Visit to Our Old Home Country in Missouri and Oklahoma
Hesket Reed recounts a multi state family reunion and visits in Missouri and Oklahoma from Vici Oklahoma starting Saturday. The journey includes Kansas City Chillicothe Liberty Independence and Oklahoma City with kinfolk such as Mr and Mrs C L Trumbo Walter K Smith and Betty Sue Reed. The trip ends with a return to Vici on Wednesday and praise for Missouri hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heskett Reed
Maggie Smith
Vici
Oklahoma
Katy
Woodward
Kansas City
Albert H. Smith
E. List St
Mrs. Smith
Henry Smith
Chillicothe
Willie Grimes
Charlie Grimes
Emery Trumbo
Robert Burtch
Minnie Burtch
Effie Dennis
Ralph
Bill Engleman
Irvin Engleman
Missouri
Robbie Reed
Cecil Reed
Betty Sue
Betty Sue Reed
Minnie Pendergast
Will
Dixie
Will Pendergast
Harry Trummerhouse
Okie Trummerhouse
Velda
Business
Ernest Trumbo
Roger
Ella van Horn
George
Mollie Cassaday
Reed
Glenn Powell
Union Station
Walter Smith
Corney
Smith
Oklo
Walter Kheed
Vastyl Ann
Karen Smith
Walter K. Smith
Price pressures on yard goods and dresses during wartime
Browning residents face rising costs of cotton and rayon yard goods as price ceilings ripple through spinners dyers and finishers. The article explains how labor and material ceilings create higher finished fabric prices while makers seek cheaper inputs. A War Production Board pledge to provide relief by fall is met with skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
OPA
War Production Board
Warm Weather Drought Persists. Community Notes July Activities
The Fairview district reports two dry, hot weeks and ongoing rain shortage. 4-H Club members and guests toured Trenton Park on July 2 for a picnic and swimming, with many local families listed as attendees. Death of neighbor Mrs. Josephine Purdin noted. numerous visits, family gatherings, and military family updates fill recent local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
Trenton
Nelson Britton
Phillip
Elmo Britton
Bernice McCollum
Lyle Britton
Spencer
Robert Lynn
Roy Ball
Jimmy
Carrie Morris
Arthur
Delmas Linhart
Ethella
Billie Newton
Josephine Purdin
Cannackey
Trenton Park
Hynda Ellen Artz
Imogene
Ollie Burress
Marjorie Carter
Anna
Alma
Willie Grindstaff
Harvest labor and family visits observed in Garner area
Farmers report peak harvest with thrashing under way. Paul Dodge and family visited A. E. Dodge and wife. Florence Mott visited Jeff Mott. E. E. Thudhum and wife visited Winigan relatives. Paul Smith delivered corn to Earl Campbell. Vern Thudium worked for Garst Thomis in Coon Rapids. Dean and wife welcomed a 64 lb grandson. Thraders Nolan Arnold and Ellwood Thudium thrashed wheat. Club meeting at Alberta Campbell with gifts, cafeteria lunch, quilt work, readings, songs, and letters including one from Australia to Georgia Gooch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dodge
A. E. Dodge
Florence Mott
Brookfield
Jeff Mott
E. E. Thudhum
Winigan
Paul Smith
Earl Campbell
Vern Thudium
Garst & Thomis Pioneer Hybrid Corn Co
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Nike
Australia
Georgia Gooch
Knifong Grove Item: Local Social Guests and Births
Guests at the Porter Sayre home included the Maggarts Montgomerys Ray and Browning families. Clair Shipp attended Pas gathering. Clyde Brinkley family welcomed a baby girl born July 7 at Simpson Hospital Milan. Beulah Havens and Wendell joined Mr and Mrs Sam Gooch. Victor Jones visited Havens. Porter Sayre helps his parents nearby Milan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Sayre
Frank Maggart
Ronald
Leon Montgomery
Ray Maggart
Scott Browning
Mrs. Clair Shipp
Pas
Clyde Brinkley
Simpson Hospital
Milan
Mr and Mrs Grant Smith Return From St. Louis Visit
Mr and Mrs Grant Smith returned Friday from St. Louis where they had been visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grant Smith
St. Louis
North Salem Items Report Community Visits and Movements
Mrs Agnes Stone Eldon visited relatives Friday to Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Bailey returned from almost a week in St Louis for medical care. Roswell Clark left for Fort Leavenworth to report for Army induction. Various other neighbors visited Brookfield Purdin and with local families Monday afternoon events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Belzer
Dixie
John Lonwell’s
Frank Head
North Salem
Agnes Stone
Eldon
T. M. Smith
Fred Bailey
St. Louis
Roswell Clark
Brookfield
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
U. S. Army
Local Residents Visitancies and Hospital News
A bulletin of social notes records visits and travels of Browning area residents including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Artz of Roger, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Norvell near Purdin, and others. It mentions hospital stays for Mrs. Gene Arnold in Milan and Doris Mae Hines, plus family gatherings and birthday celebrations hosted by L. Vincent and J. Robison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Artz
Roger
Browning
Mrs
Vernon Norvell
Near Purdin
Doris Mae Hines
John Hines
Simpson Hospital
Milan
Rationing Up To Date for Food and Fuel Stamps
The notice lists current ration provisions including Red Stamps A8 WS8 valid indefinitely, Blue Stamps A8 VS X8 Y8 ZS and A5 valid July 1, indirect infinite validity, Sugar Stamp No 30 31 32 indefinite 5 pounds, Stamp 40 through Feb 28 1945 for home canning, Spare Stamp 37 for home canning sugar, Shoes stamps No 1 2 for one pair indefinitely, Gasoline Coupons through Sept 21 for No 12 A sheets and five gallon B3 B4 C3 C4 with licenses, Fuel Oil Period 4 5 coupons Feb 8 through Sep 30 for 10 gallons per unit, Tire inspection required for tire and gasoline ration renewal.
