Obituary of H Luster Smith in Queen City and Omaha
Henry Luster Smith born May 6 1875 near Browning Missouri died March 22 1944 at his Omaha Nebraska home. He long served in railroad conductor ranks on the Burlington system and held a high office in the Order of Railway Conductors. Funeral services were in Queen City with burial at Queen City Cemetery. Survivors include Eva George his widow and two brothers C G Smith Unionville Missouri and G W Smith Heavener Oklahoma plus nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Luster Smith
Geo. D
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Browning
Missouri
Omaha
Nebraska
Order of Railway
Burlington
Eva George
Queen City
C. G. Smith
Unionville
G. W. Smith
Heavener
Oklahoma
J. J. Smith
Scottish Rite of Free Masonery
P. M. Lind
Christian Church
Dee Riley
Kirksville
John Applegate
Fred Shelton
Ed Myers
L. A. Garver
Frank L. Smith
G. E. Fry
R. R. Williams
O. S. Rasmussen
Ben Johnson
Queen City Cemetery
P. E. O. Chapter Meets with Initiation and Refreshments
The local P. E. O. chapter met March 22 with Mrs. Bertha Haning hosting. Helen Carter was initiated into the Sisterhood as fourteen members attended and enjoyed angel food cake apricots and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Haning
Helen Carter
Sisterhood
Surprise Party and True Blue Club Notes
A March 18 surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. B O Brantner drew neighbors at 7 p.m. with popcorn and candy and guests listed. The True Blue Club met March 22 at Mrs. Jess Bruce’s home, voted $4 to Red Cross, planned reuse from feed sacks, read thank you cards, and held prayers and contests led by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O. Brantner
Carrie
Arthur Morris
Andrew Pfeiffer
Lyle Britton
Spencer
Robert Lynn
Wesley Brantner
Shirley
Glenda
Charley Newton
Billy
Ethella
John Tucker
Bernice
Junior
Allen
Doc Smith
Mable Lambert
Sonja
Everett Riley
Eugene Straley
Delmar Linhart
Jimmie Ball
True Blue Club
Jess Bruce
Trish
Everett Crookshanks
Red Cross
Grover Cooper
Grover
Willard Phillips
Lilburn Gilmer
Floy Morris
C. R
Best Foot Forward at Electric Theatre With Lucille Ball
Electric Theatre screens Best Foot Forward a Technicolor musical featuring Lucille Ball Harry James Virginia Weidler Tommy Dix and Nancy Walker with singing dancing and laughs. Also Hitler and His Gang short subject. New federal tax on theatre tickets starts April 1 raising funds for the war. ticket prices include state and federal taxes.
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Lucille Ball
Lovely Redhead
Harry James
Virginia Weidler
Tommy Dix
Nancy Walker
Hitler
His Gang
Sunday Dinner Honors Pvt Luther Baker Fort Leonard Wood
Sunday dinner guests included Pvt Luther Baker and wife with a large group in Rockport Centerville Centerville Iowa relatives and friends hosted Mr and Mrs Ray Nickell and son Kenneth Ray for the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Nickell
Kenneth Ray
Luther Baker
Fort Leonard Wood
Buddy Werley
Rockport
Dodson
Centerville
A. M. Baker
Betty Green
Sharon Jo
Buster Rinehart
Donald Gene
Edgar Hoselton
Earl Keith
Lena Kenley
Erma Peterson
Chester Bagley Wins Kirksville Mayor Nomination
Chester Bagley won the Republican nomination for Kirksville mayor in the recent primary. He has deep ties in Browning and Kirksville, serving as bank cashier and bookkeeper earlier, organizing Kirksville Loan & Investment Co., and leading the local Kiwanis club.
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Kirksville
Chester Bagley
Bagley
Browning
Citizens State Bank
Stockgrowers Bank
Purdin
Browning Savings Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
Legion Meeting Called For March Thirty First
Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary are urged to meet in the Legion Hall Friday night March 31 for their regular session. Important business matters to discuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Meeting
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Notice of Annual School Election in Scheol District
Voters in the Scheol School District Browning Linn Sullivan counties Missouri are notified that an annual election will be held April 4 1944 at the Auditorium Gymnasium from 7 a m to 6 p m. Proposals include electing two directors for three years one director for two years and a tax rate of 80 cents per hundred dollars for school purposes over 20 cents. Election judges are Mrs Martha Gooch Mrs Mildred Rhodes and Mrs Glen Moore. Mabyn Gooch secretary Board of Education.
