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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
2
The Browning Leader Record notes it is mailed as second class matter at Brown ing Missouri with editor Joe Nickell. The issue date is Thursday December 27 1934.
SHAFTER ITEMS notes heavy snow December 24 with bad roads. People walk ride horseback or use wagons and sleds. Local events include The Birth of Christ pageant at the school house and a Christmas tree. Several residents visit relatives and attend funerals and meals at homes during the holidays.
Reger Christmas program Friday evening drew a large crowd and was described as a fine presentation. Local families including Yardleys and Ford relatives were noted among attendees while visitors from Knox City and Kansas City were mentioned for holiday visits.
Mr and Mrs Monroe White and their children Mrs Buel McClarren and daughters Mr and Mrs Gilbert McKay and children spent Sunday at the Walter McKay home.
Neighborhood notes in Shelby report visits by Bailey and Bauer families, Glenn Bailey’s weekend with grandparents, and Carl Head hosting a Christmas dinner. Town folks traveled for a corn shipment, Lee Spencer returned from Detroit for Christmas, and Shelby school held a Christ mas tree with a large crowd before early dismissal for holidays.
Disjointed clippings describe injuries from a gas flame to a girl in Duluth a forgotten $50 library bookmark in Evanston and a dance of misdeeds. Debates include divorce pleas in Chicago and London and punishments from fines to mental strains amid a catalog of curious incidents across cities.
Over the past year the Emergency County Agent logged 17 972 information calls 5934 telephone inquiries 4006 personal letters and 41 circular letters with 32 184 copies mailed to farmers. 69 meetings reached 4832 attendees and 1600 of 2584 farms followed at least one recommended practice. 147 farmers served as leaders. The Drouth Relief program aided cattle removal valued at 88 133 with freight savings around 2500 and roughly 11 000 borrowed for production.
Muddy roads kept car travel light as neighbors visited relatives near New Boston Purdin and Brookfield. Events include the Thudiums aiding with butchering, several calls to Burkholders and Baskett parents, and visits to Mrs Thudium and Mrs Mott recovering from health issues.
After the death of M. Marcel Caudet of Marseilles it was learned a woman there had married forty years ago and kept the wedding secret. In Heatshare California J Mafente took a stranger's boy as security for tires and chose to adopt when the parent failed to return. An old male that eats very young chicks is reported from a farm near Orange Texas.
Monday entries claim Carter called his daughter an idol worshipper for admiring Yung Ora Starr. At states that Starr was idol about seven ages ago. The diary style recounts small town gossip with names and local settings.
The Leader-Record closes 1934 and looks to 1935 with thanks to advertisers readers and news gatherers. State relief programs note coal allocations 37 169 tons valued at 170 249 dollars and a corn fodder purchase of 166 332 acres yielding 207 879 tons while 6 000 farmers participate and 613 314 dollars paid. Local discussions stress community responsibility and limits of state aid.
Missouri relief agencies report totals of distributed goods including 264 blankets 1 608 packages 162 mattresses 8094 pounds fresh beef 5876 cans canned beef 66588 pounds flour 880 pounds cheese 3690 pounds lard 2280 pounds Irish potatoes and additional foodstuffs.
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