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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
4
Smithton residents share visits and events as families move in from Oklahoma City and Waverly. Local teams win prizes at district sports while church and club activities fill the week with meetings and birthday celebrations.
Mrs Maude Albin reports the W M A held daily prayer meetings at homes all week with an all day Friday session at the church Roy Robertson of California visited his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Robertson over the weekend Alfred Birdsong and family honored guests at a Sunday visit T D Williams began duties as assistant mail carrier December 1 Hilton Douglas carries the route in summer and autumn The assistant starts December 1 through April 1 Mrs Sallie Albin visited California Friday Mrs G C Van Stratten rushed to Omaha Neb Sunday due to daughter Eva Whites illness in hospital there
Sedalia officials announced a shift to 7 30 PM meetings and 7 30 caucus start times, ending the 8 PM sessions. Alderman Pinkepank urged removal of four tourist home signs on the parkway, with an amended plan to include a sign directing to a distant filling station. City Engineer Herrmann notes WPA rock work on 22 miles, urging residents to sign up while costs favor property owners.
Fred Wayne Gamble of Memphis Tennessee wed Hazel Hocker of Sedalia. Joe Buso and Maurine Stout, both residents of Sedalia, obtained marriage licenses.
It is estimated that it will be another year before scheduled trans-Atlantic flying begins, with a shortage of aircraft equipment cited as the main cause of the delay.
The Round Table Council in Sedalia held its first post organization session with 42 members and civic leaders. Brigadier General Lewis M. Means and Col. Charles E. Barkshire spoke on a possible combined armory and municipal auditorium, while a fundraising committee will explore Sedalia’s share and a council sponsor launches an Empty Stocking drive with Rose Anne Dugan coordinating. New representatives from local groups joined the council.
A Bryson P T A program mimicking Major Bowes staged a radio hour with Emmet Ruffin hosting interviews with would be stars. Ralph Null acted as announcer delivering humorous ads while members of the program committee included Emmett Ruffin Mrs Ralph Null and Miss Gertie Raymer. Refreshments closed the session.
Three suits filed by Sam Aleskin were settled out of court and dismissed Thursday by his attorney Frank W. Hayes. Two suit targets were insurance companies over damages to merchandise from smoke and water, while the third names Allen Chasnoff as defendant for alleged contract breach related to heat and resulting smoke damage in the building.
Charles Parkhurst son of Dr and Mrs C L Parkhurst of Houstonia visits Chicago for a week as guest of Swift and Company. He won first place in a College of Agriculture Missouri University contest for an essay on marketing and earned this trip as the prize.
John H. Zollinger, 57, a former Otterville resident, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Indianapolis after a week of illness. He was born February 19, 1881, and worked for a rubber company in Indianapolis since 1922. A sister and two other relatives accompanied his body to Otterville for services. The piece also covers Cord Dwight Fessenden’s death, born in 1854 in Ohio, long Missouri ties, and survivor lists including daughter Mrs. E. D. Jameson and son Cord Dwight Fessenden Jr.
Word has been received in Sedalia of the death of Miss Florence West former Sedalian who died at the home of her sister Mrs Lee Bard in Miami Florida on Monday December 5 She was born in Edwardsville Illinois and moved to Sedalia in 1880 Later she lived in Kansas City and spent the last two years in Florida with her sister Surviving are her sister Mrs Bard a brother T C West of Sedalia nieces and nephews including Mrs R H Griffith Benton West and Billy Bard
A letter received in Sedalia by Mrs. Walter Dobel from Starrett Hughes, former Sedalian, reports the death of his brother Tom Hughes at Bald Knob Ark on November 30. Hughes was brother of the late Mrs. Howard Wood, who also lived in Sedalia.
Fred Oelrichs 80 dies at home near Mora after a long life born September 2 1858 at Lake Creek. He married Katherine Heim soth December 7 1881 who died May 31 1935. Survived by children Carrie Lichty L F Wiebrock Adolph Eckert William Von Holten Marie Oelrichs John Edgar Herbert and other Mora relatives including 21 grandchildren and three great grandchildren a brother and two sisters.
Robert Colbert aged 85 died at 4 15 PM Tuesday at his brother George W Colbert’s home 801 South Marshall avenue after a lingering illness.
John Ross aged 75 of Otterville area died unexpectedly Tuesday morning in the yard near rabbit traps. His widow Mrs. Georgia Ross survives along with two brothers W D Ross of Otterville and H M Ross of Versailles both veterinarians.
Etheridge Scribner, 25, daughter of Mr and Mrs O D Scribner Otterville born August 29 1919 died Tuesday morning at Missouri Baptist Sanitarium after ten weeks as patient. Survived by parents and brothers and sisters Mrs Dick Harlan Wayne Sarah Alice Bonnie Scribner Otterville.
Mrs Worthie E Miner wife of Everest Miner died at her home two and a half miles from Houstonia on Wednesday. Death was sudden from heart trouble. She leaves husband and five children.
Lazarus Franklin Fessenden aged 84 died suddenly at noon Saturday at his home 514 West Seventh street. He had fallen three weeks earlier and fractured a wrist, from which he was recovering when he passed away.
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Curtis of 606 West Sixth street were notified Friday of the death in Kansas City of their infant nephew Fred Curtis Lang aged fourteen days at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs William F Lang 4516 Independence avenue. Survived by his parents and sister Barbara Lang who has been with the Curtis family. Curtis traveled to attend the funeral held at Blackman Funeral Home at 11 o clock Saturday morning.
