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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
7
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A sequence of short notes records visits among the Galloway Valentine Skipper and related families. Members like Mrs. Galloway Mrs. Charlies Gleason and others visited kin east of An Albert and Howard Valentine, with meals and Sunday gatherings noted. Rev. Brett led services and a depot change was mentioned for next Sunday.
Residents Ruth Hart Hazel Followwill and Lowell Zugg spend a week with Galena Mack in Chapel. Thelma Gatlin and Fern Smith return from Kirksville where they studied. Glyde Melvin recovers from a recent illness. Jinks Ferguson leaves for Coal Guy Indiana with his wife and daughter Maxine who is to have eye surgery sight restored.
The Zion rodeo drew a large crowd described as great, with many events unseen before in the West. A Hartford picnic followed with a long table of dishes, speeches, and music by Exline's band. A surprise birthday dinner for Grant Houston occurred Sunday, with numerous attendees listed. Bert Davis of Cincinnati sold his interest in Davis & A Produce Co to Elza Algee and plans to move to Missouri for travel and visits.
A basket dinner will be held at the Hartford Baptist Church on Sunday August 28. In the morning service Luther and Rollie Foster will be ordained to the ministry. Rev W T Whorton leads the services and invites all to attend.
Everett Miller near Kirksville and Wm Hackney were mentioned as unwell with Mrs. Arlo Vorrester visiting near Lucerna. The sick were improving while families like Floyd near Haute and the Corbins in Unionville visited. Farmers worked on fences and gravel projects as corn rain was favorable and there was busy canning and haywork.
A week of visits and travel is noted with Chas Maring of Wichita returning home. Earl Guymon and wife plan to move to Peoria Arizona. Attendees traveled to Centerville for the rodeo and M M Warren and family went to Corydon for the Old Settlers Reunion. Walter Wells left for Tulsa where his wife resides. Claud Cochell and family visited Lineville while Mrs Warrick Huffman and Thelma joined a mother visit in Chillicothe. Mrs Roy Endicott visited Orrick and returned with Roy Jr. Mr Young and family also noted.
Morning and night prayers marked the funeral of Mrs. TAROR Ozie in Ravanna. Mrs. T Duncan was in the county. Kenneth from Kansas visited Jim Fields and others near the Tom Maring farm. Mrs. A Ogle and Mrs. J L Skoonberg visited Nevil Brown. H O Brough returns from Kirksville and plans Bucklin teaching next year. Glendoris and Anna Huffman home from visit. Forest Gannon and wife visited Robert Tinnen. Mrs. Burl Couchman, Dwight, and Vivian Ballard visited Will Page and C J Cooley in Excelsior Springs. E J Propps and family and Dahl Thomas and wife visited Topsy. Lewis Shultz visited Granger. Miss June Kline of Granger and Virgil Lindsey from Chillicothe visited Rev Shultz.
About 55 to 60 friends and relatives gathered at Grant Houston's Lincoln township home for a surprise birthday dinner. A 60 foot long table stretched under shade trees as thanks were given by Mr McElhinney and everyone enjoyed the meal. Afterward, guests visited and departed around 4:00 PM, wishing many happy birthdays to come.
Ivan Starbuck, jailed in Memphis on a car theft charge, blinded Deputy Wilson by pepper spray during cleanup. Starbuck fled as a pursuing mob chased him to arrest. He remained at large last week after the escape attempt.
Local residents report visits and trips across Missouri and nearby states. Family news includes departures for Joliet and Rochester Mayo Clinic, gatherings in Kirksville Unionville and Centerville, and plans for summer activities and a Legion picnic.
Mr and Mrs W J Banner of 5 city and Mr and Mrs Otis of Pollock left Sunday for an automobile tour through Jefferson City to Hes ter and other points in the Olarka After visiting points of interest they plan to drive to Sedalia for the state fair before returning home
Misses Beulah and Pearler left Thursday for Fairfield. Betty Jane Dormer visits D. C. Ward's home. Mrs. Fannie Ellison is very poorly. A fine rain Thursday did worlds of good. Mrs. Fay Fratone’s mother-in-law visits this week helping move. SBS vs. Lizzie Leeper. L. W. Shultz of Lucerne visited Monday.
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