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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
4
Browning Missouri newspaper the Browning Leader Record dated January 2 1947 lists Fern N Woodward and G T Woodward as owners and publishers with subscription price set at $1 50 per year. It notes second class mail status and post office entry in Browning Missouri.
List of local families visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Young for Christmas and various households hosting relatives. Mentions of a large church program, trips to Kansas City and Ottumwa, and multiple family gatherings across Haseville and nearby towns.
Brookfield and nearby households report a busy holiday season with relatives gathering in multiple combos. Names include Lola Hargedine cohosting visits with Will Arm Atr a. Nora Straley and son Dale from Chicago spending holidays with Phillip Britton and family. various Brittons, Tucker, Brantner, Smith, Westfall, Tucker kin.
The town reports real winter with 70s temps then rain sleet and snow. George Pulliam dies unexpectedly Tuesday morning. funeral Friday at Church of Christ with a large crowd from Jefferson City Kansas City Illinois Trenton Brookfield Milan and other areas attending. Cap Wolfe suffers a stroke at a Columbia cancer clinic and is hospitalized. Scott Smith Colene and Harold Smith visit T E Armstrong and Harold Armstrong in St Catherine Missouri.
Grantville residents share holiday gatherings with relatives and neighbors. Clifton Brown and family visited the Lyons home. Jess Pulliam joined Nellie Stone. Virginia Lyons and others spent Christmas with several local households including the Barrows and Hoskins families.
Miss Phyllis Rardon traveled to Kansas City on Thursday to spend time with her brother Aliam Lee Rardon and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ford and family celebrated Christmas with John Rardon and family. Donald Hunsaker and daughters Janet and Donna Jo of Kansas City visited the Rardon household over Sunday.
Missouri Agriculture Engineering adds guidance on building repair foundations and contour farming to boost corn yields. Extension bulletins detail terrace planning, framing, and harnessing contour farming to save fuel and ease post war restoration efforts.
Mr and Mrs Loyd Crowdis and Mr and Mrs Mervyn Garrett announce births and family visits. Anita and Sharon are listed with the Nove ndi s and Jimmie. Guy Ford and wife celebrate the birth of son Guy David. Ronald and Julia Lantz spent time with grandparents Rufus Calli.
Christmas meals and visits mark the Morris Chapel area as residents hosted relatives and friends. Guests included the Alsworth, Goins, Gall, Sprague, and Palmer families from Kansas City, Linneus, Purdin, Brookfield, and Waterloo, Iowa, with several privacy noting visits to other local homes.
Norris Burke spent the holidays in Moline with his parents and relatives. Reid Kenley, from Kansas City, spent the holidays with his family. Jas B Marvin supplied a Christmas fruit collection to the editor and wife. J P Bolling and Virginia Bolling returned to Browning after visiting St. Louis. Mrs Bry an Knifong and June visited en route from Kirksville after a tonsil operation. Christmas Day guests included Mrs Kathleen Igey and Mr J D Quigley and sons. Francis Schrock and his wife were afternoon callers.
The report notes Mas spent the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Grover Garrett in Purdin and visited relatives in Browning. Mr and Mrs Melvin Brummett and their children of Licking Missouri joined Christmas with her parents and Mrs Curt Whitaker. They had brought their son to Grim-Smith hospital for treatment a few days earlier.
Hillis Moffett and Donald Chandler warn apples should not be stored with potatoes or cabbage as they absorb odors. June Carroll notes proper fruit handling. The column hints at safe storage practices and begins a line about planning a bath.
Mr and Mrs Ray D Peterson of Kenosha Wis spent the Christmas holiday at home. The couple observed the season with family and friends and enjoyed festive traditions.
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