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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
4
A collection of satirical quips about labor, wealth, politics, romance, war, fashion, and travel. The items contrast idle riches, wary marriages, social norms, and the era’s light-hearted observations about modern life and trade. Notable lines touch radio, autos, tourism, and courting in Browning.
The Purdin softball tournament concluded Saturday with Browning as winner and Linneus second. Local social visits included Curt and Bagley, Pulliam visiting St Joseph for store goods, and Mrs Ben Alexander's improving health. The community mourns Charley Morris's death Saturday evening and extends sympathy to Mrs Morris and family.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Brown ing and Wilma joined Charley Cordray’s children at his Brookfield home as his condition worsened. Several relatives attended a show in Brookfield Saturday evening while Miss Evelyn Longwell was hospitalized with a gangrenous condition and underwent surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Dickinson and Larry Hale attended the circus in Brookfield Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Purdin visited Ibb Spencer for Sunday dinner. Billie Fields visited Browning Friday evening. Merilee Ware spent the weekend at home before returning to school. The Longwells visited Evelyn at McLarney Hospital Saturday. Irene Head helped Opal Gall with house work last week. Allen Belzer and Clay Belzer, both of Iowa, visited their parents Frank Belzer and family. Mrs. Gertrude Lambert spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. John Longwell. Everett Hale and Larry were guests Tuesday night with Achie Dickinson.
Ernest Reams Sr and Mary Jane of Des Moines visited west of Reger with their son Ernest Reams Jr. Opal Mae and Cleo Brinkley stayed with relatives near Roger. Numerous relatives joined a birthday dinner and later a shower for Raymond Jerome and Virginia Williams prior to an afternoon of visiting and church activities.
Mrs Herman Harris and children and Mr and Mrs Robert Stephenson with Nellie are mentioned in a local family notice indicating relations and household members.
Roy Langdon, hospitalized in Chillicothe after an automobile accident, is slowly improving though still in serious condition. His wife, Mrs. Langdon, remains confined at the hospital but is progressing as well as expected, according to his father W. S. Langdon.
Arthur Morris remains in Laughlin Hospital Kirksville with a broken back after a scaffold fall while painting his barn. The column lists numerous visitors and social calls from Pleasant Hill residents visiting Kirksville, Brookfield, Moberly, and other towns, including family gatherings at the Keokuk dam and visits to E. W. Riley, Mrs. Josephine Straley, and Howard Payne.
North Salem news reports C. E. Cordray Jr. became seriously ill Sunday morning after a period of poor health. Dr. Dixon was called Sunday evening and plans X ray pictures Tuesday if his condition allows. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Lambert and
Social notes recount visits and reunions across Missouri towns including Brookfield Marceline and Kirksville with mentions of the Bailey reunion at Jacob Bailey's and Cordray family gatherings. A serious accident left Arthur Morris with a broken back after a scaffold fall near Osgood. he remains hospitalized and slowly improving.
Miss Reva Payne and Mrs. Clay Payne near Green City spent time with Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Taylor. Visitors from Kirksville Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Thrasher, Virginia and Donald joined the Sunday gathering.
Room III pupils enjoy purchased library books for this year's work. A literary club elected officers: President John W. Grice, Vice-President Betty Jean Woolf, Secretary-treasurer Mary E. Smith, Reporter Donald Kille. Third grade studies North American Indian life with booklets, sand table scene, and a large map of tribes. Fourth grade starts Social Studies on Trees of our neighborhood with leaf prints and a poems collection.
The Fifth Grade Geography class plans an imaginary cross country journey starting in New York City and moving toward San Francisco via the Lincoln Highway. Students chart stops and discuss regional geography as part of a classroom exercise.
Room II adds several supplementary reading books as most weeks focus on Pupil Re Circle Awards. The effort emphasizes literacy growth and student recognition through classroom initiatives and milestones.
All School Party set for Sept 12. Basketball game vs Galt listed with Sept 11 as a noted date. Calendar notes emphasize school events and athletics in the forthcoming week.
Senior Class of 1940 41 is noted as the largest senior class ever recorded.
A humorous dialogue features Mr Dutton asking for a date in history, Junior Woolf noting 1924 as his birth year, and references to changed place names in geography. The exchange highlights memory, birth dates, and shifting toponymy.
Conference games listed with dates in Shelby on October 18 and Linneus on October 25. Raf games will be scheduled for later.
The choir lists sopranos Billie Kimbrough Imogene Powell Nellie Powell Phyllis Mundell Lorraine Taylor Rosalie Linhart Vivia Almond Nellie Bagley altos Mildred Head Jean Bauswell Eudora Harris Lois Maggart Mary Lee Askey Bertie Gooch tenors Harley Almond Junior Woolf Monroe Kelly Junior German Billy Joe Crookshanks basses Gene Arnold Russell Bartow Bobby Shipp Reid Ken ley Richard Askey Clayton Harris More altos and men voices may be added later.
The library at B H S has opened for student use. Mrs Phillips and Loyd Newton supervised organizing the space. The library welcomes donations of old books or magazines and serves all students for English class reports and study.
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