This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
8
A U.S. Army recruiter from Moberly spoke to B H S students Tuesday afternoon about high school graduates. Visitors last week included Charles Vincent and Mary Ruth Fanning.
Grade notes report Amateur Night on Friday March 15 with a five dollar prize and calls for attendance. The school pictures were taken Tuesday afternoon. The Citizenship Club held its monthly meeting Friday afternoon in Room II with guests. A program of poems readings piano solos cued a vocal solo and a poem by Donald Itchison titled Scottie was well received. In 8th grade arithmetic students study metric terms meter and kilometer and compare ease of measurement to earlier methods. seventh graders also work on measurements calculating areas of rectangles parallelograms and farm acreage. Science tests are planned this week and check tests for comprehension follow units. some scores are low but improvement is hoped with more frequent testing and better weather conditions. The narrative shifts to sugar supply prewar production and Cuba, sugar world market and dependence on Cuban sugar. Philippines and Java are cited as outside sources. World sugar output is at a low, six million tons below prewar levels, with a planned home canning sugar stamp later in the season and a total home canning sugar limit of ten pounds per person at most, with the next stamp on May 1 at the same rate five pounds every four months.
The article lists solo entries by Saralou Schrock and Gene Barton and two numbers for the Glee Club In the Hush of the Afternoon and At Times My Thoughts Come Drifting. The boys Glee Club sings in unison this week with a quartet number planned. The band rehearses Dawn a reverie and National Emblem March for the contest.
Fourth grade arithmetic notes show fractions work and Perfect Spelling scores for Shirley ees Judy Moore and Patricia ay. Correction lists honor roll names: Patricia Lay 55-11 Judy Moore 52-11 Beverly Bennett 45-11 Nelson Drake 45-11 Donald Leeper 35-11 Shirley Creason 5. Rep Patricia Lay.
Fifth grade geography class studies Abraham Lincoln. Perfect spelling scores listed include Opal Hill Elaine Ingra ham Margaret Quigley and Elea nor Warren Rep Opal Hill.
Jimmie Atkins formerly of Elgin Illinois joins the sixth grade class. The social studies unit covers Germany while arithmetic reviews percent. Perfect spelling for the week goes to Dixie Lee Elliott Bernice Foster Jerry Hedges James Far ley and Earla Jean Peters.
The report notes ten first graders, five boys and five girls, including new pupil Terry Montgomery. The class enjoyed a short program at the Methodist Sunday School last Sunday and looks forward to Friday’s Amateur Program with prizes on the line.
A home canning sugar stamp valid for five pounds of sugar will be issued from March 11 to October 31. The program targets southern home canners to store berries and early fruits, with sugar supplies remaining tight this year as in the prior year.
Attendees heard that fertilizer for small grain yields best when worked into the ground rather than broadcast after seeding. Cutting in fertilizer or lime for meadows or pastures reduces surface runoff losses and increases effectiveness of the applications.
Fifty six leaders from 26 Women's Extension Clubs attended leader training sessions on laundering in Linnaeus Marceline and Browning. They discussed washing woollens silks synthetics and other fabrics and proper cleaning methods. Woolen sweaters were washed in a glue solution to restore sizing and temperature was stressed. The group will share the demonstrations at their monthly club meetings.
Historical data from the Missouri Experiment Station show February 28 sowing yielding 68 bushels per acre in 1933, March 28 at 60 bushels, and April 12 at 48 bushels, with similar results in 1951 and 1922. Recommended varieties Boone Tama Control and Vieland resist smut and rust. Columbia oat suits poorer soils with smut seed treatment advised.
March 2 10 marks National 4 H Club Week highlighting work in Linn County where clubs expand farming and homemaking skills. The 4 H movement shows growth from 11 clubs with 129 members in 1944 to 19 clubs with 196 members in 1945 and 22 clubs with 330 members in 1946.
A study notes erosion losses exceed the fertility removed by crops, highlighting ongoing soil health decline and the need for conservation practices to sustain agricultural productivity.
Sweet clover is Missouri's best sail building legume. It should be seeded in oats as soon as they are in at the rate of 15-20 lbs per acre. Sweet clover will not make a stand where a sail is deficient in calcium or potash.
The Linn County Sheep and Woolgrowers Association opened its 27th year with its 26th annual meeting at Linneus. Plans focus on marketing the current wool clip while continuing the same handling basis as in 1944 and 1945. Officers elected for 1946 include H. C. Bailey as President, Joe Eden as Vice-President, Price Hoskins as Secretary-Treasurer, and G.
Board members E Wilthite and A E Buswell announce the Wool pool opening on Monday March 25. Feeders or farmers wishing to market wool before that date should call the Farm Bureau Office first.
To grow clover with oats or other small grains, apply fertilizer to benefit both crops. In Sullivan County dark soils follow corn soybeans or lespedera with disc or field cultivator seed beds, use nitrogen and phosphate. For heavily cropped soils use 24-12-4 or 2-12-6 or 10-26-0 or 4-16-0. for fertile soils, super phosphate alone may be used. Minimum 200 pounds per acre. Best tool: fertilizer grain drill. If unavailable broadcast and disk in.
Henry S. Beardsley of Chillicothe filed March 6 as a candidate for the First District's Congress. He faces S. W. Arnold in the Republican primary. A five year Army veteran with WWI service, Beardsley is a long-time veteran activist and former Missouri Legion district commander. He has lived in the district since 1923, is married with one son, and has worked in newspapers and stationery.
An Oregon farmer with about 40 milkers, 100 head of beef, 40 to 50 hogs, and 190 acres of barley faces ruin as feed costs soar and prices collapse. His pump breaks, bearings unspecified, and he toils to keep milk flowing for the public. He warns the nation about policies and labor warfare hurting agriculture.
The article extols the American Red Cross for its universal service defending humanity across races and creeds. It highlights its wartime load bearing relief efforts and peacetime disaster aid, noting widespread impact and the honor of membership in the organization.
George Little of the War Finance Division thanks publishers for their role in selling government bonds. He says counting free lines of news and editorials, newspapers contributed billions toward financing the war and helped win the toughest conflict, a lasting monument to the profession.
A local note thanks Mr. Little and praises efforts to support worthy campaigns, highlighting belief in the virtues of free speech and free press and pride in trying to advance those ideals.
The past week was warm and wet with 0.88 inch of rain on Tuesday and 9.70 inch of rain plus snow on Friday. Total for the week 1.61 inches, March total 1.69 and yearly total 5.05. Ground dried, rains mostly beneficial, heavy snow in western Iowa up to 20 inches, temperature 75°F Sunday, average 53°F, 17 above normal, cooler last days. Oats sown in Mondavy. by Herman F. Kille.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.