The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-12
"COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
FLAT RIVER


of Mrs. Bloom.
Bud Watts recently returned from
Rock Island, ILL.,, where he has been
employed for some time in NUM-
ton factory, but for some reason was
dissatisfied and has returned expecting
to remain here.
Ben Henson and wife have returned
from a weeks visit with home folks
at Marquand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mitchell and
little son spent Sunday afternoon in
Leadwood visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Akers,
Misses Edith and Stella Hammock
returned Sunday from Columbia, Mo-,
where they spent a couple weeks WIS.,
iting with their grandmother, Mrs
Arnold.
VIM. f. Long and wife spent the
Fourth in Fredericktown with rela-
tives, returning Friday, and Mrs.
Herbert Long, whose husband is in
the army, accompanied them home.
Clay Thomasson spent the Fourth
in Fredericktown.
Mrs. Henry Payne is on the sick
list this week.
Leon Miller attended the picnic at
Marquand and also visited home folks
the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Andrew Ponder and son of
Bonnie Terre are visiting the formers
sister, Mrs. Henry Payne, this week.
Mrs. Oscar Wallace and little son,
Darrell, left Friday for Detroit,
Mich, where she will join her hus-
band, who is employed at that place.
Mrs. Lee Merriman and children,
Stella, Kenneth and Mabel, spent the
weekend visiting relatives at Fred
ericktown.
Miss Clara White of Marquand ar
rived Sunday. Miss Clara has come
to accept position with the thinner
man Mercantile Co. as saleslady.
J. w. Phillips motored to Arcadia
Heights Monday evening and re-
turned with load of young folks
who had been attending the Methodist
Assembly, which is now in session.
Esther Phillips is spending her va
cation with relatives near Marquand.
J. G. Hartshorn of Centerville, Mo,
brother of Mrs. j. F. Fitzpatrick, and
his nephew, Harry Hartman, passed
through here on their way to st.
Louis Monday. They were driving
through in an Overland. Mr.. Harts-
horn is Couty Superintendent of the
Reynolds county schools.
Warren Parker and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Fitzpatrick mo-
tored to Pennington on business Sat-
urday afternoon.
Ernest, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. +.
Fitzpatrick, left here Saturday for
training at the Great Lakes station.
Mrs. Lancaster and little son, Da-
vid, Jr., of Bellevue were guests of
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Meador Monday
and Tuesday of this week. Mrs. La
sator is sister of Mrs. Meadcr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bart Eaton and
daughter, Pearl, visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Walsh of Lead
wood Sunday.
Arthur Tucker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Tucker, is home this week
from the officers training camp at
Fort Sheridan.
Mrs. Blanche Bouware, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. O. II. L. Cunningham
of Pennington, visited friends in
Flat River Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Bouware lives in Ken lucky. Also her
sister, Mrs. Rex Fowler, of Supply,
Ark, accompanied her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur McGraw spent
Sunday with the lattcr's mother, Mrs.
S. |. d. Smith, of Elvins.
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Meador and
children motored to Bellevue and then
the children stopped to visit with their
grandmother, Mrs. II. d, Bollinger,
and the Doctor and Mrs. Meador went
on to Arcadia and spent the day with
the Methodist Assembly.
]. A. Allen and family visited Leo
Smith and family of Pennington
Route Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mont LaGrand and children
of Herculaneum arc visiting relatives
and friends here this week.
Mrs. E. d. Owen and children Of
Oran ere here visiting the parents of
Mrs. Owen, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Lead
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Moore and children
spent the weekend visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Andy Sherrills of Pilot Knob
parents of Mrs. Moore.
w. L. Barrett, Director of Field and
Extension Department of the Cape
Girardeau Normal, spent Wednesday
here. Mr.. Barrett is trying TO induce
parents to send their boys and girls
to the Normal. He speaks very high
ly of the boys and girls of this coun-
ty that have attended school there.
He says they are the very best to be
found.
Eugene Gibbs of Bellevue, cousin
of Mrs. A. A. Meador, spent the 4th
and remained until Sunday visiting at
the Meador home. It will be remeln-
bered that Eugene attended High
School here last term, being in the
Freshman class.
Frank Sigman of the Flat River
Hardware Store, and Charlie Rowe
had the misfortune Of an automobile
accident Monday evening near the
post office on Main street. Mr.. Sig
man was driving down the street and
Charlie was going up when by some
means they ran their cars together,
damaging both cars considerably, but
no one was injured.
Mrs. Elmer Price and Stella and
Cletus of Maiden, Mo-, are here Wis
iting their father, e. v. Price. They
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