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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
2
The Hereford Ranch offers ten head of registered cows for private sale. They are four years old or younger and should calf this fall with proper care. Cows priced so the first calf can repay the purchase. Also outstanding herd bulls and farm bulls for sale at reasonable prices. Hubert Atkins, Herdsman.
Sunday school at ten in the morning invites all to attend. H. C. Bailey serves as superintendent and extends a cordial welcome.
The Office of Price Administration warns blue tokens will lose value after September 30 and may only be used by kids. Starting September 17 retailers stop giving tokens as ration change, and shoppers must spend them in tens or pool tokens. Canned goods and fruit spreads will largely be removed from rationing, reducing token use.
Terse notes recount visits and travel within the Dickinson area. T. C. Lambert travels to Chillicothe and Detroit to visit relatives with several companions. Local families including the Longwell, Gray, Belzer, and Lambert clans are cited visiting relatives and attending gatherings.
A brief note reports a very nice week with sunny skies and warm daytime temperatures. Local residents enjoyed pleasant weather and mild evenings amid mostly calm conditions.
On August 28 with Mrs Nina Fanning as teacher eleven pupils including Larry and Yvonne Trumbo Donald McCaughey Kermit and Louise Jennings Keith Fern and Doris Artz Mary Marjorie and Chester Wattenbarger. Kermit Jennings broke a leg recently on the way home from school. Mr and Mrs Geo Clark visited Mr and Mrs Ed Almond Saturday night. A dinner was held at Mr and Mrs Leon Whitaker's near Trenton Sunday for Mrs Whitaker's birthday. Mr and Mrs Homer Hollon and son are back from California.
The note column records deaths and funeral attendance for Mrs Floy Garrett in Milan and visits by Mrs Vernae McClaren and Anita Faye. Local residents discuss upcoming sales, farm rentals, roof work, and weekend visits to Charley McClaren and Will Kenley.
Reading of social calls and leisure scenes in Purdin shows neighbors visiting, tennis on the school court, and shopping outings. Mrs Crookshanks and Mrs Haley called at Jane Hardin’s, Miss Blackburn traveled to Purdin, and the Bowyers and Mullins enjoyed Brookfield trips. Sunday rain totaled three quarters of an inch aiding gardens.
Mrs Guy Dray Mrs Zac Taylor and son of Linneus joined Mr and Mrs Ross McKay of Kirksville visiting Mrs Addie Dell last Friday. Several women including Mrs Wm VanFossen C K Rogers Josie Fields Ada Smith Nell Fisher and Miss Marjorie Carter departed last Thursday for Camp Pin Oak at the Lake of the Ozarks to attend.
The report lists numerous local families visiting relatives and traveling to Milan Kansas City and Ft. Riley. It notes marriages and furloughs from the camps and visits to Dr Tunnell and the home of the McKay family. The events reflect wartime social ties and mobility of residents.
Evelyn Gall from Kansas City spends weekend with C. M. Goins. Several visitors call at Lee Wood and family include Babe Kimbrough Barbara Red Gooch Arb Johnson Glenn Cooper Ruth Wood. Delmar Decertwig hosts supper with Falconers Kimbrough Oertwig. Oertwig, Kimbrough, and Lee Wood attend Dunkin sale near Meadville. Clara Oertwig listed sick. Marjory Smith from Chillicothe visits Urb Johnson. Lee Wood family hosts Don and Emma Rottmann for Sunday dinner with R. L. Moore. Dale Falconer returns from Fort Riley for weekend.
A steady rain fell as Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wattenbarger and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shipleys on Sunday. The Clem Spring School's activities began with a start to the term.
The community notes several moves and visits. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smith visited his sister and husband in Chillicothe. Mrs. John Reed and Mrs. L. T. Butler moved to Milan. Mrs. Ferrell Grindstaff and her Milan partner spent time with the Grindstaff family in Roger. Mrs. Cassie Smith moved into the old Bank Building. The Bardon family returned from Kirksville. The Schweppee family settled in Milan and Mrs. Pittaway’s son Geo. and daughters from Tulsa visited Beloit and Roger before tending to farm duties near Humphreys. J. W. Ford of Milan spent Labor Day with R. W. Rardon.
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