Dickinson items show family visits and a farm injury
Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and families visit Kirksville and Laughlin Hospital to see Billy Fields. Theodore Steele suffers a leg injury while grinding feed. taken to Milan for care. Minor car collision impacts Ibb Spencer with slight injuries. Lamerts and others host visitors and attend KWHO station visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert . Lambert
Edith Crown- Tim
Brack
Kirksville
Billy Fields
Laughlin Hospital
Evelyn Longwell
Betsie Lambert
Lambert
KWHO
Theodore Steele
Milan
L. A. Dickinson
Jim Elliott
T.M. Smith
Bernie Brantner and Son
Anna Belle West
Duane
Fields
Ibb Spencer
Brookfield
Weather Turns Dry as Cisterns Run Low in Shelby
The Shelby note says the weather has been fine but rain is welcome as cisterns run dry. Mrs. Herb Wilson visits her mother while Miss Elva Monroe keeps house for Mr. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Finney and their daughter return to old Mo after Jack left three years ago to go elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Wilson
Elva Monroe
Mr. Wilson
Jack Finney
Old Mo
Jack
Local Social Roundup in California and Nearby Towns
California residents Dorothy Wilson and Mildred Wilson visit family while Curt Bauer takes the Rulon and Finney households to Michigan to see Dewit Rulon. Several calls and visits occur among Wilson, Rauer, Jennings, Dodge, and McDonald households with notes on a new house for Dread Boyles and travel by Ray Rauer for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Dorothy Wilson
Chas. Wilson
Curt Bauer
Hadley Rulon
Jack Finney
Michigan
Dewit Rulon
Mildred Wilson
Kirk
Nile Rauer
Roy Jennings
Mary Richardson
Mattie «Briggs
Kenneth
Frank _Rauer
Albert Dodge
T. L. McDonnald
Nile Bauer
Elva Monroe
Leamon Powell
Charles Wilson
Ben Mullins
Linneus
Dread Boyles
Ray Rauer
Purdin
Frank Rauer
Purdin News Notes Weather Dust and Dirt
Nice weather but no rain to dampen dust and fill cisterns. Mr. Travis Smith has pneumonia under Dr. Dixon care with an oxygen tent. Purdin gravel crew works east of town with ten trucks. Purdin sends strong notes at tournament as girls basketball team takes second place. Ernest Pearson and wife visited daughter Mrs. Earl Hess Sunday. Miss Thelma McGhee returned home for weekend. Leonard Richardson spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Smith
Dixon
Purdin
Baskebball
Pleasant Hill Items Week of November 2nd
Pleasant Hill society notes list visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Walter Smith spent weekend with son Herman Smith in St Joseph. James Smith returned from Washington and San Francisco trip and visited Miss Maxine Riley in Tucumcari New Mexico. Families and friends from Milan Cora Washington DC Winigan and nearby towns are noted with dinners card parties and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Smith
Herman
St. Joseph
James Smith
Washington
San Francisco
Yellow Stone Park
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Maxine Riley
Riley
Kenneth Knifong
Clarice
Donald
Seaman Wallace
Winigan
Lyle Britton
Jas. Spencer
Milan
Clelland Spencer
Cora
Chas. Britton
J. W. Kenley
Washington, D.C
Jack Kenley
B.O. Brantner
Brantner
Beryl Taylor
Leon Mitchell
John Tucker
Ibb Spencer
Resignation Notes Health Cause Mail Carrier Ogle
Uncle Dave Ogle resigns his postal route due to poor health affecting duties from the post office to the depot. Social notes mention visits and a Halloween party hosted by Mrs. John Myers with nineteen guests and costumes. Mr Charley Johnson shows some improvement after illness while Mrs Effie Pulliam and Mrs Marv in Murrell are noted social contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Ogle
Marvin Murrell
Effie Pulliam
John Latta
Charley Johnson
John Myers
Browning Girls Capture Third in Linn County Tournament
Browning girls place third after a hard fought win over Laclede in the Linn County basketball tournament held at Brookfield. Browning boys rally to beat Meadville for third as critics note varied defenses and quick passes during the county event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Brookfield
Browning
Laclede
76Ers
Meadville
Bucklin
Forker
Linneus
Browning Boys
Halloween Party in Room II Teaches Spooky Fun
On Friday evening October 27 Room II held a Halloween party with orange and black decor and a tunnel entry. Guests met a ghost and enjoyed fortune telling by Darlene Ginder, confetti, and treats as Nola Jeanne Lay won best mask as a clown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Ginder
Aaa
Nola Jeanne Lay
Miss Virginia
