Stitch And Chatter Club Report Of October Meeting
The Stitch And Chatter Club held an all day gathering October 27 with 23 members and 4 visitors, enjoying embroidery and quilt work. A dinner followed and fundraising continues as golds and purples contribute to the treasury. A Halloween party is planned for Alma Browning’s Saturday night, with contests and a seaside pastimes theme. Members and guests arrived with a lively display of humor and stories, and next meeting is November 11 with Effie Britton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Elliott
Stitch and Chatter Club
Eva Baskett
Alma Browning
Bessie
Orpha
Alpha
Eva
Kelly
Herbert Hamilton
Alpha Christy
Nora Harris
Merilee Kelly
Henry Purdin
Will Gooch
Everett Sargent
Bart Lambert
Bill DeVore
Hiram
Ray Baskett
Beryl Lambert
Vernon
Gilbert Head
Marlene Abcott
Patricia Ann Hanman
Effie Britton
North Salem Quilting Club Meets for All Day Work and Social
Mrs. Lela Pearler hosted a North Salem Quilting Club day on October 20 with friendship quilt work, quilt blocks, and embroidery. A noon dinner, a business meeting, and a reveal of prizes followed a song and roll call. The group planned a Halloween party for October 31 and announced new members Edith Browning and Gertrude Lambert.
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North Salem Quilting Club
Lela Pearler
Jesus
Hallowe'en
North Salem
Kitty Longwell
Susie Jennings
Edith Browning
Gertrude Lambert
Community meeting notes with new members and guests
A meeting list shows members Madaline through Anna Belle with new entrants Edith and Gertrude. Twenty four visitors named include Agnes Stone May Smith Cassity Newton Head Tucker and others. Junior attendees include Tucker Turner Lambert West and McCollum. Next meeting with Ethel Lambert on November 3. roll call grab bag. visitors welcome.
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Bers
Madaline
Lela
Iola
Helen
Verna
Ethel L
Ethel A
Graice
Susie
Ida
Eva
Lavena
Flossie
Bertha
Almeda
Opal
Alpha L
Alpha C
Kitty
Anna Belle
Edith
Gertrude
Madie
Agnes
Lyle
Eldon Stone
Glen Baumgartner
May . Smith
Tilda
Helen Cassity
Masquerade Party Draws North Salem Quilters
The North Salem Quilting Club hosted a Monday masquerade at Frank Head hall with 28 attendees present plus guests. Naomi McClead Ida Head and Ethel Almond were absent due to distance illness and unspecified reasons. Four prizes went to Alpha Lambert Goldie Swisegood Mabel Lambert and Ethel Swisegood with the couple dressed as a bride and groom.
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North Salem
Ethel Swisegood
Walter Head
Charley Pearler
Mary Tucker
Bessie Steele
Club meeting notes and officer slate announced
The True Blue Club met October 26 at Mrs. Mary Molloy s with sixteen members and six visitors. Officers elected include President Mrs Vernon Phillips and Vice President Mrs Tom Morris. The G P Club gathered at Clara Thurlo s to sew a comfort top for Mrs Carrie Jacobs and welcomed new member Mrs Mabel Brassfield.
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True Blue Club
Mary Molloy
Carrie Bowyer
Vernon Phillips
Tom Morris
Sec-Treas
Lilburn Gilmer
Edgar Morris
Dolly Langdon
Dolly
Kirksville
Charles
Clara Thurlo
Clara
Carrie Jacobs
Alice Duckworth
Mabel Brassfield
Hinda Johnson
Genevieve. Warren
Eula Crowdis
Florence Johnson
H. N. Thurlo
Frank Kille
C.R
Visitors present for next year's program
On November 9 roll call lists the subject for the upcoming year’s program. Attendees included Mrs. Van Vencill with daughter Jane, Mrs. Mack Molloy, Mrs. Ross, Palmer and Mrs. James Meneely with daughter Annabeth of Meadville, plus C. R.
