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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
4
Haseville items note social visits and events. Allen Gra Bast made a business trip to Browning. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hammock were Trenton visitors. Families hosted and visited in Browning and nearby towns.
The notes recount a spell of warm weather with corn planting progressing and plowing underway. Local residents Henry Pur din and others attend court in Linneus. Numerous visits to and from families in Linneus Brookfield Trenton and nearby areas are listed, along with graveside attendance for George Ross from Mississippi.
A brief note states that Garner visited the Will Pulliam home several days last week.
Shelby reports calm conditions the past week with hopes for continued pleasant weather. Earnest Smith bought a new cultivator in Purdin on Monday. Orville Runion Johnnie Burk Quinn Guyer and families shopped in Purdin on Saturday. The Shelby show drew a good crowd Saturday night. Otho Almond with family visited his parents in Shelby Sunday evening. Miss Mildred Gooch spends the week with grandparents near Shelby. Frank Bauer and wife and Curt visited daughter Mrs Leon Gooch on Sunday. Alda McCollum visiting her father in La'lece for a few days.
The past week brought good weather. Miss Helen McColum has been ill with a sore throat for several days. Floyd McCollum attended teachers examinations at Brookfield. Orvill Thuchum and family visited Elvis Martin's. Mrs. Clair Talman spent the weekend with her son J. B. Talman. Elwood Thuchum and family visited I. J. McCollum. Perry Christian and family visited Ben PURDIN'S. Charlie Cordray's birthday prompted a surprise dinner by relatives. Several families gathered at F. M. Cattey's for Sunday.
Friday night guests of Mrs Al lens parents enjoyed a community gathering at Morris Chapel after a 74 member Sunday school day. Herman Phillips and Fredrick Remick visited the Smith boys. Parson Creek Royal Neighbor camp of Shafter hosted twenty eight members from Laredo and Browning camps for an entertainment with ice cream and cake. Neighbors express thanks and hope for another visit soon.
Bruce Seaman died unexpectedly last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Byron Schrock visited Mrs. Elmo Schrock last Wednesday. Mrs. Lloyd Bowyer, ill for two weeks, is improving after treatment in Trenton. A surprise party honored Anna Belle Longwell Saturday night with a large crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Jennings hosted Alden Tharp and Winfred Springer. Visitors from Chillicothe included Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Longwell and family. Byron Schrock home saw Elmo Schrock and Forest Jacobs calling Sunday evening.
Violet McKay and Basel Lay took teachers exams in Brookfield Friday and Saturday. Mrs Dan Bundies and her son were weekend guests of the Baskett family. Mr and Mrs Chester Scrock entertained for Otis Lawrence and daughter Frances Lou and for Dallas Falconer and Mrs Carrie Bowyer. Mary Longwell and Fay Bowyer visited the Schaffers. Farmers are back in the fields with plowing planting and cultivating. Miss Neva Myrick of Kansas City visited relatives. Locust Valley home coming day set for Sunday June 16. all invited.
Rev M A Hale has resigned as pastor of the Church of Christ effective July 1. He and his wife leave Browning with many warm friends wishing them success in future endeavors.
John Myers longtime section foreman dies at home east of Laclede after long illness. He was about sixty and survived by his wife and two sons McKinley and Kenneth. Funeral services were held at the home and interment followed at Laclede cemetery.
W E Moore and Miss Lucile Harbourn wed Sunday evening at the M E Parsonage in this city with Rev W J Cox officiating. Moore is the son of Mrs Sarah Moore of North Salem and a hardworking young man. Harbourn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jas W Harbourn of near Purdin and the couple receive best wishes from friends.
The article warns that bugs and worms fail to supply essential protein for laying hens. It notes poultry keepers often misjudge protein needs in this season and emphasizes a balanced diet to maintain egg production.
Berley Winton of the Missouri College of Agriculture argues against relying on worms and grasshoppers for hen protein. He favors mash fed poultry, noting that profitable keepers provide mash and include animal protein sources like meat scraps milk and tankage, with a suggested mix of bran shorts corn meal meat scraps and salt.
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