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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
3
A series of short notices lists residents from Purdin and nearby towns visiting for business or social occasions. Names include H. L. Fuller Joe Creason Herbert C. Bailey J. B. Taylor Elmo Schrock Byron Schrock Floy Badger Dodson Bagley Duff Jennings Ben Nickell J N Neet Nona Clair Lafe Bennett and families with several weekend and Sunday gatherings and a Kirksville Oil Co meeting.
Mr and Mrs Wm Nickell of Mear Winigan were here last Wednesday to tend to business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brassfield with daughter Shirley moved here Sunday for Mountain View Missouri after several months away.
Mr and Mrs Fred Lay moved into the Cecil Taylor home with Mrs Lay of Green Top visiting earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs Ray Yardley and daughters Dorothy and Joan from Kirksville were Sunday afternoon guests of Dr and Mrs Becker and other friends.
J. N. Neet Sr. of Kirksville spent the first of the week with J. N. Neet and family and with J. N. and Lafe Bennett families. Vane Thurlo, John Clifton, and Joyce Lorraine of Brookfield were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thurlo.
Adrain Stone returned home from Washington to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Stone. Mr. and Mrs. F C Hurst of Van Nuys California visiting her father W A Burkholder, who will sell his household goods and accompany them home for the winter. Art Crain of Kansas City spent the weekend in this area handling business matters.
For sale 35 head sheep including yearlings and two year-olds plus one buck. Contact O. T. Johnson for details.
Dr. Thompson spent the last of the week in Kirksville. R. W. Caldwell and daughter Mrs. W. E. Wayland were Kirksville visitors Monday afternoon. Mrs. Helen Kelley Glenn of Kansas City spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Green. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Thompson of Milan were here Thursday visiting relatives and friends. Miss Virginia Bolling entered Culver Stockton College Canton as a Sophomore. J. P. Nickell near Purdin was a Browning visitor Tuesday afternoon.
Dr and Mrs M L Haning visited relatives in Iowa and Kirksville with Mr and Mrs Chester Bagley. Mrs Chester Bagley and daughter Carolyn Ann plus Mrs Haning were guests of Mrs Alva Bagley Monday. Wm Hill goes to St Joseph to stay with his daughter this winter. Mrs W E Wayland of Columbia Mo visited her father R W Caldwell. Miss Ogaritta Owen went to Columbia to study Vocational Home Economics.
R. E. Harris, Ray Lambert, Floyd Fanning and the Farmers Store truck together with the Farm Club truck transported stock to St. Louis on Sunday for Wm. DeVore.
Mr and Mrs E E Harris came home Thursday afternoon from St Joseph where they had been visiting their daughter Mrs Mae Sandusky and family.
J. J. Smith T. S. Bartow D. G. Haley L. M. Kenley and son Leon Glenn Rhodes and Otis Lawrence traveled to St. Louis on Sunday to view stock.
Mrs. R. E. Harris and Mrs. Billy Rhodes visited with Sandra Ruth along with Mrs. Vadis Alspach and Mrs. Fern Woodward during a Friday trip to Trenton.
Mr and Mrs Chas Harding of Palestine Ind and their daughter Mrs Jack Spratt and son Jackie and Mrs Albert Spratt of Indianapolis spent the first of the week with Mrs Harding's brother W S Landgdon and wife and other relatives here and at Humphreys and Trenton
Mr and Mrs John Tucker and their young son visited for a social and business call last week and renewed a home newspaper subscription with thanks.
Mrs C A Fleming renewed home paper subscriptions for Mrs Orley Lee of Piedmont California and for John Lee Smith of Chicago. Many thanks to Mrs Fleming for the renewals.
Mrs. Henry Watson and her daughter Jean spent Monday afternoon with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Carpenter, along with Mrs. I. E. Bradshaw.
Ester Courtney, a grade teacher, spent last weekend with relatives at Harris. W. W. Lovell returned from Iowa where he visited his daughter Mrs. Sam Allen and family. Mrs. Cleo Collins came home from Arkansas where she had been visiting her sister Mrs. Forrest Ambercomely.
For a season of good radio reception Battery hours guaranteed extra heavy duty Tiger B batteries priced at 31c per 100 hours Tiger Reg 1 15 Others as low as 7 DeLuxe All Wave Antenna 3 65 Gamble Stores
The letter argues for granting the franchise to the utility to obtain rate reductions at the earliest date. It notes twenty years of service, suggests a franchise will enable credit improvements and further service upgrades, and cites historical rate reductions over two decades.
Local residents report motor trips to Meadville Kirksville Chillicothe and Linneus. Visitors check on health in weeks and weekends. gatherings include Mrs Cady’s surprise visit from Denver and social calls among neighbors in Purdin Brookfield and surrounding towns.
George Phillips and Wayne Cooper traveled to Iowa after a truckload of corn on Thursday. Elmer Hammock is building a new house. Several local residents helped with quilting and visits throughout Friday and Saturday. Edgar Morris traveled to Chicago with cattle on Saturday. Jackie Molloy suffers blood poisoning from a bite. Multiple visits and family gatherings are noted across Shafter and nearby areas.
The Board of Aldermen unanimously approves a ten year franchise for Consumers Public Service Company to furnish electricity in Browning. Officials studied a municipal plant option but an engineer found no savings from a city plant. The franchise will be submitted to voters to secure potential rate reductions from the utility.
Mrs. Charles Glenn Gooch and family welcome a daughter named Barbara Ann born Wednesday September 9. The newborn joins older sibling James and Billy Morris as visitors report on the Shifflett home and local families.
A Saturday rainfall of about 2 inches nourished wells and pastures around Purdin. Community members hosted visits and events including family gatherings and a basketball game where the town team won both matches. Several residents traveled to nearby cities for hospital, hospital visits, or family time. Friday’s drawing failed to attract attendees, resulting in a $30 prize carryover.
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