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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
4
From Browning Montana’s post office as second class mail matter the item catalogs quips on effort color you can’t help it if some fellows marry and Shirley Temple jokes. It notes a prairie dog out of a hole and ponders youth food for thought with light Berkshire tone.
Cloudy skies hint at rain as residents express need for moisture. Cecil Cassity and family visit in Kansas City. Mrs. Penhale returns home improving after ambulance transfer. Charley Johnson reports Corrine’s steady improvement. Will McGhee and Leon Smith host visits near Shelby. Purdin teams beat Linneus in both boys and men’s games. Enderly family time in Keytesville. Ross and Pearson shopping trip with relatives.
Francis Enderly was on the sick list part of last week while assistance was given to T. H. Thorne with his threshing on Saturday.
Harper and Curt Crist were at St Joseph on Tuesday. George Bunch Clifford and Ellis Ware left for Minnesota to seek employment. Mr and Mrs Alva Hochtmann and Mr and Mrs J N Maxey visited the Jas Maxey home. Mrs Cecil Bynch operated on at Grim Smith Hospital. Mildred Nickell and Kathleen Hoerrman visited Fern Jones. Art Milburn visited L D Howell and Roy Stephenson homes. Jim McConnell went to Sticklers Hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs S M Romine visited Kirksville to see their daughter in hospital. Harry Clubine attended Milan and others went to a ball game in Martinsville.
Mr and Mrs Frank Robinson and family of Chicago Illinois visited Mrs C E Maggart and husband then left for home. Charley Johnson and others left for a trip to Idaho. Mr and Mrs John Shatto of Milan visited her parents Mr and Mrs W A Reger Sunday afternoon. Ida Tunnell returned home from Kansas City. Several from here went to the oil well Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Elza Jacobs of Cora visited her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Stephenson Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ray Grindstaff visited his sister Mrs Lee Anna Leeper at Purdin and other relatives.
Marcelle Wood was taken to Trenton for appendicitis surgery Thursday night and is reported doing as well as could be expected. Local residents visited and shared Sunday calls at several homes including the Wood and Warren households, with family members traveling to Trenton to see Marcelle.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Rottmann and Glen spent Sunday with Mrs Lizzie Rottmann and sons. Mr C C Woolf is better at this writing. Mr and Mrs Isaac Lane spent Sunday at Trenton Park. Mr and Mrs Harold Campbell and children visited, with Mrs Fae Coulter and other relatives.
Sunday school reports 55 attendees and a 5.14 collection. Next Sunday features a rally with a basket dinner and special program. Visiting families include Wendell Smiths from South Bend and St. Louis, and local visits by Hiram Hatcher and many others.
In North Salem, crops suffer extensive damage from fire and drought with hopes for rain. The column records numerous Sunday visits among families such as the Peavlers, Lamberts, Belzers, and Cordrays, a Browning Park reunion, and church attendance plus a county softball event supporting Leslie Martin. A late rain is noted as badly needed.
Truly thankful report notes Miss Helen Bauer and Miss Enid Moore trading in Brookfield on Monday.
Thrashing is winding down while haying continues. Ida Thudium visits relatives in Brookfield and Ellwood Thudium. Orville and Ora Mott host and attend with Claude Perrin and E E Thudium. Ida Thudium and E E Thudium attend church in Winigan. W J Burkholder’s condition improves slowly after a visit with Town Gall. Wayne Rulon returns from a three month western trip to California Idaho and Colorado and resumes school at New Boston. Uncle Geo Bray dies suddenly at Arthur Coram’s home. Burial at Nester conducted by Eld Davis of Kirksville. Will McCollum of Gifford acts as undertaker. Community attends Martinsville softball games. Noel Coram takes Jim Cleeton to Kirksville hospital.
A brief item notes light rain visiting Pleasant Hill area with little other weather impact. The report mentions moisture in the air and a gentle drizzle, leaving streets damp but no major weather events reported. Local residents are advised to monitor for continued showers.
Large crowd attends all day ball game at Martinsville for a charitable cause. Families and friends visit Kirksville, Brookfield, Chillicothe, and Browning as they share travels, hospital stays, and social visits.
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