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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
4
A Browning column gauges local frictions from labor to leisure noting quiet at baseball games on service day and scarce spring onions while joking about wage scales and arithmetic. The piece reflects on wartime busyness, crowd dynamics, and the idea of a hero teaching youths blunt truths about life.
Visitors, including Mr and Mrs Fred Watson and Mrs R L Brown, called on Aunt Sarah Trotter. Miss Reva Payne closed a school term at Johnson and received a friendship quilt from patrons and scholars. Various locals attended funerals, gatherings, and farm work, with trips to Kirksville and Excelsior Springs noted.
In St Martinville Louisiana Evangeline’s grave near the church is a shrine with a bronze statue gifted by Dolores del Rio to the Evangeline Memorial Ass’n. The Gabriel home has been restored and turned into a museum showcasing early settler life. An ancient mossy oak marks the lovers meet.
A fragment notes a gathering of relatives including Mrs Sam McClanahan and Mrs Olen Webb with Mrs Rogers Barkley and families in Milan last week, highlighting extended kin connections.
Rain dominates Bundridge items with little plowing done. Social visits abound as families gather for Easter events. Awards attend the Bundridge school term with prizes for punctuality and no absence. Farmers plan oats and garden work amid ongoing community activities.
Weather remains wet with rain on Monday. B O Brantner sold 32 Hereford cattle to an Arkansas buyer last Saturday. Nora Straley and family traveled from Chicago for Dess Fanning's funeral, returning Sunday night. Stanley Riley visited with his parents before returning to St. Louis Monday. Fairview school held a weiner roast and program after class last Friday. Mrs Wm Tucker and Frank Tucker visited Brookfield Friday.
Mr and Mrs Alex Finney received a joyous surprise Saturday when their son Marvin, stationed at Pearl Harbor, called from San Francisco for a short talk that pleased his parents. Mr and Mrs Herb Wilson were shopping in Brookfield Saturday. Mrs L T Finney and son are active in Shelby notes.
Notice to all creditors and interested parties that administrators J. A. Harris and N. W. Phillips will file a final settlement for Jacob B. Harmon deceased at the Linn County Probate Court Linneus on May 11, 1942. Administrators: J. A. Harris and N. W. Phillips.
Letters of administration granted to Miranda A Nekell for the Lula Jacobs estate in Linn County Missouri. Claimants must present claims within six months or be barred from the estate. one year from grant of letters to proceed. Judge Arthur Li Tar of the Probate Court certifies the notice.
I H L Schrock administrator seeks to make final settlement of the Mundell estate at the next Linn County Missouri Probate Court term to be held in Linneus on May 11 1942. Administrator H L Schrock.
Families from Chillicothe St Louis Joliet and Kansas City visited relatives over Easter. Local social rounds include Mrs Wayne Britton and Jessie M attending Blanche Head s club meeting, and Dess Fanning’s funeral at Baker Church with burial at the adjacent cemetery.
The obituary notes sympathy for the bereaved family as relatives from California Illinois Texas and Oklahoma travel to attend their father’s funeral. Attendees include Harvey from California Arlo and Mrs Lovie Grissamer from Illinois Mrs Ina Bunch from Texas Mrs Ival Williamson and Mr Williamson and Mrs Lois Webb and Mr Webb from Oklahoma.
Easter Sunday brought showers and disappointment as plans for picnics and egg roasts were spoiled. In local social news, visitors and calls were made across families, with many from Macon, Brookfield, Shelby, and North Salem stopping by and sharing time with relatives and friends.
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