Linn County 4-H Fair Set for September 24 26
Linn County 4-H Fair plans completed at Brookfield meeting with leaders from across the county. The three day event will be held at the Linn County Hoof and Horn Club rodeo grounds south of Brookfield on Highway 36. Marvin Garner is in charge of premiums and ribbons. livestock and handiwork entries will compete in major judging September 24 and final livestock judging on September 26. Copies of the premium list will be distributed early September to 4-H club members in Linn County.
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Linn County
Brookfield
4-H
Lois Jones
Marvin Garner
Ralph Neal
Linnells
Washburn
Marceline
Liebhart
New Boston
Geo. Alexander
John Hoover
Ralph Roe
John Wisdom
Joe Duncan
Rollins Brownlee
Harold Hamm
Harry Mason
Casey Jones
Paul Jaquith
Dave Ormiston
Linn County Hoof and
Highway 36
George Alexander
Linneus
Missouri
Farm for Sale Near Browning on Gravel Road
Otto Hollon of Browning advertises an 88-10 acre farm with several buildings for sale located 4% miles southwest of Browning on a gravel road.
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Browning
Otto Hollon
Farm Club Meeting Planned With Demonstration
The monthly Farm Club meeting is set for Tuesday September 6 at the Legion Home. Miss De Lois Jones Home Agent Linneus will demonstrate pressure sauce pan cookers. Members are asked to bring pies while M F A provides coffee and cookies.
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Legion Home
de Lois Jones
Linneus
Purdin Methodist Circuit Announces Revivals and Meetings
Three Sunday schools on the Purdin circuit remain active and urged. Revival at Morris Chapel ends Sunday night with Bear Branch starting Monday September 5 at 7 45 PM. Basket dinner at High Noon Sunday September 4 followed by quarterly service at 2 PM officiated by Pastor W. A. Pollock.
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Purdin Methodist
Morris Chapel
Bear Branch
Bonnee
The
W. A. Polloc
Radio services offered at Bailey Maytag Co and Neff Radio
Radios may be left at the Bailey Maytag Co for your convenience Neff Radio Service located at 16 S&S Main Brookfield Missouri provides radio servicing and pickup options for customers.
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Bailey Maytag Co
Neff Radio Service
S&s Main
Brookfield
Obituary: George Arthur Pipes Dies in Kirksville
George Arthur Pipes 56 of near Sticklerville Sullivan County died Wednesday noon in a Kirksville hospital after a period of illness. He was born November 17, 1892 near Cora Missouri and lived all his life in Sullivan County. He married Eather Maxey in 1911 and leaves a wife, three sons Earl Eldon Verl, four daughters, thirteen grandchildren, his mother Minera Maxey, and one sister. Funeral held at Green City Methodist Church. Interment in Green City Cemetery.
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George Arthur Pipes
Sticklerville
Sullivan Co
Kirksville
Pipes
Webb
Minerva Jones Pipes
Cora
Missouri
Sullivan County
Green Castle
Minera Maxey
Green City
Chlora Langdon
Brookfield
E. V. Campbell
Glenn E. Kent
Elderly ladies offered room and board by Ivah Darr
Notice states starting October 1 room and board will be provided for elderly ladies by Ivah Darr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivah Darr
Milan High seniors finish journalism workshop in Columbia
Miss Dixie Lee and Miss Peggy Browning accompanied by Miss Ruth Shipley returned Saturday from Columbia after a week at the Journalism workshop on the University Campus. The trip prepares them for the 1949-50 editor ship of the Milan Echo.
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Dixie Lee
Peggy Browning
Milan High School
Ruth Shipley
Columbia
Milan Echo
Birth of Thomas Mac Bartow in Brookfield
Mr and Mrs Gale Bartow announce the birth of a son named Thomas Mac. The baby weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was born Tuesday afternoon August 30 at a Brookfield area hospital.
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Gale Bartow
Brookfield
Thomas Mac
Auxiliary Members Installed and Dues Urged
The American Legion Auxiliary held a meeting at the Legion Home last Monday. New officers installed include Mildred Atkins president Pearle Thurlo first vice president Mabel Harvey second vice president Marjorie Lay secretary Thelma Molloy historian Dorothy Drake chaplain Lorraine Smith sergeant at arms. Reports were heard and a trip report shared. Members agreed to donate homemade items for rest homes in Linn and Sullivan counties and a dues drive was urged.
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Hazel Peterson
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Mildred Atkins
Pearle Thurlo
Mabel Harvey
Marjorie Lay
Thelma Molloy
Dorothy Drake
Lorraine Smith
Mrs Laura Atkins 89th Birthday Observed At Browning Park
A basket dinner honored Mrs Laura Atkins for her 89th birthday at Browning Park with relatives from Cairo Jacksonville Trenton Humphreys and Browning in attendance. The party shared a noon meal and conversations and planned winter travel to Gallup New Mexico with granddaughter Helen Atkins.
