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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
4
The piece reflects on Thanksgiving amid postwar recovery, urging unselfish gratitude and support for less fortunate nations. It contrasts abundant harvests with global scarcity, celebrates national prosperity, and calls for harmony, faith, and action to extend comforts beyond the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Crookshanks visited relatives in Purdin this week. Iven Hedges and children spent the week end there. Effie Pulliam Wallace Putliam and son were hosts at the Cecil Wohler home Saturday. Van Vencil returned home after honorable discharge. Carl Ben Barrows greeted friends in Purdin Saturday evening. Mary and Martha Powell came from Kansas City for the weekend. Walter Gooch of Browning visited Purdin Saturday. Charley Miller went to Brookfield Thursday to see a doctor.
Word from Purdin says Dr. J. R. Dixon plans to return and set up practice in Marceline soon. The note notes that more physicians are certainly needed in the area.
The Garner items describe family visits and funerals, with Earl Campbell and Mrs. Bertha Burkhelder attending Nannie Burkhelder’s funeral in Breckfield. Social rounds include reunions, Sunday dinners, shopping trips in Brookfield, farm activity, quilting, and local moves, all reflecting a lively community.
Local notes report potential bad weather. Families visited relatives, including Van Gray with the Crow dis family, Allen McClaren with Lyle at Harley McClaren's, and Raymond Smith aiding Sam Artz wiring houses. The Fields and Morgan families wintered together, Dowdy leased and moved to Brassfield farm, Foster moved furniture to Browning, Harris plans spring return to their farm, Foster had lived on the Harris farm.
Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wood's home included Miss Clara Wood Miss Pearl Wood Mr and Mrs Barney McKenzie Kenneth Jimmie McKenzie and Mr and Mrs Willie VanHorn Grover June and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Young in Halenville.
Lt. Bethy Lovell returned to Illinois on Sunday to report for duty as a nurse. Mrs. Elvira King returned home.
Sunday from Newton Iowa where she attended the funeral of her sister Mrs Viola Weter who died November 6th. Mr and Mrs George Ford and their children of Milan visited relatives here. Mrs Stella Hollenbeck visited her sister Mrs Mida Wright at Milan last week. She was very poorly. Mrs Molly Breeding visited relatives here Sunday night. Ray Grindstaff and daughters of Pelleck visited his sister Mrs Leanna Leeper and family near Browning Sunday.
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