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Newspaper

Sedalia Weekly Democrat

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1950

Page

4

Obituary for Robert Reed Cunningham 79 of Sedalia

Robert Reed Cunningham 79 died at home 1507 East 7th Street at 3 45 PM Thursday after a ten day heart illness. He was born Sedalia June 14 1870 and lived there all his life. He married Gertrude Leach April 21 1892. they celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary last April. Nine children were born. one died in infancy. Survived by wife, two daughters, six sons, a brother, a sister, a brother-in-law, twenty two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral 3 PM Saturday at Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Croxton and Rev Hurd officiating. Interment Crown Hill Cemetery. Notes list many relatives and out-of-town attendees.

Robert Reed Cunningham East 7Th Street Sedalia Robert Mary McDonald Cunningham Gertrude Leach Cunningham Tabernacle Baptist Church of Kansas City Gertrude Cunningham Carl Urban Eddie Deuel West Broadway Robert J. Cunningham Carlsbad New Mexico William Cunningham Ogle Cunningham Frank Cunningham Ross Cunningham J. A. Cunningham Canal Zone Ed B. Cunningham Leach Crown Hill

Funeral services for Kathryn Disque today

Kathryn Disque dies at home on 1109 Ohio Avenue. Services at Gillespie Funeral Home at 2:00 PM conducted by Reverend D Warren Neal. Pallbearers listed as Ernest Thompson Carson Meredith Harry Naugel Ira Bronson R M Johns and Charles Weir. Body remains at the Gillespie Funeral Home.

Kathryn Disque Gillespie’s Kathryn Dise Ohio Avenue D. Warren Neal Homer Keith Ernest Thompson Carson Meredith Harry Naugel Ira Bronson R. M. Johns Charles Weir Gillespie Guneral Home

David Ambrose Pirtle dies after month illness at 47

David Ambrose Pirtle 47 of 667 East Sixteenth street died at 9:30 Thursday at Bothwell hospital after a month long illness. He was born November 3 1902 near Beaman and lived in Sedalia most of his life. He owned Pirtle Evans Market at 118 Main and was a East Sedalia Baptist church member. Surviving: widow Louise. daughters Bonnie Schumaker and Helen Evans. son Robert Lee Pirtle. sister Merle Allison. brothers Shelby F Pirtle Joseph Wiley Pirtle E B Pirtle and Raymond Pirtle. one granddaughter Jinxee Evans. Funeral 2:00 Saturday at East Sedalia Baptist church officiated by Rev Walter P Arnold. Burial at Memorial. body at Gillespie's funeral home and will be taken to family home Friday morning.

David Ambrose Pirtle East Sixteenth Street Bothwell Hospital Beaman Sedalia Main Street East Sedalia Jinxee Evans East Sedalia Baptist Church Walter P. Arnold Memorial Park Cemetery Gillespie

Trucker Richard Allen Dies After 1950 Crash at Highway 24 Overpass

Richard Dale Allen aged 22 of Kansas City died after a pickup truck he drove struck a railroad overpass on highway 24 near Kansas City and he was taken to Independence Sanitarium. Deputy Robert Minor said the truck was speeding and motorists pulled Allen from the wreck. he was grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of Cole Camp formerly Sedalia.

Richard Dale Allen North Cedar Street Kansas City Independence Sanitarium Highway 24 John Allen Cole Camp Sedalia Allen Robert Minor Minor

Infant Shirley Jean Scott Dies at Six Days Old

Shirley Jean Scott infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jean Scott of 319 East Chestnut street died May 31 after six days of life. Graveside services were held at Crown Hill cemetery at 4 o clock with Rev Walter P Arnold officiating. Burial followed at Crown Hill. Body was at McLaughlins funeral home prior to the service.

Shirley Jean Scott Jean Scott East Chestnut Street Crown Hill Cemetery McLaughlins Funeral Home Walter P. Arnold East Sedalia Baptist Church

Funeral services for J William Cook

Funeral services for J William Cook of 1523 South Ohio are set at Gillespie funeral home at 3 30 this afternoon with Rev George Acree officiating Pallbearers include Basil Bruce Bryan Brown Ernest Cummins Fred Dittmer and William Steele

J. William Cook South Ohio Gillespie Funeral Home George Acree Basil Bruce Bryan Brown Ernest Cummins Fred Dittmer William Steele

Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Grace observed in Stover

Mrs. Dora Grace age 80 died at her home Sunday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the Baptist church with Rev. Hugh Trotter officiating. Survived by husband Francis two daughters Cleo and Minnie Christian Dallas Tex and two sons Harry and Roy Michaels. Burial in Versailles cemetery.

