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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
4
A series of pithy lines reflects on anger debts jokes and perceptions. The notes joke about wardrobe prices school life roast beef and fish tales while comparing American and Russian cultural blindsides. It presents a collage of light humorous observations without a single cohesive event.
Cool damp weather continues as farmers work in fields and begin hay. Laddie Dodson returns from military service for a 19 day furlough. Mrs. Bessie Head is ill but improving. Families Head, Dodson, and Butterfield share visits and trips to Trenton and Chillicothe for repairs and relatives.
Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson visited Brookfield on Friday to see nephews Nelson and Harley Tripp home on furloughs. Everett Hale and family traded in Chillicothe on Saturday. Norman Woodside and children spent the 4th with Jess and Mrs Woodside near Purdin. Harvey Belzer of North Salem was honored at funeral services Friday afternoon. Phillip McKenzie spent Friday to Sunday with John and Mrs Longwell. Harry and Marvin Lambert traded in Brookfield Tuesday. Mrs Wayne Abbott suffered a severe cut in a fruit jar incident while washing the jar top broke off.
Mrs. James A. Baker of Pomona California visited with her mother Mrs. Anna Taylor and relatives in town and Chicago. The Harris and Franklin families traveled to Norman Oklahoma to see J O Baker and his Navy wife. Green City visitors included Mr and Mrs Wiley Taylor and Mrs W C Valder with many familyings in town.
Jessie M. Britton visits with sister and family as many relatives appear for dinners and Sunday visits. Harvey Belzer dies at 91 shortly before his 92nd birthday. his spouse 91. The Belzers, a longtime Sullivan County couple, marked 70 years of marriage June 20.
Keath Crooks, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Walter Crooks, arrived home from overseas for a yearlong furlough and plans to go to the Pacific. Irene Herbert, Lorene Nickell, Bertha Lay, W T Nickell, Bob Rinehart and families visited relatives, while trips to Kirksville and Brookfield were noted.
Homer Creason paper notes Mr. and Mrs J D Quigley and sons visited Brookfield Friday. Visitors to Mr and Mrs Walter Rocks and family included Mary Lee Askey Dorothy Quigley Blaine Nickell and boys. Lewis Arnold visited his sister as Crooks and son Jewell. Homer Creason family visited W T Nickell and grandson Keith. Lloyd Bowyer spent Sunday with daughter and family at Browning. J D Quigley and Jim Havens went to Purdin Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Guy Baskett and son visited relatives in Purdin and vicinity returning home Sunday. Charley Miller Roy and Mrs Lon McNally shopped in Brookfield Monday. Rosetta Wohler and daughter called on her mother Effie Pulliam Friday afternoon. Austin Myers and son Bobby visited his father and brother Friday night. Ray McNally spent the Fourth with his mother. Marilee Gilmer was a Thursday afternoon guest of her aunt Effie Pulliam. Shirley Bartow and Carl Cassity were in Brookfield Saturday. G H Kroger and son spent the Fourth of July with her parents Ed and Effie Pullam. Cecil Wohler went to market.
Saturday night guests included Mr and Mrs Wm Southerland at Mary Tucker’s home. Numerous families visited relatives and service members such as Charley Smith on furlough from the S W Pacific and Zain Brantner in the U S Navy. Residents also hosted gatherings at Alva Brantner and Ibb Spencer homes with extended family from Kansas City and local households sharing meals and stories. Edwin Tucker returned to Mo line NL after a week with his parents Frank and Mary Tucker and siblings.
A fragment notes Ray Goins returning with Ralph Goins and family members after a six day leave. The text mentions a possible return to the Pacific region and a gathering with relatives on a Sunday night.
Sue Reed Maxine Thomas Betty Shafer and Catherine Wood spent the weekend with home folks Miss Shirley Warren stayed with Carole Sayers Mr and Mrs Harold Cooper and children visited Virgil Molloy family Sunday Russell Graham and children dined with Bill Triplett family Shirley Warren and Carole Sayers kept the store at Halville Friday while Teddy Holser and Sandra were away
Mr and Mrs Morris Crook Shanks and family plus Farrell Warren Genevia Holser and Sandra were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr and Mrs Ed Sayers and Carole. Mr and Mrs Everett Crook Shanks hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Vane King Solver and their children.
Morris Chapel notices recount a July gathering at Rolla Gooch's with several families including the Kimbrough, Remick, Goins, Wood, and Johnson households. Visitors from Texas and Colorado stopped by U E Johnson’s, while others joined picnics at Linneus Park and dinner with neighbors.
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