American Legion Post Installs New Officers
Installation of Post Officers was held with the Auxiliary at the Legion Home on Friday September 27. District Commander Earl Barnes of Chillicothe officiated with Comrade Ware assisting. New officers include Post Commander Ovid Atkins and others, all veterans of World War II, plus a membership drive using a point system and a final finish date set for November 9 1946 urging every member to participate.
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Legion Home
Earl Barnes
Chillicothe
Ware
Hall
Frank Bonderer
Barnes
American Legion
Ovid Atkins
Dayton Street
John Owens
James Calhoun
Dyle Peterson
Harvey Neet
Lantz McCormick
Gerald Wade
Phillip Grice
Neet
Wade
American Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers in September Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary held its September 27 meeting with a covered dish luncheon. Mrs. Frances Grice presided as president, minutes and treasurer’s report were read, and Mrs. Carl Drake became the new president. Plans were made for a November 14 event at the Legion Home and a district meeting October 30.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Reguar
Frances Grice
Carl Drake
Legion
Mildred Atkins
Jewell Johnson
Frances Grice Grice
Goldie Abbott
Dorothy Drake
Brookfield
Chillicothe
Ladies Legion Auxiliary
Wilma Dowdy
Tractor PTO Incident Leaves Man Uninjured Near Browning
Willard Moore escaped serious harm when his clothing caught in a power take-off on a tractor while harvesting soybeans at the W. D. Grice farm south of Browning Tuesday afternoon. His clothing was shredded in a flash, but he suffered no injuries.
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Willard Moore
W. D. Grice
Browning
Mr. Moore
Wanted Place Open for Married Man to Work on Turkey Farm
Barron Turkey Farms in Winigan Missouri seeks a married man for turkey farm work with good pay and housing extras. Apply in person.
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Turkey Farms
Winigan
Missouri
Appointment as Special Representative for Linn and Sullivan Counties
Blaine Fleming announces his appointment as Special Representative of the Automobile Club of Missouri for Linn and Sullivan Counties. He invites inquiries about Complete Automobile Insurance and provides P O Box 171 Browning Mo for correspondence.
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AAA
Automobile Club of Missouri
Linn and
Sullivan Counties
Blaine Fleming
P.O. Box
Browning
Moc
A Letter for Evie Comedy Roars in MGM Romance
A Letter for Evie follows a girl who slips a note into a large Army shirt and meets a misfit suitor who wields a false persona. John Carroll Marsha Hunt and Hume Cronyn star in this riotous MGM comedy romance with chuckles and a warm touch.
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Evie
John Carroll
Marsha Hunt
Hume Cronyn
Needed Road Graveled Browning to Jenkins Cemetery
A Missouri resident writes from Browning to praise the graveling of the road to Jenkins cemetery in Toledo Washington county. Laura Haynes Churchill sends a $20 contribution to assist road payment and recalls visiting the cemetery four years ago during a trip home. The letter notes past rain made the road unusable and expresses gratitude for the completed work.
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B. J. Harvey
Browning
Missouri
Jenkins Cemetery
Laura Haynes Churchill
Sunday Dinner Guests Dinner Hosts and Guests
Sunday dinner guests of Mac Montgomery included Mr and Mrs F L Maggart Mr and Mrs Herbert Sayre and son Kenny Neal Mr and Mrs Leon Montgomery Terry and Jimmie Mr and Mrs Kay Maggart Linda and Joy of Browning Mr and Mrs George Eddy Mrs John Moore of Milan and Mrs John Hornick of Washington.
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F. L. Maggart
Herbert Sayre
Kenny Neal
Leon Montagmery
Terry
Jimmie
Kay Maggart
Linda
Joy
Browning
George Eddy
John Moore
Milan
John Hornick
Washington
Mac Montgomery
Taxi Service Offers Round-the-Clock Rides
Local taxi firm announces 24 hour service with two cars ready for immediate dispatch. Leo and Ninnie Jones invite customers to call 170 Browning for a trial ride and reliable transportation.
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Browning
Leo and
Ninnie Jones
In Appreciation for Friends and Neighbors
Asa Badger expresses thanks for letters and cards received during hospital stay and for neighbor and friend assistance after his accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Badger
Radio Service Joe's Radio Shop Opens Brookfield
Local Brookfield business Joe's Radio Shop announces service offerings at 332 East Helm Street with phone line 1112 for radio repairs and parts in the community.
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Joe’s Radio Shop
For Rent Sleeping Rooms by Night
Mrs. Leo Jones in Browning advertises sleeping rooms for rent by night.
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Leo Jones
Browning
Farmers Special Car Insurance Policy Details
Liability and property damage coverage amounts listed as ten thousand and twenty thousand dollars with respective values. A stock company claims 50 years of dependable service. Peterson Insurance Agency serves as local agent.
