Community Christmas Visits and Health Updates
Local families from Mooresville, Trenton, and surrounding areas shared holiday gatherings and hospital updates. Treated at Trenton Hospital for illness, Mrs. Harley Smith was seriously sick. Nolan Bruce underwent appendicitis surgery in St. Louis, with a positive recovery report. Extended kin visited, and multiple households hosted Christmas dinner with relatives from Linneus, Brookfield, Phillips, and Phoenix among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Gooch
Fritz Brinkley
Dale Gooch
Maudie Ray
Harley Smith
Trenton
Sharon Sayers
W. E. Sayers
Mooresville
Haseville
McArtor
W.R. Phillips
E. W. Crookshanks
W. E. Morris
Floy Morris
Julius Wood
Vane Kingsolver
Morris Crookshanks
Glen Morris
Billy Morris
Dickinson Items Informal Christmas Gatherings Across Families
Mrs Henry Lambert visited daughter and family while Mr Riddle toured Rockford Illinois. Numerous households shared Christmas dinners and gatherings including the Longwells Bowyers Brittons Woodside Calhoun and Jenkins with multiple generations present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lambert
Eldon Riddle
Riddle
Rockford
Illinois
Oral Riddle
Wayne Abbott
John Walden
Mary and
Betty Campbell
Pollock, Mo
Flossie Wyatt
Camora Abbott
Ellis
Glenn Abbott
Browning
Alva Deskins
Near
Milan
Jesse Longwell
John Longwell
Ronald Bowyer
Kansas City
Fay Bowyer
Raymond
Allen Belzer
Tommy
Kenneth
Judy
Philip McKenzie
Phyllis Lynn
Gloria Jean
Johnny
Eugene
Helen Ann West
Herbert Longwell
Norman Woodside
Jess Woodside
Nelson Britton
Junior Hollon
Marlin Woodside
Archie Dickinson
Everett Hale
Larry
Elaine
Wayne Britton
Jessie M
Artie Calhoun
James Calhoun
Nelson Woodside
Howard Jenkins
Local Notes From Scottsville Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Lyle Wickham visited Clarence Fanning s home last week. Miss Edna Lee Smith and Billy Head wed last Monday. Rosalie McClaren led a school Christmas program and received a chenille bed spread from the district. Jean Watson and Jerald Smith married last week and were honored Friday night at Henry Watson s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Wickham
Clarence Fanning
Edna Lee Smith
Billy Head
Ellis Shepherd
Roger
Allen McClaren
Allen Fanning
Pearly
Ralph King
Herbert Bailey
Rosalie McClaren
Jean Watson
Jerald Smith
Henry Watson’s
Joe Ford
Allen Fanning’s
Amiel King of
Pearly King’s
Christmas Holiday Socials and Local News in Shelby
Shelby residents share holiday activities with notes on Santa visits and store tidings. Local merchants dismantled decorations after Christmas while Browning Drug Co. offered festive storefronts. Families including Head, Boyles, Keithley, and R. E. Boyles attend gatherings and dinners across Shelby Linneus and Chillicothe, with Bendix Air Co. workers receiving ham gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Shelby
Santa
Browning Drug Co
Browning
Diane Head
Curt Bauer
Agnes Boyles
Curt
St. Joseph
Mr. Freeman
Ralph Richardson
Glenn
R. E. Boyles
Crede Boyles
Mary Helen
Fred Keithley
Linneus
Irene Keithley
Chillicothe
Roberta
Boyles Rothers
Crede
Nolan
Robert
Herbert
Kansas City
Bendix Air Co
Robert Steele
Holidays Visit Residents Share Festive Furlough Tales
Mr and Mrs Donald Dixon arrived Thursday at the Richardson home in Tulsa Oklahoma to spend the holidays with relatives. Junior Rulon is home on a ten day furlough visiting family and grandfather Alec Finney. Wesley and Harold Wilson joined relatives over the weekend and attended the Brookfield theater Sunday. Verlin Christian and Perry Christian spent Christmas with Mrs Christian's parents Chas Wilson and brother Harold. Chas Gibson of Brookfield spent Sunday before Christmas with Donna Craig and then Christmas with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Collins
