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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
4
A playful, fragmented monologue riffs on Fourth of July safety, Browning readers, and social change. It jokes about workers, fashion, luck, and garden motifs, hinting at shifts in culture and appetite for conformity.
Pvt. Earl McClaren of Camp Carson visits his mother Mrs. Tilda McClaren and travels with her to Milan to see sister Mrs. Jack Ransom. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smith visit from Sunday to attend Elsworth and Hetbie Oliver wedding. Families from Newtown Iowa Kirksville and Milan share baptisms and visits.
A fragment notes Mrs. Dora Cornwell and her son welcome activity at Shelby-Cross Roads as essential workers or locals adjust to new tasks near their residence.
Darwin residents shopped in Purdin on Friday while rains hampered gardens. The Powell and Spencer households delivered and visited in Brookfield and Omaha, with 22 pints of canned peas prepared Wednesday.
Warm weather allows farmers to work fields as planting nears. Local residents report visitors from St. Louis and Brookfield, plus social visits to Everett Riley and Mary Tucker. Dr. McArtor treated Minnie Coffman. Miss Ethella Newton helped with chores amid another heavy Tuesday rain.
Sun and warmth spur growth and weeds in Purdin fields while recent rains keep some plots wet. Pvt. Van Vencill heads to Texas camp after a ten day visit. Property changes as Charley Bagley and Claude Moore buy town lots. Local visits include the McNally, Bowls, Hess, Brown, Pullicm and Smith families. Earl Hess released from hospital. Aunt Sally Smith ill.
Mrs Effie Pulliam hosted a phone call from her son Friday afternoon. Mrs Kroeger and son Gil bert left Thursday for a ten day visit with relatives in Kentucky. Mrs Lee Hardin visited Mrs May Johnson Friday afternoon. Johnson is reported to be about the same. Donna Ray Hess visited her aunt Mrs Imoline Thorne Thursday night and Friday.
Edna Lee and Keith Smith of Roger stayed with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Allen McClaren. Herman Harris returned from Wyoming and felt poorly. Allen Fanning and son visited Milan Saturday. Marjorie Vern Taylor stayed with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Will Kem ley. Local folks shopped in Browning and many plowed corn as warm weather continues. Several helped Harris with shingling and post work. Mrs. Monroe White and children visited sister Mrs. Dewain Ford. Mrs. Allen McClaren and children visited Tilda McClaren in Roger. The corn crop suffers weedy growth and some plots remain unplowed.
Afternoon visitors included Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cordray Norvell Ruby Hubert and Deloris Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cordray and Patsy Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cordray and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Desking and Joan Kay Walter Watson spent Sunday with Kermit Head.
North Salem residents hosted and visited friends and relatives from Kirksville Kirksville LaPlata Detroit and Sedalia. The period publicized gatherings included Father's Day visits Camp Maxey Texas a Temperance Lecture by Richard W. Lantz and a Browning show outing.
A sequence of social notices from LaBelle and Milan includes the Yardleys visiting friends after the Chas Smith funeral in Milan, the engagement of Velma McKay to Paul Yardley, and a seven oclock wedding dinner for the couple in Kansas City. Attendees include multiple families from Milan Roger and nearby towns, with later travel to Richmond Va for Camp Perry.
Two bulletins from the State Department of Education are being prepared. How to Use the Course of Study aids beginners and returning teachers amid wartime shortages. Missouri Schools in Wartime explains its own topic. Distribution is planned for early August.
From September to May Missouri schools sold 7 717 886 86 in war bonds and stamps, 476 3 percent of the quota, enough to fund 8575 Jeeps or assist with aircraft and pontoon bridges. May sales and April totals push the figures higher, with September sales at 160 011 and April at 3 921 598.
Citizens urged to fund the war effort through bonds every payday. The piece stresses personal sacrifice beyond necessities to back allies and defeat Nazis and Japan, highlighting family support and collective commitment at home.
A Browning writer argues that staying busy reduces fault finding and criticism of others. He urges curb of judgment, noting people differ in habits and spending, and suggests activity can foster charity and occupier idle minds.
Frozen foods stay close to fresh quality when stored in a freezer locker but at a cost. Dry pack adds sugar directly to fruit for quick freezing, while syrup packing uses 40 percent sugar syrup and is common for most fruits. Strawberry is often dry packed, while sliced berries stretch portions. allow head space and chill syrup beforehand.
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