Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-06
LIBERTY ITEMS.
A Fine School Entertainment Staged
MIR. Underwood and Miss Hide
brand Married.

Harrison.
Mr.w.E.Graham of Colorado is the
guest of Miss Blanche White.
Miss Ruth Woods is visiting in
Paris, Monroe county.
Mrs. Tom Hamilton is the guest of
Mrs. Billie Smith.
John Smith is home from East st.
Louis where he marketed two car
loads of fat cattle.
Miss Florence Kirkpatrick, who
teaches in Farber, is the holiday
guest of her sister, Mrs. o. G.. Smith.
Mrs. Hess of Paris is the guest of
her brother, Earl Bell, and family.
Martillus Barnes spent the Christ
mas holidays in Boonville.
Dovie White, the small daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond White, is
home after an extended visit with
Mrs. Ernest Nieman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Edwards have
taken charge of the mutual tele-
phone switchboard at Benton City
after a pleasant week spent with Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. James.
Miss Bessie Hickman, who teaches
the Liberty school, invited her pupils
to spend Tuesday afternoon as her
guests at picture show. After
the movies they enjoyed a delicious
lunch at Miss Hickman's home.
Mr.. Earl Underwood and Miss
Pearl Hilderbrand surprised their
many friends by their marriage
Christmas eve at the home of the
bride intention City. They will oc-
cupy the H. P. Warden residence.
We extend congratulations and best
wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Barnes entertain
ed the following guests at dinner
Wednesday: Messrs. and Mesdames
Worth Allen, B. F. James, Earl Bell
and Miss Ruth Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Majors who
have been the guests of Mr.. Majors
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Crockett Har-
rison, are visiting relatives in Stouts-
vile. They will leave early in Jan
uary for their home in Montana.
The following have been confined
to their homes with the grip: Mr.
and Mrs. Noble Barnes, and John
Morris, Mrs. Crockett Harrison, Mr.
Curtis Wilson and sister, Miss Beu'
lah, and Robert Ravenscraft.
The Christmas entertainment Civ
en- Friday afternoon at Liberty schoo
by Miss Bessie Hickman and pupils
was a delight to both children ant
parents. The school home was beau
tifully decorated with Christmas
bells and greenery; the pretty tinted
walls were hung with water-colol
pictures appropriate to the season
and designed and executed by the
pupils; the gaily decorated tree ant
the children's unsurpassed happi
ness over the success of their efforts
to make everything Christmasy anC
attractive made their guests feel roy
ally entertained.
Martillus Barnes announced thu
program and made the address o
welcome with an ease that man!
grown up men might envy. Thi
putting into the hands of the pupil
all possible management of their en-
tertainment is departure from usu
al custom that Is commendaDle II
Miss Hickman, for it gives the chill
dren the the experience and self
confidence that will be useful to then
in later life. Each number of tn
program was well given. Nanni
Bell Lockridge's monologue wa
splendid. Anna Villa underwood
and Permelia owings with Miss Hick
man at the organ delighted US al
with their pretty songs, and tn
plays and pretty tableaus participat
ed in by both boys and girls wer
perfectly given and had the addo
n charm of being new and origina
Tom Archer read the school pape