Meadville Wildcats clash. Halloween party and grade card notices
School notes report Meadville hosts the Wildcats on Thursday October 30 with an all school Halloween party on Friday October 31. First quarter grade cards go home this week and parents are urged to review sign and return them. Coaches encourage parent visits to boost home school cooperation. Wildcats lost 21 to 17 to Purdin as the slow game featured fouls on both sides. Cassity and Monroe Kelly receive praise for speed and basket defense.
Browning Girls Earn Linneus Tournament Trophy
Browning girls won the Linneus Tournament trophy after defeating Wheeling 27 17 and Laclede 22 18 to reach the finals. Forker defeated Browning 33 18 for first place as Marjorie Knifong faded with tight guarding.
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Browning
Wheeling
Laclede
Forker
Marjorie Knifong
Marjorie
Wildkittens
Forker Girls
Wildkittens Edge Purdin In Hard Fought Game
Bitter rivals met last Tuesday with the Wildkittens defeating Purdin in a rough contest. Smith Woolf Knifong Almond Bagley and Garrett led the attack while Purdin saw early foul trouble. Clean interceptions and ball recovery by the Black and White forwards sealed the win.
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Emenies
Wildkittens
Purdin
Smith
Woolf
Knifong
Almond
Bagley
Garrett
Sophomore Class Reads Silas Marner and Publishes Journal
The sophomore class stages readings of Silas Marner by George Eliot with student actors and a class newspaper weaving in story elements. The issue includes ads social items a look back column and editorials to spark interest in reading and evaluation charts.
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Silas Marner
George Eliot
Missouri History
Missouri
Problems of Exchange and Money as Medium of Trade
This unit discusses money as a specialized medium of exchange. It explains how specialization requires exchange and how merchants, markets, and money enable exchange. It follows a survey of middlemen, markets, and specialized dealers in exchange, focusing on money and its role.
Music Notes From Glee Clubs And Band
The Girls Glee Club works on Lift Thine Eyes for a church number. Nolan Kimbrough joins the Boys Glee Club as a new tenor. The groups have two more songs for future audiences. The band practices daily in sections each morning. The band will perform Thursday night at the Browning versus Meadville ball game.
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Glee Club
Nolan Kimbrough
Browning
Meadville
Pelican shot dies in Mound City with 154 fish in stomach
An eight foot nine inch pelican dies after being shot in the neck in Mound City. A post mortem shows the stomach contained 154 fish. The item notes public sentiment shifting from hush to loud acclaim as the bird falls.
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Mound City
News-Independent
Seventh Grade English Notes Publish Short Story
In Room III students describe a Fine Arts project turning corn shucks into braided mats soaked in water torn into strips and sewn into shapes for tables. They plan to color some mats with elder berries or walnut hulls and note a seventh grade English unit revising a short story for publication.
FourYearOld Visitor Escapes Aunt at Zoo Monkeys Exhibit
A four year old slips away from her Aunt at the zoo. She pets a large cat in a cage that resembles her own pet Laddy. A uniformed man warns her as her Aunt returns frightened by the incident.
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Frances Lou Lawrence
Prayer Meeting at Methodist Church This Thursday
The weekly prayer meeting will be held Thursday evening at 7 30 oclock at the Methodist church.
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Methodist Church
Church Sunday School and Services Schedule
The Churches Church of Christ holds Sunday School and Communion every Sunday at 10:00 with Edward F. Williams as Superintendent. Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 led by Herbert C. Bailey. Methodist Church with Rev. H. R. Tate offers Sunday School at 10:00 and preaching on the first and third Sundays with H. L. Schrock as Superintendent.
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Church of Christ
Edward F. Williams
Baptist Church
the Methodist Church
H. R. Tate
H. L. Schrock
Rexall Drug Store
Rexall
Potosi Newspaper Ditches Old Type for Linotype Opticon
The Potosi Independent-Journal adopts Linotype 8pant Opticon with Memphis Bold to ease reading and reduce eye strain. Publisher State Treasurer Wilson Bell notes the change while reporting on a transportation survey and local notices about a rare quarry discovery from Dr. Joe Creech’s lot near Troy.
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Potosi
Independent-Journal
Linotype
Memphis
Wilson Bell
Independent- Journal
Missouri Melange of Whiskers and Greased Pigs
Richard Haake won the whisker contest at St. Charles 150th anniversary with a 30/32 inch entry after seventeen whiskers were measured. A greased pig catching event in Liberty failed to excite the crowd as the pig refused to run. Central College band staged a geography lesson by outlining Missouri and the United States during a Central Turkic football game.
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St. Charles Cosmos Monitor
Richard Haake
Haake
Liberty
the Chronicle
Central College
Fayette
Missouri
United States
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Browning Farm Club
Wildcats
Ada Mae Coram
Martha Cotter
Lyle Jacobs
Mary Smith
Jeanne Woolf
Ray Duane Peterson
Helen Falconer
Phyllis Vincent
The
Hermann Advertiser-Courier
America
Paris
Mercury
Room
Herbert C. Bailey
National Defense Program
Pubic Roads Administration
Missouri Advisory Committee
Donnell
W. H. Steward
Carl W. Brown
State Highway Department
W. J. Ramsey
Highway Patrol
Troy
Free Press
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Joe Creech
Orinrsie
J. G. May Drug Company
I. E. Hook
Browning, Mo
Halloween
Zenith
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