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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
4
The General Purpose Club held a February 8 meeting with ten members four visitors and four men plus children. New members Mrs Dale Bartimus and Mrs Harold Rinehart raised membership to eighteen. A rag tearing craft noted ten pounds of rags and a bountiful cafeteria style lunch followed.
Mrs Myrtie Garrett hosted the Homeworkers club on February 8 with eight members nine visitors and one child present. Activities included hemming and embroidery of pillowcases and tea towels a luncheon and a roll call grab bag exchange.
Mrs. Doris Hanman hosted a Stitch and Chatter gathering with thirty four attendees despite bad roads. Members quilted a comfort and did embroidery before the day ended while supporting the March of Dimes and aiding soldiers abroad.
The True Blue Club met February 14 with hostess Mrs James Morris and leader Mrs Junior Phillips. Twelve members attended, singing, prayer, and roll call on remedies for a cold. Discussion focused on Club Courtesies and a reading on Does this fit you. Games followed. guest Oma Phillips Moore from Berkeley, California joined. Gifts were given to Mrs Joe Long and Mrs Eiva Crookshanks. candy and apples served. Next meeting scheduled with Mrs Orryl Brown on February 28.
Mrs Bertie Haley hosted the Senior Circle of the Women's Society of Christian Service on February 15 with fifteen members and four visitors. The meeting opened with a song, prayers, reports showed a $17.32 treasury and $5.00 collected including two birthday offerings.
January 1945 brought frequent heavy snow totaling 15.1 inches with four major snowfalls between the 5th and 29th. The month also had mild periods from the 11th to the 8th, with a cold end, and precipitation slightly above normal at 1.62 inches. The coldest day occurred on the 31st with a -10 high of 13 and a record low of -4 on the 4th and 9th. Weather elsewhere saw 30 inch storms in the northeast.
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Elsberry hosted the Willing Workers Club on February 7 with eleven members six visitors six men and five children present A cafeteria style dinner was served Begonias in an antique vase decorated the table The meeting opened at two o clock with the hostess reading the first Psalm Minutes were read and approved Roll call answered by grab bag Birthday gift given to Mrs Sylvia Skeen Hostess gifts totaling sixty cents won by Mrs John Gooch An Advocate article read by Isabel Gooch Soldier s Mother s Prayer read by Nelle Williams Next meeting set with Mrs Fred Cotter February 21 Washington birthday roll call noted.
Fifteen club members plus six men and two visitors met February 7 at Mrs. Grace Pipes and daughter Waverly’s home. Alva Sayers was honored with the Happy Birthday song as gifts were discussed including donations to Mt Zion Church and the Infantile Paralysis fund.
The Junior play Look Me In The Eye will be presented Friday night March 9 in Browning School Auditorium. Show starts promptly at 8:00 p m with admission prices and reserve seat tickets to be announced in next Leader Record.
The high school and seventh and eighth grades attended a Friday afternoon service at 1:30. The congregation sang a hymn, followed by prayer by Rev. Mehr. Rev. Hackman gave the address on the upcoming Lenten season, stressing the Four F's: food, fun, friendship, and faith. The students sang again as they were dismissed.
The six weeks ended last Friday with seniors facing exams and multiple duties. The Black and White staff published the Black and White and Servicemen's Newsletter while some bookkeeping students work on Walker Practice Sets. The junior play has drawn two seniors Jeanne Woolf and Peggy Head into the cast and cap and gown preparations begin. Mr. Forrest Crooks attended school recently and C. D. Mitchell from Central College is mentioned.
Miss Mary Eunice Stephenson from Culver-Stockton College explained the schools they represented. Leroy Beckett thinks he knows which school will get him The Amy. He took his physical examination last Monday and passed. We all hope he will be allowed to finish school.
The W S of CS Circle No 1 asked the Music department for special numbers for the Washington Tea to be held Thursday February 22. Solos and ensembles are being prepared.
Four teams Trojans Amazons Tigers Avengers compete in a two game slate Tuesday and Thursday at 3 40. Team rosters include captains Kelly Golf Smith Gooch and more. Winners reach the championship while losers meet for consolation with six and a half minute quarters.
The Juniors spend most spare time studying for the Junior play Look Me in The Lye. Practice occurs nightly and during English Literature period. Students cooperate in learning their parts. Sophomores note Helen Johns Dixon returns to school after absence. They draft friendly letters and worry over upcoming citizenship grades. Girls discuss dresses for the Junior and Senior Banquet.
A student completed outside reading and earned 15 points in English. The record indicates participation in the program and the point total awarded for the assignment.
The six weeks show Freshmen at B H S are becoming more active in student life. A new student, Ronald Ogle, joined the class a week ago Friday, and the group is eager to welcome newcomers.
This week's notes report grade cards due, hope for more Honor Roll recognition, and encouragement for improved effort. Students enjoyed a Valentine party last Wednesday. a Farm Club meeting is planned for February 21 with a few numbers to perform. Outside reading is checked, with most meeting quotas and a few laggards. New library books remove excuses for missing required reading. Language Arts remains challenging as the class drills adjectives and adverbs while making sentences.
Last Wednesday afternoon our room held a Valentine party with many valentines exchanged. Mrs Shannon visited our room last Thursday afternoon as we approach the end of six months of school with twelve weeks left.
Students studied Paul Laurence Dunbar lullaby and Thomas Daly pieces Mia Carlotta and Da Greta Baseball. Fine Arts explored songs about Lincoln and Washington and created art on pioneer life, including portraits and scenes of Lincoln Gettysburg Address and George Washington Martha Washington.
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