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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1952
Page
4
Local residents attend funerals, visit relatives, and share holiday gatherings across Chillicothe and nearby towns. Jubilant family trips mix with a near accident as Norris Brown and classmates return from a senior trip, encountering a slick road that sent their car into a ditch but resulted in no serious injuries.
No one was hurt in the incident. Johnson's wrecker was called to assist and the car sustained damage.
Jim Bailey of Kirksville preached at the Church of God and helped with the Mother's Day program. Sunday visitors included Jim Bailey, Jay Wattembarger and Sons, with Mr. and Mrs. Buell McClaren. Numerous local families hosted and visited including Ford, Stephen son, Bardon, McCaughey, Reeder, Collins, Tunnell, Smith, Pittaway, Williams, Rogers, Tipton, and others. Grover McClaren at East Veterans Hospital was noted, with well wishers hoping for his return home.
The fragment notes Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith and baby from Durham visiting the mother, with Mrs. Mary Reed and her sons also mentioned, indicating a family weekend gathering and travel to Milan for final exams.
Mr and Mrs Ben Willie and Fred Willie of Whittier California were guests in the Bob Wood home over the weekend Ada Wood visiting from Chicago and other local families were guests or callers at the Wood Lee Richardson Goins and Cooper homes in a busy period of social visits and shopping in nearby towns including Kirksville Brookfield Mendon and Brookfield.
Last week's items record social calls by Frank Jennings and son Ernest and family in St. Joseph. They visited Mrs Hattie Jennings and son Duff and family, then traveled to Milan to see John Jennings. Hattie Jennings visited Mellie A mond and wife at Brookfield. Donald White and family from Bowling Green, Mo., are visiting Fritz Brinkley and family.
Miss Carol Lou Jennings visited over the weekend with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Kay Stufflebean near Milan. Judy Jennings spent Sunday with grandparents Mr and Mrs Guy Brookshier and Louie Brookshier.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Brehm of Shelbina and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson with son Glen visited Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Seaman. Harvey Pratt of Kansas City stayed with her parents, while Donald Gene Rinehart of Chillicothe spent the weekend with his parents. Judy Tuly visited grandparents, and Joe Ford helped paper for Clarence Fanning. Several attended Baccalaureate services at the Browning Auditorium.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Lambert were in Shelby Tuesday afternoon Curt Bauer made a business trip for Kenneth Freeman to St Louis Tuesday Joe Carr was in Shelby trading Tuesday afternoon Charley Maxwell was in our town Mrs David Ogle helped her sister Mrs Crede Boyles with paper hanging Thursday Cecil Simpson lost a valuable cow and calf during the severe electric storm of the previous week Mr and Mrs Leland Lambert and Robert Craig went fishing early last week Mrs Lambert was the lucky fisher Pat Dunn of K C WDAF announced severe lightning and thunder Thursday night Herbert Boyles writing to his mother.
A garbled OCR item presents a fragmented note about a college, land area, river in Russia, and vegetables. The readable parts point to terms like vertical, size, shot, land measure, river, and Russia with no coherent event or person details to anchor a clear news item.
The community mourns the death of 89 year old Mr. Sherry Simpson known as Uncle Sherry. He passed away Friday morning after a lifetime of optimism and is remembered fondly by neighbors and friends.
A small town update notes unseasonably cold weather and rain. Kathryn Cleeton and pupils held a musical recital at the school which patrons enjoyed. Families visiting over the weekend include the Baileys and Helms clans. Max is ill with measles and Elma Abbott sprained her shoulder in a recent fall.
A list of attendees from Mt Hope and surrounding towns visited Linneus for a Singspiration event. Guests included families and individuals from New Boston Kirksville St Catherine and Independence Kansas. Also noted are Sunday dinner guests of Frank Phillips and others from the area.
The State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia holds old county atlases from 1870 to 1900 showing township maps owners’ names and property lines plus lithographic views of farms homes and officers. They include county histories and Civil War biographies. residents urged to donate or turn them to libraries.
Club members enrolled in dairy projects and leaders will meet at the County Extension Office on Friday May 16 at 8 00 PM for the first training on dairy cattle judging fitting and showing. A county judging team will be selected to participate in the Interstate Dairy Judging Contest at St Joseph in June. Today we live in such a manner that our wants become our dire needs. A diet is not so bad after all.
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