Winter Social Notes From Garner in 1939
Sunday visits fill Garner diary with names of local families. Notes cover cordial calls at Mott, Cassity, Coram, Rulon and Sayers households, greetings at Bevier and Purdin, a serenade party for Aletha Correll, and a Community program at Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Mott’s
Hugh Cassity
Thos
Cassity
Alton Abbott
Lawrence Thudium
Lester Coram
Arthur Coram
Orville Thudium's
E.e.thudium
Richard
Don Miner
Headley Rulon
Homer Finney
Wayne Rulon
W.L
Bevier
Lawrence Ridel
Donna Spencer
Bertha Burkholder
Ora Mott
Roy Maxwell
Billie Brown
Aletha
Correll
Sunday Visitors to Mrs Sparks Household
Sunday visitors gathered at Mrs. Etta Sparks and Delpha home including Mr and Mrs Joe Crookshanks and their family, Mr and Mrs Everett Crookshanks, Mr Clarence Crookshanks and sons, and Mr and Mrs Lee Crookshanks. Also Mr and Mrs Bob Martin and daughter joined the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Smith
W. E. Sayers
Morris Crookshanks
Ronald
Beryl Warren
Shirley
Farrel
Teddy Helser
Lois
Kenneth Russell
Geo. Hess
John Molloy
Etta Sparks
Delpha
Joe Crookshanks
Everett Crookshanks
Clarence Crookshanks
Lee Crookshanks
Bob Martin
Death Claims Lena Bailey in North Salem Home
Mrs Lena Bailey aged 64 died at her North Salem residence Thursday morning January 5. The community mourns a kind neighbor as she leaves two sons, one daughter, six grandchildren and many relatives. Local notices mention many visitors and travels to Kirksville and Milan, with family members returning after illness and holiday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Bailey
North Salem
Frank
Belzer
Betty
Bile
Harold
Mary
Jerry
Larry
Fay Jennines
Oren
Public School Brownie January 12 1939 calendar joke
A January 12 1939 school bulletin lists Band events on January 16 17 with a puzzle about a motorist traveling between towns A and B and returns in seven minutes less. Sixth graders study John Winthrop Captain John Smith and William Penn while seventh graders cover Horace Mann and Mary Lyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Winthrop
John Smith
William Penn
Horace Mann
Mary Lyon
High School Practice Games And Honor Roll News
The high school teams played three practice games in the past week two against Milan and one with Brookfield. Grade cards were issued yesterday and honor roll will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Milan
Ping pong tournament winners celebrate at school house
Ten winners held a party at the school house a week ago with Gale Bartow taking the championship. L. C. Hobbs and Marjorie Campbell finished third and fourth respectively. The text urges readers to reflect on time and money spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Bartow
L. C. Hobbs
Marjorie Campbell
Teacher Advice on Homework and Laziness
A teacher states lessons are regularly skipped and urges students to do homework. The speaker recalls a past pupil who refused to work, left school, and remains in a ditch-digging job, warning students to prepare assignments and avoid lazy attitudes.
Just Imagine Gene Carr Without a Tune
John Allen Martin is noted for unusually large or small feet while Mr. Anderson withholds a quiz in a playful public notice. Mary Carter appears without Pat Gooch in this humorous item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Carr
John Allen Martin
Mary Carter
Pat Gooch
Going Up Going Down or Out of Life’s Course
A reflective piece questions personal prospects and self worth, contrasting outcomes of success or failure with the idea that individual effort determines fate. It frames life as a choice faced by the reader, emphasizing agency over fate.
Death of Mrs. Guffey and local visits noted
Green City reports list Mrs. Guffey's death on Sunday at her daughter’s home with funeral services scheduled Tuesday at Kent Funeral Home. Nearby families and friends traveled between Kirksville and Green City, and several households were noted visiting or hosting relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green City
Harry Carr
Freddie
Kirksville
Art Milhoan
John Howell
Archie Hampton
Darrell
W. C. Riddle
Jim McConnell
Everett McConnel
Lee McDorman
Eva Jerome
Emma Bebout
Frances McDorman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Browning, Missouri
Brown Qua. Mo
Virgil Sayers
Kermit Woolf's
W. E. Browning
Clarence Nichols
Duane
Harry Leslie
Carolee
Kenneth Young
Russell
Clayton Warren
Purdin
J.C. Sayers
Browning
Fairview
Merl Hess
Catherine Woolf
Glenn Jerome
Frances Foster
Robert Lambert
Harry Lambert
Theodore Steele
Marlin
Cotton Peavler
Brookfield Hospital
Lafe Peavler
Helen
Rose Hill
Lucille Moore
Jimmie
Elva Harbourn
Pansy Peavler
Darlene
Mike Peavler
Virgie
Keith Cordray
Nora Cordray
Bertha Lambert
Haleville
North Salem and Vicinity
Winigan Vicinity
Chant Johnson
Géneva
Maurine Hayes
Emma , Bebout
Frances McDerman
George Bunch
W. T. Nickell
Enid Bailey
M. Romine
Alva Hoerrmann
Blaine
C. K. Moddrell
J. L. Jones
Harley Crist
Washington
Herman Cleeton
U.S. Armay
Brownie
Volume
Boy Scouts
Room
Bernard Browning
Guess
Dorothy Quigley
Miss Glaze
Herb
Herb Powell
Clayton Harris
Edgar Morelock
James Gooch
Vernon DeVore
Jay Nickel
Harley Almond
Mr. Anderson
Palm Brand
Bartlett Pears
Palm Island
LEE Fruit
Sensation
Dickinson
M. L. Haning
T. R. McArtor
M. D
DR. Vinton Jones
Browning, Mo
E. G. Fuhrman
Osteopathic
Citizens Savings Bank of
State of Missouri
Browning Leader Record
ETS
United State
U.S
R. S. Gisepwiseen
Miia
County OF Linn
SS. We
Joseph W. Woodward
A. D
H. C. Bailey
W. P. Nickell
C. E, McGheek, M. Duncan
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