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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
2
A Brown ing MissourI feature compiles quips and jokes about manners, marriage, taxes, and daily life. The lighthearted item, dated 1938, lampoons suburban habits, gender roles, and social expectations with a regional flavor.
A playful quarrel over seating arrangements at Sunday dinner hints at family dynamics. One spouse jokes about sitting too far from the other to avoid playful shins under the table, revealing a lighthearted domestic mood.
Community notes report James Nickell's one night stay at the Dewey Nickell home and several residents contending measles. New twin boys born Saturday March 12 to Mr and Mrs Dewayne Ford. Kirksville and distant visits noted, along with church society activities and a farewell party for Earnest Sorge moving to Iowa.
Rain visited the area Monday night easing drought fears. A protracted meeting began at the M E Church in Purdin on Sunday night. Mrs Ray McNally and Peggy visited in Purdin over the weekend. Mrs Susie Myers of Browning visited sisters Rube Myers and Andy Chittum last week. Jewell Robison rode trains to visit in Purdin Friday. Raymond Bagley and family called on Alva Bagley and Ronald Monday evening. Jim Pearce returned from Iowa last Friday. Dorothy Head spent the weekend with home folks. Charlotte Stone came from C B C to visit relatives over the weekend.
G. T. Crist was in Milan on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nickell, Mrs. Delbert Nickell, and their children.
Mrs Nile Rauer visited Mrs Frank Rauer and helped quilt. Nort Jaynes and Herbert Boyles worked on telephone lines. Mr and Mrs Kay Stufflebean visited his parents. Elva Monroe called on Nile Bauer. Leon Smith and son Larry were in Shelby. T L McDonald is back at work. Viola Maxwell stayed three weeks. Iona Woodside guest near Linneus. Lorene Stufflebean weekend with Iona Woodside. Leon Smith traveled to South Missouri.
Chillicothe residents Mr. and Mrs. Theo Holser and W. E. Sayers visited in Halville. C. A. Woolf called at Will Anderson's. Anderson suffers from arterial hardening. The Crooks, Crookshanks and Myrick families plus Everett Keithley and sons shared Sunday calls and visits with relatives and neighbors.
Sunday visitors at Wm. Pender gast's included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tromerhouser Velda and Mr. and Mrs. H Elliott. Saturday night and Sunday visitors at W. R. Young's were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Crooks Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Crooks and Norma Jean Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Williams and son Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Young and son and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bruce and daughter. Saturday afternoon visitors of Mrs. W. F. Rottmann included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nichols and Duane. Sethie Dennis and daughter were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bundies. Victor Gooch and children were Saturday evening callers at Beryl Warren's. Beryl Warren and children were Friday evening callers at Harold Cooper's.
Busy days with gardens and potato planting mark the scene at Purdin. Attendance high at the M E Church meeting with visitors from Brown ing and Linneus. Mrs Cassity sick. A S Johnson improving. Bevier and Blanch Gaul wed last Wednesday. Ralph and Orvil Ogle visit St Joseph to see their father who is improving. locals travel to Brookfield for a contest.
SHAFTER items describe pleasant spring weather and budding trees in Old Missouri. Herb Johnson visits L W Arnold on Monday. Mr and Mrs Bryan Molloy and children Jackie and Joyce visit, along with Mary Molloy and Virgil. Hedges Phillips and Vernon Phillips families attend a Browning show Sunday night.
Mrs Mary Lee Gilmer helps at Hammock store while Mrs Hammock is hospitalized. Numerous visitors stop by including Mr and Mrs D P Myers of Iowa and Mr and Mrs Ola Belcher of Brownings. Health updates note Mrs Morris recovering from a heart attack and Elmer Hammock improving after surgery.
Archie Trask traveled to Illinois last week seeking work. Miss Freda Schweppe returned Sunday to the C.B. district after a period away.
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