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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
4
A disparate collection of aphorisms and witticisms touching conscience labor religion and social norms. The passages mingle George Washington quotes with humorous asides on fashion charity and politics reflecting a turn of the century newspaper style and local proffered wisdom.
The Highway Patrol estimates traffic accidents in Missouri cost the state 20.07 million dollars in the first nine months of the year. This figure reflects damages and related expenses across incidents handled during this period.
Rainy December weekend described with snow and wet weather. Loren Pallamani returns from overseas service and will visit Colorado next to see his wife with her parents. Newborn son to J. D. Nichols and wife in Kirksville Hospital. Local visitors include Charley Miller family and Lon McNally with Brookfield ties. Betty Jerome becomes Mrs. Ralph Duncan, who recently welcomed a daughter. W C T VU ladies gather at Linues home of Mrs. Mont Burris. Alice Farley of Kansas City visits family in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cooper relocate with family to Purdin. Donald Wood entered the Armed Forces at Fort Leavenworth last Thursday, the third Wood son in military service. Sunday visitors included Bob Wood, the Moores, and the Goins family at Urb Johnson’s home. Mrs. T. J. Seaman stays at Bella Gooch’s home.
Mr and Mrs Babe Kimbrough and their children visited the Lee Wood home on Sunday night for an informal call and social visit.
Jackson Center notes report Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Bruce visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bruce. Bertha Jennings visited with Mr. and Mrs. James Morris and Jeny Sue. Verne Stevenson and family traveled to Kansas City with Jeck Johnson. Rayma Hicks of Meadville spent time with her mother Mrs. Lelia Hicks. Mary Molloy visited Nora Hess. Waverly Stevenson stayed with her aunt Lelia Hicks. Darrell Hutchinson and his wife visited his parents. Darrod’s father is ill with pneumonia fever. Russell Benskin shopped in Browning.
Mrs. John Pratt's illness prompts Mrs. Guy Broeckshier to travel from Cushing Oka. Bev Franklin Duff Jennings return from Hot Springs after a month away. Charley Pipes and family visit Mrs Hattie Jennings. Listen Dunlap makes good progress on his fish lake. Ola Knnfong and wife visit Haskell Hollow in Milan on Sunday.
Johnson district residents filled the Community Club meeting Friday night amid discussions and updates as crowds crowded the room showing strong local interest in neighborhood affairs.
The write up lists a November 30 meeting with Graze Pipes and Della Sayers on the entertainment committee and mentions refreshments. It covers social visits: Floyd Badger hosting Kansas City friends, Rev. Truman Quigley’s Mt Zion appointment, Mrs. Wiley Taylor in Chicago, Thanksgiving with the Hubbards, and various Brookfield area visits and a Floyd Swisegood sale.
Local item notes that Hugh Hale Theodore Steele and William attended the sale at the Dickinson event. The brief fragment records attendance but provides no further context or results of the sale.
The speaker outlines choosing a 3 year reenlistment in any Air Army or Service Forces branch. They would receive mustering-out pay and a $50 yearly reenlistment bonus per year served. Dependents get full family allowances and GI Bill eligibility follows. Retirement starts after 20 years with increasing half to three quarters pay after 30 years, with prior active service counted.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Longwell and their son Rodney of Leclede spent Friday evening with John Longwell. They visited Jesse Longwell and Allen Belzer homes. Rodney on leave from the Merchant Marines after his first home visit since leaving in January. Dr Cable called Saturday to Ona Lambert home to see their son Carl who was seriously ill. Edith Browning Geneveive Buswell and daughter visited Mrs Gertrude Lambert Friday. Norman Woodside and children visited Brookfield Saturday.
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