Lost golden hours between sunrise and sunset
Quotation notes two golden hours lost yesterday between sunrise and sunset. No reward offered as they are gone forever according to Horace Mann.
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
2
Quotation notes two golden hours lost yesterday between sunrise and sunset. No reward offered as they are gone forever according to Horace Mann.
A collection of quips about postwar life in Germany and home front attitudes. Jokes touch on beer gardens, fashion shifts from lavender to sarong, parenting roles, and shifting wages after the war. The piece critiques conscience, ignorance, and manners with sharp social commentary.
Misses Dorothy McClaren Na dine McKay and Thelma Swank head to Iowa to visit Aunt Mrs Monroe White. Hubert Newmyer and children from Kansas City stay a week with Mrs Ella Rogers and Mrs Etta Fisher. A G Smith visits Bertha Riddle in Browning. Dolores Stephenson and Geneseo friend spend weekend with Johnnie Stephenson and family. Gilbert McKay and Robert Stephenson Jr with families visit Walter McKay. Wm VonFossen Christine visit siblings C J DeWitt and Josie Fields. Etta Fisher Nella Rogers and Hubert Newmyer drive to Trenton to see M D Jones. Ray Rardon moves into Art Rardon’s property and rents Ray Trumbo station to service cars. Hurbert Middaugh of Osgood, overseas 32 months, visits sister Ray Rar
Mrs. Glenn Collins and her son Gary of Milan spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Collins, joining Don and family for the visit.
Mr and Mrs Dave Monroe hosted a family dinner honoring their grandson Pvt Von Monroe on furlough. Several neighbors and relatives attended events around Shelby including church visits and local gatherings throughout the week.
Mr and Mrs Norman Woodside and children traded in Purdin Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and children were in Brewing Saturday night and attended the show. Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson were in Brookfield Friday. Irvin Lambert spent the weekend with John Walden Abbott. Mr and Mrs Everett Hale and children traded in Brookfield and Purdin Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Longwell and son Jesse were in Milan Monday. Mr and Mrs Jess Woodside and son Marlin with Bill Jenkins of Brookfield and Howard Jenkins and son Billie from Washington were Sunday dinner guests of the Woodside family.
Jesse Longwell and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Jim Spake and Mr. and Mrs. Riddie for Sunday. Nelson Britton visited her brother and family last week. Harry Lambert traveled to Browning to see his mother Mrs. J. T. Hooker. Clyde Belzer and son Bobbie of Winigan joined Jesse Longwell and son and Anna Belle Belzer and children Thursday evening at John Longwell’s home. Archie Dickinson’s family went to Milan Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Beryl Taylor and Beverly visited Kirksville on Friday to see Mrs Helen McCollum and her son Lt David Michael McCollum on furlough. Other visits included Mrs Frank Tucker helping Mrs Taylor with house cleaning and outings by Perry Bramhall Wayne Britton and Bernice Riley.
Mrs Oltie Johnson stayed in Chillicothe several days to visit daughter Marjory. Families from Morris Chapel traveled to Brookfield Linneus Kansas City and Reger area for shopping business and gatherings. Visitors included the Goins Gooch Bowyer Pulliam and Falconer families and guests at Wood Gooch and Oertwig homes.
Long Beach visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ray Morris arrive for an extended stay with their son and relatives. Many local families host guests and attend gatherings as Navy and Kansas City connections appear among attendees.
Sunday through Saturday reports recount local floods on Yellow Creek bottom land with crops under water and stock moved. Residents like Mrs Charley Wilson and Dorothy Kelly, Guiles Cattey returning from Denver, and families visiting Linn County are noted amid Father’s Day plans rain disruptions.
Mrs Alva Hoerrmann visited grandparents with T Nickell on Monday. The Rinehart family and Li children spent time with J D Li. Cecil Lay helped Noble Crooks Wednesday. Blaine Nickell and family visited Chapman family Friday night. Keath Crooks received word of a return to the States and upcoming furlough from Connecticut.
Catherine Wood and Betty Shafe spent the week end with home folks. Franklin Leslie of St Louis visited the Lauries. Shirley Warren stayed with her grandparents the Warrens. Ethel Rottmann visited daughters and relatives. Ted Hosler and Sandra joined afternoon guests. Kenneth Young and family visited Mrs. Beryl Warren’s group. Everett Crookshanks and Kingsolvers hosted. Billy Keeling and Cecil Crooks also visited.
Rain remains in Purdin with lighter totals after a week of wet weather. Local men back from Europe include Travis Smith Clovis Johnson Van Vencill and Melvin Lewis. Vaun Monroe visits from camp before returning to duty possibly in the Pacific. Mrs Matilda Haley and daughter Eva Foster host relatives. Multiple families visit and travel. a house fire injures Lydia Seals leading to her death at Brookfield Hospital.
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