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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
2
Wires report Alf Landon amid Lima nightlife with Senora Carlos Concha and companions. The playful scene is suggested as boosting Pan American ties and could influence delegates if mirrored by a sultry samba or cognate dance.
The funeral for Peter Schrankler, a longtime Sedalian, was held at Gillespie Funeral Home at 2 30 pm with Rev Oscar J Rumpf officiating. Pallbearers were E M Stafford Jr P W Harris C L Howard Harve McFarland Frank Brosch and W A Harbaugh. Burial followed at Crown Hill Cemetery. He had worked 42 years for J A Lamy Manufacturing Co and served on its board. He leaves numerous grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mr Dix preceded him in death April 28 1930.
In Manitowoc Wisconsin a Citizenship Day planned for May 21 will welcome 1200 residents who turn 21 and gain voting rights. The program continues with countywide meetings led by educators and officials to deepen understanding of democracy and the American way.
The text claims normal ears of corn have an even number of kernel rows and that flowers can be grown in excelsior water and chemicals without touching soil. It presents two separate statements about agriculture.
Dame Fashion reports Anthony Eden’s Homburg hat drawing attention in New York show windows. Ads preview new Homburgs for milady, while critics note hats suit men but urge caution with English somber hues and applaud American color and design in coats and pants.
A Japanese official statement labels certain public displays of affection as illegal. The report notes authorities may enforce fines or charges for kissing in public spaces.
A garbled collage of overheard lines features bystanders to a Cleveland fire, a New York woman shouting at Anthony Eden, city WPA worker Si guard Andersen who killed his landlady, a New York photographer preparing candid Park Avenue shots, and a Los Angeles divorcee Francis H Del Amo noting friends of her husband.
Looking Backward notes the marriage of Jolly Hurtt, a Fisher Printing Co. worker, to Miss Effie Irene Harris, daughter of C. A. Harris, performed Thursday night by Rev. F. R. Hill Jr. at the M E church South.
Samuel Allen Osborn age 78 died at the family home 405 North Hurley Avenue about 11:30 Friday night. He was born November 24 1860 in Missouri and was a retired farmer who left farming about 24 years ago and had lived in Sedalia for over a year. He is survived by two daughters Edna Murphy of Stover Betty Webb of Beaman three sons John D Osborn of Stover E D Osborn and Robert L Osborn of 405 North Hurley three brothers D Boone Osborn W B Osborn of Mack's Creek Mo Thomas Osborn of Lebanon and three sisters Myra West of Camdenton Mary Jane Morgan of Mack's Creek and Rose Zeigler of Tulsa Oklahoma.
Christian Frederick Luther a well known Secarian and retired farmer of 409 North Park avenue died at Bothwell hospital about 9 30 Saturday morning after a ten day illness with pneumonia. He was born March 24 1861 at Champaign Illinois and married Catherine Babb in 1889. He moved to Missouri in 1901 and resided in Sedalia. Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs Ernest C Thompson and Mrs John Griesen of Sedalia three others Mrs Louis Igo of Beaman Mrs Norwood Benning of Maryville and Miss Hazel Luther of Chicago a sister Mrs S R Scott Mrs F E Heyland Mrs Elizabeth Roberts two brothers Will Luther of Columbia City Indiana and Henry Luther of Huntington Indiana grandchildren John Robert Griesen Barbara Norwood Robert Benning Luther Vincent Igo and one great grandchild Diana Igo.
Mrs Belle Cover Green 79 died at her home 624 East Fourteenth Street Sedalia at 10 45 AM Saturday after months of illness. Born June 26 1859 near Lancaster PA she lived in Pettis County since 1870. Survived by two sons Gerald G Rice and M E Green three grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Lifelong Methodist member.
Mrs Artie Missy Dix longtime Cooper county resident died about 11 PM Saturday at her daughter Mrs Effie L Pratt home 659 East Sixteenth Street after about two months illness. Born June 3 1851 she was the youngest of thirteen children of Artie Missy Ellison and James Quinn Morton. She married Tandy Dix October 20 1873 at Boonville and lived on a farm near Blackwater. Survived by daughter Effie Pratt two sons O B Dix and Newton Dix and two infant children Ray Morton Dix and Hattie Mida Dix plus twelve more relatives.
Mrs. R L Stewart of Denver Colo mother of Mrs J B Parks also of Denver and former Sedalian died in Denver Wednesday. Her Missouri Pacific engineer husband died at the throttle moving toward Pueblo about eight years ago. Surviving are son Elphas Moshier of Omaha Neb and daughters Mrs Parks and Mrs Sue Shonsby of Denver. Funeral services and burial in Colorado.
John A Leideburd 76 died at 12 15 Friday at his sister Mrs William Lewis 1006 South Vermont Sedalia after months of illness. Born June 7 1862 in Galesburg Illinois he moved to Topeka with parents as a youth and later worked in contracting and building in Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. He moved to Sedalia to live with his sister about a year and a half ago and never married. Surviving are sisters Mrs Lewis Mrs E N Harrison of Monterey Park California and Mrs Lillie Ceideburd of El Monte California.
