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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
4
Meadville basketball team faced Browning on Wednesday night. The Meadville offense heated up in the final period and the game finished with Meadville leading Browning 40 at the final bell.
The seniors placed orders for their caps gowns and announcements last Wednesday signaling preparation for graduation events.
Sais office has been rearranged and a new desk installed for the secretary. She has accepted the position as District R-1 secretary.
A fragmentary verse notes how Sweet Williams in a flower bed seem fickle and aloof. The speaker laments being ignored by the plants and muses about the idea of uprooting them while acknowledging the flowers’ charm.
The Linn County elections elected township committee members for Baker Benton Brookfield Bucklin Grantsville Jackson Jefferson Locust Creek Marceline North Salem Parson Creek and Yellow Creek. Fourteen townships selected delegates meeting in Linneus October 1 choosing county officers including Chairman Dewey R. Chapman Vice Chairman Hubert W. Mason Regular Member Howard T. Wickiter First Alternate Thomas H. Wade Second Alternate Walter A. Wood Treasurer Roy J. Guyer. A new Missouri River booklet The Rivers of Missouri was published by the Missouri Conservation Commission offering history andDetails on major streams and rivers. copies priced 25 cents are available.
Warm, windy week in Purdin town with several local movements and visits. Ethel Richardson and daughters Lucille Bowyer and Zida Aiane shopped in Brookfield. Coop Stevenson moved to a new home in Laclede. Charley Head and son Harvey bought Johnson Cafe and open for friends. Vella Bowyer spent time at her home in Lawrence C. Cassity family visited parents with sons. Jesse Pulliam and Daisy Pulliam visited in Kirksville. Daisy improving slowly. No school Thursday and Friday. teachers held a Kitheville meeting. Jay Burkholder family and Slater family visited Purdin Saturday. Roe Conley and daughter Betty vacationed in Dakota. Frank Murrain visiting her brother John Miller in South Missouri.
Mr and Mrs Duff Jennings and daughter Judy shopped in Purdin last week. Listen Dunlap left Sunday for Colorado on a hunt. Mr and Mrs Guy Brookshier visited Newton Iowa to see daughter and family and new granddaughter Cherryn born October 18. Jackie Jennings and sisters attended the Milan show Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs E J Palmer were in Brookfield on business. Essie Wood helped Roberta with paper two rooms last week. Rolla Gooch and Lee Wood attended a sale near Trenton last week. Mr and Mrs C M Goins and Sam Sprague were in Brookfield on business.
Mr and Mrs J Palmer visited the Ira Cox home one night last week. Mr and Mrs Loren Owens and children called on the Joe Moore home in Sentey. Eelieve Gooch and Virginia Falconer papered two rooms for their prother last week. Babe Kimbro and Lee Wood were in two days last week on Dean, Mark aid Rolla Gooch were in Topeka Kansas last Thursday visiting Lee Gooch at the hospital. Mr and Mia, CM Goins and Sam Sprague were Sunday dinner guests at the Lee Wood home.
Locust Valley residents J D Quigley and family attended a Brookfield sale. Jessie Fuller and Chas Fuller traveled to Covenne. Many neighbors visited kin, attended circuses in Milan, and enjoyed church singing and community events. Several trips to Meadville Humphreys Kansas City and Iowa are noted with family visits and social gatherings.
Relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McCollum home as they plan to move to Brookfield in about a week after 54 years in the area. Mt Hope Church revival ends with twelve conversions led by Rev Archie Cooper and song leader Rev Noel Coram.
Attendees listed in a local note include Milan visitors on Sunday with Lee and Mrs. Cale Nelson and children, Jim Crum, J.D. Crowdis, C O Crowdis, and Mr Aron with Mrs. Clarence Gramling among others.
The report records numerous visits and outings around Browning and nearby towns. Names include Pi Janice, Carol, Tom Ford, Lloyd Crowdis, Neve Crowdis, Roy Crow, John Harris, Maggie Crowdis, Frances McNeely, Helen Hun, Janet, Jerald Adon, Donna Jo, Ben Carter, Don Moffitt and Bruce Moffitt. Attendees traveled between Milan and Brookfield and St. Catharine Missouri.
Mrs Lizzie Cornwall and Mr and Mrs Vinton Craig visited Brookfield on business early this week. Run yan and Guyer delivered stock to Kansas City markets. The revival at Mt Hope drew large crowds as Crede Boyles and daughter attended church. Mary Craig visited homefolks late in the week. Roscoe Schoke Virgil Owen and Kermit Rulon traded in Shelby Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Lee Gooch shopped here. Mable Gallo plans a visit with Edward Montgomery family near Shelby. Georgia Lambert and Eli Kirk seen in town. Mrs Robert Boyles spent Thursday with reverie and Ralph Richardson family. Sewing Club met at Mrs Richardson’s. Lemon Powell Oren Clapp and Orvel Runyon shopped in Shelby. Henry and James Craig attended at Solaak mill.
Numerous geant attendees joined the St Joseph 4-H Club Fair with many participants having club members in their families. Mr and Mrs David Ogle and others assisted Crede Boyles with harvesting soybeans. Mrs Nile Bauer visited Mrs Robert Boyles on Friday afternoon. Mrs Leman Powell called on Mrs Ervin Smith, the telephone operator, on Friday. Guy Montgomery served as mail distributor Saturday morning.
Extension specialists at Missouri college of agriculture advise farmers to use existing farm structures for corn storage due to a bumper crop. Options include narrowing houses barns garages and other outbuildings with plans available through county extension offices and agents. Plans can help convert old buildings to meet Producers Marketing Administration specifications.
Historical note on 1949 CROP program led by G Forrest Smith with October as CRO month. Missouri and other counties organized drives to distribute wheat soybeans milk and other foods via church agencies to help overseas needy. Mrs Joan Dent United Council of Women wrote from Japan urging continued assistance.
Carrollton, Mo. resident Weaver encounters hurdles proving identity for a hunting permit as agents and officials request stronger proof and encounter delays at a port of entry. He eventually shows a U S citizen document and a hunting license amid confusion over acceptable IDs.
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