The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-25


town Friday night. A large number
of people from here attended,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H, Deguire, of
Fredericktown, spent the weekend
with friends here, They are former
Bismarck residents.
H. C. Oehler, Of this city, has been
recommended as candidate for post
master for the local office. The pres
ent postmaster, G. j. Goeltz, has rem
dered splendid services to the patrons,
and the new postmaster will have to
Ego some" if he beats him.
The Bismarck girls basket ball
team and large number of fans
journeyed to Leadwood Saturday
night and engaged the Leadwood girls
in game, and were defeated by the
score of IA to z.
Rev. John Maynard and ]. N. Sit
ton are conducting a revival meeting
at Hickory Grove church. These two
men are greatly enlivening the spirit
ual life of this community. The soul
stirring sermons of Rev. Maynard
are to the point. The meetings resem-
BILE camp meeting, as they always
have song and prayer service before
the sermon. We had the privilege of
attending Sunday night and we have
not heard sermon preached in a long
time as good as the one delivered by
Rev. Maynard. We wish them success
in the meeting.
Mrs. M. E. Kelly and son and
daughter spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Bruce.
The past week in the Senior Eng
lish class was devoted to spelling. A
spelling match was held on Friday,
and Miss Leila Bass won first honors.
Henry Burch was an Elvins visitor
Saturday.
Fanuel Ashby. of Elvins, spent the
weekend here the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Burch.
A marriage license was issued in
Pennington on Wednesday to VIM.
Dudley BrasEear and Mary Elizabeth
Harkey, both of Bismarck. They re-
side east of town and are highly re-
spected people. We wish them all
happiness.
We note in the Fredericktown
Democrat News that Gus Steffen, our
popular chicken raiser, copied some
prizes on Black Minorcas. We COLI
graduate him.
Mrs. Hugh Steele and Miss Clova
Crump were among the Bismarck
basket ball fans at Leadwood Satur-
day night. ..5-
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Cox, of Iron
Mountain, were Saturday night guests
of relatives here.
Thos. Matkin and Orion Kirkendall
were Leadwood visitors Saturday
night.
Lena Mae, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. N. J. Belknap, who passed
away at the home of her parents at
Bonnie Terre Tuesday, was brought
here Wednesday for burial in the
Masonic cemetery. We extend sym
pathy to the bereaved.
G.. w. Brooks and A. Reese on We'd
nesday opened up handle factory at
the stand formerly occupied by the
Adkins blacksmith shop. We trust
they will have success in their enter
prise.
Lon BisplinghofF, of Chaffee, visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Bis
plinghoff, and family.
County Agent Coplen gave a soil
terracing demonstration at the farm
of Alley West on Thursday afternoon
A large number of the local farmers
attended and learned a great deal in
preventing soil washing.
Ben Smith was surprised on Mon
day night, when a number of his
friends gathered at his home to help
him celebrate his birthday. The af-
fair was planned by Mrs. Smith. All
present report an excellent time.
Mrs. E. McGinnis was in st. Louis
the past week attending Sunday
School convention.
A man was arrested here on We'd
nesday night by Marshal Huff, who
was wanted at Leadwood on the
charge of stealing an overcoat and
beating board bill.
Herman Schock, A. f. Nicely, Gus
Lynch and others from the Lead Belt
have gone on a hunting trip to Irish
Wilderness. They intend to "bag
some real game"
Rev. S. c. Biffle preached at the To-
cal M. E. Church Sunday morning and
evening.
Mrs. Joe Reagan and baby spent
several days the past week with rela-
tives and friends at Arcadia.
Mrs. J. L. Markum, of Chester, Ill.,
spent Wednesday with Bismarck rel
atives.
Chas. Kettinger spent the weekend
at the H. L. Grider home, south OF
town.
F. w. Gale was in Pennington Tues
day on business.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Forsythe, Of
Caledonia, spent Saturday with
friends here.
A high school orchestra has been Oh
gained with the following members
Leila Bass, pianist; Albert Bass, Ruth
Steel, Jamie McGeorge and Lyle Bak.
err, violinists; Clarence Houck, from.
bone; Vernon Gale, clarinet, and Lee
Order, snare drum. Mr.. Ponder, OF
Marvin College, is the leader, and
Thursday night has been set for prac.
tice. They are to meet at the home Of
DR.. and Mrs. Gale. We wish to thank
Mr.. Ponder for his kindness in teach.
ing our young folks, and we predict
that in the future our orchestra will
compare favorable with any high
school orchestra in this part of the