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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
4
A collection of light comments on fashion, work, beauty, and civic pride. It notes resistance to change like men avoiding checked suits and praises communal effort on weekends. It muses on war bond ads, habits, horse riding, candy, and gardening while urging lasting improvements.
Chester Finney and family from Jefferson City spent the weekend with home folks. Mrs. Alex Finney and Miss Elva Monroe are visiting at Vivian Powell’s after a hospital discharge. Local farmers welcome rain and plan for canning as fruit ripens. Jolly Janes Club met with Opal Gall. Families visited, shopped, and worked on barn and corn fields around Shelby.
Mr and Mrs Roger Barklay and Mary Ellen of Milan visited Everett Harris and Fred Watson. Miss Eleanor and Ruth Knight returned from Hesperus Colorado to spend summer with the Knight family. Mr and Mrs Wiley Taylor visited the Kibble home near Green Castle. Mrs Kibble is reported improving as the Happy Workers Club met.
Announced is Mrs. Maxine Perkins as a Democratic candidate for Linn County Circuit Clerk subject to primary election voters on Tuesday August 4 1942 in Missouri.
Circuit Clerk Ruth Bogart of Missouri is noted as subject to the will dated August 4, 1942, with reference to the probate filing and potential succession or administration of estate matters. The notice implies legal action under the will and probate procedures.
County Clerk C E Swinney as a candidate for Clerk of the County Court under the Democratic ticket. Primary election set for Tuesday August 4 1942.
The prosecuting attorney candidate C. B. Burns announces seeking the Democratic nomination at the primary election to be held August 4, 1942. He states he is authorized to announce his candidacy. Burns aims to lead Linn County legal actions and uphold Democratic support.
A Linn County recorder of deeds notice outlines official actions and legal procedures under the county will, detailing how property records are managed and the authority guiding the filing and release of deeds and related documents.
Judge Joe Edmundson runs as a Democratic candidate for the Western District seat in Linn County subject to primary voting on August 4. The statement emphasizes the primary election path and party designation without detailing further campaign points.
The Recorder of Deeds race in Linn County is scheduled for Tuesday August 4 1942. Voters will choose the candidate to hold the county recorder post and manage deeds records and related duties.
County Clerk Harry Rhodes announces he is subject to the will of Republican voters in the primary election to be held Tuesday August 4 1942.
At the Grien residence Harris hosted a gathering with twelve members present. Bennie Brantner escorted Arthur Morris and Wesley Brantner to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester last Tuesday for examinations. Mrs. Neilie Brown visited the Wiley Taylor home on Sunday.
A nostalgic feature recalls the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Iowa, its founding tale from 1864, donor gifts including the bell, and the site now drawing 50 to 60 thousand visitors yearly while recalling Francis Scott Key and William Savage Pitts.
Miss Lois Davis of Kansas City visits her father G. F. Davis while Mrs. Myrtle Williams and daughters visit Green City relatives. Herman Harris working in Kansas City comes home to see family. Tilda McClarren and son Earl visit Milan relatives. Grant Smith visits Robert Stephenson Sr. and Billy joins parents at the Woodside home.
The Morris Chapel 4H club met June 8 with Betty Kimbrough and full attendance from members, parents, and visitors. Reports covered flocks and grooming, feeding chickens, wildlife conservation, starting baby chicks, plus a song by the girls and a piano accompaniment by Arlene Oertwig. Next gathering with the Cooper children is June 17.
Mr and Mrs Earl Clements and son of Burlington Iowa visit relatives in town and Milan. Mrs Everett Ogle and children of Laclede spend Sunday with Pee staff. Ike Grind staff and Ray Grindstaff with daughter visit from Pollock. S G Broyles home hosts J W Mack of Kansas City and Mrs Mildred Grisa mer of Kirksville. Forrest Robinson and baby from Detroit stay with Mrs C E Maggart and Mr Maggart. Mrs Herb Williams of Humphreys spends Sunday afternoon with J D Tunnell. Mrs C E Burress and daughter Imogene spend Thursday with Robert Stephenson Sr. and Maude Reger of Kansas City visits her parents.
Rain refreshed the area cooling air after a 103 degree Friday. Mont Burris is ill. Frances Ogle returned from Kansas City after two months with her daughter May. Lon and Hattie McNally and family hosted visitors. Baskett family traveled to Louisiana Missouri with aunt Jane Hardin. Will Western recovered at the Lumber Yard. Bowyer family visited Leland Cassity and relatives. Cassity hosted Presley Cassity. Jess Garrett visited John Hedges. Frances Ogle attended a Sunday luncheon with Eva Williams. Walter Leibhart and family noted in notes.
The article notes Wilma Cooper of Kirksville State Teachers College spending the weekend at home, describing a quiet social interlude and local visit.
Ola Creason and family hosted guests including Gale and Billy Davis and Nolan Creason party. The Gooch and Falconer families called on Babe Kimbrough. Rev Hines started a bi monthly Bible class at Morris Chapel. J D Gall of Kansas City visited relatives. Elizabeth Ann and Lois Ellen Cooper called on Betty Kimbrough Sunday evening.
Crowded out last week, Kermit Lambert traveled to Iowa after two corn loads. A string of Wednesday to Sunday visits occurred among the Belzers Longwells and Steeles in Browning, Browning area, and nearby towns. Allen Belzer and family plus others went to Wapello for a late Thursday, with Allen heading to Fort Maines for army examination Friday morning.
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