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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
2
A collage of reader notes jokes and observations on thrift paper hanger metal savings worried politics gender age and social trends. It riffs on daily quirks from fashion jokes to paper shortages and public figures with light satirical tone.
Rainy warm weather boosts plant growth and weeds. Local residents host relatives and friends from Brookfield Laclede and Chillicothe. Notable notes include Mrs. Eldora Richardson visiting, Oletha Moore hospitalized for appendicitis, Nurses Training sessions ongoing, and Will Western ill.
Fairview District No 110 reports two weeks of items as a light rain fell with cool wind. Farmers worked fields despite rain, and Sunday visitation was light due to busyness. Mr and Mrs Oral Riddle and Bennie of Rochford NL visited with relatives, along with Mrs Eldon Riddle and baby visiting the first of last week.
John Tucker and M Mrs Doc Smith visited at the John Tucker home Sunday. Local families including the Brittons Brantners Hales and Lantz share road work and visits in Browning Brookfield Kirksville Purdin and Milan. Families travel for gatherings business and poultry purchases over the past week.
Local notes report dry pleasant days with wind and heat. Families visiting relatives include Dodsons of Cera and Head family in Milan, plus Stephen son family from Purdin and Mrs Purley Scott near Milan. Continuous updates note Mrs Elmer Brown’s illness and Rebecca Pearl Head staying with grandmother. John heads to furlough soon.
Johnson District reports Mrs Gail Harris improving after a nose growth consult with a Kirksville doctor. Rev Taylor conducted a Mt Zion meetings in Kirksville with nine converts and Friday baptism at Morris pond. Visitors, including Mrs Swearengen, Mrs McCollum, and Donald, joined at the Taylors home. A liberal contribution came from Mr and Mrs Thos Gorman of Augora.
The Ger mans were residents here years ago and contributed to the cause with thanks to all donors. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harris and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Morris and family shopped in Milan Saturday night. Elder and Mrs. Emerson McAfee of Excelsior Springs Mo spent Friday night with Orlin Harris and Doris. Patricia Thompson stayed with aunt Mrs. Wesley Brantner and attended Mt Zion meetings. Wiley Taylor Harold and Barbara and Mrs Anna Taylor visited Rolla Taylor's Sunday. Mrs Taylor stayed a few days more. Dickie and Charles Franklin visited Franklin Harris Thursday night and Friday.
Mr and Mrs Floy Johnson and daughter visited Urb Johnson’s Tuesday. C M Wood and Ollie Johnson hosted Thursday evening. An ice cream social drew many Friday. Babe Kimbrough and children dined with Edwin Dale Falconer Sunday. Merle Palmer and friend visited Emmett Palmer. Decertwig and son visited Glenn Dunkin Sunday. Goins and Goins and Rolla Gooch families visited Rolla Gooch Sunday evening. Ice cream and strawberries were served.
Pfe Allen Belzer from Camp Crowder visits with his wife and parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Head and family host Marvin, Calvin Lambert, and Nadine Johnson. Lucille Lambert spends Friday night with Helen Ann West. Jesse Longwell and family host Alva Deskins and Phillip McKenzie with Cynthia May Deem and Dixie Belzer. Navy entry for Jack Norris after a visit with Aunt Mrs. John Longwell. Lambert family weekend at Floyd Swisegood. Norman Woodside and children visit Browning.
Arthur Smith arrived Saturday to spend the weekend with his wife. Miss Merle Palmer, employed in Kansas City, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Palmer with a girl friend. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ross and Mrs. Lizzie Lafoon and a friend greeted relatives in Purdin Saturday evening. Mrs. Riley Bales called on the L. M. McNallys Thursday evening.
Saturday and Sunday visits dot Purdin scene as families travel between Brookfield Linneus and Kansas City. Professor Bowman returns to teach term while Mrs Will Western remains about the same. Oletha Moore eyes a homecoming around the 15th if health holds.
Mrs. Melvin Gray and son J W joined her husband Cpl Melvin Gray in Grand Island Nebraska after a month with the Taylors and Homer Grays. Lyle Wickham sheared for several farmers. Mrs Josie Fields helped with eye care and glasses for Mrs Taylor. The Green Valley Club met at Mrs Robert Fields. Various locals, including Wickham Crow Crowdis and others, spent time in Trenton and Milan with farm work and birthdays observed.
Mr and Mrs Porter Sayre are proud parents of an eight pound boy born Monday June 5 at Simpson Hospital in Milan. Dorothy Dixon left Tuesday for Beatrice Nebraska to seek employment.
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