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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
4
A reflective Browning column contemplates balance in life noting temperance as strength and patience over conquest. It jests about marriage licenses shifting plans and jokes about Halloween treats and modest living amid changing social habits.
Red Dowdy works for Jake Atkins. Allen Fanning and family visit Lula Smith in Reger. J. D. Seaman visits Shelbina with Dutch Brehm family and daughter Jerry Lee. Jake Atkins visits Chillicothe. C. L. MecQuown visits daughter J. T. Hoselton family. John Oliver and Faye Lumsden wed last week. John on leave from the Navy. School progresses nicely. Lester Fields family visits John Morgan family.
Beautiful autumn weather prevails as Garner residents share visits and local tasks. Last week Coram helped Tom Assity with feed. Epilogue of neighborly visits from Flemington and Brookfield. A wood sawing project and a church meeting led by Eld. Thos. E. Spurling invite attendance October 13 to 16.
A morning column from Jackson Center notes pleasant fall weather and mentions Mrs. Louis Bropes in a short community greeting.
Belton Missouri recalls Carry A Nation the two hatchet crusader who battled saloons across Kansas and beyond. The column frames her 19th and 20th century war on liquor with vivid scenes from Medicine Lodge Enterprise and Dodge City as folklore of prohibition’s rise.
Local social notes report Rayburn and Eburm Hicks leaving for Kansas City to enter the Navy. Various visitors and family gatherings span Shafter Chillicothe Trenton Brookfield and nearby towns. Wounds and recoveries, dental work, and farm chores accompany the community update.
Pvt Charley M Smith and wife of Fort Leonard Wood visited North Salem relatives over the weekend. Families hosted include Smiths, Stones, Elliots, and Jennings with multiple meals and guests. Gracie Jennings hosted friends for Odis Jennings sendoff as he prepares to join the U.S. Army October 15. Sgt Allen Lambert received a 22 pound candy box from North Salem supporters.
Announcement declares C F Eubanks as a Republican candidate for the Sullivan County Missouri probate court judge seat.
At The Churches Church of Christ Sunday School and Communion each Sunday morning at 10 00 Jas P Bolling Supt Baptist Church Sunday School at 10 00 am each Sunday morning Robert Morrow Supt Everyone cordially invited to attend
Rev C J Chappell pastor leads Sunday church school at 10 a m with H L Schrock as superintendent Preaching services held on the first and third Sundays each month in the morning and evening.
Mrs Marjorie Lambert Mrs Goldie Belzer and Miss Helen Smith attended a Brookfield teachers meeting. A North Salem school pie supper Friday night cleared 32.80. Ela Minor visits LaPlata this week. Earl Cassity to enter U S Army examination. Lafe Pearler leaves for Oklahoma to visit relatives.
Lovely fall weather continues as residents note pleasant days. Local people host and visit relatives including Shufflebarger, Stultz, Lambert, Woodside, and Pierce families. Visitors from Brookfield Milan Galt and Aberdene South Dakota are mentioned along with health updates on Anna Smith and Bob Shouse.
Saturday and Sunday visitors included Virgil Sayers and Stanley and Deloris for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sayers. Maurice Pennington joined Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foster and family for Sunday dinner. Several local households hosted relatives from the Young and Crookshanks families and others during the weekend.
Local households report a weekend of visits across Chillicothe and nearby towns. Names include Sayers, Tromerhouser, Belz, Tripplett, Lane, Melton, Engleman, Forsen, Warren, and others visiting relatives and attending dinners and calls.
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