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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1950
Page
5
The column lists a long string of residents and friends visiting relatives and attending dinners and weekend stays in multiple Missouri towns. Names include Mrs. Ben H Barrows Burl of near Purdin, Ot Mundell Unionville, B J Lambert near Shelby, George P Martin near Winigan, Mrs Troy Piell Harvard Idaho, and many others visiting families in Brookfield Linneus Kirksville Milan and Jamesport among others.
An old newspaper ad showcases a new Maytag automatic washer among latest offerings. It promotes other appliances like gas ranges from Maytag Dutch Oven to Tappan and Hardwick, with installation and service for bottled gas. The piece ends with a quip about a deceptive would be buyer and a farm lie.
Week end visitors include Neil DeVore of Newton with parents, Buck Howes in Kansas City, Chas Coram near New Boston, and Curt Tharp in Kansas City. Local hospital, birthday celebrations, and multiple trips to Kirksville Galesburg and Moline Illinois are reported along with family dinners and a light stroke at Grim Smith hospital.
Mr and Mrs Joe Christy visited Howard Christy and Mr and Mrs Jake Leuckenhoff in Jefferson City on Sunday. Dorothy King and Ronald Lantz and Green were Kansas City visitors Tuesday. J W Cordray has returned to Milan after hospital care in Kirksville. Glen Robinson of Kansas City spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Geo Robinson. Max Green and father in law Mose Green were in Kirksville Monday for treatment at Grim Smith Hospital. B D Street had been visiting sister Maude Morris and relatives and left for Independence. Payne Dearing and daughter Luraine of Tucson Arizona joined James Bundridge of Hamilton Mo and others for Sunday with Cecil Taylor and Nelia Bundridge. Gale Gooch and daughter with Noel Bennett and Beverly and Mollie Cordray visited Kirksville. they called on Curt Gooch, W P Gooch, and Clifton Quigley at Grim Smith Hospital. Lyle Gooch and daughter with Gale Gooch and baby of Pullman Washington came for a visit with Mollie Cordray and Noel Bennett family after trips to Detroit Michigan.
A local dealer promotes easy terms on classic cars with a $25 down payment. Available models include a 1939 Studebaker coach, 1938 Oldsmobile coupe, 1937 Buick sedan, 1936 Buick touring, and a 1936 Dodge 1% ton truck. Linco Motors, Inc. at 104 Linn Street, Brookfield, Missouri, advertises open evenings and Sundays.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Van Loving ham of Kansas City spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Joe Christy. Gayle Ingra ham and daughters visited Kirksville to see her brother Carl Head at Grim Smith hospital. Mrs C W Gooch visited Bogard to see her ill mother Mrs C H Best. Carol Dod son stayed in Kirksville visiting relatives. Roy Haley and son Danny returned home from Washington. Fred Cotter hosted a birthday dinner for daughter Mrs Vernon DeVore with several relatives present. Barbara Green and Laura Jean Green depart for Morgantown West Virginia for new jobs. Jas N Neet and Clyde McCollum visit from Mo line Illinois and Gifford respectively. Stella Osborn and Jessie Fuller joined Gordon Johnson for dinner. Jas Nevins and family attended funeral of uncle R J McCollum in North Salem. J E Wykoff returned from week in Graham and St Joseph with relatives in Tulsa.
Radio sales and service information lists radios may be left at the Bailey Maytag Co for convenience Neff Radio Service located at 16 S Main Brookfield Mo with phone number 587.
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