Mrs Belle Riley Passes at 67 in Browning Missouri
Mrs Belle Riley died at her Browning Missouri home on August 30 1939 aged 67 years 4 months and 18 days She was born April 12 1872 to Joshua and Sarah Lambert She is survived by her daughter Opal Carter two sisters three brothers one grandson and two half siblings Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with burial at Jenkins cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Dora Lambert
Joshua
Sarah Lambert
Browning
Missouri
James VanHorn
Opal
Lester Riley
Purdin
William Lambert
Art Lambert
San Bernardino
California
Edward Lambert
North Salem
Donald Johnson
Everett Lambert
New Boston
Oval Brown
Akron
Ohio
Methodist Church
C. B. Hobbs
R. M. Calhoun
Guy Adams
Edward F. Williams
Jenkins Cemetery
L. W. Hummel
H. L. Adams
Card of Thanks from the Carter and Johnson families
We thank our many friends for acts of kindness and words of sympathy during the illness death and burial of our loved one. We also thank for the beautiful flowers. Mr. and Mrs. J B Carter and Donald Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Carter
Donald Johnson
Fall Homecoming At Claude Myers Post Back Again
Final preparations completed for the 2nd annual Fall Homecoming sponsored by the Claude Myers Post of the American Legion. The issue includes the ad and premium list, inviting exhibits and entertainment for two days of recreation and neighborly fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Myers Post
American Legion
Peters Welcome Baby Boy Fredrick Sidney
Mr and Mrs Sidney Peters of Brookfield announce the birth of a baby boy named Fredrick Sidney born August 29. Mr Peters is the son of Mrs Hattie Peters formerly of this city and the grandson of G F Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Peters
Brookfield
Fredrick Sidney
Peters
Hattie Peters
City
G. F. Peters
Bide A Wee Club Hosts Bridge Party for Eunice Dickinson
Members of the Bide A Wee Club gathered at Mrs. J H Calhoun's home on Monday afternoon to honor Mrs Eunice F Dickinson. The ladies played bridge and Chinese checkers, and enjoyed conversation with attendees including Mrs C H Becker of Kirksville and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bide-A-Wee Club
Eunice F. Dickinson
J. H. Calhoun
Mrrs
C. H. Becker
Kirksville
Mesdames
Guy Adams
J. P. Bolling
R. M. Calhoun
E. R. Duncan
C. W. Gooch
Y. D
Local gathering includes Grice Neet Williams and Clara Whaley
The group including J. N. Grice J. R. Neet Williams and Clara Whaley enjoyed ice cream and cookies as Mrs. Becker filmed the event with moving pictures.
Tenth Jerome family reunion at White Oak Grove Church
Sunday August 20 1939 marked the tenth Jerome family reunion at White Oak Grove Church despite damp morning weather. Walter and John Stephenson along with Beryl Head organized table setup while Nettie Overstreet led a program including songs poems and readings. Twenty four Jerome descendants attended plus many extended family members from Green Castle Browning Vinced Oklahoma and Kansas with invitations extended to Baskett descendants for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Grove
Walter
John Stephenson
Beryl Head
Nettie Overstreet
Wildwood
Vernice Stephenson
John Stone
Myrtle Grismer
Ella Jerome
Sylvia Jacobs
Lucille Jerome
Chan Jerome
Daniel Jerome
Near Winigan
Stephenson Jerome
Raymond
Cecil
Clinton
Hubert
Burdee Eather
Floy and Ramah Alice
Green Otis
Annie Price
Hallie Moore
Green Castle
Robert Stephenson
Nellie
Robert
Jimmie
Edith Alice Ford
Roger
Elzie Jacobs
Fritz Brinkley
Opal Mae
Cleo
Corn
Ada Stone
Vince
Oklahoma
Mansfield Jerome
Walter Jerome
Lucille
Marjorie
Betty June
Pudin
Belle Brookshire
Belle
Nate
Walter Overstreet
Chester
Isabelle
Charles Polson
Ruth
New Boston
Nan Holton
James Nickell
Fred
Leon
Jay
Clay Dell
Lou Jacobs
Vert Dell
Peggy
Shirley
Near
Browning
Walter Stephenson
Vernice
Anona
Johnnie Stephenson
Cora
Gene George
Lester
Kansas
Ira McClarren
Violet Goddard
North Salem
Earl Moore
Baskett
George Baskett
Browning to Host Softball Tournament to Start Monday
The Browning Softball Tournament runs Monday through Thursday with eight invited teams including Laclede Linneus Bagleys Reds Urbachs Blues North Salem Laredo Brookfield and Browning. Two games nightly at 7 30 and 9 00. weather will shift games to the following week if needed. On Friday Browning fell 4 3 to Cora as Urbach pitched well and Browning’s Carr allowed four hits. Laclede will play Friday night on the Browning diamond with both boys and girls at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Laclede
