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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
4
G TF Woodward and N Woodward owners publish a Browning Missouri newspaper established 1884. The paper notes a subscription price of 2.00 and that it is minted as second class in the Browning post office. Dates to remember include Womens Achievement Day on September 15 and the Interstate Show in St. Joseph on September 26.
Mrs. Bill Bailey travels to Kansas City for a hospital check up and to be near family. Local residents attend an ice crew social at S. H. S. on Wednesday. A small airplane buzzed Shelby homes Friday evening. Northern lights display captivates Shelby Saturday night. Parish visits include Curt Bauer and Robert Boyles in St. Joseph on business, and Joe Edens shopping Friday morning.
Mr and Mrs Walter Harris spent Sunday with daughter and family Mr and Mrs D Dennis and children. Mr and Mrs Glenn Callihan with Wayne and Maude dined with Mr and Mrs Eiza Jacobs and Sandra Kay. Bro Fred Bertchman filled his regular appointment at Roger Church of God. Mrs Gale Brookhier and daughter of Cushing Oklahoma visited the Stephenson households.
Weather was cool at daybreak and warmed later. Mrs. Mattie Buswell and Mrs. Zida McNally visited Sunday. Libby McDaniel of Emmor ia and Linda joined Effie Pulliam Saturday. The Dryden reunion gathered many at Eva Bryden home. Mack McDaniel Emma Dowell and Anna Smith joined Enon Wolfe family for dinner Friday. Cordelia Baskett visiting Purdin relatives. Locals plan to attend the State Fair. Bruce Cunnard improving from illness. Local boys being called back into service overseas.
Mrs Hugh Warren and Alpha Powell helped Mrs Paul Warren cook for thrashers on Monday. James L Dell and Clinton Bennett traveled to Chicago Saturday night to seek employment. Mrs Ray Johnson attends the State Fair in Sedalia with her brother Roy Kirby and family. Mr and Mrs Lee Kimbrough shopped in Milan Saturday. G P Club meets with Mrs Roy Crowdis on August 31 for an all day meeting. Thrashing is the day’s work in the area as Byron Taylor thrashes for Ross Fuller Paul Warren Wilson Havens and Buster Rinehart.
Local notices list frequent visits and calls among families in Morris Chapel and nearby towns. Names include John Gooch Joe Christy Leona Remick Barbara Kimbrough Ollie Johnson Floy Johnson Lee Wood Rolla Gooch and others with multiple social visits in Brookfield Linneus and Brainard.
A brief Dickinson item notes Mr and Mrs Wayne Abbott and their son John Walden. No further details or context given in the readable text.
The notice lists a Monday 6 45 pm broadcast on KIRX and records social visits by local families including the Abbotts and Lamberts. It notes Eldon Riddle losing steel from his left eye in Brookfield and returning with eye dressing. Nearby residents and guests from Winigan, Oklahoma, California, and Independence are mentioned along with social gatherings at various homes.
Rulon and Eugene West came home for the weekend after three months spent in Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota working in harvest fields. Phyllis Stone spent Monday with Lucille and Leoma Lam.
Mr and Mrs Keith Cordray of Purdin were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Eldon Head.
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