The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-07

day III Rieasantons. Kansas, Visiting
Irelatiyes and friends. 1 Ut
Miss Mayme Swass. " y JEAnsas
City, " visiting friends n ,ths sits VI
Finley Porter III Pcpisr Blpl "
fofmer resident. visited ! few days
here this week. IA
( c. "A. Allen and vile spent the
Fourth in Parsons Kansas, visiting
their son, Horace Allen. !.
j. w. Shriyer has returned from :
business visit to Hyattsville, Kan
sas. N ssiss "a II; III
Ernest Black Of Summit delivered .
load Of sheep to the Batter market
Monday. VIII VA
John H. Stone, d Adrian. was >
visitor here last Saturday and reports
everything quiet in the little city. Of
the border. M N W " " Nh III. NJ ays
Nathan Higgins has returned from
an extended yisit,to Sapulpa, Okla
homa, and reports everything dull in
that section.
I Chas. Kienberger, OF Pleasant Gap
township, was county seat visitor .
few days ago.
! Mrs. Lansing, Of Columbia, is visit
ing her sons, Harry and E. w. Lam
sing, of the Athol ranch.
Mrs. Nathan Keele left Sunday
night for Ontario, Oregon where she
will visit her son, Claude Keele, this
summer.
i A post card from Clarence Bolen
states that he arrived all right on his
overland trip to York Springs, Pa,
and travelled all that distance on Mis-
souri, air.
| w. G.. Dillon and wife and G. r.
Bowman have returned from a weeks
trip to the Rio Grande Valley, Tex.
They report having fine trip.
Butler was certainly dull town on
the Fourth. Nearly everyone went
to neighboring picnic and large
delegation went to Clinton to the
Shriner's picnic and several went to
Nevada to the ball game. Some went
to Rich Hill, Amsterdam and Hume.
Rev. Biser and family spent the
Fourth in Hume. He was the orator
of the day there and made most ex-
cellent address.
The county convention OF the
Christian churches will convene at
Virginia church July 18th and 18th.
A good crowd is expected.
| The Loyal Sons Bible Class will
have a special program next Sunday
at the Court House. The Philathea
Class OF ladies will attend in a body.
Good music, and nice program is
assured
i The Union services were held At
the Baptist church last Sunday. Rev.
Clyde preached the sermon. The
Butler Choral Club furnished the
music. This was their first public ap-
pearance and they did fine. The
services will probably be held next
Sunday in the court house yard. J.
K. Codding, former warden of the
Kansas state prison will make an
address.
The Butler and Nevada base ball
teams had an exciting game Sunday
: afternoon. The score was E to 2 in
favor of Nevada.
The writer has returned from q
three weeks visit to his relatives al
Sweet Springs. We had nice visit
but we did not know anyone and il
! was not like being down here in Ok
: Bates, where we lived so long and
had so many friends. We are nov
: occupying 4 suite at the Ellis apart
E ment on North Delaware street.
81 Rev. L. w. Keele spent Sunday II
Grain Valley, Mo-, where he has beer
: employed to preach the first and thiFs
2 Sundays in each month.
Arthur Morgan, of Kansas Cit,
< spent the Fourth here visiting hi
|. sister, Mrs. J. L. Fisher. He former
~ resided here but left about twent,
years ago.
: The new band stand in the south
east corner of the court house yart
: will soon be completed and will be I
J, nice stand The old one has beer
torn down and the new one moved |
little northwest and nearer the cour
house. Staver and Hummer are tn
contractors.
II Fred Richardson, who has been liv
ing On the old Crabtree place south
p west Of Butler has sold out and &C
pcepted a position with the Inn Ho
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