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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
4
A jitter of home front humor surveys ration fatigue as butter and coffee linger. Aged readers joke about granddaughters wearing head kerchiefs and suggest car ads in streetcars. Postwar plans include showers in cars and heating with Washington air, while soldiers chase loves during furloughs and a soap surplus prompts witty calamity.
Shafter area notes report funerals and sympathy for Bettie Hoskins of Linneus. Local residents visit Chillicothe and Trenton for business and social events. Mentions of weather, farming activity, a New York boat, and a birthday gathering for James with several local families present.
Leslie of St. Louis spent Saturday night with Veda and attended the party. A lovely dinner was served at two o'clock and James received many presents. Fay Coulter hosted Harold's mother and brother and June Rose came home with them after a week with grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Stevenson and Mrs. Lilburn Gilmer were Purdin visitors Thursday.
Pfc Allen H Belzer from Camp Crowder Mo arrived for a two week visit with his wife and relatives. Robert Lambert visited Purdin on Saturday. Multiple local residents attended gatherings including Mrs Anna Belle Belzer with Mrs Mamie Gall and Willadean. Calvin Lambert traveled to Jefferson Barracks for Army induction exams. Families hosted extended visits from Wapello Iowa and Deskins households.
Old Man Weather brings a string of changing conditions with rain snow and sun in one day. Dr McArtor visited Ed Ogle Thursday as he recovers from illness. Anita Hale and friend from Kansas City visit Ed Hale’s household for the weekend. The Stultz family moved to Linneus and Stultz will remain depot operator for a time. Cap Wolfe visited his sister in Brookfield to see May Johnson who is ill at home. Churchill Urbech visited Effie Pulliam Saturday evening. Bernie Darr has been home lately.
The week included a misdiagnosed mumps episode later identified as sinus trouble for a patient and improvement for L M McNally after a tough week. Social visits occurred with Mrs Orra Cumbo Mrs Claude Moore and Miss Katie Armstrong visiting the Ogles while Mr and Mrs Cecil Cassity and Mrs Eldora Richardson of Kansas City stayed overnight. The McNally family and Peggy joined Joé Eden for a Sunday visit, and a son was born to Donald and his wife at a Kirksville hospital with Donald in the armed forces.
Scottsville school will close Saturday in April. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fanning from Wednesday to Saturday. Clinton Powell, recently ill, is improving. Hubert Atkins returned from Sedalia after showing calves with Atkins and Buthany, placing fourth with a Hereford. Sam Artz lost his house and most contents in a Friday morning fire. Mrs. Vernie Foster bought 200 baby chicks at Browning Hatchery. Jerry Taylor stayed with grandparents Will and Mrs. Kenley. John Morgan recovers from a recent operation at Lester Fields home in Humphreys.
Mr and Mrs Marion Burress of Silver Lake Kansas and Mr and Mrs David Burress of Topeka attended the funeral of Martha Crump. Ball Hines and Ever ett Ogle with families and Tommy Breeding with children of Kansas City visited for illness and death of Ike Grindstaff. Ray Grindstaff and children of Pollock spent Sunday afternoon with cousin Cal Burress and family.
Harrison Grindstaff of Pollock spent last Sunday with relatives to be with his brother Ike who died recently. He plans to move back to Roger soon. Ott Crump and Ira Crump returned from Kansas for the funeral of Mr and Mrs Howard Tolle of Topeka and for their grandmother Mrs Martha Camp's funeral. Mrs Clyde Dillinger of Steelville visited home folks over the weekend. Rev Poole of Kirksville filled his church appointment. Mr and Mrs Loren Ledford and son moved to their father's home.
Sunday travel by Mrs George Artz and Hynda Ellen to Steelville precedes a tragic house fire that consumed the Artz residence. Mr Artz escaped with minor burns while Mrs Artz and children fled unharmed as the home burned to the ground. Nearby visits and social arrivals are noted along with the death of Ike Grindstaff and funeral arrangements at the Methodist Church in Pollock.
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