Cannon Day honors for Con Clarence Cannon supporters
The Women's Democratic Club of Lincoln County held a Cannon Day program at the Palmer House Elsberry on May 31 with a fried chicken dinner. County candidates attended. tributes praised Rep. Con Cannon and discussions covered early childhood days college days and his record on the Appropriations Committee. The Ninth District meeting is set for June 11 in Mexico with local attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Democratic Club of
Lincoln County
Palmer House
Elsberry
Frank Palmer
Jean Fischer
Bessie Sue
Jean Galloway
Beverly Trescott
A. L. Ricks
J. L. Brown
James Dyer
Merrell Taylor
L. J. Trail
Floyd Birkhead
Winfield
Harry Sanders
Seaton Sanders
Con. Cannon
E. B. Woolfolk
Congress
Dyer
Appropriations Committee
J. Lukin Brown
Missouri
Taylor
Trail
Court House
Mexico
Troy
Ernest Womble
C. R. LaRue
James F. Dyer
T.W. Withrow
J.B. Humphrey
Kenneth Brummell
Mary Cottle
Chas. Womble
Truxton
Proclamation Calls Food Drive To Aid Starving Overseas
In 1946 Troy Missouri Mayor Otto Hanni urges citizens and groups to join the Emergency Food Collection to send canned goods and cash for UNRRA aid to Europe and Asia amid global famine threats. The second item notes Olney 4-H Club Sunday at Olney Baptist Church with 67 attendees and a color coded program led by Mrs. F H Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Otto Hanni
City of
Troy
UNRRA
Norton Shows 15-Ounce Cobbler Potato From Troy Plot
W. T. Norton of Troy displayed a 15 ounce Cobbler potato he dug that morning. Norton planted the crop on March 22 on Rev. O. A. Gordon's Troy ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Norton
Troy
Mr. Norton
O. A. Gordon
Marian Rudolph to Wed Charles R Williams
Mrs Charles B Rudolph of Troy announces the coming marriage of her daughter Marian to Charles R Williams on Wednesday June 12 at 4 00 p m in Troy Presbyterian Church. All friends of the families are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Griffith
Charles B. Rudolph
Troy
Marian
Charles R. Williams
Troy Presbyterian Church
Lincoln County Men Ordered to Report for Induction
The June call requires William Otto Howard and George M. Parker Jr. from Lincoln County to report for induction. Also listed are Hannibal Thos, Darwin McDonald, and Kolia for active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
William Otto Howard
Elsberry
George M. Parker, Jr
Hannibal Thos
Darwin McDonald
Kolia
Farewell Parties Honor Mrs Izola Lake and Joyce Lake
Mrs Izola Lake and her daughter Joyce were guests of honor at two June 4 farewell events in Troy before moving to Booneville. The Dixie Haven dinner in the Pine Room featured a Schaeffer fountain pen. Troy Community Chorus presented jewelry and Joyce received a necklace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Acuff
Philomene Mack
Pine Room
Dixie Haven Cafe
Mrs. Lake
Joyce
Mr. Chandler
A. B. Chandler
Troy
Merlyn Weinand
Library Closes in Troy Over Space and Finance Issues
The Troy library has been closed as no room is available and funding is lacking. Reopening depends on a financing plan, hiring a librarian, and housing for the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Balanced Farming Group Visits Experimental Plots
Seventeen men and women on Balanced Farming plans joined an all day Field Day Tour by the University of Missouri Experimental Service. Lincoln County attendees included Henry and Mrs Heineman Foley Riggs Humphrey Silex Harvey and Mrs Graves Foley Hurley Creech Hawk Point Edwin and Mrs Brown Moscow Mills Robert Fisher Foley John Huckstep Louisville and Virginia Barber with John E Harris Troy. The tour showcased soil and crop demonstration plots with emphasis on fertilizer and rotations. Attendees showed special interest in grasses Tall Meadow Fescue Richard Gress Reeds Canary Grass and the Legumes Lotus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Experimental Service
University of Missouri
Lincoln County
Henry Heineman
Foley
Riggs Humphrey
Silex
Harvey Martin
Moscow Mills
Arlen Graves
Raymond Graves
Hurley Creech
Hawk Point
Edwin Brown
Moscow
Lincoln County Farm Bureau wraps up largest membership drive
The Lincoln County Farm Bureau reports 730 members after a drive from April 23 to May 23, with 152 new members joined during the campaign. Top solicitor C L Howdeshell signed 39 members, earning an award. John Muenstermann 18, Hurley Creech 16, James Creech 8. Victory Dinner held in Troy with musical program and remarks by Dee Pritchett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County Farm Bureau
The
Farm Bureau
Pine Room
Dixie Haven
Troy
C. L. Howdeshell
Elsberry
Glen Barley
Howdeshell
John Muenstermann
Hurley Creech
Hawk Point
James Creech
Near Troy
John Creech
Peggy Dixon
Beverely Tres
Chandler Pollard Wedding in Moscow Mills
Miss Ruby Mae Pollard of Moscow Mills wed Roger B. Chandler of Troy in a Sunday afternoon ceremony at the Christian church. Rev. Guy W. Carrell officiated the single ring rite. attendant was Jeanette Chandler. The couple plans to live in Troy after a brief honeymoon in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Mills
Ruby Mae Pollard
Roger B. Chandler
Troy
Guy W. Carrell
D. D.humphrey
Stanley Pollard
Moscow
Buchanan High School
Jeanette Chandler
Food drive aims to aid UNRRA nations June in Troy
The Emergency Food Collection Committee announces a June 9 to 15 drive in Troy to raise canned foods and cash for UNRRA eligible countries. Chairwoman Mrs. George Campbell leads a team including Roy Blair and Ed win Wieman with Girl Scouts and Rotary support. Boxes will appear in stores for donations of tin foods, with milk meat fish and peanut butter listed as most needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Food Collection Committee
Troy
