head
General American Life Insurance Company
St. Louis
Dan M. Nee
Internal Revenue
Kansas City
Earl H. Shackleford
Baxter B. Bond
Hannibal
Robert E. L. Hill
Columbia
Swing Your Partner at Electric Theatre Featuring Lulu Belle and Scotty
The Electric Theatre presents Lulu Belle and Scotty in Swing Your Partner with Dale Evans and Roger Clark in a gay romance. Pappy Cheshire helps distressed characters including Esther Dale as a spinster owner of Bird Dairies find happiness. Vera Vague and Ransom Sherman provide radio familiar humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Belle
Scotty
WLS
Dale Evans
Chase and Sanborn
Roger Clark
Pappy Cheshire
Esther Dale
Pappy
Vera Vague
Ransom Sherman
Livestock and Animal Assets Listed by Corey McQuown
Eight whiteface calves thirty breeding ewes one work team three years old mare and gelding weight three thousand pounds listed by Corey McQuown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corey McQuown
Dessert Bridge Honoring Mrs Herbert Bailey
Hostess Mrs. Herbert Bailey entertained with a Dessert Bridge last Friday evening. Table decors featured miniature Santa Claus candles. Guests included Mesdames Bartow Bolling Brantner Carter Calhoun Calhoun Forbes Gooch Gooch Haning Heselton Kings Johnson Moore Neet Nevins Peters Rhodes Roach Thurlo Williams and Misses Burkholder Peterson. High score favor won by Mrs. Rhodes, low by Mrs. Neet, traveling prize to Mrs. Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bailey
Mesdames
T. S. Bartow
James P. Bolling
Ted Brantner
Edgar Carter
Hardy Calhoun
Roy Calhoun
David Forbes
Ray Gooch
Wayne Gooch
Farm For Sale 160 Acres NW of Browning
160 acre improved farm listing seven miles northwest of Browning. Asking price 3500 with reasonable down payment and 44 percent balance. Contact Homer Higgins in Milan Missouri for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Homer Higgins
Milan
Tax Collector Roy Miller Schedules December Visitation
Notice to Taxpayers lists Roy C. Miller as Collector of Enterprise Two who will be at Purdin on December 11 24 and 31 and in Browning on December 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdin
Browning
Roy C. Miller
Enterprise Two
Farm Bureau Board Elects Officers and Adds New Members
Seven of twelve Farm Bureau Board members attended the first meeting of 1944 after a Christmas dinner at the Commercial Hotel. Elmo Schrock was elected president with Mrs. Harold Thorne as vice president, Mrs. Edgar Morris as secretary, and Tom Wade as treasurer. New members Howard Wickhizer and Ray Kelly were welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau
Commercial Hotel
Elmo Sehreck
Howard Wickhizer
Ray Kelly
Harold Thorne
Lee Lyons
Leslie Baugher
Tom Wade
College of Agriculture
H. Elmo Schrock
Edgar Morris
R. B. Baker
Wsa
Ralph Rogers
Merle Costigan
Linn County
A. Fouss
A. D. Leavell
Earl Campbell
Donald Sensintaffer
News of the Browning School Farce and Basketball Wins
A three act farce by Jay Tobias titled News of the Browning School features Agnes Martyn and Henry Turner in a plan to surprise their children and ends with a joyous engagement. Browning basketball teams defeated Milan in two games with a 29 to 5 second-string win and an overtime close for the first team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Tobias
Agnes Martyn
Henry Turner
Sammie
Doris
Agnes
Henry
Browning
Milan
Browning Boys
Ray Duane Peterson Among Hutchinson Naval Cadets
Ray Duane Peterson of Browning Missouri arrives at Hutchinson Kansas Naval Air Station with other draftees for active duty. The group trains as seamen second class, undergoes indoctrination, and moves toward pre flight school and flight training to earn Ensign or Second Lieutenant ranks. Peterson is a Browning High School graduate from the class of 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kansas
Hutchinon Naval Air Station
Tarmars
Ray Duane Peterson
Browning
Missouri
B. H. Peterson
Navy
Naval Air Stations
Naval Aviation
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Browning High School
Willing Workers Club Christmas Meeting Report
The Willing Workers Club met December 9 with ten members four children and three men. Quilting was done and a cafeteria style noon dinner served. Imogene Taylor presided at two with St Matthew read. Gift exchange decided for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Louise Hollon
Imogene Taylor
St. Matthew
Sylvia Sheen
Lydia Shepherd
Charney Lay
Lucille Norvell
Emma Haley
Dwight Sheen
Stitch And Chatter Club Meets For Quilt Day
The Stitch and Chatter Club gathered with Mrs Lydia Barclay for a day of fellowship and embroidery. Fourteen members attended along with one visitor and five men while Blanche H and Lydia received birthday gifts from secret sisters. The group plans to meet Doris Han man on Thursday December 16 and hold a Xmas exchange during roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Barclay
Allie
Alta
Alpha
Bessie
Blanche B
Blanche H
Camora
Clara
Florence
Irene
Iva
Leah
Lydia
Mildred
Bill
Ibb
Jim
George
Walter
George Walker
Doris Hanman
Local Soldier Receives Good Conduct Medal
Corporal S. J. Bartow of the Troop Carrier Command in the Mediterranean Theater has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal for faithful service and devotion to duty. An auto mechanic and shop foreman before enlistment, he is married to Mrs. Shirley Bartow of Purdin and son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bartow, Sr., of Browning Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop Carrier Command
New York
N. Y
Browning
Missouri
XII
AAF
S. J. Bartow
Mediterranean
