Stories from Saturday, December 7, 2013

Genevieve Margie Tippie Swarnes, 86, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Margie was born on Nov. 9, 1927, just west of Prescott, Kan., the only daughter of Anson Roy Tippie and Mary Ethel Marsh Tippie. ...

Patricia Ann Hallam, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at ABC Healthcare in Harrisonville, Mo., following an illness of several months. She was born Sept. 17, 1941, in Macomb, Ill., to Jesse Calvin McDonald and Thelma Mae Boyd McDonald. She married Claude Hallam on Sept. 19, 1959, and he preceded her in death 1981...

Bradley and Casey Landreth, of Schell City, Mo., and older brothers, Dakota and Justin, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Savannah Jo Landreth. Savannah was born at 2:45 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/4 inches...

Arthur Wendell Kleen, 81, of the Metz area, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Willow Lane Care Center, Butler, Mo. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m., at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, with burial in the Green Lawn Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, Mo...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service is opening the Conservation Stewardship Program for new enrollments for federal fiscal year 2014. Running through Jan. 17, producers interested in participating in the program can submit applications to NRCS...

Nevada Daily Mail More than 20 people braved the cold to attend the annual Cookie Walk at the Vernon County Senior Center. Compared to last year, fewer cookies were donated, approximately 700, rather than 1,200. "We raised more than $200," organizer Angie Daniels said. "The cold kept our numbers low."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Schell City Board of Aldermen have started the search for a new city clerk. The full time, five days a week position, pays $1,100 a month and is open to anyone living within Bacon Township. The aldermen will accept resumes for a month, and the position starts in the spring of next year...

Special to the Daily Mail In November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland. In response, Finnish soldiers on skis destroyed two tank divisions and humiliated the Russians. The president of the National Ski Patrol, Charles Minot (Minnie) Dole, saw this as a perfect example of why the U.S. Army needed mountain troops. Dole spent months lobbying the War Department to train troops in mountain and winter warfare. He was able to convince the Army to create ski units...