Funeral Services Held Saturday at Haleville
Obituary notice for Benjamin A. Jerome aged 50 of Pawnee Oklahoma detailing birth near Browning Missouri in 1893, family survivors, marriage to Lillianoe, years in produce business and farming, Methodist faith, and funeral at Haleville Methodist church with Rev Tallock officiating.
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Benjamin A
Henry
Nancy Jerome
Browning
Missouri
Earl
Glen
Elmer Hammack
Purdin
Mirs. Marshall MecMickle
Chula
Fred. Meeker
Laredo
C. R. Grimes
Chillicothe
Roy Creason
Meadville
Lillianoe
Doris
Donald Pitt
Blythedale
Pawnee
Oklahoma
Janet
Linda Huitt
Ben
Methodist Church
Haseville Methodist Church
Tallock
Powersville
Dates To Remember Browning High School News
September 24 assembly at 9 00. Teachers meeting October 11 end of first six weeks. Watch next week for the basketball schedule.
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Assembly
Browning High School Freshman Initiation Assembly
Freshman class provided entertainment at Browning High School assembly Friday afternoon. Initiation planned by Sophomores aimed to welcome freshmen as Browning students, and both groups performed their parts well.
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Browning High School
Girls Basketball at Small School Faces Enrollment Strain
The girls basketball team at a small school continues despite reduced enrollment. Veterans Mary Smith and others report for practice along with five new freshmen Viva Hollen Ila Hollen Helen Johns Ruby Dixon and Norma Holley. The squad focuses on endurance shooting and scrimmage with no game schedule yet but readiness claimed.
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Mary Smith
Jean Woolf
Waverly Ware
Gwendolyn Kelly
Freshman Initiation at Browning High School
Freshmen at Browning High School began initiation day in the gym at 2 20 with Sophomores running the event. Boys dressed in lipstick aprons backward outfits and ribbons while girls wore backward dresses and gloves.
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Browning High School
Fifteen Tryouts Form 1943 Boys Basketball Squad
The 1943 team roster lists John Bill Grice Joel Brookshier Myron De Vore Leon Stephenson Marvin Abbott Ray Hoselton LeRoy Beckett Ronald Maggart Pharis Kelly John Robison Peverne Gray Charles Christy Bob Bennett Bob Moore Eldon Head with only two returning lettermen from last year.
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John Bill Grice
Joel Brookshier
Myron DeVore
Leon Stephenson
Marvin Abbott
Ray Hoselton
LeRoy Beckett
Ronald Maggart
Pharis Kelly
John Robison
Peverne Gray
Charles Christy
Bob Bennett
Bob Moore
Eldon Head
Soldier’s letter traces travel to Murfreesboro Tennessee
Pfc. Leon Edward L. Nickell writes from Camp Philipson Tennessee after two days on the road through Kansas City Springfield Arkansas Kentucky to Murfreesboro. He describes southern scenery cotton tobacco sugar cane and local huts, notes rain and bivouac in pup tents, and recalls a steak dinner and reading the Leader Record back home.
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Gallatin
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Brookfield
Missouri
Leon
Pfc
Edward L. Nickell
Wedding Date Announced For Miss Seaman and William Quigley
Miss Marilee Jean Seaman and William Gerald Quigley plan a quiet Sunday wedding at 4 PM at the First Baptist church. The bride is a Shawnee High School graduate of 1942, former Douglas Aircraft worker, and intends to join the navy. The groom from Browning Missouri is a former Brown ing High School student and Carnegie Sinois Steel veteran. The couple will host an informal reception at the bride’s parents’ home.
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R. L. Seaman
East Ayre Street
Marilee Jean Seaman
William Gerald Quigley
John Quigley
Browning
Missouri
First Baptist Church
A. Hope Owen
Miss Seaman
Shawnee High School
Oklahoma Baptist University
Douglas Aircraft Company
Oklahoma City
Navy
Quigley
Central Mills
Carnegie- Sinois Steel Corporation
Gary
Indiana
Browning, Missouri
State Normal School
Kirksville
Jack Benny at Electric Theatre this weekend
Jack Benny stars with Ann Sheridan in George Washington Slept Here a light comedy billed as the funniest on film. Benny and Sheridan perform as a couple torn between city and a rustic country home while Uncle Stanley adds comic mischief.
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Jack Benny
Electric Theatre
Ann Sheridan
George Washington
Ann
Jack
Stanley
Mr. Gloom
Hay Wanted in Milan Mo For All Grains
Wanted hay types include lespedeza or timothy hay. Write or call Dr. A W Herington in Milan Missouri at phone 49 to arrange disposal or purchase.
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Hay
Lespedeza
Timothy Hay
A. W. Herington
Milan
Cigarette Lighters Offered For Xmas Mailings
Harvey Drug Co urges customers to buy a quantity of class cigarette lighters for holiday mailings. Packages must be mailed by October 15 to arrive by Christmas.
