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Newspaper

Sedalia Weekly Democrat

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1938

Page

4

Christmas Play by Boosters Delights Sedalia Crowd

A full house at Convention Hall enjoyed Sedalia booster club’s Christmas pageant At the Door of the Inn directed by Mrs Sarah Urban. The five act pantomime featured 57 performers with a cow shed set, special lighting, and musical numbers by the Smith Cotton orchestra and a choir.

Convention Hall Sedalia Booster Club Sarah Urban Lynn Shelby Joseph Bernadine Glasscock Mary Betty Urban Harry Homans P. R. Nichols Dick Keenan James Farley Wealth Elvin Todd Gene Joyce John Taylor Loretta Franke Dorothy Welsh Mary Backham Frank Rouchka Lena Maas Ernest Liebel Aubrey Case Jesus W. E. Bruce William Dunlap Everett Momberg Walter Edwards J. T. Wasson Edgar Ringen James Morton W. P. Coe Leah Wesloh A. Y. Johnson Ernest Liebe Herman Kuhlman Leon Tobaben H. R. Lessley Lawrence Wolf J. L. Joyce Charles Beckham Jack Tate G. T. Callender Booster Club A. W. Kokendorfer First Christian Church R. E. Hurd Epworth M. E H. L. White A. J. Curtis Walter Jesse Albert Todd Paul Berthoux M. E. Murphy F. L. Hanigan

Christmas Social Flurry Rings Clifton City Notes

Clifton City reports multiple church visits and family gatherings as Rev Shook from Lone Elm leads service with his wife and children. Local families attend birthdays, meals, school programs, and a Scott school musical. Mrs Cannaday’s Alaska trip talk, holiday travels, and Christmas programs highlight a busy community season.

Hughesville Presbyter ian Auxiliary Meeting Highlights

Mrs. George Thornton hosted the Presbyterian Auxiliary in Hughesville with a business meeting led by vice-president Mrs. Tom Wood and a program by Miss Catherine Fowler. Funds from a Sedalia window sale and treasury additions will support the minister's annuity fund. A short playlette depicted hardships of a disabled minister's family. Additional attendees included Mrs. Sue Janey and several local families.

C. L. Rages George Thornton James Wiley Presbyterian Hughesville Tom Wood Catherine Fowler Walter Davis Sedalia Sallie Curly George Callis Henry Nagel John Fowler Miss Fowler Norbert Poese Sue Janey la Monte Mesdames LeRoy Reese D. W. Powell Sydney Swope Kenneth Randolph David Copperfield Dorothy Marion Stephens Dora Dale Siron Jack Knight Dale Murray Billy Warren Pittman Lamoyne Wheeler Delores Jean Wallace Strader Lillian Kathryn Rages Allen Dillon Junior Kin Ray Lowery Syracuse Will Winters Kansas City Walter Winters J. FE. Wylie Sweet Springs Ed Wagner

Local Society Notes From Sweet Springs

Dr. R C Gentry of Bartlesville Oklahoma visits Sweet Springs with friends. Rev J A Young and family return from Springfield after illness and death in his family. Rev Cain of Sedalia preaches at the Methodist church in Young’s absence. Mrs A H Ringen and sisters spend Sunday at Florence. Mrs E T Hodges and Mrs N L Yankee travel to Sedalia. Mrs A F G Sell Frances G Sell Elmer Mueller J R Scott spend a day in Kansas City. Hunter C Stallings of Minneapolis and sisters Trude Norman D E Smith E C John visit Kansas City and Liberty with Maurice John at William Jewell College. Mrs C E Ramseyer of Houstonia visits with Ruthie and family. Vernie Haggard and daughter Marilyn Jane with Lester Turner attend funeral of Mr Graham in Schell City. P W Heisner goes to Alton Illinois, mother returns home.

