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Newspaper

Sedalia Weekly Democrat

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1940

Page

4

Cole Family Reunion Draws 184 Descendants At Liberty Park

About 184 descendants of the William Temple Cole and Stephen Cole families gathered at Liberty Park for the annual Cole reunion on Sunday August 25. Officers elected included honorary president Mrs Gilla Roe president Farrie L Cole Otterville vice president Ed Solomon New Franklin secretary treasurer and historian Miss Margaret Bolton. The group planned next year’s reunion for the last Sunday in August 1945. A talk on a genealogy book and remarks from Judge Redmond Cole highlighted the day along with a solo by a Roe granddaughter and a closing song Blessed Be the Tie That Binds. Attendees came from numerous Missouri towns and nearby states.

William Temple Cole Stephen Cole Liberty Park Gilla Roe Farrie L. Cole Otterville Ed. Solomon New Franklin Ira Leiter Sedalia Margaret Bolton William Lucas Kansas City Cole Missouri Redmond Cole Oklahoma City Cooper County Coles Tulsa Okla Redmond S. Cole Sandy Hook Clarence Cole Centertown Will Cole Roy Snodgrass Malta Bend J. E. Solomon Havana Kas Frank Dickey Ernest Dickey Shaw Claude R. Walker Claude J. Lewis Herber F. Walker Rich Hill S. ©. Collier Irene Collier Nevada C. T. Moore Green Ridge Lemuel Cole Florence Porter Cole Sadie Homan Decia Ross Wallace Cole Ottawa Kansas Anna Rhoads Bunceton Ed Solomon Hob Cole Solomon Blue Springs M. M. Stevenson Tommie Sprinkle Bettie Sprinkle Donald Sprinkle Patsy Ann Sprinkle Wanda Lee Pilot Grove Don Cole Carl Cole Noel Cole Carolyn Polly Jane William Dow Cole Warrensburg Porter Cash Horace Cash Red Lodge Mont Mattie Woolery Osceola Charles Kauffman Orava Kauffman Geneva Brinegar Windsor G. F. Alexander Roy Alexander Collins J. W. Kauffman Bill Kauffman Neva Leonard Kauffm Nannie Shultz Calhoun W. E. Oswald Prairie Home Ernest Cole Richard and Elmer Tecumseh Louis Kellog L. E. Kellog Charlie Cole Katherine Cole Peggy Segler Cara Lee Segler Appleton City Georgia Rains Independence Myrtie Scrogin Butler Grace Basset Frost Patty Lou Gerster Barb Todd Orval W. Cauthon Opal Fern Tucker Lewis Calvin Tucker Brownington R. L. Love Holt’s Summit

Tipton Social Roundup Sees Wide Travel and Visits

Tipton residents and guests share two weeks of summer travel tours and home visits. Mary Elizabeth Hays returns from Los Angeles with Ruth Hays while A C Gigas and Naomi Newkirk visit from Kansas City.

Obituary Notices From Sedalia Area

Obituary notices report the death of Rebecca Scroggin in Dodge City Kansas at 2 40 pm Tuesday following five months of poor health. Surviving children include Arthur Ollie Jr Rheda and Orin Scroggin. Also noted are the deaths of Finney R Bryant and Mrs J J Porter with service details and survivors.

Sedalia Orin Scroggin South Prospect Avenue Rebecca Scroggin Dodge City Kansas

Rare illness follows adenoids operation in Missouri girl

A high school junior hospitalizes after an adenoids removal in St. Louis. She first recovered at home, then sudden illness in Jefferson City diagnosed as rare. Nurses Charlotte Gattermeir and Elizabeth Kinze cared for her as family members gather. Funeral services held for Otto Ninas after his sudden death at his Hastain farm.

St. Louis Jefferson City Charlotte Gattermeir Elizabeth Kinze Methodist Church

Infant Graveside Services For McQuiddy Child

Graveside services were held for Sandra Jean McQuiddy infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar H McQuiddy of Chicago Illinois at 11 yesterday. She weighed eight pounds and was stillborn at Bothwell hospital after a Sunday morning birth. Rev H A Campbell of Fifth Street Methodist church officiated. The mother was formerly Miss Virginia Dyer daughter of Dr and Mrs D P Dyer.

