The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-03-09

VIRGINIA..

VIRGINIA.
Mrs. VIM. Ayres and son, Lester
of near Virginia and Miss Vera Craig
of Hardin, Montana, visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Enos CannadaJ
the first part of lastwe Miss Vera
Craig is returning to her home ir
Montana after an extended visit te
friends and relatives in Bates county
and Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson went
to Rich Hill Wednesday to attend the
wedding of Mr.. Thompson's nephew,
Mr.. Geo. Biggs, of Hume.
Powell Engelhardt and family
moved to the Duvall ranch near Athol
last week.
Tommy Flanery and family spen,
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Flanery's mother, Mrs. R. j. Poe,
who has been reported very sick for
some time.
John Harper is visiting with home
folks few days this week.
Edna and Maude Burk is very sick
with the scarlet fever.
George Burk started Wednesday
for Boise, Idaho, where he expects to
work this summer.
Mr.. S. Minor and family is visiting
a few days with Mr.. Stocklafers be.
fore starting for Wright county. Mr..
Minor expects to make Wright county
his future home.
Literary closed at the Grandview
school house Friday night.
Lloyd Burk of Columbia came Sum
day to attend the funeral of his sister.
Miss Icy Jenkins of Kansas City
came Friday of last week to visit her
mother and brother Virgil and family.
She returned Monday.
w. j. Smith, Mr.. Hedrick Jundy
and Ike Dawson who were in Butler
Saturday left their wagon on the way
home on account of the wheels filling
with mud.
A fine big boy arrived at the home
of Ike Dawson Saturday. This COM
pletes the even dozen children. Sure
ly this is Teddy family.
Grandpa Jackson is still improving.
Charley Flanery commenced work
for D. C. Wolfe the first of March.
Geo. Crooks and Mr.. Hedrick have
hauled shingles to put a new roof on
James Crooks barn.
J. H. Park has coming 2 year old
mule and 2 young Duroc Jersey
males for sale.
Orval Porter says the corner fence
posts are set so far out in the road
that fellow going home in the wee
small hours of the morning, dreaming
of the pleasant hours just passed and
the blessed ones to come, can't help
but hang up on them and spoil his
dream.
It has dawned upon some of the
Charlotte big fellows that if they do
not seek the office the office will not
seek them. Some of them are stand
ing at the cross roads undecided
which road to take to locate the office,
the dry or the wet one. A good man
is being tempted while his good wife
prays that her husband may be a
Daniel.
The Charlotte township Reading
Circle met at the Virginia school
house last Wednesday night. The
next meeting will be held March II,
at the same place. 1t will be the last
one for this year.
Jennie Belle Bnrke.
Miss Jennie Belle Burke, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Bure, died
It the home of her parents Saturday
March 4, 1911, about nine
,'clock of scarlet fever. She had
,nly been sick three days.
She was born Nov. 2, 1889, and
vas Fl years, 4 months and 2 days
I'D. She had been a member of the
Methodist church at Mt Carmel for
bout two years. She was a good
!irl and loved and respected by all
Who knew her.
A short funeral service was held at
he grave conducted by her pastor,
lev. Stille. Interment was made in
he Oak Hill cemetery at Butler.