Dora Grace Stover Baptist Church Hugh Trotter Francis Cleo Minnie Christian Dallas Tex Harry Michaels Roy Michaels Kansas City Versailles Cemetery

Vajen Rites Set for Mora Resident After Brief Illness

Henry Vajen died at his son Otto’s Mora home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from Otto Vajen’s home to Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Mora for a 2:30 p.m. service conducted by Rev. William C. Bessmer. Born November 28, 1861 in Germany, he came to America at age eight and spent most of his life in Mora. Surviving are three sons John Amos Otto all of Mora and three daughters Mrs Willie Martens Smithton Mrs Joe Brauer Mora and Mrs Pauline Martens Stover plus six grandchildren. His wife Annie Brunkhorst died in 1921.

Henry Vajen Otto Vajen Mora Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Lamb William C. Bessmer Germany John Trina Vajen Cole Camp Annie Brunkhorst Amos Otto Willie Martens Smithton Joe Brauer Pauline Martens Stover

Mrs Sole Dies at 84 in Windsor Knoles Rest Home

Mrs. Jose Sole, 84, died at Knoles Rest home Windsor Tuesday morning at 11. Funeral services were held Thursday at 11 at the Windsor Methodist church. Burial was in Laurel Grove. She is survived by one son Everett Sole of Windsor.

Jose Sole Knoles Rest Home Windsor

Funeral of Mrs. Lucetta Steger

Funeral services for 86 year old Mrs. Lucetta Steger of Pilot Grove were held Thursday at 2:00 PM in the family home. She died Tuesday at 1:00 PM at the home of her daughter Mrs. W H Burger on East Tenth Street.

Steger Lucetta Steger Pilot Grove

Funeral Services for Robert F. Puckett at Ewing Home

Funeral services for 68 year old Robert F. Puckett were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Ewing funeral home. The Rev W N Sachs of Versailles First Assembly of God officiated. Mrs James Harvey and Mrs David Harbin sang I'll Meet You in the Morning No Night There and Rock of Ages with Mae Moser on the organ. Pallbearers included Burl Bemer and Archie.

Robert F. Puckett Thurlow Puckett East Sixth Street Ewing Funeral Home W. N. Sachs First Assembly of God Church Versailles James Harvey David Harbin Rock of Ages Mae Moser Burl Bemer Archie

Richard Rothgeb Rites Held In New Lebanon

Richard Rothgeb aged 70 of New Lebanon Cooper County Missouri died at 8 15 am Wednesday at Woodland hospital. He leaves a daughter Mrs William D D Long Granite City Illinois four sons Wilbur Pilot Grove Tommy Orville Rothgeb Otterville and Eldon Rothgeb Minneapolis Minnesota a sister Mrs Belle Spence Bunce ton four brothers Abe and D L Rothgeb Bunce ton C W Rothgeb 819 South Lamine Ave and S B Rothgeb Otterville wife preceded him in death 23 years ago The body is at Painter funeral home Otterville then to New Lebanon home Funeral at Presbyterian church New Lebanon 2 30 pm with Rev Ray Nolte Clinton officiating Pallbearers named

Richard Rothgeb New Lebanon Cooper County Woodland Hospital Mr. Rothgeb B. S. Rothgeb William DD. ‘Long Granite City Dll Wilbur Rothgeb Pilot Grove Tommy Orville Rothgeb Otterville Presbyterian Church Ray Nolte Clinton Leonard

Osteopaths Fight Missouri Court Over Hospital Practice

In Jefferson City and Mexico, osteopaths urge a court to allow practice in Audrain county hospital at Mexico, arguing medicines and surgery are part of their treatment. The hearing reviewed early osteopathic writings defending their methods amid a long unused Missouri law declaring osteopathy not medicine or surgery.

Jefferson City Missouri Audrain County Mexico Kirksville Audrain County Hospital

Drag Lake For A Man Alive In Columbia Mystery

Police and firemen searched a lake north of Columbia for hours after a man reportedly drowned there. The man, Stanley H. Butler, 44, a salesman for John Section Foods Co of Chicago, later phoned to say he was safe at home, claiming a car accident.

Columbia Stanley H. Butler John Secton Foods Company Chicago

Grisly New York Dismemberment Case Solved

Police said Elizabeth Houston 42 admitted fatally injuring John Fletcher 35 during a quarrel over hosting poker games. Parts of Fletcher's body were found in Brooklyn and Queens with a trunk and several packages later identified as his. Houston was arrested in Harlem after the discovery and confession.

