The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-12-24
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Geo. Mester spent Sunday afternoon
in Leadwood.
Henry Mester and Clarence Houck
made trip, to Pennington Sunday.
VIM. Devine, who is employed at
Leadwood, spent Sunday at home.
Ebert Belknap and wife and her
mother, Mrs. Peter Woolford, visited
in Flat River Sunday.
Theo. Van Herck of Iron Mountain
was a Bismarck visitor Saturday.
J. d. Poston of. Bonnie Terre was a
Bismarck visitor Monday and Tues
day. He visited the public school ana
made the pupils of the Sth grade and
high school short talk Tuesday
morning. He expressed his thanks
for the kindness shown him and his
family during the sickness and death
of his daughter, Joyce Belle Poston,
"who for the past year and half was
high school principal.
Miss Fern Hughes, who is a student
at the Normal at Cape Girardeau, ar
rived home Saturday for the holt
days.
Miss Leila Bisplinghoff, who is a
student at Marvin College, arrived
home Friday evening for the holidays.
j. f. Hunter and Cecil Renneger,
students at the University Of Mis-
souri,, are expected ho,me Friday.
Jesse Shaner was very sick the past
week but is much improved at this
writing.
Miss Tetley of Pennington, who
will teach mathematics in our high
school at the opening of school after
the holidays, visited the school Tues
day morning.
Part of the students of the Eng
lish classes have completed the requir-
ed amount of outside readings for the
year.
Miss Grace Wood was on the sick
list last week.
Carl McGeorge and wife of Flat
River visited his mother, Mrs. Robt
Ward, Sunday.
The Jenny Lend Quartet, second
number Of the Lyceum Course, was
well attended.
Miss Zimmerman of lockwood Is
spending the week with her sister,
Miss Madeline. who is teacher of the
9th and 7th grades of the public
school.
DR.. f. w. Gale was a professional
visitor east of Pilot Knob Sunday.
Miss Cecil Distili, who is attending
the Arcadia College, is home for the
holidays.
Monroe Pierson of near Bellview
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
sisters, Mrs. Ella Gault, and Misses
Beulah and Altha Pierson, who are
attending high school here.
Miss Edna Emling of St. Louis was
down to visit her sister, Mrs. Agnew,
who is very sick with typhoid fever.
T. H. CoXey and Clyde Matkin were
Pennington visitors Monday.
c. H. Lucy is having an addition
built to the Bismarck Motor Co. build
ing,
Elmer Tucker of this city is putting
up barber shop in Iron Mountain.
Marvin Leggett and wife of Chca-
go spent the latter part of last week
with his mother, Mrs. Sophia Leggett,
and family.
School will close for the holidays
at Friday noon and will reopen Jan
uary Bird.
Fred Twomy, who for the past five
years has conducted grocery store,
is putting on closing-out sale.
A gloom was cast over the school,
town and community Wednesday
morning, due to the death of Mrs.
Agnew, who was primary teacher,
which occurred that morning at ago
o'clock at the home of her father, l..
Emling, after a six weeks illness of
typhoid fever.
J. l.. lnman of Roselle, who has
been visiting the johnson, Imam and
Twomy families the past week, has
returned to his home.
c. J. Hill was called to Licking, Mo-,
Sunday, due to the illness of his ia
ther.
Mrs. G. j. Goeltz and sons, Ferd
and Byron, were Pennington visitors
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Davidson and daughter, Miss
Hyacenth, are visiting at Jonesboro,
Ark, at present.
DR.. F. W. Gale was a professional
visitor at Annapolis Friday and Sat-
urday.