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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
3
Soil conditions in Missouri are poorer this spring after a wet winter and persistent moisture since January. Excess moisture excludes air and slows nitrogen release, reducing plant growth and risking loss of soil structure. 1949 had unusually favorable conditions with dry winter spring and deep frost.
The American Meat Institute presents a chart showing why packers pay 26 cents per pound for steers worth $260 per 1000 pounds, after dressing to 600 pounds. The retailer resells $252 beef for $309, covering costs. profits are modest. Only 40 pounds of a 1000 pound steer are prime steak, with many cuts priced lower. Price is driven by supply and demand, recent price drops illustrate.
Mr and Mrs Allen Mc Claren and Rosalie visited Charley McClaren near Galt on Sunday. Hubert Atkins bought two cows from Mrs Cora Morgan last week. Harold Murphy and Harley Fields worked on a fence for Hank Thurlo. Mr and Mrs Clarence Fanning stayed with Mr and Mrs Lyle Spray and family. Mrs Buster Rinehart aided her mother Mrs A M Baker. Mrs Cora Morgan visited Milan Saturday afternoon. J T Hoselton bought a new car recently.
Miss Jessie Fuller returns home after weeks with her sister and a visit with her brother. Mr and Mrs Marvin Rinehart visit with neighbors. W E Crooks attends a sale east of Milan. Grafton Corbin and Aunt Minnie Street visit Pur din. Warren Jeys and sons rent the Scott Brown farm to plant oats and corn. K W Jennings and Chester Schrock visit Brookfield and Sam Gooch. Creason and Sayers households host callers. Duncan Township meets at White Oak school house.
Mt Hope residents share visits and gatherings as neighbors reconnect. Notable mentions include Emerson Cordray and family with the Baileys, Brookfield trips, and house calls by Abbott and Coram families amid updates on illness and a death in the Jenkins family.
The same individuals who served last year were renominated including Mr and Mrs Clayton Warren Mr and Mrs Johnny Baskett W E Crooks Mrs Grace Burdett Mrs Alice Duckworth Clarence and Allison Johnson Mr and Mrs Ross Burke and others whose names failed to get.
Local report notes lingering snow as spring begins. Mrs. George Johnson returns home from Grim-Smith Hospital after a hip fracture and is recovering well. Ray Myers was taken to the Veterans Hospital last week and is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of the community are mentioned in scene notes.
Mrs Duff Jennings and daughter Judy visited Newton Iowa relatives and returned home Johnnie Stephenson has been ill but improving Mrs Mollie Trumbo remains not well Carol Lou Jennings visited with Kay Stufflebean near Milan Duff Jennings and Lloyd Trumbo bought two gifts from Earl Nickell last week Mr and Mrs Guy Brookshier and Duff Jennings travelled to Brookfield Herbert Hatcher from Iowa is visiting Dave Hines.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Barrows family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Warren and family Mrs Elizabeth Thomas of Kansas City spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Melton and family
Sunday dinner guests at the Theo Holser and Sandra home included W E Sayers Jr and Sharon Ottumwa Iowa. W E Sayers and Carole. Morris Crookshanks. Ronald and Jerry. J R Wood family. Pearl and Clara Wood visiting Fannie Broyles and Albert Young in Linneus. Margaret Tромehouse r teacher attended Kirksville Teachers Meeting. Kenneth Young family visited Trenton. extended dinner crowd at W R Young and Albert included Gene and Billie Kealing Kansas City Cecil Crooks Kenneth Young Jimmy Crooks Curtis Williams and boys. Nellie Merrick spent with Lewis Melton family. Theo Holser Sandra and Carole Sayers shopped in Chillicothe. Jess Bruce business visitors in Trenton.
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