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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
4
Browning Missouri records show the Browning Post News entered as second class matter at the local post office under the act of March 3, 1879. The issue is dated Thursday March 20, 1941 and lists a subscription price of $1.50 per year.
An editorial fragment muses on motivation and activity with quotes about staying busy and the value of effort. It comments on gender roles in Browning households and notes attitudes toward leisure, marriage, and domestic governance while humorously referencing the coal pile and economic talk like lease lend.
REGER ITEMS C. J. DeWitt and son John traveled Friday for a few days to visit his two sons in Joplin and Waynesville with families. John Crowdis and C. J. DeWitt visited Chillicothe. Mrs Clyde Dillinger spent the weekend with her parents Earl Smith and George Artz. Mrs Thomas Henry went to Trenton for a hospital exam and her condition is hoped not serious. Pred Tunnell and wife stay with Addie Dell while awaiting possession of a farm west of Browning. Ralph Pipes and family moved to Schweppe farm two miles south. Keith and wife begin homesteading on his father’s farm. Dorothy McClarren stays with Robert Stephenson Jr. until Milan High School closes. parents moved away from bus route. John Cowgill, Junior Crowdis and Emma Grindstaff visited John Crowdis' home.
Described as a gleaming upgrade in the east, the new army camp mess hall replaces the old kitchen police. It features chromed enamel, automatic meat and bread steamers, large ovens, electric mixers, dish washing machines, and an automatic potato peeler to ease chores. Floor mopping and garbage duties remain.
The article advises keeping lace collars looking new by neat laundering and careful handling. For delicate lace, baste to a muslin foundation to prevent rubbing and drooping as suggested by a reader.
A wilted plant can regain vigor by placing it in a steamy bathroom to refresh its leaves. After steaming, expose it to open air to notice renewed vitality and growth.
Mr and Mrs John Longwell visited Chillicothe and Pauline Gray who is seriously ill. George Spencer learns granddaughter Retta E Spencer in Macon hospital after influenza scarlatina and tooth infection with limited improvement. Allen Belzer from Morning Sun Iowa returns home with mumps. Several locals travel to Brookfield and St Louis market. lists of visitors and family names in Brookfield Linneus and Deskins area.
Mrs Eunice Arthur shows slow improvement while Mrs C B Hale travels home to Washington. Fay Jennings remains unwell through the past week. Aunt Jane Walters continues at McLarney Hospital and is progressing well. Mrs Maxine Wyatt visited her parents in Topeka Kansas from Wednesday to Sunday. Reva Jennings and Dean Bauer spent the weekend with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Roy Jennings. Several local residents attended the Republican primary on Saturday.
Letters of administration granted by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court to Harris N Av Phillips and Arthur L Pratt as administrators. Hearing held December 26 1940. Claimants must file within six months or be barred. one year to bar claims.
Afternoon at Cattey school house notes Clay L Moore on leave at State Hospital Columbia for check up. Mrs Earl Maggart Phyllis visit Fay Jennings. Several households visit Ray Bauer heads kitchen shower for Eldon Head. Oren Jennings Henry Lambert visit. Milan dental outing for Ray Rauer. Marceline visit by Mrs Harold Litchenberg and family.
The column reports frigid conditions and widespread illness in Pleasant Hill. Bedfast neighbors include Mr. and Mrs B C Brantner and Mrs Andrew Pfeiffer while families relocate and travel for work and visits. Stanley Riley attends a Kirksville teachers meeting. others visit relatives in Cora New Boston and Chicago.
Winter seems to return as Blundridge residents report chilly weather. Gene Bozwell visits parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bozwell and baby. Mrs. J. W. Sevier Sr. is ill with a broken arm and cold. Howard Head of Laclede visited with his parents and relatives Friday and Saturday.
Community notices report the Get Acquainted Club meeting at Lula Pearl Head with work on a quilt and carpet rags, a jumbled flower name roll call won by Bessie Head, and next session hosted by Lorene Head on March 26. Local residents visit Brookfield and Milan. Jim Dodson pair marks 50 years since their wedding last Saturday.
Elsworth Smith of Kansas City visited his mother Ada Smith with Evelyn Pittaway and others from Oklahoma. Ada Smith hosts relatives while Elsworth returns home. The Bardon family and Leet Lovelle relocate within the area to the Ora McClarren property. Brinkley family moves from Milan to the Buster Poole farm. Eastman children visit Burress family. Velda June Grindstaff contracts pneumonia and whooping cough but shows improvement. Tipton remains bedridden since October 18 with little improvement. Gene Rogers of Kansas City spent time with Ada Smith and J D Tunnell’s family. Ada Smith remains on the sick list.
Snow comes easily in Purdin with near daily flakes and March winds. Spring begins Thursday March 20 as residents hope for steadier weather. Mr and Mrs Will McGhee visited Brookfield. Mr and Mrs Claude Moore will move into Charley Grice home soon. Mrs Floyd Hardin called on Mrs Jane Hardin Wednesday afternoon. Jane Hardin visited her sister Mrs George Hisel later.
The Johnson district column reports several local visitors and family updates from Chicago and Green City including the Pages, Taylors, Harrises, and Browns. A birthday celebration for Aunt Sally Trotter marked her 86th, while many residents recover from illness amid muddy roads and a late snow.
Mrs. John Stone traveled to Browning on Wednesday and visited her brothers in law Will and Ott Stone who are both very poorly. Mr and Mrs Ray McNally and their daughter were Sunday guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Lon McNally.
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