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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
4
Community notes from Browning Missouri cover a Children's Day event at White Oak, visits among residents, and family gatherings. Neighbors include Milda Pratt sailing to Yosh ing, Okla.. Tutored by Te Brookshier. Klingin smiths with Freddie Havens kin. tent meeting reports. farm work noted as wet ground aids plowing. locals travel to Kirksville and Green City.
Charley Pipes suffered a nail wound in the foot. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morris spent Saturday night in Bowling with Mr. and Mrs. John Robison. Curt Pipes of Cora visited Charley Pipes. Miss Eula Christy visited Verda and Anna Mary Pipes. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore of Brookfield visited the Morris home Sunday evening.
The weather is wonderful at this writing. W. J. Batley was in Shelby on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Finney and family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bauer visited Brookfield on Saturday. Edith Burkholder visited Mrs. Wilson Saturday night. M and Ms Albert Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dodge and family visited T. L. McDonald's Thursday.
Perry McCollum and family of Kirksville visited at his brother I. J. McCollum's home for a weekend gathering. Otis McCollum and Perry Christian drove a truckload of lambs to Purdin on Saturday, with Hershell Turner handling the transport. A good rain fell Saturday night following a week of heat and dryness.
Heavy rain causes Parson Creek to overflow north of SHAFTER, flooding corn and the road west of town. A morning shower preceded the flood and locals note they have never seen a flood without rain. Community notices recount a busy week with social events, visits, and a serious injury as Fern Grice was kicked in the face and needed stitches.
Letters of administration on the estate of William Robinson deceased were granted to the undersigned by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court on June 8 1931. Claimants must file within six months for allowance or be barred within one year. notices sent to creditors and heirs. Attest: K M Duncan Administrator Arthur L Pratt Judge of Probate and Mrs George Phillips and sons. Miss Esther Phillips and Leona Garrett hosted guests in Bowing. Julice Wood departed for Nebraska to harvest. Mrs R E Smith shopped in Pur din for store goods. Mr and Mrs Dallas Falconer and sons visited Mrs Carrie Bowyer.
Crowded out last week notes crowd at a ball game in Browning and farmers plowing corn between showers. Fern Carter and J J Smith bought lambs nearby. Jim Slater family visited sister in Purdin and Maretta Bramhall of Unionville spent the weekend with the Slaters. Frank Bauer family visited Leon Gooch family. Elmer Penhale visited Roscoe Slater. Charley Johns family traveled to Purdin on business. Will Cumbo family shopped in Purdin. Gooch and Nile Bauer took their father to Kirksville for examination.
Weather has settled after heavy rains. Luther Tauck hauled hogs to Purdin for El wood Trudium. Roy Burkholder and family from Trenton visited W. J. Burkholder. Roy Maxwell and wife shopped in Purdin. Susie Ashbrook remains ill. Orville Thudium and family in Brookfield after baby chicks. Elwood Thudium family visited Mrs. Catt ey. Bennie Burkholder and wife shopped in Purdin.
Warm weather boosts optimism for the corn crop as local residents report social visits and stock movements. Richard Thudium and Earl Helms spent Saturday night together, while Orville Mott visited Frank Belzer’s home on Sunday. Simon Head visited Jeff Mott Sunday afternoon. Luther Lauck and Orville Thudium hauled stock to St. Joseph.
Robert Walters worked for Ellwood Triudium Monday. Ben Cattey and family visited the Luther Lauch home Sunday. Ivy Walters still works at Lena Bailey's in North Salem. Miss Lottie Belzer seen early Monday en route to grandmother. Mr and Mrs W L Rulon visited Jeff Mott Sunday evening. The Young Peoples meeting at Mt Hope drew a good crowd Sunday night.
On Tuesday in Purdin Miss Mildred Gooch visited Mrs Lela Badger and returned home Sunday night with Mrs Badger. Charley Johns and daughter were in Purdin on business Saturday. Ray Bauer and wife with Mrs Leon Gooch and Miss Mildred Gooch shopped in Brookfield on Wednesday. Mont Cumbo and wife spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Will Cumbo.
Rev Wells of Pollock filled his appointment at Cross Roads on Saturday and Sunday. Myron Tharp and wife of Pur din visited the grandparents Monday night. Mrs Willie Boyd and children of north of Milan visited with J P Robinson's over the weekend. Mrs Lot Langdon and son visiting at W I Langdon home. A large crowd attended the White Oak Grove program and dinner on Sunday.
The note urges readers to support local advertisers in the newspaper, claiming they will be treated well. It emphasizes patronage of merchants who place ads and suggests benefits from doing so.
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