The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-09-11
County Correspondence
FLAT RIVER


Miss Augusta Lawrence was in
Flat River Saturday.
Miss Mary Stophlet was Farm
ington visitor Saturday.
Harold Lidwell OF Elvins was a
Pennington visitor Sunday.
Miss Edith Burns spent Saturday
with relatives at Bonnie Terre.
Miss Vera Estes spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives in Hurry
vile.
Mrs. Guessing of Desloge was a
Rivermines visitor Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. G. Pratt and little son re-
turned home Saturday night from
Colorado.
Miss Pearl Murphy spent Satur-
day and Sunday with home folks
near Esther.
Miss Leah Guessing Of Desloge 10
attending the Flat River High
School this year.
Miss Eula Sprott left Monday for
Cape Girardeau where she will at
tend the Normal.
Miss Alma Smith OF Pennington
visited Mrs. Philip Pipkin at Ma
tional over Sunday.
Dow Nichol returned to Camp
bell Saturday after weeks visit
with relatives and friends.
Miss Elone Finley of Elvins is
visiting friends and relatives In
Springfield, Missouri, this week.
Hon. Polite Elvins and his broth.
in-law, George Kells, returned home
Thursday from their motor trip to
st. Louis.
Mrs. II. A. Guess and son re-
turned home Wednesday from Vic.
toria, Canada, where they spent a
very pleasant and cool summer.
Rev. Marley of the Methodist
Church South If Elvins was an
Illinois visitor last week. This
week he will spend at Eureka, Mis-
souri,.
A serious accident occurred at
number eight shaft, Federal, Friday
night. Mr.. Webb of Elvins was in
stantly killed. He leaves wife
and two children.
Miss Bebb returned to the Lead
Belt Tuesday after very pleasant
months vacation at Winona Lake,
Indiana. She will resume her work
as assistant to the Presbyterian
Minister. ....-.
Mrs. ID. l.. Rivers and children,
Lillian and Tom, left Saturday af-
ternoon for st. Louis, which place
they will make their future home.
They will be greatly missed by their
Lead Belt friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Nj. Bilharz and
children, Misses Gretchel and Nata-
lie, and son, Oscar, and Miss Olga
Golf expect to return home Thurs
day from their summers vacation
spent at Watermeets, Michigan.
DR.. S. w. Stophlet returned home
Wednesday from Winona Lake, In
diana, where he attended u minis
ters' conference. On the following
Sunday he lectnred on some of the
discourses which were given at the
conference.
At the meeting of the Board OF
Education Miss Mary Steel was
elected to fill the position vacated
by the resignation Of Miss Nellie
Jones. At the same meeting they
also elected Miss Edythe Mitchell
as fifth grade teacher and assistant
to MIR. Akers because the grades
were overcrowded.
Mr.. Mounce, who came to take
charge of the mathematics In the
Flat River High School, on account
of i'll health resigned his position,
He will be succeeded by Mr.. Phil.
lips of Bloomfield, Missouri, whom
every one remembers, as he was
connected with the Desloge High
School last year, and is very good
athlete.
The two.act comedy presented by
the Young peoples class Of Elvins
was given at Desloge Friday night
A large audience was reported ant
u good financial success. Those
taking part were Misses Rena SUIT
ton, Orel Baker, Ethel Cross ant
Estelle Isabel; the young mer
Messrs. Harold Ledwell, Guy All
bright and Charles Willis.