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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
4
The notice records establishment of a publication in Browning Missouri with a price of $1.50 per year and its designation as second class matter at the local post office under the 1879 act.
A collection of short, humorous or didactic quips from readers. Items range from old sayings about valuing small things to commentary on work, rainfall advertising in summer, and a Browning joke about a woman’s speech. Tales include a bum asking for a dime for musk and a masked welder courting a girl.
Mr and Mrs B O Brantner and Mrs Alta Bauswell visited Mr and Mrs C W Newton last Monday afternoon. The Willing Workers Club met at Doris Brantner’s with attendees including B Q Brantner Alta Bauswell E W Riley and Eugene Effie Britton Jessie Pansy Britton and Robert Lynn. The Stitch and Chatter Club gathered at Effie Britton’s last Thursday. John Tucker and family hosted visits from the Tuckers and Riddle households. Edwin Tucker spent time in Kirksville and Wesley Brantner’s house was wired last week.
Social updates from Dickinson region with visits and dinners. Families mentioned include the Lamberts, Hookers, Woodfields, and Heads. Calvin Lambert begins at Central College in Fayette. Norman Woodside attends a club with Mrs. Wayne Britton.
Morning Sun, Iowa, gathers news of local visits as Mr and Mrs Frank Belzer and children spend Saturday with Allen Belzer and family. Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and daughters Lucille and Laoma visit Raymond Browning and Wilma Browning Sunday evening. John Longwell and Daniel Gray learn of Henry Guilford's death near Hale from a heart attack while checking cattle.
John Simpson and the Hunt family visited relatives in Brookfield on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Art Tripp shopped in Purdin Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Chas Thudium of Brookfield attended a club meeting at Mrs Lawrence Thudium's recently and visited Mrs Bertha Burkholder. Welcome to our old neighbors.
Sc o tt s vi lle residents share visits from Trenton Davenport Iowa and Milan families with Aubin McClaren and others. The group works on a new road west of Scottsville while local youth attend Vacation Bible school and a teaching post at Smith and Warren schools. A recent rain is noted as a pleasant weather event.
A fine rain fell last Saturday to ease drought. Ed Almond lies ill with his children by his bedside. Hattie Jennings hosted visitors at the Almond home. Several neighbors dropped by Sunday including Bev Franklin Vera Brammer and others from Davenport. Billie Scott celebrated his 21st birthday with a dinner hosted by Mrs. Marvin Stephenson. Billie Spencer Law and Junior visited Green City. Billie Scott, home on Merchant Marine leave, joined Dolores Stephenson in Kansas City trip with family members.
Farmers finish late corn planting due to wet weather and prepare fields for cultivation. Art Tripp repairs his house and outbuildings with Albert Lambert and Ben Jones assisting. Bertha Burkholder visits son Luster Thudium family. Prof. Fred L. Jones and sons from Iowa City stay with E. E. Thudium. Ben Jones from Fruitland Idaho also visits. Orville and Richard Thudium families host guests. Milktred Carter from New Boston stays with Orville Thudium. Arthur Coram ill but improving. Harvey Smith joins E. E. Thudium for a Sunday fishing party. Geo Thudium shops locally.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kimbrough visited Sunday with Mrs. E W Riley. Families and neighbors traveled to Brookfield and Kirksville for visits and strawberry canning. Several residents joined in visits to Columbia for summer schooling and family gatherings near the Tucker and Tucker family homes.
Mrs. Alpha Powell and city residents share in a small community update. Mrs. Tom Bennett lost her brooder house and 300 baby chickens to a recent fire. Kansas City visitors Chas Smith and daughter visited Roscoe Powell’s family. Allen Watson Lavaughn Gooch and Clinton Powell left for Kansas harvest work. Sunday guests at Roscoe Powell’s home included Chas Smith Frances Karol Delorum Tharp and Roger Tharp.
The Probate Court of Linn County Missouri granted letters of administration for the estate of Dora Street on April 30 1946 to I G Schrock the administrator. Creditors must present claims within six months of the grant or be barred. claims not presented within one year are forever barred. Attest Arthur L Pratt Judge of Probate Court. First insertion May 30 1946.
Mr and Mrs Donald George were Sunday evening callers at a local residence, sharing hospitality and casual conversation with the hosts. The brief social call reflects typical community visiting patterns described in the clipping.
Readable fragments indicate references to a family, specifically noting parents named Mr and Mrs Hardin George. No clear event, date, or location is present to establish a fuller summary.
Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kmibrough included their daughter Frances Karol of Kan.
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