Linneus
Bagley’s Reds
Urbach’s Blues
North Salem
Laredo
Brookfield
Cora
Urbach
Carr
Jennings Reunion at Linneus Park
The Jennings family reunion will be held at Linneus Park on Sunday September 10. The event invites all Jennings relatives to gather for a reunion in a local park setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings
Linneus Park
Peters Reunion Scheduled at Browning Park
The Peters reunion will be held at Browning Park on Sunday September 10 with attendees from the family gathering in a community event at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Browning Park
Legion Meeting Election of Claude Myers
Legion session lists election of Claude Myers as post officers for 1940 on Friday night September 5th. All members urged to attend and vote for the next year. A. D. Peterson serves as adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Claude
Myers
A. D. Peterson
Adjt
Rock or Not to Rock on County Line Road
Community debate on rocking the County Line road west from Browning to Bowyer Corner. Funding shortfalls halted work. a meeting is set at Bailey Maytag Office tonight at eight to discuss the proposal and its potential benefits and consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Bowyer Corner
Bailey Maytag
Annual Club Convention at Browning Park
The sixth Annual Club Convention was held at Browning Park on Wednesday August 23 with a noon basket dinner. At 2 pm the business session opened led by president Mrs Walter Head. New officers were elected: Mrs Hank Oliver president and Mrs Fred Cotter secretary. The meeting planned an all day gathering and a display of work by each club. The Willing Workers participated in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Purpose Club
Alie Powell
Wilma Dowdy
Sunshine Worklers
Ella Stufflebean
Sunshine
Workers ‘Club
Eunice Jean Sayre
Porter Sayre
Browning Park
Eurth
Walter Head
Hank Oliver
Fred Cotter
Willing Workers Club
Calves Sold at Iowa State Fair Purchase Price Set
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Thurlow returned from Des Moines Iowa after the state fair. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. J. Garrett Tolan and daughter Sarah Ann of Springfield Illinois. Tolan bought all of Thurlo’s 1939 heifer calves for 100 dollars each to be taken up October first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Thurlo
Des Moines
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Cline in Hollywood
A baby girl weighing seven and a half pounds was born on August 31 to Mr and Mrs Carl Cline of Hollywood California. Mrs Cline formerly Miss Nola Houser of Milan is the mother. The child is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs W I Langdon of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cline
Hollywood
California
Cline
Nola Houser
Milan
W. I. Langdon
Young Family Reunion At Will Young Home
A September reunion of the Youngs and kin at Will Young’s home featured a large dinner hosted by Mrs J C Sayers with salads chickens pies and cakes. Attendees included extended families from Humphreys Bedford Laredo Kansas City Chillicothe and Browning plus six brothers and sisters and others. The gathering closed with songs prayers and a farewell chorus "God Be With You Until We Meet Again."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngs
Will Younge
J. C. Sayers
Mamie Bartow
Wilbur Young
Chillicothe
Owen Sayers
Humphreys
Fred Smith
Bedford
Kenneth Young
Jas.Crooks
Kansas City
Dorothy Leslie
Elizabeth Foster
J. R. Wood
Lee Baird
John Funk
Laredo
Jane Humphreys
C. L. Baird
Carl Rottmann
Wilma Young
Ester Keithley
Ester Mae Clingsmith
J. M. Lisenby
Lee Young
Lavaughn Funk
Gilford Black
Curtis Williams
Cecil Crooks
Alvin Bruce
Chula
Dorothy Clingsmith
Lizzie Rottmann
Will Young
Albert
Everett Young
Gerald Creason
Virginia Young
Billie Kealing
S. J. Bartow
Browning
Miss Vera Kille Weds Buel N Morgan in Browning Home
A Sunday morning ceremony on August 27 1939 at the Kille home near Browning united Miss Vera Kille and Buel N Morgan of Kirksville. Rev W Craig Tenney officiated the single ring marriage with sisters Mahala Kille Ima Kille and Wallace Hobbie in attendance. A wedding dinner followed for eighteen relatives as out of town guests arrived and departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Kille
Browning
Vera
Buel N. Morgan
Kirksville
W. Craig Tenney
Cedar Rapids
Killehom
Miss Mahala Kille
Miss Ima Kille
Quincy
Wallace Hobbie