Housewives Help Save Eggs From Spoilage Crisis
The extra egg buying by American housewives reduced a looming loss of 25 million dozen eggs. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones credited retail stores, newspapers, and radio for their vital help in alerting the public and easing storage concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jones
Certificate Holders Must Maintain Vehicle Tire Inspection Records
Glenn A. Delaplain of the Office of Defense Transportation reminded holders of Certificates of War Necessity to keep operating and inspection records for vehicles. Since July 1, certificate holders must supply their own records, detailing per vehicle tire inspections with date, inspection station, location, tire serial or brand, required service, and inspector certification. Records may be kept in any convenient form or on the former ODT CWN-17 form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn A. Delaplain
Kansas City
Office of Defense Transportation
Highway Transport Department
ODT
Delaplain
Missouri traffic toll climbs in early year
The Highway Patrol reports that traffic accidents in Missouri have claimed 220 lives in the first five months of the year, underscoring ongoing roadway dangers across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Highway Patrol
Missouri
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Old Home Country
Fairview Dist
John Tucker
Allen
Mary Tucker
Glen Swearengen
Cora
Bobbie Lee Pearler
Rockford, Ill
Chilren
Devon Tucker
Frank Tucker
Edwin
Stanley Riley
Everett Riley
Ray Thompson
Alva Brantner
Wesley Brantner
Shirley
Glenda Brantner
Glenda
Harold Adams
Butte Cemetery
John
Junior Tucker
Ben Brantner
Archie Coffman
van Mairs
B. O. Brantner
Andrew Pfeiffer
Wayne Britton
Nyle Hale
Edwin Tucker
Beryl Taylor
Beverly
Ebb Spencer
Doc Smith
Mabel
Sonja
Browning and
Purdin
Wendell
South Bend
Indiana
Gordon Johnson
Near Browning
Jim Tipton
Tipton
W. A. Reger
John Shatto
Emily Sayres
Alva Sayres
Paul D. Sayres
Velma Sayres
Washington, D. C
Fred Woodall
Tom Woodall
Wm. Wheeler
Glenn Collins
Gary
Chas. Collins
Nellie Rogers
Lieut
Ned Rogers
Medical Corps
China
France
Sgt
Vincent
Cpl
Bruce
Pfc
Chas., Jr
Collins
Mississippi
Nell Clem Fisher
Methodist Church
L. T. Butler
John Reed
Jack Ransom
Tilda McClaren
Tom Ford
Robert Stephenson, Sr
Nellie
Robert Stephenson, Jr
Grant Smith
Georgia Tipton
Grandma Tipton
Bill Smith
Illinois
Kenneth Lee
Geo. Artz
Clyde Dillinger
Earl Smith
Walter McKay
Galt and
Humphreys
Mr. Smith
John Smith
Lawson and
Rhett
Joe Head
Billie Lee
Gracie Jennings
Leo Pearler
Bobby
Maple Thomas
Enid and
Clay Moore
Forrest Thomas
Veteran’s Hospital
Edgar Clark
Fort Bliss
Texas
Odis R. Jennings
Mervin Dale Jones
Oren Jennings
Barbara Ann
Ella Head
Mary Deskins
Minnie McCollum
Lois
Barbara
Jo Ann Martin
Knifong
Victor Jones
W. B. Havens
Mian
Stella Baker
Helen Lawson
Martha Taylor
R. J. McCollum
Ethel Swisegood
Max
Lois Jennings
Enid Moore
Versie Bailey
Helen
Lois Axtell
Kirksville
Mrs. Herbert Bundies
Near
Linneus
Gene Arnold
Larry Gene
Tom Reiley and Sons
Hinsdale, Ill
F. L. Maggart
C. C. Linhart
Wesley Linhart
Herbert Hamilton
Louis Arnold
Kenneth
Laverne Kirby
Lynn Kirby
Clarence Skeen
Clay Dell
Bellevue
Nebraska
Mason Dell
James Dell
Junior Fanning
Ralph Morris
Ella Morris
James
Edd Morris
John Robison
Gertrude Wimmer
Bettie Ann Wimmer
Edwin Martin
Russell Wimmer
Norman Lee
Avalon
Betty Ann Wimmer
Iva Darr
L. J. Vincent
Leon Vincent
Jane
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