Martha Cochran 92 longtime Seda lia resident died Saturday at daughter Mrs Nina Lawson's Kansas City home after five months of illness. She was born near Warsaw and lived in Benton and Pettis counties. Husband Joseph preceded her in death. Survived by daughter Mrs Lawson and son Joe Cochran plus five other sons Jim Fulton Ott Warsaw Robert Cochran Springfield L Cochran Beaver Calif Will Cochran Kansas City and daughter Mrs Alice Tyson Chicago.
William Curtis Westbrook funeral director and hardware man of Houstonia died at 11 50 am Sunday at Bothwell hospital Sedalia from a heart attack. He was 54 born June 3 1884 in Houstonia and married Lyda Denton. Survived by his mother Mrs Belle Westbrook two sisters Mrs James Staples and Mrs R Denton a brother Taylor O Westbrook and many nieces and nephews. He was a Mason in Sweet Springs and affiliated with Sedalia chapters and council. He contributed to Houstonia’s business and community work and remained active in the Community church until illness.
Mrs. Mary Dietrich 83, wife of F E Dietrich who died earlier, died Sunday morning in Kansas City. Born near Pilot Grove, she lived in Sedalia before moving to Kansas City. Survived by daughters Rose Martin Anna Putoff Minnie Dietrich. sons Joseph Raymond Oscar. sister Elizabeth Wessing and two others referenced.
Frank X. Kraus of Pilot Grove and J. B. Kraus of Sedalia are mentioned as notable local figures in the obituary fragment.
Word reached Sedalia of Albert Christian Frey death November 26 in Reno Nevada. Retired railroad conductor who lived in Sparks for over thirty years, Frey was active in fraternal orders and survived by widow Estella, two sons Albert J J Frey and Claude, daughter Ruth, eight grandchildren, and a brother, sister, with ties to the Missouri Pacific and MKT lines.
Joseph Scott aged 86 died at 4 PM Wednesday at his home eight miles northwest of Windsor after a long Pettis County life. He farmed previously near La Monte and was a pioneer in that area. Surviving are wife Lydia Jennie Scott who died two years ago, five children William Thomas Guy Blanche and Mrs. Davie Phillips all at home, two grandchildren Vernon and Rowena Phillips, and sister Mrs Boney Ray of Tulare California.
John Barnes Osbourn a retired Green Ridge merchant died at his home Thursday aged 87. Born July 2 1851 in Shepherdstown Virginia he moved to Missouri in 1875 and ran a harness shop and later a cafe until 1923. Survived by wife Sarah Ann Jenkins first, four children two of whom died in infancy two sons Cecil Osbourn and Nate Reed and three grandchildren plus sister Mrs Kate Link.
W. W. Waymack editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune told Congress of American Industry in New York that democracy rests on a large secure middle class and that the backbone is the individual farmer. He warned that a decline in farm owner-operators could radically change capitalism as we know it. He contrasted private property with Soviet ideology and urged property-based democracy.
Charles Calvin Dillon and Helen M Lemke of Sweet Springs obtained a marriage license.
Governor Lloyd C Stark freed Sylvester Ziegmeier Lynn Clark and Edward Bloebaum from 15 year sentences for the Hawk Point bank robbery after they had served over seven and a half years and earned merit time for volunteer hospital service during a meningitis outbreak at the state prison.
Social Security Administrator George Haworth and Missouri official Nick Cave head to Washington to avert withdrawal of federal matching funds for the first quarter of 1939. They will negotiate with federal officials and await legislative action, hoping Missouri’s aid remains based on need until amendments pass. Haworth plans to stay for a public welfare association meeting.
Frisco Railroad outlines 192,370 in new equipment for 1934 including five mountain type locomotives for fast through freight. Other announced costs include shop machinery for Springfield Missouri 3,667 Kansas City 2,343 Yale Tennessee 1,123 Clinton Missouri 6,393 for a new turntable and 2,489 for a cinder conveyor.
L Vaughn Marcum 29 was convicted of first degree robbery in the February 6 Boonville slugs and robbing of S E Enochs a Springfield Ohio leather goods salesman. A motion for a new trial was filed and Judge Nike Sevier set a December 19 hearing on the motion. The case was moved here on change of venue.
Frank McClure of Olean Missouri died Saturday night after colliding with a Swift and Company truck driven by Earl Harvey of Eldon. The inquest in California Missouri found McClure dead and his companion B C Kinlery slightly injured while Harvey escaped injury.
Marriage announcement reveals that Mary Miller and Ray Ebert were wed on February 8 in Clinton. The couple, residents of Sedalia, are the son and daughter in law of Mrs. Ollie Ebert of 518 East Thirteenth street and now live at Twelfth and Engineer.
The Rev H Heidbreder marked twenty five years as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church on a jubilee Sunday service at the Broadway and Massachusetts church. Elders made him a seat of honor and guests from the Western District Cordia Circuit gave tributes. A reception followed in the basement with a large angel food cake inscribed twenty five. Heidbreder has led the church since January 1922 coming from La Grange Missouri.
R L Hyatt of 1701 South Missouri Avenue reports a hold up Monday at about 8 45 PM. A man about 55 wearing overalls a heavy jacket and hat demanded money after Hyatt stopped near Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets. A second man in a car picked up the robber shortly after. Police investigated.
A new song titled Song of Missouri with words and music by Earl Smith of Champaign Illinois and published by A W Perrys Sons Music Publishers of Sedalia is gaining attention across the state. Smith wrote it two years ago for Missouri friends and the printed version has just been released, featuring a front piece in black and old gold Missouri University colors.
William Dudley Cummins of Vincennes Indiana and Charlotte Mae Muerr of Houstonia are announced as a couple. The note lists their names and places, indicating a forthcoming marriage record in local society notes.
Bois D Arc Farm Hughesville sent 28 head of 770 pound cows to the Kansas City cattle market last week. They sold for 4.00 dollars per hundredweight.
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