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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
2
A garbled sermon of humorous aphorisms lampoons Browning men and modern habits. Jokes touch on honesty, prayers, juries, gun calibers, Shakespeare, boys, marriages, and Lindbergh, preserving a period voice with names and social cues.
Too late for last issue. Mr and Mrs Walter McKay t Sunday at the Pete Wil home. Mrs Lester Stephenson helped care for her seriously ill mother. Ralph Pipes had George Artz install a new radio last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephenson and Mr and Mrs Robert Stephenson visited the Millard Swank home on Sunday.
Leeanna Johnson spent an afternoon with Mr and Mrs Fisher. Mr and Mrs Earl Jacobs called on John Myers and family. They went to Milan on business. Bill Frank and Tom Ford attended the community sale at Green City. Jake Fields bought a bunch of cattle last week.
Walnut Grove Community Club met at the schoolhouse with a large crowd. A school program featured violin music by Albert Spray and coffee and cake afterward. News notes report a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Nora Taylor and various local visits, travel, and a Valentine party at the Walnut Grove school.
Local notes report J O McCollum receiving a birthday gift from son C W McCollum and wife of Omak Washington. Several Brookfield visits and social calls are listed among residents including Helms, Ware, Thompson, Yochim, Riedle, Pepper, and McCollums. Various conditions and activities such as tire changing and wood cutting are mentioned with family visits to John Rauer and Carlos Rauer near Linneus.
G. T. Crist and S. M. Romine were in Milan on business. Mon Don Turner and Glen Weiden Hofer were in Kirksville on business Monday.
The column notes birds, weather musings, and local health and visits in Purdin. Ivan Head and family visited Mrs. Fannie Head. Will Western improves from illness, Will Cumbo suffers a severe stroke with slim recovery chances. Bill Jenkins rejoins town life as Mrs. Fred Cassity remains sick. A Purdin show last Wednesday night was well received. Mrs. Grover Garrett improves after a long flu illness.
Johnnie Burkholder, Herb Wilson and C. M. Smith made a business trip to Chicago on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dodge visited Mrs. T. L. McDonnald Saturday as she remains ill. Glenn Bailey and Miss Bernice Pearler called on his parents Wednesday night. Nile Bauer went to Kansas City on business Saturday.
The Shafter items record visitors to residents including Mrs Edgar Morris and Mrs Bob Shifflet. James Hammock misses school due to chicken pox while Miss Catherine Woolf at Light School is ill. Numerous family and neighbor visits unfold with listing of dozens of households. A Valentine party at Shafter School is planned for February 14.
Delbert Mays buys the Phillips 66 filling station from Curt Johnson of Trenton. Arthur Johnson, Curt’s brother, operated the station last year. Mays also purchases the five room residence and office outbuildings and equipment.
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