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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
4
The notice names Grover Maggart as candidate for re nomination to the Duncan Township Board. Edgar Hoselton seeks the Township Collector post. Voris C Langdon runs for Clerk and Assessor, all subject to Democratic primary voter will.
Beryl Head leads Democratic voters for the coming primary election. Carl Daniels and Roy C. Knifong are named for the Board of Duncan Township. Roy L. Taylor runs for Township office alongside Homer E. Creason as nominees under party guidance.
Ellis Adams is the collector of Benton Township, named as the Democratic voters' choice in the forthcoming contest. The notice signals a formal declaration of candidacy and adherence to party support in the local election.
Hubert Atkins collector for Benton Township urges Democratic voters to support Hugh V. Campbell in the upcoming convention as a candidate for re election to Clerk and Assessor. Campbell seeks renomination under the party banner.
Cecil M Lay seeks re election for Clerk and Assessor of Jackson Township Linn County in the upcoming primary voters to decide.
Crowded notes report a potential snow storm for the area. Neighbors visited each other on Sunday with several local families mentioned as visiting and moving plans noted, including Lynden Knifong buying a shop in North Salem.
Visitors last week included John Moore Carlos Harris and Eldene Jacobs. The Literary Meet featured the play Highness rehearsed before assembly last Thursday. The Navy movie shown Wednesday was entertaining and educational with few empty seats. Mr Williams of Room III built a projection machine. Latest comics now on screen. Boy Scouts hosted a roller skating party at Brookfield Rink last Monday. Many Browning residents attended the Literary Meet at Brookfield last Friday.
An elderly carpenter buys a new rule matching his broken inch long piece. One side shows 27 and the other shows a 5 that could be 5 or part of 15 or 25. The clerk deduces the original length by considering all possibilities. The riddle ends with a teaser for next week.
March 13 lists a Boy Scout Meeting and March 14 notes Band Practice. Activities occur at the usual school locations with no times provided. Community notices indicate ongoing extracurricular scheduling for students.
Lola Rae Bartow gave a dramatic reading The Show Must Go On. Cast members Anna beth Worley Merilee Ware Bernard Browning and George Kollasch performed the play High ness. Audience attendance boosted student inspiration and support.
Readable passages describe Irene Crooks and Wanda Quigby with other students outside school hours, a Hazel Grice flirting with a senior, and classmates like J. W. Knnfong in a red western shirt. Vague narration ends with a line about a burglar and an under cover man, suggesting a fragmented diary style.
A 30 minute Wings for the Martins episode dramatizes the role of roughly 500 000 school board members as the nation spends about two and a quarter billion dollars annually on public schools. The program airs Wednesday March 15 at 9 30 p m EST on NBC Blue, highlighting the boards contribution to solving education problems.
Dayle Gooch asks about the 5:15 train and learns it departs at 5:15? a quarter past five. The swap leaves Dayle mixed up over the time change.
Crowded social week with visits across Fulton Brookfield and Fountain Grove. Notables include Mrs Edna Lambert and Daniel Gray in Fulton for medical exam and plans to move Arlo Smith family aiding house work. Several Dickinsons hosted guests and dined with relatives during weekend and Friday gatherings.
Shafter residents Little Tommie and Marilyn Shifler spent the past week visiting their grandparents. The trip highlighted family ties and local greetings as the youngsters shared stories and photos from their stay.
Letters of administration for the estate of Lewis Anderson, deceased, were granted to C Brownlee by the Court of Linn County Missouri on February 8 1939. Creditors must present claims within six months after grant or be barred. claims notFiled within one year from granting may be forever barred. Arthur L. Pratt Judge of Probate Court. First published February 16 1939.
The sheriff will auction on March 27, 1939 at the Milan county office building to satisfy the mortgage lien against James A Lay and Mira Lay. The property covers the east half of the northeast quarter of section 32 and a described tract in section 29 in township 61 range 20. The deed was recorded in book 97 page 304 and the lien is to Sarah A Maids deceased through the 1939 circuit court foreclosure order. The sale runs 9 am to 5 pm.
Mr and Mrs Tom Morris and Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris relocated to W E Morris farm and George Phillips place respectively. Mr and Mrs George Phillips moved to Bell Barnes place. Donald Stone visited his mother Mrs Stone. Fred Belcher, recently returning from the West, was in Shafter. Mrs Earl Hess and Mrs Geo Phillips visited Mrs W E Morris. Darrold Hutchinson and son visited Herman Hutchinson's family in Purdin.
Thursday report notes Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris as Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lilburn Gilmer. Ed Dennis house burned Wednesday evening with some furniture saved.
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