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Ber
Browning Park
Laura Atkins
Jessie Wedding
Cairo
Frank Wolfe
Jacksonville
Carver Wolfe
Carl Doolfh
Trenton
Reginald Rinehart
Browning
Marvin Rinehart
Noel
May
John Hollon
Ira Langdon
Atkins
Helen
Herman Atkins
Gallup
New Mexico
Corn stored at John Crowdis farm
A report notes one thousand bushels of corn in the crib at the John Crowdis farm. Humphreys, phone 8F14, Charles O. Crowdis listed as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crowdis
Humphreys
Charles O. Crowdis
Birthday Surprise for Floyde Hollow on August 28
Floyde Hollow enjoyed a birthday surprise on his August 28 birthday as neighbors and friends arrived with cake and ice cream. Present were Miss Bernice Foster, Miss Shirley Elliott, Miss Reta Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Allen and Mildred, Mr. and Mrs. Beyil Bundridge and children, Mr. and Mrs. Bing Ellison and Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Elliott, Dean and Billy Dale, Jerry Page, Lyle Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Verl Holton, Mrs. Nora Hojton and sons Elza Clyde and Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyde Hollow
Bernice Foster
Shirley Elliott
Reta Jacobs
Browning
Lee Allen
Mildred
Beyil Bundridge
Bing Ellison
Virginia
Johnnie Elliott
Dean
Billy Dale
Jerry Page
Lyle Shaw
Verl Holton
Nora Hojton
Elza
Clyde
Pink and Blue Shower Honors Mrs Almond and Mrs Maggart
Mrs Clyde Hoskins hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs Harley Almond and Mrs J B Maggart Monday afternoon August 29 at 2 pm. Guests included Mrs Wendell Quigley and daughter Sherri Ann and many others. refreshments were served by the hostess.
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Clyde Hoskins
Harley Almond
J. B. Maggart
Wendell Quigley
Sherri Ann
Vernon Erickson
Pamela
von Shaw
Lottie Dodson
Fred Lumsden
Clarence Head
Charolette and
Stevie
George Ann Head
Maggie Head
Earl Maggart
Bobby
Ddn
Rebecca
Mae
Richard
Patty
Veda Sealy
Vena Almond
Almond
Maggart
Louis Arnold Widow Informs Of Austra White Bullets
Mrs Louis Arnold widow reports Austra White Bullets in local matter. The note appears in a brief public notice style likely referencing a product or brand involved in a community item.
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Louis Arnold
Wning
General Purpose Club Meeting Held August Eighteenth
Mrs Gail Thurlo hosted a seven member club meeting with one visitor and eight children present. An all day session concluded with a social featuring ice cream and a drawing won by Alma. attendees contributed thirty cents.
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Gail Thurlo
Andro
Alma
C. R
Radio Shop Ad in Brookfield Missouri
Radio Service Joe's Radio Shop advertises repairs and sales at 52 E Heim Street Brookfield Missouri with contact phone 1112 for radio equipment and services.
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Joe's Radio Shop
Heim St. Brookfield
Raymond Collins Reported Missing After Truck Abduction
Raymond Collins of Milan is hospitalized in Milan after a Thursday morning abduction from his delivery truck. FBI agent confirms to Sheriff that Collins, 31, said he was dragged by a seven foot man and accomplices to Amarillo Texas, then found in Wichita Falls. wife received four postcards from kidnappers during his disappearance.
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Raymond Collins
Milan
Simpson Hosl
E” Standard 1
Brunswick
Ken
St. Joseph
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Kansas City
Sullivan Unty
Artis Franklin
Amarillo
Texas
Collins
Amarilo
Wichita Falls
E. W. Collins
Chandler
Oklahoma
Card of Thanks for William Wohler
We express sincere thanks to all who helped during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father William Wohler. Jennie Wohler and family.
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William Wohler
Jennie Wohler
Cassity Reunion Set for City Park Linneus Mo
The annual Cassity Reunion will be held at City Park Linneus Missouri in the large pavilion on Sunday September 4. All Cassities are urged to attend. Chairman announces details and calls for attendees.
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Linneus
Cassities
Mrs Gertrude Lambert Hosts Stitch and Chatter Club
Stitch and Chatter Club met with Mrs Gertrude Lambert on August 18 with twenty members and two visitors. Members listed include Cora Lee Ford Florence Elliott Lydia Barclay Alfie Christy Blanche Head Mamie Hale and Mabel Lambert. Visitors were Mrs Sewed and Mrs Helen Lou Lam. Work for the day was quilting with piecing quilt blocks. At noon they enjoyed a dinner and iced tea.
