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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
4
Browning Missouri paper details ownership and publishing firm G T Woodward and Fern N Woodward established 1884 with annual subscription two dollars. Paper enters Browning post office as second class matter on Thursday June 21 1951.
Crowded Purden news lists Jimmy Goins arriving in Germany after ten days of travel and set to be stationed in Frankfurt within days. Social notes recount visits by Mr. and Mrs. Brown and others, dinners, and multiple family gatherings across Linneus and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Ora Smith and others visit Kansas City friends Mr and Mrs James Tomlin. The group tours Swope Park and zoo to view a 245 lb turtle. Anna Johnson and son Clovis of Springfield stay with Mrs Eva Helms in Chillicothe, visit Laclede relatives, attend church in Purdin, and linger with town friends. Quinton Carr of Kansas City, Kansas weekends with Bernie and Mrs Darr.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Shatton visited with his sister Mrs Susie Beck and Mr and Mrs Clarence Fanning Sunday evening. Miss Doris Grindstaff spent Sunday and Monday with Miss Anita F McClaren. A dinner was held at the J T Hoselton home in honor of their son Ray home on furlough. Miss Rosalie McClaren, student at KSTC, weekend with family. Mrs Joe Ford has had mumps. Mr and Mrs Robert Rinehart and family and Mr and Mrs Wilson Havens visited Mr and Mrs Buster Rinehart and Donald Gene Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Roscoe Powell hosted a one o’clock Father’s Day dinner with guests including Worthie Hart and family from St. Joseph Evert Dowdy and Debby Imogene Smith and Karol from Kansas City Delorum Tharp and children from Milan Clinton Powell and family Bob Rinehart and children visited Mr and Mrs Wilson Havens for Father’s Day Dowdy and Debby returned home Monday after two weeks with Powell family Nelson Mundell and son also returned to their home.
Mr and Mrs Ned Mundell arrive back home in Moline following a week long vacation with the Mundell parents. Clinton Powell moved into Nelson Brasse fields residence with his family.
Mr and Mrs C M Goins and two nieces shopped in Chillicothe last week. Bobbie Wood dined with the Lee Wood family last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Rolla Gooch visited Browning last Tuesday. Geogianna and Larry Crooks visited the Gooch home early this week. Mr and Mrs T C Palmer called at the E J Turner home in Linneus one day. Mr and Mrs Joe Moore visited Loren Owens in Purdin Sunday. Mr and Mrs Truman Stephenson and Mr and Mrs Lee Wood with Bobbie Wood were Sunday dinner guests at the Lewis Wood home.
Mrs. Allen Belzer Judy and Tommy visit near Meadville for Thursday afternoon. The Jolly Jane Club meets with Georgie Lambert, twenty two members. a shower for Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Gall. Mrs. Gall joins the club. Luther McKenzie visits. Browning and Meadvill area families gather for weekend visits.
Mrs. Bertha Smith of Brookfield visits her son and stays in Shelby. A large group including Mr. and Mrs. John Longwell and families, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lacer, Ellea Floyd and children, Fay Bowyer and Raymond, Philip McKenzie and daughters, and Luther McKennie meets at the Jesse Longwell home Sunday evening.
Norma P Carter executrix of the estate of Jonathan N Carter, deceased, was granted letters testamentary by the probate court of Linn County Missouri on May 28 1951. Creditors must file claims within six months of the grant or be barred. claims not filed within one year from the grant may be escheated. Walter C Hotaling Judge of Probate attests.
A surprise wiener roast honored Mrs Longwell on her 15th birthday with family and friends. Miss Flossie Wyatt visited Browning and spent Sunday with her sister and brother in law Wayne Abbott and John Walden. Guests included Mr and Mrs Roy McCollum Godron McDonald of Brookfield and afternoon visitors Mr and Mrs Harry Lambert Nora Cordray and Roy Cordray.
Notice that letters of administration were granted on June 11 1951 for the estate of Curtis A. Gooch. Creditors must file claims within one year or be barred. K W Gooch and L A Gooch are named as administrators. Walter C. Hotaling Judge of Probate attests with seal.
Wayne Abbott and John Walden made a business trip to Sumner on Saturday, meeting local officials and touring facilities. The visit emphasizes regional commerce and potential partnerships in the area.
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