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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
5
Numerous couples and individuals from Brookfield Kirksville Purdin and nearby towns visit attend funerals, move homes or receive Christmas gifts. Names include Drake Linhart Nickell Thurlo Harmon Crowdis Maggart and many relatives, with multiple trips to Kansas City St Joseph and Omaha noted.
Miss Mary E. Smith hosted Frances for a Sunday visit while Lou Lawrence and the Duttons from Milan called on friends. Ailing George W. Anderson of Linneus is reported ill. Wayne Stuffie Bean visited Brookfield to see Mrs. Hatch at McLarney hospital. Jefferson City reports that old age assistance checks from 75 cents to 9 dollars, about 30 percent of November grants, will be mailed late next week and expected by December 21 to roughly 110000 recipients.
Those who received the reduced payment on November 1 were not on the rolls on November 30 and will not receive the supplemental payment. This includes 640 persons who died during the month.
A brief look at Christmas card history from England in 1842 to modern times. The article notes opinions on sending cards, the practice’s growth to billions mailed yearly, and Browning residents receiving an average of 12 cards last year. It traces card styles from Mary Queen of Scots era signatures to modern printed lines.
At The Churches Church of Christ Sunday School and Communion each Sunday morning at 10 Jas P Bolling Supt. Also Baptist Church Sunday School at 10 a m Robert Morrow Supt Everyone invited to attend
The Methodist Church announces Pastor Rev. C J Chappell leading Sunday Church School at 10 a m with H L Schrock as Superintendent Preaching services occur on the first and third Sundays each month with both morning and evening worships.
Cards began to be turned out on a production basis with wholesale lots and a single card for all individuals. The method reduces time but offers hundreds of choices in books and packages, indicating a move toward standardized personalization.
Dozen lots of all sorts and sizes offer boxed cards for every taste. The note urges sending cards to those remembered last year who remembered you, highlighting the social ritual of holiday greetings.
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