Smith Items Family Visits and Anniversary Notes
Mr and Mrs Lee Kimbrough visited Wednesday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Roscoe Powell. Delorum Tharp family and Grandma Tharp dined with Charley Tharp in Milan Sunday. Powell hosted a Sunday dinner November 11 with Evert Dowdy Debby Imogene Smith Karol and families from Kansas City St Joseph Milan and Linneus. Floy Turner of Linneus visited with Ray Johnson and family. Bob Rinehart’s children stayed with Wilson Havens. Johnsons visited Brookfield. Powell and Tommy attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Rev and Mrs E O Hobbs in Purdin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee’ Kimbrough
Roscoe Powell
Delorum Tharp
Grandma Tharp
Charley Tharp
Milan
Evert. Dowdy
Debby
Imogene Smith
Karol
Kansas City
Woithiée Harr
St. Joseph
Herbert Sayre
Kenny
Floy Turner
Linneus
Ray Johnson
Bob Rinehart
Wilson Havens
Brookfield Visiors
Clinton
Powell
Tommy
E. O. Hobbs
Purdin
Milan area telephones expand service amid local activity
Crowded last week Fields and Schrock area sees a new line installation by the Milan Telephone Company. Local residents including Mrs. Lyle Wickham and Joyce Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fields and others visit, shop, and husk corn in Milan and nearby towns as social and family visits continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan Telephone Company Co
Fields & Schrock
Lyle Wickham
Joyce Ann
Browning
Mable Ziegler
Dorothy
Robert Fields
Elbert Howard
Powersville
Roy Taylor
Beryl Taylor
Beverly
North Salem
John McCandle
Amos Gavin
Milan
Josie Fields
Jessie Oliver
Roger
Christine van Fossen
CORA AND CLEM SPRING ITEMS
The Clem Spring pie supper was well attended with pies candy and boxes selling well. Mary Ann Dunlap is teacher. Mr and Mrs Vern Jones and baby of Los Angeles visit relatives including Ola Kinfong. Shucking corn and harvesting beans ongoing. Jackie Jennings and Bonnie visit Kay Stufflebean family. Franklin Chapman and two daughters of Newton Iowa visit Mrs Brookshier’s parents. Duff Jennings travels to Brookfield on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Spring School
Mary Ann Dunlap
Vern Jones
Baby
Los Angeles
Ola Kinfong
Jackie Jennings
Bonnie
Kay Stufflebean
Franklin Chapman
Newton
Iowa
Guy Brookshier
Duff Jennings
Brookfield
Sunday School and Services at Church of God
Reger and vicinity invited to Sunday School every Sunday at 10 am with classes for all. Preaching on the 1st 3rd and 4th Sundays at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Young People meet Sundays at 7 pm. Prayer and Bible study Thursdays at 2 pm. White Oak Grove Church hosts Monday night services at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
White Oak Grove
Community Notes From Church Gatherings And Newborns
Mrs Sylvia Jacobs and Mrs Susie Barnard plus Miss Nada Staggs from Seymour Iowa attended Church of God services Sunday morning and were dinner guests of Miss Nellie Stephenson. Ida Tunnell Ada Smith Ervin Smith and Jay from Kansas City visited Elsworth Smith and sons near T Humphreys. Junior Collins and wife welcomed a baby girl Friday night Revver. Robert Shipley and wife welcomed a baby boy Sunday night near Rever. Rev Tioward Copeland led his Methodist appointment and dined with J W Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Jacobs
Susie Barnard
Nada Staggs
Seymour
Iowa
Church of God
Nellie Stephenson
Ida Tunnell
Ada Smith
Ervin Smith
Jay
Kansas City
Elsworth Smith
Vincent Collins
T Humphreys
Junior
Collins
Revver
Robert Shipley
Rever
Tioward Copeland
Methodist Church
J. W. Ford
Community Notes From North Jackson Round
Local column records Eugene Crookshanks at Chillicothe Post Office on vacation with father W C Crookshanks aiding farm work. Mentions Mrs Harry Tromerhouser improving after burns at Trenton Hospital and a pre Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Tom and Delia Kimbrough. Mrs Marshall McMickle funeral held at Haseville after November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Crookshanks
Chillicothe
Harry Tromerhouser
Trenton
Tom Kimbbrough
Lee Kimbrough
Kenneth Gooch
Marshall McMickle
Haseville
Floy Morris
Glenn
Lobbie Reed
Cecil Reed
Merle Hess
Independence
Mary Cooper
Meadville
Edgar Morris
James Morris
Willie Burtch
Mary Norvell
Shafter
Mt. Olive
Peery
Laredo
S. C. Turner
Community Dinner Guests and Visits Reported
Local residents and families share social visits and travel notes including Woodrow Deskins Gary Linneus with the Longwells, Lacer in Brookfield, Flossie Wyatt with Wayne Abbott, Riddle Head family time, Kenneth Belzer with grandparents, Longwell business trip to Brunswick, Freeman goose dinner for R C Freeman and Howard Freeman, Lana Lee Ogle with Kathryn Smith, Fay Bowyer Meadville and Jesse Longwell dinner guests, May Monroe visit, and Abbott family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Deskins
