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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
4
A reader laments political rhetoric and public behavior, jests about ties and gravy, notes shifts in global spots, and oddly muses on topics from children with apples to teachers, dandelions, safety razors, war bonds, and baseball vitamins. The tone blends satire with everyday concerns.
A rain fell Sunday evening with social visits noted. Mr and Mrs Fritz Brinkley and daughters visited Cora. Ray Wattenbarger and family shopped in Milan. Bev Franklin of Kansas City Verl Franklin and daughter of Brookfield visited Tom Jennings. Roy Konnong and Mrs. Jennings hosted Saturday callers. Junior Langdon and James Jennings traded cars. Jay Wattenbarger found work with Walter Hillman in Milan. Mary and Carolyn Wattenbarger visited Tom Jennings Sunday afternoon.
Sudden temperature drop brings cool spells and rain demand. Uncle Dan Thudium remains very ill with friends hoping for recovery. Brooks Buckman family from Purdin visited Hubert Beskett and wife. Susie Riedl visited sister Ora Mott. Bertha and Edith Burkholder went to New Boston. E E Thudhum family attended church at Newm as with Gertude Thudhum and Garnet Thuchum. Albert Dodge visited Perry Baker home.
Mr and Mrs Jno Bauer hosted dinner Sunday for their grandson Ellis Bailey who has served eight months in an Idaho camp and is now heading to Norfolk Virginia Ellis is in the Navy and reports enjoying his work. Jno Thudium and Harry Overstreet families traveled from Kirksville to visit Charley Thudium and Daniel Thudium. Jno Davis remains poorly but friendly wishes pour in from relatives. E E Thudium and wife visited the Bauer and Thudium homes Sunday afternoon.
This morning is a fine day as farmers plant and cultivate corn. Local residents and visitors are listed visiting relatives, helping with hay, or traveling to nearby towns such as Brookfield Chillicothe and St. Joseph. Notable names include Nyle Hale Wayne Britton Everett Riley and John Tucker with families and friends dropping by throughout the week.
Mr and Mrs Rolan Gooch and son Pearl Goins and Essie Wood shopped in Brookfield one day last week. Lois Cooper visiting Kirksville Teachers College spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Glenn Cooper and family. Red Gooch and family visited Babe Kimbrough home Friday. Urb Johnson and wife visited Arthur Griffeth Saturday night. Delmar Oertwig and wife visited Ora Smith Sunday.
Sunday visitors at the Lee Wood home included C. M. Goins with wife and son, Rolla Gooch and family, Georgiana and Larry Crooks, and Aric Johnson with wife and son. Susie Pullaim of Prook field visited her daughter Red Gooch and family. Eva Wood visited John Wood in Excelsior Springs hospital after an operation. Elmer Stufflehean and spouse called at the Bob Wood home Sunday evening.
Fine rain helped crops while locals made trips to Kansas City and nearby towns. Dale Falconer heads to Army induction. Lila May Garrett starts work there with sisters Doris and Carolee. Families visit kin, shop, and children receive vaccines. various residents host, travel, or call on neighbors in Purden and surrounding areas.
Edith Collins returned home Saturday after weeks with relatives in Oklahoma. Harry McCoy family visited relatives here Sunday. Cal Burress son George Nora Grindstaff Grant Smith visited Unionville Monday. Maude Hastings and son visited her parents W A Reger last week. Dr. Simpson of Milan treated Ollie Burress who is ill. James Tipton hospitalized in Kirksville Saturday. Ray Grindstaff and daughter Hazel visited C E Burress Monday afternoon.
Miss Maxine Thomas and a Kirksville companion spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas and their boys. Elizabeth Derrybury, employed in Trenton, visited Lewis Melton Norris and Bonnie. Ethel Rottmann, Georgia Crookshanks, and their sons called on Mrs. W. E. Sayers. Carole Sayers shared Sunday with Catherine and Margaret Wood. Clarence Shafer and daughters visited Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rottmann. Week-end guests of W. R. Young and Albert Young included Jimmy Crooks and family, Billy Keiling of Kansas City, and Curtis Williams group from Dallas. Sunday guests were Kenneth Young and his boys. Norris Pew of near Haseville learned Sunday his grandson Norris Pew was miss-
Mr and Mrs Earl Van Dyke hosted a Sunday gathering with Mary Catherine and David. Russell Graham and family and Ronald Crookshanks joined. Farrell and Donald Warren visited Jimmy Wood that afternoon. T S Bartow delivered a hog load to Chillicothe for Beryl Warren on Saturday.
Mrs. David Hastings and baby return to Kansas City after a week with her parents, Mr and Mrs W A Reger. Lyle Wright of Dallas visits relatives including Richard Had dox and Tom Woodall. Mrs. Vincent Collins arrives home from Tulsa after weeks away. Sgt Vincent Collins is reported to have arrived in England. Several Kirksville residents visit relatives in Milan and near Mt Zion. other local visits include Mr and Mrs Albert Smith and Mrs Emily Sayre’s family.
County extension agents issue War Production Hints including a Home Canning Guide with new processing periods and 1944 jar lid usage. Free guides are supplied to homemakers through local extension offices. The West Linn 4H Club picnic at Cecil Reed's farm featured pond planting and wildlife development. Garden peas picked in the morning stay sweeter, and proper storage preserves sweetness. Ticks and lice feed. removing them boosts lamb growth and fleece weight. Linn County Sheep and Wool Growers operate a dipping tank that dipped 6,000 sheep last year.
Twenty leaders from Women’s Extension Clubs in the county have attended slip-pattern training meetings. One more training session is scheduled at Shelby High School.
Practical guidance on cucumber dusting mixes with calcium arsenate gypsum or cryolite gypsum and timing from crop emergence to vine start. Vaccination for fowl pox urged with chicken pox vaccine and bottle instructions. A leadership meeting on Favorite Desserts Under Rationing set for June 23 with Letha Jopling. Feed insurance via sorghum, silage and fodder plans with specified seed rates and atlas varieties.
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