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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
1
Farmers are busy with wheat and oats as harvests progress. Wheat grain turned color with Friday’s heat, oats ripened quickly, and haying accelerates. Some finish clover and alfalfa storage while others start or finish threshing next week. a white face bull is offered for sale by J. H. Payne.
Twelve teachers from the local area are now in college taking special work. Supt. Arthur Brass field and grade teachers Miss Lor raine Glaze and Edward Williams represent the faculty. Other teachers include Mrs. Doris Dell Evelyn Haley Jenkins Virginia Jennings Gooch Maxine Riley Johnson Eva Wilhite Miss Faith Smith August Steele and Carl Porter as resident students at K S T C. Harvey Dickinson is enrolled at Illinois University having accepted a teaching position there.
Dry Ridge Church hosts an ice cream supper on Tuesday night June 30 inviting everyone to attend.
Diary style entries recount political views about Roosevelt and Landon, a plan for 400 dollars at age 60, a police party anecdote, Ma's unclear remark, a question about Mister Gillem’s card games for money, Pa’s remarks about a lady dentist, and a child’s view of a hot dusty day at play with Uncle Hengland pressing near the neck.
A fragment notes a man who dislikes arguments and expects Sunday to resemble forever, lamenting there is no school and every day feels like Sunday except Sunday school, with a resigned tone about the future.
Concerts are assured by business leaders with arrangements for Wednesday night performances through the summer. In Edward Williams absence L. E. Atherton of Milan will direct ensuring continued good programs. The platform will be set up in various business district locations to give all equal access. The drawing is attracting large crowds similar to weekend assemblies.
Records in Jefferson City show no highway construction plans near Browning for the year. With seasonal rains, mud will persist for at least the next twelve months.
A Brookfield Missouri jeweler James and Son emphasizes discriminating taste in engagement and wedding rings as a hallmark of weddings, highlighting their diamond collection and custom services for brides seeking refined jewelry.
Frigid heat peaked Friday with sun and winds above typical. Thermometer surpassed 100 in shade. crops suffered severe stress as corn wilted while oats, wheat, grass and hay scorched. Since then winds eased and nights cooled, but gardens show sickly, scorched looks across beans peas potatoes and sweet corn.
A theft Saturday night or during the week took about five dozen hens from the home of Misses Genevieve and Mary Shepheard while they were away. Sheriff John Lee of Milan and multiple crews are pursuing suspects as a diligent search continues for justice.
A brief public notice states that printing services are offered at “live and let live” price terms. No further details on scope or dates are provided.
Relatives and friends gathered Saturday evening at Mrs Ott Stone s home to celebrate her birthday with a surprise party. Attendees included Mrs Cordin Swise good Mrs Tom McCown Mr and Mrs Dan Freeland Mr and Mrs Cliff Peterson Mr and Mrs Arthur Haley Mr and Mrs Chas Williams Mr and Mrs John Mullins Mr Guy Adams and daughter Orryl and Mr and Mrs Ott Stone. Ice cream and cookies were served by the visitors before guests departed wishing many more birthdays.
A Hum mel Wesley class spent a calm June gathering at Moa and Mrs Garrett Prather's country home. Reba Hummel led a brief service on giving one’s best to the Master before needlework and visiting. Friends from town and country joined in a potluck luncheon with ice cream and cake.
The G P Club met May 28 with fifteen members and four visitors. They quilted a day quilt and shared a covered dish luncheon. June 11 hosted by another member drew eighteen members and eight visitors, including Mrs Eliza Burke, with two readings and a necktie quilt.
The Friendship Circle Club met with Mrs. Jim Slater for an afternoon gathering on June 17. Members and visitors joined in singing Old Rugged Cross, shared garden hints, and heard readings by Edna Bagley and Lucy Houser. Frances Smith, Edna, and Margaret Bley provided music. Loy Slater and Jewell Blender performed stunts. Mr. Allen gave a talk on gardens and garden insects and how to control them. The meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer. Eight members and seven visitors attended.
The article lists participants Kathryn Bessie Doro ny Mildred Smith Bernice Gooch Ruth Patterson Vera Bagley and others including Mr. Allen Erwin Smith and Jim Sla ter with many children. A meeting was planned with Mrs. Ed Ogle. On Friday June 19 the 4 H club boys sponsored by the Friendship Circle Club presented Keeping Kitty's Dates to a well attended audience, Earl Stone drew the lucky number, and a quilt from the club was shown.
Mrs Burton Carr hosted the Cinderella Club with twelve members and guests at four tables of bridge. After seven games, a two dinner was served and Mrs Bisa Portes won high score. Also announces Max Brown of Lin tus for Linn County sheriff candidate, and urges opposition to Democratic voters in the August primary.
Celebrations marked June birthdays with dinners and gatherings. Mrs. Tom Ford and Mrs. Mollie Ford honored with meals on June 21 and 24, hosting friends and relatives including Tiptons Stephenson Brinks and more. A separate surprise birthday for Mrs. A C Brinkley occurred June 19 with a noon cake and social time. Ride A Wee Club’s Violet Bridge luncheon on June 17 featured Miss Patri Boach as guest with high score and traveling prizes awarded.
A countywide grasshopper outbreak endangers corn, clover, beans, and tomatoes as hot dry weather intensifies damage. Emergency Agent Rolla A. Baugher advocates poison bran bait using bran, Paris green or arsenic, moistened with water and molasses to cover ten acres. Second applications may follow in four days.
A telegram from the County Agent office states that farmers in the Soil Conservation Program who lost their spring sown grasses or legumes may rework fields and seed any time before September 1. Any grass or legume meets the Class I payment requirement.
An important item of success in growing soybeans is keeping the weeds and grass under control. Rolla A. Baugher, Emergency County Agent, states that this can be most efficiently done by using the smoothing harrow or rotary hoe. Noel Baldridge, Walter Connell and Jas. E. May all have.
Mr and Mrs Ora Smith near Humphreys raise 300 chicks in a newly built brooder at a cost of about 25 dollars. By week three, 285 chicks remain healthy and nearly broiler size, using fresh range growing mash strict sanitation and Extension Service guidance.
A purebred Jersey bull aged one year, identified as L. T. Finney, is prepared for presentation at the local farm event. The register notes the animal’s pedigree and readiness for judging.
About forty farmers from Sullivan County gathered in Milan last Wednesday to discuss turkey production problems. Emergency County Agent Rol la A Baugher noted shifts from hit or miss methods to proven practices from successful producers and experiment stations. Several women reported hatching poults in chicken egg incubators with low mortality, using balanced starting rations and confinement to avoid coccidiosis and blackhead. Milk is included in rations, but liquid milk is avoided when flies are numerous. Worms, likely a major health obstacle, may require capsules, though not for poults under three months. Continued on back page.
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