Browning School Notes Highlight Halloween Program and Scrap Drive
Browning schools announce an October 16 program at 8:00 p.m. with a Halloween play You Cant Skeer Me and a song fest. Scrap drive runs Oct 6–16 with prizes for top classes. address budgeting notes discuss Proposition 5 and state aid impacts on Browning Public School.
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Glee Club
Ruth Smith
Betty
Beverly Kelly
Josephine Bailey
Lorane Taylor
Cherie
Walter
Waa
Eugene Jacobs
Kenneth Jones
Rae Hoselton
Quentin DeVore
Edwin Tucker
Barbara Jones
Merle
Doris Mae Hines
Mr. Wilkison
Uncle Sam
Missouri
Browning Public School
Not Safe for Work Contest Lines Promote War Ethos
A wartime room rally proclaims every boy and girl strives to win a contest closing Friday October 16. The speaker vows to defeat Japan with a pile of scrap and to work night and day for the U.S. A. with a wartime front line chant.
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U.S. A
Grade Cards and Class Activities Highlight School Progress
Last week issued grade cards show Honor Roll in sixth grade Thelma Lee Gender and Gene Carter with honorable mention Jimmie Nevins. Seventh grade awards Valjean Gooch Clinton Bennett and eighth grade Donald Linhart John Lee Robinson Nola Jean Lay with Hershel In. leaf collection grows in science with mounted leaves in a scrap book and names beneath.
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Thelma Lee Gender
Gene Carter
Jimmie Nevins
Valjean Gooch
Clinton Bennett
Donald Linhart
John Lee Robinson
Nola Jean Lay
Hershel
Guess Who a Senior Boy from the Country
A senior boy with black hair lives in the country, plays basketball, is an experienced cook and housekeeper, has an agreeable disposition, and always keeps a tune.
The Chevie Parody Car Woes
A humorous verse depicts a borrower’s troubled ride with a Chevie. The auto brings debt, muddy roads, parts failures, and a blown tire. The narrator fears axle radius rods breaking and radiator trouble, yet seeks patching to endure.
Defense-0-gram: What is America to you
A wartime appeal urges readers to defend liberty and democracy by supporting the war effort. It stresses freedoms at stake and calls for contributions of weapons and troops to defeat the enemy and keep homes safe.
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America
undefeated basketball team stays perfect with Purdin win
The boys basketball team remained undefeated by beating Purdin 27 to 9 on Friday night. Four straight conference victories were extended as Peterson Gray Montgomery Dixon Bennett Stephenson Brookshier Jennings Gooch Skeen Grice and Watson played in the game.
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Purdin
Peterson
Gray
Montgomery
Dixon
Bennett
Stephenson
Brookshier
Jennings
Gooch
Skeen
Grice
Watson
Browning Girls Basketball Sees Gains Before Bucklin Test
The Browning girls show improved play against Purdin with a 25 to 19 loss. Coach notes four first team forwards and soon six guards of equal rank. Bucklin visits October 20 for a tough matchup, and the teams thank the public for October 9 attendance.
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Purdin
Browning
Bucklin
Dedication to Ray Dueane Peterson Expresses Lifelong Pledge
A brief dedication proclaims a vow to live with dignity, promising to remain in poverty’s house if not fulfilled. The note targets Ray Dueane Peterson and frames a personal oath across all days of life.
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Ray Dueane Peterson
Two Years Until a Barber Shave for Junior Jennings
A comic exchange shows a barber telling Junior Jennings his shave will come in about two years as the boy asks when he can shave. The dialogue captures a playful classroom moment with teased growth and coming of age.
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Junior Jennings
Barber
Bitter Sweet Club Would Hold October Meeting
The Bitter Sweet Club met October 7 with eight members and two visitors. The group planned Red Cross sewing and enjoyed contests. The next meeting is scheduled for October 21 at the schoolhouse with a Halloween mask theme.
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Bitter Sweet Club
Susan Creason
Red Cross
Local Family Notes Between Milan and Mt Zion
Mr and Mrs Earl Meeks and Mr and Mrs Albert Meeks visit their mother Mrs Bill Grindstaff as Harold Meeks heads to Knoxville for Army duty. Emily Sayers stays with Arthur Reger’s family to care for her sick daughter. New Methodist minister Rev Chappell and wife visit J D Tunnell. C J VanFossen returns from Great Lakes N T S on furlough. John Oliver weds Faye Lumsden after a naval furlough. C J DeWitt and Mrs Josie appear in weekend notes.
