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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
8
Walnut Grove Items Raise Moving, Marital, and Social Notes
Walnuit Grove items highlight residents moving back to town, a marriage between Colan Christy and Norma Jean Tharp with a Friday night charivari, and various social visits. Local families discuss health, hospitality, and community happenings across La Plata and nearby homes.
Movers Ripple Through Seckingtons and Neighbors
Local notices report multiple moves in a tight-knit community. The Seckington and McClarren households exchange residences, with further moves involving Pipes Bauchman Dunlap and related relatives. Weekend visits include Bauchman and McKinstray, while other family members visited Hiram Hatcher and Bardon homes.
SHAFTER ITEMS
Mr and Mrs Ola Creason and the Nolans visited Creason and baby on Tuesday. Elmer Hammock visited her brother and sister in Browning on Tuesday. Mrs Harvey Stone has been ill and her daughter Mrs Leon Woodling stayed with her. Norman Palmer and family visited Mrs Sterling Bowyer in Browning on Thursday. Owen Stevenson has been ill but improved. Beverly Stevenson, Ira Mae Edmunson, Ruby Tate and Joyce Molloy visited various relatives over the weekend. Virgil Molloy called on Harold Palmer Sunday evening. Ernest Pearson and T H Thorne visited Lilburn Gilmer and family on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Owen Stevenson
Elmer Hammock
Beverly Stevenson
Fred Meeker
Ira Mae Edmunson
Edgar Morris
Ruby Tate
W. E. Morris
Joyce Molloy
Purdin
Mary Molloy
Virgil Molloy
Harold Palmer
Ernest Pearson
T. H. Thorne
Linneus
Lilburn Gilmer
Purden Items Reflect Weather Sunlight and Local Death
Sunshine blessed Purden for a few hours this week as residents hope for more. Mr. Trussell Hall, father of Mrs. Floyd Hardin, died suddenly Thursday night at his daughter's home in Purdin. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon after the body was taken to Milan. Mrs. Stella Bumgarner recovered from illness last week. The Will Myers family moved to the Johnson Stone area, and Mrs. Will Lambert was among neighbors in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdin
Trussell Hall
Floyd Hardin
Hardin
Milan
Stella Bumgarner
Will Myers
Johnson Stone
Will Lambert
Small-Town Social Notes Include Illness and Visits
Miss Mary Lee called on Mrs. Henry Buswell Saturday. Mrs. Bill Bailey suffered flu last week, with daughter Mrs. Jas. Buswell caring for her. Mrs. Will Cumbo visited Linneus Monday to see a dentist. The Woodside family were shopping in Purdin Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee
Henry Buswell
Bill Bailey
Jas. Buswell
Will Cumbo
Linneus
Alex Woodside
Purdin
Weekend Visit Highlights Local Social Roundup
Miss Lois Davis of Kansas City spent the week end with her parents Mr and Mrs Davis and Grandmother Hughes. Several Kansas City guests visited relatives including Phyllis Crowdis and Leonard Meyer with Mr and Mrs John Crowdis. Emma Grindstaff of Milan attended a Sunday dinner, and C J DeWitt went to the funeral of Trussel Hall near Milan. Harold Seckington moved his family from north of town and Melvin Stephenson Tom Ford with siblings visited in Quincy Illinois. Allie Stephenson is poorly confined to bed. John Burwell delivered steers to John Crowdis and John Crowdis attended a stock sale near Harris Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Davis
Kansas City
Davis
Hughes
Ron
Gene
Tunnell
Umphreys
Phyllis Crowdis
Leonard Meyer
John Crowdis
Emma Grindstaff
Milan
C. J. DeWitt
Trussel Hall
Harold Seckington
Melvin Stephenson
Tom Ford
Daniels
Reeder
Quincy
Illinois
Allie Stephenson
John Burwell
Harris
Cora Head
Fred. Bailey
Ethel Almond
Maggie Smith
Roswell Clark
Brookfield
Harry Lambert
John Hooker
Catharine Bull
Wilma Head
Roy Jennings
Nile Bauer
George Spray
Ronald Gene
Arlo C. Smith
Carl Carmack
Oklahoma
C. B. Hale
Washington
Emma Almond
Alvord
Opal Moore
Basil
Ramah McCollum
John
James
Chloe Head
Ed Nolan
Arnold Farm
Bird
Oren
Jennings
Linneus
Wine
Ella Head
Harold Cordray
Charley Buswell
Cora Lee
Earl Buswell
Donis Lee
Edith. Browning
Wilma
Benny
Mabel Cordray
