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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
4
The essay links the Easter lily to rebirth and hope amid violence and suffering. It argues that Christ's teachings span all people and that springtime symbolizes life after death, urging gentleness, service, and faith as the guiding purpose of existence despite doubt and danger.
Mrs Hinda Dillingner visited relatives near St Louis over the weekend. Twenty six attended the Methodist Sunday School with a 2.53 collection and four visitors returned. Bessie Bardon visited sister Mrs Myron Williams and family near Green City. Imogene Maggart of St Louis spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs C E Maggart.
Gossip notes report farmers building fences and poultry breeders updating licenses while homeowners repair roofs and gutters and housewives shop for wallpaper paint and waxes. Local merchants advertise spring stock gains and wires and tools priced for the season as a joke ends with a stairway clash punchline.
Miss Elizabeth Lovell and several area residents visited family and attended events this weekend. Teachers Dorothy Rader and Virginia Moffitt led students to a Kirksville musical contest, while numerous locals hosted relatives or visited friends across Milan Kirksville Humphreys and Shelby.
Miss Reba Lambert spent Monday night with Evelyn Longwell. Kermit Lambert delivered stock to the St. Louis market Wednesday night. Robert Lambert sawed wood for Jesse Longwell and Woodrow Deskins Wednesday. Inez Lambert and Evelyn Longwell visited Thursday night with their aunt and uncle, Archie and Mary Dickinson. Theodore Steeler was on the sick list last week. Mrs. Oda Spencer and son Jerry visited their grandmother, Mary Lambert, Sunday.
Teachers from Reger school took a group of students to Erks ville on Friday to compete in a song and dance contest. Several local residents visited friends and relatives across the week including Mr and Mrs C J DeWitt Mr and Mrs John Crowdis at Mrs Robbie Stephenson’s home in poor health.
Rain and hail refreshed the town, aiding grass growth. Flu cases appear mild with several residents improving. Notables include Mrs. Tom Miller improving, Mr. Earnest Pearson visiting Cassitys, and Elouise Brown at Cassitys. Senior class photographed at Gress Studio. graduation soon. Max Falconer undergoes appendectomy in Brookfield Hospital in critical but improving condition. Others visited Susie Pulliam.
Kansas City visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Guy Davis and Phyllis Crowdis and family. Els worth Smith hosted Neal Cox Wilfred Sanford and Ada Smith Edith. Neve Crowdis remains home ill with flu. The Ladies Aid finished a quilt and plans another for the church’s quilting frames urging more local help.
A reflective comment on the pressures of a combined leap year and election year. The piece weighs which is harder on public office and on individuals, noting that progress may depend on public sentiment rather than circumstance.
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