Shelby Items Weather heats Shelby notes and visits
The weather is hot and dry as residents report health visits and family gatherings. A hospital operation for Mrs Neen Boy is noted. Community events include a well attended Saturday night entertainment at Phelby and a peach and cake supper at the High School. Nearby visits and social calls are mentioned among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Léon Smith
Johnie Burkholder
Mary Smith
Harold Owens
Raymond Smith
Neen Boy
Phelby
Mary Richardson
Mamie Buswell
J. M. Logan
Frank Faller
Leon Gooch
Hadley Pullen
St. Lou's
Yeon Gooch
Ray Rauer
Gale Bailey
Frank Rauer
Shafter Items Highlight Local News and Welcomes
Local notes report Mrs W E Storris returning from Savannah after eye treatment while Edgar Morris and wife cared for her home. Ray Smith improves after illness and Miss Oka Hess is able to go out again. Herman Cooper and Hazel attended the Century of Progress. Plymond Gooch tended farm matters in their absence. Family visits, open air concert at Laredo, and horse shoe games appear among social items. New neighbors Cecil and Mrs Stephenson move into the community. A birth is announced for Art Johnson’s daughter born Thursday September 7. A storm prompts discussions of Dad’s mock bravado as the family shields the house. Nearby visits include Baker and Morris families and dinners with assorted relatives.
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W. E. Storris
Savannah
Edgar Morr
W.E
Ray Smith
Oka Hess
Herman Cooper
Hazel
Century of Progress
Roy Burchett
Ruth Coulter
Harold Cooper
L. W. Arnold
George Hess
F Tan McCoy
J. G. Coulter
Famly
Clarence Crook
Laredo
Cecil Stephenson
Art Johnson
Thursdas
Dad
Dai
Mr. Baker
Glen Morris
John Morris
W. L. Baker
Albert Baker
Edgar ¢ Hoselton
Browning
Purdin
Merle Wood
Forest Jacobs
Jacobs
Association
Pleasant Grove
Sunday guests and school plans noted in local column
Chileathe were Sunday guests of Mrs. LaFee's mother Mrs. Betty Gooch. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Head and sons were Sunday guests of Mr. Head's parents in Purdin. Noble will attend school this winter in Purdin. Mrs. Carrie Bowyer is on the tick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chileathe
Mrs. LaFee
Betty Gooch
Emerson Head and Sons
Mr. Head
Purdin
Noble
Carrie Bowyer
Haseville Social Round of Visits and Family News
A roundup of Sunday visits and illnesses across Haseville towns. Families including Wood, McKenzie, Gooch, and Rottmannhare shared meals and errands. J W Morris Sr remains seriously ill while relatives travel from Tulsa and Kansas to assist. Browning shoppers and a Nichols reunion are noted among local happenings.
Local Social Roundup from Reger and Surroundings
Mrs Mellie Trumbo spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Ray Trumbo and their son. Belva Hollon visited St Joseph relatives this week. Kathern Eurmagene Stevenson stayed with Aileen and Julius Bertschman in Milan. George Jennings family and Bryan and Brad Knivong joined Roy Knivong at his home Sunday. Leo Frinkley filled sites for Dan Freeland last week. Rev and Mrs O W Foster and children returned from a two week visit with southern relatives. Lucile and Amber Reger visited Kirksville to enter school. they were with Mrs Reger Maude and John Smith. Mrs Molly Haley stayed last week with Lester Stevenson. Yet Simpson attended a Milan teachers meeting Wednesday night. Lloyd Trumbo and Lorraine Trumbo visited Bill Black in Cora Sunday. Gene Rogers visited Don Moffitt south of Salem. Brother Lambert held a Church of God Chapel service Tuesday night. Betty Welch and a friend from Chillicothe spent an evening at Clarence DeWitt’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellie Trumbo
Ray ‘Trumbo and
Belva Hollon
St. Joseph
Kathern
Eurmagene Stephenson
Aileen
Julius Bertschman
Milan
George Jennings
Bryan
Brad Knivong
Roy Knivong
Leo Frinkley
Dan Freeland
Walnut Grove Items Warm Weather and Visits Noted
We are having some rather warm weather at this writing. Miss Fay Foster spent the weekend with her folks near Pleasant Grove. Miss Belva May spent a few days this week with Bernice Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Foster
Pleasant Grove
Belva May
Bernice ‘Franklin
NEW BUS SERVICE Des Moines end Telephone 199
Community social notes describe local gatherings at Lee school, Floyd Badger’s, Charley Morris, and others. Various residents visited, hosted, or traveled to nearby towns, with remarks on illness, business trips, and neighbors calling on friends over the weekend.
