The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-07
FLAT RIVER

Tinnen, of Marguand, has recently
enlisted in the U. s. Navy and left
last Friday for training. .
The Junior Y. M. G. A. Hiking
Club. in company with their leader,
A. w. Mueller, went on hike to
Loughboro Friday, taking lunch and
leaving here about 8 o'clock, and re-
turning some time in the afternoon,
John Laws made a business trip to
Pennington Saturday. ~
Will Cole has been visiting home
folks at Shirley, Mo-, the past week.
Leon Miller, employed at the Fed
eral machine shops, went to st, LOUIS
recently expecting to enlist in the
u. S. Navy, but failed to pass the eX-
animation, there being a defect IN
the left eye, which he wasn't aware of.
Miss Christine House and Miss
Beatrice Mayes, both of Bonnie Terre,
were in town Saturday shopping and
went from here to Pennington.
Miss Edith Leadbetter leaves Tues
day for Cape Girardcau to attend the
summer term of the Normal School.
Seibert Miller has been i'll several
days with tonsilitis, but is better now.
ii. Tucker and family were out
Sunday afternoon trying their new
Jeffry car.
Prof. 7. d. Bennick leaves Wednes-
day for Cape Girardeau to attend
school, Mrs. Bennick will accompany
him.
The Camp Fire Girls gave Rum
mage Sale on Wednesday and Thurs
day. The proceeds will go to the Red
Cross. .,.,
Mrs. Geo. Carmichael, who has
been visiting friends, here, will leave
Tuesday for Aurora 10 visit his pa
rents, Rev. J. X. Carmichael, former
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
this place. Geo. tells US he has en-
listed in the U. S. Navy and expects
to be called soon.
Mrs. r. M. Laws has just returned
from Bellevue, where she has been
visiting her son, James, for some
time.
A sister of T. d. Bennick, Mrs.
Chopper and children, of Girard,
Kansas, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Bennick, have gone from
here to visit other relatives at Zion,
III MuluSOH County,.
Miss Edith Kite and her sister,
Joy, of Pennington spent the after
noon with Mrs. j. M. Webb, Sunday.
Mrs. A. V. Smith left Tuesday for
st. Louis, where she will visit her
niece and there will meet Miss Eth
leen Carmichael, who has been at
tending schoo! at Columbia From
there they will go on to Miss Eth
lcen's home at Aurora, where Mrs.
Smith will visit for few days.
Mrs. Sid Shaw had quite a little
scare Friday of last week, when her
little 2-year-eld daughter wandered
away from her home. The parents
live near A. c. Norwine's store, and
the little one had gone from there up
to the Main street. or Pennington
road. A little child was seen going
up that way so some one phoned to
Mrs. Will Covington on that street
and she watched for her and they
soon found her. 4s
Sid Longs family have been under
quarantine for small pox for several
days, but fortunately it was decided
that it was only chicken pox, so, of
course, they were let out again.
Miss Elsie Schlick has just returned
from Fredericktown, where she has
been visiting her sister for some
time.
Claude Hicks of Fredericktown is
here on business this week
Miss Lorraine Bisplinghoff of Bis
marck was here as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. John Guessing the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. J. M. Webb and children left
Tuesday for Black River to visit her
parents at that place.
Mrs. James Emerson and children
Irma, Ruth and James, returned Sun
day from Des Arc, where they have
been visiting an aunt of Mrs. Jimer-
sons, Mrs. Farr.
Miss Lillian Schmidt left Wednes-
day to visit her aunt, Mrs. A. w.
Johnson, of Festus, for few days.
The Christian church last Sunday
observed Children's Day with a fine
patriotic program. There were about
rs of the children who took part. We
understand the collection on that day
always goes to Foreign Missions, and
the collection Sunday was $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Center visited
their daughter at Esther Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs.. d. N. Hunt are the
proud parents of a baby boy, born
the 4th day of June.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Center and
son and wife motored to Leadwood
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. John Schmidt and children
were guests of Mrs. G. N. Chairman
at Pennington Friday.
DR.. G. E. Cecil and daughter, Ma
riana, spent the first of the week in
st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Covingtor
are the proud parents of fine IL.
pound boy, born May 31st.
Mrs. H. w. Buckley has just re.
turned from Steelville, where she has
been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Lucinda Shannon died at her
home Saturday evening about
o'clock of heart trouble. Mrs. Shan
non was IS years old, being born in
1866. She was married to VIM. Shan.
non in March, 1874. To this unior
were born six children. Two reside
Eere--W. M. and Emmett Shannon
and Mrs. ]. Boyer Of Esther, Mrs. Liz.