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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
4
Quotes drift through a Browning scene linking war weariness to future Olympics. Epictetus inspires restraint while mockingly optimistic lines poke at morale and radio entertainments that gibe at the armed forces. Italy’s volcanic dreams and Allied eruptions frame a wartime mood.
Rationing will start late in June for six stove types including coal or wood, oil and gas heating stoves and cooking stoves. After the plan takes effect a purchase certificate from the ration board is required to buy at a store and will be issued based on need.
Mrs Robert Fields and sons Robert and Charles and Miss Gertrude Zeigler traveled to Macomb Illinois on Wednesday Miss Dorothy Zeigler returned to Green City with them Lyle Wickham Jr has had mumps but is improving Rosanne Knifong is a mumps patient Byron and Archie Smith assisted their grandfather W L Taylor Mrs Myrtle Pointer ill in Omaha and Mrs Wickham family members visited Omaha Saturday New telephone line work to rebuild poles wires and brush clearing underway for better service
Cross Roads and Cora reports persistent rain and cold weather delaying corn planting and garden growth. Ernest Dodson of Corn buys thirty two head of cattle at Brookfield. Laddie Dodson and a Turner boy from Cora head to Fort Leavenworth for Uncle Sam service.
The article mentions a man visiting the home of his grandparents on a ten day furlough and returning to Camp Phillips Kansas on Wednesday. J A Dodson is noted as quite poor. The Morris brothers Jim and Ed have been repairing fence on the Charles Dodson farm while the fields are too wet to work in their corn.
Purdi n items note persistent rain for fourteen days with no sun except a brief spell. Local residents report moves and teaching engagements in Tipton and Trenton, repairs at Marion Head's home, and visits among neighbors. A Baptist meeting was moved from Mt Olive to Linus due to weather and road conditions.
Shafter residents report persistent rain for weeks hindering corn planting. Several local families, including the Smith, Phillips, Hammock and Arnold households, spent weekends visiting or hosting and many are papering homes due to wet weather. A move to Meadville sends Carlos Stevenson and Bonnie to work on a trucking line as the community endures soggy fields.
The passage notes Mrs Fay Coulter and Arnold visiting with family in Prowning and Brookfield then driving to Chillicothe to return Mrs Coulter and Arnold home. Mrs Floy Morris visited Mrs Alta Phillips. Dudley Phillips stays with his daughter Mrs Jess Bruce in Haseville. George Hayes of Oklahoma visits with sisters Mrs Mary Molloy and Mrs Buddy Seelly and husband.
The column notes better weather for farmers to finish corn planting after weeks of rain. It lists social visits among local families including the Franks, McCellums, Crists, Christians, Millions, Cordrays, Millicans, Catteys, Sorges, and Cables with several Sunday gatherings and hospital updates. Mrs. Sam Franklin is home from Brookfield hospital after surgery, recovering well.
Pvt. Walter Lambert of Camp Claiborne arrived to visit relatives including parents Ona and Lambert and sister Oda Spencer. Local residents, extended family, and neighbors travel between Linneus Kirksville Purdin Brookfield and Browning as mumps and medical visits affect daily life.
Sunday visitors gathered at Rolla Taylor's home with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wetson and Mr. and Mrs. Ri. L. Brown joining Emma Baker and her mother. Nearby, Barbara and Gary Browning visited Ernest Bundridge's family near Carthage, while Lyle Kibble and Mrs. C. E. Kibble with Lynn and Lois spent time near Green City.
Evening callers visited the Wiley Taylor home and Rolla Taylor family. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bunch and children Mrs. Ernest Mod drell and daughter and Mrs Eliner Jacobs at Orlen Harris and Rolla Taylor homes. Mrs. Wiley Taylor and Barbara returned from Brookfield after visiting Mrs. Cora Thrasher. Mt Zion services were well attended. Eddie Morris and Mrs J W Bunch shopped in Milan. J O Harris and Harold Taylor attended the 4 H Cub meeting at James Ball's. Betty Jo Ball has employment in St Louis. John A Browning visited the Wiley Taylor home this week.
In Winigan vicinity residents make for Montana to visit the ill Henry Moffitt, while Warren Moffitt meets them in Kansas City. Several neighbors travel to Kirksville and Brookfield, with others visiting Denver and Atlanta. A death in the community brings sympathy to the King family after May 12.
Mr and Mrs Vane Kingsolver and Mrs Omi Phillips feature among frequent visitors and guests. Marvin Rinehart Bill Quigley Junior and Laverne Jennings have mumps this week. The Lay and Keithley households host many kin and friends with several Sunday dinners and reports on Keithley health. Lawrence Creason and James visit Brookfield. John Quigley visits Kathleen Quigley household. Crooks family travels to Kansas City after a week with relatives.
Used inner tubes for passenger cars and trucks can be purchased without a ration certificate. An estimated 765000 used passenger car tubes and 225000 used truck tubes are idle in dealer stocks. All rationing regulations have been removed to conserve new tube supply.
The Wartime Meal demonstration drew attendees under Miss Carl's supervision. Thirty four participants helped prepare and serve four different menus, guided by county extension agents in a wartime production effort.
Mrs. Lucille Kelly secretary of the Homemaker's Club of Elm Grove Community west of Marce line reports the group has contributed 9 pounds of fat and 92 pounds of scrap metal to a local drive.
Canning Clinics will be held at the Home Store in Laclede and Fugate's in Meadville on Saturday May 29 from 1 30 to 4 30. Bring your canning problems. Canning guides free to all attendees. Missouri Extension Clubs would gain 80 tons of fat and 80 tons of scrap metal if every club member contributed 4 pounds of fat and 4 pounds of scrap metal.
Thirteen Extension Clubs were represented at the Wartime Meals Demonstration. Wartime meal recipes are available from the County Extension Office.
District Health nurse Mary Jane Cross visited the Mother's club last Thursday, meeting attendees and discussing community health topics.
The Wool Growers Association launches a sheep dipping campaign. Producers must submit name, address, farm location, sheep count, and an estimated readiness date to the County Extension Office.
The Bureau of Animal Industry VEDA plans to test cattle herds in Linn County for Bangs disease. 1943 appropriations authorize bonus payments of 25 dollars for grade cattle and 50 dollars for purebreds with registration.
County agent invites interested parties to notify with name address number of cattle and farm location to bid on disposal of condemned animals as part of enforcement efforts.
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