Dinner in Honor of Charles Straley And Family
Sunday September 7 1947 a large gathering at the Straley home marked a heartfelt sendoff for Charles Straley a navy veteran of about seventeen years visiting from California with his wife and three children. Friends shared a noon dinner and an afternoon of visiting photos and ice cream before Charles departs for Indiana and Iowa visits then returns home. Several local families attended and offered best wishes for the journey and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Straley
Charles
California
U. S. Navy
Ray Lambert
Joan
Vanda
J. W. Bunch
Vandal
Allen
Kenny
Marjorie Reece
Sharon
Paul Crist
Terry
Cliff Jones
Billy
Jack Shaw
Janice
Joyce
Peggy
Jackie
Freddie Coffman
Marva Kay
Jeanette
Farrell Crist
Nora Taylor
Betty
Alice Vern Straley
Raymond Linhart
Diane
Clarence Pfeiffer
Harry
Fred Riddle
Karen
Kevin
Loss Jacobs
Dwight
Delbert Hampton
Ralph Moddrell
Ora Morris
Mary Helen
Clyde Riddle
Shirley
Willis Morris
Linda
Minnie Coffman
Archie
Sylvester Coffman
Darlene
Lyndal Baker
Park Chaffee
Wesley Brantner
Glenda
Nancy Ann
Ray Thompson
Patricia
Rosalie
Ralph Morris
Mary Spencer
Wm. Hale
Clinton Hale
Everett Hale
Larry
Elaine
Eddie Morris
Donald
Delbert
Marvin
Chas. Straley
Vivian
Lora Lee
Alvin
Grantsville Homemakers Club meets in August and September
The Grantsville Club held meetings on August 27 with eighteen members one visitor and twelve children. Plans for Achievement Day were made and minutes read. September 3 featured twenty two members three visitors and three children with poems and games. A social hour presented a pink and blue gift basket for a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantsville Club
Lawrence Tate
Linn County
Henry Buswell
Genevieve
Enry Buswell
Grantsville
Irene Barrows
Virginia Lyons
Flossie Wyatt
Hubert Lyons
Luster Burkholder
Merle Wohler
Jess Woodside
Bill Lee
Lever Brothers Launches Breeze Soap Discovered in Browning and Purdin
Lever Brothers introduces BREEZE, a new suds discovery for fine fabrics and dishes. After years of lab work in Cambridge and field tests with 22 850 housewives and over half a million dishes, the product goes on sale in Browning and Purdin with a two million dollar investment. Plants are in Baltimore Cambridge Edgewater Hammond and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning and
Purdin
Lever Brothers Company
Breeze
Lever Brothers
Cambridge
Mass
Charles Luckman
Lever’ Brothers Company
Baltimore
Maryland
Massachusetts
Edgewater
New Jersey
Hammond
Indiana
St. Louis
Missouri
True Blue Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Fay Grice
Mrs Fay Grice hosted the True Blue Club on September 10 with Mrs Walter Browning leading. Sixteen members answered roll, music featured songs Sweet Genevieve and Over My Head, and the group planned Achievement Day. Visitors Laura Mae Gooch Tommy Burch and Jim no Joe Morris attended as games were played and candy served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Grice
True Blue Club
Walter Browning
Genevieve
Bertha Tate
Laura Mae Gooch
Tommy Burch
Little Jimmie Joe Morris
Candy
Purdin Methodist Church ex minister details appointment terms
W H Hansford recalls joining the Methodist Annual Conference and waiving right to select his appointment. He notes all ministers and church officers are appointed yearly, except trustees who serve three-year terms, with pastors potentially reappointed year after year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklin
Gorin
Purdin
Howard Fisher
G. V. Kingsolver
H. Guy Johnson
Guy Johnson
Purdin Methodist Church
W. H. Hansford
Methodist Annual Conference
Mrs. Robert Fields Hosts General Purpose Club Meeting
The General Purpose Club met at Mrs. Robert Fields home on September 12 for an all day session with eight members and guests including Grace Mathers County Home Agent. Officers were elected led by President Mrs. Robert Fields and future meeting planned with Mrs. John Oliver on September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fields
Grace Mathers
J. T. Hoselton
Maggart
Nellie Tharp
Roger
Patricia
America
Wade Watson
Jessie Oliver
Sec
Treas
Sam Artz
John Oliver
Roscoe Powell
R. A.thurlo
Reading
Harold Rinehart
R. W. Callihan
Willing Workers Club Meeting at Mrs Skeen’s
Mrs Dwight Skeen hosted the Willing Workers Club on September 4 with nine members two visitors and four children present. A noon dinner featured a bouquet centerpiece of spurge and marigolds. Members quilted despite heat and business opened with a reading from Luke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Skeen
Willing Workers Club
Luke
Chas. Gooch
Nina Taylor
Browning Leader-Record Honor Roll Adds Subscribers and Renewals
The Browning Leader-Record lists new subscribers and renewals. Names include J. D. Galle, Missaxine Powell, Kirksville Granite Works, Frank Neff, Kenneth Jennings, W. Ware, Erma Easter, Chas. Schreiner, Bert Powell, Leland Gooch, E. W. McClelland, Roy Bundies, Ray Nickell, John Keithley, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Neff
Kenneth Jennings
Ware
Erma Easter
Chas. Schreiner
Bert L. Powell
Orlin Bevier
Beryl Warren
G. G. Freeland
Max Q. Freeland
Everett Hale
Ray Johnson
Floyd Cokerham
John Gooch
Leland Gooch
Albert Maggart
J. T. Hoselton
Stillman Knifong
Emma Rottmann
James Street
Roy Bundies
Virgil Lee
E. R. Carter
Mary Lynhart
Ray Kelly
W. A. Pew
Floyd Doyle
Laura Atkins
Dora Atkins
Myra Lay
B. J. Lambert
O. L. Smith
H. H. Abbott
Alta
Léon Nickell
Noel Bennett
Marietta Sparks
Jay Powell
Alvin F. Bruce
Herald Lambert
Eva Hope
Owen Stevenson
G. A. Brantner
Chas ‘Owens
Fie Buswell
Ola Creason
Frank Creason
John Pratt
Honor roll add names request in local paper
Examine the tag on your paper and have your name added to our next honor roll. The list names many residents and associates and invites receipt of additions for future recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Gibson
P. P. Kollasch
Ola Belcher
Homer Buswell
Wm. DeVore
Effie Britton
W. E. Sayers, Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Straley
Grantsville Homemakers Club
Vernon DeVore
General Purpose Club
PR Ve
Visues Piscover
Farmers Cash Store
Browning, Missouri
Guy Brookshier
H. C. Freeland
Tressie Tate
A. M. Taylor
Geo. Prather
W. L. Sparks
Western Light and Telephone O
W. P. Barclay
Glenn Gooch
G. S. Gilmer
O. M. Pryor
Scott Browning
Essie Watson
James Dunlap
Leland Burke
N. W. Phillips
Pearl M. Bailey
R. F. Gooch
Olga Elliott
Victor Alspach
Emma Brassfield
G. W. Head
Guy Tarnow
Robert Moore
E. R. Duncan
Martha and
Bryan Fuller
J. D. Seaman
T. M. Smith
Kermit Lambert
W. E. Crooks
Ross Fuller
Kathlen Heertmann
F. E. Bailey
Mack Havens
Myrl Dodson
Chas. L
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Suds Discovery
Purdin Mercantile Company
Purdin, Missouri
Elliott Grocery
Browning, Mo
DeKalb
Glenn Tomlin
Linneus
Walter A. Wood
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