Idalene Nester, age 91, of Brookfield, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Boone Hospital in Columbia. A funeral service will be Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Carroll Schoenhall officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. Visitation will begin Saturday at 9 a.m. … > More >
Daniel T. Fields, age 57 of Bucklin, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at University Hospital in Columbia. Danny was born at Kansas City, Missouri on July 16, 1957 to Dale T. and Dixie Lee (White) Fields. He married Vivian Burch Edmonds on November 24, 2004 and she survives him. Danny was a Veteran of the … > More >
Victor J. Rodgers, age 88 of Wien, died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Pioneer Skilled Nursing Center, Marceline. Victor was born in Wien, Missouri on July 30, 1926 to Michael Joseph and Elizabeth J. (Niemeier) Rodgers. He married Freda Frances Brucks on November 7, 1950 at Glasgow, Missouri and she survives him. Vic was a … > More >
Johnnie Russell Davolt, age 92 of Bucklin, died Saturday January 17, 2015 at Life Care Center of Brookfield. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 pm Saturday January 24, 2015 at the United Methodist Church, Bucklin, with Reverend Monty Montgomery and Pastor Richard Casady officiating. Burial with Military Honors provided by Green Hills Post #57 … > More >
Donald Lowther, age 91, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Cameron Regional Hospital in Cameron.
A funeral Service will be Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the … > More >
Nellie Gardner, age 95, of Brookfield, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at Life Care Center in Brookfield.
A funeral service will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Don Kabel and Pastor Randy Festervand officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. The family … > More >
by Hank Miller
This is my 1962 Mizzou School of Journalism term paper on Marceline’s History of newspapers. The paper covers Marceline’s first papers from 1888, until the interview with Joe Belic in 1962. It is interesting to read about the early days, the depression and War I and War II with the Santa Fe … > More >
by Hank Miller
The Marceline News was always looking for needed revenues to maintain operations in the early 1940’s. Most of this was done through advertising. This is an ad from 1946 for additional services offered to Marceline. In 1947, The News added the Bucklin Herald to become the Marceline News and Bucklin Herald which … > More >
Motion Pictures of Marceline Will Be Shown August 9th and 10th at Uptown
A home-town movie will be shown August 9th and 10th at the Uptown Theatre here under auspices of the Theodore Roosevelt Post of the American Legion.
Miss Ruth A. Ritchie of St Louis is here this week making arrangements for the 2-day … > More >
W. F. Kucharo and Floyd Newman to Contribute the Necessary Materials and Labor For the Project
After about fifteen years of patiently waiting in the basement, the old Central school bell is to be brought to light and given an honorable discharge. The bell lost its job, through no fault of its own, when it … > More >
