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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
4
A Brown ing column blends wry humor and aphorisms about town life. It pokes at thrift and pride while noting local quirks and the repeating sight of new gasoline stations. The piece closes with a quirky line about chinch bugs two inches deep.
Residents report heavy need for rain as haying dominates local work. Roy Ball mows for G M Spencer and Floyd with a tractor mower while others help with harvest. Visitors include Coram Major and son from Kirksville and Vernie Foster party at the Bunridge farm.
Sunday visitors at Hubert Jaskett and Tom Coram farms included the Clapps Barrons Thudhums Campbells and Corams with other relatives from Winigan New Boston Macon and Detroit. Mrs Montgomery remains in St Louis hospital and Billie Rulon visits Detroit while others report family gatherings and ongoing illnesses.
Jas Bolling repaints his farm home with Cook's House Paint, Alfred Lambert doing the work. James Crist visited town Monday and bought Genuine Ruberoid Shingles for a Gan house in Winigan. This year line your leaky granaries with Sisalkraft paper and save grain. For real protection use Yale locks from the new Yale pad.
Noel Lay repairs the Gibson farmhouse with new shingles after a spring purchase. The S. A. Mairs Estate installs a new roof above Gooch's Store. Cook Paint Co. offers a special discount on all wall paints and varnishes for school districts with price previews.
Mr Rob Muirhead, longtime Garner resident, visited Saturday night and shared reminiscences with friends and neighbors from the area. The gathering brought joy as they talked over by gone days and old times.
A sequence of Sunday and weekday visits fills the community pages from Brookfield to Browning. Families such as the Swisegoods, Lamparts, Abbotts, and Couches host relatives and friends including the Andersone, Brittons, and Lamberts. A large charivari honors Mr and Mrs Head with candies and cigars as neighbors share greetings and gifts.
The passage records a string of social visits and health updates from a small town. Families such as the Alexanders Armstrongs Murrains Gilmers Gooch Go oc h and Pulliams socialize across Sundays and Mondays with relatives and friends. Mrs Ben Alexander improves slowly as residents hope for rain to aid crops.
Liburn Gilmer and Effie Pulliam called on Mrs. Cassity during the day. Guests from nearby families attended a June 27 birthday gathering for Presley and Carl Cassity at Presley Cassity’s home with a long table of food and games enjoyed by all ages.
Paul D. Sayers visited his aunt Mrs. Arthur Reger and husband Sunday. Numerous relatives and friends from Milan Kansas City Brookfield Green City Trenton Trenton rodeo gather for visits and celebrations. Oat cutting progress and forecasts of a big corn crop amid grain conditions. The Ladies Aid planned a Myrtle Rardon shower next Thursday.
A basket dinner is planned for the next church day on July 14. Everyone is invited to attend and bring well filled baskets.
The Leader Record authorizes Carl Brown of Meadville to announce his candidacy for Linn County Sheriff, pending Democratic primary voters on Tuesday August 6 1940.
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