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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
8
Browning High School kicks off the second semester with a donkey ball game Friday night. Admission at the gate 30c adults and 17c children, advance tickets through B H S students 25c and 15c. Faculty share vacation highlights and war era civic tips from the Office of Civilian Defense.
A December 22 covered dish party at Barbara Jones home featured a decorated tree gift exchange and child gifts with booby prizes. Guests enjoyed games and a late departure thanked the hosts while grade cards are due this week. Orville S. Traylor and James Young met with 23 mattress manufacturers in Kansas City to discuss Missouri material laws.
Edward F. Williams invites all for Sunday School and Communion each Sunday at 10 00 AM Everybody is welcome at The Churches Church of Christ.
Sunday School convenes at 10:00 a m every Sunday with Herbert C Bailey as superintendent inviting all to attend.
The Methodist Church lists Rev. H. R. Tate as pastor. Sunday church school begins at 10 a.m. with H. L. Schrock serving as superintendent. Preaching services are held on the first and third Sundays each month, both morning and evening.
Notice to creditors and others interested in Lizzie A. Nester deceased. I J W Milhoan administrator will make final settlement at the next term of Linn County Probate Court in Linneus on February 9 1942. Milhoan administrator.
Mr and Mrs Ed Yagel and daughter visited at Joe Yagels Tuesday. Roy Mosley and son Jr and Charles Lee and Roscoe Beach were in Linneus and Purdin on business Saturday morning. Buford Finney visits home now. Jimmy Blackburn of St Catherine spent the weekend with his father Silas Blackburn. Mr and Mrs Glen Wilson spent Sunday at Ed Jones. Junior Mosley absent from school Thursday and Friday due to illness. Mr Walter Guyer fell and broke his leg and is progressing as well as can be expected. Leo Othic spent the weekend with family. Mrs Herman Klamm visited Mrs Ida Wilson and Mabel Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Homer Finney spent Wednesday in Brookfield. Marvin Cooper in Purdin Sturday on business. Roy Mosley spent Friday in Brookfield on business.
About 25 million school children will have an unprecedented opportunity to aid in defeating Axis aggression through the Defense Savings program. The effort aims to involve youngsters nationwide in patriotic savings drives and related activities.
A rallying message from Dan M. Nee urges citizens to buy U.S. Defense Bonds and Stamps to support servicemen at Wake Island Midway Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. It advises wage earners to use the Savings Plan via postmasters or bankers and to keep buying until democracy is safe.
The Treasury Department announces a school program by the Defense Savings Staff emphasizing Defense Savings through stamp booths, student information squads, and Parent-Teacher Associations. A bulletin titled Sharing America outlines ways children can cooperate, aiding teachers in integrating defense savings into classroom work. D. John W. Studebaker praises the educational approach as sound and beneficial for America’s war effort.
Farmers in Sullivan County show rising interest in land fertility. In 1942, 120 tons of phosphate were used and plans indicate increases this year. A forty ton car was distributed last week. Measured gains include more hay and pasture yields, with examples from Clay and Pleasant Hill townships. Names of farmers who secured fertilizer are listed. A separate note mentions a push by Republicans to raise General Assembly pay, to be decided in November 1942.
Governor Forrest C. Donnell and Attorney-General Roy Mc Kittrick agreed on a procedure to determine the Highway Patrols authority to conduct criminal investigations. Papers for the suit are being prepared with Superintendent Ginn of the patrol. William B Robertson of St. Louis was named commander of the Missouri Wing of the Civil Air Patrol by Mayor LaGuardia, director of national civilian defense, per the governor. Jewett H Fulkerson of Lebanon was appointed County Clerk of Laclede County by Governor Donnell on December 18, succeeding the late Edward O Wagoner.
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