Gary
Linneus
Jesse Longwell
Johnny
Tom Lacer
Brookfield
Flossie Wyatt
Wayne Abbott
Eldon Riddle
Eldon Head
Kenneth Belzer
John Longwell
Jesse
Brunswick
Kenneth Freeman
Shelby
R. C. Freeman
Howard Freeman
Marceline
Orval Ogle
Lana Lee
Kathryn Smith
Janice
Fay Bowyer
Meadville
Etta Liebhart
May Monroe
Glenn Abbott
Community Notes On Local Visits And Family News
Mr and Mrs Wayne Ab bott and son Joth Walden visited. Mr and Mrs Roy Jennings in Brookfield to meet their new granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs Donald Jennings. Nolan Arnold was taken to Brookfield Hospital for serious illness. Mrs John Longwell visited Brookfield families and Myr and Mrs Henry Lantert with others over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne —Abbott
Joth Walden
Roy Jennings
Brookfield
Donald Jennings
Nolan Arnold
Brookfield Hospital
John
Longwell
Ivan Cokerham
Phillip « McKenzie
Phyllis and
Cloria
Brookfield S
John Longwell
Eldon Riddle
Myr
Henry Lantert
Alme
Norman Wwood
Wayne Britton
Myrs
Everett, Briggs
Brookfeld
Tom Lacer
Fimo Britton
Wisconsin
Heny
HalVens
Harvey Havens
Elmo
Norman
Woodside
Morris Chapel Items Show Social Visits and Guests
Mr and Mrs Lee Wood were dinner guests of Mrs Emma Tottman on Friday. J J and son Raymond visited. Mr and Mrs Emmett Palmer were guests in Leonard Richardson home in Kansas City over the weekend. Judy Falconer visited Barbara Kimbrough Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Babe Kimbrough and children were in Chillicothe shopping Saturday. Mr and Mrs Lewis Wood Care Lee were Sunday dinner guests in the Lee Word home. Afternoon callers included Mrs Kenneth Murrell and children and Mrs Raymond Murrell. Mr and Mrs Babe Kimbrough and children were guests in Glenn Cooper home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee" Wood
Emma Tottmanhn
Raymond
Emmett.Palmer
Leonard Richardson
Kansas City
Judy Falconer
Barbara Kimbrough
Babe
Kimbrough
Chillicothe
Lewis Wood
Lee
Lee Word
Kenneth Murrell
Raymond Murrell
Babe Kimbrough
Glenn Cooper
Purdin News Wide Field of Local Visits and Socials
Dale Falconer travels to Minnesota on business. Residents host guests, attend school events, and join club gatherings. Marvin Lambert and family visit from Texas. Marvin to enter service. Multiple local socials include bridge and canasta parties, and a turkey supper at the Purdin school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Falconer
Minnesota
Thora Carr
Lawrence
Elliott
Roger
Roy Kennedy
Henry Buswell
Travis Smith
Linneus School
Thorn’’ Dair
Feria
Whansas
Oklahoma
Jess Pulliam Aid Ity
Don “Street
Kirksville
Grim Smith Hospital
George Doolin
Roy Hale
Unionville
George Jenkins
Clifford Chambers
Robert Abell
Chilliothe
Harrison Blackburn
Aid
Ray McNally
Milan
Floyd Hardin
Mark Gooch
Robert Hoover
Joe Eden
Emma Street
Maurice Foster
Ray Cloud
Roe Connelly
J.N. Chambers
Harrison Smith
George’ Jenkins
Lawrence el
Brookfield Guests Visit Linneus Residents
Sunday visitors from Brookfield included Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lewis and children and Mrs. Grafton Kingsclore Mrs. Maxine Helms and her son from Linneus called on Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Lewis
Brookfield
Grafton Kingsclore
Maxine Helms
Linneus
Virgil Lee
Harvest Moon Reflections In Autumn Calm
Addison Payne reflects on the harvest moon and Indian summer weather with tranquil imagery. Ducks and geese take flight as red and brown leaves rustle. The piece muses on slumber and nature’s fading life with a lingering south wind.
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Browning, Missouri
Missouri
F. N. & G. T. Woodward
Cora
Clem
North Jackson
Dickinson
Ae Las
Ruan Skae
Maxwell’s Jewelry
Linneus, Missouri
Purdin News
Roy Miller
Elizabeth Clark
Harvey Head
Lloyd Moore
Travis. Smith
Linneus School House
Frvin Barrows
Irene
Maurice
Nellie Barrows
Veda Warren
Travis” Smith
Lawrence Eliott
Chillicofhe
Smith
Evan Helms
Richard Jee
Columbia
Purdin P.T. A
Kansas
Western
Roe Cannfelly
Betty
Howard
South Dakota
Harold. White
R. K. Jennings
Herman Wyant
Sue Haley
Geo. Haley
Elizabeth Shipp
Worthington
J. N. Oaks
Orlando Johnson
Ervin Smith and Sons
Bessie Walkup
Wheeling
Bill Smith
Milton
Rollison and Sons
Robert Smith
Faille
Linn County
Purdin, Missouri
By Addison Payne
George Street
Purdin, Mo
The
Reisch School
Marty Ann Theatre
Milan Missouri
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Richard Widmark
Paul Douglas
Barbara Bel Geddes
Jim Thorpe All
Bert Lancaster
Steve Cochran
Phyllis Thaxter
Lee J. Cobb
Jane Wyatt
John Dall
Joan Bennett
Linda Darnell
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