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Gertrude Lambert
Stitch and Chatter Club
Ertrude Lambert
Cora Lee Ford
Florence Elliott
Lydia Barclay
Alfie Christy
Blanche Head
Mamie Hale
J¢é Ware
Clara Hanman
Effie Britton
Edith Hale
Madeline Tucker
Vivian Woodside
Irene Kelly
Alpha Lambert
Mildred Brantner
Bessie Steele
Orpha Dickinson
Grace Linhart
Mabel Lambert
Sewed
Helen Lou Lam
Lee
Noisy fragment hints at transit or office notes
Fragment concerns a late mode and clean comfort cars with mentions of an office and individuals, unclear details. Names and places are unreadable, making precise event or outcome hard to determine.
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Saar Seren
Special School Election September 20 Reorganized Districts R 1 and R 4
Section 10 of Senate Bill 307 calls a special school election for reorganized districts R 1 and R 4 to elect six directors each. Filing valid through September 15 at the county superintendent of schools. age 30 plus US citizenship and tax payment required. women need property or husband’s property interest to qualify.
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County Board of Education
United States
Mrs. Marea Keithley Hosts P E O Chapter Event
Mrs. Marea Keithley hosted Chapter V P E O on Wednesday evening August 24 with an entertaining program on Enjoyment of Reading. Misses Saralou Schrock Marilie Schrock and Cynthia Moore sang three numbers. Mrs Lula Weatherford and Mrs Alma Shacklett attended, and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marea Keithley
P.E.O
Keithley
Saralou
Marilie Schrock
Cynthia Moore
Lula Weatherford
Alma Shacklett
Closing Notice From Browning Lumber Co
Browning Lumber Co announces closure on Monday for the day. The notice states all operations and services will be suspended for the day.
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Pete
Browning Lumber Co
W. S. of C. S. Meeting At Mrs Hummel's August 18
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. L. W. Hummel's home on Thursday afternoon August 18 with thirteen members and eight visitors. Devotionals were by Mrs. Ivah Drake and the lesson on Spreading His Light in Burma was discussed by several members. A candle light service followed and visitors from Unionville Norfolk and Macah attended with two district officers giving talks. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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L. W. Hummel
W. S
C. S
Burma
Ivah Drake
H. L. Schrock
J. E. Rudloff
Hummel
E. M. Hines
Earl Kopfer
Dickinson
McDonald
Unionville
Jennie Glaze
Norfolk
Lula Weatherford
Macah
Max Green
Jas. P. Bolling
Homecoming at Pleasant Grove Church Services Schedule
United Church invites all for Homecoming with Sunday School at 10:00 AM and Worship at 11:00 AM led by Pastor Kenneth G. Kelley. Evening service at 8:15 PM, Youth Fellowship and Adult Bible study at 7:30 PM. All are welcome.
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United Church
Kenneth G. Kelley
Neg Miller
Pleasant Grove
Electric Theatre Weekend Showings and Satires
Loretta Young stars in a thriller about a psychologist who kills with Douglas Dirk and detective Wendal Corey leading the homicide bureau in a quest for justice. Robert Cummings is the murdered Dick’s guardian lawyer as the film unfolds across September 2 and 3.
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Loretta Young
Douglas Dirk
Wendal Corey
Homicide Bureau
Robert Cummings
Guardian
True Blue Club Hosts August Meeting
Mrs Everett Crookshanks hosted the True Blue Club on August 24 with twelve members present. Plans for Achievement Day were made and a fifty dollar donation was approved to gravel the road to Morrs Chapel Church. Guests and contests added fun as refreshments and prize were shared. next meeting set for September 14 with Mrs Owen Sayers.
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Everett Crookshanks
True Blue
True Blue Club
P&é
Morrs Chapel
Willie Burtch
Lilburn Gilmer
Mesdames Morris Crookshanky
Veda Gibson
Mrs. McClellan
Walter Browning
Vic Waites
Powell couple greet baby boy Dania ay in Paso Heights
Mr and Mrs Jay Powell of Paso Heights California are the proud parents of a baby boy born August 23. They have named him Dania ay, adding a new family member to local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Powell
Paso Heights
California
Dania Ay
Home Workers Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Jerry Jennings
Mrs. Jerry Jennings hosts an all day Home Workers Club meeting on August 18. Members worked on aprons and conducted a business session led by president Mrs. J. M Mundell. The group sang two hymns, collected twenty eight cents, and received a birthday offering of one dollar forty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Jennings
Home Workers Club
J. M Mundell
Brookfield
Lou Carter
John Gooch
Leland
J. N. Mundell
Nelson
Richard
Gen Siar Hae
Tee Wee Ellsberry
Elmer Wyke
Treasie Tate
Marilyn
Ruth Ann Jennings
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Electric Theatre
Abbott & Costello
S Gal
New Guinea
George O'Brian
Lone Rangers
Gunsight
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