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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
4
A reader comments on Kipling and Browning influence amid war era talk of endowments for a western college, and reflections on Hitler's robots and wartime daily life. The note notes cash holdings, cross-Channel travel in normal times, and spelling concerns for radio readers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wattenbarger and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shipley and baby Ronnie Sunday. Several locals attended the Trenton rodeo. Marjorie Wattenbarger returned home from helping Mrs. Shipley. Clem Springs school keeps teacher Nina Fanning for a fourth year.
Community notes show attorney Herman Atkins visiting family in Scottsville while on a farm stay and relatives in Browning. locals in Milan report cafe work and visits. Farms busy with hay, minor moves include Hank Thurlo relocating near Purdin, and several residents visiting churches and schools as teachers remain sought in Scottsville.
Mrs John Longwell and Daniel Gray were in Chillicothe Monday to accompany her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Longwell, as they traveled together.
Mrs Gene Jacobs and grandson James Raymond spent days at the Longwell home. Calvin Lambert began basic training at Camp Hood Texas. Several relatives, including Gray Longwell and Lambert families, visited in Milan Brookfield Laclede and Bowling Green.
Sunday and weekend visits occur among local families. Guests included W B Havens and Wendell. Porter Sayre and children with Mac Montgomery and Fred Lee. James Dunlap with C L McQuown. Mrs Herbert Lambert and son with John Hooker. Fess Kille and family hosted Elmer Sherwood and his wife. Glenn Bauswell and Junior with W B Havens. Mervin Dixon and children at Fess Kille home.
Earnest Pearson returns from Chicago and reports sister Hattie Stanley now Mrs. Cecil Cassity of Kansas City is visiting her mother Mrs. George Hisel. Little Miss Donna Pulliam also mentioned in the local notes.
Pulliam returns from Kansas City after two weeks visiting sister Mrs. Helen Hedges. Marion Head comes home from Kirksville for the weekend. Mary Louise Armstrong visits relatives in Purdin. Superintendent Bowman visits Purdin for school house repairs and a new shower bath for the boys. Mr and Mrs Mack Hisel depart for Chicago after a two week visit. Virginia Falconer is hospitalized in Brookfield for appendicitis and recovering. Jane Hardin hosts Sunday luncheon with Mr and Mrs Floyd Hardin and Carolee Hardin. Helen Lee travels to see sister Mary in Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Junior Theile were in Kirksville Monday for dental work. Mrs Frank Bailey and daughter Emma Pearl visited Mrs Henry Hoskins on Wednesday. Mrs Kathleen Hoerrmann and son Keith visited relatives in Green City Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Hattie Harris returned home in Brookfield after visiting her brother Tom Crist who is ill. Dean Nickell home on furlough from the US Army to visit his parents and relatives. Mr and Mrs John Howell visited their son Artie and wife and then stayed with their daughter Mrs Everett McConnell. Mr and Mrs Albert McCollum traveled to Kirksville Thursday. Mr and Mrs Dillion Rankin re-
June 25 notes list Mrs. Lelia Hicks and family hosting guests from Purdin and Shelby. Julius Wood and George Phillips visits. E. Morris dined with daughter Joe Edmondson’s family. Meadville show draw for James Hammock and friends. July 3 visits from Veda Hammock and Marilyn Shifflett. multiple kinfolk called on Lelia Hicks. End with local anecdotes and reminders about social visits.
Rankin was released Friday from St. Louis and doctors reported improvement.
Mrs Floy Morris and her son Billy visited the Phillips home with James and Virgina Morris dropping by Sunday evening. Rev Jesse Slover preached at Morris Chapel on Sunday with 47 in Sunday school and good services. He visited members Friday in this community. Mrs Joe Rukavina of Kansas City visited her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Kimbrough over the fourth.
A reflective editorial urges continued prayers as the invasion proceeds. It cautions that the public may not grasp the full sacrifice and toll on native sons, while defenders remain hopeful the operation advances more smoothly than feared. The piece calls for steady faith and persistent prayer in weeks ahead.
A published reflection argues how arithmetic, writing, and reading are not as thoroughly taught in the United States as commonly believed, challenging long held national bragging rights about schooling.
The Selective Service bulletin shows 240,000 registrants refused due to intelligence test failures despite physical fitness. Officials say the issue stems from education deficiency, not mental capacity, underscoring regional inequities in access to quality schooling and opportunity.
The piece highlights women aiding wartime production and farming. It notes women building tanks and planes, serving in the Land Army, and working in farms and factories. It stresses physical strength, political ambition, and the idea that war trains women for endurance and leadership.
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