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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
4
A reflective fragment contrasts earnings and spending, noting that money talks with a single word goodby. It recalls a 15 year old Washington survey showing working girls spent 90 percent of wages on clothes, and observes relationships harmed by tests of loyalty across groups.
Snow and cold weather dominate Bundridge news with visitors and local travel. Elmer Sevier travels to Browning for business while neighbors shop in Milan. Albert Seaman and spouse buy a Prairie Mound farm and plan to move soon.
Snow limits mail delivery as several residents travel for errands and dental work. News covers a charity sale in North Salem for Shannon McCollum, family visits, schoolers with measles, furloughs, and a Valentine Washington party at Fairview District 110 with refreshments. Shirley Brantner celebrates ninth birthday with cake and candles at noon lunch.
Mrs. Ross Knight helped celebrate Neil Knight's sixth birthday in December with ice cream and cake at the school, marking a second birthday surprise for the student.
Local items include Floy Morris noting her son Glenn in the Navy reports arrival of his boat in a New Jersey port for overhaul. Community mourns Herman Cooper. Several families share Sunday visits and show attendance in Meadville and nearby areas. Red Cross appeal ends with holiday fundraising plea to buy bonds and stamps.
Mr. and Mrs. J R Wood and family visit Mr and Mrs J C Sayers. Numerous families including the Say ers Trippletts Crooks Keeling Young Crookshanks and others share Sunday gatherings with local households in Haseville.
Mr and Mrs Rollan Gooch and son and Urb Johnson were shopping in Chillicothe Saturday. Mr and Mrs Lee Wood and
Urb Johnson aided butcher C. M. Goins one day last week. Ruth Wood visited brother John and wife in Brookfield. Ollie Johnson and Katie Griffith aided Pearl Goins with meat canning Friday. Eula V. Gooch hosted a surprise party for Red Saturday night. Attendees included Virgil Lee Falconer, Babe Kimbrough, Delmar Decertwig, Donald Wood, Raymond Murrell, Ronald Johnson and Mary Gertrude Gilmer. Pie coffee and candy served. Bob Smith and son moved to Ray Tomlin farm. Sunday dinner at Urb Johnson’s included Rollan Gooch, C. M. Goins, Lee Wood and families, plus Raymond Murrell.
Friday night brought thunder and a light shower to fill cisterns. Van Vencill visited from Alabama for a week with relatives. Mrs. May Johnson, formerly of Purden, is hospitalized in Brookfield. Funeral attendees included Herman Cooper. Owen Stevenson bought the Cokerham property and will move soon. Various local visits and shopping occurred among residents including Cassity, Woodside, Kirk, Pendale, Lambert, Head, and Garrett families.
Brookfield shoppers and area residents, including Loren Carriker and Roy Maxwell, visited sales and shops on Monday and Saturday. Jurors Dewey Riddle and Earl Campbell served in Brookfield this week while Coram shows gradual improvement.
Near Winigan on Sunday Russell Smith and family moved into the Phillip Bailey house. Ora Mott visited Mellie Tidium Sunday evening. The Sunshine Workers Club plans a meeting with Mrs. Lawrence Thudium today. Poor roads and illness slowed meetings though two weeks ago a nice session with Braden Tidium occurred with Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Costigan delivering update.
Mrs. Robert Fields and family visit Green City kin while Lyle Wickham and others travel to Trenton and St Joseph. Chicks, beef butchering, measles recoveries and club meetings fill a week as neighbors host, tour, and fellowship at homes including Zeigler, Crowdis, and Fields.
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