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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
8
Orval Hamman is pastor and Carl Drake superintendent. Sunday School meets at 10:00 a m each Sunday. Preaching services are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m. You are invited to attend these services.
Church of Christ invites all to Sunday School and Communion each Sunday at 10 00. Jas P Bolling serves as superintendent with classes for all ages and a welcoming message for parishioners and visitors.
The Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. weekly led by W. P. Nickell, Superintendent. Preaching is on the second Sundays of each month at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
J Y Norfolk reports Pastor Herman L. Schrock leads preaching services on the first and third Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Prayer meeting planned at the Baptist Church at 7 45 PM followed by preaching services.
Mr and Mrs Joe Kelso and family of Laredo and Mr and Mrs Wesley Peters joined a Rothville Park picnic in Moberly Missouri to celebrate the Standard Oil Co founding anniversary. About two hundred attended as fishing, baseball, swimming, tennis and other sports were enjoyed.
Lloyd Newton spent Sunday with home folks as thirty children gathered June 18 at Spencer Brittons to celebrate his thirteenth birthday with a lawn party carnival, contests, games, stunts, fruit salad cake and orangeade. Neighbors visited and offered best wishes for many more happy birthdays.
Mr and Mrs Bennie Brantner and Shirley shopped in Browing with the Rileys and Pfeiffers. Shirley consulted a doctor and is improving. Lynden Norris Knifong Fred Skinner attended a rodeo near New Boston. Numerous locals visited Harold Cordray and Van Mairs. Dess Fanning hosted guests from Oklahoma City including Mrs Williamson, formerly Ival Fanning.
Local residents report visitors and travel, with El vi s Martin and his wife in Green City, others in St Joseph and Kirksville for visits and dental work. A Poultry Raisers column urges farmers to keep hens for egg production, citing government data and fall market prospects, followed by a moral on gossip and its ripple effects.
The Phelin Construction Co of Davenport Iowa secured local approval to build a rural electric line extending into Sullivan Grundy Mercer and Harrison counties. The contract covers 344 miles of line at 22 494 dollars and awaits Rural Electrification Administration approval within ten days. All right of way arrangements are nearly complete.
Members of the farmers cooperative begin wiring homes in Sullivan County rural areas. Clay Liberty Taylor and Duncan Townships will receive service from the cooperative. Directors include Glennie R Cochran of Liberty Township and Gus Allen of Taylor Township.
A reflective piece compares everyday acts to pebbles tossed into rivers. It notes how each town, like Browning, has residents who disturb the calm of ordinary life, provoking thoughts on ripple effects and observation.
County Agent Hall and the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce committee met to map the Linn County 4 H Fair for September 22 23. George Alexander and Harley Williams were tasked with obtaining bids for a catalog printing and exhibitors were urged to prepare small grain hay and alfalfa bundles for display. Committees will be named at the June 16 4 H Council meeting in Linneus to work with Brookfield business leaders on fall show plans for Linn and nearby counties, with bike safety highlighted amid rising bicycle sales.
The piece traces the shift from scarce bicycles to common use as students and workers adopt bicycles for commuting and errands. It notes Rent a Bicycle signs are seen in many cities and suggests broad adoption across society.
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