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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
4
Browning Missouri publication owners Fern N Woodward and G T Woodward publish a newspaper first issued in 1684. The paper is mailed as second-class matter with an annual subscription price of 200 dollars.
Obituary notes Mrs. Carrie Callihan dies prompting funeral at home and burial in Schrock cemetery. Edith Harrison travels from New York after her mother’s death. Various local residents, including the Ford, Crowdis, Gray, and Hunaker families, visit and host relatives.
Sunday was Mother's day with families gathering at homes. Mr and Mrs Gene Baskett and baby visited Mr and Mrs Arthur Griffith. Mrs Ray McNally visited Ohio and Detroit relatives. Tillie McShane celebrated her 89th birthday with a card shower and 77 cards from Arthur Monroe and others.
Sunday fish fry hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morris and Cheryl drew guests including Mr. and Mrs. Logan Meneely and families, and Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman. Mother's Day visits to Floy Morris and Glenn Morris were reported along with several other local family gatherings and weekend visits.
The notice lists numerous social visits and family connections across Chillicothe Browning Fairmount Linneus and Laredo. Mrs Roy Turner recovering from an appendectomy at McLarney Hospital. Velma Moore stays with Mrs Phillips assisting with a new baby. Vaughn Smith helped build a broader house with Glenn Morris.
Dickinson items list visiting relatives and neighbors across numerous families. Marvin Lambert travels from Colorado to spend time with parents and sister while guests visit in Meadville Linneus and nearby towns. News mentions a factory injury to Leo Pearler in Rockford Illinois and various social calls and get togethers around the area.
Garry Wayne Floyd and Leroy Lambert spent Monday night with Eugene West and visited Shelby school on Tuesday.
Mary Lee Kimbrough and family visited Browning on business while Bob Smith Uncle Call Moore died Saturday evening. Community extends sympathy to the bereaved family. Multiple local visits and calls are listed including Carrollton, Chillicothe, Brookfield, Forker and nearby farms this past week.
Mr and Mrs Noel Tully and Fred Smith and daughters spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Will Kenley. Darlene George stayed with her sister Mrs Charles West and family. Hank Thurlo is putting a new roof. Mrs Sarcha Brassfield of Salem Oregon visits relatives. Farmers are busy planting corn. Will Kenley bought a car from Otto John son. Mrs Cora Morgan stays with Mrs Cordie Swisegood in Browning.
Mr and Mrs Buster Wa and Mr and Mrs Harry Da and baby of Kansas City are spending their two week vacation with their parents, and Mrs Willie Watson.
The local column lists residents visiting relatives and hosting callers. Names include Mrs. Sarah Brassfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Woodside, Mrs. Nolan Guyer, Mr. and Mrs. Evert Hollon, and others. Events mention electricity access, a May 27 club meeting, and a funeral in Browning.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Rinehart visited Tuesday with Mrs Knifong and family. Mr and Mrs Eugene Quigley and son Gregory spent Thursday with J D Quigley and family. Mr and Mrs Vic Jones went to Brookfield last Thursday and bought two hundred baby chicks.
Mrs Leon Kenley and Gary visited Mr and Mrs Fran cis Schrock and Steve on Friday evening. Miss Dixie Dennis wed Mr George Molloy last Friday. About fifty relatives and schoolmates joined the Dennis home May 16 for a bountiful dinner. Staff Sgt Lyle Bundies serves in South Carolina.
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