Smith items reveal family visits and illnesses in March
Monday winds roll through town as Mr. and Mrs. Buster Wages visit relatives in Kansas City. Evert Dowdy improves from illness while Bernice Riley returns from New Mexico to visit daughter Maxine Riley and brothers Nova and Clark Mundel. Mundells and Kirksville hospital updates noted. The Dowdys and Taylors host and share sickness reports. Allen Watson and Clinton Powell visit. Hardin George listed as ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Wages
Kansa City
Willie Watson
Bird Dowdy
Alpha Powell
Evert Dowdy
Allen Watson
Clinton Powell
Hardin George
Bernice Riley
New Mexico
Maxine Riley
Nova
Clark Mundel
Ned Mundell
Loughlin Hospital
Kirksville
Will Kerley
Mildred Tayor
Clem Spring and Cora Community Notes
Real spring weather. Leon Nickell and family moved to the Harker Hollow farm. Mrs Duff Jennings and son Jackie slowly improve from pneumonia. Alfred Cassity and son Ralph moved to Lee Morris farm. Raymond Smith and family moved to the Fred Hopper farm. REA installing lights in Ola Kaifeng home this week. George Moffitt and wife moved to farm south of Roger. Selenl Jennings and family recently vacated there. Franklin Chapman and wife visited Breckshier. Mrs Breckshier helped care for Leone who has been sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Nickell
Harker Hollow
Duff Jennings
Jackie
Alfred Cassity
Ralph
Lee Morris
Cora
Raymond Smith
Fred Hopper
REA
Ola Kaifeng
George Moffitt
Roger
Selenl Jennings
Franklin Chapman
Guy Breckshier
Leone
Bundridge Items News Roundup From Last Week
Windy weather marked the week as families from Bundridge shared visits and illness notes. J S Head and family traveled to St Louis for hospital exams returning Friday. The Sevier children improved after sickness. Dodson and Laddie Dodson families visited Lottie Dodson’s home. J W Lumsden, recently discharged from U S Army, returned home. Various other families visited relatives in Milan and surrounding areas during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Head
St. Louis
Gail
Jimmy Sevier
J. W. Sevier
Everett Dodson
Clayton
Kirksville
Lottie Dodson
Laddie Dodson
Ernest Dodson
Carol
J. W. Lumsden
U.S. Army
John Oliver
Kansas City
Fred Lumsden
J. W
Earl
Clarence Head
Charneott
Jane
Tasse Dunlap
Near Milan
John Elliott
Lloyd Michael
Dan Head
Locust Valley Social News Highlights
Crowded out last week. Mr and Mrs Noble Crooks visited at the L E Bowyer home on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs W T Nickell went to Kirksville and Winigan recently. Mr and Mrs James Head visited her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Victor Jones on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Wm Havens went Wednesday to visit their son Hilman Havens and family. Mrs H E Creason spent Wednesday evening with Mrs L E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Crooks
L. E. Bowyer
W. T. Nickell
Kirksville
Winigan
James Head
Victor Jones
Wm. Havens
Hilman Havens
H. E.creason
L. E
Local Visits and Family News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Junior Phillips visited Kenneth Jennings Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs John Quigley visited their son J D Quigley and family Wednesday. Mr and Mrs W B Havens visited his brother Hilman and family Wednesday. Mrs L P Kirby has been on the sick list for several days. Mr and Mrs James Herbert and daughter moved to K A Gooch farm, vacating Floyd Kelley place near Lathrope. Mr and Mrs Blaine Nickell visited his sister Mrs Alva Hoerrmann and family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lathrope