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Peterson Insurance Agency
Legion Auxiliary Plans District Dinner and 40 and 8 Service
Twelve members met at Mrs. Dorothy Drake’s home on October 2 to plan meals for the District Meeting on October 20 at the High School Auditorium with cafeteria service at the Legion Home. Browning Post members will bring basket dinner and plans were set to serve dinner to the 40 and 8 on November 14. Dues were collected as members push a membership contest with Mildred’s side leading. refreshments: fruit salad with whipped cream devil’s food cake and coffee were served.
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American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Drake
Legion Home
Browning Post
Mildred
Gerald Wade
Sandra
Thurlo
Ovid Atkins
Cline
Leonard Dell
Custer Linhart
Harold Abbott
Harvey James Neet
Joyce
Lantz McCormick
Evert Dowdy
Jas. Williams
Carl Drake
Wilma Dowdy
Linn County to decide Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds split
The Linn County Court orders a May 2021 election be held on November 5 1946 to determine whether the offices of Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds should be combined or kept separate. The measure, tied to Third Class county provisions under the 62nd General Assembly, will affect future office elections and county organization.
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62Rd
General Assembly
Linn County
Missouri
Miss Rozalie Gooch Takes Position With Agriculture Dept
Miss Rozalie Gooch daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam J Gooch of Browning Missouri has accepted a post with the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC and reported for work October 7 She is a recent graduate of Chillicothe Business College where she completed a stenographic course Her sister Miss Gladys Gooch also a former student at Chillicothe Business College works as secretary to Missouri Congressman Wat Arnold in Washington DC
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Rozalie Gooch
Sam J. Gooch
Browning
Missouri
Washington, D. C
Miss Gooch
Chillicothe Business College
Gladys Gooch
Wat Arnold
D A R Meeting Held By Hannah Hull Chapter in Brookfield
The Hannah Hull Chapter D A R of Brookfield met at Mrs L W Hummel's home last Monday with 21 members present. Hostesses included Mrs H L Schrock Mrs Maurice Lantz and Mrs Nellie Seaman. Guest attendees were Mrs Lutie McNealey Mrs Jane Pillips of Milan and Mrs Rosalie Schrock Mrs Ada Bolling and Miss Maude Morris. Harold Moore gave a book review Talking Through My Hat by Lillie Dache. Refreshments of ice cream cake and coffee followed.
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Hannah Hull
Brookfield
L. W. Hummel
Browning
H. L. Schrock
Maurice Lantz
Nellie Seaman
Harold Moore
Lillie Dache
Lutie McNealey
Jane Pillips
Milan
Rosalie Schrock
Ada Bolling
Maude Morris
For Sale Small Cook Stove and Wood Heater
For sale a small cook stove and a wood heating stove, both in good condition. Contact Mrs. Asa Badger in Browning.
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Asa Badger
Browning
Wesleyan Service Guild Hosts Evening Meeting
Mrs Lillian Bennett hosted the Wesleyan Service Guild gathering at her home with a covered dish supper. Ila Nevins led worship, Nellie Seaman taught on Life in India, and a white Elephant sale raised a good sum. Martha Gooch donated from her father Mr Pew, and members listed include Blaine White Brookfield Vena Wade Genevieve Lumsden Margaret Smith Martha Gooch Nellie Seaman Beverly Moore Velma Jennings Elizabeth Elisberry Genevieve Prather Oma Rudloff Lila Williams Kathleen Quigley Mabel Keithley Leona Harris Almeda Bartow Ila Nevins Marilyn Ruth Ann Jennings and Prather Elisberry.
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Lillian Bennett
Wesleyan Service Guild
Weslean Service Guild
Iia Nevins
Nellie Seaman
India
Martha Gooch
Pew
Blaine White
Brookfield
Vena Wade
Genevieve Lumsden
Maragret Smith
Beverly Moore
Velma Jennings
Elizabeth Elisberry
Genevieve Prather
Oma Rudloff
Lila Williams
Kathleen Quigley
Mabel Keithley
Leona Harris
Almeda Bartow
Ila Nevins
Marilyn
Ruth Ann Jennings
Prather Elisberry
Pleasant Grove Church Sunday Schedule
U B Pleasant Grove Church under Pastor Kenneth Kelley lists Sunday School at 1 am Grace Woodside as Superintendent. Morning services at 11 am, Christian Endeavor at 7 pm, and Evening Evangelistic Service at 7 45 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.
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U. B. Pleasant Grove Church
Kenneth Kelley
Grace Woodside
Christian Endeavor
Browning Methodist Church Services Invite
Don R. Bowen leads Sunday School at 10 a m with H L Schrock as Superintendent. Morning Worship at 11 a m. Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m. Evening services at 7 30 p m. You are cordially invited to attend.
