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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
A collection of wry observations and quips on human behavior marriage troubles weather and travel. A satirical look touches on vanity public opinion wartime lunch boxes and Nazi retreats with tongue in cheek humor.
Neighbors attended a call show in Winingan last Saturday. Miss Wileta Taylor and the Taylors traveled to Trenton and Kansas City seeking winter employment. Erma Dunham and her children stayed with her parents H. L. Knight in Callao. Cora Thrasher visiting Wiley Taylor Jr. and family. Clarence Kibble and Lynne visited Anna Taylor and Wiley Taylor Jr. in Oak Park Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson returned from Wichita after months away.
The week brought rain then sun with Sunday the first all day bright spell. Mrs. Arthur Smith joined Mrs. Jane Hardin for a Sunday luncheon after church. Residents travel and visit relatives in Linneus and Detroit while several shoppers were seen in Chillicothe and Purdin. Hettie Alexander is ill and improvements are hoped. Evert Jones and family visited his father E L Jones, returning Friday.
Radio Orange in London appeals to Occupied Holland farmers to avoid destroying threshing machines. Authorities urge gathering and delivering the harvest and reporting results to the distribution authorities for agricul tural distribution.
Nazis tried to move a trainload of prisoners from Belgium to Germany but Belgium’s underground and a railroad engineer stalled it. Packed in cattle cars, the train crawled for 24 hours, halted after 15 miles under Gestapo threats, and authorities freed all detainees.
Linn County FSA outlines eligibility for World War II veterans seeking operational loans up to 2500 for live stock equipment seed and feed. Applicants must have farming background be able to arrange family type tenure and lack adequate local credit. Loans repayable over five years. Additional 100 percent 3 percent loans for farm purchases require county committee approval and farm price within county averages.
The article notes Baptist church services in Purdin with details of local residents. Van Vencill has returned from furlough and left for camp. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cassity and son Ben visited from Kansas City and helped with house carpentry. Ben shows improving mobility and plans to walk unaided, while Carl Cassity recovers from illness.
Believe Gooch and Essie Wood visited in Brookfield Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Seaman visited Rolla Gooch at his home. Essie May Oertwig injured her elbow Saturday evening. Loren Owens of Kansas City spent the weekend at Joe Moore’s. Merle Palmer, employed in Kansas City, stayed with her parents Saturday night and Sunday. Jim Goins toured Kansas City to visit his sister Evelyn Gall. C. M. Goins and wife called on Urb Johnson Sunday evening. Lee Wood and family visited R. L. Moore in Browning for dinner Sunday.
Attendance at the Milan 4-H Club Fair was large with calves shown by Johnson Club members J. O. Harris Harold Taylor Spencer Britton Jimmie Ball Delmas Linhart Elmo Britton Shirley Brantner. The community also notes the death of Dr. Harold Litton in California and extends sympathy.
Sunday guests visited households across Haseville including Isaac Lane and family with Lewis Grice Gene Forsen Blaine Bennett Rufus Powell Virgie Melton and others. The Wood sisters Jerome and Warren households hosted as well as multiple dinner gatherings and a quarterly meeting at Laredo.
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