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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
4
Fern N Woodward and G T Woodward Owners publish the Browning Missouri paper established 1884. Subscription price 1 50 per year. Entered second class matter at Browning post office under March 3 1879 act. Inspirational quotes and small town humor follow with remarks on Father’s Day origins and local gossip about over draft and marriage timing.
A head on crash on a hill near Martinsville involved Kenneth Knifong and Alfred Thompson. Both cars a 1936 Dodge and a 1937 Chevrolet were demolished. Kenneth and Donald Knifong were bruised. Mrs Carmack and Mrs Thompson were hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
Large crowds decorated graves over Decoration Day period at North Salem cemetery. Ben Almond supervised cleaning and layout. many visited on June 1 and May 25, with ongoing upkeep through the week. Local families, including the Jennings, Walters, Nevins, and McCollum households, were seen at the cemetery and homes nearby.
Morning Sun residents hosted relatives and friends from Bucklin Kirksville Linneus and California over the weekend. A large Sunday school turnout gathered with plans to return soon. Visitors included Jennings Head Bak er McCollum and Maggart families with meals and music shared.
Miss Avis Stinson and family visit Chicago relatives. Lambert and Woodside families call on Dickinson friends. Anna Belle West and Helen Ann return from Walcott visit with Kroeger and Garrett. Oda Spencer and Jerry visit Hooker grandparents. Herbert Lambert marries at Hooker. Gray and West visit Schaffer family near Bedford.
Mr and Mrs Paul Tripp and son LaVon of Chillicothe along with Mrs Herman Smith of Brookfield visited Walter Smith on Friday and Saturday. Various relatives gathered for Memorial Day including Dr and Mrs Ernest Linhart Mrs Ruth Bennett and kinfolk at the Knn folk home and others at Brantner and Spencer households. Measles confinement affected Mrs Lloyd Spencer and Carolee while Ethella Newton assists with chores. Several visitors from Detroit Browning La Plata and Tucumcari spent time with Riley Spencer Britton and Straley households and Dess Fanning was listed as ill.
North Eagle items note a Children’s Day program planned at Bear Branch Church on June 15. Ale and Myrle Blackburn are mentioned among attendees or organizers.
Army Camp visit with parents and friends. Margaret Allen returns home after a week and a half with the Roy Mosley household. Leonard Finney helps George Blackburn plow. Crystal Turner and Ruby Tate enroll at Kirksville State Teachers College on Monday. Mr and Mrs Nile Lambert and daughter visit near Shelby. Glenn Wilson and Mrs Ollie Payne of Brookfield visit the Ed Jones home. Roy Mosley and sons visit Alvie Walters Sunday evening. George Shirlett and Shirley spend Saturday in Brookfield. Nellie Kernes fractures ankle in Brookfield and is hospitalized. Ida Wilson Mabel and Roy Mosley visit cemetery and Ed Yogel home. Gerald Finney visits parents Sunday. Happy Ranger Club party with Mrs Stanley Murrain Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Marvin Cooper improving and moved from hospital. Oren Jennings of North Salem visits Alvie Walters Sunday.
Born to Mr and Mrs Earl Hess of Kansas City a 94 lb son. This is the second son for the Hesses. Mrs R W Cassity is on the sick list. Dr McArtor of Brown ing was called to see her Saturday. Mrs Jess Garrett is visiting her
Mrs. Henry Fuller remains quite poorly this week while Mrs. John Hedges and other relatives in Purdin are noted. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ross of Brookfield visited Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McNally and Peggy enjoyed a Michigan vacation. Mrs. Earnest Pearson aided her daughter Geneva and grandson in Kansas City Saturday. Grace Conley visited her father Billie Jenkins and sister Marie Owens. Purdin Baptist Sunday school held a luncheon picnic at the schoolyard once more. Effie Putnam expects son Wallace family to spend a Missouri vacation week starting soon after leaving Phoenix Arizona.
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