Corporol Bartow
Shirley Bartow
Purdin
S. J. Bartow, Sr
Tax collection schedule notice for Ben ton township
Lela Neet collector lists December tax collection dates at Citizens Savings Bank Brown and Bank of Purdin. Banks will be open on December 10 14 18 24 and 30 at Brown and December 11 17 21 28 31 at Purdin to collect Benton township taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Savings Bank
Brown
Bank of Purdin
Benton Township
Lela Neet
Nelle Williams
Dinner in Honor of Pfe Quentin Henley at Camp McCain
A Sunday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Fay Peterson honored Private First Class Quentin Henley stationed at Camp McCain Mississippi. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Cal Henley and son Quentin Humphreys Mr and Mrs Eugene Henley Laclede Mr and Mrs Sylvester Johnson Humphreys Mr and Mrs A D Peterson Mr and Mrs Cliff Peterson and Erma Mr Charley Thornton Mrs Bertha Jennings Mr and Mrs Joe Nevins and family Mr and Mrs Jerry Jenning and family and Mr and Mrs E F Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Quentin Henley
Camp McCain
Fay Peterson
Mississippi
Cal Henley
Quentin
Eugene Henley
Humphreys
Sylvester Johnson
Laclede
A. D. Peterson
Cliff Peterson
Erma
Charley Thornton
Bertha Jennings
Joe Nevins
Jerry Jenning
E. F. Peterson
Behold a Mystery Sermon at Assembly of God Church
Pastor C G Tiahrt preaches on being born again and the change of heart required for salvation. Services held on Main Street every Saturday and Sunday night at 8:00. The message compares church membership to faith and urges spiritual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Main Street
Brown Points For Waste Fats
The housewife may now receive one brown ration point for each half-pound of salvage kitchen fats she takes to her retailer. In addition she will continue to receive four cents a pound. Retailers will not give points for less than a pound or for any fractional overweight.
Dear Mr and Mrs Woodward Service Greeting from Texas Hospital
Pvt James Gooch writes from McClickey General Hospital Temple Texas December 7 1943 praising the Leader Record for space given to service men. He thanks Browning and area residents for letters and packages and shares his recovery from a back injury with walking aid and hope to return to duty by spring. He wishes a happy Christmas and successful New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClickey General Hospital
Temple
Texas
Woodward
Browning
Wood Lot
James Gooch
City Tax Collection Dates Set at Citizens Savings Bank
Nelle Williams, City Collector, announces tax collection days at Citizens Savings Bank on December 10 14 18 24 and 30. Citizens urged to bring tax notices and payment.
Letter From M W Robison Auxiliary Air Station
A 1948 correspondence from M W Robison AEM 3/c at Waldron Field to Mr and Mrs Woodward describes a pleasant surprise meeting a Brookfield soldier T Sgt James McHargue and mentions classmates, rainfall, and hopes to return to Browning. He requests Nyle Freeland's address and notes receiving weekly papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Robison
Waldron Field
Woodward
Browning
Corpus
James McHargue
Brookfield
Lila Williams
Harlington
Nyle Freeland
M. W. Rob’son
AEM
Kirksville visit announced for Congressman Wat Arnold
Dr Wat Arnold a Missouri congressman plans to stay in Kirksville during December due to time and fuel limits. He will be at the Kirksville post office on December 16 17 29 30 and 31 to assist with official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wat Arnold
Kirksville
Missouri
Rationing Up To Date For Various Goods And Coupons
Ration details cover meat cheese butter and fats Brown Stamps L M N and P valid through January 1. Green Stamps A B C and D E F TV book valid through December 20 and January 1 respectively. Sugar Stamp 29 in Book IV good for five pounds through January 15. Shoes Stamp 18 Book I and Shoes Stamp 1 Airplane Page Book II valid indefinitely for one pair each. Gasoline Coupon No. 9 in A sheets valid for three gallons through January 21. Tires final inspection dates for B holders February 28 and A holders March 31. Period 1 10 gallons valid through January 4. Period 2 10 gallons through February 7. Period 3 10 gallons through March 13.
Worship Service and Youth Fellowship at Methodist Church
The Methodist Church announces a worship service led by Pastor Gregory K. Poole with a note of peace from John 16 33. A youth fellowship is also planned at the church on 700 Eee Eee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Methodist Church
Gregory K. Poole
John
Tax collection schedule for Duncan Township posted
Robert Fields, collector, announces tax collection routes and times. Cora mornings December 3 10 17 24 and Roger afternoons same days. Browning all day December 4 11 18 and January 1. Milan all day December 14 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Roger
Browning
Milan
Duncan Township
Robert Fields
Diary of Slats on family, races, and daily mishaps
A fragmenting diary recounts Mrs Fletch, Otto mobell man, and a dying plan, plus Pa noting race track prices for the poor. The child logs daily lessons and small domestic observations from Monday to Wednesday, including a humorous misreading of a letter and a school composition on discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletch
Munzy
Unkel
Wensday
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hill-Turner
Timothy Hay
Hubert Atkins
Electric Theatre
By Rele
Hutchinson, Kansas
Naval Air Base
Assembly of God
C. G. Tiahrt
Jas. Gooch
Hospital
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