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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
4
In Browning, residents muse on principle and fashion noting a paper hanger and a five cent candy bar that can do youth’s tasks. Birth certificates are being checked, and idle waiting for repairs is blamed on time. The town jokes about married men avoiding the army by fighting at home.
The piece extols spring as a symbol of renewal amid war across Europe. It urges flowers to soften hardened hearts and hopes for uplift in England France Belgium Norway and Holland, while lamenting disruption of cultivation and peace. It calls Browning residents to cherish planting and hard work as nations endure conflict.
Mrs. G M Spencer and Mr and Mrs Ernest Dodson with children visited Kirksville Saturday. Mr and Mrs J W Sevier called on Lee Morris Sunday. Mrs W A Norman was summoned to Milan for her daughter Bessie Richmond who is very ill. Isabelle Norman visited home folks at Cora after working in Milan. The Norman family including Gail of Brookfield spent the weekend with Sherman Hedkins in Cora.
Weather outlook favorable for oat sowing and planting potatoes in North East Linn as fields begin spring tasks. Farmers report mild conditions aiding early gardening and crop prep.
Mrs Roy Hart and Will Abbott are on the sick list and in poor health. Edgar Harl from Iowa visits Roy Harl and wife. Mrs Ora Tallman returns from Kirksville hospital. Perry Christian and wife visit Everett McConnell. Glen Demery and Gar McCollum families visit Otis McCollum. several neighbors call and dine with local households.
March weather with wind rain and snow. hopes for calmer April. Measles mentioned. Jim Smith in poor health. Jim and Ray McNally family visited his parents after time with Robert Hoover. Senior class play at Purdin High School drew a crowd. Barbara Edens recovering from ruptured appendix. not yet operated. Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, Mrs. Edgar Crist and Mrs. Leon Smith visit Will McGhee home. Marie Owens did papering for Cecil Walker. Mrs. John Stone accompanied. Mrs. Walker is daughter of Mrs. Stone. Mrs. Jesse Garrett returned from Browning after three months with daughter Ben Peery. Callie Johnson home from Brookfield Hospital doing well. Mrs. Sylvia Palmer visited Linus to see her parents. Mrs. Clara Hanmann shopping in Purdin.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Riedl of Detroit visited his parents the Riedls. Orville Thudium and family visited near Green Castle. E E Thuchum and Rich ard were guests of Ben Cattey. Cerl Coram family visited Thos Coram and wife then Mrs Herbert Coram after an operation. Several from the area attended the Shelby senior play.
Mrs Susie Thudium of Brookfield and Watson and family of Linneus are glad to hear she is improving and able to sit up. Uncle Dan Thuditum is also improving from a recent illness as friends note reports.
Mrs High of Milan and sister Mrs Emily Deener spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs G G Broyles. Mr and Mrs C E Rogers of Kansas City visited home folks. Ada Smith, recently bedbound, can go out again. Dollie Reed sick with a cold. Leo Pipes and family moved to Charley Maggart property once the old bank. Dug Myers moved to the town home with daughter. Knifong family moved into Sarah Clem property. Willie Rogers of Milan visited relatives in Roger. C E Burress and daughters Imogene and Ollie visited Broyles home. Hinda Reter visited relatives in Kansas City.
March brings unusually mild weather in Pleasant Hill as farmers sow oats and plant potatoes. Local residents, including the Knifongs, Smiths, and Randalls, travel for shopping and visits. Fay Jennings of North Salem dies this afternoon. sympathy extended.
In Bundridge the weather warms as residents sow oats plow and plant potatoes. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tarnow visit the Carl Head home. J. W. Sevier hosts neighbors bearing baskets for a midday gathering with the Collins, Elliott, Head, Sevier and Fanning families. Guests include Elmer Sevier Shirley Sue Jane Ann Mary Kathryn Rebecca Pearl and Barbara Ellen.
Letters of administration for the estate of Jacob B Harmon have been granted to J A Harris and N W Phillips by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court. Claims must be filed within six months of the grant or be barred. one year to bar after letters grant. Arthur L Pratt, Judge of Probate.
Mrs Head and Clarence traveled to Kirksville on Sunday to see Ila Mae Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermitt Lambert and Frank Belzer drove to Wapello Iowa on Monday to transport cattle to Belzer's son in law Ferris Bailey. They returned Tuesday with Marlin Belzer. Other local visits and visits to Brookfield Chillicothe Fort Riley are noted, including Anna Belle West with Mary Logan.
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