Mrs. Mary John Eilerman aged 28 daughter of the late John Brandt of Sedalia and Mrs. William Guyer of St. Louis died Wednesday at Deaconess hospital in St Louis from pneumonia after a week of illness. She attended the University of Missouri and was a talented musician. Survived by her husband Harold Eilerman her mother a step-brother and many relatives in Sedalia and St Louis. She was a great granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Peter Brandt.
Word has been received in Sedalia of the death of Joseph Smith age 57 a former Sedalian who died in Kansas City Thursday after a month long illness. He formerly worked for Bell Telephone in Sedalia and later spent twenty one years with Ford Motor Company including time as foreman of the wheel department. Surviving are his widow Mrs Auda Smith two children Carl Smith and Mabel Smith a half brother Fred Smith and a sister Mrs Stella Gordon.
Funeral services for Daniel Sweeney former Sedalian who died Thursday night at Calhoun will be held at the Catholic church in Clinton at 9 this morning and interment will be in Calvary cemetery Sedalia. He was about eighty and resided with brothers John and Tom Sweeney at Calhoun. He lived in Sedalia years and worked as a blacksmith at the Missouri Pacific shops. He retired six years ago and moved to Calhoun. He belonged to Sedalia Council No 831 Knights of Columbus whose members will attend the grave service at Crown Hill cemetery between 11:15 and 11:30 Saturday morning.
Cleveland S Barton a Hughesville area farmer was fined 1 by Justice Walter Carpenter on a warrant for whipping his wife Vivian. Barton admitted slapping his wife. The couple have a six month old child. Fine and costs totaled 11.80 and a stay of execution was granted until the first of the year.
A congressional critic used the 1929 death of Philip Musica, former head of McKesson and Robbins, to urge a rigorous audit of TVA. TVA controller E L Kohler defended auditing and explained recent accounting reforms while acknowledging past failures to explain report changes.
Clark M. Gayden a Kansas City area man is accused of breaking into an MKT box car at Sedalia and stealing tobacco. He was taken to Kansas City for federal court where he faces interstate robbery charges. An earlier Rock Island case left him free on bond as he faces other similar robberies.
Edward Marion Wasson 36 of a farm near Sedalia was arrested after taking a $75 motor from a farm Security Administration concrete mixer. The theft occurred between July 20 and August 19 near Hughesville. A state warrant issued. Wasson admitted taking the motor and it was returned to J. A. Muster.
In this county Wasson will be taken to Kansas City and turned over to government authorities following a charge filed by the Farm Security Administration.
Police in Sedalia are holding Leonard Balance Buster English and Chester Gray for inquiry into recent thefts. A generator and fan were recovered after a tip linked the suspects to the crimes including a generator stolen from Dick Battles truck last week. They will be questioned about other petty crimes in the area.
Pettis County Teachers Association met in the court house assembly room on Saturday morning with Christmas decorations. Santa Claus distributed treats after the program. Dr J E Cannaday showed Alaskan pictures as A F Elsen could not attend due to illness. The musical program, directed by Mrs. Lyles and Mrs. Smith, featured various solos, duets, and group performances by local students and teachers.
Roy McKittrick, Missouri attorney general, commends Leo J. Harned, Pettis County prosecuting attorney, upon his retirement. He notes shared cooperation amid expanded duties including delinquent income and sales tax collections, acknowledging the increased workload on both offices.
The Federal Home Loan Bank Review reports newspapers as the most effective advertising medium for progressive savings and loan associations. A poll of 271 associations found 72 percent rated newspapers top, with the Review urging definite budgeting and strategic media planning based on known results.
Mrs Edna La Rue age 38 of Sedalia was killed in a highway 20 sideswipe two miles east of Higginsville. A M Shepherd sustained a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries. La Rue leaves three children and extended family in Lafayette and Jackson counties.
Fred Carpenter 40 died suddenly while visiting his brother Roy in New Franklin. The Tipton resident was unmarried and lifelong in the area. Services at the Christian church featured solos by Mrs. S. R. Ferguson, with Rev. J. L. Freeman speaking, and interment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery beside his parents.
Granite Lodge No. 272 A F and A M elected H J Staubli as W M L O No land as S W C W Farley as J W J R Smetana as treasurer and J P Hurtt as secretary at its annual meeting A memorial for S B Kennon longtime secretary was presented Retiring Master Chas T Plumlee thanked officers A joint Sedalia Lodge 236 Granite Lodge 272 meeting to install officers Tuesday December 27.
The marriage of Miss Beulah Hotsenpiller of Otterville to Edward Schlobohm of Smithton was celebrated at 4 p m Thursday at the groom’s residence on South Ohio Avenue with the bride’s brother George Hotsenpiller and Mrs Hotsenpiller as attendants.
Dr and Mrs J L Cartwright of Kansas City are parents of twin boys born Wednesday morning in Seda lia. Each infant weighed 5% pounds at birth. Mrs Cartwright is sister of Ruth Fults, art teacher at Broadway school.
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