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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
4
A reader muses on personal resolve and daily routines noting few live by New Year aims. The column jokes about spring fashion and shifting flowers as a simple task while warning that meddling in others’ affairs may harm national health.
Jesse Longwell traveled to Brookfield and Chillicothe on Friday. Norman Woodside and children shopped in Browning with Jess Woodside’s parents. Eugene West visited Donald Dean Cokerham. Alvord Almonds traded in Kirksville on Wednesday. Jesse Longwell and family joined his parents for Friday night supper. it was his birthday. Nearby visits included Oda Spencer, Jerry Spencer, and G W Spencer with the Purdin family. Helen Ann West visited Woodside households. Mrs. Jesse Woodside spent Sunday with Marlin Woodside. Norman Woodside and family stayed awhile after afternoon visits.
North Salem items list Sunday and weekend guests at multiple homes including Mr and Mrs R H Smith and Ehime and John Walden Abbott staying with Harold and Billie Bele r. Notes on hospital visits, sack list, and various family gatherings mark a casual local social page.
Letters of administration granted to R. J. McCollum by Linn County Missouri probate court on January 3 1944. Creditors must file claims within six months for allowance or be barred after one year from grant date. notices attested by Sealy Arthur L. Pratt judge of probate.
I I N Lane administrator will make final settlement of the estate of Nancy Ellen Lane at the Linn County Probate Court in Sangamon on February 14. Creditors and interested parties must appear to present their claims or questions regarding the settlement.
Saturday Mr and Mrs Forrest Thomas traveled to Brookfield and Chillicothe for a business trip. Friday guests included Mr and Mrs Gail Berry visiting family. Frank Belzer did carpenter work for Ray Bauer and family hosted Sunday callers at the Jennings home. Mrs Wetsie Bailey visits Braymer and Kansas City guest Ruth Murray.
Wilburn Williams shipped cattle to market in Kansas City Sunday night. The Williamses drove to Kansas City Monday. The Besil Taylor family and the Cecil Taylor family visited W. L. Taylor’s home Sunday. Jimmy Crowdis helped Lyle Wickham shuck fodder Saturday. Vernie Foster and Lyle Wickham butchered two hogs for Mrs. Jesse Fields and one for W. L. Taylor Monday. Mrs. Lyle Wickham has a knee injury this week. The General Purpose Club was hosted by Mrs. W. H. Woodall Thursday. James Shepherd visited his aunt Mrs. Josse Fields last week. Mrs. Robert Meehan spent the weekend with her parents, Will and Mrs. VanFossen. Lyle Wickham shipped stock to market at St. Joseph Monday night.
Hereby given to all estate of Cornelia Harmon deceased or to James P. Bolling executor that final settlement will be made at the next Probate term in Linneus on February 14 1944. James P Bolling Executor.
Letters testamentary with will annexed granted by the Probate Court of Linn County Missouri on January 20 1944 to Mrs Lila Williams Blaine Fleming Administratrices with the Seal Will Annexed. Exhibit them for allowance and if not presented, they shall be barred.
A series of weekend visits and social calls are reported across Scottsville and nearby towns. Families including the Olivers, Arts, McClarens, Fords, Magerts, and Morgans shared time in Milan Roger and Humphreys while others such as Clarence Fanning and Red Dowdy were noted for work and travel.
The Probate Court of Linn County Missouri granted letters of administration on the estate of W. B. Haley deceased to Isabelle Gooch as Administratrix hearing January 25 1944. Attest seal Arthur L Prau Isabelle Gooch Administratrix.
Pleasant Hill notes show residents noting a beautiful January. Esther, trained to supervise and oversee, joins Kenneth Knifong and Miss Mery in visiting Sunday morning with her aunt. Shirley and Glenda spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Alden Knier.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kimbrough visited Everett Riley’s home from Saturday to Sunday. Mrs. Mary Tucker shopped in Browning on Saturday. Phillip Britton spent Friday night with Spencer Britton. Ethella Newton was a weekend visitor of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charley Newton.
Local items report neighbors and families sharing social visits. Mr and Mrs C M Geins were guests at the Red Gooch home as Morris Chapel community notices add small social details.
Sunday visits show Mr and Mrs Willard Phillips at Urb Johnson home and Mr and Mrs Delmar Oertwig at Ora Smith home. Joé Moore and Lee Wood couples traveled to Brookfield for business. Augusta Cooper returned home from Kirksville hospital. Babe Kimbrough Ruth Wood and families joined at Lee Wood home Sunday evening. Dr Kroeger attended Leta Mae Buckman Thursday morning. Ronald Johnson spent Sunday with Don Wood.
A Thursday shower brought little relief as cisterns ran dry and some residents had water hauled for storage. Several visitors to Purdin over the weekend included Orval Cokerham and son who bought the Jim Smith property, Ivan Hedges and children from Kansas City, and local social visits among Mrs. Stultz, Mrs. McShane, Mrs. Western, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Hardin, and the McNally family in Milan.
North East Linn residents share weekend visits among McCollums Catteys and others. Edits note hay hauling by Robert Cattey and upcoming War Bond Drive at ICCF Hall Winigan on Saturday night February 5 with a short program.
January 27 item sees Mr and Mrs Milo Bailey and children visiting friends. Robert Cattey in Brookfield on business. birth announced for Edgar Nations' baby boy born January 11 with Dr Shur as physician. numerous Sunday visits and dinners among neighbors including Cattey, Sor ge, Cable, Cleeton, Franklin, McCollum, Clapp, Watson, Milhoan, Hoselton, Sattenham and others.
Sergé and Rev. Leo Spurling and Mrs Lon Turner are noted attendees. Milo Bailey and his son Roscoe spent last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Bailey.
Dickinson county readers report a flurry of social calls and travel. Mrs. Alva Deskins visited Mrs. Iola Hampton near Brookfield, and pneumonia cases prompted hospital care at McLarney Hospital in Brookfield. Several families hosted and visited kin across Browning, Laclede, Kirksville, and Trenton with Army enlistment news and farm tasks noted.
Cloudy with pleasant January weather reported. Names such as Clara, A Knifong, Kenneth, Walter Smith, Lyle Britton, Wesley Brant, Mrs Mitchiell, Viola Davis, baby, Eugene Straley, Spencer Britton, Billy Newton, and others appear in casual social items. References to visits, travels, and a butchered last week fragment are noted along with a Milan potion mention.
Mrs. Sam Artz and her children were visitors last week at AK. The note records a social visit and mentions no other events or details.
January weather remains mild with little precipitation as local farms report recent moves and social visits. Harold Shepherd and family relocate to the Uncle Bobby Stephenson farm near Cora. Earl Dunlap’s sale draws good attendance. several residents recover from flu and plan travel. hospital and surgery updates involve Mrs. Charley Pipes and Mrs. Ann Bundridge. local deaths include Mrs. Julia Ann Brinkley.
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