Mrs Phillips Gives Three Collective Nouns
Wilma Bagley provides examples such as Flypaper and waste. The fragment hints at a classroom exercise in collective nouns and word usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Phillips
Wilma Bagley
Camera Fans Notice Photo Contest Rules
Browning High School students and faculty eligible. Deadline December 10. Entries must be original by exhibitor. Pictures may be entered at the principal office. Judges decision is final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning High School
John Keith recounts lone defense against three robbers
John Keith tells how he fought off three robbers by himself. Allen Martin confirms he heard the story from Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keith
John’ Allen “Martin
Walnut Grove Items Report Local Harvest and Family News
Farmers report corn gathering nearly done and praise the good harvest. A baby boy named Jerry Lee was born November 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Swearengin, mother and baby in good health. Mr. and Mrs. Clum Mitchel and Robert Jennings of Keokuk, Iowa visited Mr. and Mrs. Charley Pipes, while Mrs. Winnie Christy and her children spent Sunday with her daughter at Humphreys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Swearengen
Jerry Lee
Clum Mitchel
Robert Jennings
Keokuk
Charley Pipes
Winnie Christy
Humphreys
Halloween Party At Wilnut Grove School Delightful Night
Miss Georgeanna Moffitt and pupils hosted a Halloween party at the Wilnut Grove school on Tuesday night. Connie Swearengen and Harold Christy won the prize for the best masked couple. Pumpkin pie and popcorn served as attendees enjoyed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Dunlap
Ralph Morris
Ed Meiris
Earl Dunlap
Milan
Georgeanna Moffitt
Wilnut Grove
Connie Swearengen
Harold Christy
North Salem Quilting Club Halloween Masquerade
The masquerade and sandwich supper sponsored by the North Salem Quilting Club on Halloween drew a large crowd. Mrs. John Longwell won first prize for best masked, Lloyd Newton and Eldon Riddle took second, Opal Moore third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Salem Quilting Club
John Longwell
Lloyd Newton
Eldon
Riddle
Opal Moore
Lyle Britton
C. S. Head
Cross Roads
Wesley Brantner
Browning
Emery Brantner
Palouse
Wash
B. Q. Brantner
Brantner
Kenneth Knnfong
Clarice
Donald
Weekend Visitors and Local Notices Around Purdin and Winigan
Della Fern Powell Lois Riley and Everett Riley hosted weekend guests including Alpha Powell Clinton and Nora Stra ley family members visited Jas Elliott and Arthur Watson households. Chester Coram is on the sick list. Wm Riley visited Arthur Watson and Uncle Billy Jones. Chas Newton family joined Miss Clara Elliott at Winigan. Britton Hale Fanning cut wood. A L Kinfong Norris attended Green City sale.
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E. W. Riley
Della Fern Powell
Lois Riley
Purdin
Everett Riley
Alpha Powell
Clinton
Nora Straley
Dale
Eugene
John Tucker
Jas. Elliott’s
Chester Coram
Wm. Riley
Arthur Watson
Billy Jones
Chas. Newton
Miss Clara
Winigan
Chas
Lyle Britton
Wm. Hale
Dess Fanning
A. L. Kinfong
Norris
Green City
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Brownape
Dickinson
Shelby
Pleasant Hill
Veda
Viola Mitchell
Jas. Elliott
Jane Ross
Alden Knifong
C. N. Russell
Edd Smith
Marion Wyatt
Lloyd W. Hummel
Brownie
Volume
Kathryn Cumbo
Bobby Brown
James Gooch
Bobby
James
Claude Myers
American Legion of Browning
Paul van Osdel
Connie Gibbons
Hazel Grice
Janet Gibbons
Marilea Mundell
Perkins
Victor Gibbons
Rex Bundies
Dudley Field
Billy Joy Crookshanks
Jessica Bacon
Vella Linhart Joy Gaylord
Peresine Taylor
Sea Green
Clarice Bagley
Norman
Evans
Gene Carr Floyd Davis
Junior Woolf
Rudolf von Hapsburger
Verlan Lambert
Walnut Grove
Thomas H. Bundies
Alice Bundies
J. N. Neet, Jr
Dorcas Harvey
Harvey & Neet
Circuit Court
C. E. McGhee
T. R. McArtor
M. D
Browning, Missouri
M. L. Haning
Dr.h. Dearing Wolf
Osteopathic
Farmer's Building
Browning,Missouri
DR. Vinton Jones
Farmers Store
Browning, Mo
ROUPA
SEL
McCall’s Maga
Pathfinder
Weel Modern Roman
Movie Mirror Sports Afield
Christian Herald Woman's World Household
Home Arts
SELEC
Woman's World Household
Needlec Pathfinder
Poultry Tribune
American Fruit
Capper’s Farmer
Nat'l Livestock
Reak
Farm Journal and Farmer’s Wife
Plymouth Rock
Amer
Poultry Journal Breeder's Gazette
Rhode Island
Farm Journal and
Farmer's Wife
American Fruit Grower
American Poultry Journal
Cloverleaf American Review
Breeder's Gazette
Leghorn World
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