Nineteen Pupils Complete School Course at Browning
Friday marked the close of an other term at a successful Browning school. Nineteen students completed four years of high school work and received diplomas presented by W. P. Nickell. The graduation honored by Rev. Charles J. Cohn, with a full crowd attending.
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Browning
M. A. Holman
Duckworth
Ruth Peery
Vera Freeland
Alpha Harris
Lorraine Glaze
W.P. Nickell
Charles J. Cohn
Chillicothe
Virginia Burwell
Wilma Norvell
Mildred Woodward
Dorothy Alspach
Harriett Wicker
Ida McQuown
Virginia Bolling
Edith Burkholder
Vera Sargent
Wilma Powell
Marie Bennett
Leon Nickell
Herman Jones
Wilson Quigley
J. D. Quigley
Reid Johnson
Leland Burke
George Crooks
Harvey James Neet
Fulkerson Monument Co. Promotes Memorial Craft in Brookfield
Monuments company highlights years of experience materials used and masterful execution of finished memorials in Brookfield Missouri.
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Fulkerson Monument Co
Brookfield, Missouri
May Time Meeting of the Bitter-Sweet 4-H Clubs
The Bitter-Sweet Club announces three new 4-H clubs Clothing III led by Mrs Arthur Griffeth Baby Beef led by Wilbur J Gooch and Farm Record led by Preston Baskett. May 1 hostess Mrs Elizabeth Ward outlines programs Memorial Day May 29 at Morris Chapel church and a May 15 meeting at president Mrs Ola F Creason with a roll call presenting a sketch from a noted author.
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Clothing III Club
Arthur Griffeth
Baby Beef Club
Wilbur J. Gooch
Farm Record Club
Preston Baskett
Elizabeth Ward
Columbia
Morris Chapel
Ola F. Creason
True Blue Club Met at Shafter School House
The True Blue Club met at Shafter school house on April 25 with Mrs. Lewis Arnold as hostess and Mrs Lilburn Gilmer as leader. They planned a Mothers Day program and supper for May 8 and noted rain prevented attendance at Pur din demonstrations.
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True Blue Club
Shafter School House
Lewis Arnold
Lilburn Gilmer
Purdin
Vernon Phillips
Lewis W. Arnold
California
Gilmer
R. E. Smith
Ercul Phillips
Willard Phillips
Edgar Morris
Kenneth Gooch
Old Rugged Cross
Tacky party bids farewell to Atkins and Haggard
Mrs Roy Calhoun and Miss Dorothy Haggard hosted a Live Wire Sunday School class party Tuesday night for the departure of Dorothy and Gladys Atkins. Vera Freeland and Merril Peterson won prizes for tackiness. A covered dish luncheon followed with attendees including Virginia Bolling Herman Jones Dorothy Linhart Edith Jean Bobby Burkholder Melba Carter Louis Austin James Calhoun Junior Luton Erma Peterson Loren Haggard and Roy Calhoun.
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Roy Calhoun
Dorothy Haggard
Live Wire
Dorothy
Gladys Atkins
Vera Freeland
Merril Peterson
Virginia Bolling
Herman Jones
Dorothy Linhart
Edith Jean
Bobby Burkholder
Melba Carter
Louis Austin
James Calhoun
Junior Luton
Erma Peterson
Loren Haggard
Farewell Party Honors Gladys and Dorothy Atkins
Mrs Dora Atkins and Miss Erma Peterson hosted a surprise farewell party for Gladys and Dorothy Atkins on a Wednesday night May 1. Two bridge tables determined prize winners with Evelyn Neely taking high score, Marjorie Myers the consolation, and Gladys Atkins the traveling prize. Refreshments followed.
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Dora Atkins
Erma Peterson
Gladys
Dorothy Atkins
Evelyn Neely
Marjorie Myers
Gladys Atkins
Heavy Rain Delays Planting Across Local Region
Over the past week, the area experienced very heavy rains swelling creeks and ponds washing roads and plowed ground. Yellow Creek flooded its banks on Friday while moisture saturates fields delaying corn planting and leaving low lands muddy with standing water.
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Yellow Creek
Memorials and Markers by C C Woolf Agency Linneus Mo
Guaranteed by a million dollar concern designed by experts installed for permanency in any color at lowest price. Call on C C Woolf Agency Linneus Missouri. No work too large or small, fancy or plain.
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C.C. Woolf Agency
Linneus
School Board Elects Teaching Core Members
The school board selected Lorraine Glaze for primary duties Vera Freeland for seventh and eighth grades Le Roy Nelson as superintendent and Louise Hyman for grades four to six. Glaze has long served in the primary department Freeland led the grammar department last year and earned board approval Nelson previously led Westboro Consolidated High Schools for five years and comes highly recommended as a superintendent and instructor.
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Lorraine Glaze
Vera Freeland
LeRoy Nelson
Louise Hyman
Miss Glaze
Miss Freeland
Nelson
Westboro Consolidated High Schools
Permanent Waves Hair Treatment at Clarkson's
Clarkson's in Brookfield, Missouri offers a guaranteed Oil permanent wave service for 1.95 dollars. The ad promotes complete styling with the oil wave option.
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Clarkson's
Brookfield
Milan High School Baccalaureate Soloist to Perform
Edward Williams will sing as a tenor soloist at the Milan High School graduating class baccalaureate services on Sunday morning May 19. His rapidly growing recognition has led to many requests for appearances.
