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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
2
A Browning column compiles satirical quips on war stocks wives and daily life from 1937 1938 era. It mocks price concerns church events happiness and stock con games while noting local attitudes and humor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Brantner were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Barclay on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Walker visited Mr. and Mrs. Nova Morris that day. Gail and Parker Davis visited the Glenn Steele home from Tuesday night to Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Woodside visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. DeVore, Wednesday night.
Henry Morris, employed by James Carmack, was taken to a Kirksville hospital last Friday with serious pneumonia. I B Christy and son For die, and Troy Sevier shipped cattle to Chicago on Sunday. Leland Burker and Archie Coffman visited Browning Saturday evening. Glenn Steele traveled to Browning last Wednesday. Harold and Arlo Fanning attended a Browning picture show Saturday night.
Mrs Jim Lickhart and sister Miss Elva Monroe shopped in Brookfield on Wednesday. Mrs Mamie Buswell visited her parents Mr and Mrs J M Logan on Wednesday. William Nile Bauer and wife attended a Brookfield show Monday night along with others from Shelby. Walter Craig and wife visiting relatives in Shelby from New Mexico. Curt Bauer escorted Miss Lorne Wampler to Brookfield on Saturday. W J Bailey with son Gale and daughter Helen visited Pur din on Saturday. Elva Monroe and Mrs Paul Smith visited Mrs Jim Liebhart during the past week. Leon Smith and Nile Rauer travelled to Milan on business Tuesday. Ray Rauer and family with Mr W J Bailey called on Frank and Mrs Rauer in Shelby Sunday. Mrs Mary Brown died Saturday morning. Leon Paul Smith and Curt Bauer went to Shafter Sunday on business. Veda Kirk called on Mildred Wilson Sunday. Nile Rauer and family called on Roy and Mrs Jennings in North Salem Sunday. Chas Wilson was in Shelby on Sunday evening for business. John Buswell called on his grandparents in Shelby Sunday. Carl Logan and Mrs Logan visited J M Logan's parents in Shelby Sunday.
Lee Ellis Hedges and Elmer Hammock run trucks hauling coal and corn. Mrs. Elmer Hammock hosted Mrs. Floyd Johnson and children Marylyn and Fred Meeker Tuesday. A Social Security representative from Bucklin aided local seniors last week.
Cool morning with a zero degree reading and sunlit warmth ahead. Several local health updates report most folks improving while Albert Johnson remains steady. Floyd and Edna Spencer welcome a baby girl and other residents visit. Nadine Pulliam wins a popular lady contest at Clifton Medicine show. Sunday guests include Earl Hess and family and Lilburn Gilmer family. Charles Johnson bruises himself with no broken bones reported. Elmer Andrews and family welcomed a daughter named Jannett after moving from Michigan. Charlotte Stone enrolled in C B C at Chillicothe for winter term. Mrs. John Woodside underwent abdominal surgery with possible further operations needed. she is over three years old.
Fifty years back Fay Coulter and Alice were Monday callers at L. W. Arnold's while Fay’s parents were chums at Westville. Bear Branch neighbors visit Wayne Cooper's family as Gid Gooch stays with Aunt W. L. Baker. The note closes with playful biblical musings and small-town musings on Christmas songs and temperance.
Miss Dorothy Head stayed with her uncle Si Head in Linneus over the weekend. Alex Woodside and wife shopped in Purdin on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Earnest Pearson shopped in Brookfield on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dillinger of St Louis visited her parents Mr. and Mrs Earl Smith and returned with her father to spend a few days there. C K Rogers of Kansas City visited his sisters in this area. Ball Hines and family came to spend a few days with relatives. Earl Conneley moved to Green Castle from the Yardley residence. Miss Seyfarth the primary teacher spent the weekend with her parents in Milan. Milan residents Alta McKinstray Albert Smith and Fred Bertschman visited here for a day. Frankie and Lurley Lovelle of Illinois spent time with their father H M Lovelle and relatives. Alpha Lovelle of near Humphreys spent a day with her mother Addie Dell. David Tunnell of Trenton and his mother Addie Dell shared Thanksgiving Day here. Oscar Leeper and Elizabeth Johnson of Pollock visited relatives for Thanksgiving. Everett Robinson and family of Galt spent Thanksgiving with his mother C E Maggart.
Mr and Mrs Theo Holser visited J C Holser on Sunday. The Sayers family and Dolores and Stanley spent Sunday with J C Sayers. Everett Crook shanks visited Tom Morris and family. W E Sayers stayed with Maurice and J W Rottman. Lee Baird and Eilene visited Lawson Baird and Flossie. T S Bartow Lola Rae and Jeans were Wednesday visitors at Haseville. Kermit Woolf and son visited Linneus on Wednesday. W E Sayers and C G Shafer took a business trip to Milan on Thursday. Kenneth Young and family also present.
Kenneth Russell shared Sunday with Mrs. Lizzie Rottman and sons. Afternoon visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pendergast. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Molloy and their children visited T. I. Bartow.
Winter held firm as temperatures hovered near zero. Sunday visitors included Watson Burkholder and family, Bennie Burkholder and wife, Albert Dodge and family, Ray Wampler and wife, and many neighbors calling on local households. Several sick lists and family visits across Thudium Coram Mott and related families are recorded.
Dr M L Haning a resident optician offers eye tests and glasses fitted by appointment in Browning Missouri with service details for residents seeking vision care and eyewear fittings.
Olan Clapp and wife Friday nine of last week. Don Moffitt and Earl Campbell traveled to Brookfield on Monday. Chester Coram is gathering corn for Theodore Thudium this week.
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