Weather Snapshot and Local Notices From Ledger
Weather brief forecasts for Ledger and Missouri areas note light snow tonight with subfreezing lows, and a chilly Saturday with highs in the 20s. River and lake stages reported for Kansas City, St Louis, and nearby reservoirs. hospital admissions and births listed for Audrain Medical Center, plus local deaths and dismissals.
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Ledgerland
Missouri
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Pomme de Terre
Grand
Stockton
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Beaver
ST. Louis
Boonville
Jeffsn City
Hermann
Hannibal
Cape Girdu
Quincy
Public safety and wide ranging county notices
Public Safety Report notes an 8:23 a.m. Thursday accident on Plunkett Park Road with Larry J. Jones 17 of 1524 Ringo steering into a utility pole causing damage to the pole wires and the car. Magistrate Court cases include Elroy Thompson guilty on no license, Ronald Smith following too close, Kermit Wilkerson speeding, Andrew Bond not guilty on yield right of way with trial set Feb 20, Dwight Lostetter speeding guilty, James Rise charged with writing insufficient funds checks. Missouri livestock market reports show hog prices by weight and feeder pigs movement with high volumes and rising demand. National stockyards figures list hogs and cattle receipts with price ranges. Chicago futures list wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans movements, with March prices noted. Vital statistics list numerous births and a long roster of names and locations in Audrain County. Deaths and other notices continue under Audrain reports.
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Richard Wayne Kleinsorge
Middletown
Mary Jo Primus
Martinsburg
Larry J. Jones
Ringo
Plunkett Park Road
Elroy Franklin Thompson
Ronald Eugene Smith
Kermit D. Wilkerson
Andrew Joseph Bond
Martin Eugene Avery
Dwight Merritt Lostetter
James E. Rise
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Dept. of Agr
National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Market Reports Show Death Notices And Stock Moves In One Record
In Vandalia and nearby, numerous deaths were reported with Dec dates and addresses across towns including Mexico Wellsville Paris and Montgomery City. Over the counter trading showed Commerce Banc shares and Wetterau with bid and ask ranges while NYSE listed Bobbie Brooks Kaisers and Dow Jones closed lower after unemployment news.
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Commerce Bancshares
Wetterau
New York Stock Exchange
Bobbie Brooks
A.B. Chance
Combustion Engineering
Dresser Industries
Emerson Electric
Interco
Kaiser Aluminum
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Ralston Purina
Wal-Mart
Dow Jones
NEW York (Ap
Laddonia man F A Hagan dies at 65 in Mexico MO
Fielder Aubrey Hagan 65 of Laddonia died at Audrain Medical Center Mexico after several days as a patient. Services set for 11 am Saturday at St John s Catholic Church Laddonia with burial in Laddonia Cemetery. Rosary tonight at 7 30 at Wilkey Bienhoff Funeral Home. Survived by wife Mildred Turnbaugh, mother Mabel Hagan, son James in California, daughter Lorna Singles in California, and five grandsons. Born near Laddonia September 2 1909. Married June 28 1931.
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Laddonia
Fielder Aubrey Hagan
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wilkey- Bienhoff Funeral
Hagan
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Palo Alto
Calif
Audrain County
Mildred Turnbaugh
Mabel Hagan
Twain Haven
Perry
James
Milpetas
Snook Services At 3 Saturday
Funeral services for Raymond S. Snook 77 of Mexico will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Ivan Q Donaldson and Rev. Paul Metcalf officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Snook, a retired farmer and auctioneer, died Thursday at 6 11 a.m. He is survived by his wife Elsie A Witchie a daughter Violet Lierheimer four grandchildren two great grandchildren three brothers and a sister. Memorials may be made to the Littleby Methodist Church.
