Central Missouri Towns Tidings Mixed Social Scene
Local notes from La Monte and Knob Noster area detail visits among Independence and Sedalia residents, church society actions, family gatherings, and holiday events. Highlights include meals, dinners, and social meetings plus a Saturday rummage sale raising around 40 dollars for the P T A.
Otterville Social Notes Report Death and Visits
Rev and Mrs G A Craig left Thursday for Springfield after the sudden death of Mrs Scrivner s brother Deveraux Bryan. Granville Layne of Kansas City visited his mother Ethyl Layne on her way to St Louis. Frank Diefendorf Jr of St Louis spent last week with his parents Frank Diefendorf Sr and Mrs Diefendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Cranmer
G. A. Craig
Springfield
Scrivner
Deveraux Bryan
Granville Layne
Kansas City
Ethyl Layne
St. Louis
Frank Dietendorf, Jr
Frank Diefendorf
Tipton High Staff Attends Jefferson City Teachers Meeting
Tipton high school officials Supt J L Donahue Miss Carpenter and Al White attended a Jefferson City meeting of high school teachers Tuesday. Frank McCulley and wife guests of sister Mrs W F Quigley in Kansas City visit extended Oct 25 to Feb 1 with Hot Springs Ark stay. Mrs Ella Newkirk and daughter visited Kansas City with Mrs P W Henry and S B Newkirk. Mrs Clayton Glasgow was guest of her parents Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Parker
L. G. Parker
Bunceton
W. L. Layne
Frank Miller
Centralia
Herman Traber
Kansas City
A. G. Hansberger
Hansberger
Tom Phillips
Andy Phillips
Earl Phillips
John Phillips
Sedalia
George Ross
John Emery
California
J. W. Ben Klein
Raymond Kuykendall
Women’s Missionary Society
Walter Anthony
Ophelia Cline
Kenneth Jenkins
Jimmy
Jean
Margaret Jenkins
Robert Murray
Cora Lively
Cedarvale
Kas
A. N. Howlett
C. A
T. R. Cranmer
E. M. Ross
Dorothy
Warrensburg
J. H. Gunn
Jefferson City
W. H. Michaelis
P. Fahe
Harry Burnett
John Ross
J. H. Parsons
Here
Nolan Howard
Leona DeWitt
Jennie Lee Starke
H. Roger Starke
Boonville
Otterville
Tipton
T. Edwin Wherley
T. E. Wherley
S. H. Haggard
G. P. Garland
Sunbeam Band
Frances Jean Burford
Bonnie Scrivner
A. Y. Burford
Esther J. Straten
Srl Hotsenpiller
Marianna
John Burford
Nell and
Kathryn
James Evans
Syracuse
J. E. Galloday
Helen G. Steele
Hunter P. Cline
H. J. Breit
Jacob Hemin
William A. Schmitt
Father Breit
William Finley
Billy Frank
Donald Wayne
Finley
B. F. Bowline
Joseph Hays
Walter Cook
Berkeley
Calif
Everett Smith
Margaret Metzdorf
John Metzdorf
St. Catherine’s
Sherman Graz
Mildred Morris
Ruth McCune
la Monte
Hildred Frazier
Marshall
Ada House
Florence Beatty
Laura Roadruck
Margaret Ficken
Ed Schlusing
Anna Williams
Henry Schlusing
Dorothy Blaine
Glyndon House
Roy
Spencer
T. E. Williams
Elmer E Williams
Richard Thureston
Bess Jones
William Jones
Glasgow
Janet Sue Wood
Charlotte Reidenbach
C. B. Means
Weinman
A. R. Snorgrass
J. L. Donahue
Carpenter
al White
Tipton High School
Frank McCulley
Anchorage
Alaska
McCulley
W. F. Quigley
Hot Springs
Ark
Ella Newkirk
F. J. Quigley
George Routsong
David
Sally Newkirk
P. W. Henry
S. B. Newkirk
Clayton Glasgow
California News Roundup of Illness and Visits
