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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
4
A fragmented local column parodies social advice on courtship purchases and public behavior. It mocks gift giving and advertising, notes cold heads for talkers, and limns a gas station scene while anticipating winter and hardware store stock from rake to hose.
Mr and Mrs Allen Belzer held a Sunday one o'clock dinner honoring John Longwell as his birthday. Attendees included Phillips McKenzie and daughter Phyllis Lynn of Brookfield Sherman Longwell and sons Rod ney and Richard Lacilede Jesse Longwell and son Johnnie Ava Deskins Clyde Belzer Daniel Gray Herbert Longwell Mrs Robert Lambert and children, with others visiting in Purdin and Brookfield.
A cool Monday morning in Purdin with a temperature around nine degrees and no precipitation. Loren rum arrived in town after a week with the Remick family in Denver, adding a note of local travel.
Mrs Roy Brown called on Mrs Effie Paullism Saturday evening. Lucille Bowyer received a Saturday call from husband Le land Bowyer reporting travel in the States and in New Jersey hoping to return soon. Mrs Luzie Pulliam visited Ed Pulliam family two days last week. Mrs Howard Jenkins and baby returned home from hospital Friday. Mr and Mrs Ray McNally and daughter Peggy were Sunday guests of Len McNally. Mr and Mrs John Longwell shopped in Purdin Friday. Mr and Mrs Austin Myers and son visited his father and brother Sunday. Ruth Cassity and the Powell sisters shopped in Brookfield and attended a show.
Jackson Center notices list Evansville visitors and hosting families including the Molloy and Hicks households. An honorable discharge brings Elburn Hicks home after 35 months in the armed forces. Farm income from Byron Deskins and turkeys totals 669 dollars 11 cents. Local shopping trips occur in Kirksville Brookfield Meadville and Laquey with multiple families mentioned.
Shelby mentions visits from Mr and Mrs Ben Cattey to their son Guiles and wife in Brookfield. Dora Cornwal visited H N Jaynes home. Bear Branch 4 H Club met at Miss Grace Billings. The Jolly Janes Club met at Lehman Powers. Elva Morroe spent weekend with sister. Sill sale well attended and items sold well. Sill family moved to Colorado. Charley Lambert back from the West for business. Dean Finney on 30 day furlough with parents. Geo Sandfort bought corn from Bill Gall. Corn trading rising as farmers gather and crib.
The youngest Brantner child is seriously ill but resting better. Emeline Carmack and Cora relocated to Ramah McCollum's for winter. Lottie McGhee from Kansas City visited her mother Ida Brantner this morning to return there for the winter. John Baker, Mrs. Helen Lawson, and Rhett moved from Brookfield to their North Salem home.
Guy Brookshier and his wife along with brother Carl were guests at the Kay Stuffibean residence located east of Milan in recent days.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Murrell hosted a party with Emma Rottmann C M Goins Red Gooch Lee Wood Babe Kimbrough Martha Powell Kenneth and Raymond Murrell Rosa Gooch and Oltie Johnson among attendees. Christmas shopping in Chillicothe and Sunday dinners at Babe Kimbrough and Emmett Palmer homes are noted. Betty Kimbrough visited Babe Kimbrough home. Arthur Griffeth and Ollie Johnson traveled to Linus one day last week.
Mrs. Guy Brookshier returned from Cushing Ohio where her mother Mrs. John Pratt remains ill. Rex Almond and family moved onto Mrs. Lottie Dodson farm recently. Mrs. Duff Jennings and her daughter Judy improve from a two week illness. Mrs. Hattie Jennings and son Duff shopped in Browning last week. Carl Brookshier of Kansas City visited relatives for two weeks and then returned home.
Old Man Winter arrived Saturday night. Families mention hospital visits and recoveries, visits of relatives, and local travel to Chicago and Missouri. Neighbors recall wood cutting, illness, school absences, funerals, and Sunday visits among residents like the Lumsdens, Heads, Elliots, Trippletts, and Woolfs.
Sunday visitors to Misses Pearl and Clara Wood and Cap Wovon included Mrs. Fannie Tripplett Albert Weed Mr and Mrs J R Wood and family. Mrs LeRoy Shafer and children joined Mr and Mrs John Rottmann for Sunday dinner. Verhe Stevenson Waverly and Mrs Beverly Sayers visited Mr and Mrs Tedy Holser and Sandra. W R Young and Zelma called on Mr and Mrs Jimmie Crooks and Lois Young and boys. Mrs J R Wood spent Saturday night at Lee Bairds helping care.
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