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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
4
Snippets from a community page mix wry observations on rationing and life with school plans. Phyllis Bardon starts term at Smith in August, and local families like the McClaren and Hoselton clans plan high school attendance.
Fairview District No. 110 reports a soggy spell hindering visits while neighbors share news. Wm Riley and family hosted. T M Smith and J Tucker families welcomed guests. shingling and painting crews kept busy. several residents traveled to Milan. Browning High School opens with local students. Mrs Tucker learns of sister’s illness in Rockford. nephew Davie Head in critical condition after major operation. community hopes for speedy recovery.
Mrs Herman Harris and her daughter Jeanie traveled to Bloomington Illinois last week for a visit.
Mrs Bertha Burkholder called on Ora Mott Wednesday afternoon. Roy Maxwell and Watson Burkholder with son Robert joined neighbors for a Brunswick fish fry and a visit to the Edward Brown family. E E Thuchum and wife along with Hubert Baskett and family shopped in Brookfield. Earl Campbell and family visited in Kansas City. Jeff Mott's neighbors aided roof work with a covered dish lunch.
Mr and Mrs C M Goins spent several days near Macon with her parents Mr and Mrs Sprague. Red Gooch hosted a fish fry with Babe Kimbrough Dr W J Gooch from West Virginia. Floy returned home on furlough from Camp Gordon Georgia. Sunday guests at Nova Gooch included Dr and Mrs W J Gooch and their children Red Gooch and family and Babe Kimbrough.
The excerpt notes persistent rainy cool weather with calls for fairer skies. It reports several local visits including Simon Head of Purdin and Edd Head with two daughters visiting sister and aunt Mrs. Jeff Mott in Rantoul NL, and Mrs. Vida Wampler of Brookfield staying with her father Charley Thudium. Nearby residents Paul Dodge Peggy Jeanne of Brookfield visited Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dodge, while Luther Bauer of Bethany visited Orville Thudium.
Rain and cool weather dominated the past week as the ground remains soaked. Mrs. Merle Pulliam left for Phoenix after a two week visit, while Mrs. Jane Hardin had a new roof installed. The Corrine Latta sale was postponed to Thursday the 31st due to rain.
Mr and Mrs W R Young and Albert hosted Sunday dinner with Curtis Williams and family plus many relatives including Billy Keeling Jim Crooks Cecil Crooks and Wilma Young. Families visited neighbors and shopped stories trace the day across Haseville in a routine social roundup.
Miss Shirley Warren spent last week with Irene Barrows of near Purdin.
Cold rainy weather persists with relief hoped through rain. Coral Lee Dodson returns home from a two week visit to aunt Mrs Hildred Blake. Elmer, J W Sevier, Vaughn Shaw and Dan Head sold lambs last week. Marjorie Stephenson returns from Kansas City for a short stay with parents Mr and Mrs Truman Stephenson. Alice Dodson remains in Milan hospital with varying condition. Mildred Butterfield and sons visit Carl Head and family. Rural schools around set to start Monday August 28. Ernest Dodson shops in Kirksville while Truman Stephenson plans to move to Browning soon.
The notice lists ongoing rationing details including Meat Cheese Butter and Fats stamps A8 to D5 good indefinitely, Canned Foods Blue stamps andSugar stamps No 30 31 32 with five pound limits, home canning stamp 40 through Feb 28 1945, and Shoe Airplane stamps with conditions on acceptance. Gasoline and fuel oil coupons specify remaining validity windows and quantities, with tire inspection records required to secure tires.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel M. Stanley Ginn has accepted a Navy commission as Lieutenant (j.g.) and reported to Princeton Navy Yard on August 25. Ginn, appointed Superintendent on November 12, 1942, previously served Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney from 1935 to 1941 and chaired state traffic and war department committees. Captain O L Wallis, Troop FE Poplar Bluff commander, acts as Acting Superintendent during Ginn’s absence and is among Patrol’s original 50 members since 1931.
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