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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
4
Readers in Browning share wry observations on shortages and rationing. Lines touch on plastics replacement for cups and steering wheels a pumpless life, while humor hints at marital changes and vanished bargains. The tone remains light amid lean times.
A light rain blessed Scottsville area fields Friday aiding corn. Residents attended Lance Hoselton's funeral on Wednesday. Local people visited family in Galt and Browning for shows and events. Multiple farm trades, calf vaccination, and teaching plans for the upcoming school year are mentioned along with several local visits and farm activities.
Brief notes from White Oak record visitors and visits. Miss Cleo Brinkley stays with grandparents near Roger. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Shatto and Elba visited Ray Wattenbarger. Fritz Brinkley helps with hay for Robert Stephenson. Johnnie Stephen son Opal Mae and Cleo Brinkley visited Melvin home near Floyd Stephenson and family. Maude Jones mentioned.
A vivid sketch of Hurley Wisconsin and Ironwood Michigan across the Montreal River. The piece describes Hurley as a frontier town with many saloons, a tough reputation, and a history of Prohibition raids. It blends local color with reflections on law and Northwoods life, interspersed with brief local notices and visits.
Callers at the Fritz Brinkley home include Betty Lee James Swearen engen Cullen Jones Mr and Mrs Leo Brinkley Cynthia Ann Mrs Julia Ware and Elba Turner. Gerald Seckington and wife welcomed a baby girl born Friday morning. Brockshier family visited Alta Stufflebean near Shelby and John Pratt of Oklahoma was here visiting friends. Hattie Jennings spent days with daughter Ben Franklin. Bonnie Sue Jennings stayed with aunt Bev Franklin. Morene Turner and son David visited Elsworth Turner of Cora. Jas Fanning is about the same.
The note mentions Friday rain hoped to benefit corn and reports Mrs Herold Bowyer being taken to MelLarney Hospital last Friday night for an operation.
Plenty of rains and busy farm work marked the period but amid sorrow and grief residents kept to routine. Mary Morris visited with sister Mrs Geo Elliott while Hazel Stone visited her mother-in-law Myrtle Stone and Alta Phillips stayed with her father W E Morris. Alice Marie Coulter Paul has a baby boy born August 6 named Arnold Fay.
Friends of Vernon Glenn Morris seek update on his whereabouts after assignment to U.S.8 Marblehead in Brooklyn New York. Family and visitors include Cordin Edmunson Morris and kin, Robert Smith and wife with Elmer Smith family, Nolan Bruce and wife from St Louis, Nina Stanfield and children from Houston, Van Vencill and Jane with Willard Phillips kin, E L Morris and Ida Tompson visit Meadville, and others at the Morris and Dunlap households with multiple Sunday and Thursday gatherings.
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