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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Norman Woodside and children visited the Brittons on Tuesday. Donald returned for a short leave from Thame. Longwell and Lambert families visited Brookfield and with relatives. Numerous relatives spent weekends with Elva Crookshanks and others. Community members hosted and visited at several Sunday gatherings and dinners.
Mr and Mrs Vernie Foster and family visited relatives, George Prather drives Browning to Scottsville school bus route, J T Hoselton visited J D Seaman home, Vernie Foster caught a jack rabbit on Atkins farm, Mrs Allen McClaren and daughter Faye visited John Morgan home on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs J R Wood and family visited Saturday with Mrs 3 C Sayers and Mrs Lizzie Rottmann. Mrs Lydia Holser also spent the day in the community gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Baskett visited the Arthur Griffeth home Friday night. Merle Palmer called at the Red Gooch home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Goins called at the Rolla Gooch home Sunday evening. Mrs. Euliive Gooch and children visited Virgil Lee Falconer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Babe Kimbrough and Barbara visited the Lee Wood home Sunday night.
Snow and cold weather persist with little sun as community notes mourn the death of Joe Street with Monday funeral services. Obituary mentions Mary Ann Samples funeral at the Baptist Church and Hoover Cemetery burial near Browning. Ralph Goins learns his son Joe was killed in action. community sympathy given. Carl Barrows leaves for Boston. Edwin Barrows to depart Saturday. Jack Kollasch on a two week furlough. Bessie Brown and sister Mary visit Purdin returning from Brookfield for winter.
Mrs Effie al Mrs Myrtle Smith called on Mrs Jane Hardin Sunday afternoon. Frank Lambert was taken to a Kirksville hospital with a severe rheumatism or arthritis attack. We hope he improves soon.
Milo Bailey and family visited his parents. Perry Christian visited Carl Vencll near Mystic. Archie Payton plans to move to Kirksville. Russell Crist and Edgar Crist visited Glen Demery’s family. Art Milburn visited Lark Howell’s family. Amanda Cook joined. Lloyd Cordray and Art Milburn baled hay for Perry Christian. Arthur Waston moved to Winigan from F M Catt ey. Otis McCollum and family and Pauline Demery attended IOOF Rebecca lodge officers in Winigan. Carl Head and Earl Nickell families visited Leon Montgomery’s home. Cross Roads teacher Mrs Lyle Wickham underwent surgery in Trenton. hoping to resume teaching soon. Miss Juanita Glidewell visited Dan Head’s. Mrs Charley Dodson remains about the same. Jim Dodson not well recently.
Community extends greetings as persistent fog and dampness persist. Local families including the Maggarts Head clus, Shaw, Dodson, Sevier and Laddie Dodson share weekend visits. A baby boy born January 2 at Grim-Smith Hospital Kirksville to Laddie Dodson and wife. Quinton Roberts, ex-resident, now at Simpson Hospital Milan, and Quinton serves in the Army.
Last week included visits among the Grindstaff and DeWitt families, a move from Milan to the Tom Woodall place, and several relatives gathering in Milan. Weddings, school closures due to an extreme cold snap, and a New Year’s hospital visit were reported amid a string of family and social updates in the Milan region.
William Jewell College in Liberty proposes an accelerated program for returning veterans modeled on Yale. Four categories outline degree timelines from AB in three years for noncollege veterans to one year for those with two years of prior college work, with summer sessions available to shorten times. President Walter Pope Binns emphasizes maintaining high standards through intensive, challenging coursework.
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