Cassity reunion at Linneus Park returns with annual turnout
The Cassity reunion gathered at Linneus Park on Sunday September 2 with Ben Peery as new president and Grace Woodside as secretary treasurer. Prizes honored oldest attendee Amanda Neely and youngest Master Billy Thorne while Bill Cassity of Balco Oklahoma won the farthest traveler prize. Kenneth Hale visited Purdin after months in Germany as rationing notes discuss sugar stamps and OPA guidance for stamp 37 vs 38 to ensure home canners maintain allotments.
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Fult Johnson
Clovis
Bur] Axim
Linneus Park
Linn County
Ben Peery
Grace ‘Woodside
Kenneth Hale
Purdin
Germany
OPA
Morris Chapel Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Oertwig attended a fish fry at Ora Smith's and hosted a Monday social. Lee Wood and family held an ice cream social and card party with multiple guests including C. M. Goins and son Jim. Ada Wood returned to Chicago after visiting relatives. Evelyn Gall visited from Kansas City. Other local activities: Rolla Gooch in Browning on business. Decertwigs in Milan. Ada Wood at Urb Johnson's. Pvt. Lewis Wood in Browning. Wilma, Lois, and Glen Cooper families over Labor Day. Arlene Oertwig visited. Red Gooch and Dorothy Pulliam called at Lee Wood's. Delmar Ocertwig and Gus Oertwig hosted a social with Wood and Oertwig families.
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Delmar Oertwig
Ora Smith
Lee Wood
Marvin Murrell
Evelyn Gall
Kansas City
C. M. Goins
Rolla Gooch
Browning
Delmar Decertwig
Milan
Clifford Hoag
Ada Wood
Urb Johnson
Pvt
Lewis Wood
Emma Rottmann
Buggs
Wilma
Lois Cooper
Glen Cooper
Arlene Oertwig
Gus Oertwig
Red Gooch
Dorothy Pulliam
Delmar Ocertwig
Lee Wood and
Sugar Stamp No 38 Sets Four Month Sugar Ration
Sugar Stamp No 38 will be valid from September 1 to December 11 1945 allowing five pounds of sugar per four months. Stamp 36 expires August 31 1945. J G Callaway Kansas City district director notes nationwide sugar shortages with no expected improvement in civilian supplies for the year.
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OPA
J. G. Callaway
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Meat and Butter Prices Cut Under Food Ration Rules
Meats and butter lose points per pound across the board as the Office of Price Administration reports improved supply and distribution. Steaks and roasts drop two to three points, ham burger down to two points, and pork cuts down one to two points. Creamery butter set at 12 points a pound, margarine from 14 to 12, and all rationed cheeses cut by half. Also notes that military purchases during fighting paused allowed price reductions. A separate note: Missouri Auditor to redeem all metal tokens with plastic tokens now in use, urging merchants to submit metal tokens for redemption by end of 1945.
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Bowles
OPA
Jefferson City
Forrest Smith
Smith
Managing Pullets The Poultry Keeper Guide
The article covers pullet housing timing culling and grading by maturity, feeding strategies to stimulate appetite, and options for grain and protein supplements. It also notes steps to balance rations and suggests using multiple houses or partitions to separate earlier maturing birds. It references GI Bill education and postwar college trends.
Rationing Up To Date For Foods And Salvage Fat
The notice outlines ration stamps for meats cheese butter fats and sugar with various stamp series and expiry dates through December 31. It notes salvage fat value at four cents and two ration points per pound and lists shoe stamps valid indefinitely on a specific page.
Water ponds spread on Missouri farms for drought relief
Farmers in Missouri are building deep water reservoirs to supply livestock through dry spells. University of Missouri expert Marion Clark notes a record number will be completed before 1945 ends. Emphasis is on proper construction, fencing, and site selection to avoid contamination and erosion.
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Missouri
Marion Clark
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Managing farm ponds for erosion and drainage control
The text explains pond sizing to prevent silting, recommending drainage areas of 3 to 4 acres, up to 10 to 12 acres for best results. It suggests locating ponds on slopes, terracing, and diverting water to control area size, noting smaller ponds ease sanitation. County agents assist families in pond layouts, with A A A payments for compliant construction and Conservation Commission help for aquatic plants and fish stocking.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The
Conservation Commission
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Morris Chapel News
West
UNRRA
E. F. Peterson
New York
Willam A. Hastings
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Europe
America
Hastings S
National Congress
United Nations Organization
Dan A. West
War Relief
Stuart Hall
Sloan’s Linament
Devoe
Browning Drug CO
Browning, Missouri
Harold Shasteen
Skelbyville, Illinois
Church OF Christ
Purdin, Missouri
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