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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
4
Browning Musings on War, Wives, and Oddities
A Browning column volleys with humorous asides about patent ideas, household chores, radio talk, wage debates, and wartime life. It riffs on women learning A to C, teens in baths, and the absurdities of household economics while touching on Red Cross garments and playful quirks of Browning residents.
Christmas Eve Gatherings Across Town and Nearby
A Mt. Zion program and tree lighting drew a large crowd on December 24. J. W. Bunch and family traveled to Chicago to visit children Harold Groover Della and Mary working there. Visitors from Green City included H W Frazier and Eddie Taylor with families. Anna Taylor returned home after two weeks visit. Charles Watson, student at the University of Columbia, spent holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson. Seanor Ruth Knight from Hespers Colorado visited relatives. Olen Webb and family also featured in local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion
J. W. Bunch
Chicago
Harold
Groover
Della
Mary
Wiley Taylor
Barbara
Green City
H. W. Frazier
Eddie Taylor
Anna Taylor
Em. Charles Watson
University At Columbia
Fred Watson
Seanor and
Ruth Knight
Hespers
Colorado
H. L. Knight
Olen Webb
Clarence Rogers
Irvin Smith
Kansas City
Elsworth Smith
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gene Rogers
Richard Haddox
Vincent Collins
George Pittaway
Oklahoma
Ada Smith
Tunnell
Maude Reger
Arthur Reger
Will Ford
R. W. Bardon
Myron Williams
H. N. Thurlo
Paul Fisher
Guy. Crowdis
Roy Crowdis
C. J. DeWitt
Pearl Daily
Milan
Ralph DeWitt
Waynesville
Lester Stephenson
Velma
Cora Caldwell
Carl Henry
Myrtle Dunlap
Jock Dunlap
Donald Dowal
Thomas Henry
Harry McCoy
George Carter
Alta McKinistray
Raymond
Van
Fields Brothers
Local visiting and holiday gatherings mix in area homes
Milan hosted visitors from the Brownings on Sunday. Everett Harris and wife with sons visited Orlen Harris on Wednesday. Rev. Tate preached at Mt. Zion. A crowd attended. R L Brown entertained with Christmas dinner guests Wiley Taylor Harold and Barbara. Barbara Swearengen, employed at Brookfield, spent holidays with her brother Connie Swearengen and parents Charles Swearengen in Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Fred Watson
Everett Harris and Sons
Orlen Harris
Tate of Browning
Mt. Zion
R. L. Brown
Wiley Taylor
Harold
Barbara
Barbara Swearengen
Brookfield
Connie Swearengen
Mrs
Chas. Swearengen
Browning
Robert Lambert
Ona Lambert
LeRoy
Robert
Harry
Harry Lambert
Geo. Ford
Norah Grant
Bill
John Longwell
Edith Browning
Anne Belle West
Helen Ann
Shelby School
Ibb Spencer
Ellis Abbott
Verland Ogle
Geo. Spencer
Harold. Lambert
Nolan
Fay Bowyer
Ronald and
Raymond
Walcott, Ind
Jesse Longwell
Evelyn Longwell
Nolan Lambert
Anna Belle West
Allen Belzer
Farris Bailey
Clay Belzer
Wapello
Ilene Belzer
Frank Belzer
Hugh Hale
Billy Hale
Raymond Browning
Purdin
Lambert
Dr. Kroeger
Ilene
Betty Belzer
Clyde Belzer
Winigan
Kermit Lambert
Raymond Anderson
Allen Lambert
Marjory Miner
John Lonewell
Allen
Miss Miner
Kirksville
Wilma
Harold Cordray
Gregory
Rockford
Charley Buswell
Earl Buswell
Arlo Cordray
Misses Mable
Bonnie Cordray
Ellis Cordray
Oral Riddle
Bennie
Leon Mitchell
Wayne Abbott
Alpha Cordray
Delores
Evelyn
Dickinson Items Christmas Gatherings Across Local Families
Local notices recount numerous Christmas visits and gatherings. Families including the Lamberts, Grants, Belzers, Cordrays, and Buswells share holiday hospitality across several towns, with travel to Purdin Kirksville and Brookfield noted.
Pleasant Hill Notes and Holiday Weather Weekend
Pleasant Hill items report cold rainy weather near Christmas. Local residents Mr and Mrs Van C Mairs canvassed Fairview District for Red Cross, raising 19.50 toward a 16.00 quota. Other items include trading trips to Kirksville, cattle buyers Quint and Wyman purchasing twelve head, and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van C. Mairs
Fairview
Red Cross
B.O. Brantner
Kirksville
Quint and
Wyman
Walter Smith
Smith
Wm. Tucker
van Mairs
Wayne Britton
Chillicothe
Brookfield Health Update and Social Visit Notes
Donald Knifong has been very ill this past week. Dr. Schurr of Green City was summoned Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Newton visited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Payne on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Donald Knifong
Dr. Schurr
Green City
Chas. Newton
Howard Payne
Christmas Holiday Notes From Winigan Vicinity Families
Winigan area residents report holiday visits and family news. Noble Wallace of Colby Kansas plus Raymond in Washington and Gordon at Kirksville are listed among Wallace children visiting relatives. Bunch and Roine families share holiday gatherings with S M Romine and Walter Bunch. Lola Borron weds Bernard Simmons on Christmas Day with Lola teaching at Chaplin school. A Christmas tree event at Purdin Methodist Church drew many guests and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wallace
Noble
Colby
Kansas
Raymond
Washington
Gordon
Kirksville
Miss Olive
Chillicothe
Cecil Bunch
Iowa
S. M. Romine
Walter Bunch
Billie Ball
Bob Ball
Blaine
Nickell
Oren Bailey
Junior Coram
Archie Hampton
Milan
W. C. Riddie
Lola Borron
Charles Borron
Bernard
Pete) Simmons
Walker Simmons
Chaplin School
Laverne’ Borron
Ed Borron
Archie Payton
Lola Riddle
Palmyra
W. C. Riddle
Prosperous New Year Greetings From Local Readers
Reader messages extend best wishes for a prosperous year amid stormy cold weather. Notes report improving health of Donald Knifong and holiday visits from relatives in St. Louis Chicago and New Boston with families gathering for Christmas at various homes.
