The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-09
FLAT RIVER

Chas. Porter of Desloge visited
friends here Sunday. ''
Mr.. and Mrs. +. Tucker, Mrs. N.
Tucker and daughter. Miss Pauline,
spent Thursday in Fredericktown Wis
iting relatives.
Miss Alva Conway, who is attending
school in Pennington, spent last
weekend with her parents, P. Wallace
and wife.
The Flat River Alumni boys basket
ball team went to Desloge Saturday
night, where they played the Alumni
team there. The score was 1924 in
favor of Flat River.
Mack Denman and Warren Belknap
of Pennington were Flat River visit
ors Tuesday.
Mrs. o. Carrow and daughter, La
vinia, spent Sunday in Bonnie Terre
visiting relatives.
Glen Pratt left Monday for Detroit,
where he will resume his employment.
He has been here for the past two
weeks visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. r. Pratt.
Earl Scott was Pennington visit
or Sunday.
Miss Marguerite Webster returned
to her home in st. Louis, after spend
ing a few weeks here with relatives.
Mrs. f. W. Schlick is on the sick
list this week.
The boys and girls basket ball
teams of the Flat River High School
iourneyed to Fredericktown last Fri
day evening. Eleven carloads went,
SO, of course, the teams had good sup
port They had about two hours rest
before the games. At 1880 they went
over to the Hicks Hall. Here they
We're given a cold reception, owing
mostly to the fact that the building
was heated by a very small stove.
The boys game was played first, or
at least it was started first, but lacked
about six minutes playing the game
out. Flat River took their referee,
that being a privilege of all visiting
teams. 1t seemed that every decision
made was challenged by tn Frederick
town people. Finally Mr.. Schultz
the boys coach, called the game off.
The girls game was played with less
difficulty than the boys. They gave
Fredericktown the worst defeat that
they ever received on their home court.
The boys team consisted of Brabson
Cecil, Geo. Rohrback, Bill Houser, Os-
car Murphy, RED" McAnnally, Bill
Newcomb, Pete Cooper and Floyd
Hise. The girls team was, Mariana
Cecil, Vida Tucker, Elizabeth White,
Nellie Williams, Iva Haney, Lillian
Mather, Mary Alice Marsh and AL
lean Nolle. They were accompanied
by Coaches Phillips and Schultz and
Referees Lena Strayhorn and Melvin
Rohrback.
Chrles Prass and Earl Limbaugh
were ElYins visitors Thursday.
Richard Williams of Pennington
was a Flat River visitor Sunday.
Mrs, Il. Hough of Fredericktown
and Miss Mildred Hough of Farming
ton were guests of Mr. and Mrs. +.
w. Schlick and family Thursday.
Paul Byington Of near Pennington
visited friends here Sunday.
The Flat River basket ball teams
(boys' and girls) will play the Farm
ington teams here on the Y. NJ. C. A.
court Friday night. Remember the re-
venge Flat River is to get on Farm
ington for the defeat of the Flat Riv- /,
err football team.
!. w. Miller of Desloge visited his
brother here Sunday.
Roy and Henry Schneider and Geo. =
Buhrmester spent Sunday afternoon in /
Bonne Terre, skating.
Misses AyOlyn and Fidales Higgins !
spent Sunday afternoon in Bonnie ,
Terre visiting friends.
Carol Ledbetter and Roy Coffman !
returned to st. Louis Sunday, after a .
weeks vacation here with their par
ents.
Misses Iva Haney, Pauline Tucker
and Elsie Schlick were Desloge visit
ors Sunday.
Miss Edith Kite of Pennington was
Flat River visitor Friday.
Mrs. 4. A. Wallace, who spent few
days the middle of last week with her
sister, Mrs. R. Hough, came here
Sunday to visit her mother, Mrs. f.
w. Schlick.
Fred Bequette was a Bonnie Terre
visitor Sunday.
Mrs. G. B. Williams spent the lat
ter part of the week in St. Louis.
Ralph Gibson of Eivins was Flat
River caller Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Hise entertained
with a six o'clock lunch on Saturday
evening, at the White Kitchen, the |
basket ball teams of the F. r. High /
School. Excellent eats were served
and everyone had a very enjoyable
time. After the luncheon was over a
picture show party was given by Floyd
Hise, a member of the boys team.
After the show the teams assembled
in large circle in front of the White
Kitchen and gave fifteen rahs for
Hise, the loudest they ever gave.
Those taking part We're: Misses Eliz-
abeth White, Nellie Williams, Iva
Haney, Vida Tucker, Allean Male,
Mary Alice Marsh and Mariana Cecil.
Messrs. Hubert McAnnally, VIM. New
comb, Floyd Hise and Oran Murphy.
Misses Phillips and Miller were the
chaperons.
Elmer Sutterfeld left Sunday for
Cape Girardeau to enter school,
The following attended the game at
Fredericktown Friday: Misses Selma
Mergentheimer, Ruth Miller, Ruth and
Virginia Strayhorn and Anna McFar-
land; Mesdames J. U. White and G.
b. Williams; Messrs. Noah Alper,
Francis Hubert, Albert Karsch, Or