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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
3
Thousands attend the Sedalia State Fair grounds rally to hear former senator James A. Reed. The event, broadcast nationally, boosts Reed for 1932 while Republicans face sharp critique of Hoover and policy.
Robert Thistlethwaite of Sedalia took the Edison Scholarship exam under County Superintendent C F Scotten at Martha Letts high school. Papers were sent to Jefferson City for grading as the state’s top scorer earned a national exam in New Jersey at Edison’s home.
Olive Branch Baptist Church hosted Children’s Day with a morning program directed by Allen Maddox and Miss Maddox at the piano. A cafeteria lunch followed, then an afternoon devotional led by A P Beazley with talks by church members and homecomers including Simeon.
Several attendees at the Democratic rally at the Missouri State Fair grounds said they were frisked while on site. J H Davis reported a $27 pocketbook theft at barbecue tables and John R Reynolds said a pocketbook with $3 and papers was taken nearby. Joe Morris was arrested by officers and held for investigation after being taken to Missouri Pacific station and placed on a westbound train to Kansas City.
The Pettis County Dairy Herd Improvement Association met at the courthouse with 13 members electing E B Helman as president and announcing Ralph Dow as vice president J H DeJarnette secretary treasurer and Harry Bouldin as director Henry Alt won the Chamber of Commerce trophy for top herd improvement and a five day trip to the National Dairy Show in St Louis was awarded with J A DeJarnette earning a three day trip.
A birthday celebration for Veronica Fischer, age eighty five, was held at 1413 West Eleventh Street. Attendees included many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren from multiple states, with a detailed list of relatives. Mrs. Fischer, born in Baten Germany, recalled a three month Atlantic crossing aboard the Unkas with relatives and the ship leaking during the voyage.
Mr and Mrs Fred Schumacher and Mr and Mrs Walter Ott were injured when the Buick they rode in overturned on Highway 65 about 20 miles south of Sedalia Sunday evening. Schumacher suffered knee injuries. Mrs Schumacher head and back injuries. Mrs Ott head and leg injuries. Mr Ott facial cuts. The Whippet they were passing sustained minor damage.
The guide notes hatching 20086 eggs with an incubator if the tray is raised for goose eggs. It warns ducks need more moisture and lists incubation days: ducks 28, geese 28 to 20, turkeys 27 to 20. Temperatures align with common hen egg hatching.
The Miller county court members toured the Pettis county Home Monday with a Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club representative from Tuscumbia to study its building and management.
Jerry W. Owens of Springfield announced Sedalia's 1930 population as 21,796, 348 below the 1920 count of 21,144, with Pettis County at 13,856, down from 14,669. Ward totals and local enumerators listed, along with acknowledgments to Chamber of Commerce leaders and post office staff. Springfield noted a larger county increase than Sedalia.
Lloyd Laughlin aged about 19 lives on the old King farm one and a half miles this side of Windsor. Sheriff Herrick and Deputy Aulgur raided the Laughlin home Sunday night finding a still and mask which were destroyed. Laughlin is in the county jail with his mother Mrs Elia Laughlin and six or seven children at the home.
Ralph W Hood of Sedalia and Alberta M Haley of Boonville received a marriage license. Vernon Queree of Labeth Kansas and Stella Rinard of Windsor were issued a license. Paul W Heerman and Helen M O Dell, both residents of Sedalia, also secured licenses.
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