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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
4
A collage of humorous and reflective lines touching on weather lessons crops aviation humor and social notes. Items reference Shakespeare sentiments farming shifts military pamphlets air travel changes and fashion with light observations on daily life and language use. The tone blends wit moralizing and casual commentary from a historical column.
Weather turns warm after weeks of cold and snow with light showers followed by heat. Local residents report visits among neighbors and relatives including Mrs. K Vencll and Mrs. Jane Hardin. Mrs Will Cumbo undergoes successful surgery and remains critical. Phillip K born to Mr and Mrs George Swenson of California.
The item records Mr. and Mrs Porter Sayre and their children hosting callers on Sunday evening and notes Miss Jean Whitaker’s Wednesday night visit with Misses Dorothy and Ruby Dixon.
Community notes list residents and visitors across nearby towns. Events include May 7 social visits, Kirksville trips, family gatherings, care for ill relatives, and local work such as harvesting and farm tasks. Names include Sorge Manlove Bailey Cattey Romine Riddle Hayes Cook and others.
Mrs Anna Hall and daughter Mrs Floyd Hardin called on friends. Mrs Lula Helms and Mrs Lydia Seals visited Sunday afternoon. Harvey Head, son of Charley Head, is sick with mumps.
Government and auto maker statements project 64 million former owners will lack cars by July 1945 and 17 million will seek replacements. About 18.4 million new vehicles will be needed to restore prewar transport. Buying power rises as savings reach 100 billion dollars and income hits 150 billion.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Owens traveled to Kansas City on business. Mrs. Ollie Johnson visited Chillicothe. The Palmers shopped in Brookfield. The Cooper family shopped in Purdin. Ronald Johnson worked for Red Gooch. Merri Kimbrough visited Ross Palmer. Urb Johnson and C. M. Goins visited Lee Wood. Carlos Hicks helped Babe Kimbrough plow. The Pulliams from Brookfield visited Red Gooch. Bertha Gooch visited West Virginia to see Dr. W. J. Gooch family.
Mrs. Iola Hampton and daughters of Brockfield and Mrs. Alva Deskins spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Longwell. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Dickinson spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hollon and children. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. James Cokerham and children were Sunday evening callers of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lambert.
S C Lambert visited Daniel Gray on Monday afternoon. Helen Ann West spent Saturday with Lucille and Lacma Lambert. Harold Hollon and family called Sunday evening on his parents Rey and family. Robert Lambert and children visited Harold Abbott and his wife and children Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Nora Grindstaff and Mrs Cal Burress visit with Ray Grindstaff family near Pellock. Mrs James Tipton improving after a week of illness. Robert Shipley and wife welcome a baby son born May 11 at Simpson Hospital Milan. Russell Roberts and son from Kansas City spent the weekend here. Luella Grindstaff visited relatives in Kansas City returned Saturday. Virgil Grindstaff and daughter plus Tommy Breeding and family from Kansas City spent the weekend here. Oscar Leeper and Elizabeth Johnson visited relatives here Sunday. Emmett Spencer of Milan and A M Lawson near Osgood visited C E Burress last Friday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Will Havens were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Victor Jones. Mrs Delphine Lambert and son and Miss Dorothy Dixon were Saturday guests of Mrs Porter Sayre. Mr and Mrs Porter Sayre and children visited Mr and Mrs James Dunlap Saturday night. Mrs Marvin Dixon and children returned from Greencastle after visiting her folk. Mr and Mrs James Dunlap were also noted as guests in the community notices.
Robert Fields lost a cow and calf Friday. Cecil Taylor took his mother Mrs W L Taylor and sister Mrs Melvin Gray and J W Gray to Prockfield Thursday for eye care. Joyce and Jimmy Crowdis spend summer in Keokuk with sister Mrs Mervyn Garrett and daughters. Lyle Wickham took Mrs Myrtle Pointer and Lois Wickham to Omaha to summer with Pointer’s two daughters. Elbert Howard family spent Sunday at W L Taylor’s. Sam Artz and John Shatto helped Fields plant corn. Lyle Wickham returned from Kirksville to finish the week at home. Mrs Nellie Jennings’s death in Illinois reported to Mrs W H Oliver.
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