New York Brooklyn Queens Elizabeth Houston Jamaica John Fletcher Armour & Co Jersey City N. J Houston Harlem Fletcher

Body in River for 25 Days Recovered

Jefferson City man Merrill Snell 35 drowned May 6 when his outboard boat overturned on Lake of the Ozarks. His body was found 25 days later near Bagnell Dam, far from the accident site, after witnesses saw the circling vessel and his four year old son Mark was rescued.

Jefferson City Merrill Snell Lake of the Ozarks Bagnell Dam Snell Mark

Obituary Details Include Pallbearers for Clarence Brumback

Honorary pallbearers named Rodger Kirchner Lester Thomas Troy Neale Pat Sweeney Hillard Selk Carl Schupp Dr A E Monroe H D Case and Clarence Hutcheson. Burial will be in New Lebanon.

Senator Smith Blasts Both Parties in Communism Furore

Senator Margaret Chase Smith assails Republicans and Democrats over tactics in the anti Communism controversy. She warns against political smear and urges a principled fight, while Knowland accuses Amerasia of aiding policy bias and Ferguson links Alger Hiss to delaying action in the 1945 Amerasia case.

Washington Margaret Chase Smith Rme Senate McCarthy R-Wis Ferguson R-Mich Alger Hiss State Department Amerasia

Youth Plea Sparks Debate At Speeding Hearing

Independence Missouri June 1 1930s youths Chill Maples 19 and Zenos Booker 18 charged with speeding 50 mph stand silent as David Leonard 17 defends them in court. Judge Charles Given fines each 5 dollars plus costs and refunds bond 15 dollars each.

Independence Chill Maples Zenos Booker Pudge Charles T. Given David A. Leonard Leonard Given

Convicted of Killing The Man She Loved

In Clinton Circuit Court Frankie Miller, 29, was found guilty of manslaughter in the March death of Leland Holliday, 39, her former partner. The jury delivered the verdict after a trial that opened May 22, with sentencing set for Monday before Judge Fred Campbell.

Frankfort Ind Clinton Frankie Miller Leland Holliday Frankie Fred Campbell Holliday

Mrs. T. S. Norris Showing Improvement After Collapse

Mrs. T. S. Norris of 312 North Grand Avenue is slowly improving after a nervous collapse weeks ago. She is once more able to be out of the home. Mr Norris remains in a rest home, unchanged.

T. S. Norris North Grand Avenue Mr. Norris

Kansas State Chicken Contest Finals Held Today

The 1950 Kansas State Chicken of Tomorrow contest finals take place today with over thirty top poultry breeders competing for the state title. The winner advances to the north central regional contest in Chicago, as part of a national program by the USDA and A & P Food Stores.

Quinton B. Kinder University of Missouri Chicago Kansas U.S. Department of Agriculture A & P Food Stores Producer’s Produce Company W. Pacific Street Bothwell Hotel H. C. Weddendorf Kansas City

Cubs Fall 9 to 4 to Cash Bargain in Sedalia Match

The Sedalia Cubs, a semi pro team, lost a night game 9 to 4 at Liberty Park stadium to the Cash Bargain club from Kansas City. KC collected 13 hits while Sedalia had nine. Notable plays included a Goldstein triple and four runs in the eighth. Attendance was light with Charles Stis, St Louis Brown's minor league scout, in attendance.

Sedalia Cubs Sedalia Kansas City Liberty Park Stadium de Vaille Balmous Sedalia Rapp Shippley Hume Goldstein Kansas City Barr Charles Stis St. Louis Brown

Oak Grove Homemakers Meet At Mrs Gorrells Home

The Oak Grove Homemakers club will meet on Tuesday June 6 at 1 30 p m in the home of Mrs F Gorrell 819 South Vermont avenue. Miss Lillian Watkins home demonstration agent will speak on how to conserve time and energy. Mrs Gorrell will be assisted by Mrs G T Yeater and Mrs Max Reicke.

Oak Grove Homemakers Club F. Gorrell Vermont Avenue Lillian Watkins Gorrell G. T. Yeater Max Reicke

Hospital Admits Various Patients for Surgery and Care

List of admissions for surgery includes Porter Murray and Mrs Mary Glass among Knob Noster Tipton Edwards residents. Tonsillectomy patients include Sharon Munsterman Florence Freddy Wernke and others with listed addresses. Dismissals cover Homer Carleton Ann Whitaker Alvin Lutgen and D F Holten. Accidents note Walter Potter toe injury from a rolling barrel. Additional medical admissions include M L Hopper E E Colbert and Mrs C A Gibbons.

