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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
4
Cadet nurses and students list their programs at Barnes Hospital Washington University and Missouri University while others work on farms teach or serve in the military. A reader jokes about honorary names by Indians and a curiousAustralian tree bears a wooden fruit resembling a pear.
The community mourns A Brassfield who died suddenly as his wife visits Oregon. His body rests at Schoene Funeral Home in Milan awaiting her arrival. Vernie Foster buys a Browning restaurant from W O Rezer. Local residents attend the Mrs Alda Brook shr's sale. No school at Warren and Smith due to the Caf Show in Milan. Keith Willis Carrel and Kathryn Smith attend Warren school because Scottsville schools are closed.
Mrs Dora Cornwalk and Mrs Edith Montgomery shopped in Brookfield Tuesday. Lottie Sandfort called at H N Jaynes Sunday evening. Ben Cattey called at Alex Finney Sunday night. Geo Jaynes Verl and Mrs Newton of La Plata with Wayne Abbott family Lige and Flossie Wyatt of North Salem and Lehman Power with Orville Runyan visited H N Jaynes Monday. Grover Kearns family shopped in Brookfield Saturday. Leonard Finney of Rockport visited relatives in Linn County last week. Orvike Runyan went to Iowa Sunday night after corn. School is progressing nicely at.
Emma McCollum spent Saturday afternoon with Lottie Sandforth. Wayne Abbott and his son visited Shelby on Saturday. Lehman Powell and his wife were in Brookfield that afternoon.
Rainy spell described as helpful for fall pasture. Obituary notes John Shanks’s passing with sympathy from many friends. Local visits include Ada Morris with Jane Hardin, Minnie Osbern's stay, and shopping trips by Mrs. Hardin, Mrs. Moore, Bart Lambert family, Amos Cotter home visit, and Mrs. Stufflebean. Baptist Church services conducted by Rev. Smith and wife and Rev. Goss with a good crowd despite rain threat.
Neighbors welcome Mr and Mrs Fred Watson back after months in California. J O Harris and wife visited relatives. Attendees travelled to call shows in Winigan and Milan. Mrs Wiley Taylor mourns her brother H Wayne Thrasher of Brookfield. Mt Zion Church upkeep underway with H L Knight R L Brown and Ben Open leading. Chas Mabee and family hosted guests from Chicago. Edna Mae Flint visited from Kansas City. Happy Workers Club to meet Lenore Knight October 3.
The community notes rain as needed for wells and ponds. Local residents attended Milan 4-H Club Achievement Day despite the weather. John Lumsden of Cora died after a stroke, with funeral at Schoene Funeral Home and burial at White Oak cemetery. Nearby residents attended services and visited relatives in Brookfield and Kansas City.
Mrs Crystle Morris spent Monday and Tuesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Verne Turner at Tinneus. Mrs Hazel Stone and Mrs Harverna Woodling attended the Teachers Meeting at Brookfield. Mrs Edgar Morris and Cheryl visited her mother Mrs Ida Thomson at Meadville. Mr and Mrs Dub Sayers of Ottumwa Iowa visited relatives early in the week. Dub went on to next stop.
A group organized a Community Meeting at the schoolhouse on Thursday. Officers elected were Mrs Crystle Turner President Mrs Winonia Gooch Vice President and Mrs Ruby Hutchinson Secretary. First meeting set for Halloween night with a masquerade and a weiner roast.
Mrs. Guy Brookshier and daughter Norene traveled to Cush ing Oklahoma to be with her ill mother Mrs. John Pratt. John Lumsden has died prompting condolences. Mrs. Hattie Jennings visited Milan to see Mrs. John Jennings who is very sick. Duff Jennings and family visited the Brookshier home. Mr Brookshier and son from Cushing, Oklahoma, visited sister and husband Mr and Mrs Johnnie Stephenson last week.
Arthur Grindstaff travels to Wadsworth Kansas for Veterans Hospital treatment. Ed Smiley family visits Fulton to enroll two daughters in the school for the deaf. Luetta Maggart takes Forrest Robinson and kin to Detroit Michigan for winter. Lieut Betty Lovell returns from overseas and plans family visits. An earlier note mentions Tharp Burres building a new foundation after buying from Raymond Smith.
Ada Smith and numerous relatives from Kansas City and Humphreys area spent last Sunday at Swan Lake in Sumner visiting cousins Frank Clark Mary Louise and C F Rogers father E B Moffitt and brother Ernest Moffitt. The group enjoyed a wonderful dinner and an afternoon of visiting picnicking swimming and taking photos. Guy Ford, after four years and seven months in the service, received an honorable discharge and is visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wood and Urb Johnson visited Brookfield on business. Ruth Goins returned to Kansas City after weeks with her mother Emma Goins. John Smith visited the Delmar Oertwig home. Don Wood returned from Fort Leavenworth after physical exams. Pvt. Lewis Wood received a 15 day furlough extension.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Abbott and son John Walden visited Purdin last Monday for trading. Mr and Mrs Harry Lambert were business visitors in Green City on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Kermit Lambert and daughter, recently employed in Washington, have returned home and spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Archie.
Mr and Mrs Norman Woodside and children attended a Jenkins family reunion at Brookfield hosted by Mr and Mrs Charley Collins on Sunday.
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