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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
2
A Browning man derides a politician as uncaring to the helpless while noting Hitler’s sickness. The piece mocks radio as a distraction from meals and suggests moving a radio to the dining room to curb youth betting. A listener laments aging stars and the challenge of enjoying Baby Snooks.
Emmett Palmer and daughter Merle traveled to Kansas City on business. Mr and Mrs A E Johnson returned from Oklahoma where they visited his mother and relatives. Roberta Gooch visited Browning with her parents. Seaman family member ill. Eulaine Gooch helped quilt. John Smith and Don Wood visited Delmaar Oertwig. Various neighbors shared Sunday meals and visits.
Edith Collins learned her husband, Sgt. Vincent Collins, was wounded for the second time in Belgium. The first wound occurred July 15. the second on November 19. He’s expected back at the front despite spine arthritis. Marvin Meeks wed Miss Marion Talley in Kansas City and are in Trenton with plans pending deployment.
Leavenworth visits relatives in town while farm visits, sales, and gatherings fill the week. Local families, including the Grind staff and Clark cousins, host dinners with guests and neighbors. Residents travel to Kansas City, Springfield, and Brookfield for care, shopping, and visits as weather and roads challenge events.
Rain sleet and snow mixed in over the weekend created a glaze of ice hindering travel. Mr and Mrs Henry Elliott returned home after being summoned by the illness and death of her father John Wood.
Miss Ruth Knight and Betty Bardon visited Kirksville and Kansas City relatives while Wileta Taylor spent time with her Kansas City family. J O Harris returned to St Louis after Thanksgiving, and a Johnson lab meeting at the school house drew a large crowd. The Ross Knight, Ball, Badger, and Linhart families staged a popular play with contests and refreshments. Next meeting set for January 5.
The article extols trapping as a winter activity for extra income, noting the lure of raw furs from woods and streams. It highlights widespread participation across ages and genders, with many youths beginning trapper work and shipping pelts to marketing centers.
Hazel Harris led the entertainment committee with Nellie Brown Doris Harris and Barbara June on the team. Mr and Mrs Wiley Taylor along with Harold Barbara and Cora June visited with Mrs Anna Taylor at the Rolla Taylor home with Aunt Rosetta Harris. Mrs Taylor stayed longer and returned home Monday. Junior Cannon of Milan visited Delmas Linhart at the Carrie Morris home Friday night as Delmas bought a car. Orlen Harris and Artis Franklin were guests at Everett Harris home Sunday. Richard and Charles Franklin spent Saturday night with Franklin Harris.
Charley Thudium shopped in Brookfield Saturday. Roy Maxwell and family visited Dean in Brookfield. Ora Mott called on Mrs. Meltie Thudium Sunday afternoon. Bertha Burkholder visited relatives in Linneus and Browning then with son Luster. Orville Thuchum family visited Elvis Martin in Winigan Saturday. Herbert Pepper and sons were guests of Hubert Baskett Sunday. Arthur Tripp visited Brookfield Saturday. Earl Campbell shipped cattle and hogs recently. Tripp sent whiteface cattle to market. Dewey Riddle hauled hogs to Chillicothe Saturday. E E Thudhum and Baskett with Wilma Bagley visited Brookfield Saturday.
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