Elizabeth Heisner Delle Colgns Brewer Kansas City Sarah Anderson J. M W. W. Anderson C. Ellis Saline County Medical Association Arrow Rock Carroll Thomas Janice Kay Joyce Fay E. J. Reynolds Homer Kenifer Ernest Barker Veterans Hospital Excelsior Springs Ladies of the Christian Church Council City Hall Lamine School Emogene Potter Missouri Valley College Marshall J. H. Potter Earl Freund Windsor Fred Marti S. R. Seifert Syracuse Jack Cramer Dora McNulty FE. J. Hallahan Herschell Smith Smith Tom Neale Neale Logan Seigel Clarksburg M. Battles Elaine Young Sedalia Frank Young Paran Palmer William Richardson Eudora Hazel Potter Jefferson City Charles Bridges Independence Ollie Bridges Clifton City R. C. Gentry Bartlesville Okla J. A. Young Springfield Cain Methodist Church A. H. Ringen Florence A. F. G'Sell Frances G’sell Elmer Mueller J. R. Scott Hunter C. Stallings Minneapolis Gertrude Norman D. E. Smith E. C. John Liberty Maurice John William Jewell College C. E. Ramseyer Houstonia Ruthie Vernie Haggard Marilyn Jane Lester Turner Schell City

Miss Gladys Elizabeth Deal

Miss Gladys Elizabeth Deal daughter of the late George F and Margie Deal died at her mother H H Deal 646 East Tenth street about 1130 PM Monday after months of illness. Born in Almakee county Iowa she moved to Missouri and spent most of her life in Sedalia. She was a member of Epworth Methodist Episcopal church and active in its duties. Surviving are two sisters two brothers three nephews and a nephew connected with the Knob Noster newspaper.

Gladys Elizabeth Deal George F Margie Deal H. H. Deal East Tenth Street Almakee County Iowa Missouri Sedalia Olive Kabler Kansas City Mina Deal St. Louis Fred Deal Jack Deal Beverly Moon James Kabler

Longtime Ottawa farmer Louis Green Henley dies at 71

Louis Green Henley 71 a retired farmer of Ottawa Kansas died at Ottawa hospital at 11 00 Saturday night December 17 after an appendicitis operation Wednesday. He was born December 6 1867 near Centertown MO and survived by five children three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Lamb Funeral home Ottawa and burial was in Ottawa cemetery.

Louis Green Henley Ottawa Kansas Ottawa Hospital Mr. Henley Centertown Moniteau County Robbins’Business College Sedalia Cedar County Minnie Vaughn Lillie Stockdale David Kansas City Luther Iowa Fred Green Ridge Wm. Henley Los Angeles California Robert Henley Mike Henley St. Louis Mary Ann Cooper Richard Henley Lamb Funeral Home Ottawa Cemetery

Elbert Rohn Dies in Fulton of Heart Attack at 1878 Birth

Elbert Rohn of Calloway county died at his Fulton home after a heart attack last Monday night. He was born February 28, 1878, in Calloway, son of the late Joe and Mary Rohn. Survived by twin sister Berta and brothers Willard of Fulton and Richard F. Rohn of Sedalia. had helped in the Fulton hardware business and was known for saddle horse interests.

Richard F. Rohn Vermont Avenue Fulton Willard Rohn Sedalia

Parsons Woman Nell Hudspeth Dies of Heart Attack

Mrs Nell Tongate Hudspeth wife of Dee Hudspeth of Parsons Kansas died suddenly of a heart attack at her home Thursday morning. She was reared in Sedalia and married there. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Herschel Hester a son William Hudspeth her mother and several sisters. The family had lived in Parsons for years with travel to Sedalia and Kansas City mentioned in the report.

Nell Tongate Hudspeth Dee Hudspeth Parsons, Kas William Tongate Sedalia Parsons Hudspeth M. E. T. Railroad Herschel Hester William Hudspeth Manhattan Kas Miss Pearl Tongate Lillian Tongate Miss Valley Tongate Moberly Paul Buzard Kansas City Mrs. Buzard

Mrs Anna Thurston Dies of Heart Trouble at 73

Mrs Anna Thurston age 73 wife of F E Thurston died from heart trouble at 2 oclock Wednesday morning at her Knob Noster home after years of illness. She leaves three children Mrs Harold Chalsant Knob Noster Mrs Newell Parker Marshall Warren Thurston Warrensburg and sister Mrs Warren Robb Hopkinton.

Anna Thurston F. E. Thurston Knob Noster Harold Chalsant Newell Parker Marshall Warren Thurston Warrensburg Warren Robb Hop

James Welton Grimes dies at 77 in Pettis County

James Welton Grimes born March 16 1861 in Bourbon County Kentucky near Clintonville dies December 18 1938 at his home eight miles northeast of Sedalia He lived near Houstonia for about 25 years and at the present home nearly 28 He married Mary Elizabeth Erskine in 1881 and later Ory Mather in 1901 Surviving children include James Archie Elmer Robert Mary Nina Lovella Gladys and Ivan Grimes He joined Hughesville Christian church in 1896 remaining a member until death

James Welton Grimes Bourbon County Kentucky Clintonville Sedalia Pettis County Houstonia Mary Elizabeth Erskine James Archie Grimes Sweet Springs Elmer Grimes Kansas City Robert Grimes

Seamus Wilkerson Dies at 56 in Sedalia Home

Sephus Wilkerson dies at his Sedalia residence after a yearlong illness. Born September 9, 1882 in Florence Missouri, he moved to Sedalia in 1904 and worked at the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad shops. He married Louise Holst in 1918 and is survived by his widow and two Denver brothers. He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and the S B A lodge.

