The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
JOHNSON

MISS LIMA ullilHS Atl0ii ItQ It
Gently from a visit in Lebanon, Mo.
Tom Fowler and wife returned here
recently from sojourn in Oklahoma.
Val Phillips, Jr., is located at Aug
usta, Kansas, where he has job at an
OIL refinery.
Joe Moore died recently at his home
near Avoca, Ark. He was the father
of Mrs Harry Crum Of Johnson.
Allen Banks, of 1nez, New Mexico,
IS spending a few weeks with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Banks.
Mrs Jane Wickwire died on May
Is, after a short illness Of typhoid
She was buried in the Stuckey eeme-
terry.
Claude w. Davis is now located at
Running Water, Texas, where he is
manager of a large farm and cattle
ranch.
Another blacksmith is at work here
now-James Scroggins, who has op-
ened up a shop over at the Crescent
Lime kilns.
Miss Sophia Smith of Tuskahoma,
Okla, was assistant agent and opera
tor here during the strawberry ship
ping season.
viii Bennett purchased new Ford
touring car recently and has succeed
ed in mastering it without any seri-
Gus accidents.
Prof. H. 0. Davis arrived Friday
from Waterloo, Iowa, and is now at
tending to his farm work. He resides
on the Appleby place.
Joe Reed has sojourned to northern
Nevada 70 seek fortune. He return
ed recently from Russellville. Ark,
where he had been attending school.
Oar harvest IS near and there IS
fine prospect for a good crop, but
the growing corn IS mighty small and
backward on account Of so much cold,
weather.
rs. Nellie tIa5ze. Of Mazkaeee.
Ok a. IS here to spend the summer at
her old home, the Iaman farm, where
several of her sisters viii visit With
her while she S here.
ehas. S. Baggett and G. y. Hayes
are Busy at work. on the records Of
the strawberry shipments ard expect
to be able to make settlement 18th
ne growers this Week.
Twenty-Five cars of strawberries
were shipped from Johnson this sea-
SON The crop was away short. but
the sales We're much better than usual,
and the gross average viii be S2.65
per crate.
Ed Steward and Virgil Lewallen
traded farms recently, and Uncle Ed
is now living east of Johnson, while
Virgil IS located at the Steward place
which is where Charley Cummings
lived when he first came to Johnson.
Pop" Murray was the only old vet
eran strawberry picker who Wis ted
johnson this season He has been fol-
lowing the berry trail from Texas 10
the Great Lakes for more than 20
years Charley Foster and Nelson
failed to appear for the first time IN
many years Many younger men who
have been picking here before were
here again this season.
Mr. apd Mrs. Ed Kenney, Of Okla
homa City, Okla, Mrs. Marcus Nc
Call, of Eureka Springs, Ark, Mrs.
f. NJ Pollock, of Westville, Okla, and
Mrs. Maude Langford, and family Of
Sapulpa, Okla, accompanied the body
of W. L. Langford from Sapulpa to
the former home here n the 0zarks,
where the remains of their beloved
kinsman was laid to rst on Saturday.
w. p. Langford died at Sapulpa,
Okla. on May 80. and was buried IN
the Stuckey cemetery, near johnson,
on June ?, 1917. Rev. Marion Phil
lips, of Springdale. conducted the fun
eral exercises at the cemetery. Billy
Langferd" had lived IN this neighbor-
hood for many years, and host OF
friends, and a large circle Of relatives
mourn his departure. He was sick
only a short time, and succumbed to
an attack of peritonitis He had re-
sided in Sapulpa for several years.
The sorrowing wife and children have
the deepest sympathy of their many
friends here.
Mulkeepmo.