School Notes Calendar Highlights and Student Talks
March 16 pictures. March 18 Masters Dinner at Brookfield. March 19 Band Concert. March 28 District Solo events at Kirksville. Examinations held last week. Speech class students presented five minute talks on diverse subjects from Love Life of Lincoln to Koala Bears. Details include curious facts about Lincoln, appendicitis, submarines, and other topics.
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Lincoln
Faye Lumsden
Ira Mae Daniels
von Dean Ogle
Mary Lee Askey
U. S. Navy
Max Schrock
Monroe Kelly
Edgar Morelock
Army
Nolan Creason
Bill Skeen
Madam Curie
Wilma Bagley
John W. Lumsden
Sugar Ration Registration Postponed
County Sugar Rationing Board announces postponement of registration dates until further notice from the office.
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County Sugar Rationing Board
Photographer to visit Browning High School for pupil pictures
A Kansas City photographer plans a 2:30 p m visit to Browning High School on March 16 1942 to photograph elementary and high school pupils.
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Kansas City
Browning High School
Navy urges stronger mathematics in schools in 1941 memo
Sept Anderson cites a Bureau of Navigation letter praising school officials for supporting the Secondary School Program and urging expansion of mathematics and science courses. It quotes the 1941 Mathematical Education for Defense report emphasizing emergency action now and planning for the postwar future with competent supervision.
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Anderson
Bureau of Navigation A Dept
U. S. Navy
Navy Dept
Navy
Mathematical Education For Defense
Visitors From Chicago Attend Local School Event
Barbara Jean Anderson and her mother Mrs L V Anderson along with Mrs J M Gokay of Chicago visited the campus on Monday March 9 1942 Theo Warren also visited the school this week The Browning faculty will host the Browning School Board on Tuesday evening March 17 with a Saint Patrick party at the school building
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Barbara Jean Anderson
L. V. Anderson
J. M. Gokay
Chicago
Ilinois
Browning
Browning Students Tour Hatchery And Shorthand Class Progress
Browning Public Schools report 8 908 lunches served since last year. In shorthand class they began actual dictation for business letters and speed drills. Agriculture class visited Henry Field’s Hatchery on March 9 with Mr Oren Taylor explaining poultry operations. Hatchery has four incubators with about 60 000 eggs 4 000 chicks removed that morning. Breeds include feather legged Brahmas and Jersey Giants. Incubators maintained within a quarter degree. eggs turn every six hours. hatch rate about 65 to 70 percent. Mr Taylor gave chicks to three boys as the tour concluded.
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Browning Public Schools
Henry Field
Browning
Oren Taylor
Taylor
Jersey Giants
Edward Elliott
Clarice Bagley
William McKinley
Roosevelt Era explored in American History class
Students study the Theodore Roosevelt era after Roosevelt's Harvard background and canal era imperialism. They compare past war heroes with current leaders and examine lessons from war and peace as they finish reports on occupations like teaching nursing pharmacy engineering and defense work.
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United States
Roosevelt
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Theodore
Harvard
North Dakota
New York
National Civil Service Commission
Police Board
New York City
Navy
McKinley
Panama Canal
Odd Local Inquiries and Schoolday Rumors Spark Conversation
A jumble of local chatter covers spring ailments nose blowing debates road mud worries and bushy shrubbery advocacy. Rumors about Crystal Cleaners staffing school end shortages and student courtship unfold with playful quotes and a teacher warning against snowballing while seen walking with two girls after classes.
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Pete Peterson
Beva Jean Cox
Russell Bartow
Rus
Marvin Abbott
Betty Brown
Ruth Mundell
Crystal Cleaners
Myron DeVore
Coach Horn
Automobile Progress From 1940 to 1942
Pittsburg Press notes evolving auto design with 1940 models lacking running boards 1941 models dropping gear shifts and 1942 models absent cars indicating shifting industry trends and consumer expectations.
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Automobile Progress
Pittsburg Press
Birthday gathering in North Salem hosted by Mrs Arlo Smith
On Wednesday March 4 friends gathered at the Smith residence for a birthday observance for Mrs Arlo Smith. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Bailey Mr and Mrs T M Smith John Walden Abbott Keith Cordray Donald Jennings Goldie Swisegood and Ilene Belzer. Opal Moore visited Sunday. Margaret Davis and daughter Tatlow with Herman McCollum of Kirbysville called on the McCollums Sunday afternoon.
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Arlo Smith
Fred Bailey
T. M. Smith
John Walden Abbott
Keith Cordray
Donald Jennings
Goldie Swisegood
Ilene Belzer
Margaret Davis
Tatlow
Herman McCollum
Kirbysille
R J. McCollum
Opal Moore
American ppl urged to rise up in political action
Ed Ainsworth urges citizens to reclaim government power in a fiery column. He claims Mrs Roosevelt will leave the OCD and attacks pensions and war profiteers while praising the public’s protests. A clipping from the Los Angeles Times notes local visits and social updates.
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Mayris Chaney
Roosevelt
Civilian Defense
Mrs. Roosevelt
O.C.D
Washington
Josie Jones
Roger Williams
Los Angeles Times
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Eunice Arthur
Ritta Head
Lela Peavler
Earl Maggart
Phyllis
Kermit Lambert
Sonja
Floyd
Swisegood
Ray Bauer
Saturay
Earl
Shirley Peavler
Versie Bailey
Oren Jennings
Harry Lambert
Oren Head
Ramah McCollum and Sons
Charley Riddle
James McCollum
Basil Moore
Gail Cordray
Leslie Gooch
Ted Brantner
Nelson
Caldwell
Rexall
Ayer
Poultry and
Lee Gizzard
Franklin
Parke Davis
J. G. May Drug Company
I. E. Hook
Fexall
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Pearl Harbor
Farmers Store
Danao
Maxwell House
George Washington Tobacco
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