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M.S.L
Scheol
Browning
Linn
Sullivan Counties
Missouri
Auditorium Gymnasium
Martha Gooch
Mildred Rhodes
Glen Moore
Board of Education
Letter from Ensign Kollasch to Browning Leader-Record
Ensign George E Kollasch sends a note from Oleander Cottage Pass Christian Mississippi dated March 22 1944 to Mr and Mrs G T Woodward Browning Leader-Record. He encloses a 1 50 renewal check and says he is busy shipside awaiting sea duty while serving as Indoctrination officer at the Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School near the Gulf of Mexico. He asks after Joe and shares news of rain in Mississippi and plans for fishing and swimming.
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Oleander Cottage
Pass Christian
Miss
G. T. Woodward
Browning Leader-Record
Browning
Missouri
Woodward
Leader-Record
Lme
Joe
Mississippi
Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School
Gulf of Mexico
George E. Kollasch
Letter From John Kachman Jr On The West Coast
John Kachman Jr writes from San Francisco on March 7 1944 to Mrs Woodward. He notes receiving Leader Record regularly and mentions Joe becoming chief. He remains a seaman on deck seeking Coxswain training and hopes to return someday to share experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kachman, Jr
West Coast
San Francisco
Calif
Missing Air Corps Engineer Reported Missing in Action
S/Sgt. Raymond Benton Frazier of the Army Air Corps is reported missing between Tunis and Italy since February 19 while serving as engineer aboard a Liberator bomber. Parents Mr and Mrs Benton Frazier of Milan received the notice from the War Department.
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Mediterranean
Benton Frazier
Milan
War Department
Raymond Benton Frazier
Army Air Corps
Tuni
Italy
Howard Carter Promoted in Hawaii Medical Corps Lab
Mr and Mrs Raynes Carter report their son Howard in Hawaii with the Medical Corps has been promoted to Technical Sergeant and placed in charge of the Laboratory. He receives a nicer pay rate and many local friends are glad to hear of his advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raynes Carter
Howard
Hawaii
Medical Corps
For Sale Two Vintage Motors in Browning Missouri
Evert Hollon of Browning Missouri sells a 1939 Plymouth coupe and a Harley D motorcycle in good condition. This notice notes both vehicles are offered at his place while his son serves in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evert Hollon
Browning, Mo
Palm Sunday Services Planned by Methodist Church
The church outlines a full Palm Sunday schedule with Church School at 10:00, Worship at 11:00 on Triumph Marching, Youth Fellowship at 3:00, and Evening Service at 8:00. Sunrise Easter Service planned. District Conference set for April 11 led by Pastor Gregory K. Poole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory K. Poole
Jenkins District Raises Quota Four Times Over
Total contributions reach 82.30 with E. L. Haley and Leon Vincent noted as district workers. The report states the district quota was exceeded more than fourfold with multiple individuals and groups donating amounts ranging from 50 cents to 12.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Gladiss Shreckhise
Leon Vincent
Mack Hagan
C. H. Lay
Joe Christy
John Quigley
E. R. Hatch
Edgar Shepherd
O. M. Pryor
E. L. Haley
Eva Foster
Grace Haley
Bob Sones
A. C. Brinkley
Mary Taylor
Isabel ‘Gooch
Willing Workers Club
Cecile Cotter
Royaley
L. J. Vincent
J. A. Lay
Dwight Sheen
Dickinson District Red Cross Contributions Totals $48.50
A local Red Cross drive report lists donors from Dickinson District No. 4 including Mari on Seals Alpha Christy Hugh Hale Harold Abbott Everett Hale Archie Dickinson Theodore Steele Lon Dickinson Lloyd Lambert Charlie Smith Bill Elliott Edward Elliott Fessie Minor and the Stitch and Chatter Club. The total contributions come to 48 dollars and 50 cents with F. L. Minor serving as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitch and Chatter Club
F. L. Minor
Red Cross Donations From North Hecker and Mundell Schools
Charity contributions listed from North Hecker School No 104 and Mundell School District No 7 totaling 38.25 and specified donors include Mr and Mrs R A Thurlow, Bob Rinehart, Willis Duckworth, Alex Rinehart, Hugh Warren, Ernie Warren, Frank Creason, Jessie Fuller, Henry Watson, John Baskett, Roy Bundies, Dan Bundies, Austin Watson, Wiley McCalley, J N Mundell and wife, Myrtle Garrett, Bennett Bros, Charles Tate, Cotton Wolfe, Red Hennings, Marvin and Blanche Murrell, Ross and Verl Riddle, Williard Moore, Lee Ellis Hedges, Sallie Prather, Ster ling Bowyer, Jerry Jennings, John Gooch, Mattie Gooch.