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Earl Meeks
Albert Meeks
Milan
Bill Grindstaff
Harold
Knoxville
Tenn
U.S. Army
Emily Sayers
Mt. Zion
Arthur Reger
Reger
Harry McCoy
George Artz
New Methodist
Rev. Chappell
J. D. Tunnell
Sam Artz
Nickey
Charles Maggart
Helen
Purdin
C. E. Maggart
Grant Smith
Loretta Reed
Centennial Butler
David Hastings
Kansas City
C. J. VanFossen
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Rev. Wilkerson
John Oliver
Faye Lumsden
Fred Lumsden
Leanna
Mary
Harrison Grindstaff
C. J. DeWitt
Josie
Funeral Attendees and Local Movements Noted in Green City
Field family and relatives including Mr and Mrs Will VanFossen and Mr and Mrs Gee attended the funeral of Mrs Elmer Moffitt in Green City on Tuesday. Gene Rogers drove to Kansas City on business Monday evening and returned Tuesday.
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Fields
Will VanFossen
Gee. Moffitt
Gene Rogers
Richard Haddox
Elmer Moffitt
Green City
Kansas City
Local couples share visits in community notes
Mr and Mrs Oren Jennings spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Alva Walters. Mr and Mrs Willie Woodside were Thursday guests of Mrs Geo Spencer and Mr and Mrs Oda Spencer. Mr and Mrs Robert cere noon in Purdin as Mr and Mrs Jesse Longwell visited Roy Simpson and daughters Saturday evening. The Lamberts hosted Leland Lambert family Sunday. Lucille Lambert and Wilma Browning visited Eugene and Helen Ann West Sunday afternoon. Mrs Jesse Longwell and Mrs John Longwell with Eugene West spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs Alva Deskins. Herbert Lambert and son Kenneth stayed Tuesday night and Wednesday with his sister Mrs Oda Spencer. Ona Lambert also visited. Wednesday Alex Purdin and wife spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Geo Spencer. Archie Dickinson and Lon Dickinson visited Purdin Monday afternoon. Everett Hale and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Hugh Hale and son.
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Oren
Jennings
Alva Walters
Willie Woodside
Geo. Spencer
Oda Spencer
Robert
Cere
Purdin
Jesse
Longwell
Roy Simpson
T. S. C. Lambert
Leland Lambert
Lucille Lambert
Wilma Browning
Eugene
Helen Ann West
Jesse’ Longwell
John Longwell
Eugene West
Alva Deskins
Herbert Lambert
Kenneth
Ona Lambert
Alex Purdin
Archie Dickinson
Lon Dickinson
Everett Hale
Hugh Hale
Women's Day in Linneus Showcases Food Cavalcade Display
Women’s Achievement Day at Linneus High School featured a Food Cavalcade with 130 quarts of produce and meats, 10 bushels of stored food, 30 pounds cured meat, and other dried goods totaling near a ton. Extension Office girls demonstrated storage and canning methods with club participation and a closing film. About 200 people attended as 23 Extension clubs participated.
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Linneus
Linneus High School
Vernon Calvert
Fairview Club
Women’s Council
Elmo Schreck
Yours and Mine Club
Bert Powell
Neighborly Hour Club
Happy Hour Club
Will Brinkley
C. E. Dulaney
Home Culture Club
Guy Couch
John Tarnow
Triple T Club
Oscar Thorne
Willowvale Club
Purdin
R. T Patterson
Lois Libby
Bruner Club
Victory
Oak Grove Club
America
Liberty
Chester Keane
U Go I Go
Livestock Meat Board
Cummings
Bucklin
Merle Costigan
Home Dem
Local Paper Seeks Reader Support for Advertising
The newspaper appeals to readers to assist through advertising to keep the paper alive and serving the community. It emphasizes the value of sponsors in sustaining publication.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps Regularly
Govt appeals for continued bond purchases to fund armed forces and sustain home front effort. Encourages joining the 10% Club and repeated buying until Victory.
Scrap Drive Prompts Room III Closure
In Room III the Scrap Drive initiative is announced as now underway with collection rules and deadlines. Local participants and organizations coordinate pickup and sorting efforts to support recycling programs.
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Cele
Farm Club
Ioof Hall
M. F. A. Central Cooperative
Phon
Laclede
Browning Board of Education
Guess
Dan M. Nee
War Savings Staff
Dickinson
Armstrong
Straley’s
Dannen’s
Meat Department
LEE
French
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