Sephus Wilkerson Robert Louise Wilkerson South Lamine Avenue Mr. Wilkerson Florence Sedalia Missouri-Kansas-Texas Louise Holst Ernest Earl Wilkerson Denver Colo First Methodist Episcopal Church S. B. A. Lodge

Infant Dead At Four and a Half Miles Northwest Of LaMonte

Jewell Lee Underwood six and a half weeks old died at 4 30 Sunday afternoon after a week long illness. Death caused by pneumonia connected to whooping cough. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Clay Underwood and three brothers and a sister.

Jewell Lee Underwood Clay Underwood LaMonte

Death of Bland boy John Barlish after operation

John Barlish twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs John Barlish Sr of Bland Missouri died at a Rolla hospital Sunday afternoon about 1 30 following an operation on December 6 Surviving are the parents and brothers and sisters Everett Edna Grace Ruby Ben Fred and Clarence Barlish all of Bland Arthur Barlish of Hughesville Missouri Route 2 and Mrs Mary Casey of St Louis Missouri.

John Barlish Bland Rolla Everett Barlish Edna Barlish Grace Barlish Ruby Barlish Ben Fred Clarence Barlish Arthur Barlish Hughesville R.F.D Mary Casey St. Louis

Death Notice Mrs Laura Raines Biggs of Sedalia

Word has been received in Sedalia of the death of Mrs Laura Raines Biggs a former Sedalia resident who died at her home in Bartlesville Oklahoma on December 13 Funeral services were held at White Rose Oklahoma on December 16 and interment was in the cemetery there Surviving are two children Mrs C W Hanson and Clarence R Biggs both of Bartlesville Oklahoma also two brothers S V Raines of Bartlesville and William Raines of East Fifth street this city

Sedalia Laura Raines Biggs Bartlesville Oklahoma White Rose C. W. Hanson Clarence R. Biggs S. V. Raines William Raines East Fifth Street

Crawford Gallie Dies in Minneapolis

Crawford Gallie, born and raised in Sedalia, died suddenly in Minneapolis. He served in World War I at Fort Snelling, laterReturning to business life in Minneapolis. Survived by widow Margaret Gallie sister Mrs Maurice M Parmerlee of Kansas City and brothers John and Ben Gallie of Detroit.

Crawford Gallie Sedalia Minneapolis Minn Mr. Gallie George A. Gallie Fort Snelling Margaret Gallie Maurice M. Parmerlee Kansas City John Ben Gallie Detroit

Funeral of Mrs Artie M Dix

Funeral services for Mrs Artie Missy Dix were held at Gillespie Funeral Home at 11 30 a m and at the Penninsula Baptist church near Blackwater at 1 30 p m. Interment followed in the Penninsula cemetery.

Artie M. Dix Artie Missy Dix Effie L. Pratt East Sixteenth Street Gillespie Funeral Home Penninsula Baptist Church Blackwater Penninsula Cemetery

Funeral services for Henry Giesing in Sedalia

Funeral services for Henry Giesing, a well known Sedalian, were held at 10 o clock Monday morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic church with the Reverend officiating.

Henry Giesing Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Funeral Rites Held For Mr Geising with Mercy Sisters in Attendance

Father Christian Daniel officiated as pallbearers Florence Mulcahey Andy J Knipp Winter Broach Leo Meyers Oscar Leslie and Harvey Keens. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. Survived by widow Pauline Giesing two sons John Giesing Enid Oklahoma and Robert Giesing Hollywood California two daughters Sister Teresa Marie St Louis and Sister Mary Celine Springfield Mo sisters of the Mercy order. Also survived by step daughter Meta Brosch and sisters Mrs Mary Shock Kansas City and Mrs Frances Shock Kansas City.

