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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
4
A Browning column riffs on Thanksgiving themes and local life. It interweaves quotes and observations about voting, manners, and community, hinting at civic talk and social habits while noting provincial quirks in a reflective tone.
Pleasant Hill notices describe sales at Hugh Campbell place with fair prices. Dayton Street welcomes a new car from Otto Johnson. Rain refreshed cisterns. A L Knnfong built a large pond on Hubler farm. Numerous local visits span Milan St Joseph St Catherine Kirksville and Phoenix bound health trips.
Gentle rain fell Saturday night and Sunday in Purdin as residents note needed moisture. Mrs. Carl Cassity returned from a three week visit in Detroit Michigan and was greeted by relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Joe Wolfe accompanied her home and visited. Melvin Lewis of Marceline visited her parents Grafton King solver and Tom Myers. On Sunday Mrs Wallace Helms tended to business in Purdin.
The revival at the Church of God in Reger ended Sunday with three souls saved and three satisfied. Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephenson announce the birth of a baby boy Thomas Wesley weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces born Thursday November 9. Attending physicians were Dr Grace Simmons and Dr Ralph DeWitt. Mrs Stephenson is formerly Miss Virginia Ford. Mother and baby are blankets fine. Miss Phyllis Crowdis, employed in Kansas City, visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Crowdis Jr and Charles over the weekend. Miss Virginia Williams, employed in Milan, also visited home folks Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Bessie Lambert spent Tuesday evening with Evelyn Longwell. Kermit Lambert made three trips to St. Louis market last week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lambert and son Norlan were Tuesday evening callers of Mrs. Edna.
Browning announces its inaugural basketball tournament set for November 30 December 1 and 2. Faculty students and the immigrant community contributed to the effort as trophies arrive and the school welcomes visitors to view the prizes.
The Library Club, overseen by Mrs. Phillips, has cleaned and reorganized the library. New books are cataloged and staff includes president Lloyd Newton and reporter Bertie Gooch with several librarians listed by name.
Quote attributed to Addison about effort and virtue. No additional context or events provided.
The schedule lists a Thanksgiving vacation on November 23 and 24. A basketball tournament is set for November 30, December 1, and December 2 at Here.
Helen Falconer views a cotton plantation in full bloom and calls the plants a wonderful crop of powder puffs. Clifford Spencer wonders about using his voice while Mr. Williams notes it could help in a fire. The postmaster comments on excessive postage on a package as Billie reflects.
The dialogue presents two satirical or absurd claims as examples of imaginary objects. Mr Dutton introduces the topic with a request while Max Schrock offers the humorous counterexample of a rooster's egg, highlighting a paradox.
The operetta cast started night practice with a December performance planned. The band met last Tuesday and is rehearsing a new selection titled Seeds of Cadmus.
On Tuesday night November 22 Browning Public Schools presented a one act play The Pampered Darling with Rooms I and II directed by Mrs Lay and Miss Burwell The program featured a skaters waltz tonette band grades 6 7 8 rhythm band grades 1 5 SR Flavin 45 Getting Ready for Thanksgiving grades 1 5 reading Our First Thanksgiving Frances Lou Lawrence song Trees in November reading A Thanksgiving Fable Jeans Bartow A Thanksgiving Playlet grades 1 2 3 song America Rhythm Band Despite the change in temperature many attended the program.
A series of brief visits and callers are recorded. George Spencer visited Billy Fields Thursday. Clyde Belzer stayed with Oren Head on Wednesday. Husking Bee at Boston noted. Mrs John Longwell and Mrs Anna Belle West called Thursday evening at Billy Fields. Floyd Swisegood visited Saturday with T S Lambert. Oda Spencer and son Jerry spent Friday with Harry and Mrs Lambert as Oda helped saw wood. Raymond Browing and Wilma spent Friday with Billy Fields family. Theodore Steele and son Marlin traded in Milan Saturday. Mrs Lambert and daughter visited Robert Lambert Sunday afternoon. Archie Dickinson hosted Everett Hale and son Larry Saturday. Robert Lambert visited Billy Fields Sunday night.
A poultry letter notes light turkeys now fetch up to 5 cents a pound more than heavies, signaling a shift toward smaller birds. It cites consumer budget limits, apartment sizes, and restaurant limits for large birds, with buyers preferring 10 to 15 pound turkeys to fit $2.50 meat budgets.
Visitors on the campus this past week included Maxine Taylor Theo Warren Irola Havens and Josephine Wattenbarger.
A senior boy living in the country joins the boys quartet. He has blond hair and blue eyes and always has a tune.
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