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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1931
Page
4
Hildred Spencer announces run to succeed self as County Superintendent of Schools in Sullivan County. Election set for Tuesday April 7, 1931, subject to voters’ decision.
For Trustee date for the nomination of trustee of Duncan township subject to the will of the Democratic voters at the primary election in March. J. L. Clovengor
A. T. Havens announces candidacy for re-election as Trustee of Pleasant Hill Township subject to voters in the Democratic primary election. He seeks to continue as township official pending primary results.
A notice announces the filing of a candidate for the office of township trustee in Duncan Township. It states the nomination is subject to the will of voters in the Democrat Primary Election and invites voter participation.
Township announces Ola F Knifong as candidate for Duncan township collector in the March primary. He is in his first term and seeks Democratic voter support.
Weather stays mild and residents share visits and chores around Cora and Milan. Dentists, family visitors, farm work, and weekend gatherings feature in the week’s casual updates among Mrs. Otis Turner Mrs. Addie Brinkley and neighbors.
Mr and Mrs Fritz Brinkley Opalmae Brinkley Louise Brink ley Anna Mae and Osear Hollon spent Friday at Reb Stephenson home. Otis Turner Mleworth Turner spent Saturday night and Sunday with Glenn Turner near Green City. Floyd Fanning and son Clifford were Milan visitors Frank Hagan of Milan spent Saturday night with Don Turner. Alpha Hollon made a business trip to Browning Saturday. S A Warren and child en spent Sunday with Johnie Stephenson and children.
Trustee C M Thornton will offer for cash at the Browning Missouri Post Office front door a parcel: the north half of the northeast quarter of section 17 and a two acre strip from the south side of the southeast quarter of section 8 in township 60 range 19, with a schoolhouse right on the southwest corner. The sale follows default on a note dated 1915 securing Barclay P Christy.
Mr and Mrs John Hoselton visited Mr and Mrs Glen West. Lena Bailey is improving slowly after illness. Scott Brantner and Lee Gooch families stayed in Kirksville. Geo Jaynes visited E H Moores. Lyle Stone recovering from pneumonia. Sarah Moore visited Head. Charley Lambert improving. Taylor family and Beverly spent Sunday with McCullums. Lark Howell visited Roy Howell and family near Winigan.
The article notes the ground hog’s shadow yesterday confirming a cold season. Local visits include Eli Nickell and Mrs Nickell with grandsons Ray and Gilbert from Browning to see daughter Otis McCollum. Perry McCollum and family from Kirksville visited Carl Thudium’s north of St Catherine area. Oral Carter and family from Bucklin and Earl Abbott and family from Winigan visited their father F M Cattey. Lotta Clapp has been visiting.
Dr. Hanna, an optometrist, will be at the Hotel in Winigan on Tuesday February 17 and at the Phone Office in North Salem on Wednesday February 18. Come in.
In Brookfield a woman and a lady friend stayed several days and returned home Sunday with a male companion. Ben Cattey and family visited F. M. Cattey south of Brookfield on Sunday. Robert Cattey from northeast of Browning appeared in Whigan with his wife and their young daughter to see her grandparents.
In Purdin area, C J Grice and wife were in Laclede on business Saturday morning. Mrs Guy Davis and Mrs Callie Smith visited Miss Meryl Sayers Sunday afternoon. Farmers prepare to sow oats. Douglas Jenkins moved near Forker. The Woodside child recovering from pneumonia shows improvement. Mrs Louella Carter and mother and Mrs Guy Davis visited Brookfield last week. R D Cassity and wife along with Cr Grice and family toured Ha'e Sunday. Will Pulliam and wife spent Sunday with Joe Creason. Farm to market road east of Purdin bridges now completed after contract award.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith on January 29. Mother and infant are reported as doing nicely. The notice lists visitors from Corydon Iowa including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dodson and children Virginia and Dwain, and Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Myers with daughter Charlotte K. and Mrs. Olaf Belcher and children.
A sprawling community note records numerous Monday to Sunday visits across families in Shelby Purdin Lindley and nearby towns. Mentions include Hess Phillips Bundies Gooch Smiths and Neets with casual reflections on Lindley’s hillside church and landscape prior to a digression on historic features and local scenery.
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