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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
8
Frank Priebe addresses Browning readers with practical farming tips. He advises balancing news cravings with poultry guidance from worming to marketing, noting high frying chicken stocks and urging growers to rear roasting birds for better prices.
A farmer columnist urges poultry raisers to slow selling light spring chicks at low prices. With shortages of chicks but rising spring sales, he predicts a stronger fall market for roasting chickens and advises not to hold 5 to 6 pound birds, instead moving them now while feed is available.
Beautiful autumn weather with light frost shifts foliage to gold and scarlet. Sunday guests at Geo Thudium included Gilbert Montgomery family Ona, Julia Coffman, and Jennie Glen. Visitors attended the 4-H Fair at Brookfield Friday and Saturday. Sunday calls at Roy Maxwell’s home by Clay Spencer and Ray Griffith. Ethel Thudium visitations by Dora Davolt. Orville Mott visited Claude Perrin. Chessley Ona Montgomery and Richard Thudhum drove to St Louis with stock. Hubert Baskett and Donald visited John Baskett near Shafter. Al bert Dodge hosted visits by Chancey Baker Bevier and Frances Baker St Catherine. Mrs Dodge ill. W J Burkholder and wife went to Kirksville to see son-in-law Tony Gall at Laughlin Hospital following lung abscess operation a week ago.
Mr and Mrs Orville Thudium and their sons visited Mrs Thudiums parents Mr and Mrs Elvis Martin on Sunday. Mrs Lawrence Ried visited daughter Mrs Sylvia Asher at Brookfield in recent days and attended the 4-H fair.
Local families from Columbia, Kansas City, Milan and Pollock visited relatives. church activities include a Sunday School revival and officers, missionary meeting at Church of God in Roger, attendance figures noted. Harvest work and football game attendance mentioned. revival begins October 6 inviting all to attend.
Frank Head Edith Browning Mable and Arlo Cordray took Charley Cordray to Columbia for treatment. Cordray’s condition remains unchanged. Eight year old Lee Roy Lambert has a fractured neck and stays at his grandmother Mary Lambert’s home. Various neighbors and relatives visited, including the Longwells Smiths Woodside Swisegood and Head families over several days.
Mrs. Thomas Henry is on the sick list under care of Dr. McArtor. Relatives and friends gathered at the Walter McKay home for a Sunday dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Crowdis visited the John Crowdis home. Mrs. Bob Crowdis went to Browning Friday to consult Dr. McArtor. The Crowdises attended a stock sale in Browning Friday afternoon. Bertha Faulkner and Pearl Daley of Milan visited C. J. DeWitt’s home Sunday. Monday night marked the last showing of the picture show.
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