Local Sunday School Schedules and Church Notices
Locust Valley Baptist Church holds Sunday School each Sunday at 10 o clock led by Superintendent Cecil Lay. Schrock Church also hosts Schrock Sunday School at 10 a m with J D Seaman and Sept Browning. Browning Baptist Church lists Rev Wesley Dice as Interim Pastor with preaching on the second and fourth Sundays. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring friends.
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Cecil Lay
Schrock Church
Schrock
D. Seaman
Sunday School and Revival Attendance Report
Betty Gooch reports thirty seven in Sunday School and at church on Sunday morning. She notes good turnout at revival services and extends an invitation to attend the Lord's house.
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Morris Chapel
Betty Gooch
Haseville Church Names New Pastor and Sunday Schedule
Sunday School held at the regular hour last Sunday. Bro. Hearme attended both services and is announced as the new pastor for the coming year. All enjoyed his presence. The W S of C S meets Thursday with Mrs. Cecil Bro bending.
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Haseville
Bro
Hearme
W.S. of
C.S
Cecil Browning
Pie Supper at Clem Springs School House
A pie supper will be held Thursday night October 17 at 8:00 PM in the Clem Springs School House. Mary Ruth Hargs is listed as the teacher in charge.
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Clem Springs
Mary Ruth Hargs
Republican Meeting at Brown Ing High School Gym
Linn County Republicans plan a gathering Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Brown ing High School Gym. All Republican candidates will attend with H S Beardsley as principal speaker. Come out and get acquainted with the committees.
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Browning High School
Linn County
H.S. Beardsley
Brookshier School House Event Announces Peggy Head
Wednesday night October 16 Peggy Head teaches at Brookshier School House.
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Brookshier School
Peggy Head
Enamel range with oven and heater by J H Dunlap Browning
A white enamel range in very good condition features a built in oven and a small circulator heater. Sold by J. H. Dunlap of Browning Missouri.
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J. H. Dunlap
Browning, Mo
Sullivan County Girls Win First in Ton Litter Contest
Patricia Wyant 11, daughter of Virgil Wyant of Pollock, exhibited the Champion Ton Litter at the St Joseph Interstate Show beating 65 other litters. The 13 pigs averaged 286 pounds at 200 days. Patricia also showed another ton litter of 11 pigs. Champion litter sold for 35 cents per pound, other at 33 cents. Shirley Ann Weter placed fifth with her ton litter, her brother Eugene placed twelfth. Sullivan County also stood fifth in a pen of three barrows and fifth in a county group of five pens. Robert and Betty Clem of Humphreys exhibited ten litters.
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Patricia Wyant
Virgil Wyant
Pollock
St. Joesph
Durces
Patricia
Patrica
St. Joseph
Sullivan County
Shirley Ann Weter
Vester Weter
Eugene, Weter
Shirley Ann
Robert
Betty Clem
Humphreys
Family Dinner Honors Mr and Mrs Forman at Linneus Park
A large gathering hosted by Mrs Forman in Linneus Park Salem Oregon and her relatives from Browning Laclede Meadville and Meadover Browning celebrate Mr and Mrs Chester Forman of Salem Oregon on a perfect autumn day They plan a trip to Illinois to visit his 86 year old father and other relatives after the meal Jan Rosemary Claude Pattie Meadville were among the attendees and all departed later in high spirits with everyone calling it a happy day.
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Chester Forman
Salem
Oregon
Linneus Park
Maggie Creason
Lawrence
James
Hattie Stults
Alta
Bettie
H. H. Drake
Lee Kimbrough
Marvin Murrell
Victor
J. N. Mundell
Joyce
Richard
Charles Tate
Browning
Floyd Doyle
Oliver Belcher
Joe
Charles
Laclede
Roy Creason
Rayma
Ola Belcher
Jan Rosemary
Claude
Pattie
Meadville
Browning hosts Shelby in open air arena basketball
Browning High School hosted a Friday night game against Shelby with the Browning A team winning 17 to 9 and the Browning Junior High 12 to 11. The event took place in the open air arena on October 4.
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Browning High
Browning “A
Shelby
Browning
Junior High
Browning Teams Defeated by Humphreys In Regional Meet
The Browning girls lost 14 to 21 at Humphreys while the Browning boys won 26 to 6, as Humphreys used a weaker second unit for two quarters of the game.
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Browning
Humphreys
Game at Laclede Friday Night October 11
Our next game will be at Laclede on Friday night October 11. Laclede is reported to have strong teams in both boys and girls.
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Laclede
Home Game With Bucklin Friday Night
Our next home game is scheduled against Bucklin on Friday night October 18.
Timber Sale Notice Near Browning
Good Oak timber located 4 miles south of Browning is offered by Chas. S. Gooch, Browning.