Porter Murray Knob Noster Mary Glass Tipton Kenneth Flippen Edwards Sharon Kay Munsterman Florence Freddy Wernke Houstonia James Couhig South Quincey Avenue Linda Reed East Thirteenth Street William P. Staley West Fifth Street Albert Shackles East Twentieth Street Mary Franke North Prospect Avenue Michael Alfrey Beaman Marcus Kueck South Summer Avenue Homer Carleton Clinton Ann Whitaker Cape Girardeau Alvin Lutgen Cole Camp D. F. Holten I. D. Sidwell, Jr Marshall Walter Potter East Broadway M. L. Hopper North Quincy Avenue E. E. Colbert South Barrett Avenue C. A. Gibbons

Two Births Reported at Bothwell Hospital

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Brown of 617 East Tenth Street arrived at 6 51 PM Wednesday weighing five pounds 15 ounces. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schumaker of 501 North Prospect Avenue was born at 6 49 PM Wednesday weighing nine pounds four ounces.

Raymond F. Brown East Tenth Street Bothwell Hospital Kenneth Schumaker North Prospect Avenue

Birth of Son to Berkenbile Family at Bothwell Hospital

A son was born to Mr and Mrs Virgil Berkenbile at 11 45 Wednesday at Bothwell hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds thirteen ounces and the family resides at 1713 South Osage avenue.

Virgil Berkenbile South Osage Avenue Bothwell Hospital

Woodland Hospital Discharges Named Individuals

Ronald Jones son of Mr and Mrs Melvin L Jones of 315 South Sneed is dismissed. Also discharged are Harold Malone of 306 East Second Street and Mrs William Mosier and her daughter of 116 East Third Street.

Ronald Jones Melvin L. Jones South Sneed Avenue Harold Malone East Second Street William Mosier East Third Street

St Louis student dies in Florida car overturn crash

A Barry college freshman Anne Griesedieck 19 daughter of St Louis brewer died when a convertible carrying three girls overturned about 75 miles west of Miami Donna Kelly 19 of Chicago in critical condition and Nancy O'Brien 18 of Oak Park Illinois suffered minor injuries The three were en route to Naples Florida from St Louis Miss Griesedieck planned to meet her parents at Naples and fly down in their private plane The Rev Cyril Burke said Miss O'Brien drove and Miss Kelly awoke and reached for the wheel causing the crash

Miami Fla Barry College St. Louis Anne Greisedieck Alvin F. Griesedieck Squires Lane Huntleigh Village Kirkwood Greisedieck Falstaff Brewing Corp Donna Kelly Chicago Walter E. Kelly Jackson Memorial Hospital Nancy Lee O’brien Frank O’brien Oak Park Cyril W. Burke Barry Catholic College Naples Father Burke Miss O’brien Miss Kelly

Woman shoots child over perceived insults to her child

Emma Rose Curtis Tom, 30, an American married to a Chinese man, shot her four year old daughter Toy Tom in their East Side apartment over fears of discrimination. The child was in grave condition with a .32 caliber bullet in the temple. Tom was taken to Bellevue for mental observation as her lawyer said a divorce and desperation drove the act.

New York Emma Rose Curtis Tom Bellevue Hospital Toy Tom James Tom Schmier Vernon C. Riddick

Baby's Crying Triggers Gun Wielding Seaman on Train

A 27 year old merchant seaman H P Huff of Polkville Mississippi seized a rusty pistol on the Sunset Limited in Phoenix after a crying baby provoked him. He threatened mother and child, shoved the barrel into a passenger's ribs, and was jailed for assault with a deadly weapon. Police planned a sanity hearing tomorrow in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Phoenix Ariz Southern Pacific Sunset Limited Desert Way H. P. Huff Polkville Miss Huff R. L. Keeton, Jr Dallas Texas Keeton George van Doren Maricopa County Superior Court

Lee Faces Dismissal From Commerce Post Over Charges

Michael Lee, a former White Russian, was served discharge papers from his $10,000 a year post in the Commerce Department. Secretary Charles Sawyer demanded resignation or removal amid loyalty questions, with Lee denying pro-communist leanings and blaming maladministration.

Washington Michael Lee Commerce Department Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer Lee Swyer Sawyer Senate William W. Remington Remington Caae Department

Whiteman and Harger Bound Over for Trial in KC

Paul Whiteman of Sedalia and Harry A Harger Jr of the same age were bound over to Jackson county criminal court after a Kansas City Magistrate court hearing. They escaped a Missouri prison farm on April 15 and later stole a car in Lees Summit before wrecking it west of Dresden. State patrolman Sergeant William Barton arrested them. they later escaped Pettis county jail on May 13 but were recaptured minutes later and returned to jail before facing car theft charges.