Christian Daniel Florence Mulcahey Andy J. Knipp Winter Broach Leo Meyers Oscar Leslie Harvey Keens Calvary Cemetery Pauline Giesing John Giesing Enid Okla Robert Giesing Hollywood Calif Teresa Marie St. Louis Mary Celine Springfield The Mercy Order Geising Meta Brosch West Eleventh Street Mary Shock Kansas City Frances Shock West Eighteenth Street

Funeral of Christian Federick Luther

Funeral services for Christian Federick Luther who died Saturday after an illness with pneumonia were held at 2 oclock Monday afternoon at Gillespie Funeral Home. Reverend Ralph Waggoner of Broadway Presbyterian Church officiated with pallbearers John Miller Bob Swearingen John Griessen Sr James Thompson L J Bahner and Ambrose Rahak. Burial was in Crown Hill.

C. F. Luther Christian Federick Luther Gillespie Funeral Home Ralph Waggoner Broadway Presbyterian Church John Miller Bob Swearingen John Griessen James Thompson L. J. Bahner Ambrose Rahak Crown Hill Cemetery

Funeral of Mrs Green

Funeral services for Mrs Belle Cover Green aged nine were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the church with Rev. Ralph Emerson Hurd officiating. Pallbearers included R. H. Robb Frank S. Henderson David Roberts John S. Greede Dan P. Green and W. A. Green. Interment followed at Crown Hill.

Christmas Pageant At His Throne Draws Windsor Audience

Windsor hosts a Sunday evening pageant At His Throne at the M E church in seven scenes with a large audience. Harriet Heying played piano and Roy Milam directed the choir. Also noted are a model airplane show at the high school and Christmas decorations citywide. Patrick Daley of Bowen Mo dies in Bowen after a long illness. funeral Friday at Huston Turner funeral home.

M. E Harriet Heying Roy Milam the Watchman Bethlehem Kublah Khan Earl Dillon Wise Men Walter Moser Buford van Slyke Beverly van Slyke M. D. Muir Virgil Barker John Harris Ioma Barnhisel Betty Lee Barker Alice Marie Beck Mildred Dillon

P FE O chapter holds Xmas program and O FE S meeting

The P FE O chapter met Monday at Mrs. J T Shadburnes home with Mrs R FE Feaster presiding and Mrs Wesley Kahl presenting a program on Christmas season customs and carols. The O FE S met last Friday at the hall with about thirty five attendees and a pie supper after officers were installed.

P. FE. O J. T. Shadburne R. FE. Feaster Wesley Kahl O. FE. S Hensley Walter Petty Edna Turner Geraldine Turner C. L. Turner Charles Thomas Petty T. J. Childress Sedalia Illinois Progressive Club Fred Winzenreidh

Local Social Roundup At Boonville and Nearby Homes

Present were Messrs and Mesdames Walter Chipman Elwood Barbour Milford Lewis John Pattison Kenneth Miller Gene Bumpas John Lewis Edward Shipp Walton Elbert Belfour Jackson Jimmie McCampbell Glenn Christian Henry Taylor Rev and Mrs M L Riley Mrs Nina May Miss Jewell Renfro Chester Ferguson and Bernice Garland Mr and Mrs Virgil Narramore of Boonville spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs W A Narramore Mrs Fred Stafford returned Sunday from Leonard Texas where she had been visiting her son Dr Frederick Stafford.

Messrs Mesdames Walter Chipman Elwood Barbour Milford Lewis John Pattison Kenneth Miller Gene Bumpas John Lewis Edward Shipp Walton Elbert Belfour Jackson Jimmie McCampbell Glenn Christian Henry Taylor M. L. Riley Nina May Jewell Renfro Chester Ferguson Bernice Garland Virgil Narramore Boonville W. A. Narramore Fred Stafford Leonard Texas Frederick Stafford

Former Slave Over 100 Is Dead in Otterville

Mrs. Kate Thompson, said to be more than a century old, longtime Otterville resident, born in Kentucky as a slave and brought to Missouri at age four. She lived with her husband until his death about twelve years ago and left a niece Mrs. Virginia Henley Samms of Sedalia and nephew Dr. Otto Henley of Kansas City.

Kate Thompson Otterville Kentucky Missouri Anna Richardson Fred Ferguson Thompson Richardson Jack Adams Sedalia Virginia Henley Samms Otto Henley Kansas City

Missouri Road Plan Battle Spent $60 000

The Citizens' Road Association of Missouri reported spending $59,379.84 on behalf of proposition No. 6 defeated in the Nov. 8 election and held a balance of $11,017.64. The filing was with Callaway county recorder Osa N. Tennyson by T. H. Vansant, Fulton banker and finance committee chair. The plan included a gasoline tax hike and a 10 year program of road building.

