The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-05-28
Mulberry and Western Bates.
School Dinner . Success.

The Mulberry school closed Tues
day, May 10, after a nine months
term. The patrons decided that
basket dinner would be the proper
thing for the closing day, at about
1880 the mothers and in few cases
the dads began to arrive with well
filled baskets of good things to eat
and most children are at home on
good eatings. The men folks rusted
the boards to make tables and the
women got busy filling them up.
When the order was given to get
busy it was at once -obeyed. The
young Americans were given long
spell to play in and at last the bell
called the crowd together and a sing
ing Of patriotic songs was enjoyed by
all. The patrons were called on to
give short talks and two of the pas
told Of their school days.
The pupils who were neither tardy
or absent were: Mae Hermon, Nam
do Williams and James Porter.
Mrs. w. L. Curtis of Hume, visited
at the home of her son, Louie F. Cur
tis from Monday to Friday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bard visited at
the Tom N. Marshal home in La
Cygne Thursday.
R. P. C. Jensen and son are haul
wheat to Alnoret these days.
There was a surprise party at the
Ed Booi home Wednesday evening
in honor of his sister, Miss Marguerite
Booi, who expects to leave for her
home at Danfourth, Illinois, at an
early date.
Frank Hendrick was a business
visitor to the county seat Friday.
Messrs Robert Amos and Hugh
Nestlerode went to Kansas City Sum-
day morning on short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Meints visited
at the VIM. Rotert home in Butler
Sunday.
John Dykman and family spent
Sunday at Bernie Bohlken's.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Bohlken, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. C. Dykman and two children
were guests at the M. H. Meinen
home Sunday.
Harry Cheshire and Andy Stree
visited with Claude Norwood Sum-
day.
David L. Clark and and family
were visitors at DR.: J. C. Sageser's
Sunday.
M. E. Purcell of Kansas City, was
down looking after his farm and
visiting his nephew, Clyde Gray and
family, the latter part of the week.
The writer and Mr.. Purcell spent
their younger days in joining neigh
borhoods in Mello county, Iowa. We
accidently discovered the fact Satur-
day evening, and it was not long
until we were exchanging some of
our remembrances of days gone by.
Mrs. VIM. Thompson and son VIM.
of Hume, came up Monday to visit
her daughter, Mrs. L. F. Curtis.
Hensley and Walker shipped a car
of fat stock to Kansas City Monday
night.
Rambler was caller at the High
land Park farm, owned by Charles E.
Booi and being operated by his sons,
Luke and Ed. They have just COM
pleted large cement block silo, and
were busy making the west quarter
hog tight. Mr.. Booi, Sr., informed
us that he hoped to make Bates coun-
ty his home in the near future. This
farm was formerly owned by Henry
Francis.
Mrs. R. L. Nichols is visiting at the
Charley Goode home in Amsterdam.
Master James F. Porter is busy
picking gooseberries. He says the
first one he catches swiping them
may expect a call from Constable
Altman.
Saturday evening two score or
more of the young people spent a
Jolly good time at the John Dykman
home.
George B. Bohlken and w. ]. Bard
were county seat visitors Wednesday.
Ed Metts and son Stanley were
Trading in Butler Wednesday.
Charles E. Booi and the writer at
Eended the Combination Sale at But
Ter "Wednesday.