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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
4
Brown ing Missouri newspaper entry notes Joe Nickell as editor and lists the paper as entered at the Brown ing post office as second class mail matter on July 8 1897 with a March 19 1925 Thursday date.
Miss Anna and Ruby Green spent Sunday with Doris and Bernice Crist. Laura Greenstreet, previously sick, is improving. Grandview high school play at Winigan drew good attendance Wednesday night. Winigan high school to stage another play on March 18. The recent term at Cattegahia School closed successfully under A. Baker. Church services were well attended Sunday night. Pi Us organization formed at Winigan.
Aunt Sally Jennings is able to be up at this writing. Ernest Lumsden of Laclede spent the week end with his parents John Lumsden and wife Hardie Dillinger went to Kansas City Sunday. Eugene Head of Chicago visited friends and relatives in these parts last week. Miss Ursula Brinkley went to Browning Saturday. Connie Pines spent the week end with her father Kirt Pipes. Neil Freeland of Kirksville was seen on our streets Saturday. Veil Franklin was seen in Cora Sunday. Haskell Spencer of Milan spent the week end with his parents J M Spencer and wife. Dorris Fannings sent the week id with her sister Mrs Haskell Toll en. R H B Jennings went to Be er Sunday.
Roy Marley sows grass for grandfather. Rev Kennedy of Chillicothe preaches at Cross Roads Sunday night and Monday. Billie Franklin and wife moved to Mrs Nelia Brnddge farm southeast of Gost. Cross Roads school held a dinner Saturday. Fred Nickell led the event. Play at Pleasant Eve Thursday. Mrs W A Butler visited daughter in Milan. Dodson visited Center Iowa. Munsie Houser visiting parents. Hollon seen in unity. Fred Whiteaker and family to Oscar Swearengen.
Brief item notes a representative needed for Zenith Radios with address at Merrifield Radio Co. in Chillicothe Missouri. Mentions Purdin items and references a recent big rain and lingering cold before spring.
Garden and planted potatoes. Mrs. Ray Gooch is quite sick. Everett Jenkins and family have moved on his father's place. Carpenters work on Mercan tile Store addition and hope to complete by June 1. Mantel Creason and family moving to Mrs Garret place east of Purdin. Mrs Mary Purdin is ill. D L Cady and wife visited Jim Hedges and wife Sunday afternoon.
A Shelby High School junior class will present The Man From Borneo on March 25. The cast includes Binns Binns Rulon Nickell Wright McGhee Peter Schock Harold Stuffiebean Olive Bailey Lizzie Dayton Evelyn Steele and others.
Loi Smith and Fred Bailey visited Clay Moore Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Agee spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Chia Newton. Harvey Moore is listed as sick. Olive Head and daughters visited Mrs Sarah Moore Eva Bailey May and Helen Jennings attended Cattey school event on Saturday. C H Deskins is listed as sick. Clair Tallman and wife were in Salem on business. Wayne Abbott and wife moved to Will Southerland farm west of North Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Si Head thank friends for handmade gifts given at a recent shower. The list names Miss Maple Moore, Miss Enid Moore, Mrs. Sarah Moore, and numerous others with items like pillow cases, quilt blocks, dresses, towels, salad bowls, and dishes. The text also includes a stray diary-like section with personal notes and jokes.
Purdin High School Junior Class stages a three act farce titled A Board is so Trained in Miz zoury on March 27 and 28 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
Friday-Wellon quits reading the congressional record over missing cross word puzzles. He complains the page lacks engaging content and criticizes the absence of puzzles in the record.
Dr Andreas Bard of St Marks Lutheran denounces youth cynicism and widespread immorality. He cites war fatigue, Prohibition evasion, loose marriages, graft, and rich crime, urging true Christian discipleship to redeem society.
Mrs Jerusha Jones writes of chores done and only Zeb and she remaining at home with the children grown and the house quiet. She notes the chicks have flown to roosts and left them with little to do before bed.
Jerusha Jones writes of family Drift toward bachelorhood, aging kin, and the duty to care for elderly relations. She recalls Manda choosing an old ladies home and warns that society tests human souls by how neighbors treat the needy.
Mil ford Hall the janitor set off a fire alarm at the high school by misreading the time. Residents rushed to school with many assuming a fire while others checked phones. The city showed ready resolve to aid, despite the prank.
A letter criticizes able bodied men who expect government and society to provide work and profit while others support them. The writer observes merchants bankers and workers relying on constructive enterprise and questions the value of such entitlement seen in towns.
Last Wednesday Mrs Ralph McGhee held a sale at the Mc Ghee farm southeast of the city to prepare for joining her husband in Kansas City. Neighbors and friends arranged a surprise party for the following night with about one hundred fifty people bringing peaches and cakes. The gathering ended with a pleasant evening and best wishes for the couple’s new home.
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