N R A Questions Practical Significance of Its Program
A local editorial voices cautious support for the N R A while urging calm, constructive criticism and thoughtful debate over the practical impact of the national program. It defends open discussion as essential to understanding policy effects without accusing the administration of disloyalty.
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N. R.A
National Recovery Act under Fire in Radio and Rural Debate
The piece criticizes the NRA and General Johnson for strong enforcement of Blue Eagle codes, arguing small rural businesses face debt and tax burdens. It notes potential injustices from blanket codes and urges moderation, restraint, and avoidance of coercion in attempts to raise wages and employment. The text then shifts to diary-like notes and a county meeting about wheat alignment contracts with voting rights for signed producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Boycetts
NRA
Wheat Growers to Organize Linneus County Association
Final organization meeting of Linn County wheat growers association to control production will be held at the Court House Linneus at 1 30 Tuesday afternoon September 12. The meeting will elect a Board of Directors and community officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Wheat Growers Association
Court House
Linneus
Croquet Tournament Held in Jamesport Featured Local Growers
Grover Gable Ott Stone Phile man Havens and James Buswell supervise Croquet amid Jamesport tournament. Organizers back local players to win, predicting they will bring home the bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Gable
Ott Stone
Phileman Havens
James Buswell
Jamesport
Road Work Bids Sought by State Highway Commission
The State Highway Commission in Jefferson City invites bids on multiple road projects in Division No. 2 with headquarters at Macon. Projects include 7.4 miles on supplementary routes west of Spickard in Grundy county, 11.3 miles on supplementary route D north of Meadville in Linn county, 0.9 mile on route V between Shelby and route C in Linn county, 6.1 miles on route A between Ethel and Goldsberry in Macon county, and 2.3 miles on route A between Powersville and the Iowa line in Putman county. Federal projects total 4.7 miles of pavement. state projects total 199 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Jefferson City
Macon
Spickard
Grundy County
Meadville
Linn County
Shelby
Ethel
Goldsberry
Macon County
Powersville
Iowa State Line
Putman County
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Will Payton
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Ira. Kilburn
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Susie Gooch
Mary Gooch
Lena Campbell
Almeda Bartow
Ray Gooch
Mamie Bartow
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C. M. Nicholshom
John
Ted
Floyd Rottmann
Oscar Rottmann
W. E. Sayers
Teddy Holser
Ethel Holser
Kenneth Young
Burl Warren
DonShafer
Dick Rottmann
Clayton Warren
Daught¢Ter
W. J. Gooch
Joe Morris
J. W. Morris
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Gem
Missouri Transit Lines
Lee School
Donald Dunlap
Cleveland Christy
Floyd Badger's
Jim Morris
Watt Ward
Near Green City
Charley Morris
Jamily
Allen Dunlap
Ralph Sevier
Jamice Pipes
St. Louis
Ralph Morris
Charley Pipes
D. L. Cady
Virgil Lee
Charley McNally
Ray McNally
Purdin Mercatile
Hale
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McCollum
Enid
Donald McCollum
Helena
I. J
Emmy
Blossoms
Crick
Benny Floss
Eddy Blink
Jeff Plucker
Teasday
Ant Emmy
Annie Philitt
Wensday
Hilbert Gawn
Clarence
J. Robert Hall
Secre
Tary Wallace
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