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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
8
Locust Valley Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m led by Cecil Lay superintendent. Preaching on the second and fourth Sundays. Morning Worship at 11 a m and Evening service at 7 p m led by Rev Kenneth Peery, pastor.
The Methodist Church invites the public to worship with the congregation. Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. with 98 attendees last week and a goal of 100. Divine Worship and sermon by Pastor Dr. Thos. J. Haney at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Public welcome.
Mr and Mrs I N Lane visited Mr and Mrs Lewis Melton and family Sunday afternoon. Miss Margaret Wood returned from Kansas City after two weeks away. Mr and Mrs Cecil Browning visited Mr and Mrs Theo Holser and Sandra. Mrs Richard McPheeters and son Danny of Kansas City stay with her parents Mr and Mrs J R Wood. Mr and Mrs John Rottmann visited Mr and Mrs Leroy Shafer and children. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Young and boys and Mr and Mrs eo Holser and Sandra visited Mr and Mrs Beryl Warren and family Sunday evening. Mrs Johnny Thomas and Miss Bonnie Melton of Kansas City stayed with their parents. Miss Earlene Myrick returned home Saturday after time with Ora Holser and others. Bill Triplett and daughters spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Richard Thorne and family.
Mr and Mrs Manford Glidewell of Chicago visited his parents Mr and Mrs James Glidewell. Mr and Mrs R W Bardon left Sunday for Jackson Wyoming to visit her son and family. Mr and Mrs Monroe White were noted in the same column.
Local families hosted relatives visiting from Missouri California Oklahoma and Kansas City over the weekend. Household gatherings included Walter McKay and family visiting their son in law and daughter, Bertha Schweppe en route home from Chicago, and geometers from Buffalo Missouri Kirksville and Milan sharing meals and staying with kin.
Local column notes a heavy rain and Tuesday storm that blew down several trees but caused no injuries. It lists visits and greetings among residents including Pulliams, McDaniels, Cok erhams and others, with travel plans and social gatherings. Frequent mentions of Ed Pulliam and a Sears Roebuck delegate in Chicago.
Erwin Smith and a family visited Monday morning after spending Sunday afternoon with his parents Bill Smith and family in Purdin.
The Sunshine Workers Club met June 23 at Mrs. Ruth Bartimus home for an all day session. Members enjoyed a chicken dinner and embroidered pillow slips while hemming tea towels. Roll call yielded a grab bag. hostess gifts totaled sixty cents and Mrs. Zella Bartimus won. Ruth received her Secret Sister gift and the next meeting is set for July 7 with Mrs. Eula Crowdis.
The Bitter Sweet Club held its June 16 gathering hosted by Mrs. Chas Goins with twelve members and visitors Marjorie McKenzie and Mary Browning. Activities included a song, club collect, roll call prompt, a pink and blue shower for a former member, two contests won by Ruth Wood and Virginia Falconer, and refreshments served by the hostess with Merle Richardson and Essie Maye Oertwig assisting.
The Grantsville Club met June 9 at Mrs. Ervin Barrows home with nineteen members present. They discussed electric service safety and planned to serve lunch at Herman Hutchinson's sale on June 16. A shower was arranged for new bride Mrs Wayne Burkholder who joined as the twenty fourth member. Visitors included Mrs Nellie Barrows Mrs Leonard Richardson and Mrs Wayne Burkholder.
The Stitch And Chatter Club met with hostess Hallie Minor on the seventeenth with thirteen members and two visitors present. They planned a picnic for Sunday July 4 and conducted quilting and gooseberry tasks while Goldie won a contest and Effie found the largest lead.
The Home Workers Club met with Mrs. Hazel Johns on Thursday, June 10 for an all day gathering. Members embroidered tea towels until noon and shared a noon meal. After lunch the group recited the Lord's Prayer and the meeting was called to order at two o'clock.
President Maggie Wykoff opened with Sweet Bye and Bye as Mattie Gooch led the Club Collect. Roll call mirrored a kitchen gadget exchange. 34c collection noted. She read a thank you letter from Mrs. June Lamme for a going away gift. Members present included Mattie Gooch Kathryn Taylor Maud Woolf Pearl Mundell Maggie Wykoff Hazel Johns with visitors Dixon Mundell Dick Johnson Cotton Woolf Norris Sparks Chas Johns Christine Taylor Colene and DeWayne Woolf. Next meeting set with Mrs. Pearl Mundell on Thursday June 24 to work on a quilt. Roll call featured a comic reading and reminders about Secret Sister presents and upcoming business.
Mrs Fay Taylor hosted the Happy Workers Club on Wednesday June 16 with twenty six members present. The gathering included twelve men twelve children and six visitors namely Mrs Mary Spencer Mrs Anna Taylor Mrs Anne Browning Mrs Ethel DeVore Miss Alice Behymer and Wa neva Haggy.
Devotionals were led by Chaplin Mrs Mollie Franklin and prayers followed. Songs led by Waverly Gramling with Della Sayers at the piano include Home on the Range The More We Get Together and Smiles. Plans discussed for a club pleasure trip to St Louis. A Stanley party followed the meeting. Reporter.
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