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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
4
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Ora Holser and spouse were Trenton visitors on Wednesday. Genevieve Holser, recently ill, is improving. Veda Wood, Jimmie, and Lydia Holser visited on Tuesday afternoon.
Theo Holser, Mr and Mrs Beryl Warren and Farrell and Ed Sayers were in Trenton Saturday. Neighbors visited and hosted relatives Sunday with many names listed including the Crook and Say ers families. A death notice: Mrs Dave Farnsworth was buried in Haseville after passing away in Laredo.
Emerson Cordray family and Mrs Ora Cordray spent Sunday with Harry Lambert and Will Abbott's group. Butchering is common. Kirksville and Brookfield shopping outings noted. Turkeys picked for Ora Tallman. new baby boy born to Coy and Jones. Weather and farm news from Cora and Milan areas.
Edgar McCollum and family moved from the Frank Cattey farm last week. Mrs. Maggie Brewer has gone to Oklahoma to spend the winter with her daughters Mrs. A A McCollum and Mrs. Leslie Sweatt.
The community notes a pleasant spell of weather and thanks to God for it. An obituary announces the passing of Mrs. Tom Armstrong Sunday at 2 p.m. Details to follow. Several residents report improving health. Mrs. Carl Cassity and whr visited E. L. Jones. Clay Jones of Kansas City greeted friends in Purdin Saturday. E. C. Helms transacted business in Milan Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Carter hosted Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cloud and his mother Mrs. Frank Carter for Sunday. Christmas trees brighten windows, delighting children awaiting Santa.
A two act comic operetta A Old Fashioned Charm will be presented by the Brown ing High School Music Department in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening December 21 1939 at 745 pm Admission 10c and 20c Edward F Williams director Mrs Vera Lay pianist The answer to last weeks Guess Who is Bennie Havens.
John Kachman reports seeing a ghost in the graveyard last night. Russell Bartow asks what it was doing and John says it was falling fast behind.
The band members were Mr Williams' guests at the show In Old Kentucky last Tuesday night. After the performance they went to the school house where refreshments were served. Norris Burke reports he raised two dollars by borrowing from his mother as a lesson in independence.
Dress rehearsal for the operetta was held Monday and Wednesday nights as the cast director teachers and chorus work hard on the production.
A riddle states I have no brothers or sisters but Johnnie's father is my father's son. A parent excuses Sonny from being absent yesterday claiming he was ill in bed. A maid named Marie, described as colored, is in training and on her first day she answers a phone and explains a miscommunication about a long distance call from New York.
Students embrace the Christmas vacation with excitement though semester tests follow soon. Recent campus visitors include Charles Smith Virgil Gooch and a friend from Sumner and Billy Brown. The study hall is decorated for the holiday season.
Third, fourth and fifth graders study a Christmas unit with stories poems and songs memorized. Decor includes a blue and silver holiday mood and a tree provided by Edgar Carter. Posters depict Mary and Joseph shepherds three wise men and Baby Jesus. A sandtable shows a winter scene with cotton snow and toy houses.
Vernie Foster butchered hogs Monday amid warm weather. Laddie Dodson, son of Mr and Mrs Priest Dodson of Cora, is much improved after a Kirksville hospital stay. Gene Bozwell recently returned from CCC camp. Haskell Spencer of southeast Cora went to Kirksville hospital for appendicitis operation last week. Glenn Simpson, County Superintendent of Schools, visited Cross Roads school. Elmer and J W Sevier erected stock sheds on their farms.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Moore worked for Mr and Mrs J D Nester a few days last week. A relative in Kansas City hospital is improving. McCollum visited Art Milburn's on Sunday. Roy Pamper family and Lawrence Riedl visited Frank Pamper’s family Sunday. Ed Watson called on Mrs Chas Helms last week. Will Abbott Alton Abbott and daughter visited relatives in Goldsberry Sunday. J D McCollum son Earl and Lloyd Cordray made a business trip to Brookfield last week. Jim Emberton Roy Helms of Milan called on Chas Helms last week. Emberton also visited Mrs J D Nester and Ella. Geo Montgomery shopped in Brookfield Saturday.
Pleasant Hill items report regional chatter about snow for Christmas. Local residents pass as visitors travel to Kirksville and Browning with multiple family groups dining and shopping. community updates include visits to E W Riley and nearby towns and notes on agriculture and turkey trade.
Mr and Mrs C E Smith were in Milan on Friday visiting as part of their travel.
Dickinson area notices summarize visits and travel. Families such as Belzer and Lambert, plus Cordray and Fields, visit relatives in Wapello Linneus El Dorado and Browning. The items mention deliveries, butchering help, and weekend guests including Longwell and Anderson from Mi ami.
Weather recaps a warm day yesterday followed by a cold dawn with light snow flurries. Family visit notes include Mr and Mrs Joe Head and children, Mrs Della Cassity and Earl and Catharine Bull at Adeline Richardson's home near New Boston.
Mr and Mrs Carl Jones and other families visited Sunday at Fay Jennings and with Mrs Emerson Cordray and family including Mr and Mrs Oran Cordray. Lois Jennings helped with Xmas prep at her parents. Noland Arnold begins building a new house on the John Swisegood farm with Frank Belzer as carpenter. Joe Nowak made a business call to Fay Jennings. John Jennings of Miami Mo and Melissa Arnold hosted relatives. Deloma Lambert visits her aunt Floyd Swisegood as mother plans a move to Missouri.
Records from County Superintendent Jno Ed Fuhrman show 925 pupils enrolled at start of 1939 40, 928 at quarter end. First quarter days total 34 655 with 866 average daily attendance and 687 perfect attendances. A Reynolds painting of Miss Bowles was given for perfect attendance amid a story of the artist and a dog named Spot.
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