Mrs Elizabeth Heinen is seriously ill at home. Milard Milburn shows improvement after serious illness. Mrs B F Houser improved after a week of pneumonia threat. Mrs Lash Comer recovering from malaria fever. Mr and Mrs Louis Hill of Gasconade care for Mrs Hill’s ill mother Mrs John Pankey, then returned home. Miss Maxine Woodward recovering after appendectomy at St Marys Jefferson City. Mrs J M Robertson returns from St Charles visit. Mrs J H Langkap returns from Pontiac Michigan. Arthur Byler visiting his Chicago home. Mr and Mrs George Peck travel to Great Neck Long Island for holidays. Mrs Rose Sterling visiting Latham. Miss Lorene Jobe at California Manufacturing Co. visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Minnie Latham
H. B. Cox
Wichita
Kas
Harry Moore
St. Louis
Walter Strobel
Grace Carol
J. C. MccDonnald
Chicago
T. H. McDonnald
Matilda Gross
William Gross
Clara
St. Mary's Hospital
Jefferson City
Frank Jones
Sedalia
Jones
P. W. Jones
Will Jones
Dan Newman
Kuhlman
Kansas City
Alfred
E. J. Melton
Thomas Craig
Boonville
Thomas Sandham
Coulder
Colo
Frank Peck
August Willers
Ralph Rosenmiller
S. S. Fulks
C. A. Webster
Mr. Webster
Wharton
Tex
Elizabeth Meyer
Humbolt
W. E. Thornton
Thornton
Lee Pope
Bagwell
Walter Hert
Geraldine Eicher
Houston
Charles Eicher
Eicher
W. F. Whited
E. J. Roedel
LeNell Williams
Columbia
Irene Baugart
Elizabeth Heinen
Millard Milburn
B. F. Houser
Lash Comer
Louis Hill
Maxine Woodward
St. Mary’s Hospital
Riley Reed
J. M. Robertson
Herman Garrett
Garrett
St. Charles
J. H. Langkap
Pontiac
Mich
L. T. James
Arthur Byler
Walter Byler
George Peck
George Piegeon
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Rose Sterling
Latham
G. T. Sterling
Lorene Jobe
The
California Manufacturing Co
Kim Brinegar
Bache
Knob Noster News Roundup from Warre nsburg to Knob Noster
Mrs. John T. Cheatam recovers from appendectomy at Bothwell hospital Sedalia after minor operation. Warrensburg visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Richeson and Mr. Sappington. Presbyterian ladies held an all day quilting and lunch event at Talitha Goodlett home with several attendees listed. Senior class attended Star Theatre in Warrensburg with named students. Missionary society met at M E church with devotionals and Christmas themed poem submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Cheatam
Warrensburg
Bothwell Hospital
Sedalia
Cheatam
J. Mont Kendrick
W. V. Richeson
Earl Sappington
Kansas City
Talitha Goodlett
The
Presbyterian Church
Caroline Wolfrum
Oscar Wolfrum
Fred Neitzert
Mary Beatty
Nora Phipps
Sallie Blythe
J. W. Young
James Hogan
S. G. McCluney
Lyle Atkins
John O
Miss Jackson
Letty Lou Elliott
Mary Lee Bagby
Dorothy Wimer
Hazel Sartin
Opal Adams
Paul Brim
John Lyle
Bobby Atkins
Lowell Bybee
Osborn Cowley
Bettie Jean
Arthur Brockman
North of
la Monte
Charles Dixon
Dixon
George Dixon
Roy Neighbors
Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Louis P. Lay
Jim Harmon
Will Hank
S. L. Doggett
E . Williams
Sweet Springs Social News Highlights Busy Visit Possible
Mrs. Frank McGrew travels to New Mexico after Tulsa visit. Kansas City guests include Mrs. A. M. Henley and others. Church anniversary and bridge gatherings mark the week with multiple social visits in Sweet Springs and surrounding areas.
