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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
4
Browning Missouri paper notes owner publishers Fern and G T Woodward. Quote from Schopenhauer decorates the issue. Light items tease rivalry with the Joneses and jokes about shopping for women versus men. Diet remarks in Browning readers reflect small town humor.
Johnnie B Tallman and family visited his parents the Tallmans. Edgar McCollum and family stayed with Otis McCollum. Arthur Watson and wife visited Walter Jones. Perry and Emil McCollum and families visited Perry Christians. Mrs Clara Hoskins died at her Winigan home. Funeral Monday at Winigan Baptist Church with burial at Price Cemetery. Visitors at Robert Catteys included Frank Cattey Rolla Bailey Carl Farson Earl Abbott Arthur Cattey Ben Cattey and Oral Carter. Johnnie Bailey and George Bailey visited Emerson Cordray. Dewey Riddle and family visited Lloyd Cordray.
December brought mild conditions to Pleasant Hill with warmer days and gentle evenings. Local reports note light winds and no significant snowfall, aiding holiday travel and shopping activity in the region.
Pleasant weather prevails as Laddie Dodson of Cora is examined at Laughing Hospital for an unknown illness. Numerous Sunday visits occur across families including Brittons, Smiths, Mitchells, Knifongs, Rileys, and Taylors. A tragic Nova Morris accident prompts sympathy. many neighbors stopped by homes of Hale, Dickin son, Fields, Coffman, and Browning.
Mr and Mrs Ibb Spencer returned home from Oklahoma where they visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Marion Wyatt attended a birthday party for Orville Wyatt. Marlin Belzer went to St Louis with Kermit Lambert. Mr and Mrs Oda Spencer and son Jerry visited Willie Wood’s side near Purdin. Allen Lambert traded in Brookfield. Reba Lambert stayed with Evelyn Longwell. Allen Belzer, employed in Iowa, spent weekend with Frank Belzer’s family. Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson.
Wood cutting dominates the Walnut Grove notices as residents report travel for eye treatment in Kansas City. Ella Morris visits Brookfield with C. C. Moore as Ed and Dot Fanning-related moves unfold near Cora. A house and contents loss occurs for Hartwell Franklin family. Swearengen and Morris households visit Kirksville.
Eight girls and boys basketball teams entered including Bucklin Galt Humphreys Linneus New Cambria Glenwood Ferrier Browning. Linneus girls took fourth over Bucklin while New Cambria beat Galt for third. Forker claimed first and Browning second 25 27 in a thrilling final. Browning won three of four, with close games against Glenwood Galt and New Cambria.
The article notes that some camera enthusiasts are being paid for the photographs they take. It highlights a growing trend of monetizing amateur and professional image capture.
The class is exploring poems by Lew Lovett Amy Lowell and Rudyard Kipling in a choral speaking project. Students study rhythm tone and expression while presenting readings as a group.
The honor roll is not yet finished because of the ongoing tournament and will be published next week.
Elmer Jacobs spent Wednesday night in the company of Ralph Morris, sharing conversation and time together.
During the week of November 30 families including Clyde Brinkley and family Chas Pipes family Earl Dunlap and spouses, Jim Robison of Lansing, Sam McClarren of Milan, Mae Dunlap, John Robison Browning, Ralph Morris and children share visits with local households. David Forbes Browning was a caller Monday morning.
Miss Phyllis Crowdis and friends from Kansas City visited her family of John Crowdis Jr and Charles over the weekend. Virginia Williams returned from Milan to join Myron Williams and Donald DeWitt families in Thanksgiving at Joplin and home. Robert Stephenson welcomed guests for Thanksgiving including John Stephen son Elzie Jacobs and Melvin Stephenson. On Sunday November 26 a wedding united Robert Stephenson and Ila McClarren at the McClarren home with close family in attendance.
Creditors and others interested in the estate known as Harvey & Neet are informed that C. E. McGhee, assignee, will apply to the Circuit Court of Linn County Missouri for discharge from the trust in December 1939. The term will be held Monday December 11 1939.
Gerald Seckington and family along with Reva Knifong and Mr and Mrs Buell Mc Clarren with Dorothy and Mr and Mrs Robert Stephenson will move into their new home with his parents after receiving an old time chariyari on Sunday night.
A list of residents from Winigan vicinity and Green City who hosted or visited relatives and friends over the past week. Several couples and individuals traveled to Kirksville and Brookfield, with fills of Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings.
Mrs. Leona Bunch aged 82 died Tuesday November 21 at her daughter's home and was buried in Rose Hill cemetery beside Green Bunch. Mr. and Mrs. Everett McConnell spent Sunday with her parents John Howell. Art Milburn and wife and Mrs. Hague were guests at Li D Howell home Sunday. Cloyce Wallace visited Dolly Wallace and children early last week. Charles Carmack of Milan visited Ruben Carmack and family last week. Orange Long and family spent Thursday with John Bundridge.
Mrs. Cal Burress recovering at home after two weeks with influenza now able to be out. Visitors include Mrs. Everett Ogle and children of Laclede and Mr and Mrs Russell Roberts of Kansas City. Also Mr and Mrs Tommy Breeding and family of Milan visited Mr and Mrs I G Grindstaff at Mrs Virgil Grindstaff home. Gerald Reger of Milan spent last weekend with his aunt Mrs Dollie Reed.
Kathryn Cumbo emerges from last week’s inquiry as a figure tied to regional archives. This card outlines available biographical touchpoints, key affiliations, and public mentions that illuminate her historical footprint.
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