US Navy, 1942-1945
On Friday, November 1, 1940 The Marceline News printed a List of Serial Draft Numbers. Mann
Howe Taylor was #457.
On Friday, October 23, 1942 The Marceline News carried the following:
Mr. Taylor Leaves Nov. 3
Equipped with three pipes, four cans of smoking tobacco and three large boxes of matches, … > More >
Chan Judd and family came to Marceline in 1890. He went to work in the John Duke Barber Shop. There was a chinese laundry in Marceline and they fixed the front part of the shop up and Mr. Judd set up his barber shop. It was in this shop that Mabel Judd, stepdaughter of … > More >
Dr. Charles T. Whisenand came to Marceline from Bucklin, Missouri, in December 1895, to wed Miss Dona L. Carter who, with her father and mother George and Lueuna Carter and one brother, Talmadge Carter, had moved to Marceline from a farm near Bucklin, Missouri, to build a home, which now stands as a pioneer … > More >
Although liquidated ten years ago, the McAllister Creamery & Bottling Works, operating as “Marceline’s First Factory” from 1923 until 1953, played a significant role in the growth and development of Marceline. Any history of Marceline would be incomplete without proper mention of the McAllister firm, as well as the McAllister family itself, for the public … > More >
Prior to 1887, the children of the pioneering families in Marceline, who desired to attend school, were obliged to attend the rural institution known as Hayden’s School which was across the street from where the residence of Don Taylor now stands, at the northern city limits, west of state highway No. 5. This being before … > More >
Marceline’s American Legion (Theodore Roosevelt Post #264) was organized in 1919 at a meeting held in the law office of Lon R. Owen located on the second floor of the Marceline State Bank building. Dr. Roy M. Cater was elected commander, W. S. Eichenlaub adjutant and Tracy Lancaster, treasurer.
The local American Legion post … > More >
Note: The following article containing a history of the first 50 years of Marceline was reproduced from the 1938 Golden Jubilee edition of the Marceline News. Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, has written the following interesting and complete history of Marceline. Mr. Shoemaker is a Linn County product, having … > More >
Jimmy Worley Sr., age 79 of Stockton, Missouri, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at CMH Hospital in Boliver. Jimmy was born near Potosi, Missouri on April 26, 1936 to Chris and Goldie (Chandler) Worley. He married Mable G. Oliver on October 18, 1952 at the age of 16 in Aurora, Illinois. Jim and Mable had … > More >
Herman Roland, age 57, of Brookfield, died Monday, December 14, 2015, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Peters.
A memorial service will be held Friday, December 18, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Darrell Harris officiating. The family will receive friends Friday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the … > More >
Kermit M. Schreckhise, 96, of Forsyth died Monday, June 22, 2015 in the Forsyth Nursing and Rehab Center. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Kermit Marion Schreckhise was born Monday, May 12, 1919 in New Boston, MO to Robert and Myrtle (Bailey) Schreckhise. At a very early age Kermit’s mother died and … > More >