Weekend Visits And Travel From The Community
Miss Gladys Henley left St Luke's hospital Monday and is staying with an uncle, then heads to Napa California for the winter. Floy Hopkins appears in a junior class play with Higginsville visitors J T Littlejohn and family attending from Friday. Kansas City visitors Dr and Mrs James Jarvis travel with Mrs J F Jarvis and B T Bellamy. Local road commissioners Hogan Pinkepank Wheeland and attorney Leimbrock return from Washington DC on gravel road business. Mrs A P Wilson hosted dinner with Oldham families Ware and others from Kansas City and Sedalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Gladys Henley
Marshall
Joseph Henley
Napa
Calif
J. T. Littlejohn
Higginsville
Floy Hopkins
James Jarvis
Kansas City
J. F. Jarvis
B. T. Bellamy
George Hogan
Louis Pinkepank
Sam Wheeland
C. H. O. Leimbrock
Gilliam
Washington, D. C
A. P. Wilson
Abner Oldham
John Ware
W. A. Oldham
Fliott Stafford
Lynn Ilgenfritz
R. M. Johns
Sedslia
Julia Davis
City
Houstonia 4 H members attend National Stock Yards meeting
Houstonia 4 H club youths and girls toured to St Louis for a National Stock Yards meeting. Tall Fluty drove a truck carrying calves with members Oscar Rothrock Charles Wicker William Schondelmier Ernest Delapp and others aboard. Local residents Ruth Hand Marian Belsha Sammie Tyler Willie Wilson and several couples visited relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Martin
Houstonia
St. Louis
National Stock Yards
Tall Fluty
Charles
Oscar Rothrock
Charles Wicker
William Schondelmier
Ernest Delapp
Clay Houchen
Ralph Houchen
C. F. Wicker
William Hoffman
Noah
Raymond Killion
James Weneke
Hazel Hill
Ruth Hand
Windsor
J. E. Hand
Marian Belsha
Sammie Tyler
Kansas City
Nathan Harris
Willie Wilson
O. A. Milliken
Louisberg
Kas
Winegardner
Charley Carlin
Kansas
J. D. Eckles
Marshall
Wesley Payne
Liberty
The
Baptist Church
J. W. Cooper
D. F. Rhinehart
A. L. French
Frank Martin
Sedalia
Flora Davis
Alfred Phipps
Miss Davis
E. R. Davis
Woodrow
Community Fun and Visits Highlight Hughesville News
In Hughesville Mrs. C L Rages reports a family gathering at the Schneck home honoring Lena Duermeyer on her December 4 birthday with numerous relatives from Sedalia Pilot Grove Blackwater and nearby. Dora Dale Siron hosted the D L and M club with Leola Reese delivering opera notes about the Metropolitan Opera House. A funeral for Annie Shrout at Syracuse Baptist church drew Hugo Jaeger O R Martin Rankin Martin and others. A ten day Illinois trip by Henry Nagel and son Harry ended recently. A clinic at Hughesville high school run by extension and PTA groups featured doctors Beckemeyer Long Broaddus Carter Guy Cartwright and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Kerby
J. R. Clark
W. C. Cavert
Independence
Kas
la Monte
Mildred Morris
Knob Noster
Ruth McCune
Walter Pace
Malden
Otto Demeree
Dale Clingan
Hugh Price
Woodrow de Lapp
Carolyn
Wilford Scott
Gilman Scott
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
P. S. Craig
Lyman Littlefield
Oliver Sevier
D. I
J. D. White
George Landes
Granville Cook
Mae
Will Cook
Estella Fern
Harry Neitzert
Glenn Reynolds
D. I. Tevis
Bert Means
Zern Rathburn
Ed Littlefield
C. B. Miles
Marshall
J. S. Miles
E. P. Burke
R. B. Burke
J. D
Marjorie
Tom Bradfield
Jane Bradfield
Marie Lamb
Springfield
S. S. Porterfield
Charles White
Nellie
Jessie
Ollie Stewart
Anna Greer
Sedalia
C. C. Whitehead
Etta Reavis
Mesdames John Rhoades
Lyman Wharton
Don Russel
Lee Buholtz
Mary Patton
Charles Slatterly
Slatterly
Nirs
Pace
Fred Scheerer
Sweet Springs
C. N. Moore
Virgil Hansbrough
Gregory Staples
J. L. Staples
S. H. Smith and Sons
Sammy
Berkeley
Syracuse
George Martin
Archie Martin
Don Russell
Charles Sparks
Harry Sparks
Martin
C. L. Rages
George Schneck
Hughesville
Lena Duermeyer
Schneck
Erwin Arnold
Bobby Schneck
Jacob Selbach
Pilot Grove
Andrew Schler