Leota Haley
Everett Lay
Omak
Washington
Jesse Longwell
Charley Steward
Leroy Hunter
Brookfield
Clifford Comer
Brunswick
Woodrow Deskins
Linneus
Alva Deskins
Milan
Ronald MacDonald
Phoenix
Arizona
Norman McDonald
Harold Denny
Bailey
Tom Bast
Mendon
Bast
Robert Lambert
John Longwell
Herbert Lambert
LeRoy Lambert
Iowa
Calvin Lambert
Purdin
Clinton, Bennett
Browning
Lucille
Herman Wayne Cooper
Kansas City
Buddy Gall
Gall
May Monroe
Elva
Cecil Lambert
Donald Dixon
Mr. Richardson
Tulsa
Oklo
Junior Rulon
Alec Finney
Wesley
Harold Wilson
Nolan Boyles
Brookfield Theater
Verlin Christian
Perry Christian
Christian
Cha
John Latta
H. B. Reed and
Loraine Smith
Lawrence Elliott
Roger
Arlin
Neal DeVore
Luther DeVore
Bud Tate
James Fowler
Milton Fowler
Unionville
Phyllis Smith
Dorsey Smith
Travis Smith
George Doolin
Chillicothe
Vedn »Warren
Ervin Barrows
Reagan
James. Fowler
Grove Gilmer
Francis Gooch
Kansas
Berry Phillips
St. Joseph
Dean Gooch
Max Falconer
Stanley Falconer
Brookfield Hospital
Orra’ Smith
John Smith
St. Louis
Glen Smith
Meadville
J. P. McKenzie
Glenn Duncan
Delmar Oertwig
Grover Garrett
Purdin Area Holiday Guests Shared by Many Families
John Kollasch of Iowa spent the holidays with his brother and their families. Dozens of local residents hosted or attended Christmas gatherings and dinners with relatives from multiple states, including Missouri Kansas and Illinois.
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Purdin Mercantile Co
The regular annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Purdin Mercantile Co. will be held at their office on January 27, 1952 at 7:00 p.m. to elect directors for the ensuing year and conduct any other business properly coming before the meeting. Glenn Duncan, Secretary. First insertion January 38, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdin Mercantile Co
Glenn Duncan
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Scottsville News
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Ray Cloud
Roe Connelly
Sima Chambers
Mark Gooch
Imogene Foster
George Jenkins
Robert Abell
Ed Ogle
McLarney Hospital
R. D. Peterson
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J. D. Nichols
Marshall, Mo
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Harrison Nichols
Merle Blackburn
Howard Harman
Harrison Blackburn
Earl Hess
Wichita
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Bob Ross
Kan
van Vendl
Daughters
Columbia
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Howard
Dakota
Frank Lambert
Betty
Ton Kingsolver
Edward Larbar
Grafton Kingsolver
Melvin Lewis
Verne McNeal
Clay Powell
Patty
Scott Powell
Eddie Potts
Marceline
Neal Norvell
Roscoe Norvell
McNeal
Geo. Jenkins
Con
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Jess Pulliam
Purdin, Missouri
George Street
The
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Farmers Rendering Co
Benton Township
Linn County
Jas. N. Chambers
Roads & Bridges
Mac Hagan
J. M. Hagan
Hobson & Company
Floyd Waltz
B. E. Gender
Purdin Lumber Co
Hobson & Co
Gamble
Purdin Farm Club
E. G. Kollasch
Labor
Harold Seckington
Ellis Adams
Clara Kingsolver
Elec
Allilee Able
Earl Moore
Gamble Store
the Bulletin
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Lawrence Cooper
Labe
Linn
Purdin Special Road District
Browning Leader Record
Renton Township
Ray C. Cloud
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