The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
FLAT RIVER

I1tLle opal LOVpOfn is very Ill.
Miss Auburn Edmonds and son,
Louie, and Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Ed
monds and two sons, Ralph and Fred,
all of Bismarck, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. C. 7. Williams left Tuesday for
Camp Funston, where she will visit
with her husband while he remains
there. He is expecting to be at this
camp for only short time, and not
knowing where he will go from there,
he insisted that his wife spend the
rest of the time with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Phillips went
to Ironton Sunday and returned Mon
day evening. Mr.. Phillips spent
most of his time while there hunting
and brought back several squirrels.
The Sunday evening pastime of
number of Flat River people just
now seems to be the gathering of
nuts and pawpaws in the woods, judg-
ing from the number out last Sunday
evening. The writer must have been
there, too.
Mrs. J. W. Phillips and Mrs. An
drew hurry visited Mrs. John hurry
of Elvins Tuesday.
S. P. johnson of Fredericktown
spent the weekend visiting his son
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson.
Mrs. Homer Rodgers returned to her
home in st. Louis Saturday, after a
months visit here with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Rodgers.
John Vance of Rosellc visited his
son, Bob, here last week.
Mrs. Fred Batten was business
visitor in st. Louis Friday.
John Arnold visited his father near
Fredericktown Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Aldridge NOV
ed into their new home in Crawley
Bottom Monday.
Arrived, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Mcbride, a son, Thursday,
the 10Th.
M. L. Miller and family visited Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Kite of Pennington
Saturday evening. Miss Joy Kite ac-
companied them home.
Mrs Will Green is reported serious
ly i'll at this writing.
Mrs. John Lay of Puxico, Mo-, ex-
poets to return to her home Saturday,
after visiting her daughter couple
of weeks.
Mrs. Frank Edwards went to st.
Louis Sunday morning and returned
Sunday evening, bringing with her
her little 9-year old son, Jewell, who
has been in the Barnes Hospital for
about eight weeks. Little Jewell is
much improved.
The little three-wecks old infant of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Richardson is
very ill.,
The little thrce-year-old son of
Porter Eaton of Desloge was kicked
in the head by horse Tuesday of last
week, and on Sunday morning they
removed him to st. Louis hospital
where he died about eleven o'clock
the same day. Mr.. Eaton is stable
boss for the Dcsloge Lead Co. and had
turned three horses out, not thinking
of his little child near by.
Sergeant Dempsey, one of our home
boys, arrived few days ago from
France, where he left the front-line
trenches one month ago. To say that
the people of Flat River were proud
to see him return, is needless. He has
had the experience of going over the
top more than once, which he very
modestly tells. He tells the mothers
not to worry; their boys are all we'll
taken care Of. They have their pleas
ures as well as their hardships. He
also told Of the ship he was returning
on being torpedoed when about 800
miles off the coast Of France. 1t had
at one time been a German ship and
after being torpedoed they had to re-
turn to the coast and take another
boat bound for the U. S. A.. Sergt.
Dempsey will leave for Camp Kear-
ney, Calf, where he will train a new
division and when they are ready to
go to France he will return with them.
Mrs. Ralph Isaacs and little daugh-
ter, Alta Marie, returned to their
home at Fowler, Ind, after months
visit here with parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. l.. Delaney. Mrs. Delaney accom-
panied her as far as st. Louis, re-
turning home the following day.
Lester Cloud, who has been en-
ployed by the Western Telegraph Co.,
at Dallas, Texas, for some time, ar
rived home Monday.
Little Mary Lorraine, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Parker, is ill
with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Oscar Caldwell went to Mar
quand Wednesday and returned Thurs
day, on business trip.
Mrs. Myrtle Clay of St. Louis was
the guest of Mrs. w. A. Webb, coming
Saturday and returning Monday.
Mrs: Waldo Boyer Of st: Louis was