The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-17

Mrs. Nellie Marbury was called to
Mineral Point Thursday by the death
of her brother, Phil Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Watson left
Monday morning for Merton, III, to
spend the week withSrelatites. MN
Temporary headquarters of the
Chamber of Commerce have been
opened in the old Bank of Pennington
building. ~
Attorney and Mrs. Hood and chill
dren, of Perryville, passed through
Pennington Saturday on their return
home from an extended auto trip
through Southwest Missouri and Okla
homa.
Mrs. C. L. Stubs, of Blodgett, left
Tuesday for home, after visit with
her mother, Mrs, S. C. Watts. She
was accompanied by her son, Charles,
who left Sunday to enter military
school in Alton, Ill.
Eugene Mayes, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Mayes, died Nom
day at their home at Iron Mountain,
of summer complaint. The funeral
occurred Tuesday. The child was IL
months and 20 days old.
The Parent Teachers Association
will hold their next meeting. in the
high school building on Friday, Sept.
18th, at 3 p. m. All mothers who are
interested in the work being done by
that Organization, for their children's
benefit, are urged to attend this meet
ing. q, ..nyqa1 2-t
Mrs. Emma Karsch, nurse in the
Baptist Saffitofium in st. Louis, is Wis
iting her siser, Mrs. Ed. Klein. Mrs.
Karsch has recently had charge of the
nursing of Mrs. Klein's little daughter,
Dorothy Mae, who is reported to be
getting along nicely. She is recover
ing from broken arm.
Robert Lloyd, son of Mrs. Anna
Lloyd of this city, who for some time
past has been working for the Lin
coin Housing Trust, in their district
offices in Cape Girardeau, arrived
here the last of the week to spend his
vacation period with his mother and
many old Pennington friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Doughty and
son, John and wife, of Chicago, mo-
tored from Chichago last week, ar
irving here Sunday for visit with
relatives and many friends. They
were for many years previous to NOV
ing to Chicago residents of this city,
where Mr.. Doughty was once post
master.
Claude A. Eaton, the former popu-
lar and efficient Bank Examiner in
this district, who is now cashier of the
United States Bank in st. Louis,
stopped off in Pennington Wednesday
for brief visit with many old friends.
He was on his way to attend Dis
trict Bankers Association meeting in
Sikeston.
Circuit Judge Peter H. Huck drove
in Sunday morning from his home in
Ste. Genevieve, spent few hours with
friends and caught the noon train on
the Belmont branch for Marble Hill,
where he convened the regular Septem-
Der term of the Bollinger county cir
cult court Monday morning. He was
accompanied from Pennington by
Taylor Smith, court stenographer.
]. M. Strong, who has recently been
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ington as Bank Examiner, has been
inspecting the Pennington banks this
week. Mr.. Strong, whose home is in
Jackson, is a very pleasant and agree
able gentleman. Our information is
that he is also unmarried, so we are ex-
pecting soon to learn that his field of
activity in Pennington is charging.
The 18th annual DeSoto Fair, held
last week, has been pronounced sue
cess, both in regard to exhibits and
attendance, despite the rainy wealth
err. The Times hopes that another
year will not be permitted to go by
without a Pennington Fair week be-
ing established. No county in the
state is better prepared than is st.
Francois for the putting on Of a cred
table Fair.
Miss Ceva Hicks entertained the
Junior B. Y. p. u. at her home Mon
day night. Many games were played
and refreshments were served. Those
present were Misses Ceva Hicks,
Edith and Joy Kite, Alxa Conway
Francis and Annabel Whittier, Mary
and Ada Hicks, Grace and Blanche
Mund, Alma Wolfe, Ethel Menge;
Messrs. Lee Orten, James Hicks, Rus
sci Meyer, Roscoe and Alvin Wood
ward, Clarence Cunningham, Elmo
Drake, Leonard Wolfe, Virgil, Milton
Earl Byington, Paul Whittier, Ebert
Menge and Vernon Yeager. All en-
joyed pleasant evening and departed
only when the lights were extinguish-
ed about the middle of the night.