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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
4
A Browning Missouri column reflects on vacation habits for local families, mortgage burdens on farmers, auto injuries, and cautionary notes about bluffing and mail order ads. It contrasts public figures with true officeholders and warns readers about scams and double standards in town life.
Local notices report Civiliek family visits and gatherings. Mrs Maggie Brewer and Ver nice Christian spent Friday evening with Olive McConnell. Arthur Watson and family visited daughter Doris Bailey. Sam Franklin and family visited Perry Christian on Sunday. Various neighbors visited Cordrays and Milhoans around the weekend.
A rainy Monday in North Salem accompanied by local notes on farm misfortune as Clay Moore loses a bay mare. Edd Head and Henry Craig head to Kansas for harvest. Brookfield and Linneus visits noted. Nearby families and a village charivari greet Woodrow Deskins and wife with candy and cigars as well wishes are offered. Charley Cordray Junior featured in closing line.
Reconstruction of small town life notes shows Clyta Peavler and Madie Stone returning home from work and visiting relatives. Twenty six attendees at Sunday School. Gail Barry and Cotton Per ler hosted family at their home. Ella Head visiting sister-in-law while Edd harvests. Lem Thomas and Evelyn Thomas return to Hum boldt Kansas after visits with Forrest Thomas. Leo Peavler family and others attend Baker Church services. Vernice Stephenson and Reta Guffey host a meeting through the week.
Sunday about sixty relatives and friends gathered at Harold Cooper's home to celebrate his birthday with a large cake bearing 27 candles. The notice also lists visits from Ed Sayers and many local families, plus a birth announcement for an 84 pound baby girl born Monday morning to Clarence Crookshanks and wife, with several interwoven Sunday visit reports across the community.
Elsworth Smith who works in Kansas City spent the weekend with his mother Ada Smith and sister Edith. Mr and Mrs Duane Ford and children Ruby Chester Charles Dale Jerry and Jackie were Sunday visitors.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephenson and others spent Sunday at various homes including the Ralph Pipes and Walter McKay Millard Swank residences. Beverly Rusk leaves Geneseo Ill after visiting relatives. Fern Reeder of Quincy former Reger area becomes proud mother of a six pound girl born June 12. Reeder was formerly Miss Bessie Ford. The Stephen sons and Brinkleys also visited Johnnie Stephenson home.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris hosted and travelled to Hannibal to be near a doctor for Mrs Morris. Cordell Thompson of Barring visited Morris couple Friday and Saturday. Lilburn Gilmer and Price Gilmer paid Thursday night calls. A birthday dinner gathered Tom Morris Omi Phillips Harold Coopers. Rodeo attendance at Chillicothe Sunday afternoon featured several families.
Miss Marjorie Tripp stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Dickinson from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Britten and children, and Mrs. Mable Lambert with daughter Sonja at John Longwell's. Ronald Tripp visited Richard and Eldon Head, and families gathered with Mrs. Belle Davis and relatives from St. Louis. Miss Mildred Minor of Brookfield spent a week with the Steele and Longwell households.
Bert attended the rodeo in Boston on Sunday and Allen helped entertain spectators by riding. Mr and Mrs Jay Tripp and children of Brookfield spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson. Sunday dinner guests included multiple local couples and families. John Longwell received word that his Uncle Lewis Zelmer passed away in Wellman Iowa Friday morning.
Mrs McReynolds and baby of Kansas City spent last week with her parents G F Davis. Miss Imogene Maggart of near St Louis returned home here. Mr and Mrs Tommy Breeding and family near Pollock spent Sunday with relatives. Willie Grindstaff and family visited A J Myers near Pollock. Samuel Broyles and others spent Sunday afternoon June 11 with Glen Teele west of Milan. Glen Collins returned from Arkansas. Darran Johnson left for Kansas to seek work. I G Grandstaff and family visited Pollock. Ruth Lovelle returned from St Louis to stay with home folks. Amber Alexander of Milan stays with W A Reger while Mrs Reger and Maude travel to California.
Maude's health is hoped to improve soon. Mr and Mrs Eddie Tipton of Humphreys spent Saturday night with his parents Mr and Mrs James Tipton. Mr and Mrs Mell Burress of near Humphreys visited relatives in the vicinity Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Effie Pulliam and son spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Pearson. London Hamner and a Detroit visiting family came Sunday. Earnest Pearson went to St Louis with calves last week. Cecil Smith did the trucking. Mr and Mrs Charley McNally visited relatives at Purdin and Linneus. Mr and Mrs John Latta hosted Charley Johnson and Miss Latta. Ed Ogle visited in St Joseph with a patient in the sanitarium.
Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson and family hosted Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs L A Dickinson and Ronald Tripp with Larry Hale and Wayne Britton plus May Smith Agnes Stone Kitty Longwell and Mabel Rulon visiting. Merilee Ware and Waverly Ware visited Dorothy Head on Sunday afternoon. Raymond Anderson and Mrs Brookfield visitors on Monday.
Mr and Mrs L A Dickinson traded in Browning on Monday afternoon. Theodore Steele Fessie Miner and Mrs Alpha Christy were in Brookfield on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and children and Miss Margaret Deskins visited John Longwell Sunday evening. The Stitch and Chatter Club met with Blanche Head on Thursday June 8. Wayne Britton spent Tuesday with Archie Dickinson.
The piece argues there is no age limit to a man's usefulness. It praises age for experience while recognizing youth for energy. It cites Ford at 75 as a successful example and asserts that both age and youth are valuable in business. Browning is referenced to support the balance between mind and vigor.
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