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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
2
Local notes list visits from Kirkville and nearby towns. Mrs. Grace Burdett and Sgt Nelson Rinehart receive family updates. Families plan moves to farms near Shelby and Dr. McArtor farm as readers report community happenings and travel.
Local notes report Mrs. Lester Fields and family visiting Scottsville from Topeka Kansas, Mrs Hubert Atkins traveling to Davenport Iowa to be with her ill mother, and Clarence Fanning visiting relatives. Pupils are scheduled to meet Browning school bus near Gravel north this week as roads remain rough.
Cloudy skies linger with reduced snow as residents await more sun. Dr. Cable called Sunday to treat Mrs. Tilly McShane for a heart ailment. Frank Lambert traveled to Miami Oklahoma for care. Visitors include Mrs. Eva Helms from Kansas City and Mrs. Effie Pulliam. seniors perform at Purdin Hall amid poor roads.
The Probate Court of Linn County Missouri granted letters of administration for the estate of Alice Bundies to Cora M. Haley on February 9 1945. Creditors must file claims within six months of grant or be barred. claims not filed within one year are forever barred. Arthur L. Fran, Judge of Probate. February 15 1945.
Weather improves after a long winter as Garner residents note springlike warmth and several community visits. Families, neighbors and visitors frequent farmers, shopkeepers and hospitals with news of births, illnesses, and weekend gatherings.
A Saturday Brookfield shopping trip included Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Goins and son. Sunday visitors at the Rolla Gooch home were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Goins and Jim, Mrs. Shelda Crocks and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wood and Den.
The Bullets report a stretch of sunny weather bringing mud and thaw. Local residents make trips such as Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lumsden and Mrs. Harley Jacobs to Mendon Missouri.
Mrs Fialieve Gooch spent Thursday at Emmett Palmer’s home. Delmar Oertwig visited Brookfield on business with Babe Kimbrough and Lee Wood. Glenn Cooper shopped in Purdin. Don Wood recovered from a three day case of measles. Mr and Mrs RelaGcoch and
Mr and Mrs Junior Helen visited Norman Woodside and family last week. Mrs Alva Deskirs and granddaughter Carolyn Hampton visited the Jase Long well home. Robert Lambert traveled to Purdin after his ill son Marvin. Eerl Hollen family moved from Lloyd Lambert farm to Jesse L Crain farm. Norman Woodside helped move the Hollen family to the Payne farm. Wilson Longwell returned to Miami Florida after a three week stay with his mother. Anna Belle Belzer visited Mable Gall and daughters. Bil Harold Belzer of Iowa and John Walden Abbott visited John Longwell. Anna Longwell remains ill. Daniel Gray, living with his daughter, is celebrating his 82nd birthday on February 19.
Mrs Monroe White and her children traveled from Iowa to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Metey and other relatives on Monday. Sunday dinner guests included Mrs Leander Glidewell and Nadine McKay at Mr James Glide’s home. Sgt Vincent Collins returned Friday on 30 day sick leave from Colorado and enjoyed birthday ice cream and cake. Mr and Mrs Irvin Smith arrived Friday afternoon from Richmond.
Mrs Laura Watson of Glendale visits in Milan at the home of her son Fred Watson and family. The Happy Workers Club plans a February 28 meeting with Emily and Della Sayers. Mrs Betty Jo Bardon of Kansas City visited her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Ball and Jimmy. Jimmy is recovering from appendicitis. Miss Reva and Johnson school scholars held a Valentine party with Delbert Morris birthday ice cream and cookies. Visitors Edna Morris Lela Badger Ona Franklin and Doris Harris attended. Wiley Taylor and Huberr Morris did some exchanged work.
North Salem residents organized a Community Club at the schoolhouse meeting on Friday night with plans to meet every two weeks. Neighbors visited, shopped, and assisted locals including Mrs Eva Murrell and Goldie Belzer, while others attended a senior play in Shelby and trips to Kirksville and Purdin.
Mrs. Wesley Brantner and daughters visited with Mr. and Mrs. Loss Jacobs on Sunday. Mr. Raymond Phillips and sons called on Mr. and Mrs. Everett Riley. Mrs. John Tucker visited Mrs. Beryl Taylor. Dalé and Eugene Straley visited with their aunt and family, Freddie Coffman and daughters, and Grandmother Straley. Van Meirs and Everett Riley were in Milan Saturday. Mrs. John Tucker attended a club meeting at Mrs. Goldie Bel-
The report records visits and moves in the North Salem region. Mr and Mrs Nelson Britton live with grandfather Chas L Britton. Wayne Britton shopped in Milan. Beryl Taylor Beverly and John Tucker and Shirley shopped in Browning and Milan. Beverly attended a meeting at North Salem school house. A second meeting is planned at Fairview School on Friday February 23.
The Browning Leader-Record list of readers grows with new names and renewals. New readers include Nolan Singerton Dowell Cresaon Laverne Kirby and many others. renewals feature Sterling Bowyer Robert J. Smith Ora Bennett and numerous others. Examine the tag on your paper and read next month to see your name added.
A deputy collector of Internal Revenue will be at Citizens Savings Bank of Browning Missouri on Tuesday February 27 to assist taxpayers in preparing their income tax returns.
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