The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-03-26

Their, George Retornaz, here for bur-
ial last Monday. John stayed over I'M
til Tuesday, William returning on the
two o'clock train Monday.
Permanent hard roads NOW will
save the Taxpayers Of st. Francois
county untold thousands of dollars in
the future. The sooner this advance
step is taken the better it will be for
every resident Of this county, in con-
venience as we'll as in actual cash.
The remains of George Retornaz
were brought here for burial last
Monday. lie was formerly a citizen
Of Pennington for many years but
for the last four or five years had
made his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Dyer Presnell, Of Troy, Mo,
j. s. Clay reports the following
sales Of real estate: Lot 7, block 4,
,Cayce's addition to Pennington, owned
by Mrs, M. P. Vandergriff, to j. H.
Wood Of Ste. Genevieve county for
$500; Lot II, block 2, Benoist Place,
near Esther, to w, A. Hand for $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melbourn Simms and
son, Harold, of Bonnie Terre, spent
last Sunday here with Judge and Mrs.
j. d. Mitchell. Mrs. Simms is sis
ter of Mr.. Mitchell. Mr.. Simms and
family will leave in a few days for
Detroit, where they expect to make
their home.
Dewey Kochcr and Miss Pearl
Thomas, both of whose homes are in
Weingarten, were united in marriage
Sunday, March 81, at 10 o'clock a. m.
at the Baptist parsonage in this city
by the pastor, Rev. o. H. L. Cunning
ham The Times wishes the newly
weds much happiness.
Rev. Mcdonald has purchased a
small farm of ten acres in Doe Run
from Mr.. Parks, and will move his
family there the first of April. We
are sorry to lose Rev. Mcdonald and
family from our community. The
Times hopes he will be pleased with
his new home and new field of labor.
The Tri-County Realty Co. reports
the sale of the P. II. Gibson farm, 7
miles north Of Pennington, to Mrs.
E. j. Hager, of Trayer City, North Da-
kota; consideration $4,000. Mrs. Ha-
ger will ship quantity of fine turkeys
and chickens from North Dakota and
expects to engage extensively in the
poultry business on her newly acquired
farm here.
Mrs. o. Bateman, who has been liv-
ing with her daughter, Mrs. E. H.
Orear, and who was recently called
to the bedside of her sister in st.
Louis, returning to Pennington the
first Of the week to prepare to go to
st. Louis, to which place she has re-
turned to take charge of her sisters
household and. look after two young
boys left notherless. tt,''' " -
The ladies of the Missionary Society
Of the Presbyterian church entertained
at silver tea Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. James Mooris. Vo-
cal numbers were rendered by Mrs. <.
H. Orear, Mrs. Kossuth Weber and
Rev. r. S. Boyd. Mrs. Kossuth We
Der, Sr. and Mrs. R. S. Boyd poured
tea. 1t was a social as well as a fl
nancial success
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Irwin have just re-
ccived letter from their daughter,
Miss Phila, of Santa Fee, N. M, bear
ing the glad news that her brother,
Claude, who recently was operated on
for appendicitis in the hospital of
that city, has been permitted to re-
turn home, having had a successful
operation, and that he is getting along
nicely. Miss Phila is geeping house
for Claude, who has been there for
about twelve years, that climate being
more favorable to his health than any
he has been able to find.
For some time past there have been
rumors afoat that Lee Miller, who
made such a creditable race for the
Democratic nomination for Collector
of St. Francois county two years ago,
would probably be in the running this
year for the nomination for Sheriff.
But now the information has reached
The Times, through some Ct M. Mill
er's warm personal trends, thar he
has finally actually determined to get
into the race, which vii! be ve"y vel
come news TO his many friends, who
predict that he will be 4 strong run
nc in that race,
In this issue OF The Times we arc
pleased to present the name Of Hon.
3. II. MGrbury, who has consented to
cermit his name ID be used for school
director CT this city This announce
ment shcu.d. md doubtless will, be g
csiyad in NEST pla@sur able manner by
all those who are interested in the
good ana weil-bei~g Of the public
schools, rs it is generally known tfaa
Mr. Marbury never goes inc anything
in q haif-healted manner. Having
accedod to the pleadings CT a number
Of his friends to enter the list TO-
School Director, it goes without say
ing that, while he is a very busy man,
IL he should be selected fer such po-
3ition, school duties and management
will receive all necessary attention
from him 50 long as he is member
OF the Beard.
In the notice ia las weeks Times,
calling attention to the announce
ment Of philip S, Cole, Jr., IS q car
didate for the Democratic nomination
for Prosecuting Attorney Of ST. Fran
co.'s county, az error Of four years
was made in announcing his age
which was given as %, when in real
i5y he is rs yeas cid. This is anothet
point in Philips favor, as % years
might fail to inspire many with cor
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