The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27
Cortland and Athol Gatherings

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This. community is being visited by
some nice rains which are very bene-
fetal to the farmers as they are nee
essary to fall blowing.
Miss Clona Medley came home on
the noon train Sunday after a weeks
visit with relatives at Milo.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Shay took Sun
day dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Faubion.
Mrs. H. j. .McClintic went to the
Allison home in the Tygard neighbor-
hood, Monday, for peaches.
Friday night as Andy Lyons was
returning from Butler his team of
mules became scared at dog and
ran away, turning the buggy over
and dragging Mr.. Lyons some dis
! lance. The mules, finally freeing
themselves from the buggy, went
back north and Mr.. Lyons walked
back to Butler and stayed all night
The mules were found next morning
grazing in the yard Of Ava Beard,
south of Butler, near the place where
they were bought. The tongue was
broken out of the buggy and Mr..
Lyons escaped with a few bruises.
Miss Leila Smith spent Tuesday
afternoon of last week with Misses
Agnes and Helen Callahan.
/ Miss Ethel Boyer is visiting the
Rankin girls.
Mrs. Mary Calvin and little daugh-
ter, Fannie, visited Thursday with
Mrs. Smith and daughter, Leila.
Mrs. Boyer and two little daughters
spent last Thursday at the Rankin
home.
Agnes and Helen Callahan called
on Mrs. lila Medley last Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Lula Hooper and three chill
dren who have been visiting her par
ents, A. w. Shay and other relatives,
for the past five or six weeks, re-
turned to her home in Texas last
Wednesday. She was accompanied
by her father as far as Nevada.
Some of our young folks attended
the party at Mr.. Medley's last Satur-
day night.
Canning peaches is the order of the
day now for the women folks.
Mr.. and Mrs, Milo Hill and Mrs.
McClintic called at Shay's Monday
evening.
The owners of the place where
Jerry Callahan resides are here from
Illinois looking after the interests of
the place.
We were glad to see our items in
print again last week. We are still
on the map.
Misses Angie and Iva Fauboin and
Miss Sylvia Vaughn spent Wednes-
day afternoon with the Morrison
girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Hill called on
A. W. Shay and wife Wednesday
eve.
Miss Maggie Dunbar of Longton,
Kas., came Thursday night for a visit
with her sister Mrs. Laura Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. liza Medley spent
Thursday afternoon at Morris0ns.
Last Thursday between two and
three o'clock this vicinity was visited
by quite rain and wind storm. The
wind did no particular damage, only
being very destructive to the trees.
The rain was badly needed. H.
Little Miss Margaret Hooper spent
Friday afternoon playing with Leond,
Cleo and Louise Simpson.
These parts were visited by an
other good rain Friday.
Mrs. G. S. Carnie made business
trip to Kansas City Saturday.
Miss Sylvia Vaughn left Saturday
afternoon for few days visit with
her friend, Miss Villa Floyd of near
Metz.
Leona, Cleo and Louise Simpson
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
lila Medley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Philips spent
the day Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Rube Albertson.
Miss Clona Medley left on the noon
train at Athol Sunday for a weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Effie We'd
die Of Milo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Shay took
Sunday dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Shay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Osborne and
Mr.. and Mrs. Orhnd ErOles0n spent