Easter Seals drive set for Missouri in 1948
The Missouri Easter Seal Sale runs Feb 28 to Mar 28 with statewide chair Zoe Harwood in Linn County and Archer O Reilly Jr of St Louis as society president. Gov Phil Donnelly leads the honorary committee as the Helen Easter Seal program funds braces wheels and home teaching for crippled children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Zoe 8. Harwood
Linn County
Archer O’reilly, Jr
St. Louis
Missouri Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri Society
Robert E. Bruner
Kansas City
Shafter Items Highlight New Baby and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Rayburn Hicks welcomed an 844 lb baby girl named Janet Rae born February 9. The report lists numerous social visits and moves among Shafter residents including the Wood, Crookshanks, Hicks, Browning, Morris, and Mulloy families with gatherings in Chillicothe Linneus Browning Meadville and Tre ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn Hicks
Janet Rae
Raymond Browning
George Buckner
Charles Lecla
Cecil Browning
W. J. Phillips
Bud Gilmer
Chillicothe
Julius Wood
Fay Coulter
Shafter
Darfald Hutchingon
Gene
Linneus
James Browning
Everett Crookshanks
Edgar Morris
Meadville
Ida Thompson
Darraid Hutchinson
Treton
James Morris
Glenn Morris
Billy Morris
Floy Morris
Bob Shiflett
Brookfield
True Blue Club
Everett
Crookshanks
Browning
Kshanks
Donna
Doris
Hecla
Bud Gilmer, Jr
Junior Phillips
Chiffcothe
Carlos Hicks
Bonnie
Virgil Molloy
Local family notes and social visits in Linneus area
Sunday visits and gatherings fill local notices with kinship ties. Betty Tate Marjorie Brown attended 4-H events in Trenton while Bertha Tate hosted relatives on Shafter Road. Molloy family dental visits, Tucker birthday party, and hospital concerns for Mrs. Glen Westfall are noted among numerous informal calls and travel to California and Kirksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Phillips
Noel High
Purdin
Betty Tate
Marjorie Brown
Trenton
Joe Edmundson
Bertha Tate
Wm. Morris
Lawrence Tate
Shafter Road
Bob Shiflett
Marilyn
Tommy
Julius Wood
Jennie Sue Morris
Billy Morris
Floy
Edgar Morris
Billy Mo
Verne Turner
Donald
Linneus
Bob Turner
Morris
Mi Wen Stevenson
Winer
Glenn Mornses
PE. Molloy
Valentine offers first son John Webster to Witt couple
A baby boy named John Webster was born February 14 at Pickler Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. J Witt, the first son for the couple. The note lists extended family visits and travels, including Fred Tunnell recovering in Veterans Hospital at Wadsworth Kansas and other relatives returning from trips to California Old Mexico Iowa and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
J Witt
Pickler Hospital
John Webster
Fred Tunnell
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Kansas
Gene Rogers
Richard Haddox
David
Clarks
Ed Moffitt
Sumner
Will
C. J. DeWitt
Carl Partin
California
Old Mexico
Floyd King
Iowa
Ralph
Pearly
Geo. Moffitt
Winigan
Tom Greenstreet
Jim
Fairview School Hosts Valentine Party Friday
The Fairview school held a Valentine party on Friday with students participating in festive activities and classroom celebrations.
PURDIN ITEMS
Weather improved after cold snowy spell. Tom Armstrong recovering. Urbach sons visiting relatives. Mrs Grafton injured leg rebroken and in Grim-Smith hospital. Grafton King solvers visited Kirksville. Mrs Fen Street ill, hopes for improvement. Mrs Callie Smith returned from St Louis after hospital checkup. Also noted in Mercantile’s Grocery Department news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Armstrong
Roy Urbach
Grafton
Grim-Smith Hospital
Grafton Kingsolver
Kirksville
Fen Street
Callie Smith
Bennie Huston
St. Louis
Mercantile
Scottsville Items Mrs Hubert Atkins Visits Davenport Iowa
Mrs. Hubert Atkins traveled to Davenport Iowa last week for a few days visit. The trip was described as a general outing with no stated purpose beyond leisure and time away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Atkins
Davenport
Iowa
Smith School Valentine Party T: Smith School Valentine Party
Smith school enjoyed a Valentine party Friday afternoon with teacher Bobby Morve serving pop candy bars cookies and gum to the students. Executor Notice of Alcestes M Searty s estate granted to administrator by Linn County Missouri Probate Court with January 24 1948 hearing date. Creditors must file claims within six months to share in the estate or be barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith School
Bobby Morve
Alcestes M. Searty
Linn County
Missouri
Ethel Adams
C.A. Johnson
Probate
Nancy Powell
Florence Murrell
Local Notices and Social Briefs From Farm Community
The item outlines family news and local events including Mrs Rosa Dodson and Mrs Albert Doolan relatives visiting, John Deere Day attendance, visits with Lena Ford and family, Hubert Atkins taking bulls to the Hereford Roundup in Kansas City, Wm Havens buying the Mrs Sarah Assfield farm and planning a spring move, Jr and Mrs J D Seaman trading in Browning, J T Hoselton purchasing a saw mill with Ray sawing logs, and local school children participation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Dooland
Rosa ‘Dodson
John Deere
Lena Ford
Hubert Atkins
Kansas City
Wm. Havens
Sarah Assfield
Egns Spring
J. D. Seaman
Browning
J.T. Hoselton
Ray
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Fern N. Woodward
G. T. Woodward
Carolene Tucker
Jessie M. Britton
Glenda Brantner
John Tucker
Melvin Gray
Timmy
Byron Taylor
Allen
Junior
Bery
Taylor
Beverly
Herbert
Lambert
Kenneth
Charley Smith
Marlin Belzer
Dixie
Jackie
Willard Bailey
Karen
Patsy
Glen Westfall
Laughlin Hospital
Walter Head
Relanton
Elmo
Jessie M
Sam"day
Loyd Crowdis
Donald Hunsaker
Fairview Dist
Fairview
Browning Lumber Company
Scottsville
Bing” Ellison
Cora, Missouri
Bailey Maytag Company Sales & Service
Civic Club
Mermaids
Peterson
Browning Civic Club All Stars
Galt Merchants
Electric Theatre
Randolph Scott
Binnie Barnes
Rexall
Vee
Magnesia
Porat
Vane
Edicine
Browning Drug Company
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