Neighborhood News Brief Instructions to Editors
A short newsroom note invites assistant editors and correspondents to mail their Jetters by Monday for a Monday evening revel. It emphasizes timely submission and local editorial participation.
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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
2
A short newsroom note invites assistant editors and correspondents to mail their Jetters by Monday for a Monday evening revel. It emphasizes timely submission and local editorial participation.
Mrs May Matthews announces Salem Cradle Ball events with Vernon Matthews and Rick Bender adopting new names for the Salem Cradle Ball. The Salem minister will attend from Jasper next Sunday. Aid Society meets at Mrs Carter's Thursday. Sunbeam Class begins the New Year with Mrs Whitlock as teacher and Mrs Matthews reports class attendance and changes. Numerous personal notices follow including visits, travel, illnesses, and a revival at Lebanon.
Lebanon and Mount Carmel communities share a Sunday gathering at Jesse Miller’s in Mount Carmel. Fred Andrews, Miller, and Miller families dine with J. J. Carns visiting his father. The Hiley family from Iowa toured Jasper County mines. Several residents face grippe sickness, with Mary Rex and Luella Rex improving. Various visits and social calls occur among Armstrong, Andrews, Wastell, Murphy, and Brown families amid a quiet county scene.
Blue Star social roundup lists visits, family time, and neighborly travel. Residents including Mra Myonvnn Comer Miss Westie Wright Chas Johnson and families enjoy Sunday gatherings at Pennington's and other homes. Local folks like Milton and Dewey Mikesell of Lees Summit visit, while several others travel, host, or call on kin across the area.
Miss Nettie Lown visits Carthage with Mr and Mrs King. Clarence Trimble and wife welcome a baby boy. Don Ward returns from Kansas City. A. W. Teeter and John Nose husk corn. Grace Patterson sick with diphtheria. Beulah Patterson becomes Hello girl at Jasper telephone office. Horses moved to Jasper for sale. Luther Wescott and family visit Dick Patterson. Wilford Patterson dines with Frank King. Nellie Lowe and Mae Wood share Sunday dinner and kodak photos. Many ailments improve. muddy roads keep people home. Several visits and farm projects noted including a new smokehouse for Mr Jacobs near Jasper.
Blue and Bethel notes report visits and gatherings among local families. Social activity includes John Carns of Farmers Union staying with his son, Grandma Judd hosting Walter McPeak and Fred Pugh families, and Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Kincaid, and Vera visiting Grandma Kincaid and Mrs. Wardlow. Paris Taylor’s Christmas visit to Carthage relatives is noted, plus assorted kinship stays and a rabbit market mention. The grippe cases are described as numerous.
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