Sandra Jean McQuiddy Edgar H. McQuiddy Chicago Bothwell Hospital H. A. Campbell Fifth Street Methodist Church Virginia Dyer D. P. Dyer

Mrs. Onita Wilson Lucky Dies After Illness at 34

Mrs. Onita Wilson Lucky 34 of 420142 South Osage avenue died last night at 6 40 at Bothwell hospital after a three week illness. She was born October 19 1906 in Ardmore Oklahoma daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Wilson and educated in a convent. A St Patrick’s church member she moved to Sedalia about 20 years ago. Survived by her husband Dale Lucky married December 11 1939 none other.

J. J. Porter East Twelfth Street North Little Rock Arkansas James Mitchner Bayou Meto Porter Sedalia East Second Street Onita Wilson Lucky South Osage Avenue Bothwell Hospital Ardmore Okla Thomas Wilson Oklahoma St. Patrick’s Church Dale Lucky

Rural Pupils Recite Under Virginia Lower at Pleasant View

Miss Virginia Lower led Pleasant View school pupils in a Tuesday evening recital at the Pleasant View school. The program included group songs, piano solos and duets, guitar and ukulele selections, and vocal pieces. Lower will continue as music supervisor for the term.

Virginia Lower Pleasant View School Marjorie Davis Eunice Gladys Christian Alvin Frisch Nadine Compton J. D. Lacey Mabel Smith Eunice Christian Christine Compton Dorothy Smith Louise Lacey America Mary Ann Ramnbow Virginia

Death of Esther Gattermeir in Jefferson City

Esther Margaret Gattermeir aged 15 daughter of Mrs Henry Gattermeir of California Missouri died Wednesday evening at St Marys Hospital Jefferson City. She was a student at California high school and is survived by mother and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are pending at the time of report.

Esther Margaret Gattermeir Henry Gattermeir California St. Mary’s Hospital Jefferson City

Sea Water Would Take 2 Million Years to Flow Over Niagara Falls

A claim asserts the total world sea water would require about two million years to drain over Niagara Falls. The statement highlights the vast volume of Earth's oceans and the sheer scale of the falls' overflow.

Niagara Falls

Keen Kutters 4-H Club Meeting at Mrs Harding Home

The Keen Kutters 4-H club of Van Natta held a Monday session at Mrs. W. M. Harding’s home. Helen Geiser presided and led the pledge. Members answered roll with what they enjoy most about 4-H. Songs games and refreshments followed by Norma and Lois Fiedler and Mrs. Harding.

van Natta W. M. Harding Helen Geiser Norma Lois Fiedler

Governor Stark Praises Hirth at MFA Convention

Governor Lloyd C. Stark paid tribute to William Hirth founder and president of the Missouri Farmers Association, listing his fight against corruption and his farm leadership. The event honored Hirth’s illness and featured speakers on insurance, school laws, and cooperative banking.

Lloyd C. Stark Missouri Farmers Association Convention William Hirth Jewell Mayes F. W. Heinkel Jefferson City Hirth Missouri Agriculture Missouri M.F.A Mr. Hirth Thomas Benton Joseph Folk Missouri Farmers’ Association Glenn Geers

Ten Die In Bates Mine Blast Amid Rescue Efforts

Ten men, the entire night crew of Bates Coal Corp., were killed by a shaft explosion 1,700 feet underground near Bates Arkansas. Mine inspector J W Fitzfarrell opened an investigation as bodies were removed to Heavener Oklahoma and Hartford Arkansas. Miners identified include J E Manning and others from Hartford Bates Jenny Lind Huntington Clarkeville and Mansfield. Rescue workers faced debris barriers while about half of the town’s 200 residents gathered at the mine entrance.

Bates Ark Bates Coal Corporation J. W. Fitzfarrell Fort Smith Heavener Okla Hartford Oklahoma J. E. Manning Gilbert Johnson Mayo Johnson Jenny Lind Alta Wheatley Greenwood Bart Renfro Tom Barkley Huntington Alvin L. Yakley Mansfield Odis Harris Clint Huff Clarkeville Ben H. Beddwell

Damages Sought in Auto Crash Lawsuits

Miss Minnie Wiley of Houstonia sues D. L. Thompson of Hatfield for 5000 dollars over injuries from a Sunday car crash ten miles north of Sedalia on highway 65. J. M. Wiley seeks 250 dollars for his own auto damage. Both cases filed in circuit court with attorneys J. T. Montgomery and Henry C. Salveter.