Eileen
Alice Marie
Truman
Velma Josephine
Blackwater
Ruth
Dorothy
Vernon
Robert
James Milton
Dora Dale Siron
D. L
Lon R. Slaton
Leola Reese
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Hugo Jaeger
O. R. Martin
Rankin Martin
Annie Shrout
Syracuse Baptist Church
C. E. Hawn
Long, Broaddus
Carter
Elizabeth Guy
Cartwright
Mesdames Lon
Local Church and School Notes Highlight Activities
R Slaton Berry Elliott and El more McCurdy assisted with school examinations at Hughes ville and Smel ser. The Baptist Missionary society met with Mrs Rankin Martin on Thursday. A week of prayer program led by Mrs Martin featured a special foreign mission offering. Mr and Mrs George Callis hosted overnight guests Friday of Mr and Mrs O R Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Rankin Martin
Martin
George Callis
O. R. Martin
Clinic Conducted At Hughesville High School
A health clinic at Hughesville High School was run by county nurse Miss Elizabeth Guy with support from Superintendent Snyder and local civic leaders. Dentists and doctors examined about two hundred children, discovering a vision issue in one child that was referred to a specialist, while other minor ailments were identified and treated to prevent future costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughesville High School
Elizabeth Guy
Snyder
Women’s Club
Harold Conway
Parent-Teacher Association
Smelser School
McMullin
Guy
B. FE. Broadaus
Fletcher Carter
C. L. Cartwright
W. A. Beckemeyer
F. B. Long
Berry Elliott
Elmore McCurdy
Lon Slaton
Edwin Martin
Conway
Wilkerson
Fletcher sues for damages after Slater collision
George W. Fletcher files a damage suit in circuit court seeking 550 dollars for a 1937 Chevrolet after his car struck a parked truck and trailer used by W. J. Menefee Construction Company in Slater on April 4 1938. Vernon Fletcher drove the car. the accident happened about 930 PM at Maple and Morgan streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Fletcher
Lankin James
Marshall
W. J. Menefee Construction Company
Sedalia
Chevrolet
Menefee Company
Slater
Fletcher
Vernon Fletcher
Maple and
Morgan Streets
Hamm's Jail Break Attempt in Sedalia
William Lee Hamm 18, an escapee from the Jefferson City reform school, was arrested in Warrensburg and returned to Sedalia where he then attempted to tear bricks from the south wall of the city jail. Officers Finnell and Fischer secured him and he is held for Jefferson City authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee Hamm
Jefferson City
Warrensburg
Anson Finnell
Herman Fischer
Sedalia
Hamm
Finnell
Reformatory
Wayne Richardson
Missouri Industrial Accidents Drop in 1937 Despite More Plants
Missouri reports a drop of 5 169 in industrial accidents in 1937 from 1936. Factories rose to 4 511 employing 249 084 workers from 4 406 plants and 244 557 employees. Fatal accidents were 55 in 1937, down from 53 in 1936. Several St Louis industries earned safety honors from the National Safety Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
State Labor and Industrial Inspection Department
Mary Edna Cruzen
Cruzen
St. Louis Industries
National Safety Council
Concordia Publishing House
Fisher Body Corporation
C. Hager and Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company
Hart Printing
Local Firms Linked in Regional Industrial Map
The Kopper Company Lambert Pharmical Company Monarch Metal Weatherstrip Company Monsanto Chemical Company Carondelet plant Quick Meal Stove Company St. Louis Fire Door Company Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Western Electric Manufacturing Company appear in a regional industry directory detailing plant locations product lines and corporate affiliations within the St. Louis area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Kopper Company
Lambert Pharmical Company
Monarch Metal Weatherstrip Company
Monsanto Chemical Company