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Raymond S. Snook
Mexico
Arnold Funeral Home
Ivan QO. Donaldson
Paul Metcalf
Elmwood Cemetery
Snook
Elsie A. Witchie
C.T
Violet) Lierheimer
Northeast
Clayton W. Snook
LeRoy E. Snook
Fulton
John H. Snook
Mission
Kan
George
Beulah) Erdel
Littleby Methodist Church
Miss Rebecca Redding Services Held
Funeral services for Miss Rebecca Redding aged 54 of Paris were held this morning at Agnew Funeral Home with Rev. John Henry Vanlandingham officiating. Burial followed in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Wart.
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Paris
Rebecca Redding
Agnew Funeral Home
John Henry Vanlandingham
Walnut Grove
Warts
Herschel Megown Dies At Centralia
Herschel Hardin Megown 64 of Centralia died unexpectedly at his home Thursday. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Fenton Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Dean Baxter officiating. burial in Glendale Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Marie Adkisson Megown, two sons Herschel Sonny Megown of Jefferson City and Larry Wayne Megown of Clarksville, two daughters Mrs William Davidson of Centralia and Mrs Larry Jones of Quincy, 10 grandchildren, one great grandchild, one sister Mrs Floyd Owings Creve Coeur, and three brothers Howard James Edward Megown both of Moberly and Kenneth Megown of Springfield. Preceded in death by one sister. Centralia Odd Fellows prepare services at 7:30 p.m. Friday. visitation after 2 p.m. Friday.
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Centralia
Herschel
Pete) Hardin Megown
Fenton Funeral Home
Roy Dean Baxter
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Renick
Samuel and
Maude Hardin Megown
Marie Adkisson
A. B. Chance Co
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 630
Sonny) Megown
Jefferson City
Larry ‘Wayne’ Megown
Clarksville
William Davidson
Larry Jones
Quincy
Ill
Floyd Owings
Creve Coeur
Howard Megown
James Edward Megown
Moberly
Kenneth Megown
Springfield
Centralia Odd Fellows
Do It Yourself Plumbing Class Draws Crowd at Westlake's
Interest in home repairs drew more than 50 attendees to Westlake's amateur plumbing class on a cold snowy night. Six women joined the session, and participants filled the room showing strong local curiosity for DIY plumbing.
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Westlake’s
Mrs James H Reams dies at 71 in Centralia
Mrs. James H. Reams 71 of Centralia died at Boone County Hospital in Columbia. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Centralia with Rev. Mitchell Stephens officiating. Burial Glendale Memorial Gardens. Born April 22 1908 in Columbia daughter of Andrew Price and Laura Mae Palmer Toalson. Survived by four sons two daughters twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren plus siblings and five brothers. Visitation Saturday after 10 a.m. at Fenton Funeral Home. Memorials to Heart Association requested.
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Centralia
James H. Reams
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
First Baptist Church of
Mitchell Stephens
Glendale Memorial Gardens
Andrew Price
Laura Mae Palmer Toalson
James Hall Reams
Reams
First Baptist Church
Senior Citizens’ Club
Boone County
James Hall Reams Jr
Meredith A. Reams
Richard H. Reams
Elmo Reams
Hallsville
Homer Rohr
Robert Prater
Kenneth Ball
Raymond Toalson
Mexico
Fenton Funeral Home
Cason Names Nacy As Campaign Manager
Jefferson City Missouri AP Senator William Cason candidate for Democratic gubernatorial nomination announced the appointment of Richard R Nacy Jr of Jefferson City as campaign manager Nacy 49 a lawyer and former executive director of the Missouri Democratic State Committee He has been general counsel of the Department of Revenue and chief counsel of the state Tax Commission Cason from Clinton said a complete statewide campaign organization will be established within a few weeks with Nacy in general charge at campaign headquarters to be opened here.
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Jefferson City
William Cason
Richard R. Nacy Jr
Nacy
Missouri
Democratic State Committee
Department of Revenue
State Tax Commission
Cason
Clinton
Cab Plant Shuts Down at Checker Motor in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo based Checker Motor Co. closes its assembly line for at least a week due to a sales slump. A company official said sales are off and could cause more downtime. The shutdown has idled at least 700 workers.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Checker Motor Co
Roy K. Stowers Funeral Rites Saturday at 1
Funeral services for Roy K. Stowers will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday with Arnold Weldon Foreman officiating. Burial follows at Elmwood Cemetery. He died Thursday at Audrain Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, a son Lee Roy Stowers, a daughter Mrs. Robert Wood of Paris, ten grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Arnold Funeral Home after 2 p.m. today.
