The Holt County sentinel., 1917-12-07
BIGELOy AND VICINITY.
rhe Most Important Local E,ents
Which Have Transpired The
Past Week
(By George a. Conaway0

Mrs. Ralph Lease is in Parsons.
Kans,, this week. visiting with hcrl
sister, Mrs. May Bryant. and in the
meantime Ralph is running bachel-
or's hall.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Speer and
son, Douglass, of st. Louis, were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Slater,
NJ big Thanksgiving dinner, at the,rl
home, "The Three Pines" last Thurs
day.
Ed Bennett came last Saturday
evening from Fort Sill on furlough
Of few days, and will visit with
home folks. I'D says all Of the Bige-
low boys are getting along fine at
Camp Doniphan.
Mi, Zepha Idcn came home from
Lincoln last week, where she Is at
tending college, and spent Thanks
giving day with home folks. return
ing to her school duties the first Of the
week. Miss lden says she likes Lin
coin aud her school work very much.
Mrs. J. ". Bennett returned home
last Friday afternoon from Fort Sill,
where she visited several days with
her son. I'D. Mrs. Bennett was more
than pleased with her trip and speaks
very highly Of the treatment the sol
dicr boys are receiving n, the hands
, Of Uncle Sam in their quarters.
Along with n whole lot of other
readers of the Old Reliable Sentinel.
We are glad TO see A. A. Jeffrey back
on the job" with his ncwsy and inter
cs,ing items Of Northwest Missouri.
We sure missed you. and We Join your
many friends in the hope that you
won't have to go away" any more.
j. r. Slater and Sam Poyntcr re-
ccivcd three car loads OF cattle from
Kansas City the latter part Of last
week. Messrs. Slater and Poyntcr
have Just finished nov feeder, 60 feet
long and II feet wide. with sheds on
the south that will hold five thousand
bushels Of corn anil accommodate
sixty head of cattle.
--Gcorge royntor and family and
Miss Sallic Rock. Mrs. A. W. Chun-
ing. where they fcastcd on n big
koc and Margaret Mckee drove up to
farragut, Iowa. last Thursday morn
ing. where the yfeastcd on u big
Thanksgiving dinner at the home Of
Henry Borchcrs mt noon. visiting with
Henry and his family until about 400
o'clock y. M, when they returned
home, arriving at 700 y. m.
The members Of the Bigclow high
school and the teachers were enter
tanned by u "kid party" given nj the
school house. Tuesday evening Of last
week. The "kids" were amused by
animal crawling contests. folk games,
and by short program prepared by
the program committee. Light re-
frcshmcnts OF apples. pop corn, nabis-
co and candy were served. Supt. Skel.
ton made the best looking "kid" be-
cause his good wife loaned him her
MILDLY and n pair Of white hose.
MIR. Boyd Perry and Miss Cora
Argo slipped away from their friends
last Thursday and drove over TO Falls
City, Ncbr.. where they were married.
These young people Je well and fa-
yorably known IN this vicinity and
have many friends who wish them q
very pleasant journey on the sea of
matrimony. The plans Of the young
folks nrc not known, but they will
probably locate In this vicinity, as
Mr.. Perry has been employed by
Messrs. Slater and Poynter for some
time.
Frank Walker left, Mst Monday
evening, for ST. Louis, where on Tues
day he attended meeting Of the vice
eha,rmen OF the counties OF the state
OF Missouri, az the Jefferson hotel, In
that city, called by festus J: Wade.
director Tor the state OF Missouri,
Mr.. walker having received the M.
p0intment of vice chairman for Holt
county The purpose OF the meeting
was to explain the campaign that Is
10 DC inaugurated FOR the sale OF war
saving stamps. This Is an honor that
Mr.; Walker and Bigelow. may well
iecl proud OF, and there Is no ques-
ton but what Mr.. Walker will make
good IN the position that he has been
honored with.
There was large and cnthusi ias-
TIC crowd gathered at the auditorium
~ the school house, last Monday even
ing, Tor the purpose OF hearing the
ied Cross work discussed by ]. Il.
Collision, OF Maitland, president Of
the ked Cross Society OF Holt county,