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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
4
A Browning column muses on churchgoing habits, propriety, and small town humor. It recalls past parish life, warns against opportunism, and jokes about taxes, virtue, and war timing as a New Year unfolds in the Missouri town.
Christmas snow continues with more likely. residents plan New Year resolutions. Mrs Bertha Eden of Brookfield visited over Sunday with Mr and Mrs H L Fuller. Mr and Mrs Jack Johnson and Mr and Mrs John Latta were guests of Mr and Mrs Charley Johnson. Mrs Harold Armstrong has been on the sick list but is better now.
Snow tops a white Christmas as Dickinson residents share meals and visits. Several families including Browning, Belzer, Bailey, Lambert, and others gather for Xmas dinners and small group greetings, with friends and relatives traveling from nearby towns to join festive ceremonies and church events.
Week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Young included Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Crooks, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Crooks, Norma Jean, Wilma and Virginia Young, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Young, Kenny Russell, and Albert Young. Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
The True Blue Club met with Mrs. Edgar Morris on Wednesday for a Christmas tree. Many local families and relatives visited each other Sunday and Monday, with multiple households sharing meals and visiting friends in Browning Pur din Linneus and nearby areas. Community members also attended programs at Morris Chapel and Mount Olive Churches.
Clyde Dillinger of Columbia spent the week end with home folks.
Mr and Mrs Guy Maggart of Columbia hosted relatives including C E Maggart and Leta and Lois Davis of Kansas City. Ernest Yardley died Friday evening shocking the community. Imogene Maggart and Ruth Lovell visit St Louis families for Xmas, with Forrest Ambercomely and family in Arkansas visiting Charley Collins's clan.
Diary notes from Slats recount a Sunday with a church group at Sandy Clos and three friends fearing revelation yet claiming belief. Monday mentions Blisters' brother returning from college and a quiet bank, implying tampering. Tuesday ends with Pa hearing a young lady pursues law and reporting to the editor.
A handwritten family diary recounts Christmas Eve near the tree and small wishes. The writer notes editor talk, barber humor, school break, a planned celebration with a bicycle and candy, and general cheer amid modest means.
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