Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-05-20
LADDONIA ITEMS.

Mrs. Martha Corner, Of oul
splendid mothers, suffered a Sigh
stroke of paralysis Sunday while OF
her way home from church. She is i'm
proving now - Born, to Mr.. and Mrs
s. P. Fisher Monday, a 12-pound baby
boy. - Francis 0'Hearn has bought
half interest in Gene Raynolds's bar
Der shop in Vandalia; he is a good boy
and will be successful. - Some ont
broke into the house Of John SHARP
north of town last week, but it is moi
known what was taken. Mr.. and Mrs
Sharp were away and Homer DillarC
discovered that the house, which hat
been locked, had been entered. - W
]. Seal, 62 years old, died at his home
southeast Of town Wednesday, May
5. He is survived by his wife, two
daughters and one son. His body was
taken to Montgomery County for bur-
ial. Sympathy is extended to the sur
viving ones. - Ned Grange was taken
to Mexico Thursday where he was
operated upon for appendicitis. He is
getting along nicely - Miss Martha
Montague, who taught the Hydesburg
School in Rails County, near Hannibal,
is home. - Mrs. Arthur Pickett, of
st. Louis, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Logan. - Misses
Rowena and Mollie Brown and Miss
Martha Montague went to Mexico Sat
urday to attend the graduating exer-
cises Of Mcmillan High School. Their
sister and niece, Miss Edith Brown,
is one Of the graduates. - John Nor
ris, Jr., left Sunday night for Jeffer-
son City where he will accept a clerk
ship at the Madison Hotel. He is an
ambitious young man and will make
good. - A Mothers Day program
vas rendered at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday afternoon. 1t was
good. - John Sharp and wife arrived
home Friday from Tuscon, Ariz.,
where they hove been living the last
year for the l%atter's health. We are
glad to report that Mrs. Sharp's
health is much better. - The Lad
donia Masonic Lodge had a big doins"
Friday night. The Mexico Lodge came
down and raised three candidates to
the Master Mason's degree and one
for the first degree. The ladies' Of
the Eastern Star served dinner. -
Mrs. G. W. Ramey visited relatives at
Vandalia Saturday and Sunday. -
J. Earl Bell and wife arrived here
Sunday to attend the funeral Of his
father, II. B. Bell. - o. Z. Mayhall
will open a Job printing office in con-
nection with the post office in a week
or so. - Chicken thieves visited W.
U. Coils hen house Monday night and
took all the birds there were in it,
which caused Mr.. Coil to suffer a
pretty heavy loss. -- Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Lewellcn went to Kansas City
Sunday to spend a few weeks trans
sacting business and visiting. -- A. L.
Kennen was on the St. Louis market
Tuesday with a load Of hogs. - The
Laddonia School is having its COM
mencement this week. We have had
n of the best schools in the history
of the town. The teachers have done a
spelndid work and the pupils have
responded nobly. We will have even
a better school next year. The Bac-
calaureate sermon was preached in the
Baptist Church Sunday by DR.. A. A.
Wallace, Of Mexico. 1t was a strong
and masterful sermon and those who
heard it enjoyed a feast for the soul,
The class play was given at the En-
pire Theatre Monday night to a
crowded house. 1t was put on in a
creditablc manner and those who took
part deserve much credit. Following
is the cast Of characters: Ralph Bev-
erly, Polly's guardian, Harold Bruton;
Baldwin, Ralph's son, Evan Beedle;
Peter Hartleigh, a prospective son-in-
Inv, Glenn Beedle; Silas Young, a
money lender, Howard Barnes; Hark-
ms, the butler, Ralph Derrick; Tommy,
a poor little boy, Burdette McGhee;
Polly Perkins "a small town girl, Ger
trude Shotwell; Jane Beverly, Ralph's
wife, Laura Davidson; Hortense, her
elder daughter, Arabella Rice; Geral-
dine, her youngest daughter, Marie
Shotwell; Mrs. Herbert Feather-Stone,
one of the 400" Frances Brown; Mrs.
Clarence Chadfeld, a Climber" Ma
jorie McGhee; Marie "a maid, Cynthia
Cunningham; Miss Rembrandt, a man
tourist, Ethel Hockey; Miss Bushnell,
hair dresser, Grace German; Pudgy,
Tommy's sister, Mae Prichett.