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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
4
A collection of captions and quips about rural life, youth, work, and freedom. The text comments on driving, fishing, picnics, and civic duties with a humorous, reflective tone. It references Uncle Sam, census avoidance, and the ease of work in hot weather.
Pleasant Hill notes a light Monday shower easing heat affecting vegetation. Families and neighbors share visits, a Browning reunion with 50 relatives, a Milan horse show outing, and multiple Sunday calls to E. W. Riley and other households. Stitch and Chatter Club met and quilting progress was reported.
Mrs George Pittiway and daughters from Oklahoma visited her mother Mrs Ada Smith and returned home last week. Mrs Cal Burress and daughters visited Mrs Lola Waldeck and family in Milan for one day. Mrs Hinda Dillingner underwent appendicitis surgery at a Kirksville hospital. Misses Clara Bell and Dorothy Eastman visited Miss Ollie Burress on Sunday. Mrs Burress joined them home for a visit. Mrs Bertha Schweppe and daughter of Humphreys spent one day with her father C E Maggart and wife.
A Mackinac Island column recalls the vacation paradise with no motor traffic on roads and a bustling summer scene. It notes the fort history, the hotel with the longest porch, Astor post roots, and a horse and buggy transport era supported by 235 horses and 55 buggies. It mentions summer population swelling from 450 to about 6000 and a local clan including Mrs Ada Smith and Dr Tunnell.
Mrs Sherman Cutsinger and son Jack of Kansas City vacationed here Sunday. Mrs Louise Reynolds and children from Kansas City spent last week with her father G F Davis. Mr and Mrs Howatt Davis and family from Kansas City visited G F Davis recently. Elvira King, from Iowa, returned home after weeks away. Johnny and Ralph Connell visited their mother Stella Hollenbeck last week. Mr and Mrs Powers and children from California visited parents Mr and Mrs Guy Crowdis. Mr and Mrs Clarence Rogers of Kansas City visited recently.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors and others interested in the estate of Lloyd W. Hummel deceased that Reba Hummel executrix intends to make final settlement at the next term of the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri to be held at Linneus on August 10 1942.
The Shafter column notes a gentle rain, fall garden work, and a near finish to harvesting with a bumper blackberries crop. It lists numerous local visits, family gatherings, teaching plans, and community events, including Mrs. Lelia Hicks improving, people at Elmer Hammock’s, and Rev. Trotter’s church activity.
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