The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-05-26

exercises in Pennington last week.
Miss Addie Smith, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Smith, of this com.
munity, who has been going TO school
in Flat River, passed the ninth grade
under the Superintendent Of the High
School in Flat River recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harter anC
children, Viola, Burle, Emmett anc
Joseph, spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Pennington.
Mrs. Louis johnson of Flat River
spent few days recently with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Smith.
Ed Johnson Of Flat River spent
Saturday and Sunday with his father
W. B. Johnson, of this community.
Misses Little Haynes and AudreS
Womack of Pennington spent Satur.
day night with Mrs. Mary Wampler
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Gordon and lit.
tie daughter of Flat River spent 0
few days recently with Mr.. and Mrs
Alex Gordon and Mr.. and Mrs. W. E
Golfer Of this community.
The people of this community ap.
preciated the rain on last Saturday
night.
Miss Hearty Bowling Of near Farm
ington spent Saturday night with her
aunt, Vine Bowling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harm Gordon of Mine
La Motto spent Saturday and Sunday
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Gordon.
Erwin Wampler of Pennington
spent Saturday night with ALIVE VAN
pier.
Mrs. Frank Harter of this place was
called to the bed side of her mother.
Mrs. J. L. Counts, of Pennington,
who is very i'll with erysipelas.
Geo. Shinn of near here went to
Flat River for employment last Mon
day.
Harlan Bowling of near Farming
ton spent Saturday night and Sun
day with relatives around Oak Grove.
Obrien Smith of this community at
tended the basket dinner at Liberty
vile on last Sunday.
There will be preaching at Pleasant
Hill next Sunday.
Burle and Julian Gordon and Ev-
erett Koulman motored to Farming
ton last Friday night.
Bradie Mullins is working for j..
A. Wampler.
j. A. Wampler and T. P. Counts
made a business trip to Haw Feaser's
the first of the week.
The directors of the Madison school
have elected Miss Matthews of Fred
ericktown for their teacher for the
ensuing year.
The directors of the Avon school
have elected Mr.. Elijah Golfer for
teacher the ensuing year.
We are glad to state that Prof. E.
S. Womack of this community has an
nounced himself a candidate for the
for Representative of Ste.
Genevieve county, on the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Womack is well respect
I'd citizen of Ste. Genevieve county and
taught three very successful terms of
school in said county-two at Oak
Grove school and one at Chestnut
Ridge-and now he is going to the
Ozark Business College at Farming
ton. He is well liked by all.
Several of the young folks around
Oak Grove went to the Salt Peter
Caves Sunday afternoon. The mem
bers of the party were: Misses Emma
Bowling, Adie and Mamie Smith, Ell
vie, Beulah and Hazel Wampler;
Messrs. Ebert Gordon, Willis. Rags
al, Orvall and J. G. Harter, Noah and
Roy Wampler, Juel and Harlan Bow
ing and Geo. Smith. All report an
excellent time and came home with
lrm-loads of honey-suckles.
A play party was given at Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Smiths on last Saturday
light Those present were: Misses
Iunie Cowley, Audrey Womack, Let
lie Haynes, Hearty Bowling, Iva
ohnson, Jesse Hampton, Elvie Wamp-
er, Iva and Violet Mullins, Emma
BOWLING, Bessie and Mamie Ragstal;
iessrs. julie Bowling, Bradie, Russell, |
nd Mabrem Mullins, Charlie Archam-
%, Burle and Julian Gordon, Clarence
nd Ralph Wade, Obrien Smith, Will
lie Ragstal, Everett Koulman, Ed
ohnson, j. c. and Orval Harter, Ell
ert and Wimple Gordon, Ralph and
gorge Shin, Fred Williams, Noah
nd Roy Wampler, Clyde Mcdaniel,
-ndrew Lambers, and many others
HON the writer did not learn the
ames of, All report an excellent
me.