The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
ELvINs

St. Louis.
Mrs. j. M. Wadlow and daughter
Mrs. H. Matkin, of Flat River, and
: Guy Wadlow visited in Bellevue Sum
day.
Mrs. L. S. Barker was on the sick
list several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Appler and lit
tie son of st. Louis spent several days
this week with DR.. and Mrs. w. C.
Reece.
Henry Davis of Pennington trans
acted business in Elvins Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Rudy of Bonnie
Terre visited Mrs. Rudy's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Reece, Saturday and
Sunday.
c. G. Carr and daughter, Miss Lau-
rama and Mrs. G. W. Tidwell visited
relatives in Pennington Sunday.
Lorraine Sizemore of lockwood
was an Elvins visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Bert Beal of Pennington Wis
tied relatives here Friday.
DR.. G. w. Tidwell was a Farming
ton visitor Friday.
Miss Minnie White visited home
folks in Fredericktown Saturday and
Sunday.
j. d. Poston, Jr., spent Saturday
and Sunday with home folks in Bonnie
Terre.
Mrs. A. E. French of Irondale visit
ed her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
Lovvorn, several days last week
Miss Carrie Olive of Flat River
visited her sister, Mrs. Louis Layne,
Monday.
The District Conference of the M.
E. Church, South, was held here Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. This |
conference is held for the purpose of |
transacting all necessary business be- |
fore the general conference, which is |
held in September
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Coleman, May LIST, fine boy.
Miss Mary Robinson of Knob Lick
is visiting Miss Zelpha Mcclure this
week.
Mrs. Lawrence Coleman is quite i'll
at this writing.
Henry Cleve and Floyd Lott of
Pennington were Elvins visitors Fri
day.
Marcus Kirkland of Flat River Wis
tied in Elvins Sunday.
Miss Elsie Bone is on the sick list
at this writing.
Miss Myrtle Lovvorn and Miss Eu-
la Mcclure visited friends in Knob
Lick Friday.
Albert Richardson and family and
Dan Coleman spent Sunday in Lough-
boro.
Otto Flannery, c. Evans and Horace
Blanton of Bismarck, Miss Ruth
O'Heeron, Manda 0'Heeron and Ruby
Hampton visited in Pennington Sun
day.
Mrs. John Polite and sister, Mrs.
Glenn Mccoy, went to Doe Run Sun
day to see their father, who is Sc
riously i'll.
Miss Ethel Cross visited friends in
Flat River Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stinson of ,
Hope, Ark, visited Mrs. VIM. O'Hee-
ron and family last week. Mr.. Stin-
son left Monday for British Columbia,
Canada. After short visit with ,
friends here, Mrs. Stinson will join
him there.
Mrs. G. W. Tidwell and Mrs. H. A. !
Miller delightfully."- entertained the
Reading Club Friday afternoon lat
he home of Mrs. Miller. The invi- G
.ations were sent in the form of an :
advertisement, Mrs. Miller and Mrs.
[idwell being manufacturers and i'm "
'orters of fine millinery seeking good
nilliners. The invitations requested .
he applicant to call at their work. +
hop at 2:30 Friday afternoon with
written application and a thimble. G
Zach applicant had written appli- o
alton and at o'clock they were in
tied into the workshop where Madam T
)e We're, head milliner from Paris, 7
cad each application aloud and gave +,
ach applicant a chance to show her
bility and originality. The appli-
ants were asked to be seated around
large table where all necessary
trimming and material for making =,
nd trimming a hat could be found. u u
o each applicant was given custo- u
ner "a paper LADY, and Madam De -
ere offered prize to the one that 1t
ould make the best hat that was best d
uited to the customer. Mrs. w. C. e
.eece won the prize for making the
est hat, which was beautiful bou-
DIR cap, and Mrs. Carr Hartshorn ~
ION the prize for making the hat best u
uited to her customer. This was
retty hat pin. There were also two q
ontests relative to millinery. Mrs. oi
-sa Malone won first prize in one, d
asket of cut flowers, and Mrs. Bart n d
yington won the other, pink roses. l
fter this the guests were invited to D.
he dining room, which was beauti- d.
ally decorated in pink and white. :,
ainty refreshments were served. The III
ACE cards were hat shaped and each :.
lest was presented with pink rose w
5 souvenir of the afternoon. Mrs.
idwell and Mrs. Miller proved them