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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
8
Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. Bartow welcomed Tuesday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Keithley Mrs. Alice Moore of Brookfield Mrs. Lizzie Wilson and her Bucklin area son and Mrs. Elizabeth Prather for the dinner gathering.
For sale a Vindex Special drop head sewing machine in good condition. Seller is Mrs. Cordia Swisegood.
Pleasant Hill items report friendly visits among residents including Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kinnfong and others, a bus route canceled due to bad roads, and local meetings. Edd Head works for C E Smith while Smith shows good improvement.
Mr and Mrs Harold Walker departed Tuesday afternoon for Boonville Missouri. They were accompanied by Earl Pearler and Shirley who will work there. Mrs Gracie Jennings visited Monday afternoon with Mrs Madie Stone.
Mrs Lois Jennings visited Mrs Harold Walker on Monday afternoon. The McCollums moved to Aunt Mary Caney McCollum farm east of Salem last Wednesday. Ray Rauer helped Woodrow Deskins move Thursday night. The Deskinses are relocating to a farm east of Linneus. The Checker Club met Thursday night. Harry Lambert won the contest. Opal Moore visited Madie Stone Sunday. Sunday guests at Fay Jennings included Bill and Catherine Bull Harold Head and Cotton Peavler. Harold Head stayed with the Bulls over the weekend. Lela Peavler visited Bertha Lambert and Almeda Baker Sunday. Ruby Smith returned home Friday after a visit with her parents in Green City. Agnes Stone is recovering from flu and sore throat. Marian Peavler is ill at Henry Lambert’s. Arthur Pearler and daughter stayed Saturday night with his parents the Peavlers. Sunday guests at Pinkney Peavler’s were Nora Cordray Alpha Lambert and Pansy Peavler. Mildred Brantner is sick and moved to her sister’s near the doctor. Frank Head received word Sunday that Floy Cordray of Tulsa is seriously ill from a gunshot wound. Floy died Sunday afternoon and was buried Tuesday in Tulsa. Floy was the wife of Lane Mae Cordray, with two children Vernon Dale and Ritta Gileta. Details of the accident are not yet known.
The Tuesday ten o'clock assembly featured the A Cappella Choir performing Torrents in Summer Meditation and Fireflies. Nona Clair Neet played a piano solo, Mary Lee Askey presented a French horn solo, and Lois Maggart sang a vocal solo. Two highway patrolmen answered many questions.
The report notes focus on the Familiar Essay and early essay writers in American Literature. It describes junior typing classes competing for speed and shorthand students finishing a study of their manual and moving toward improved dictation and revern.
A sophomore girl new to the school is described as talkative with blonde hair and a regular rider of the West bus, making her a well-known arrival in the student body.
The Quizz Club of the sophomore class was organized Monday. Two groups were appointed by the president, each selecting a chairman. Each Monday during class, the groups will alternate in asking and answering questions to boost vocabulary and keep members informed on news items.
Last Wednesday Room III hosted a debate on whether George Washington was a greater man than Abraham Lincoln. Betty Brown and Charles Vincent spoke for the affirmative while Jean Woolf and Mary E. Smith argued the negative. No decision was reached.
Tuesday Band Practice announced. Has your subscription expired renew it when in town. Lloyd C Stark appoints Dr H V Jones of Marcelline to Linn County Democratic Central Committee to fill vacancy from R E Owens death.
Farmers met at the Court House in Milan last Friday to discuss the scab eradication program wool marketing and lamb and wool price outlook. Dr. Ralph Springer of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke on sheep scab and control as it affects about fifteen to twenty farms in Sullivan County across seven of twelve townships.
The discussion covers two dips for control of sheep scab spaced apart by days, plus cleaning the premises. Dr. Springer offers free services for suspected scab. J W Reavis reviews wool marketing and imports, noting cooperative marketing increases farmer returns and wool quality grading. Lee Baldridge reports 1050 dog license plates sold and about eight hundred dollars in losses claims. E S Matteson stresses internal parasite control and yearly dipping benefits. Lespedera and alfalfa are recommended for pasture, with mineral mixes of salt lime bone meal. Early lambs should be creep fed to reach market weight before heat. Sullivan County hosts over 1200 sheep farmers, with industry income around one third of a million dollars.
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