Fern Nickell Woodward was a sister of Mrs. Ernest Bales of Fairbury, Neb.
Ernest Bales was a son of Clay Bales. The Woodward's printed extra copies of
obituaries (Mayme's) without charge.
Thursday March 8, 1973
---------------------Old Friends Retire
by Rick FoutsRecently the familiar Browning Leader Record was purchased by the Milan
Standard.
The owners, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Woodward, retired from their printing press
after 37 consecutive years of information service to their community.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward obtained the newspaper office from Mrs. Woodward's
office from Mrs. Woodard's father, Joe Nickell, in 1936. Since that time the
Woodwards's have accumulated 1440 subscribers with mailing list that spans the
United States. The Browning Leader Record reaches California, Washington,
Nevada, Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, Iowa, Mississippi, Georgia, New York, and
throughout the state of Missouri.
For the past ten yeears the Browning Leader Record has published weekly the
Linn Co. R-1 School News. On behalf of the entire school, the journalism class
extends a warm word of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Woodward. Our thanks too the
Milan Standard which will carry a special section entitled the Browning Reecord
and will also print the Linn Co R-1 News.
G.T. Woodward was born in 1895 three miles east of Browning. He attended
high school in Browning and fulfilled various involvement with the newsletter
office.
Mrs. Iola Fern Nickell was born in 1897, seven miles north of Browning. She
also attendeed High School in Browning before here marriage to Woodward in
1916.
Much has been accomplished by these dilegent publishers. They have
successfully circulated local events throughout the United Stateees, have been
instrumental in the development of the community, and contributeed to the
cirriculam at Linn Co. R-1 by printing the school news.
As thee Woodwards step down from their printing press, they leave in their
mist more than a quarter century of successfully reporting trubulance,
tranquility, depression and properity. They have acquired wisdom and prestige
with age and experience. They have done something worth doing. Prehaps this
quotation from Mary Clemmr might briefly commeemorate the efforts exerted by
the Woodwards.
"To serve thy generation, this they fate"
"Written in Water" swiftly fades thy name;
But who loves his kind does, first and late,
A work too great fame."