The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-29


! Mullanphy Hospital Training Schoo
for Nurses, in st. Louis, were hello
! Wednesday, June goth. The audi
torium was artistically adorned
with cut flowers and palms, the color
scheme being the National ones. Ter
young ladies received diplomas
among whom was Miss Martha Beck
of this city.
! A splendid rain began to fall Sun
day afternoon, which continued well
into the night, furnishing just what
was necessary to keep crops of all
kinds in a record-breaking class. The
rain appeared to be general, at least
through this southeast country Pros
poets could not be brighter than they
are at present for mountaineering
crop, in st. Francois county, at least.
j. H. Bell, son of Henry c. Bell,
editor of the Potosi Independent, was
the guest of Norman E. Bugg at the
State Hospital the last of the week.
j. H. is correct physical pattern Of
his father, and while he is yet APP
parently hardly out of his teens, he
is about six feet tall, weighs appar-
emily 225 pounds avoirdupois, and is a
splendid physical specimen of man
hood.
c. B. McClintock received letter
the first of the week telling of an OPP
Grafton on his brother, j. S. McClin-
took, of Deadwood, S. D., had been
forced to undergo on account of an
ulcer, which operation compelled the
removal of an eye. The operation
was performed last Saturday. J. S.
has many friends in Pennington and
vicinity who will be grieved to hear
of his misfortune.
An occasional case of small pox
still develops in Pennington, in spite
of the vigilence of the health officers.
One day last week the experienced
eye of DR.. Weber detected symptoms
of infection in cred" Moore and
promptly pronounced it small pox.
"Red," on the advice of the health Of
ficer, at once went into private
quarters and will remain there until
all danger of spreading infection is
past.
Mrs. Laurence Smith and baby and
Miss May Cover left Wednesday eve
ming for Bismarck in a car, where
they took an Iron Mountain train for
the East. Mrs. Smith will visit rel
atives in Indiana, while Miss Cover
goes on to New York City to take a
post graduate course in reading at the
Columbia University. She will spend
the week-ends with her sister, Mrs. |
Cornwall, who lives in the suburbs of |
that city.
Oscar Halle and son, Harvey, drove
over to Hillsboro, jefferson county,
last Friday on business. On the re-
turn trip, this side of DeSoto, their
machine mired in a sand bar in a
small stream, and in extricating it
not only an inner tube was punctured,
but an outer casing was ruined, COM
polling them to telephone to DeSoto
from a farm house for new supplies
before they could complete their
journey home.
Mrs. NJ. R. Smith and daughter,
Miss Bah, accompanied by Mrs.
Smiths grandson, Master Albert
Smith, of St. Louis, are visiting her
son, Taylor Smith. After visit of
a week or two here, Mrs. Smith will
leave for New York City for visit
with another son, Melbourne, and
from there will go to Avon Park, Fla,
to join her husband and where they
expect to make their future home.
Miss Bah Smith will spend the sum
mer with her brother and family here.
j. N. Sands, VINO recently moved
his family from Maiden, Mo-, to this
city, for the benefit of their health,
was preparing to take the noon train
last Friday to visit his farm near
when he received telegram
from his tenant asking him to come
at once, as a terrible hail storm had
ruined his crops. This in
formation was great shock to Mr..
Sands, whose sole dependence is on
MS farm production. He caught the
noon train, with the fervent hope that
ne would find things in better shape
han was indicated in the telegram
from his tenant-in which hope The
Times joins him.
Merrill Pipkin left Saturday morn
ng for his new home in Miami, Okla,
TO which place he was preceded
~ about month by Mrs. Pipkin and
son, William. "Bill" is still with his
mother, and Mr.. Pipkin informed us
hat he might conclude to stay with
hem. 1t is with deep regret that the
many friends of this excellent family,
who have for so many years been
identified with the best
of Pennington, bid them
goodbye and good luck. May the
fullest measure of happiness and
prosperity always attend them in their
lew home, is the heartfelt wish of
many old friends here.
Prof. G. W. Moothart arrived in
Pennington the latter part of the
week, where he is being warmly {
,reeted by many friends. He came
irect from st. Luke's Hospital in St.
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