Minnie Wiley Houstonia D. L. Thompson Hatfield J. M. Wiley J. T. Montgomery Henry C. Salveter

Burglars Break Into Two Sedalia Businesses

Thieves visited the Main Street Bar at 109 East Main and the Menefee Coal Co. at Second Street and Moniteau Avenue Monday night. A rear door panel was shattered at the bar and a music box stolen. Menefee’s rear window was broken but nothing else appears missing.

Sedalia Main Street East Main Street Menefee Coal Co Second Street Moniteau Avenue Menefee’s

Myron W. Cox Faints After Salary Doubling

Myron W. Cox 41, a city hall clerk, was named commissioner of water collections with more than double his former salary. He fainted at the appointment and was ordered two days rest in a hospital.

Kansas City Myron W. Cox Cox

Ration Cards Required Before Funerals in Greece

Berlin reports that permission for Greek funerals in Athens will be granted only after the deceased's ration cards are returned to authorities.

Berlin Athens Greece

Also Mentioned on This Page

Emma Cole Bruce Ulmer Farrie Cole Frank and Farrie Jr Hob Cole George M. Putnam Maynard Marjorie T. J Gladys Connie Wilbur Jimmie Martha Belle Versailles Lyles Woolery Tipton A. R. Snorgrass Mary Elizabeth Hays Los Angeles Ruth Hays San Francisco Fair A. C. Gigas Naomi Newkirk S. R. Ferguson Philip Jackson Joplin John Kerr Jack Dean Peoria Ill Rosa Kerr James Renshaw B. C. Finley C. E. Meyer Margaret C. E. Pulley Ned Donald A. L. Pulley Ruth White Grand Fork N. D Alva White Eleanor Maclay Ned Maclay Dallas Texas Walter Swanner William Woods Hillman Little Son Clay Center Alvin Vaught Norbert Fry Raymond Dick Dean Inglebre Clyde Snorgrass Snorgrass Virgil Williams Williams Harry Williams J. F. Potts Roy Finley Roy Hostetter Mr. Hostetter Fortuna Gaugheer Susan Bristoe Oklo Lake of the Ozarks William Veulemans Boonville Hospital Paul Glasgow Jack Needy H. Needy Clarine Dorothy Hecht Lawrence Hecht Kaw A. B. Crider Hannibal Crider C. M. Ferguson Mrs Eastern Star Arthur Scroggin Japan Ollie Scroggin Jr Rheda Spence Lewis Finney R. Bryant Pettis County Mr. Bryant Hannah Freeland Frank Bryant Harvey Bryant Bloomington John R. Bryant Shreveport Louisiana Gladys Bullard Laura Hale Spring Fork Henry Bryant Overland Park Edward Bryant Otto Ninas Hastain Mr. Ninas Anne Ninas New Castle Calif Donald Turkey Creek Valley Christopher Louise Betteen Ninas Holland France Germany Poland United States Wisconsin Nebraska Turkey Creek Chapel J. M. West of Fristoe Ida White Warsaw Ellis Ninas Sonora Paul Ninas Escalon Henry Ninas United States Army Hawaii Donald Ninas Edwards Riva Rushton Onita Lucky Hugh Satterwhite E. W. Couey West Fourth Street Rockford Wash Smiling Eyes Donald Lacey Keen Kutters Gov. Stark MFA New M.F.A. Life Insurance Department London Donnelly Phil M. Donnelly Laclede County Frank Feis Frank B. Young Farmers’ Livestock Commission Company of East St. Louis C. F. May W.P.F.A Young J. G. Clary Mountain Grove Mandalay Dorothy Bockelman Missouri Pacific Buzz Sawyers P. R. Nichols Evelyn Lewis Gallatin John Cleary Department of Agriculture MacKinney Forest Green Lane Ing D. M. Hardy St. Louis Bank For Cooperatives Mr. Hardy Rochdale England Rochdale Pioneers Hardy St. Louis Bank For Missouri Farmers Association Cooperative Bank George M. Kelly Moniteau County Starker Maurice Milligan Kelly W. A. Beal Ash Grove WPFA We Three F. A JFA Tom Collins American Steel and Wire Company
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