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Roy K. Stowers
Arnold Funeral Home
Weldon Foreman
Elmwood Cemetery
Audrain Medical Center
Lee Roy Stowers
Robert
Marjorie) Wood
Paris
Frank Jesse Dies In Texas
Frank Jesse, 85, of Amarillo Texas died Thursday in Amarillo. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Lee Palmer of Clarendon Texas a sister Mrs Leola Zuck of Mexico and a brother Earl Jesse of Mexico and two grandchildren Raymond Jesse and Mrs Clifford Pollard. Funeral services in Texas were attended by relatives today.
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Frank Jesse
Amarillo
Tex
Lee Palmer
Clarendon
Leola Zuck
Mexico
Earl Jesse
Raymond Jesse
Clifford Pollard
Jesse
Texas
Former Wellsville Resident Dies
E.K. Shorty Hagood, 65, a former Wellsville resident now of St. Charles, died Wednesday at a hospital. He was brother to Mrs. Francis Dryden of Wellsville. Services were held at 2:30 p.m. at Baur's Funeral Home, St. Charles, with burial there. He was a son of John and Viola Bingham Hagood. Survived by his wife Ruby, three daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Wellsville
E.K
Shorty) Hagood
St. Charles
Francis Dryden
Baur
Hagood
John
Viola Bingham Hagood
Ruby
Jobless rates rise across groups in January
Unemployment data show adults men at 6 percent, whites 7.5 percent, blacks 13.4 percent, teens 20.8 percent, and households heads 5.2 percent. The average duration climbs to 10.7 weeks with 1.5 million long term unemployed. Layoffs hit 78 percent of industries in January and 86 percent in Oct-Jan. A correction notes a beer ad misprice.
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Labor Department
MU Graduates Face Mixed Job Prospects Across Fields
At the University of Missouri Columbia, overall job prospects for the May graduating class vary by field. Some sectors show strong demand with many offers, like accounting, finance, marketing, and agriculture, while others report tighter markets in journalism, engineering, and certain sciences. Strategic internships and mobility help, with some graduates already securing salaries from about $10,100 to $16,200, and several colleges noting robust internship and overseas recruitment activity.
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Columbia
University of Missouri- Columbia
UMC
David J. Dunn
College of Administration and Public Affairs
College of Agriculture
Randall A. Johnson
Robert W. Haverfield
School of Journalism
School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
College of Engineering
Jack W. Morgan
Dean Morgan
Robert H. Reifschneider
Forestry Department
Law
Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Kansas City
St. Louis
Kenneth D. Weide
California
Phoenix
College of Home Economics
Margaret Mangel
Placemerit
School of Medicine
Three Firemen Hurt in Whitfield School Fire
Chesterfield Missouri AP reports three firemen were injured fighting a two alarm blaze that did extensive damage to the Whitfield School. One seriously hurt and all students were evacuated safely. Cause and full damage details unavailable.
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Chesterfield
Whitfield
Kirksville Proposes Five Cent Cigarette Tax Increase
Kirksville city council approves an ordinance calling for raising the cigarette tax frame to five cents. The drafted measure aims to fund local services with new revenue and reflects a planned municipal tax policy shift.
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Kirksville
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Marine Drive
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Rte 3
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Elmwood
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Rte 2
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Gary Rutherford
Woodlawn
George Schafer
Raymond Lee Self
James Smithee
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Salisbury
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Washington
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S. Allen
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Velma J. Fry
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Stella Clarene Hall
Lawrance
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New Florence
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Jackson
Annie Mae Randall
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Carolan
Righter
Ethel Elizabeth Sutton
E. Walsh
F. A. Hagan
Herschel Megown
Sammy Skobel
Skobel
American Blind Skiing Foundation
James Reams
Cruzan
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