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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
4
Browning Missouri items reflect local concerns and humor. Notes on cemeteries near railroad crossings, barber shop and jokes, a veteran column on charity, and reflections on world events with local flavor. The piece blends social quips and civic notes in a historical town column.
Cloudy skies hint at rain as residents plan moves and visits across Brookfield Shelby and nearby towns. People travel to Kansas City St Joseph St Louis for business attend dances shows and meetings with families including the Stufflebeans Rauer Bauers and Boyles in a busy weekend roundup.
Local residents report neighbors moving away this year while welcoming new ones. Mrs Head and son Marvin are ill, and the community hopes for a quick recovery. Several families visit relatives, attend church, and share news of moves and gatherings in Milan and surrounding areas.
A local club held a farewell event for Elma as she moves away. Members presented gifts such as silk hose vases and hankies during a noon cafeteria style dinner. Lucy Sevier won a chicken name jumble. Hazel Jones and Bessie Head won usual contests. Next meeting with Lula Pearl Head is set for March 12.
Local notes detail frequent visits among McCollum Cordray Cattey and related families across Brookfield Milan and La Plata. Events include quilting at Emma Milhoan's, a funeral at Milan for Trussell Hall, and several Sunday gatherings with relatives and friends. Will Abbott is ill with flu and several carpentry tasks are mentioned.
Miss Margaret Lowther and Miss Wilma Rose Finney visited Elaine Smith Tuesday night. Mrs. Stella Baker visited her sister Versie Bailey Thursday. Charley Smith works at Wesley Brantner's. Kansas City visitors Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cordray and daughter stayed with Frank Head and family Saturday night. T M Smith assisted W G Smith, butcher, Friday. Neva Newton called on Stella Baker Friday morning. Dorothy left for Kansas City Missouri Thursday night. Mr. Dorothy has been in poor health.
Announcement states Beryl Head is a candidate for re election to Duncan Township Clerk and Assessor. The nomination is subject to Democratic voters in the upcoming primary election.
The notice states W L Taylor seeks the Democratic nomination for Member of the Board of Duncan township subject to voter will at the forthcoming primary election.
Collector William M. Fields seeks the Duncan Township tax collector post, filed as a candidate subject to the will of voters and applicable election law.
Duncan voters are advised of upcoming primary elections for the office of Trustee J C Daniels and board member Lloyd Crowd is listed among the Democratic candidates. The notice urges Democratic voters to participate in selecting trustees and board members.
North Salem Township tax collector Curt Bauer appears as a candidate subject to Republican voter choice in the upcoming election. His role as collector is noted alongside party allegiance and the electoral context.
A Pleasant Hill Township board member candidate, Wayne Britton, seeks voter support in the camping primary election under the Democratic banner. Britton is identified as a member of the Pleasant Hill Township board and is running as part of the party slate.
The report notes multiple local residents traveling or visiting over the weekend. Ethel Swisegood and family shopped in Kirksville while Allen Belzer and Lottie Bailey with two sons visited Morning Sun relatives. Merion Wyatt stayed in La Plata with the Almonds, and Ruth Clark returned home from K. S. T. C. for the weekend.
Evening hours were spent with the Fay Jennings and other relatives. Sunday guests included J B Maggart family and Thelma and Kenneth Maggart. KS TC students Helen Smith and Marjorie Minor visited home folks. Many couples and children shared Sunday visits from Kirksville Linnies North Salem and Shelby with numerous Jennings and Moore families.
The Bundridge column reports heavy weather approaching and a social evening with guests including Mr and Mrs Truman Stephenson and Marjorie Fannie Harmon Nora Stephenson Ira Mae Daniels Sherman Pipes. It notes James Dodson moving to a farm near Cross Roads, discusses multiple lambing events among local heads and Stephenson, and mentions Clyde Brinkley buying 25 head of sheep and local celebrations.
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