Blaine Nickell
Shelby items and social notes from Brookfield area
Mr and Mrs Lehman Powell visited Brookfield Saturday. Glen Finney spent Sunday at the Alex Finney home. Dora and Carwin Cornwall were in Brookfield Sunday afternoon. Sandfort attended the Bill Street sale at Linneus recently. The Kenneth Guyer family were out to their Shelby farm Sunday. Farmers are preparing to sow oats. Runyen and Guyer brought in about three hundred bushels of oats from near Meadville for Cecil and Leland Lambert. The Jelly Jones Club met with Mrs Paul Johnson and all reported a good meeting and enjoyed by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman Powell
Brookfield
Glen Finney
Alex Finney
Dora
Carwin Cornwall
See
Sandfort
Linneus
Kenneth Guyer
Shelby Farm
Runyen
Guyer
Meadville
Cecil
Leland Lambert
Jelly Jones Club
Paul Johnson
Local Couples Host Weekend Gatherings and Moves
Last week, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kimbrough dined with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Powell. Buster Rinehart and family moved Thursday to the Harris farm they had purchased. Evert Dowdy and spouse relocated to the Warner Brassfield farm. Clark Mundell of San Jon New Mexico is slowly improving. Mrs. Wilma Dendy had the flu. J W Gooch couple made a business trip to Moline NL Friday and returned Sunday. Erwin Moeller was called due to her mother Mrs. Ned Mundell’s serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kimbrough
Roscoe Powell
Buster Rinehart
Harris Farm
Evert Dowdy
Warner Brassfield
Clark Mundell
San Jon
New Mexico
Wilma Dendy
J. W. Gooch
Moline
Erwin Moeller
Ned Mundell
Fairview District visitors to the Brittons
Mr and Mrs Wayne Britton welcomed Jessie and Elmo who visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Nelson Britton. The note mentions a trip home from Tucumcari New Mexico where a relative spent the past two weeks visiting her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Britton
Jessie
Elmo
Nelson Britton
Bernice Riley
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Local Social News and Visits Across Town
Various residents hosted and visited friends this weekend. Maxine returned via Columbia and came home with the Riley family who visited Saturday night, with more guests including Phillips and Straley relatives. Several trips and calls occurred, noting illness and financial strain among neighbors.
Local Social Notes From Morris Chapel Area
People from Morris Chapel and nearby towns made visits and attended events Friday through Sunday. Names include Babe Kimbrough Red Gooch Glen Johnson Harvey Oertwig Donald Cooper with others visiting Linneus Milan Purdin Brookfield and nearby communities.
Local social notes from Dickinson county report visits and service
Mr and Mrs Harry Lambert visited near North Salem with the Cordrays and others. Calvin Lambert returned from Ft Belvoir va for a 30 day furlough. John Walden Abbott failed induction at Fort Leavenworth. Terse family and friend visits recur across Dickinson county communities including Purdin Chillicothe Browning and Woodside households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Longwell
Calvin Lambert
Ft. Belvoin
Robert Lambert
Richard
Norman Woodside
Jesse Woodside
Harry Lambher
Browning
John Hooker
Mr. Hooker
Purdin Community Notes March Weather and Local Visits
March weather brought rain snow and a hint of sun as residents shared news from the town. Eva Williams injured her shoulder and hip, taken to Laughlin hospital, while families and visitors like Roy Urbach and the Brookfield man J W Pulliam visited relatives and shopped in town.
