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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
4
The notice lists candidates for Duncan Township and Benton Township offices in the upcoming primary and convention. Grover Maggart seeks re nomination for Member of the Township Board, Edgar Hoselton for Township Collector, Voris C Langdon for Clerk and Assessor, Franklin for Trustee, Roy C Knifong Roy L Taylor Homer E Creason for Duncan Board. Ellis Adams seeks Benton Township Tax Collector.
Mrs Edison Raney and daughter Betty Jane of Brimson visit Mr and Mrs Ed Raney and family this week. Mrs Pete Lobner and son of Kansas City visited relatives here last week. Dora Myers and her mother returned with them. The Farm Club Board bought the building housing their store from Mrs Sallie Whaley this week. Mrs Tony Welshman and son Leo Williams of Milan and Quincy J visited Mrs Anna McClaskey Saturday.
Hugh V Campbell seeks re election for Clerk and Assessor Benton Township subject to Democratic voters will at the coming convention Arthur Smith Trustee Benton Township seeks Republican voters support at the March 17 convention for the same office J J Smith the collector seeks Republican voter support at the March 17 convention for Benton Township collection duties.
Jackson Township Linn County declares Cecil M. Lay as a candidate for re election to the office of Clerk and Assessor subject to Democratic primary voters will.
Mr. Alex James of the North Side restaurant fell ill Sunday evening. Dr Western diagnosed ptomaine poisoning after a canned oysters supper. He was carried home, treated, and soon improved, bringing relief to his many friends.
Darrold Hutchinson and Mr and Mrs Lilburn Gilmer attended Wayne Bagley s sale at Humphreys last Tuesday.
In a sheriff sale notice, Sheriff Orrest R. McClaskey of Sullivan County, Missouri sets a March 27, 1939 sale at the Milan courthouse east door to satisfy a mortgage lien on the J A Lay and Mira Lay property described as the east half of the northeast quarter of section 32 with a highway exclusion, recorded in 1930 and foreclosed by the 1939 court order. The notice follows local community notices reporting visitors and social events in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Price Gilmer hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bagley and Bertie, and Mr. and Mrs. Lilburn Gilmer. Mrs. Omi Phillips and Mrs. Genevie Hess visited Mrs. W. E. Morris, and Mrs. Floy Morris visited Mrs. Edgar Morris on Sunday afternoon.
Browning High transfers ping-pong tables and games to the basement as Coach Anderson trains several boys for a softball team to represent Browning High in a Milan tournament on April 19 20 and 21. Students read narrative and lyric poetry while two readers may soon go to Kirksville. A high school vote will determine student representatives and details will follow next week. March events include Boy Scout meeting March 20 and band practice March 21.
Answer to last week's Guess Who was Junior Woolf a short rosy cheeked brunette girl or senior? The description notes a five two height and a certain weight.
Gossip columns scream about Mary Carter and a rumored boyfriend on Sunday night. The chatter notes excitement and shock over the social scoop.
Readers question school behavior and relationships among students. The note asks why Jay Nickell and Venna Head wink at each other, why a sophomore girl's boyfriend skips school, and requests seating separation for Vella Linhart and Junior German. It also wonders about senior boy affections, a possible link between John Allen Martin and Ferdinand, and a student mixing up shamrocks and primroses.
The Browning Board of Education rehires Mr. John C. Dutton to lead Browning High and district for the 1939 40 school year. Dutton, a farm upbringing and graduate of Kirksville and Missouri University, will hold a Master’s degree and has brought vim and vigor to the school.
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