Purdin Items Show Local Events and Family News
Last week in Purdin the community enjoyed pleasant weather and forecast a shower. Western family marked its 50th wedding anniversary at the Methodist Church with a large crowd. Mrs. Thelma Armstrong was ill and taken to her father’s in Laclede. Fannie Buswell funeral held at the Christian Church. Ray McNally family visited his mother. Forrest Western and children attended the anniversary. Maxine Helms and son Junior visited relatives. Rosetta Wohler helped her mother Saturday. Jimmie Wohler recovered from measles and returned to school.
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Western
Methodist Church
Thelma Armstrong
Laclede
Fannie Buswell
Christian Church
Purdin
Ray McNally
Peggy
Forrest Western
Maxine Helms
Junior
Rosetta Wohler
Henay
Jimmie Wohler
Locust Valley Social Notes Dinner Guests and Callers
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Quigley and family hosted Sunday dinner for relatives in Linneus. Several Quigleys and Baskett families visited or called. Jessie Fuller received help with papering. multiple guests enjoyed meals with local residents in a sequence of Sunday gatherings.
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J. D. Quigley
David
Vicky
Francis Schrock
Steve
Kathleen Quigley
Margaret Ellen
Jerry
Joanne
Johnuigley
Linneus
Eugene Quigley
Gregory
Bertha Lay
Jessie Fuller
Larry Crooks
W. E. Crooks
Icy Brehm
Ralph Craeson
Johnnie Baskett
Harold
Hiram Base
Hinda Johnson
Lottie Bundie
Emmagene Baskett
Woodrow Keithley
Winona
Wanda Hudwell
Bill Head
Roy Bundies
Glenn
Gordon Johnson
Miss Jessie Fuller
Charley
Smith Items Highlights From A Rural Community
A rural weekly update notes rain, health concerns for Alex Rinehart, social visits including Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Powell and Arla Hayner partygoers, and G. P. Club hosting. It mentions corn planting, électrification of local homes, Elbert Dowdy assisting Wilson Havens, and a recent heart attack but overall improvement for Byrd Dowdy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Rinehart
Wilson Havens
Roscoe Powell
Arla Hayner
Indiana
Willie Powell
Nell Gooch
Linneus
Ae Delorum Tharp
Chisen
R. A. Thurlo
G. P. Club
Bernice Riley
Lee Kimbrough
Leland Burke
Laredo
C. L. McQuown
Ida
Clay Hill
Elbert Dowdy
Byrd Dowdy
Milan Theatre Sold to Unionville Figure
The Milan Theatre in Milan Missouri is sold to Shelby O Armstrong of Unionville Missouri. Former Milan owner Chester L Hurdle now resides in Boulder Colorado. Armstrong will move here soon and undertake extensive remodeling with enlargement and new equipment. Sale arranged by Cowgill Land and Loan Co.
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Milan
Shelby O. Armstrong
Unionville
Chester L. Hurdle
Boulder
Colo
Armstrong
Cowgill Land & Loan Co
Fire destroys West family farm buildings and smoke house
A fire sweeping the Glenn West farm northeast of town destroyed the house, contents, and the smoke house early Sunday morning. By the time it was found, the flames had consumed the structures leaving the Wests with a severe loss.
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Glenn Wester
Westfall
Local Visitors Share Weekends Across Missouri and Illinois
John Moore and family visited in Kansas City with relatives J B and Mrs Moore. J S Shoush of Mexico visited Nora Cass home. Rev C J Chappe of New Hampton called on Mrs Cass. Carlos Harris and son from Moline spent weekend with Raymond Bagey family. Valjean Gooch, employed in Kansas City, visited her parents John and Mrs Gooch. C E Frazi and Beverly Fanning visited Mr and Mrs J Fanning and Beverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moors
Kansas City
J. B. Moore
Shoush
Mexico
Nora Cass
C. J. Chappe
New Hampton
Carlos Harris
Moline
Ill
Raymond Bagey
Valjean Gooch
John Gooch
C. E. Frazi
Milan
J . Fanning
Beverly
Dorisean
Wise Use of Home Freezer Aids Meal Preparation
Home freezers help busy homemakers prepare meals during heat waves and allow hosting without disturbance. Freezing preserves cookies butter bakes yeast rolls and fruit pies. Use standard recipes. freeze unbaked cookies or cakes with double action baking powder.
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Flora Carl
Missouri University Extension
Food preservation and thawing guidance for baked goods
Practical steps for cooling baked foods before freezing and packaging to prevent damage. Wrap items in vapor resistant wrappers. Use a cardboard plate to protect pies and place cakes in stiff boxes. Defrost baked goods in wrappers at room temperature for two hours or in a slow oven.
Three Hundred Degrees Cooking Time Hint
A fragment notes oven heat of three hundred degrees and a cooking duration of twenty to thirty minutes.
M F A 90 and US 13 Hybrid Corn for Missouri Farmers
The M F A 90 day hybrid offers high yield and soft kernels with quick dry down, vigorous growth, and wide soil adaptability. US 13, prized for Missouri, shows high yields, quick maturation, sturdy stalks, strong roots, and drought chinch bug resistance across North Central and Central regions.
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Missouri
North
Mi i
South
US 13
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Browning Lumber Company
Elm mL
Terry-Anne Shoppe
Bauman
Milat Cleaners
Procter. & Gamble
Muchmore
Seate
Clocus
Linn County
Purdin, Missouri
George Street
The
Reisch School
M. F. A. Hybrid
M.F.A. US 13
M. F. A. White
M.F.A
M.F.A. Central Cooperative
Steve Lay
Browning, Missouri
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