Numerous Local Residents Visit, Attend Funerals and Events
A flood of town residents visited and attended services and events across Milan Purdin and surrounding areas. People from Brookfield Kirksville and Shelby were noted guests or attendees at funerals, plays, church services, and social gatherings. Several individuals were listed for business, visiting relatives, or attending the Kirksville Warrensburg basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Jacobs
Near
Reger
Mark Gooch
Purdin
T. A. Morris
Hugh Campbell
W. W. Crawford
H. A. Talbert
J. P. Bolling
J. H. Calhoun
Chas. Maxenll
Shelby
Herbert Knight
Milan
P.W. Markham
Brookfield
Wm. Alexander
Humphreys
A. B. Walker
Satuday
Almira Jaynes
Arthur Haley
Ruth Lawrence
Frances Lou
Haseville
T. S. Eaton
Earl Stone
Near Purdin
Elmo Schrock
Near Meadville
Lary Kenley
H. W. Campbell
Keytesville
Ida Brantner
Ted
Near North Salem
Ted Brantner
Columbia
Gamble
South Methodist Sunday School
M. E. Church
Coronado
Gambles
Mt Zion Church Sets Sunday Services
M E Church Mt Zion announces preaching at Mt Zion next Sunday with morning service at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 30 o clock Pastor O B Hobbs to lead both sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Mt. Zion
O. B. Hobbs
Closing Out Farm Sale Near Laredo and Chula
Norman Harris owner closes out a farm sale two miles southeast of Laredo and ten miles north of Chula scheduled for Monday February 21. Auctioneer H V Campbell leads the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Laredo
N. I. Chula
Norman Harris
H.V. Campbell
Three Act Play Oh Aunt Jerusha Delights School Audiences
The Junior class presented Oh Aunt Jerusha at the high school auditorium last Wednesday. The play drew a large audience and kept everyone laughing from start to finish. Mrs Alpha Brantner directed the cast commendably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusha
Auditorum
Alpha Brantner
House Burns on Seven Acre Tract Near City
A fire destroyed a house on a seven acre tract two miles north east of the city. Occupants Bryan Knifong and family survived though Mrs. Knifong burned while saving items. The home, recently bought by John Burwell, carried insurance not enough to cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burwell
Bryan Knifong
Byra
Prairie Flower Club Valentine Program at Prairie Seminary
The Prairie Flower Club met February 14 at the Prairie Seminary schoolhouse for a radio program hosted by Raymond Brown. Members presented minutes, roll call, poems, biographies of Lincoln and Washington, songs and jokes with readings by Clarice Bagley, Wilma Bagley, Stella Blender, and others.
School Roll Call Names and Signatures Noted
The following members answered roll call: Bonnie Jo Patterson, Helen Gooch, Eugene Smith, Dale Blender, Pansy Lou Patterson, Dixie Smith, Leilla Brown, Wilma Bagley, Raymond Brown, Samuel Remick, Stella Blender, Billy Skeen, Clarice Bagley, and Miss Helen Bummer. Secretary Wilma Bagley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillians Brown
Bonnie Jo Patterson
Helen Gooch
Eugene Smith
Dale Blender
Pansy Lou Patterson
Dixie Smith
Leilla Brown
Wilma Bagley
Raymond Brown
Samuel Remick
Stella Blender
Billy Skeen
Clarice Bagley
Helen Bummer
Willing Workers Club Party at Duffield School House
The Willing Workers held a party at the Duffield school house on Friday night February 11 with about fifty attendees. The program featured singing games and contests followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Willing Workers
Duffield School House
John Ross
