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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
4
A Browning reader jokes about inflation and modern life. The column lampoons taxes recipes and fashion fines while commenting on war, agriculture and urban to rural shifts with humorous asides. It highlights public figures and everyday concerns in a breezy editorial tone.
Mrs. Lester Fields and children spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. Quinton Fields will leave soon to be inducted into the Army. Jake and Herman Atkins were Milan visitors Tuesday. The community mourns Ernest th. Mrs. Will Kenley spent Sunday evening at J. D. Seaman's. Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Foster and family visited relatives at Galt. Mrs. Lure Fanning visited her daughter Lena Ford and children. Farmers are busy sowing grass seed and preparing to plow.
Mr and Mrs Archie Dickinson and relatives visited Browning Saturday evening. Edith Browning attended with Mrs Gaertguie Rasabert and Mrs Phillip McKenzie, plus Virginia Ann Deem and other guests.
A visit to Culver City’s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot reveals departments from makeup and wardrobes to a vast research library and music staff. Directors Robert Z. Leonard and Victor Fleming oversee scenes for The Man From Down Under and A Guy Named Joe as stars like Charles Laughton and Spencer Tracy work. Red Skelton and Mickey Rooney entertain on set as crews craft elaborate exteriors and interiors in a bustling studio environment.
Noon guests of Mr and Mrs John Hooker. Marlin Woodside family visited Luther DeVore afternoon. T S Lambert traded in Brookfield Saturday. John Longwell family and Mrs Jesse Longwell visited Brookfield Saturday. Jesse Woodside and several Longwell and Belzer family members spent Monday in Chillicothe.
Mrs Vena Shafer and family joined Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs LeRoy Shafer and Roger. Harry Leslie family and Veda Irene Hammock visited Lewis Melton. John Rottmann dined with Tedy Holser and Sandra. Vedia Wood and Lydia Holser greeted Ida Mae Eelin who is real poorly. Donald Leslie left for Fort Leavenworth to enter the armed forces.
Mr and Mrs C C Yardley of LaBelle were in Reger Sunday on business and visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Robert Williams of near Newtown visited her father Mr C S Maggart. Ralph Collins and family in Milan hosted his parents and other relatives as he recovers from illness. Various locals and out of town visitors stopped by the Maggart and Lovell properties in northern and southern parts of town.
Jerry son spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Tob Spencer. Mr and Mrs Robert Lambert and family were Sunday after.
A brief item records Roy Wheatcrift from California appearing with George Brant on a Sunday afternoon and night, alongside Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lambert.
Friday and weekend visits span many local households. Mr and Mrs T M Smith joined the Tucker family at Fairview school house for a club meeting, while Oren Jennings and Barbara Ann stayed with Gracie Jennings and Ella Head. Several guests visit relatives at farms, with notes on measles and substitute teaching, plus Bitter Sweet Club social meeting details and neighborhood updates.
A well attended sale at Earlin Page’s saw all items sell. Earlin plans to leave soon for U S Army service. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Ernest Bundridge and family, Mrs J A Es and family, and L G Taylor and family. Port Taylor, Chief Petty Officer, is stationed in Norfolk West Virginia. Bob Hopkins of Milan joined J C Harris as guests Wednesday night.
Lee Wood and family from CM were guests at a community event at Morris Chapel. The brief note records local attendees and social gathering details.
Letters of administration on the estate of Rebecca B Stone granted by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court dated March 9 1943. Creditors must present their claims within six months or be barred. claims not presented within one year from grant are forever barred. Attest Judge of Probate Arthur ... Seal.
In Purden items the writer notes better weather despite ongoing March winds. Several residents are mentioned visiting relatives and friends, including Mrs. Ora Cumbo with aunt Meda Stone, Jane Hardin in Browning, and Myrtle Penhale visiting Walter Patterson. Austin Myers and his son returned from Ft Stephens Oregon with a twelve day leave, heading to Camp Stephens.
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