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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
4
Excerpted musings and aphorisms citing Thomas Paine Browning and others on reputation character and manners. The text playful critiques social norms censorship and gender roles while riffing on modern urban life and moral judgments.
Wood cutting occupies Walnut Grove as residents report weekend travels and family visits. Cary Cole and wife from the Walnut Grove school spent time at a Kirksville home. Harold Christy underwent tonsil surgery in Kirksville last Saturday. A Browning couple, John Robison and wife, visited from Sunday to Wednesday with Ralph Morris and assisted butchering. Leo Dunland and son from West Humparess visited Mrs. Winris Christy. Crawley Pipes went to Kansas City for eye care. Charley Pipes and Ralph Mortis hosted Sunday afternoon calls.
Local notes report pleasant spring weather but poor roads. Community members visit relatives across Bucklin, Brookfield, and nearby towns. Families include the Dodges, Burkholders, Thuchsums, and Maxwells with several Sunday visits and a birthday celebration for Mr. Clapp. Gale Davis plans to move to Iowa.
Campbell and family and Dewey Ried were shopping in Brookfield Saturday. Roscoe Coram stays with grandparents and attends Thudium school. Thudium family visits Brookfield and Shelby. Bertha Burkholder visits daughter Mabel Gall at Shelby. Vida Wampler guests at Triudium home. Callers include Watson Burkholder family.
Lovely weather noted as residents report visits from family and friends. Mr. Tom Morris and daughters and others called on neighbors while Ill parents received care at home. A funeral in Laclede is reported and obituaries noted for R. W. Cassity.
Johnson district reports social visits from Mr and Mrs Eddie Morris Mrs Carnie Morris home Ray Pipes and A W Ballwin visited Brackfield and St Louis employment of Miss M Knight. Fifteen Happy Workers Club members met at Mrs Bedger’s home. Johnson 4 H Club reorganized with Charles Watson president. James Ball vice president Harold Taylor secretary.
Mrs Ada Smith was ill last week but has recovered. Vincent Collins and Kenneth Hoskins went to camp last week. Mr and Mrs Elzie Jacobs visited her parents Mr and Mrs Rob Stephenson on Thursday. Mrs Stephenson remains mostly bed bound. Arthur Reger has home wiring for electricity this week.
Letters of administration granted by Linn County Probate Court Missouri to Ettie Pridemore on January 1 1942. Claims against the estate must be shown within six months of grant or be barred. no claims after one year from the grant date. Attest: Arthur L Pratt Judge of Probate and Ettie Pridemore Administratrix.
Mrs Ethel Henry and son visited Trenton on Friday for dental work. Thomas Henry and C J DeWitt helped John Crowdis butcher this week. Families in Milan, including Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephen, shopped there. Robert Shipley hauled corn to John Crowdis and later to Kansas City for Sam Snelling. Charles Davis visited family before heading to the U S Army camp. The Women's Christian Society arranged a small entertainment and refreshments for Missionary Day on Wednesday.
Local families in Haseville and nearby towns hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Numerous names appear among dinner guests and social calls, including Sayers, Crooks, Young, Rettmann, Wood, VanHorn, Vandyke, Mumpower, and others in shared gatherings across multiple households.
This morning's weather is not looking so pretty. Mr and Mrs C E Smith were in Browning Monday to see the Doctor. Charley Martin and Wayne Britton hauled Mr Britton coal Monday. Everett Riley and Van Mairs were in Milan on business Monday. Alden Knifong bought a cow from W V Walker Saturday. Kyra Burris organized a Sunday school at Fairview 110 and had good attendance.
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