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van Vencill
Jane
Mack Molloy
Ross. Palmer
James Meneely
Annabeth
Meadville
C.R
Halloween Party At Bitter Sweet Club Hosted By Coxs
The Bitter Sweet Club hosted a Halloween party for members and families at the Cox home. Guests enjoyed a decorated room with black cats bats and witches and masked contests with prizes awarded to Pearl Goins Essie Wood and Merle Palmer. Pie and coffee were served as the evening closed with thanks to the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitter Sweet Club
Ira Cox
Pearl Goins
Essie Wood
Merle Palmer
Fredrick Remick
Rolla Gooch
Shelda
Rolla, Jr
Levi Sparks
Nadine
Noris
Chas. Goins
Evelyn
Jimmie
Ola Creason
Ben
Freddie
Edd Lewis
Lee Wood
Lewis
Don
Rama
Merle
Ford
Sonny Palmer
John
Jean
Joanne
Ester Louise
PWA Engineer Herman A Weller Visits Interview Members
Mr. Herman A. Weller a PWA engineer from St. Louis visited last Friday to interview members as part of ongoing program oversight.
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PWA
Herman A. Weller
St. Louis
Local School Board Gymnasium Auditorium Plan Discussion
Mr. Weller, in charge of PWA projects in the territory, reports from Milan where construction on the Sullivan County Court House is underway. The School Board meeting covers erection of a Gymnasium Auditorium.
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Weller
PWA
Milan
Sullivan County Court House
Middle School Curricula Cover Projects Across Grades
Fifth graders build a cardboard miniature castle of the Middle Ages while fourth graders start notebooks tracing clothing origins from silk to wool. An Elementary Science class in grades seven and eight studies environment and how we use and control it. Seventh grade math explores casting out nines to check multiplication.
Plea Answered for Browning Gymnasium Auditorium
The Browning school district moves toward building a gymnasium auditorium after a summer bond election. Architect R Warren Roberts designed the plans and Harren and Peterson of Kansas City were chosen as contractors. The project also adds toilets showers dressing rooms and remodels for a socialized study hall with the new building serving the community.
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Browning
Board of Education
Missouri
R. Warren Roberts
Harren & Peterson
Kansas City
Kansas
Linneus Tournament Dates Highlight School Calendar
School calendar events list activities including Boy Scout meeting Band Practice Kirk Day and Linneus Tournament rounds scheduled November 10 11 and 12. The item notes Linneus Tournament spans three days with sessions on the 10th 11th and 12th.
Brown High library rises among top in district
Betty Baker visited friends at BHS last week. A new Ping Pong Singles Tournament has been started. The library has received a shipment of new outside reading books. With the shipments of new books the past few years Brown ing High's library is now among the best in this section of the state.
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Betty Baker
BHS
Browning High
Schoolroom Personalities Describe Quiet Peculiarities
Read as a light feature from a school page, the piece notes Irene Crooks avoiding high school boys while De Vane Gray refuses to repeat a class definition. Junior Woolf sits between two girls in English, Nyle Freeland soliloquizes about a sophomore girl, and Vella Linhart watches a Purdin boy. Lelan Shipp chooses a specific noon seat as a group of boys last week stopped reading western magazines during class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Crooks
de Vane Gray
Junior Woolf
Nyle Freeland
Vella Linhart
Lelan Shipp
Browning Teams Edge Laclede In Conference Thriller
Tuesday night Browning hosted Laclede in a tight conference clash with the boys winning 13 11 and the girls 22 21. Browning squads earned an invitation to the Linneus Tournament on November 10 while the Linn County Athletic Association Tournament at Brookfield closes the outdoor season.
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Laclede
Browning
Linn County Athletic Association
Brookfield
Sponsor For The Week: Brown Public Schools Feature
A note praising Brown Public Schools highlights the faculty and board of education for increasing student enrollment and enlarging the school building and grounds. The piece appears in the Brownie publication sponsored by Peterson Battery and Electric Shop.
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Browning Public Schools
Board of Education
Brownie
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E. C. Brownlee
Virginia Linhart
Linn
Bernard Browning
Room
Sports Review
Missouri History
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