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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
2
A collage of social visits and family news from Vaseville and nearby towns. Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jerome and others. several families from Laredo and Chillisthe are mentioned. A funeral procession to Laredo drew regional attendees, and local educators Kathleen McKay and Marjorie Fisher are noted.
Local boys teams played basketball with Humphreys edging Pollock 43 to 34 and Humphreys defeating Baris 15 to 31 in later games. Several families, trips to Idaho Seattle town lists, moves and visits follow as residents make weekend news.
A series of domestic social visits includes Mrs Nile Rau, Mrs Mami Buswell, Mr and Mrs J M Logan, Lane Bailey and Helen, Mrs Paul Smith’s family, and Dorothy Wilson who is seriously ill. Also noted are trips to Brookfield for a show and a Colorado absence for work. Probate letters granted September 21 1936 to Galys Phillips as administrator of D H C Lambert estate with six month claims period.
Mr and Mrs Charley Pipes and daughters visited Keokuk Iowa to see relatives for a few days. Fd Almond lost his barn by fire Friday night. Mrs Mary Spencer spent the weekend in Milan with the Spencers. The Walnut Grove teacher took pupils to Milano Friday for the fair. Mr and Mrs Raph Morris visited John Robison in Purdin at week’s start.
A large crowd attended the funeral of Elmer Head at the Christian Church in Purdin at 2 p m Monday illustrating the esteem in which he was held. Alva Begley and wife were Sunday guests at the Raymond Bagley home. Mr and Mrs Enlo Welf welcomed a baby daughter Sunday evening. Lester Burkholder and family visited Billy Brown Sunday. Leland Cassity of Kansas City visited his parents in Purdin Sunday. Earnest Pearson had car trouble Friday evening and his car burned after ignition fire. Merle Pulliam and Grover Garrett traveled to Atchison Monday for feed. Mr and Mrs J C Myers returned from California with daughter Mare Light who accompanied them back to California Monday.
Community members attended the Milan fair and carnival last week. Several families visited relatives and friends in Milan and nearby towns including Kirksville Linneus Browning and Sticklesville. Many stayed over the weekend at various homes and returned home afterward.
A brief social note reports Robert Stephenson spending Friday night in the company of Raymond White.
Winter Barley, a new grain and pasture crop, is spreading in Sullivan County. On farms of J. T. Clawson, Jack Ellett, and others moisture is good, promising relief of winter feed. Yields in drought reached 30 to 25 bushels per acre. barley is 90 percent of corn seeding value and can be fed 69 days earlier than corn.
Farmers' Week at the Missouri College of Agriculture runs October 27 to 29. Highlights include soil and crop conservation methods, legume and pasture improvements, fertilizer and lime strategies, and field trips to South University and Sanborn soil experiment plots.
Sullivan County farm boys display ten fat calves at the St Joseph Baby Beef and Pig Club Show led by Max Freeland Nye Fieland Eugene Thurlo and Bill Carvr among others from Scottsville Osgood 4-H clubs. Calves of Argus and Herefords fed on home corn and oats with cottonseed meal included will be sold at a public auction on Thursday.
Gases can form in pit silos when partially filled with fresh silage and venting is limited to the top. Do not enter if danger is suspected. use a lighted lantern test, agitate the air with a light pail, or run the cutter and blower to exhaust gases under supervision.
Purd n Items reports the sudden death of Elmer Head on Saturday. Funeral was Monday at the Church of Christ conducted by Rev. Cernn of Moberly and burial followed at Grantsville cemetery. The notice notes condolences from friends and relatives and mentions visitors from Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pulliam drove to Meadville to visit Mrs. White recovering from surgery. A. W. Cotter and wife did business in Linneus. Arthur Miller and family visit Ellen Miller in town. Several households travel to Milan for events and Sunday birthday dinner for Mr. Will Jenkins. Mrs. Creed Moore rents Kimbrough home and will move soon. Mrs. Gooch recovers from tooth abscess.
A Missouri Agricultural extension note explains that faded fabrics can be refreshed by redyeing. Choose the right all fabric dye for the fiber, follow package directions, and dye deeper than the original color when possible. Use plentiful water, constant stirring, and thorough rinsing for best results.
A heated debate over gender roles leads to a horse race between Roberta the girl jockey and Arrowhead the stallion ridden by Kid Harry. In a six-horse field the mares and stallions battle to a neck and neck finish, then again in a runoff, producing another dead heat and proving both rides equal. A telegram announcing a honeymoon ends the tale.
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