The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-29
FOSTER.

relatives and friends.
Elmer Price, of Pittsburg, came in
Friday to spend Christmas with his
best girl,
Harley Shelton was an arrival on
Saturday passenger from Spokane,
Wash.
Mrs. A. j. Webb is a new subscrib-
er to The Times by Dinah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cox came down
from Kansas City to spend the holi-
days with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. F.
M. Cox, southwest Of town.
Miss Annie Scholar of the central
office force arrived Thursday from
Parsons, Kansas where she had been
visiting for several months.
Miss Pearl Badgett was an arrival
from Ottumwa, Iowa Sunday. She
was accompanied from Kansas City
by her nephew Orbin Hobbs.
D. H. Arbogast and wife ate dinner
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. N. T. Bad
gett The dinner was elegant to
which we did ample justice and only
wish Christmas would come every
day.
Miss Sylbia Metzler came down
from the city Sunday.
Saturday was a busy day for the
merchants of Foster. Wedoubt very
much if any one merchant in our sis
ter towns, Butler or Rich Hill sold
more Christmas goods than W. NJ
Mills of this place. Mr.. Mills will
surely have to stock up before he
sells much more goods.
Fred Bell came in Thursday from
Kansas City to spend the holidays
with his parents.
Miss Virginia James camein Friday
from Galatin, Mo. where she is at
tending school this winter.
Miss Francis Campbell was an ar
rival Saturday from Warrensburg on
the Saturday evening train.
Mrs. Alex Goodwin returned home
Sunday after few weeks visit with
her daughter Mrs. John Allen of Ne
vada.
w. H. Ross and wife of Creighton,
Mo-, came in the first of the week to
visit his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. w. Jones on east 9TH street.
George Pymal, of the Greenwich
neighborhood movedto Foster Friday.
Mr.. Pymal bought the grocery store
of Messrs. Belk and Webb, they will
invoice Monday and Mr.. Pymal will
take charge of the business.
Walter Shofner, wife and children
left on the noon passenger for Harri-
son county to visit relatives.
Howard E. Arbogast and sister
Ada, and Master Joe spent Christmas
with the Misses Katie and Margaret
Kenney and report very pleasant
visit. Master Joe is looking after his
brother Dee's interest down on the
farm.
Prof. Chamberlin came in on the
west bound passengerFriday to spend
the holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Chamberlin on east
9Th street. He is teaching fhis winter
at Lincoln, Mo-, south Of Sedalia.
Mrs. Dalmar Webb departed onthe
11:3O passenger Friday. to visit rela-
tives at Moberly, Mo.
Phone manager Scholar was setting
poles for new line running south
on G. street last week.
Fred Belisle and son Of Kansas City
visited last week at the j. L. Bell
home. MIR. Belisle is a. nephew Of
Mrs. Bell, and is president Of the
New York Life Insurance Co.
E. E. Laughlin arrived home from
Kansas City Thursday where he had
been with his son, Paul, who had an
operation performed on one of his
eyes at the South-side hospital of that
place.
Lee and Ed Shelton were called to
Kansas City by phone message Fri
day announcing the illness of their
mother Mrs. Jim Shelton. They left
on the Kansas City Southern for that
phce Friday night.
Miss Sadie Slower returned Satur-
day from Butler, where she hadgone