The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-02-27
Week DAY Lenten Services
at the
LUTHERAN CHURCH
This - Friday - Evening
7:45 o'clock
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The Public invited.


Vernon Doss, who has position
with the Mccarthy Construction Com
pany, spent the weekend with his
family.
From present indications the back
bone of winter is not yet broken. Con-
siderable snow fell yesterday and the
recent signs of spring were somewhat
obscured.
The U. D. C. held its regular meet
ing Saturday afternoon at the home
OF the president, Mrs. B, T. Gentges.
The Chapter voted to enter the State
Essay Contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Barry of Col
orado, have been guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. p. Spaugh the past week. Mr..
Barry was station agent at DeLassus
for several years.
Last week the Missouri and Ames
Uowa) Universities again called on
the, Chillicothe Business College for
stenographers, while three big bust
ness colleges wired in for teachers.
The mails continue to reach Farm
ington with ever-increasing Irregular
ity. 1t is the unusual thing these
days for mail to reach here on time.
Is there no chance for improvement?
There is no fear that it can be worse.
Miss May Ora Sloan, who is recov-
ering from an operation for appendi-
citis which she underwent in ST.
Luke's Hospital in st. Louis recently,
is expected here today for visit with
relatives and friends.
Miss Bird Spaugh, who is teaching
at Maplewood, spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. l.. johnson, at
Federal. Miss Bird spent few hours
Saturday with her mother, Mrs. E. l..
Spaugh, of this city.
Mrs. Amy C. Wells, who went to st.
Louis last week to accept a response
BILE position, spent Sunday with Farm
ington friends. She is getting along
nicely in her new work, and feels CO.
fident she will like it.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ministerial Alliance of Pennington
will be held at the home of Rev. r..
S. Boyd Monday morning at 10
o'clock. All the ministers are urged
to attend.-R. S. Boyd.
Five Civil Service students of the
Chillicothe Business College recently
received mail clerk appointments,
while five more entered examinations
last week and soon will be at work at
100000 per year initial salary.
w. B. Rariden has been in company
of cane the past week or more, to
assist in locomotion which has been
slightly impaired as the result Of hav-
ing been kicked by mule. While no
bone was broken, the leg was consid-
erably bruised and the resulting sore
ness has made walking more or less
difficult.
Sundy Liolios has added an en-
closed Ford delivery to his candy
kitchen equipment. Heretofore he has
been using ordinary passenger cars
for many of his deliveries through the
lead belt. The new delivery will add
much to his own convenience, as well
as to that of his many out-of-town
customers.
Another coal shortage has made its
appearance in Pennington, and the
fuel situation is now about as acute
as it has been at any time during the
present winter. If it is a fair ques-
ton, The Times would like to know
why it is, with no war on, with the
coal miners again all back on their
jobs, that our people should be again
confronted with a fuel shortage. 1t
is certainly not condition to add
peace or comfort to a community that
has never failed to perform its full
part in any and all governmental work
when such work was needed. Why
must we be threatened with a fuel
famine at this time, when we are
ready to pay even the exhorbitant
prices that would surely be asked for
fuel, when there is no apparent short
age of coal in this country? Will
someone please answer this question
Surely our people are entitled to at
least little consideration in this mat
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