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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
4
A collage of remarks blends poetry and social musings about change. It contrasts battles of wits in war with marketing choices like the ripe cantaloupe and shifts in domestic life including bed trends and laundry dependence.
Morris Chapel items report visits and social news. Delmar Oertwig and stock for Russell Benskin traveled to Kansas City. Sunday dinners at C A Goins included Sprague Smiths and Morris family from Macon. Red Cross work at Pleasant Shade School progresses. meet Wednesdays. George Crooks family visited Rolla Gooch. Emma Rottmann and Buggs called at Lee Good home. Nora Gooch returned from West Virginia. Larry McCollum broke his leg last week. Lee Wood and Don visited C M Goins. Essie Wood visited sister Emma Rottmann in Browning.
Mrs Edgar Morris visited her uncle Herman Eoper and wife Monday. A fifth school with nineteen pupils is noted. Miss Rosalie Gooch stayed with Miss Elizabeth Campbell Saturday night. Mrs George Phillips and son Bob hosted Mr and Mrs Ross Palmer and son Bob Thursday evening. Mrs Fay Coulter Mrs Alice Coulter and Arnold of Chillicothe visited Friday through Sunday with their daughter Mrs Harold Campbell. Attended the Horse Show Sunday night and sat near a woman in a $50 outfit who had traveled through eight towns including Centerville Unionville Milan and others. She praised the Browning Band for music and said the band was good. The writer notes not being 50 excited by woods burning.
Farrell and Larry Warren spent Friday with Ronald and Jerry Crookshanks while parents stayed in Chillicothe. A grand horse show drew locals at Browning. Several visits and dinners followed with families from Chillicothe and Browning as residents hosted events for George Crooks heading to military service.
Scottsville notes describe good weather and community activities. Miss Christine Van Fossen led pupils to the Junior Calf Show in Milan, while Ray and Paul Hoselton entered calves in the Calf Show at St Joseph. Social visits and travel to Humphreys and Brownings horse show are mentioned along with local mail arrangements.
Mr and Mrs Alton Walker and children and several relatives spent Sunday with the VanFossens. Wirt Lovell, former Roger resident, died in Trenton and was buried in Glaze cemetery after services at Humphreys. The report notes multiple visits among Grindstaff, Crowdis, Moffitt and Amber crombie families and others in Roger and nearby areas.
Mrs. Forrest Gooch of this city met her son Pvt. Jas W Gooch who was badly hurt when an army truck overturned at Camp Howze Texas four vertebrae were fractured he is reported improving. Mrs George Pittaway and two daughters move to Tulsa Oklahoma after husband’s job. Mrs Glen Collins and Gary Collins visit Chas Collins family. The W S C S of the Methodist church to serve lunch at the Robert Fields and Herman Harris sales midweek.
Mr and Mrs Ray Wheelbarger Mary Lou and Bob visited Morris Crookshanks Thursday. O L Loy and Mrs Keithley were in Milan on business last week. Sam Gooch Rosalie visited F G McMickle Sunday. Marvin Rinehart Jimmy visited Jim Rinehart's Sunday. W E Sayers Jr employed in Ottumwa spent the weekend with family. shanks and Joe Long visited Will Morris Sunday. Lloyd Bowyer home welcomed Dallas Falconer Ellis Clawson and daughter Louis Arnold and sons Noble Crooks and Jewell. J C Jennings was taken to Trenton Sunday night. he has spent the past month with his mother Bertha Jennings and other relatives. J C is in the Navy.
Harold Fanning returned home after more than a year in service. Mrs. Seaman Wallace visits her daughter Mrs. Kenneth Knifong who is bed bound. Charley and Mrs. Newton travel to Winigan. The Kimbroughs and Mrs. Powell see Everett Riley’s family. Dale Straley visits Eu gene Straley. Families Mairs and Tucker join Everett Riley. George Martin transports cows to St Joseph for Lyle Britton. Ronald and Jewell Phillips stay with grandparents while parents tour an apple orchard near Waverly.
Dickinsons report Harley Tripp, missing since September 6, is now being held as a Nazi prisoner. The item notes other local visits and family gatherings across Brookfield Chillicothe Browning and Camp Crowder, with relatives visiting and hosting events.
Mrs Alva Deskins spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jesse Longwell. Mrs Jess Woodside and Mrs Norman Woodside assisted Mrs Marline Woodside with Monday paper work.
Mrs. Dora Cornwell entertained 4-H members for Corwin Cornwell's 13th birthday with sandwiches coffee fruit salad cake and pie. Calf show winnings were reported and a bond drive pie supper raised funds for Shelby School. Local families visited shopped and farm work continued as frost approached.
The 12 Federal Land Banks will replace higher rates with a 4 percent interest on 98 percent of existing loans issued before June 24 1935. The Land Bank said this rate is the lowest long term mortgage credit level farmers have ever seen, per A G Bibek Governor of the Farm Credit Administration.
In 1944 the agriculture sector plans easing rationing restrictions on farm implements to boost new machinery production and urges farmers to participate in a campaign titled Keep. The move aims to raise output and support wartime needs through expanded manufacturing and usage of agricultural equipment.
War Food Administration outlines plans to boost wartime output for 1944 with a target of 380 million acres in crops. State Agricultural War Boards and farm representatives will review goals as labor, machinery, supplies, conservation, and price issues are discussed at 48 state meetings in October.
Combine equal parts butter and strained honey then heat. Add a quarter teaspoon cinnamon and a quarter teaspoon grated orange rind per half cup of mix. Stir until warm and pour from a small pitcher for serving.
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