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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
4
Fern N Woodward G T Woodward owners and publishers serve Browning Missouri with their established paper since 1884. The 1946 annual issue notes a subscription price of 1.50 per year and lists printing as second class matter at the Browning post office under March 1879 act. Thursday June 27 1946.
The Young Family reunion will be held Sunday June 30 at Samapson Park in Chillicothe. Residents and relatives are urged to attend this community gathering at the local park.
An editorial fragment reflects on hardship and dignity in Browning society. It notes sugar rationing affects cooks and households while fats and soaps vary by family. Observations consider marriages, manners at home, and humorous contrasts in daily life.
The Bear Branch 4-H Club celebrated Dorothy Kearns birthday at her home on June 15. Carwin Cornwall helps in hay at Aunt Lizzie Cornweall's. Brower Kearns and Kenneth Richardson bought registered sheep in Brunswick last week. Dora Cornwall shopped in Brookfield Friday and attended a community sale and sheep sale. George Sandfort lost a cow by fighting Wednesday morning. The area had two rains farmers welcomed. Plowing corn and haying busy. Dora Cornwall and Carwin hosted Sunday dinner with Ver Nester and family from Brookfield. Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Powell visited H N Jaynes Sunday afternoon. Elva Monroe visited Purdin for medical care last week.
Mr and Mrs Fred Smith and daughters spent Sunday with Will Kenley. Attendance at Schrock Sunday School on June 23 was 50. Vacation Bible School starts July 1. Hubert Atkins and Rosa Dodson visited in Trenton Thursday. William Fields visiting Robert Fields and sons. Raymond Smith family spent Sunday with Allen Fanning. Thelma Swank visited her cousin Nadine McKay. Havens and Rinehart families visited Buster Rinehart and Donald Gene.
Mrs. Clara Oertwig Arlene and Joyce were shopping in Chillico on Friday. Mrs. Roberta Gooch called at the George Crooks home last week. Barbara Ann Gooch returned from Kansas City after a week there. Mrs. Rolla Gooch visited the C M Goins home. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Oertwig were in Milan Friday night on business.
Miss Lois Cooper spent part of the past week at the Glen Cooper home in Kansas City. Mrs. Clara Oertwig Harvey and Joyce traveled to Brookfield Saturday evening on business. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griffeth called at the Gene Baskett home in Linneus one night last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bella Gooch and son and Ollie Johnson were in Chillicothe Saturday shopping. Ollie Johnson and son were Sunday dinner guests at the Floy Johnson home in Linneus.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bagley and children visited the Gilmers. Pepper Martin stayed with the Stevensons. Elmer Hammock and family from Kansas City visited relatives here. Betty Tate and Bertha Ann Tate stayed with the Tates. Several residents hosted guests including Hammock, Martin, Sayers, and Stevenson.
Linn County 4 H Club members and parents held a show at Linneus Park on June 20 to compare Eve and Lamb project results. Dave Mitchell graded 89 fat lambs for market value while Billy and Bobby Hoskins shared methods for eight lambs. The event featured County Agent Hillis Moffett and new Assistant County Agent Donald Chandler with 50 attendees and lambs sold at St Joseph a day later.
Dickinson households and relatives frequent neighbors and friends throughout the week. Several families travel to Hale for a funeral, visit Green City and Trenton, and celebrate a birthday with gatherings and ice cream.
Mrs Ray Lambert suffered burns canning peas Friday. Kear Branch 4 H Club members visited St Joseph for a lamb sale and reported a good trip. Mrs Homer Finney stayed with Hadley Rulen at Boston. her father is quite poorly. Betty Lambert hosted Bettys club with Mrs C Lambert and daughter. Nellie Kearns visited Grover Kearns home Friday. Frank Kearns visited Brookfield last week. Lawrence Bailey and wife shopped in Brookfield Saturday. Mrs Mary Bailey visited nearby.
Rain then heat boosted growth as temperatures reached 90 and 95. Sue Campbell visited the Bowyer family in Chillice while Peggy McNally stayed with her grandmother in Milan. Harold Bowyer shopped in St. Joseph for Bowyer Store goods. Lewis Stanley and family from Chicago visited Earnest Pearson and wife before leaving for vacations. Alex Murrain went to St. Louis hospital then returned home with no relief reported. Edens family hosted Ray McNally’s guests in Milan. Dr Dryden remains ill. Carl Cassity and wife plan a June 26 trip to Washington to visit son Bobby and grandson Jackie Melvin for three weeks.
Earnest Pearson is carrying out the remodeling work inside the Rex Hales residence. Mr and Mrs Roe Conley spent last week visiting relatives in South Dakota.
The Regular Army promotes education in over 200 skills with good pay and advancement. It notes more than 750,000 enlisted and urges reaching one million. Prospective recruits are directed to local Army camps, posts, or recruiting stations for full details.
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