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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
4
An editorial laments rubber scarcity touching fashion and industry in Browning, joking about girdles and bicycles as wartime fixes. It also hints at dandelion rubber, air raid shelters, and defense bond humor amid homefront challenges.
The Shafter column reports the death of Anna Eliza Morris on March 5 and notes a brother Edward Cooper of Solomon Kansas passing March 11. It lists relatives traveling to Solomon for the funeral and mentions local updates including Club activity, local shopping, weather, and farming concerns.
Winigan resident Wm Baxter, at Maryland training camp, spent the first of the week with his sister and friends. Multiple families visited Green City and Milan for social visits and REA meetings, with several moves announced including the Bailey and Jones relocations. Eldos Cable recovered after an operation. Mayme Cable returned from Kansas City.
The piece recalls Texas independence after the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston's leadership, and a 570 foot memorial monument at the battlefield. It notes thousands visit daily, the Alamo cry, and Texas pride with humorous asides about the state's vast size and pigs and cows.
Thursday dinner guests at the John Longwell home included Jesse Longwell Leslie Gooch and Simpson Cordray. Business visitors T S C Lambert and Bill Grant called in Brookfield. Various families visited relatives in Purdin Browning Linneus and Brookfield with several stayovers and family gatherings noted across the period.
Sunday afternoon visitors stopped by several households. Wilma and another person visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Head and family. Helen Ann and Eugene West visited their grandmother, Mrs. Anna Longwell. Mr and Mrs. Theodore Steele called on his parents near Marceline.
Mrs Robert Lambert and Mrs Nora Grant spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Geo Ford. Mrs Jesse Longwell stayed Wednesday night at the John Longwell home. Mr and Mrs Raymond Anderson were called to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs N L Campbell near Brookfield. Mr Campbell was seriously ill. Mrs Anderson remained until Sunday. Mrs Raymond Browning spent Thursday in Purdin with her sisters Mrs Earl Buswell and Bonnie and Mable Cordray. Mrs Robert Lambert was a Thursday night guest of Mrs Lee.
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