This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Community clubs host gatherings and a county voting booth update
The Stitch and Chatter Club at Florence Elliott’s hosts a meeting with nineteen members and five visitors in attendance. The Happy Homemakers Club meets with Mrs Porter Sayre to sew nylon flowers and prepare dresses for Mercy Hospital while electing officers. Linn County Court approves new metal voting booths for North Benton precinct with shared funding. The Grantsville Club meets at Thelma Haley’s, plans contests and attendance incentives, and a large Abbott family reunion and gatherings occur across Brookfield and nearby towns with a 53 piece china set given to a mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Elliott
Stitch and Chatter Club
Frances Swearengen
Mollie Cordray
Vera Howell
Vici
Oklahoma
Blanche Daily
Hinton
Bob Smith
Clarence
Bertha Abbott
Florence
Bessie
Goldie
Alfie Lambert
Irene
Madeline
Camora
Mildred
Alfie
Blanche
Grace H
Irene Kelly
C.R
Linn
Benton
Nova Couch
Leo L. Abbott
San Diego
California
Ware Howell
Fay Abbott
Charles Daily
Camora Abbott
Glenn Abbott
Wayne
Ellis Abbott
John W. Abbott
Mother
Florence Elliott’s
Hapman
Mother’s
John Tucker and Sons
Jim Elliott
Flossie Wyatt
Wayne Abbott
Clifford
Nancy
Brookfield
Browning
Lloyd Lambert
Ray Lambert
Wanda
Bob Finney
Leo
Fay
Ellis
Joe Head
Millard
Bessie Mitchell
Lyle Britton
Clifford Abbott