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Edward Williams
Milan High School
Obituary and Thank You Poetry Policy Notice
Office policy states charges apply for poetry and cards of thanks in obituaries. Poetry costs ten cents per line, cards of thanks seventy four cents per line. Free obituary notices may run, but poetry and thanks lines are billable.
Bandmen Meeting At Worley's Garage Tonight
A meeting is set for 8 p m at Worleys Garage to elect officers and conduct other business as a committee.
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Worley’s Gargae
Chain Letter Craze Reaches Denver Mailroom
The chain letter fad spreads from Denver where the postal department hires extra clerks to handle the surge. Browning and hundreds of such letters arrive in our city as residents acknowledge the influx. Some write by hand others are type written or mimeographed. Uncle Sam may profit from the scheme but bears the extra postal expense.
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Denver
Uncle Sam
Three Thousand Cows Tested by Dr Rutherford in Meat Cattle Test
Dr F W Rutherford of Maysville and veterinarian tested 1400 cattle for tuberculosis finishing at week end. Only four cattle showed reaction, and he left for Unionville after completing the work.
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F. W. Rutherford
Maysville
Unionville
Visiting Doctor Earns Warm Welcome in Duncan
Dr Rutherford oversaw the south half of Duncan township with Fay Peterson assisting. He is described as a pleasant gentleman who made many friends during his brief stay in our city.
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Dr. Rutherford
Duncan Township
Fay Peterson
Slats Diary Sketches A Fragmented Week in Delinquent Style
Friday entry notes drunken college crowds. Saturday describes Lizzy Tubbs cleaning and family conflict ending with fainting after seeing a mouse. Sunday recalls a wood shed drawing and a job at a popular magazine. Monday features Snub Post on curriculum cut from a collapse. Tuesday shows Ant Emmy longing for home. Wednesday and Thursday mention finger nails and a printed bed line. The mayor dedicates the bridge ceremony and new crick bridge story.
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Unkle
Lizzy Tubbs
Teasday
Ant Emmy
Wensday
Joe Hix
Pasure
New Crick Bridge
Corn-Hog Rulings Allow Home Use Pigs and Wheat Threshing
Producers under the 1935 corn-hog program who lack a hog base may raise one litter of pigs for home consumption with no hog payments. Farm families are advised to provide pork for home use. Also, 1934 contract signers who planted wheat for pasture may let it mature and thresh it, leaving all wheat from last fall on contract farms to signer discretion.
Chinch Bug Threat Grows in Sullivan County This Year
The chinch bug menace may rise again in Sullivan County if the coming 4 to 6 weeks stay wet. Winter adult numbers appear as high as last year and early movement into small grain is noted. Farmers should monitor egg laying areas as dry, favorable weather could heighten development and trigger federal barrier oil aid. A timely effort is urged to control the pest.
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Sullivan County
TWA Plane Crashes Near LaPlata Killing Pilot
A TWA Sky Chief crashed on a farm near Bledsoe in Missouri on Monday about 3:30 a.m. while en route from Glendale to the East. Pilot Harvey Bolton of Kansas City died. Passengers and injured were transported to a local home and hospital. the wreckage scattered over fields.
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TWA
Atlanta
Kansas City
Kirksville
Charles Beldsoe
Glen Genter
Bledsoe
Paul Wing
Hollywood
C. C. Grew
Santa Monica
Calif
William Kaplan
West Los Angeles
Kaplan
Henry Sharpe
Los Angeles
Dora Metzger
Dorothea
D. L. Meeker
Glendale
California
New Mexico
Bolton
Senator Cutting
Wrecked airliner sighted near Atlanta with crowd views
Radio reports indicated an airliner down near Atlanta. Buddy Worley J R Williams and N W Phillips rushed to the scene in a fast Motor Co. car. Observers noted a tremendous impact with debris strewn over a quarter mile and hundreds of onlookers gathered.
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Atlanta
Buddy Worley
J. R. Williams
N. W. Phillips
The
Motor Co
Electric Theatre Draws Largest Crowd For The Strawberry Roan
Friday and Saturday nights the Electric Theatre presented The Strawberry Roan to the largest crowds yet. Every seat was filled with patrons, chairs added, and many stood in the aisle as J Ben Carter offered popular priced, worthwhile pictures.
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Electric Theatre
J. Ben Carter
Shell Service Station Promises Efficient Service and Fair Prices
The Shell Filling Station offers prompt service with gas and oil changes as well as prices on used parts and tires. Milan ice is sold and customers are encouraged to phone in orders to 33. Robert Moore is the manager.
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Shell
Milan
Robert Moore
Linn dairy meeting plans district cow testing group
County Agent Hall presided at Brookfield meeting with Dairy Specialist M J Regan. The session announced a revived Linn district cow testing association amid efforts to rebuild depleted herds and lower butterfat costs. Seed interests included vetch crimson clover and a hardy Missouri Winter Beardless barley for winter pasture.
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Linn
Brookfield
M. J. Regan
College of Agriculture
Drouth
Missouri
Linn County
Hall
Cabbage and Tomato Plants for Sale by Geo Peters
Local advert announces cabbage and tomato plants for sale by Geo Peters with contact or delivery details not provided.
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Geo. Peters
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Cohn
Elizabeth
Mr. Nelson
Laplata
New York
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