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Harvey Drug Co
Cpl Roach Attends Enlisted Motor Mechanics Course at Fort Benning
Cpl Donald F Roach of Browning Missouri is at Fort Benning Georgia attending the twelve week Enlisted Motor Mechanics Course at The Infantry School. The program trains second echelon maintenance on infantry vehicles in three four week groups engine chassis and operations with emphasis on lubrication and driving maintenance.
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Fort Benning
Donald F. Roach
Browning
Missouri
Infantry School
Infantry
In Memoriam for Henry Taylor Passed Away September 11 1940
In loving memory of Henry Taylor husband and father who died September 11 1940. Words express the lonesomeness and sorrow as the family recalls his long illness and final rest. Sadly missed by wife and family.
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Membors
Henry Taylor
Navy Recruiting Sub Station St Joseph Miss seeks enlistments
Due to staffing shortages the St Joseph recruiting sub station cannot send a traveling recruiter to Browning as often. The Navy still seeks men 17 and 38 to 50 for Regular Navy or Naval Reserve, 18 to 54 for Seabees, and women 20 to 35 for WAVES. Write Room 22 Postoffice Bldg St Joseph Mo for full particulars and enlistment help.
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Navy
St. Joseph
Browning
Regular Navy
Naval Reserve
At Construction Battallion
Seabees
Navy Recruiting Station
Postoffice Bldg
Nellie Bagley Weds SGT C R Harris in Browning
Miss Nellie Bagley of Browning becomes the bride of SGT C R Harris with G Hardgrove officiating. Wilma Jean Ross serves as bridesmaid as Arlo Truitt stands with the groom. Mrs. Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley, is a Browning graduate and Harris’s wife will stay with her parents.
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Nellie Bagley
Browning le Camp
G. Hardgrove
Wilma Jean Ross
Arlo Truitt
Linneus
Harris
Raymond Bagley
Near Browning
Browning High School
Sergeant Harris
Nora Harris
Browning
J. W. Harris
West of Linneus
Illinois
Camp Beale
California
Willard Ross
Brookfield
Second annual Knnfon g family homecoming held in Browning
Descendants of Geo W and Martha Knnfong gathered at Roy and Calhoun home in Browning for a Sunday homecoming. Attendance was lower than last year with numerous Calhoun and Foster family members present. The next meeting is slated for the Sunday before Labor Day in 1944.
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Geo. W
Martha Knnfong
Roy M. Calhoun
Browning
Meier
Travis Smith
S. J. Bartow, Jr
Lewis Foster
Laredo
Maurice Foster
W. J. Foster
Clyde McCollum
Rezanne
Karen Jo
Kansas
G- B. Curt Bagley
Roy Calhoun
Matilda Haley
Chas. M. Thornton
J. H. Calhoun
Methodist Church Browning closes conference year with programs
Pastor C J Chappell invites all to Browning Methodist Church for the final conference year at 11 o clock with a music program by the youth and a gospel message by Mrs C J Chap pell. The pastor also leads the closing service at 8 p m and urges all ages to attend.
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Browning
C. J. Chappell
Ration Certificate Change Eases Purchases of Rationed Foods
The Office of Price Administration announced a new method allowing buyers to give up ration certificates at purchase and deposit them with a dealer to cover daily needs. The change applies only to certificates not stamps and benefits those far from markets or in the armed forces on furlough.
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Office of Price Administration
Ration Updates On Gasoline Sugar Stamps And Tires
The notice outlines expiration dates and eligibility for various ration categories. It lists A and B gasoline coupon validity, fuel oil, sugar stamps 14 15 16 for home canning and food stamps R S T U V W, shoes stamp 18, stove certificates, meat fats and tires final inspection dates for A B C ration holders.
Farm Labor Placements Reach 1.6 Million In Four Months
Government Farm Labor program reports 1.6 million placements on farms in four months. Among them 700 thousand are local U S Crop Corps workers including 250 thousand men 150 thousand women and 300 thousand boys and girls. War Food Administration seeks more TE volunteers in coming months. County extension agents oversee recruitment and placement. in some areas the U S Employment Service handles the work.
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U.S Crop Corps
U.S
Diary notes from Slats shows farm life and romance antics
Sunday entries describe Jake’s misadventures on the farm with Ant and Unke. Monday to Saturday cover fried chicken dinners, fashion quips, fashion obsessions, and a gag about a steer without a steering wheel. The diary pokes fun at town characters and their opinions.
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Jake
Jakes
Ant
James
Jane
Elsy
Lazey
Jane Herd
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Haleville
Browning Leader Record
News OF the
Raf
Marilee Seaman
William G. Quigley
Cpl
Fort Benning, Georgia
U. S. Navy
Miss
the Bride OF
Sgt.c.r. Harris
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