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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
3
Local gossip lists visitors from Purdin and Brookfield, neighbors and relatives at Sunday dinners and hospital updates. Harvey's Store promotes pipes and cigarette accessories with new cases and lighting gear, while many residents travel to Kirksville and Excelsior Springs for medical care and shopping.
The past week was cloudy and mild with fog and mud except Saturday. Total precipitation 0.54 inch, above normal, including 0.43 inch Tuesday night and 0.10 inch Friday. Snow on Friday measured 1.44 inch, much melted on fall. December 1945 was unusually wet with 2.29 inches, including 2.2 inches of snow on the 12th and 9.0 inches on the 17th and 18th. Temperatures ranged from 9 to 55 degrees. City rainfall totals listed for Milan and nearby towns.
Browning Methodist Church invites attendance for the Temperance Drama Death Takes the Wheel on Monday evening January 21 at 7 30. Pastor L P Mohr and Reger lead Sunday School at 10 a m with Ada Smith as superintendent. preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m.
The Young Adult class met at the Blaine White home on January 10 to organize under new teacher Genevieve Prather. Officers elected include President Betty Kite Vice-President Elizabeth Elsberry and Secretary Treasurer Kathleen Quigley. The next meeting is February 14 at the Haleberry home with a buffet supper.
Mr and Mrs Harry Lambert spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Simpson Cordray near North Salem. Frank Belzer of Wapello Iowa. Mr and Mrs John Longwell and son Jesse Daniel Gray and Herbert Longwell were Sunday din-
The writer describes failing to secure a bond leading to a Kansas City trip to buy wallpaper and lumber on credit for a paper rack. They promise a future store visit to showcase a rookie’s blunders in wallpaper selection and recount an incident where a customer asked for an empty box and Sterling took the cash drawer.
Mr and Mrs Allen Belzer and children hosted guests while Mr and Mrs Marvin Lambert of Purdin visited relatives. Archie Dickinson shopped in Browning Saturday afternoon. Helen Ann West visited Lucille and Leoma Lambert Sunday. Ava Deskins returned to Brookfield after visiting her daughter. Junior Holen plans a farm move east of Keger. John Longwell Allen Belzer and Eugene West were in Browning on Saturday afternoon. Sunday evening gatherings followed at the Robert Lambert home.
Rainy weather and creek flooding are reported amid a row of local visits and small happenings. Residents Hattie Jennings Duff and Lyle Spray visit Ed Almond. Mrs. Harry Caughley and family visit relatives Roger Carter. Duff Jennings Kay Stufflebean help Guy Brookshier with butchering. Ed Almond returns from Milan hospital and Rex Almond buys a 600 pound hog.
An advertisement lists several farms for sale priced from 4 500 to 15 600 dollars. Properties include 320 acres 357 acres 204 acres and 160 acres with varying improvements. Located 4 to 6 miles southeast or east of Browning. Contact L L Ingraham Browning Mo for details.
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