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North Hecker School
R. A. Thurlo
Bob Rinehart
Willis Duckworth
Alex Rinehart
Hugh Warren
Ernie Warren
Frank Creason
Jessie Fuller
Henry Watson
Mundell
J. N. Mundell
Myrtle Garrett
J. T. Bennett
Bennett Bros
Charles Tate
Cotton Wolfe
Red Hennings
Marvin Murrell
Blanche Murrell
Ross Riddle
Verl Riddle
Williard Moore
Lee Ellis Hedges
Sallie Prather
Sterling Bowyer
Jerry Jennings
John Gooch
Mattie Gooch
7x10 broarder house with one year use pine lumber
R O Steele of Browning reports selling a 7x10 broader house kit built with pine lumber, used one year and in good shape. The notice lists Browning Route 3 as the contact for inquiries.
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R. O. Steele
Browning R
Hostess to Senior Circle Meets in Methodist Church
The Senior Circle of the Methodist Church gathered March 16 with Mrs. Silas Bartow hosting. Mrs. Drake led a devotional and prayer, old songs pleased the group, three visitors attended, and members enjoyed reports from a Brookfield zone meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Silas Bartow
Drake
Schrock
Brookfield
Lizzie Prather
Slack
Hooker
Methodist Woman
Nickell
World Outlook
Etta Lantz
Ella Stufflebean
Jennie Epperson
H. L. Schrock
Hinda Rush
Frank Maggart
Crawford
Belle Knifong
W. P. Nickell
M. L. Haning
Mollie Adamson
John Hooker
H. H. Drake
Essie Slack
Arthur Haley
Bartow
Mrs. Bartow
Missouri Education Officials Visit Jefferson School
State Superintendent Roy Scantlin and Missouri public schools officials visited Jefferson, praising the school’s 19 3/4 units credit, transportation approval, and improvements. They commended the library tables, new reading books, free textbooks, a new furnace, qualified teachers, and the Missouri Accounting System, and suggested further gains in encyclopedias, primary room chairs, outside reading materials, high school library, and higher tuition for non-residents.
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State of Missouri
Dept. of Public Schools
Roy Scantlin
City of
Jefferson
Mariyn B. Gooch
Board of Education
Browning
Missouri
Gooch
Viola Brandt
John Ed Fuhrman
Page
New R1 Coupons Required by March 31 1944
Special notice warns all users of non highway gasoline coupons labeled R must obtain new R1 coupons by March 31 1944. Without the switch deliveries will be halted after that date. Consumers Independent Oil Co. and Standard Oil Co. issue the advisory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumers Independent Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
Farm Sale Ad Seeks Bulls and Hogs in Browning
A. L. Knifong of Browning Missouri lists hay oats from Columbia seed oats at 80 cents per bushel. He offers two Angus herd bulls, described as quiet, available to sell either. Also seeks stock hogs in the 80 to 100 pound range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
A. L. Knifong
Browning, Mo
Willing Workers Club Sees Small Red Cross Gift
The Willing Workers Club met on March 21 with seven members two visitors and one man present. They sewed rug rags served a cafeteria lunch and discussed cancer control while a donation of 3.85 was added to 12.80 for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Isable Gooch
Red Cross
Mary Vincent
Isabel
Emma
Imogene
C. R
New Taxes Take Effect April First Across Several Goods
On April 1 taxes rise on liquors beer wine and jewelry furs and toilet articles. Cabaret pool room and bowling taxes climb and admission taxes shift to 1 cent per nickel of cost. Electric light globes long distance calls and local phone bills see higher rates. anticipated federal revenue exceeds a billion dollars yearly.
City Election Set for Browning Missouri in April 1944
The city of Browning Missouri schedules an election for Tuesday April 4 1944 to fill alderman seats in East Ward and West Ward, a one year ward post, city marshal and police judge positions. Voting places and election judges are listed by ward with city officials issuing the notice.
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Browning
Missouri
W. D. Grice
Fay Peterson
J. W. Garrett
City Marshall
Bev Creason
J. E Marvin
Eest Ward
Elliott Coal Office
West Ward
East Ward
Kathleen Quigley
Jennie Slater
A. M. Baker
Margaret Smith
Otis Lawrence
Ray Nickell
Diary notes reveal small town antics and worries
Slats diary entries recount Nelson Brill back in town amid marriage strife and threats of money from his wife. Other days describe Hammer fearing pauperism, a church visit, plans for a movie, baking cakes, kite flying, school teaching controversy, and a scam returning poison after a 50 cent pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Brill
Nelson
Mr. Gilem
Ant Emmy
Esther
Jake
Ednesday
Reddy
Joe Zeck
Joe
Arsnick
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Luster Smith
Omaha, Nebr
Electric Theatre
Mabyn Gooch
ENS. Geo
the Methodist Church
Dickinson
Superintendent OF Schools
Roy’ Stantiin
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