Local Social News From Jackson Center and Brookfield
Sunday gatherings trace community ties with Morris Hicks and family visiting Hicks home. Discharged serviceman Carlos Hicke returns to his mother Lelia Hicks with wife and child. Hutchinson and Hicks guests join Jennings family. teachers meeting attended in Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Morris
Mina McCoy
Raymond
George Phillips
Bob
Morris
Joe Edmundson
Carlos Neil Hicke
Lelia Hicks
Darrold Hutchinson
Gene
Arthur Stultz
Junior Phillips
Carolen Simpson
Kenneth Jennings
Carlos
Rayburn Hicks
Brookfield
Hazel Stone
Harvena Woodling
Blanche Stevenson
Beverly Sayers
Sharon
W. E. Sayers
Carolee
Elburn
Carlos Hicks
North Salem Notes on Visits and Health Updates
Mrs Susie Jennings returned home after visiting her daughter and caring for the new grandson. Beverly, grandson’s cousin, is ill with suspected mumps while Reba Riddle recovers from a sore throat. Edgar Clark arrived home after discharge on March 11. Multiple neighbors and relatives, including Enid Moore and Helen Lawson, spent time in Brookfield and with local families last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Jennings
Helen Reuer
Meggie Reuer
Ste'la Baker
Shirley Ann Pearler
Versie Bailey
Beryl Taylor
Beverly
R. J. McCollum
Reba Riddle
T. S. C. Lambert
Enid Moore
Forrest Thomas
Ray Rauer
Edgar Clark
Helen Lawson
Rhett
Brookfield
Francis Smith
Simpson Cordray
Local Socials and Visits Reported In Area
Sunday visitors to the Ray Rauer home included Mr and Mrs Roy Jennings and Donald Mr and Mrs Ellis Jenings and Reva Helen Ann West Enid Moore and Mike Pearler Several attended the Fitch sale near Linneus last week Mrs Versie Bailey Nile and Verlan Clark were in Browning Monday Mrs Helen Head and Erma Kay were in Brookfield where Erma Kay received medical care Mr and Mrs Oren Jennings and Barbara Ann called on his mother Monday evening Mrs Betty Head and Eldon Riddle made a business trip to Brookfield and Chillicothe Tuesday Ray Rauer hauled a load of hogs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Lambert
Ray Rauer
Roy Jennings
Donald
Ellis Jenings
Reva
Helen Ann West
Enid Moore
Mike Pearler
Fitch
Linneus
Versie Bailey
Nile
Verlan Clark
Browning
Helen Head
Erma Kay
Brookfield
Oren Jennings
Barbara Ann
Betty Head
Eldon
Riddle
Chillicothe
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Bundridge
T. R. McArtor
M. D
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Milan
E. R. Duncan
Burlington Station
Browning, Mo
Carlos Mace
E. G. Boatright
Optometrist
Over Welsh Drug Store
Brookfield, Mo
Aaron D. Peterson Insurance Agency
Farm and City Insurance
C.F. Hall
Shelby
Fairview
Maxine
Columbia
Stanley Riley
Raymond Phillips
Nora Straley
Chicago
Pansy Britton
van Mairs
Junior Tucker
Dale Straley
North Salem
John Tucker and Sons
Nora Straley and Sons
Alden Knifong
Ethella Newton
Wesley Brantner and
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Lb. L. Cody
Orval Cokerham
Milen
Kenneth Cotter
Sherman Cotter
Teche Cotter
Jane Olson
Robert Shanks
Babe Kimbrough
Red Gooch
Glen Johnson
Harvey Oertwig
Donald Cooper
Linneus High School
E. J. Palmer
Arthur Griffith
J. D. Nichols
Purdin
Victor Murrell
Lee Wood
Leonard Richardson
F. J. Palmer
Brooks Buckman
Urb Johnson
Fred Ludwig
Nebraska
Dickinson
Harry Lambert
Mr. Cordray
Marvin Lambert
Shirley Bauer
Eva Williams
Laughlin Hospital
Roy Urbach
J. W. Pulliam
Claude Street
Herbert Crookshank
Macon
Joe Crooksharnik
Stanley Murrain
Frank Murrain
Minnesota
Ed Pulliam
Nile Bauer
Jim Hedges
Joe Craeson
Fred Cassity
George Johnson
Tilly McShane
L. M. McNally
Walter Bowyer
Kroeger
Jackson Center
John Smith
Electric Theatre
20Th Century Fox
Zane Grey
Duanes
George Montgomery
Lynne Roberts
Eve Arden
Francis Ford
Mighty Mouse
Mailman
Snake River
Wade Furniture and Appliance
Gerald Wade
W’ Dodger
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