Marion Wyatt
Earl Pearler
Shirley
Browning
North Salem Items Chronicle Funeral and Local Moves
Community notes report Caney Head funeral in Garner Sunday afternoon. Paul Kaschmeider and wife rent H E Deskins farm, moving there from Bernie Brantner’s vacated property. Brantner family relocates near Enterprise. Roy Hart and Leonard visited Ellis Jennings and family Sunday. Rosw and others shopped in Brookfield Saturday. Local residents visitations and dinner gatherings noted among Jones, Je, Monk, McCol Vernon, Reva, Lyle, Eldon, Ritta, and Phe tied to weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Salem
Caney Head
Garner
Paul Kaschmeider
H. E. Deskins
Bernie Brantner
Brantie
Terprise
Roy Hart
Leonard
Ellis Jennings
John Baker
Rosw
Brookfield
Carl Jones
Oren Je
Tee Oe
Monk
Glenn
Bucklin
Buttt
Ake
Mianie McCol
Vernon
Reva
Lyle
Ope
Eldon
Ritta
Phe
Local Residents Share Social Visits Across Brookfield Area
Community members attended Sunday gatherings and visits across Brookfield and Linneus. The reported events include family drop ins, care of ill relatives, and trips to relatives in Brookfield, Linneus, and Oklahoma.
Missouri Mix of WPA Projects and Local Improvements
The Maryville Daily Forum reports start of a $333 776 Nodaway county road WPA project with 60 miles of rock surfaced roads funded by the federal government and county costs mainly for equipment rentals. Lutesville residents vote to issue 20 279 for a waterworks system under WPA guidance including a reservoir and 17 fire hydrants. A stave mill planned near Versailles is leased land for timber manufacture. Wheaton tomato canning factory readiness and a 160 acre tomato contract are noted. Missouri Power and Light Co reports near completion of a Brookfield plant costing over half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Nodaway County
Lutesville
Hill
Banner Press
WPA
Bonds for St Peters sewer project and park improvements
The Budget Gazette reports St Peters voters authorized a 9000 bond issue backed by a 23000 WPA grant to fund a sanitary sewer system. In St Charles voters will consider a 20000 bond for Blanchette Park improvements including resurfaced driveways a new lighting system rest rooms and reconditioning the house with estimated costs around 18137.86. The State Conservation Commission creates a 479360 acre forest protection district covering St Charles Warren and Montgomery counties with headquarters at Warrenton and a district forester and fire tower to be built. Monroe County women canning efforts yielded 7638 quarts last year averaging 144 quarts per family of sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peters
St. Charles
Blanchette Park
Cosmos Monitor
State Conservation Commission
Warren
Montgomery
Warrenton
Palmyra Public School to Receive $15,000 WPA Improvements
The Standard reports a $15,000 WPA project approved after a special Board of Education meeting in Palmyra. Planned work includes a straight line ditch through the athletic field with limestone rock bottom, rock walls, a concrete slab top, dirt cover, and landscape completion on school premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Board of Education
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Light House
Jersey
Earl May
Lespedeza
Timothy
M.F.A
Switzerland
Finland
Browning Farm Club
Tro
Walnut Grove
May Dunlap
la Plata
Colan Christy
Norma Jean Tharp
Winnie Christy
Herbert Knight
Johnson
Ralph Morris
Legion and Auxiliary
Roy Hollon
Glen Swearengen
Leland Swearengen
Ella Morris
Evelyn Morris
Wanda Steele
John Lee
Charley Pipes
Gart Farm
Cora
Buford Bones
Robert Stephenson, Sr
Vern Seckington
Buell McClarren
Red Emberton
Ralph Pipes
Stella Bauchman
Alda McKinstray
Jack Dunlap
Lorene
Myrtle Dunlap
Hiram Hatcher
Melvin
Stephenson and Son
John Bardon
Buellas
Roger
Gerald Seckington
Charley Mag
T. M. Smith
Bud Dillinger
Tommy Dillinger
Gregory
Arlon. Smith
Ray.Rauer
Frank Rauer
Versailles
Delbert Collyett
Jamestown
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Wheaton
Missouri Power and Light Co
the Budget Gazette
Tentant-Purchase
Monroe County
Monroe City
Lee
Notion Specials
BABY
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