The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16
FLAT RIVER

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daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Buhr-
mester. They departed on the 8
o'clock train for st. Louis, where they
will spend their honeymoon. Rev.
Longgrear of the Methodist church Of
ficiated.
Misses lila and Vida Abshier, Mil
bred and Irene Buhrmester and Lizzie
Rinke, and Messrs. Geo. Behrmester
and Walter Schramm of Pennington
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Buhrmester
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. E. Seed as
far as Bonnie Terre Tuesday.
Miss Pauline Tucker went to Fred
ericktown Monday, where she re-
manned until the latter part of this
week visiting relatives and friends.
Barney Mccoy of Bonnie Terre was
a Flat River visitor Wednesday.
Miss Emma Rckter spent Tuesday
in Desloge, visiting friends.
Damon and Milton Cole, Bryan
Bradley and Andrew Mccoy of Des-
loge attended the basket ball game
here Friday night.
Leap Year party was enjoyed by
a party of young folks here Friday
evening. 1t. was also in the form of
a farewell party for Miss Elsie
Schlick, who departed Saturday
morning for Detroit, where she will
make her home. First, the party as
sembled and went to the basket ball
game at the Y. M. c. A., the girls
paying the fare, and from there to
Byington's where again the girls foot
ed the bill. This was carried out all
through the evening. After leaving
Byington's, they had a most enjoy
able time, sleigh riding. They then
went to Miss Schlick's home, where
they were served with dainty re-
freshments consisting Of hot choco-
late and cake. The guests departed
at very late hour declaring that they
had spent most enjoyable time les
pecially the boys). Those taking part
in this were: Messrs. Mack Denman,
Warren Belknap and Shelby Lyons of
Pennington and Byron Bradley OF
Desloge; Misses Pauline Tucker, Iva
Haney, Belva and Mabel Watts, Ell.
sic Schlick and Mary Mitchell OF
Flat River.
Miss Ida Mae Kennedy, who is a
nurse in the st. Louis City Hospital
spent The first of the week here Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Kennedy.
Bill and Elmo Silvey of Farming
ton were Flat River visitors Tuesday.
Misses Lucille Simpson, Iva Rich
ards, Ruby Covington, Harriet let
lev, Myra Dobbins, Florence Mitchell
and Ina Evans of Pennington attended
the basket ball game here Friday
evening.
Misses Pauline Tucker and Elsie
Schick visited friends in Bonnie Terre
Wednesday. /
The Flat River High School boys
and girls basket ball teams defeated
the Pennington teams here Friday
evening. These were the most eXcit-
ing games played here this season, be-
caues Of the rivalry between the two
teams. The boys score was 40 to "a
in our favor, and the girls score,
which was also in our favor, was 45
to 9. The Flat River line-ups were as
fellows boys-Cecil, Murphy, Cooper, |
Newcomb, Houser, Rohrback and Me
Annally; girls-Cecil, Male, Marsh,
Mather, Haney, White, Williams and |
Goldstein. Herbie Radle of Farming
ton refereed both games, and proved |
to be fair referee. The Flat River
girls wish to state that the Farming |
ton team has the cleanest players
they have played this season.
Mack Denman of Pennington was
a business visitor here Tuesday.
Tonight (l'riday) a special NJ. R. !
& B. T. train is taking our basket ball
teams and about one hundred strong
rooters to Festus, where they will
have the most interesting and exciting
games Of the season. Every one is
invited to go. Round-trip tickets are
$2.07; train leaves between 3 and
o'clock Friday afternoon.
Bob Highley Of Pennington was
Flat River visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. f. A. Wallace and her sister,
Miss Elsie Schlick, depart Saturday
for the formers home in Detroit. Mrs.
Wallace has been here since Christ
mas, visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. W. Schlick.
Miss Lillian Mather was on the sick
list the first of the week.
Miss Dorothy Wilson gave a sur
prise party Tuesday evening in honor
of her grandmother, Mrs. l.. r. Will
son, the occasion being her Goth
birthday. The evening was spent in
the playing Of games and various mu-
steal numbers. Dainty refreshments
of hot chocolate and cake were served.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Manley, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Goddell, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. R. Wilson and Mrs. Jake
Alper; Misses Leola and Edna Van
Curren, Gladys and Dorothy Wilson;
Joe Hubbard, jeff Matkin and Ray
mond Newcomb. The guests departed
at a late hour, declaring that Miss
Dorothy was delightful hostess.
Warren Belknap and Shelby Lyons
of Pennington were Flat River Wis
itors Sunday.
Mrs. G. N. Mcclure of Bonnie Terre
spent Tuesday here with her mother,
Mrs. j. II. Kennedy.
Miss Edith Patt entertained
large crowd crowd OF friends at her
home Tuesday evening, the occasion
being her fourteenth birthday. She re-
ceived many beautiful presents. The
evening was spent in the playing of
games suitable to the occasion. Dainty
refreshments, consisting of punch,
cake and fruit, were served Those
present were: Misses Ruth Webb,
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