Fulton, Mo Citizens’ Road Association of Missouri Osa N. Tennyson Callaway County Recorder T. H. Vansant Fulton Banker The Road Association

Stolen 1936 Ford V-8 Found Wrecked at City Intersection

A gray 1936 Ford V-8 owned by Thompson Chevrolet Company reported stolen from Liberty Park between 8 and 9:30 a.m. was located by police at 10:15 a.m. at the Sixteenth and Marshall streets intersection. The car was badly wrecked with blood on the running board and a smashed steering wheel.

Thompson Chevrolet Company Liberty Park Sixteenth Marshall Streets

Letters of administration issued for Edna E. LaRue estate

Probate Judge J. E. Smith grants letters of administration to Deming Wheeler for the estate of Edna E. LaRue. The issuance confirms Wheeler as the administrator of the decedent's assets and liabilities.

J. E. Smith Deming Wheeler Edna E. LaRue

Kenyon Sentenced to Gas Chamber for Kidnap Slaying

Robert Kenyon, 21, lost a Supreme Court rehearing bid and faces the gas chamber in Missouri for kidnapping and slaying Dr. J. C. B. Davis of Willow Springs. The court ordered he be resentenced to death by asphyxiation and upheld the killer’s conviction.

Associated Press Jefferson City Robert Kenyon J. C. B. Davis Willow Springs Supreme Court Oregon County Circuit Court Kenyon John F. Williamson George Williams Ste. Genevieve County Williamson State’s Prison Dr. Davis Missouri Grimmet George R. Ellison Ellison

Davis Son of Slain Physician Named in City

H. C. Davis of 1122 West Seventh Street is identified as a son of the physician who was killed.

H. C. Davis West Seventh Street

Berryman Bound Over For January Trial

Clay Berryman charged with the fatal shooting of his 4 year old daughter Patsy was bound over for the January term of Saline County circuit court after a preliminary hearing before Justice W. C. Pelot. The alleged shooting occurred Nov. 28 at the home of his estranged wife.

Marshall, Mo Clay Berryman Saline County Berryman W. C. Pelot Patsy

Petition Acceptance on Liquidation of Sedalia Trust La Monte Bank

In the circuit court petitions by J. T. Montgomery for R. W. Holt Mo State Finance and L. R. Twyman request acceptance of the final liquidation report for Sedalia Trust Company and La Monte Bank and discharge from further duties.

Circuit Court J. T. Montgomery R. W. Holt State of Mo L. R. Twyman Sedalia Trust Company la Monte Bank

King Carol Gifts 1000 Plows to Romanian Farmers

King Carol through the agriculture department donated 1,000 plows to poor Romanian farmers as Christmas presents in Bucharest.

Bucharest Carol Department of Agriculture

Marriage Licenses Issued in Two Indiana Counties

Walter Scott Beach and Mildred Evelyn Brayman of Marshall. Frank Russell and Virginia Geraldine Simmons of Sedalia. Randall Harvey of Windsor and Ruby Durham of Warsaw obtain marriage licenses.

Walter Scott Beach Mildred Evelyn Brayman Marshall Frank Russell Virginia Geraldine Simmons Sedalia Randall Harvey Windsor Ruby Durham Warsaw

Christmas Party by Hopewell Community Club

The Hopewell Community club held a Christmas gathering at Mrs. Ray Andersons home on December 15 with over fifty guests. A chicken dinner followed by a business meeting included a report on Dr. Bradford's baby care lecture and the state club newsletter. A gift exchange closed the event. The next meeting is set for January 19, 1939 at Mrs. Lester Payne home with assistants Mrs. Emil Smasal and Mrs. George Schuber.

Hopewell Community Club Ray Anderson Lillie Payne Bradford Anderson State Club T. Thomas Lester Payne Emil Smasal George Schuber

Parkhurst Charged With Petit Larceny In Montgomery Ward Case

Robert Parkhurst Jr was arrested Wednesday afternoon for shop lifting at Montgomery Ward s and charged with petit larceny in Judge Charles W Beate s court. Bond was set at 500 dollars and he remains in jail awaiting a hearing set date.

Robert Parkhurst, Jr Montgomery Ward Charles W. Beate

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