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Browning
Chas. S. Gooch
Army Veteran Assigned as Sacramento High School Instructor
Master Sergeant Jack Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs For rest Hamilton of Browning has been named R C T C Instructor at a Sacramento California High School. He re enlisted after six years in the Army and after O C S at Fort Benning was commissioned First Lieutenant. He served two years with the 81st Division in the South Pacific before his latest assignment. Set and Mrs Hamilton visited his parents and sister Mrs Rex Hocker en route to Fort Lewis for the new post.
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Sargeant
Jack Hamilton
Forrest Hamilton
Browning
Sacramento
California
Sgt. Hamilton
Army
O.C.S
Ft. Benning
81St
South Pacific
Set
Ft Lewis
Maggart School House Event Teaches Monday
Maggart School House holds an instructional gathering Monday night with Marie Head as the teacher on October 14.
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Maggart
Marie Head
Discharge for Sgt. Frederick J. Creason Arrives Soon
Sgt. Frederick J. Creason at Fort Bragg North Carolina will receive his discharge early next week and return to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Ola F Creason near Purdin.
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Frederick J. Creason
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Ola F. Creason
Purdin
Estate sale offers Brown ing properties and farm
To settle an estate a ten room modern home with 8 acres of adjoining land in Browning is offered for sale. An improved 140 acre farm four miles out on Rock Road is also for sale. For information call 146 or 209 or write Box 93 Browning. Violett Hooker.
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Browning
Rock Road
Violett Hooker
Birth Notice for Ronnie Geneweight Hodgerson
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hodgerson of 931 Romina Terr Rockford Illinois are the proud parents of a son Ronnie Geneweight Hodgerson born September 26 at Brookfield Hospital Brookfield Missouri weighing 9 pounds 74 ounces.
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Marion Hodgerson
Romina Terr
Rockford, Ill
Ronnie Geneweight
Brookfield Hospi
Brookfield
Honor Roll Adds Subscribers in Browning Listing
The Browning Leader-Record posts another Honor Roll notice with new subscribers led by Mrs. Jacob Harris and Miss Nellie Stephenson plus many renewals including John L. Baskett and Victor Jones. The paper asks readers to check their tags as October billing approaches.
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Jacob Harris
Nellie Stephenson
Lafe Pearler
Eldon Head
Leonard Mitchell
Rosa Nickell
John T. Rensch
Gene Henley
Lyle Lee Hollon
L. P. Mohr
J. R. Anderson
Clara Whaley
Evelyn B. Moody
Alpha Dean Leeper
Eunice Wilhite
John L. Basket
Arthur Jacobs
J. D. Seaman
Chas. Owens
Lee Warren
Nellie Garrett
Clayton Harris
Earl Stone
John Rottmann
Henry Ford
S. W. Bundridge
John Quigley
M. L. Haning
Albert Seaman
Ivah Carr
Cale Smith
Charlotte Haley
Chas. V. Miller
W. L. Myers
Louis J. Fahnders
Ernest Pearson
A. L. Brown
J E. Merrick
Christine Jeremiah
Lilburn Gilmer
Feeds and Flour Prices From J. R. Williams Co
The catalog lists 30 percent laying mash at 4.00 dollars and guaranteed white flour at 2.90 and 1.50 dollars per unit. J. R. Williams Co offers these grain and flour supplies.
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J. R. Williams Co
Annual Basket Dinner and Auction at Kaifong Cemetery
The annual basket dinner and auction will be held at Kaifong cemetery on Thursday October 17. Items for the auction are welcome. If roads are bad, the meeting will be held the following Thursday by order of Com.
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Kaifong
Birthday Dinner For Mrs. Virgie Haggard
Family celebrated Mrs. Virgie Haggard's birthday with a seven o'clock turkey dinner and cake. Attending were Ovid Atkins Jimmie Wilson Betty J. Wilson Jimmie Rudloff John Sue Coral Gann Annabel Heldiman from San Francisco. It was the first time Mr Haggard's children had all been home together in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebarted
Virgie Haggard
Ovid Atkins
Jimmie
Betty J. Wilson
Jimmie Rudloff
John
Sue
Coral Gann
Annabel Heldiman
San Francisco
California
University of Missouri sets fall enrollment record
Frederick A. Middlebuch announced 12 352 students registered for the fall term at Missouri. Columbia accounts for 10 236 with Rolla adding 2 116 in Mines and Metallurgy. Veterans make up nearly 7 900 of Columbia enrollments. Arts and Sciences leads with 4 944 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.U
Columbia
Frederick A. Middlebuch
University of Missouri
School of Mines and Metallurgy
Rolla
College of Arts and Science
University At Columbia
College of
Idranggoton
Awa
College of Engineering
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Electric Theatre
Toledo
Wash
County Glerk
Church News
Locust Valley Baptist Church
Mrs. Forman
Bucklin
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