Public Welfare Staff Praised For Prompt Aid and Reinvestigations
State Social Security Commission hears Administrator Parke M. Banta commend field staff for seven months of progress. Applications for public assistance now handled without delay and reinvestigations kept on schedule across most of the state. He notes staff turnover travel curtailment and war duties but says goals of prompt action and current reinvestigation schedules are within sight. Public-spirited County Social Security Commission members are praised for their advisory service and local impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
State Social Security Commission
Public Welfare Agency
Parke M. Banta
Federal Social Security Board
Weather and travel note from Purden area
The report notes cooler weather with excessive rain slowing crops and weeds growing. It mentions a two week visit to South Dakota by Mr and Mrs Roe Conley their baby sister Marie and Mrs Thelma Blender visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe Conley
Baby
Marie
Thelma Blender
South Dakota
Local Visitors Call on Family Members This Week
Mr and Mrs Ray McNally and Mr and Mrs Charley McNally and family called on their father Sunday. Earnest Pearson visited a Brookfield dentist on Wednesday. Frank Cuassity went to Brookfield Wednesday for MacArthur day and shopping. Earl Hess and sons from Kansas City stayed a few days visiting relatives. Mrs Dave Ogle called on Mrs Jane Hardin Sunday afternoon. Mrs Hubert Cokerham and three children visited her parents Mont Burris Saturday. Mrs Roy Brown visits daughter Helen in California. Lula Urbach and her mother Mrs Potts called on Effie Pulliam Sunday. Jane Hardin and Aunt Tilly McShane also called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McNally
Charley McNally
Earnest Pearson
Brookfield
Frank Cuassity
Earl Hess
Kansas City
Dave Ogle
Jane Hardin
Hubert Cokerham
Mont Burris
Roy Brown
Helen
California
Lula Urbach
Potts
Effie Pulliam
Tilly McShane
North Salem Socials and Health Notes
Mrs. Ella Head returns from ten days with her son Joe Head near Broading. Locals visit kin and neighbors including the Jennings and McCollums. The community reports measles among Cordray and Maggart households while Lelia Maggart improves. Regular local trips include Wingan show attendance and Brookfield visits.
Pleasant Hill Social Notes and Bunker Hill Day Sketch
Local visits and calls fill the Pleasant Hill week with Miss Maxine Sleeth and Miss Clarice Knifong joined by families in Cora and Roscoe Powell’s circle. Spencer Britton returns from the Junior Farmers Convention in Columbia. Bunker Hill Day on June 17 recalls Charlestown 1775 battles with 450 Americans and 1 100 British losses as a historic score in a distant war context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Sleeth
Wingan
Clarice Knifong
Lyle Britton
Baby
G. Spencer
P. D. Blake
Cora
Spencer Britton
Columbia
Ethella Newton
Mary Lou DeVore
Chas. Newton
Bernice McCollum
Junior Tucker
Everett Riley
Roscoe Powell
Mundell
Lois Phillips
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Mass
Boston
Remain an Independent Force After Revolutionary War Aims
The excerpt contemplates maintaining independence while acknowledging shared postwar goals with a united effort. It questions certainty about future cooperation and whether one truly knows the path ahead.
Capitol Column Highlights From State Board of Equalization
Missouri total taxable wealth on June 1 1940 stood at 3.89 billion with per capita about 1029. Bee colonies and asses counted for small shares while St Louis city showed high horse and mule values. State motor vehicles 108 million. town lots 1.87 billion. land value led by St Louis County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the State Board of Equalization
Missouri
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Jackson, Nodaway
Saline
Sugarless Victory Cake Recipe Delights Chocolate Lovers
A test kitchen offers a sugarless chocolate cake with a fluffy texture and a velvety frosting. The recipe uses honey and corn syrup for sweetness and yields enough frosting for two layers.
Printing and paper bids query for Missouri state contracts
Mid-State Printing Company of Jefferson City is sole bidder for state printing and binding. Graham Paper Company and Butler Paper Company of St Louis bid on paper. Secretary Dwight H. Brown will study bids before contracts are awarded. Printing costs run about 400000 yearly. paper about 85000. Governor Donnell rejects tax rating conference. to cut costs by department heads. Attorney General McKittrick rules Clay County must pay Conn Withers 625 dollars for 1941 salary under population-based increases. Withers resigned to join the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-State Printing Company
Jefferson City
Graham Paper Company
Butler Paper Company
St. Louis
Dwight H. Brown
The
Printing Commission
McKittrick
Clay County
Conn Withers
Withers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cat
M.F.A
M. F. A. Central Cooperative
Highway Patrol
State Commission
Emerson McAfee
Excelsior Springs
Wiley Taylor
Orlen Harris
Doris
R. L. Brown
Wileta
Harold
Barbara
C. E. Kibble
Green Castle
Dean
Aldena
Glendale
Doris Harris
Wileta Taylor
Anna Taylor
Clarence Kibble
Happy Workers Club
Edna Knight
Ebersole
Purdin
North Salem
Ella Head
Joe Head
Browning
Oren Jennings
Grethel Batye
Ody Jennings
Tatlow McCollum
Laura Gene
R. J. McCollum
Helen Lawson
Rhett
John Baker
Shirley Ann Peavler
Kirksville
DeWayne Lawson
Carl Peavler
Lela Peavler
South Gifford
Fred Head
Stella Baker
Versie Bailey
Opal Moore
Marlin Belzer
Sharon
Goldie Swisegood
Georgia Lambert
Bobby Dean
Gracie Jennings
Lelia Maggart
Thelma Maggart
Roy
Deloris Cordray
Cordray
Turney Bailey
Simpson Cordray
Harry Lambert
C. E. Cordray’s
Byron Deskins
Irene Jennings
Pleasant Hill
Capitol
Lloyd W. King
State Department. of ‘Education
Ellis Fischer
James L. Rogers
Forrest C. Donnell
Ladie
Anroomea
Maaivas
Johnson
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