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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
2
The Browning,Browning Montana era item quotes a 1938 community page with wry aphorisms on crime detection, politics, speech, economics, and domestic life. It presents a series of short quips about burglars, experts, taxation, politics, and household life in Browning with a humorous local flavor.
Rain is hoped as gardens wither and corn shows signs of stress. Miss Charlotte Stone returns for the weekend and Fourth celebrations. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bowyer visit with Dr. Freeland from Kirksville in Brookfield. Purdin hosts two softball games with Chillicothe results noted. Night game possibility grows as wiring for lights advances. Obituary: Ben McGhee, age 86, funeral at Bear Branch with local attendance. Community notes include visits by Dr. McArtor, W. B. Arnold and Kenneth Williams to Kirksville, Macon, and Macon business trips.
The community notes rain blessed the week’s end after a dry spell. Mrs Mollie Schweppe Virgie Williams of Humphreys Idalee Nelson and son Jackie visited Mrs Myron Williams and family. Mr and Mrs Donald DeWitt and baby from Joplin Missouri arrived for a few days visit.
Mr and Mrs C J DeWitt and Mr and Mrs Jake Fields visited relatives. Dewey Nickell and children Buddy Beverly and Bernie Ray spent Sunday afternoon with Robert Stephenson. Ralph Alexander of Brookfield visited her parents Arthur Reger and Maudie. Church of God at Reger attendees joined a Harris Sunday school rally where Stella Bauchman delivered the 11 am message. George Ford spent weekend with Melvin Stephenson. Claude Woolf home welcomed Virginia Robert Lois Herby Williams Nellie and Robert Stephenson.
Mr and Mrs C E Rogers and grandson David Haddock of Kansas City spent the weekend with his father Watson Rogers and family. Geo Artz received appointment as Postmaster at Roger. Rev Garrett district superintendent preached. Ruth Lovell from Kirksville attended weekend with Chloe Fields. Charley Sears of Milan visited W A Reger family. Ada Smith went to Harris. E E Sharp en route to new Brashear home.
Winigan vicinity notes record numerous trips and visits last week: Earl Roan in Kirksville. Floyd Cleeton takes granddaughter Forrest to Brookfield then trains home to Denver. Moddrell and Basil Muir in Green City. Myrtle Bunch and Neva Crist in Browning. Dr. Roscoe Baker visiting his mother in Kirksville.
Mr and Mrs Earnest Wright and baby visited C E Maggart and family with her mother Mrs Mida Wright over the weekend. Clarence Rogers of Kansas City spent time with his father Watson Rogers and family. Laura Connell and children Jimmie Ruth visited her mother Elizabeth Lovell and daughter Ruth. C E Burris and family came to spend Sunday with Add Grindstaff. Elsworth Smith and family traveled from Kansas City to Hannibal for the Fourth and a Kirksville student visited her mother briefly. John DeWitt and daughter of Chillicothe visited his parents while Clyde Dillinger and family stopped by from Columbia for a weekend with her parents.
Local page lists numerous visits and moves across towns. Families from Missouri and nearby states traveled to see relatives in Cora Chula Trenton Omaha Genese Polo Gallatin and Albuquerque. Several residents are listed as ill or relocating, with multiple Fords and Dawsons noted.
John Cook and daughter Dorothy Fay plus Lola Pearl Howell spent Monday July 4 at the Lark Howell home. Harry Darr and son Freddie were Sunday guests of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm Darr. Roy Darr and son Lewis were Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jerome. Basil Muir was at Kirksville Saturday.
Holiday visitors fill the Halerville area as multiple families host relatives from Laredo St. Joseph Kansas City and Iowa. Names include Young Crooks Williams Wilma Crookshanks Kingsolver Sayers Reys Holser Young Warren and many others visiting with local residents.
Mrs Earl Smith and Mr Newmeir of Unionville visit grandparents Mr and Mrs L H Fisher on the fourth. Mr Carl Henry of Chicago visits his brother Thomas Henry. Mrs Minnie Franklin of Trenton and her kin visit Thomas Henry and wife. Methodist Ladies Aid serves ice cream before and after the show next Monday night.
Mr and Mrs Phin Barnhart and Mrs Florence Reynolds of Denver visited Mr and Mrs Bird Arthur in North Salem and vicinity spending Wednesday night and Thursday. Mell Alexander of Green City joined Thursday and left Saturday for Sumner. Ella Morris and relatives from Poland and Wheatland Indiana visited and spent Sunday at Ed Lambert’s with Mr and Mrs Guy Minor.
Sunday visits highlighted by many locals visiting relatives in Owasco Green City Purdin and Brookfield. Families shared meals attended shows and funerals with extended relatives from Wapello Topeka Cameron and Sumner. North Salem and nearby towns mark Linn County Centennial events.
Announced as a candidate for Recorder of Deeds of Linn County Missouri Harry E Kelly seeks Democratic primary election support on August 2 1938.
The Clerk of County Court nominates C. E. Jack Swinney for a second term subject to Democratic voters in Linn County ahead of the August 2 1938 primary election.
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