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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
4
Reader observations from Browning touch on Christmas crowds wallets and seasonal quirks. Messages note Browning families handling gifts meals and Santa's visit with humor about pockets and Sunday habits. Local voices wryly assess money worries and pace of modern life.
The North Salem area records a rainy Thursday that kept roads slick though ponds and cisterns were not flooded. Sunday guests at Mrs. Ella Head included Archie Cordray of Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Head from North Salem, with additional visits from Fay Jennings Clyde Belzer Joe Head and Catherine Bull for a Della Cassity gathering. Nolan Arnold also called on Mrs Head and family.
A crowded Sunday with family visits and friendly calls marks a bustling local scene. Numerous names appear across gatherings at the Belzers, Smiths, Stone and Cordray households, plus a Dry Ridge Checker Club meeting and various trips to Kirksville and Browning. The funeral of Mrs. Elmer Hoskins is noted along with the burial at Price cemetery for Reta Reed, describing the close-knit town network and recent losses.
Mr and Mrs Alex Purdin were at Brookfield on Monday. Mr and Mrs Bert Thompson and Mary Moffitt were at Chilli cothe on Friday.
Sarah Hughes and Mrs G F Davis and husband attended the second sermon by Rev Ethington of Browning at the Methodist Church on Sunday. Ethingsons wife and mother also joined Sunday school and services. Mrs Harry McCoy and son visited relatives here last week. Mrs Willie Grindstaff was on the sick list briefly. Mr and Mrs Emmett Spencer and Mr and Mrs Guy Magegart of Columbia spent last weekend with local folks and patients at Mr and Mrs E Maggart.
Clyde Dillinger of Columbia spent the week end with home folks here. Mrs Bertha Pfeiffer and sister Mrs Blanche Lair of Green City spent last week end with their brother G F Davis and wife. Mr and Mrs Guy O Sallada of Stahl visited her mother Mrs
The Brown ing High School Music Department presents a comic operetta in two acts on Thursday night December 21 at 7 45. Admission 10 20 cents. A riddle about a Philadelphia Chicago and New York doctor brothers ends with a note that an answer appears next week.
A senior boy who lives in the country commutes by bus and is a great favorite among classmates. He also holds the record as the tallest boy in the school.
Daily Gene Carr and Gene Arnold lead the Junior typing class as top speed typists with 38.7 and 33.4 words per minute. Closest competitors Lorraine Taylor and his Maggart post 29.2 and 27.1 WPM respectively.
December calendar notes an operetta and an assembly led by Stanley Hayden of Kirksville State Teachers College. Hayden urged character and a high moral code, stressing quality work in any job. The seniors met with Tater, and high school typists were named Nona Clair Neet and Billy Quigley as the Queen and King of Speed.
The band practiced last Friday night and played at the assembly program last Monday.
Students count days till Christmas vacation as names were exchanged last week for a school tree at the high school event.
Floyd Spencer of Brookfield visits parents Mr and Mrs George Spencer. Anna Belle West visits Mrs Oren Jennings. Kermit Lambert hauls hogs to St Louis for Art Tripp. Raymond Anderson and family visit Brookfield. Anna Belle West and daughter visit Mrs Frank Belzer. Robert Lambert family visit Schreiner family. Marceline day trip with mother. Lambert family guests of Swisegood in North Salem. Raymond Browning and Wilma at Milan to see Chester Browning and Brack Browning. John Longwell entertains relatives from Chillicothe for dinner. Deloma Lambert, Goldie Swisegood, Allen Lambert attend afternoon calls. Frank Belzer visit continued.
A dialogue excerpt features George Hanson and Lois Maggart debating whether to run or stay if a bear emerges from a cave. Other speakers joke about Venice and a flooded place and discuss punctuation of a sentence about a ten-dollar bill.
John A complains about the pie lacking chicken and notes a cottage cheese option, while John K defends the menu and jokes about the cottage cheese presence. The exchange has a humorous tone as both speak of common restaurant fare.
The clorus is working faith fully on the operetta numbers as part of a musical program. This note highlights dedication to arranging songs and rehearsing performances for upcoming shows.
A family shared a Sunday visit with Mr Nolan Arnold his wife and their daughters noting a pleasant afternoon spent together at their home.
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