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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
4
A fragmented Browning Montana section reports on local chatter about the New York Fair nudity rule and general social comments. It mentions Browning residents debating war talk, land grabs, and moral warnings from Isaiah, with casual observations about dentists and dance halls in Italy.
Pleasant Hill items recount visits and travel. Mrs Alden Knifong and grandsons Robert and Richard Litton left for Glendale California to visit Dr H E Litton and join Mr Knifong, whose health has improved. Others include Kirksville trips and Sunday visits at various homes.
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Beryl Warren and children Mr and Mrs Ted Molster Mr and Mrs Kenneth Young and Russell visiting Ed Sayers W E and Carolee and Phillip Palmer and family sharing dinner with Mr and Mrs Ora Hol.
Miss Yvonne Wood attends CBC and weekends with home folks. Haseville attendees at Laredo carnival. Morris Crookshanks visited Robert Crookshanks. Clarence Crookshanks and sons hosted Buford Ware family Everett Keythley and boys and Everett Crookshanks. T S Bartow and Ed Sayers at Princeton sale. Don Shafer family visited Clarence Nichols and Duane. Walter Browning hosted Harley and Dale Smith Albert Smith Sarah McClellen of St Louis and Chester Schrock.
Mrs Harold Abbott returned from Kirksville after an appendix operation. Numerous locals visited and hosted friends including Lambert, West, Atwell, Swisegood, and Campbell families. Polly Lambert died Sunday night after a visit at home. funeral held Monday at Bear Branch Church. various relatives attended Jennings Reunion at Linneus Park.
The W. C. T. U. Convention will be held at the M. E. Church in Purdin on September 15 with a covered dish luncheon all day. Mr and Mrs Baskett have moved to Enlo Wolfe farm to look after Enlo's affairs this fall. Mr and Mrs George Smith are visiting relatives in and around Purdin. Mrs Smith was formerly Gertrude Hutchinson.
Kansas City guests stayed with relatives near Purdin. Ernest and Edna Smith of Brookfield visited the Miller family. Essie Latta of Texas visited east of Purdin. A basketball game between Purdin and Forker is set for Thursday night. E C Helms and Oliver Seals visited Effie Pulliam. Bessie Fishback called on relatives Saturday. Enio Wolfer and wife returned to Nevada Mo to resume work as a bridge construction foreman.
Miss Mildred Pearler and Harold Walker united in marriage in Kirksville on September 7. The couple plan to move to Missouri City for employment. Local relatives attended the Jennings reunion in Linneus Park. Many small social visits and errands dominated a quiet week, with deaths and health concerns noted, including Mrs Sarah Ellen Carmack’s passing in Kansas and rheumatic difficulties for R. J. McCollum.
Public auction to collect delinquent taxes on West Half of Lot 12 and Lot 13 in Block 12 Browning Missouri. Taxes from 1933 to 1937 listed, with 1939 sale opening at 10:00 AM at the Browning Post Office Door on the first Monday in November 1939.
Letters of administration on the estate of George Chiristy, deceased, were granted to the undersigned by the Linn County Missouri Probate Court on August 14, 1939. Claims must be shown within six months to be allowed and within one year to be barred. Attest Joseph D. Christy Administrator Arthur L. Pratt Judge of Probate.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Coram and son Roscoe spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Riedl. Floyd Yochim and Wilma Rose visited Chas Helms family. Several relatives from Cushing Oklahoma Roger Missouri Illinois and Linneus Park joined J C McCollum and family for a reunion and gatherings. Earl and Carl Helms of Brookfield visited Chas Helms family. Carl stayed to Thursday. Rex Rauer and others spent Sunday with local residents.
The notice lists total enrollments for Rooms T II and III, with names of first through seventh grade students by room and grade. It also notes upcoming athletic events and the Homecoming weekend in the park on September 15 and 16, with games scheduled at Laclede, Browning, Linneus, and other sites.
After the recent alumni showcase, optimism runs high for a victorious season. Coaches note players are bonding in drills and many are staying late to refine skills. Readout lists the basketball squad attendees: John Allen Martin, Leland Shipp, Robbie Shipp, Nyle Freeland, Junior German, Gale Bartow, Gene Arnold, Bennie Havens, Clayton Harris, Geneil Haley, Ray Duane Peterson, L. C. Hobbs, John Keith Jones, John Kachman, Jackie Gooch, Russell Bartow, Billy Joe Crookshanks, Clifford Spencer, Norris Burke, Nelson Rinehart, Harold Elliott, Stillman Knifong, Junior Hollon, Jay Nickell, Billy Skeen, Henry Parsons, Kenneth Simms, Max Schrock, Monroe Kelley, James Creason.
The document lists students Johnson Donald Kille Shirley Lowe Thomas Moore Mary E Smith Nina Taylor Jean Woolf and notes eighth grade enrollment for Betty Brown Vera George and Charles Vincent.
Graduates are listed by college paths. Mary Ruth Harris Bernard Browning Keath Crooks Eugene Thurlo Merilee Ware attend Kirksville Teachers College. George El bert Kollasch Dayle Gooch Lola Rae Bartow attend Chillicothe Business College.
The Brownie editorial staff for the 1939-40 school year is announced with Kathryn Cumbo as editor in chief Harley Almond as assistant editor Phy lis Vincent as calendar editor Ruth Bennett as society editor Patricia Gooch as music editor Billy Joe Crookshanks as business manager Clarice Bagley as alumni news Ray Duane Peterson as art and Dorothy Woodside as jokes editor The Senior Class selects the 1940 class rings and seniors fear five week wait for delivery.
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