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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
1
Primary pupils request toys and playful gifts in a school classroom letter collection. Each child lists items from dolls and bikes to footballs and games, with some notes about family members and daily life.
Paramount's Bring On The Girls screens Saturday and Sunday with Veronica Lake Eddie Bracken Marjorie Reynolds Sonny Tufts. The Technicolor musical features firsts for several stars, with Spike Jones and His City Slickers and a mop dance routine.
Notice notes found men's leather mittens possibly belong to owner who should identify and pay for this ad. Contact E Ray Duncan to claim.
For sale two fresh Jersey cows five years old located in Browning Missouri by Asa Badger. Calves black and by side. Contact Asa Badger Browning Mo for details.
About 200 Barred Rock pullets sold or listed by Raymond Alspach of Browning.
The Office of Price Administration extends the deadline for meat and fat token surrender by retailers and wholesalers to January 5 due to lax compliance. Individual consumers are not affected. Tokens, worth about 1.75 billion issued during rationing, aim to recover roughly 700 million. tokens remain federal property and may be deposited in bank token boxes or sealed envelopes with no counting required.
Browning High School teams beat town rivals last Friday night with girls 23 to 13 and boys 29 to 14. No games this week as teams travel to Ethel. Christmas break next week follows after a Linn County event postponed until after Christmas due to sickness. Honor Roll includes seniors Bob Moore and Lorane Taylor among others.
The True Blue Club met December 12 at Mrs. Lilburn Gilmer s home with four visitors and nine members present. Guests included Mrs. Levi Sparks Mrs. Glen Morris Cheryl and Jeny Morris. Officers were announced and plans made to remember shut ins with fruit boxes. a white elephant sale was held with Mrs. Geo Phillips auctioneering. Social hour was skipped due to a snowstorm and the group adjourned to seek a Christmas meeting with gifts.
Fourth graders report returning after the flu with studies on taming animals and the heart. Fifth graders prep for a Christmas party and greet Esha Turner back at school in Brookfield. Perfect spelling lists include Bearly Bennett Shirley Cresson Judy Moore Patricia Lay Dixie Lee Elliott Jerry Hedges.
The eighth graders read Snowbound by Whittier and planned a setting for the story while seventh graders work on graphing. Pupils study life, arithmetic, geometry, and circle terms such as radius diameter and circumference, memorizing formulas.
Neva Grice, identified as collector, states weekly betting commitments with Citizens Savings Bank, wagering every Wednesday afternoon and Saturday all day to collect taxes for the City of Browning.
On Thursday December 6 the market begins buying furs both skinned and unskinned with usual high demand and strong interest in rab bits. J Ii Williams and Co. coordinates the sale and pricing.
Daniel Burkholder died Saturday in Galesburg Illinois. He was born January 29 1878 in Missouri and married Celena Walker in 1918 at Linnaeus Missouri. He lived in Brookfield most of his life, ran a garage, and is survived by his daughter Martha Dee Ross, three brothers, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held December 18 at the Hi Funeral Home, with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
140 acre Loy Ketly farm for sale near Browning Missouri. Tillable land with two good wells and a pond. Nearly new five bedroom house with indoor water. Cheap sod available in two weeks. Interested buyers see am Browning Mo.
A seventh grade class completed a Mount Vernon imaginary journey and studied Westward Expansion. Students are ready to start the Revolutionary War as Christmas breaks begin with no school notes next week.
A surprise birthday dinner was hosted Saturday at the home of Mrs. Aggie Mullins honoring W D Stone on his 75th birthday. Attendees included Mrs. Eva Kramer of Longmont Colorado, Mrs. Floy Stannard, Mrs. Madie Stone, Mr. and Mrs. W D Stone, and several Stone family members.
For one week only Avon Fae Powder offer. Two boxes for a dollar. See Mrs Paul Elisberry or call phone number 172 for details.
Mrs. T. S. Bartow hosted Chapter V P. E. O. on December 12 with a social hour, Rosalie Schrock reading Our First Christmas Tree, and current events presented by members. Delicate refreshments with cherry pie ice cream coffee and tea were served.
Roy Haley reports on a Brownine facility showcasing Braggs and Straton 2 2 HP engines. The brief notes performance tests and potential applications for industrial use.
The fragment mentions Wood Bros picker equipment and a 1945 context centered on John B. Rulon, with limited readable details. The item hints at a historical agricultural or mechanical reference tied to 1945 events or records.
By order of the Postoffice Department the Browning Missouri Postoffice will be locked after closing hours beginning January 1 1946 Respectfully Jesse D Burwell P M
Special notice states the Browning Drug Co store will be closed all day on Christmas. No other details are provided.
Mrs Frank Tucker left for Corona California to visit her son DeVaun Tucker a U S Marine in a hospital there recovering from rheumatic fever He has been in a hospital four months and was recently returned to the States She will also visit her parents Mr and Mrs H E Deskins in San Bernardino her brother James Deskins and family and her sister Mrs Bill Baker and Sharon along with other relatives in California.
Week-end guests Mr and Mrs A J Knapp and their son Gilbert from Moberly spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs W F Peters. Gilbert has served 37 months in the U S Army with 15 months overseas and received his discharge papers from Leavenworth Kansas.
Received Discharge S/Sgt. and Mrs Jerald Ben Rhodes who have been in Petaluma California for some time are home visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Herry Rhodes and other relatives and friends Sgt Rhodes has received an honorable discharge.
James Robison of the U.S. Navy arrived home Sunday morning with an honorable discharge. Mrs. Robison and their daughters are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cale Smith, while he served. He was discharged at Great Lakes, Illinois.
J. C. Jennings, recently discharged from the U.S. Navy, is back home with his mother Mrs. Bertha Jennings after completing his service.
Cinderella Club members gathered at Mrs. A. D. Peterson’s home on Monday evening December 18 for a desert bridge party. A Christmas tree displayed gifts for all attendees. Prizes went to Mrs. C. W. Gooch for high score, Mrs. Edgar Carter for eighty honors and game, and Mrs. O. T. Johnson for the consolation prize.
The Individual Income Tax Act of 1944 requires farmers with gross income of 500 or more in 1945 to file a Declaration of Estimated Tax by January 15 1946 or file an individual return. Penalties apply for late filings. Deputies will assist in Linn County towns on listed dates with no charge. blanks available from the Collector of Internal Revenue or banks and post offices.
A Christmas program will be presented at Browning Methodist Church Sunday night at 7 30. One half hour will be devoted to singing and the program at 8 o clock. Everyone invited to attend.
A garbled diary reveals daily vignettes from a tight knit community. Entries name characters like Emmy, Jake, Mickey, Lizzy Tubbs, Clem Wadkins, Blisters, Slim Jeters, Joe Hix, Jane, and unnamed residents. The tone hints at petty conflicts, court happenings, eloping plans, minor slang, and social quirks of the week.
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