George Campbell
UNRRA
Albania
Austria
Byelorussia
China
Czechoslovakia
Dodecenese Islands
Ethiopia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Korea
Poland
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg
Norway
Campbell
Roy W. Blair
Edwin Wieman
Bertha Kemper
Rural Bible Crusade honors Lincoln County children
Fifteen rural Lincoln County students memorized 500 Bible verses during the school year in the Rural Bible Crusade. Each winner received a Bible inscribed with their name. A camp week at Arcadia June 10 16 is offered. three may attend. The program drew 391 enrolled with 195 memorizing for a scripture pencil award and 113 gaining a pocket New Testament. Bibles went to Moscow Mills Hawk Point and Wilson students and a nationwide religious effort supports rural scripture knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Paul C. Guiley
Crusade Field
Arcadia
St. Louis
Moscow Mills
Hawk Point
Wilson
Rural Bible Crusade of
Missouri
America
Discharges Filed for Registration in Lincoln County
The following persons have filed discharges from the armed services for registration in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Lincoln County. George E. Earnest Virgil Ir. Elliott Thomas W. Clowers Oliver C. Sitton William H. Reeves Robert Lee Cox Charles G. Ellis Keith Wayne Glaister Paul Frederick Beckemeyer Guy Parker Ellis Edward O Garland Wilson Derwood Neunlist Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Armed Services
Office of the Recorder of Deeds
Lincoln County
George E. Earnest
Virgil Ir. Elliott
Thomas W. Clowers
Oliver C. Sitton
William H. Reeves
Robert Lee Cox
Charles G. Ellis
Keith Wayne Glaister
Paul Frederick Beckemeyer
Guy Parker Ellis
Edward O'’Garland Wilson
Derwood Neunlist Simpson
Grandsons Graduate From University of Kansas City
Grandsons Kenneth Ward Thomasson and Edmund William Russell Jr. of Tulsa Okla receive announcements of graduation on Sunday June 2 1946. Both were candidates for the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Ward
Ira L. Russell
Troy
Kenneth Ward Thomasson
Edmund William Russell, Jr
Tulsa
Okla
University of Kansas City
Bill
Ken
1946 softball season opens in Troy park June 11
The 1946 softball season begins Tuesday night June 11 at the Troy park playground with Mechanics versus Moscow Blue Birds and High School versus Mears Trojans. A 15 player limit per team is set, rosters due by June 11, and a $2 per player fee funds park upkeep and league balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Playground
Troy
Mechanics
Moscow Blue Birds
High School
Mears Trojans
Park and Playground Association
Prewar autos blamed for rising fatal accident risk
The Highway Patrol warns that deteriorating prewar automobiles pose a serious hazard until new cars are available in quantity. Authorities estimate about 20 percent of fatal accidents are caused by unsafe vehicles and urge drivers to check their cars to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Highway Patrol
Sacred Heart Food Drive Surpasses December Totals
Sacred Heart church in Troy reports a larger May can food drive for Europe and Asia than December 1945. The parish collected 15 cases plus anonymous gifts of 81.55 dollars sent to headquarters for Food for the Needy. Across the St Louis archdiocese 500000 cans were gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Sacred Heart Church
Troy
Peter J. Rahill
Archdiocese of
St Louis
Wm. J. Crimped
Rahill
Sacred Heart
Notice to Vets on Job Training in Agriculture
Troy Public School system has been appointed administrator and supervisor for On Job Training in Agriculture. All honorably discharged veterans meeting State Department of Veteran Training requirements are eligible. Attend the first meeting at Bonfils Auditorium on Monday June 10 at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Armed Forces
State Department of Veteran Training
Bonfils Auditorium
Appeal for yard goods to aid Greek women
Federated Club women of America issue an urgent appeal for yard goods to clothe Greek women and families. Donations should be brought to Mrs. A. D. Wilkinson in Troy by June 7 for packing and shipment to overseas headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Tucker
F. H. Griffith
Federated Club Women of America
Greece
A. D. Wilkinson
Troy
New Hours at Troy Unemployment Offices Announced
Effective Monday June 17 1946 representatives of the Unemployment Compensation Commission and the United States Employment Service will be in Troy each Monday from 9:30 a m to 3:30 p m Central Standard Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployment Compensation Commission
United States Employment Service
Troy
Troy Chamber Plans Newcomer Coupon Book Initiative
Troy Chamber members and guests dined at Troy Christian church then gathered for a brief meeting. Chas Hutt reported progress on the Troy advertising folder while Rev Guy W Carrell proposed a coupon book to welcome new families, with a committee led by A A Winfrey to organize the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ring Found After Sixteen Years In Troy Garden
Mrs. Arnold Keck of Troy found her wedding ring last week, lost sixteen years ago when it slipped from her finger into dishwater. The ring, recovered in perfect condition, reappeared while she worked in the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Keck
Troy
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Democratic Women’s Club
United States
Truman
4-H
Olney
4-H Club
the Wildwood
Donnie Spyres
Georgia Lee Duncan
Norma Colbert
Cos
Our Father
Donald Webb
Old Rugged Cross
Amy Hudson
Chandler-Pollard
Lincoln County Motor Company
Activities Committee
Ules
Collier
Columbia
Sacred Heart Food Collection
Troy C. of C
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