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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
1
Rev J B Crawford, once a boy preacher, conducts a revival at Church of Christ North Salem. Attendance grows nightly and many come forward as Crawford, a Sullivan county native, delivers two strong sermons at 11 am and 3 pm, followed by a basket dinner in sister city communities.
Notice for the Farmers Exchange Bank Browning Missouri annual meeting on May 21 1930 at 9 am to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and handle any other proper business. J I Harmon president R M Calhoun secretary.
A Monday night farewell gathering was held at the city park for Jack Smith a high school junior who will move to Northern this week. Friends and schoolmates including Harvey Dickinson Imogene Smith Annabel Atkins Erma Peterson Merrill Peterson Burton Carr Verle Atkins Gladys Atkins Lucile Stultz Lucile Kuhn Frances Baker Earl Nickell Edgar Hoselton Idris Garrett Dorothy Creason Beverly Duncan Oma Atkins Hattieott Edna Scott Vadis Nickell and Mr and Mrs K M Duncan attended.
For sale a McCormick Deering tractor and plows, 10 20 model. Contact E W Lam rt at North Salem for details.
Peters Implement Co lists Reid's Yellow Dent and 90 Day items in stock for Iowa buyers. The brief notice notes availability of a 90 Day river mine product in white and similar references.
A letter from Joe Nickell in Larned Kansas dated May 6 1930 complains the paper ad misreads and sends $2.00 to straighten things out. He notes enjoying the Record amid dry times and broad newspaper intake.
A damaged notice reports plentiful rain and good ground for spring planting with an estimated 75 percent crop, plus best wishes. It also advertises slate shingle roofing painting septic tanks and building services with quoted prices and full furnishing.
On Monday evening May 12 Mr and Mrs Jas P Bolling hosted a six o clock dinner at Mr J S Harmon’s home in the east part of the city. Guests included Mr and Mrs L W Hummel Mr and Mrs Joe Harvey Mr and Mrs Herman Schrock and Mr and Mrs Guy Adams. The evening featured two course dinner France conversation and a late departure with all expressing pleasure and thanks.
The Missouri Poultry Improvement Association creates a new turkey certification division to promote purebred turkey breeding and aid producers. The setup mirrors procedures and rules of existing divisions to standardize practices statewide.
I visited J. B. F. Wampler at his new home north of the city Sunday morning. He bought the place from Billie Brown and is pleased with it. He and his wife keep dairy cows and chickens, with a new brooder house and a large addition to the henhouse. A concrete foundation is laid for another 24 by 24 hen house. The yard holds hens with many chicks in the brooder. Wampler proudly tends his hens and cows and has sowed two small alfalfa patches, aiming for a peaceful, active retirement.
Guy L. Peters announces special prices on all kinds of cultivator shovels, highlighting a limited time sale and broad selection for gardeners and farmers.
C L Whaley notes he has not forgotten how to use a shovel yet bears real blisters on his hands. Claude adds it has been years since hard work but he enjoys healthful exercise with the bridge workers on the state road project south of the city.
A classified note offers to buy wool at the highest market price and asks sellers to see L C Lantz before selling. The short ad is signed by L C Lantz with a date marker 2t.
The 1929 1930 term ends Friday with Superintendent Holman and teachers taking a well earned break. The board re elected the entire faculty as Browning and its people take pride in district high ranking schools. Marble horse shoe and croquet recreations boost pupil interest amid plans for summer play.
Kenneth Martin of Browning Missouri advertises sheep shearing services with a power machine. Prices listed are 15 cents for Shropshires 20 cents for Merinos and extra for rams. Route 3 Browning MO contact details provided.
A large crowd attended the contests at the Electric Theatre Thursday night. Donald Johnson won the spelling prize while Melba Carter took the reading prize. The events generate school enthusiasm and honor the two medal donors.
A fierce Saturday downpour drenched the area with a gully washer level rain. The Mairs branch flooded the J. H. Nickell farm and a new bridge is under construction south of the city. persistent rain over the past week sets back corn planting and risks weed growth.
Daily workday service in Chillicothe promises guaranteed glasses with low prices. Mon days are excluded for service in this local optical shop.
The boys including older members formed a new organization last week and cleared the lot near the Green Front Barn. The effort shows initiative among local youth to improve a community space and establish a group for neighborhood projects.
Heavy Saturday rain left the diamond muddy forcing the postponement of the Kirksville vs Browning baseball game set for Sunday afternoon. Fans were disappointed as the season opener was deferred.
A letter from Polson Montana dated May 6 1930 mentions sending a check to pay for another car, reports abundant spring rain, and states the writer is 80 and feels well. The writer notes 21 years since leaving Browning and says they have not been sick since leaving Missouri, lamenting missing The Record.
Mr and Mrs M P Brassfield and Miss Annabel Atkins entertained at dinner Sunday joined by Mr and Mrs M A Holman and Mr and Mrs Hollis Duckworth and son Alvin Kirk in a local social gathering.
James S. Neely wife of Kansas City and Carl Neely of Chula Mo visit Bayside to attend the funeral of their father John W. Neely. He is buried in Flushing cemetery beside family.
Here From California Alfred Morris and his sister Mrs Thelma Bergh of Glendale arrived May 6 at the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Hamilton to spend a brief vacation. They drove in their car to see old friends and the beauties of nature in Missouri and praised the highways they traveled through the state.
Kenneth Hart, recently discharged from the Marines after serving in Central America, arrived here at week’s end. He plans to visit his mother Mrs. Etta Hart in Winigan and begins work today at Grice Barber Shop as a new barber. He appears in excellent health.
Obituary for J W Neely born May 7 1865 in Galesburg WV who died May 1 1930 in Flushing NY after a major operation and pneumonia. Survived by wife six children two brothers Norman and Elortus Neely two sisters Flora Smith and Leah Wattenbarger. private funeral held in Flushing NY.
An informal diary recounts a week of school talk of Advanced History and Jane, disputes with Pug Stevens, a country ride that ends with a detour, birthday wishes, a fire at Mr Glint’s house, a homeward ache, a worm digging evening, and a cousin Clarence cut short mid entry.
The article lists students earning high averages in Sophomore Junior and Freshman classes with designations from S plus to S minus. It names Louise Slater Lucile Kuhn Edward Williams Elizabeth Burwell Dorothy Creason Idress Garrett Gladys Atkins Luther Baker and others, concluding with a sign off from Hermia F Adams.
Mrs J D Lay hosted the Ride A Wee Sewing Club on May 7. Members gave a beaded mesh bag to Mrs Lorene Whaley and a pendant and chain to Mrs K M Duncan as birthday gifts. Mrs Josie Jones attended. after noon needlework and a two course lap luncheon were served by the hostess and her daughter Ruth. Alfalfa On Railroad Right Of Way A lease offer for growing alfalfa on Burlington right of way land was received by County Agent Hall. The virgin soil may not need lime and would yield valuable hay without obscuring travel views. The lease cost covers the execution, not the area.
Roscoe Slater reports a spotted Poland China male hog weighing 250 pounds.
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