The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-12-05
Virginia Notes.

In on Wednesday OF last week to see
his father.
W. j. Smith returned home last
week. He had been In Caldwell and
Davies county, No., looking for q
farm to rent. He was well pleased
with the country. Corn is q good
crop there this year.
Make Park and his sisters, Misses
Elsie and Helen, came home Wednes-
day night nom Wsrrensburg to spend
Thanksgiving with their father and
mother; also their sister, Mrs. Tom
Constable, Of Csss county, Mo. They
returned Monday morning.
Mrs. Ben Parker spent Thanksgiv-
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Cusick, returning to her home
at Warrensburg Monday.
Miss Mamie McKibben came home
from Wsrrensburg Wednesday to
spend q few days with her parents
and other kiniolks.
Dow Wolfe came in from Kansas
City Thursday morning to eat
Thanksgiving dinner with his par
ents. He left the same night for
Butler and back to Kansas City on
/he early morning train.
= The ladies OF the M. E. Church have
got the concrete steps finished In
front OF the church. They look very
/ well and will last a long time.
Mrs. May Baum and her cousin, Of
near Passaic, attended the funeral OF
B. F. Jenkins Saturday.
Postmaster Clark Wix, OF Butler,
attended the funeral Of B. F. Jenkins.
Mrs. Ed. Ray and son, Miss Susie
Smith and Miss McLeece, Of Butler;
Misses Hattie Mack and Leona
Fleisher, Of Lamar, Mo took dinner
with Aaron and family Sunday.
They were joined by five other young
folks of Park Town and Virginia,
They tooka walk to Virginia. When
they got there, they concluded to
have their pictures taken. After the
group was taken, Miss s. 8. said
give her the kodak, and she would
show them how to take picture
Y She made a selection OF couple and
took their pictures. 1t is said they
were good. The young people al
ways have good time out here
But oh they are death on chickens.
I Raymond Pyle, Of Baldwin, Kan.
came In Monday Of this week.
4 Preaching at M. E. church Sunda!
at IL q. m. and at night.
Il John Seigler brought his siste
from Butler Sunday to Park Town
& She Is teaching the Virginia school
Mr.. Seigler is working In the Frisc'
r. R. Offices as supply.
DEATH OF = JENKINS
4 He was born In Monongahala cour
ty, West Virginia, June 30, 1S4i
and was married to Miss AllaC
andrews, Of Independence, W. Va
pril 9, 1872. They raised iamil
. four children: Virgil living in Den
a county, Mo-, Morton in Bate
u George in Denver, Colo, Icy in Kal
sas City. He belonged to the 18th Ii
isntry West Virginia. He moved I
Bates county In 1881. He settled
1 Virginia, where he lived till he die
| November 18th about midnight.
Il F. jenkins was a man Of quiet di
! position. A great lover OF compan
was q man that kept up the que
tions Of the day. He adhered to Il
principle Of the Republican part
I As q father he loved his children ar
/ worked hard to care for them
make them useful In. society. Heg'
bis leg broken ct Grafton, Virgini
and had suffered much with it q
last ten years. In warm weather
stayed In the blacksmith shop I
about one year ago, when bis heal
failed; be had to quit work. i
last week Of bis sickness he suffer
intensely by spells. II took two
three persons to hold him in be
I Three Of his children were pressr
i when be died: Morton, George 81
Icy. Virgil did not get here till Nc
day Of this week. Funeral servic
+ vsrs conducted by Rev. Baker, pr
tor Of the NJ. E. Church, at the N.
K Church at Amsterdam. A lar
1lovd Of his old friends we're preset
vi - church was allied. His broth
y 60rge, Of Grainfeld, Kan, was ne
IA = uas buried In the Virginia gra