Carondelet
Quick Meal Stove Company
St. Louis Fire Door Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
Hostess To Liberty Extension Club Meeting Notes
Mrs. W. H. Moon hosted the Liberty Homemakers Extension club at 1919 South Lamine Avenue with a noon dinner and devotional. Members shared scripture, discussed Christmas baskets and year projects, and planned a December 19 program at Mrs. Pasley’s home with January meeting set for Mrs. Botts’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Moon
South Lamine Avenue
Liberty Homemakers’ Extension Club
H. W. Pasley
J. F. Raney
Court House
Bradford
G. H. Paige
B. C. Decker
Monsignor J A Selinger Dies After Heart Attack
Monsignor Joseph A. Selinger 79 head of the Central Missouri Catholic deanery died last night after a heart attack. He came to Jefferson City forty years ago as assistant pastor at St. Peter's church and retired four years ago due to ill health. Born April 6 1859 in Hannibal Missouri he was ordained in St. Louis after seminary study in Rome. A recreational center at St Peter's was named for him. He is survived by two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Joseph A. Selinger
Central Missouri
Catholic Church
Selinger
St. Peter's Church
Hannibal
St. Louis
Rome
St. Peter’s Church
Motions Sustained in Damage Suits
Judges sustain motions to strike maliciousness claims in suits by G C Swearagin and J M O Connell against W L Marlin sheriff and National Surety Corp. Damages reduced: O Connell $2 500 first count and $5 000 second. Swearagin $5 000 first count and $4 500 second. Trial set December 21. attorneys listed. additional suit against Montgomery and Swearagin to proceed soon after demurrer ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Marlin
Sheriff
National Surety Corporation
G. C. Swearagin
J. M. O'Connell
Dimmitt Hoffman
O'Connell
Shriff Marlin
Marlin
Sedalia Committee Forms for Empty Stocking Fund
Joseph L. Rosenthal chaired a Sedalia Round Table Council meeting that appointed a committee to arrange the Christmas tree celebration for city children and to manage donations to the Empty Stocking fund. Members include George H. Scruton J L Rosenthal Julian H Bagby Rev E L Baker Hugo Sparn and I H Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Rosenthal
Sedalia
E. L. Baker
Roseanne Dugan
Social Security Commission
Canadian Geologists Use Planes to Locate Rich Ore Deposits
Report says Canadian geologists employ airplanes to map and locate silver iron cobalt and pitchblende veins rich in radium, speeding discovery of valuable mineral deposits across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Diefendorf
J. H. Russell
Chilhowee
C. A. Repp
Mr. Repp
A. L. Palmer
Mothers Club
Mesdames A. FE. Kibbe
W. S. Carpenter
Emma Mengel
E. N. Pizer
E. E. Hutchinson
Mesdames J. C. Collins
Roy Finley
G. L. Donohue
J. C. Henry
Herman Dahl
William P. McVean
Three Wise Men
Martha Redmond
Melva Dean Hartman
Margaret Nell Hudson
Mary Jane Pizer
Jacky Lon Carey
Audrey Doris Bixler
LaVerne Schmidt
D. C. Hardy
R. R. Conn
A. A. Brinton
J. B. Norman
Arthur Mayhur
Nora Roark
Ava Renshaw
J. E. Zey
Waldo Andrew
Frank McGrew
New Mexico
Tulsa
A. M. Henley
N. L. Yankee
Kate Andrew
Howard Reavis
W. W. George
J. R. Scott
E. W. Berry
Charles Berry
H. C. Stallings
Minneapolis
D. FE. Smith
FE. C. John
Gertrude Norman
James Stallings
Elmwood
Lucy Widder
Raymond Widder
Glen Widder
Veterans Hospital
Excelsior Springs
Florence Mullineaux
J. W. Mullineaux
J. H. Burfiend
G. A. Thompson
Orange
Kate
Dollie Andrew
C. FE. Reid
Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. E. Gove
R. Q. Jones
W. H. Andrew
D. E. Smith
Frances O'Sell
Thomas Stuerke
Elmer Mueller
R. L. Wall
Gertrude Milton
C. Ellis
James O'Sell
Charles Reavis
F. H
R. Slaton
High
Liberty Extension Club
J. A. Selinger
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