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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
5
A long list of visits and greetings fills this page as families from Canton Purdin Linneus and surrounding areas recount Christmas and New Year travels. Reunions include Crews from Dearborn Michigan, California and Chicago, with health updates for Mrs. John Pratt and others.
Wanted farm hand, married man and son of a two-man combination, steady employment offered. See Earl Louden in Sumner Missouri.
The Get Acquainted Club met with Mrs. Bessie Head on December seventeenth in the Bundridge area. Eleven members and five visitors attended along with several men and Mrs. Raymond Quigley. The group enjoyed dinner, Christmas decorations, and a small gift laden tree. They worked on embroidering tea towels and pillow slips as the meeting opened with Jingle Bells.
Members shared a dish and pin cushions for roll call. Lois Elliott won the contest. Bingo winners were Lorene Head Hazel Ingraham and Marjorie Stephenson. Exchanges of Christmas presents followed. Visitors included Hazel Ingraham Gracie Foster Edith Daniels Fannie Harmen and Lucille Stephenson. Meeting adjourned to December 31 with Ira Mae Daniels in Browning. C. R.
The Sunshine Worker's Club met three times from November 26 to December 17 with members and visitors in attendance. Quilting a comfort, Christmas gift exchanges, readings and songs marked the sessions, and side scores indicated friendly contests. A separate note discusses OPM guidance on priority ratings for farm machinery and related goods during wartime.
The Missouri Defense Board says farmers may place normal orders for finished goods without preference rating certificates. Chairman C. W. Sheppard notes misunderstandings among farmers and retailers about needing certificates for farm machinery parts hardware lumber and related items.
Visitors to Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown included Missouri Press Association manager H. R. Long senators Webb and Lightner former Mayor Bernard F. Dickman publisher R. S. Walton Democratic State Committee chair C. M. Hulen and Oak Hunter along with Judge C. E. Yancey and others from St. Louis Odessa Moberly Liberty and surrounding areas.
The notice appeals to readers for patronage to keep the newspaper going and thanks supporters who have aided in making the paper possible.
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