The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-03-18
Foster Facts.

Foster school board Friday night at
the school house. "A nice lunch was
served and all spent most enjoy
able evening.
Mrs. Cora Marks has returned &C
her home i'll Kansas City, after visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Scott.
Mrs. John Bowman and Mrs. ]. p.
Mccall called on Mrs. Lewis Lent
Saturday afternoon.
WI " f1ittr1T spent Sunday with her SIS
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Tex Swarens.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. CASTOR and
little daughter, Edith Fay, spert
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Clark.
Will Clouse and family and Homer
Sieg and wife spent Sunday with
Frank Swarens and family.
Clyde Colt left for his home III
South Dakota Monday after visiting
his grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. John
Colt.
Word was received here Saturday
a. m., OF the death of Gent West, OF
Pomona, CAL, formerly resident OF
Foster, also resident of Butler at
one time. MIR. West was a brother
in-law of Uncle Jim" Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Calvin spent
SATURDAY. with her sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Clark.
Surname Meade, wife OF Will Meade
of Kansas City, Kansas, died Thurs,
day, March II, after an illness OF
two weeks. Before her marriage she
was Miss Surname Russell, and for
merly p0St-inistress at Foster. The
body was shipped down from the city
and funeral services were held direct
ly after the train arrived, at the
Methodist church in Foster. Burial
was made in the Salem cemetery.
Curtis Morris and Miss Ollie Still
Wagon spent Friday evening at the
w. H. Carr home.
A large crowd went to see The
Heart of Humanity at the Opera
House Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ern Badgett enter
tanned few friends to supper Friday
night.
Clarence Swarens and Mark
Thomas, OF Butler, came down Satnr-
day day, to attend the funeral OF Mrs
Will CASTOR returned to Butler
Thursday.
!. Z. Mccall and family and w. II.
Carr and family were the guests OF
Chas. Cobb and wife, Sunday.
Sam Cobb received piece Of fur
niture by express, IRON Iowa, Satur,
day. It's been called everything
from a smoking cabinet to high
chair.
Miss lIabel Carr spent Tuesday
night with Mrs. Myrtle bowman.
Mr.. Burke has bought Lee Shell
toms 100 acre farm, 1-2 miles east
OF Foster. Consideration, $l2,ooo.oo.
Miss Ollie Stillwaggon returned to
her home near Kansas City Sunday,
after visiting her sister, Mrs. w. II.
Brenner and family.
While watching the movie. the 9th
er night, noticed something bright
loomin' up before me. had just
come to the conclusion that it was an
extra exit sign, when the lights
flared up. Lo and behold, it was one
OF these fancy 'chokers.'
Mrs. Clarence Morris and Mrs. Ed
Batterton went to Kansas City Sat-
urday to attend the funeral of their
nephew, Mr.. Shockey, the bank
cashier who was shot during the bank
robbery in Kansas City last week.
John lianamon died at his home
northeast OF town Wednesday, March
10th, after all illness of several
months. Funeral services were held
at the Methodist CHURCH Friday at 10
a. M. Burial was made in the Salem
cemetery.
Sumner Holcomb of Yates Center,
Kansas, and Miss Glenice Cobb, oI
Foster, were married Saturday, Mar.
18th, at Mound City, Kansas. They
will make their home in Foster.
They have the best wishes OF their
many friends.
Art Thomas and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Less Thomas and Geneva
Galloway visited with Frank Swarc's
and family Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Calvin err
tertaineI a few quests Sunday