Purdin Notes Holiday Visits and Local News
The column records winter weather mildness and New Year wishes. It notes overnight visitors Mr. and Mrs Ray McNally and daughter, Christmas memory of Mr Roy Haley and Miss Leota Owens marriage, and travels of Mr Verne Clark and family. It mentions Mrs Water Liebhart teaching in Galt and Dale Street peeking into local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McNally
Verne Clark
Illinois
Purdin
Roy Haley
Leota Owens
R. W. Cassity
Water ‘Liebhart
Galt
Dale Street
State Labor Board Strength and Staffing Moves Noted
The State Employment Service will move to the Federal Service for wartime duration, with no state property transferred. Missouri patrol strength reaches 165 as 17 new troopers are added to fill vacancies. O walkathons may become stag events after an attorney general ruling limits hours for such contests. Four new liquor inspectors join the department including Jasper C. Caston, the first Black appointee. An eight county northeast Missouri supervisor is named. McAllister and Bohrer join the State Council of Defense executive committee. A volunteer enrollment committee forms under Mrs. Morton T. Jones to recruit civilian defense workers with several regional members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Federal Employment Service
Donnell
Roosevelt
McKittrick
Unemployment Compensation Commission
George A. Rozier
Commission
State Labor and Industrial Inspection Department
Department of Liquor Control
William A. Stewart
Bolivar
Frank Leslie McCord
Springfield
Charles Reed
Columbia
Jasper C. Caston
St. Louis
Caston
Department
Wayne G. Henderson
8. L. West
Northeast
Missouri
State Council of Defense
Morton T. Jones
Kansas City
Tracy Dale
St. Joseph
J. W. Burch
James Ingraham
Will S. Denham
Proctor Carter
Ruth O'Malley
Jefferson City
Christmas Week Weather and Local Festivities Highlight Monty County
Rain persisted all week hindering travel as families stayed home due to mud. A Christmas program by Chappel schoolchildren under Mrs. Amber Alexander delighted attendees. Churches offered candy and oranges. many gifts were exchanged. Miss Bessie Bardon wed Mr. Will Ford in Browning with a local charivari. Families from Milan and Kansas City visited relatives for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappel
Amber Alexander
Bessie Bardon
Will Ford
Milan
Tate
Browning
Clyde Dillinger
Earl Smith
Geo. Artz
Melvin Rogers
Lois and
Leta Davis
Kansas City
G. F. Davis
Phyllis Crowdis
Emma Grindstaff
Junior Crowdis
Christmas Visit Recap Across Families in Missouri and Nearby States
A lengthy list records Christmas Day gatherings across multiple families. Names include Rogers Smiths Collins Pitt Haddox Reger and others in Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Sam Artz on December 25 1941.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rowning
Browning, Missouri
Arle Sam
Lindbergh
Dickinson
Pleasant Hill
Winigan Vicinity
Herman Smith
Stanley Riley
Nora Straley
Dale
Eugene
Carl Straley
E. W. Riley
Raymond Phillips
Ronald
New Boston
Freddie Coffman
Marva Kay
Loyd Newton
la Plata
Jno. Tucker
Madaline Tucker
Bernice
Junior
Billy Newton
Everett Riley
M. Stanley Ginn
State Highway Patrol
Frank W. McAllister
Charles R. Bohrer
State Pharmaceutical Association
McAllister
Maisie
Murphy
Soler
Sterling
Virginia O'Brien
Natalie Thompso
Edwin L. Marin
J. Walter Ruben
Mary C. McCall
Emily Sayers
Cora
W. A. Reger
Tom Ford
Elza Jacobs
Robert Stephenson
Marjory Carter
Virginia Stephenson
Forrest Ambercomely
Arkansas
Charlie Collins
Sam Artz
T. R. McArtor
M. D
DR. Vinton Jones
Schoene’s
Herman
Adams
Herman Adams
Apt
Russell Roberts
Stella Hollenbeck
Texas
Ray Henry
Will Posey
C. E. Maggart
Jessie Oliver
John
Georeg Artz
Turkey
Salsbury
E. F. Peterson Browning
Dr. Salsbury
Nation- Wide
Poultry Health Service
William Powell and
Myrna Loy
Bowery
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