Paul Whiteman Sedalia Harry Arthur Harger, Jr Dresden Lees Summit Jackson County William Barton Pettis County

Boonville Inmates Escapees Ride Goes Nowhere

Three of eight Missouri State Training School escapees ride freights toward St. Louis then back to Independence and are captured as the train stops. Names include Richard Dunn 16 Annapolis Richard Paul 17 Festus Robert Wiggington 14 Kansas City. Other escapees retaken earlier near Lupus and more still unreported.

Boonville Missouri State Training School Marshall Layton Miller Missouri Pacific Independence St. Louis Richard Dunn Annapolis Tilden F. Paul Festus Robert Wiggington Kansas City Lupus James Kennedy Emilio Santoya William Muskey

Father Held on Attempted Murder Charge in Massachusetts

Lawrence Massachusetts May 31 James M Ryley a 36 year old father was held for the grand jury in 20000 bail on a charge he attempted to murder his four children while pretending to play a game The action followed a sanity ruling from Danvers state hospital where he was observed He pleaded innocence.

Lawrence Mass James M. Ryley Danvers State Hospital Ryley

NCAA Track Meet Set for June 16 17 in Minneapolis

At least six runners chase Lou Zamperini’s 4 08 3 mile record in the NCAA championships to be held June 16 17 in Minneapolis Don Gehrmann of Wisconsin enters as the favorite for a third straight title and leads the field.

New York Lou Zamperini Minneapolis Don Gehrmann Wisconsin

Sam Schulman Robbers Target Station Twice

Robbers hit Sam Schulman’s service station on May 26 and May 30, stealing $116 in cash plus tires and tubes. Enraged, Schulman posted a sign inviting theft while guarding a new cemented safe set in the front door, watched by a night spotlight.

Sam Los Angeles Sam Schulman

Body found after more than two years in California home

In San Jose a 58 year old construction worker Herman Boesen was found dead in a locked bedroom of his rural home after more than two years. His brother Peter Boesen 62 was arrested and booked for investigation of murder.

San Jose Calif Herman Boesen Peter Herman

Convict Sergeant Found Guilty in WAC Murder Case

In San Francisco a federal jury convicted Sergeant Lyle Buswell of rape and murder in the Hamilton Field killing of 44 year old Women's Army Corps sergeant Fairy Decker. He confessed strangling her before dawn March 25 but claimed the rape was voluntary.

San Francisco Lyle Buswell Fairy Decker Air Force Hamilton Field Rutland WAF

It Is Impossible Claims by Girl Dressed as a Man

Pulaski Va June 1 A 27 year disguise as a man ends in court after Pauline Hufford 2 denies seducing 19 year old Alpha Turpin and fathering her child A physician’s examination supported her claim and charges were dropped Trial justice John W Deeds says Hufford called herself Paul and stated she was a girl not a man

Pulaski Pauline Hufford Trial Justice Court James L. Chitwood Alpha Turpin Wytheville, Va Miss Hufford John W. Deeds Paul

Houstonia Merchants top Levis in Central Missouri League clash

The Houstonia Merchants beat the Lanny Levis 3 to 2 in a tight Central Missouri League game at Houstonia. Houstonia scored in the third and sixth innings, Levis answered with runs in the fourth and sixth. Dick Axe and Seivers each allowed three hits in a pitchers duel. The Levis travel to Otterville Friday with all players departing 6:30 from 420 Wilkerson.

Houstonia Merchants Lanny Levis Houstonia Rissler Levis Evans Dick Axe Seivers Swisher Sedalia Pummill Otterville Wilkerson

Evansville Man Charged After Car Battering Ram

Joel L. Mallory faced drunken driving charges after attempting to smash his father in law’s house with his 20 year old car. He told officers it was because he was mad at him.

Evansville Ind Joel L. Mallory

St Joseph Fire Chief Cast as Lead in Local Play

St Joseph Mo June 1 Leo J Urbanski the city fire chief for 22 years will portray a fire chief in a community play to be staged here next week, combining his real life role with the onstage part.

ST. Joseph. Mo Leo J. Urbanski

Special shareholders meeting Dorn Cloney Laundry Company

Notice of a special meeting of Dorn Cloney Laundry Company shareholders on June 15 1950 at 10 00 A M at 201 East Third Street Sedalia Missouri to vote on extending corporate existence from fifty years to perpetual duration and to address other business by direction of the Board of Directors W H Cloney president

Dorn- Cloney Laundry Company East Third Street Sedalia Missouri W. H. Cloney

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