The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-12-31
BISMARCK


BISMARCK %i
The young folks enjoyed their first
skating of the season Christmas day.
Thos. Boatwright Of Iron Mountain
was here Sunday.
Geo. Plummer, T. E. Smith, Tom
Williams and VIM. Boatwright Of
Iron Mountain were Bismarck visitors
Thursday.
Master John Bennett spent Christ
mas with relatives at Birds Point, Mo.
Mrs. Sheriff. spent Thursday in
Leadwood.
Cecil Reneger, who is freshman in
the College of Agriculture at the Uni
versity of Missouri, arrived home
Thursday for the holiday vacation.
The pupils of the high school pu,
chased their teachers suitable Christ
mas gifts. Supt. Baker was presented
with a teachers Bible; the presenta-
ton speech was made by Byron
Goeltz of the Senior class. Miss
Beard, English teacher, was presented
with an ivory, comb and brush; the
presentation speech was made by
Miss Florence Houck, secretary of the
Freshman class. Mr.. Black, mathe-
MATES teacher, was presented with
shaving set; the presentation speech
was made by Miss Audrey Bispling
hoff of the Sophomore class. Miss
Munger, History teacher. was present
ed with an ivory comb and tray, the
presentation speech being made by
Miss Maxine Evans, of the Sth
grade.
Louis Conrad and mother were Bis
marck visitors Friday.
James M. Agnew of Potosi attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Leona Agnew
| Friday.
Miss June Lee Munger, History
teacher, is spending the Christmas
holidays with home folks at Piedmont.
Miss Olga Brown is spending the
holidays in st. Louis.
Joe Chiffon. who is junior in the
| College of Arts and Science at the
University of Missouri, spent from
Sunday until Friday with his sister,
Mrs. Geo. Lindsey. From here he
went to Ironton, where he spent
| Christmas.
Miss Mayora Sloan, who is a nurse
in hospital at Potosi, spent Christ
mas with home folks.
Walter Sutherland of Madison, Ill.,,
spent Christmas near Bismarck.
The little grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Forshee. who had been suffer
ing with diphtheria, is greatly i'm
proved at this writing. 49,.
Neil Brunette of Pennington visit
ed his sister, Mrs. Ida Kettiuger, and
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greater part of his time here.
| J. E. Hunter, who is q sophomore in
4 the College of Agriculture at the Uni
versity Of Missouri. arrived home
Wednesday noon for the holiday vaca-
1 ton.
! Mr.. Strickland of Elvins was Bis
4 marck visitor Friday.
Elmer Strausser, who is employed
in Madison, H., spent Christmas with
home folks.
| Harry Shaner, who has been on the
sick list for the past three weeks, is
but little improved at this writing.
Miss Florence Griffey, who has been
visiting at Doniphan. Mo-. for the past
three weeks, returned home Monday
night.
/ Floyd Boushoun, who is employed
in St. Louis, is spending the week with
relatives and friends here.
| DR.. E. McGinnis. who has been in
i Centralia, ILL.,. consulting an eye spe-
! cialist for the past three months,
came home Thursday evening to
ispend Christmas with home folks. The
| Doctors eyes are greatly improved.
He and his wife ate Christmas dinner
II with Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. CoXey.
| Norman White, the undertaken of
Caledonia, spent a few minutes in
Bismarck Friday evening. He had
charge of the funeral of Mrs. Ag-
new.
4 Mrs. VIM. Wallen is on the sick
list.
4 VIM. Devine, who is employed in
Leadwood, spent Christmas with his
family.
Mrs. Simon Crump passed from the
uncertainties Of this life to that
bourne from which no traveller ne'er
1 returns, last Thursday evening at
to'cloek, aged n years and I day. The
funeral was held at IL o'clock Christ
mas day, conducted by Rev. John
Boyer of lockwood. Interment was
in the Big River cemetery near IRON
dale. She leaves her infant daughter,
her husband, one brother and three
sisters, and host of friends.
Bismarck has one case of small.
pox. We hope there will be no more.
i C. l. Garrett and wife of Flat River
and sons, Rolla and Bert. and daugh-
. ter, Miss Nellie, spent Sunday with
Bismarck friends and relatives.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Landers of
Pilot Knob spent the weekend with
sther parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Dim
lger, and family.
. Sterling Matkin. who is employed
lin Madison, ILL.,, spent Christmas with