Floyd
Ra’ph
Earl Neet
Margaret
Betty
Robert
Milford Shipley
Alford
Harland
Key Shaffer
Erm McMickle
Velma
Marion
Paul Hill
Katherine
R. A
Jean
Marey W .S
Ance
Kane R Borste
Kay
John Beehnen
Ira Milner
Glenn
Denid
Verla
Gayla
Bobby
Ralph
John
Clawson
John Todd
Waard Mey Lou
Ruth
Morrow
Helen
Hazeline
Halaville Visitors Shared Sunday With Local Families
Mr and Mrs Arch Bruce and guests Mrs Bob Bartch and family Mr and Mrs Bonnie Walker and children and Mrs Reed visited Mr and Mrs Alvin Bruce and Joahn. Virgil Sayers and kids spent Sunday with Leo Bard and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Bruce
Bob Bartch
Bonnie Walker
Reed
Alvin Bruce
Joahn
Virgil Sayers
Leo Bard
Local visitors and family news from Linneus area
Mrs Lizzie Rettmann and Mrs Edwith Maize visited J R Woods on Friday. Several Sunday visits to Kenneth Young and Glenn Jerome followed by a move north of Haseville. Bert Mitchell celebrated a 94 pound baby boy born Thursday. Numerous relatives gathered for Beryl Warns birthday dinner and other visits span Linneus and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Rettmann
Edwith Maize
J. R. Wood
Kenneth Young
Theo Holser
Beryl Warren
W. E. Sayers
Cecil Browning
C. A. Woolf
Kermit Woolf
Linneus
Haseville
Arch Barnett
Kelso
Glenn Jerome’s
Tom Kimbrough
Lee Kimbrough
Ora Holser
Marvin
Trenton
Bert Mitchell
C. M. Nichols
Duane
Kermit Woolf's
Beryl Warn
Hugh Warren
Paul
Grandpa Acehs
Ed Sayers
W. EB
Carole2
Carl Jacobs
Morris Crookshanks
Ronald
Ervin Barrows
John Rottmann
Irene
LeRoy Shafer
Harry Tromerhouser
Velda Ray
Minnie Pendergast
Ira Walker
Kansas City
Clarence Maize
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Ford
J. W. Ri’de Farm
Lyle Ingraham
C. J. Ingraham
J. R. Williams
Edward
America Fleming
Howard Carter
Robert Moore
St. Louis
Weldon Sayre
Leon Montgomery
Ralph Morris
Near Cora
Browning
Lewis Stepehnson
Near Laredo
Frank Carter
Edgar Carter
W. D. Grice
Philip and
John William
Roy Calhoun
Iva Strong
Eva Kenley
Purdin High School
Almeda Johnson
Harriet Wicker
Edith Jean Burkholder
Rube Linhart
Villa Linhart
Verl Dell
James Leonard
Gilman City
Ralph Thompson
Austin Watson
O. T. Johnson
Doris Lee
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Jennie Johnson
Joe Johnson
John Crowdis
Hazel Crowdis
Eula Crowdis
Lloyd Crowdis
Nova Crowdis
Near Roger
Little ‘Lary Kenley
Harry Anderson
Eugene Thurlo
Joe Woodward
Nile Freeland
C. C. Dodson
Nile Hale
Joe D. Christy
C. L. McCormick and
Johnny Stephenson
Ed Smith
Pauline Jones
Near Brookfield
Alva Bagley
Edgar Shepherd
Raymond Warren
E. R. Warren
Donald
Leon Kenley
Gary
Eugene McKay
Burwell
Pleasant Hill Township
Rube Myers
Jance Pierce
Pardin
Thurlo
Pell Worley
Sam
Trader
H. Thurlo
Dan Haley
Haley
W. P. Nickell
Joe Nickell
Earl
H. L. Schrock
Iva Carr
Burton
Bear Branch
Eugene
Rush
Kenneth Gramling
J. E. Marvin
van Christy
Charles Edward
G. T. Woodward
Joe
Billy Rhodes
Sandra Ruth
Sara Keithley
T. W. Seale
Merrill King
Sanda Elizabeth
Maurice Lantz
Ronald Cifton
Julia Ann
C. R. Lantz
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Freeport
Genevieve
Mary Shepherd
Adelaide Morrison
Roy Taylor
Fay Bowyer and Sons
John Longwell
Electric Theatre
Jean Harlow
Robert Taylor
Happy Harmony
Prairie Flower Club
Prairie Seminary
Lincoln
George Washington
America
Dale Lee Blender
Bonnie Patterson
Washington
Pansy Leu Patterson
Valentine
Valentins
Helen Bummier
Curt Bagley
Erwin Smith
Haleville
Purina Paine
the Browning Hatchery
Stertens
Browning Farm Club
M.F
M.F.A
Hartford
White Lake
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