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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
6
The community attended a Baptist Convention at New Garden church and a Locust Valley revival concluded with a basket dinner and seven converts baptized at West Locust Creek. Local families shared visits, trips to Bedford and Milan, and neighborly gatherings through the week.
Local notes report Bryen Molloy and family at the R. E. Smith rental near the school. George and Vernon Phillips with families hosted dinner. Glenn Edwards and daughters Dorotha Marie and Oca G. are back from a two week trip to St. Joseph, Kansas City and other Kansas Nebraska points. Frances Lucille Smith returned from Brookfield after visiting her brother Earl Smith. A sizeable group from the area traveled to Brookfield on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Al Jeans and son from Kansas City visited Mrs Jean s sister Mrs S J Bartow and family during the weekend. The Molloys spent Sunday with the Molloys Pat. Frances Overall and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs D W Nichols of Linneus. Jim Shafer Don Shafer and others spent Sunday with Hubert Shafer s family. Robert Hall of Linneus saw Clarence Crookshanks and Elva Crookshanks. Vane Kingsolver and son hosted visits. Ray Gooch and H V Campbell plus W J Gooch joined in.
Community notes record visits among Morris, Blackman, Pipes and Jennings families in Owasco Milan and Keokuk. Legion Conven tion attendee Ralph Morris heads to Joplin. Elder Potter recovers after illness while hot September weather affects fall farm work and corn ripening.
The article notes an expected large fall sowing of wheat and extensive plowing after rains as farmers anticipate seed time. It also follows local visits by Everett Nickell and Alfred Morris, with remarks on pest control through fall cleanup and wintering insects.
Several from the community attended the Brookfield circus Saturday and all reported a fine show. Otho Almonds visited Roy Maxwell’s Sunday. Elwood Thudium and families visited Frank Cattey’s Sunday. Mr and Mrs W J Burkholder went Saturday to Brookfield and brought their son Luster Burkholder home after an appendicitis operation. Luther Lauck hauled lambs to St Joseph Monday night for John Davis. Orville Mott seen in Shelby Sunday. Bertha Burkholder remains on sick list after Colorado Springs trip. Allen and Clyde Belzer played with Garner against Harper Sunday. Mr and Mrs Albert Dodge hosted Mrs Dodge’s brother and family from Wellsville Saturday night.
Albert Smith visits his mother Aunt Amanda Smith in Lincoln Nebraska for several weeks. Funeral attendees for Mrs. John Bohner include Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Monroe and others from Purdin. Ruth Pulliam scalds her hand at Johnson Cafe but recovers. Ed Urbach family mourns the death of Glenn Urbach’s wife in Topeka. Willard and Roy Pulliam build a new house for Ed Smith near North Salem.
George D. Jones of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges immediate action to combat garden insect pests this fall, noting that a favorable year for pests last summer makes autumn a critical season for control.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Gray and sons spent Saturday in Brookfield. Warren W. Dray of Linneus visited relatives Friday night. Earl M. Palmer and A. L. Marley went to Chillicothe on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Carpenter traveled to LaPlata for the illness of her father. Schrock's advertises windshield repair. Mrs. Leo Jones returned from Excelsior Springs after treatments. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and children plus Mrs. Sandusky and Frances Kibble spent the week with E. E. Harris in Milan.
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