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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1945
Page
4
Browning High School and grade pupils contributed to the nationwide Infantile Paralysis Fund campaign on January 31. Receipts totaled 10 dollars 41 cents, with 7 dollars 80 cents from grades and 2 dollars 61 cents from the high school, roughly 12 feet of dimes.
Last week students who were not absent or tardy received a recreational hour Friday during the ninth period. Juniors and Seniors defeated Freshmen and Sophomores in Hit Pin Baseball, then the remainder of the hour featured basketball dancing and other games. Absent or tardy students studied in Study Hall and the seventh grade studied the Middle Atlantic States.
Browning Wildkittens defeated Milan 26 to 9 in Milan gymnasium to close the season. Starters included Smith Woolf and Gender at forward with McCormick Gooch and Kelly at guard. The first half saw Browning lead 19 to 5, with the B team engaging in the third quarter and P Head captaining.
Classroom guidance outlines ROOM III Social Studies lessons focusing on identifying the central thought of each topic and organizing ideas under corresponding headings. The aim is to build structured summaries that capture main ideas and supporting details for both grades.
In school notes, most pupils return while Nancy Jo Keithley and Nelson Drake are absent or away. Beginners read thirty pages and arithmetic lessons use inches to yards. Spelling tallies list many students. Darrell Arnold entertained Room 3 with a story. The Jolly Janes Club met January 31 with ten members. carpet rag tacking was the day’s work and Mrs. Fannie Buswell won the contest. next meeting is February 14.
Local families and individuals are listed visiting relatives and friends across Missouri and Kansas City. Names include Mrs F R Fanning Mrs R FE Harris and Clayton Freeland Lloyd Trumbo Emmett Haley and Matilda Haley and others. Subscriptions and medals noted for Bernard Browning and Richard Hatch.
In Art we made valentines and hatchets for February room decorations. Students studied the 16 inch square for furniture projects. The sixth grade covers decimal fractions while fifth grade handles fractions and long division. Fourth grade girls read for pencils after five perfect lessons. Mrs Floy Yardley visited Monday.
Mrs Willard Phillips hosted the True Blue Club on January 31 with Mrs Warren Gooch as leader. Everett Crookshanks Willard Phillips and Cheryl Morris attended as guests. Mrs Everett Crookshanks received gifts from her secret sister. Menu included popcorn peaches with whipped cream cookies candy tea and coffee. The next meeting is set for February 14 with Mrs James Morris.
Noble Creeks of west of Brown ing sustained severe back injuries Tuesday when he fell from a nearly twelve foot height atop a loaded hay truck. He had joined Lee Ellis Hedges and Louis Arnold in Milan with two truck loads of baled hay and fell when Hedges moved the truck without Crooks hearing the command. He was treated after the incident.
The piece uses a playful tone to discuss tire recapping as a recurring theme in the 1945 campaign. It notes that car owners and tire card holders will face continued recapping and compares tire wear to shoe heels, highlighting that some parts wear faster than others under normal conditions.
After receiving medical treatment the patient was transported to his residence where he is resting as well as can be expected, with condition described as stable and improving.
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