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Hobbie
Edwin
Tyra
Buford Morgan
Marjorie Reynolds
Ima Kille
Iowa
Ice Cream Supper At Baptist Church Saturday Night
The Baptist church ladies will serve ice cream and cake on Main Street Saturday night, offering a community gathering with desserts and fellowship for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Main Street
Sunday Dinner Guests At Linhart Home
Sunday dinner guests at the Linhart residence included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker of St Louis Ti, Wylie Baker of Brookfield, Bix, and the Linharts' daughters Rosalie Phyllis, Mrs. Ethel Brantner, Mr. azul Erman Brantner, Kiera Lucille, Mrs. Jay Chiéy, Marvin and Evelyn Lee, and Jimmie Nickell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Linhart
Rosalie
Walter Baker
St.Louis
Wylie Baker
Brookfield
Bix
Wesley Linhart
Phyllis
St. Lazwe
Ethel Brantner
Azul
Erman Brantner
Kiera
Lucille
Jay Chiéy
Marvin
Evelyn Lee
Jimmie Nickell
Funeral attendees for Mrs. W. E. Dexis in Centerville Iowa
Those from here who attended the funeral of Mrs. W. E. Dexis in Centerville Iowa Tuesday afternoon included Misses Violt Ada and Pauline Hooker Bax Hooker J T Hooker Mrs Janea Fishback Mrs Tom Bennett Mrs Jas Havens Mrs . 3 Johnson Mrs Wayne Geochatti J D Gabel of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Dexis
Centerville
Iowa
Violt
Ada
Pauline Hooker
Bax Hooker
J. T. Hooker
Janea Fishback
Tom Bennett
Jas. Havens
Johnson
Wayne Geochatti
J. D. Gabel
Oklahoma City
Birth of a Son to Englewood Couple in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs Eugene B Kilde of Englewood California announce the birth of their son Frederick Burton on August 2 1939 at the Methodist Hospital Los Angeles California The paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Bymnem Burton of Los Angeles and Mr and Mrs F W Kille of Glendrite California formerly residing in Browning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Kilde
Englewood
California
Fredrick Burton
Methodist Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Bymnem Burton
F. W. Kille
Glendrite
Browning
Methodist Church Unites in Fourth Quarterly Conferences
The Methodist Church South and M E Church axa Browning sessions in Sura4as concluded with a joint session declaring union. A Sunday program titled The Declaration of Union The Methodist Church will be read at 11 o clock, followed by an evening service at 7 45 led by Rev C B Hobbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church United Extra
Wit
M. E. Church_ South
M. E. Church
Axa Browning
The
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Uniting Methodists
C. B. Hobbs
Birthday Surprise for Alta McCormick
On Sunday September 3 a surprise birthday dinner for Alta McCormick was hosted at Mrs Hattie Stults home by neighbors and relatives. Attendees included Cecil Pearler and Marylin from Chillicothe Lloyd Norvell and children Lavon and Arlene Marshall C E Harding Lewis Town Elmer Taylor Etta Taylor Mrs Ross Riddle Mrs Florence Gable and others. The event featured a prepared meal games for children and family photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Stults
Alta McCormick
Alta
Cecil Pearler
Marylin
Chillicothe
Lloyd Norvell
Lavon
Arlene
Marshall
C. E. Harding
Lewistown
Elmer Taylor
Etta Taylor
Ross Riddle
Florence Gable
Mrs. Hinda Rush Hosts Sunday One O'clock Dinner
Mrs. Hinda Rush entertained Sunday with a one o’clock dinner. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hummel, and Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinda Rush
Sloan
L. W. Hummel
Hu. Hebert Hamilton
Knight hood of Youth Club forms at Dickinsona school
Pupils of Dickinsona school held a meeting on August 21 to continue the Knight hood of Youth Club for the coming school year. Officers elected include President DeVaum Tucker, vice president Mrs. Pansy Britton, secretary Eldon Head, song leader Marvin Abbott, and reporter Waverly Ware. Abbott sang for the group and plans for a carnival were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinsona School
Om Club
Ginke
DeVaum Tucker
Our Teach
Pansy Britton
Eldon Head
Marvin Abbott
Waverly Ware
Marvin Ablott
C. Me
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Belle Riley
Jerome and Baskett Reunion
Vera Kille
MR. Buel N. Morgan
E. Creason
Lawrence
James
Tom Elliott
Ned Mundell
Jerris
Nelson
Richard
Joyce
John Garcis
Valgene
Leland
W. L. Sparks
Nadas
Norris
Hattie Stites
Owen
Cormick
Bettie
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