The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-01-05
Johnnie on the Wing.

owned by the Weddle estate.
Joseph Brown, OF Kansas City
who was recently elected vice presi
dent of the Walton Trust Company
will move to Butler this week to as
sumo his new duties.
Mr.. w. T.. Trap and Miss Alic
Smith were married at Kansas Cit!
last Friday. Mr.. Trap is one of tn
representatives OF the Scully estat
and Miss Smith is :. Butler lady ant
one of the proprictors Of the Smitl
Book Store here.
We are sorry to record the deatf
of Our old friend Joshua = New
berry, which occurred at S.rncc Fri
day. He was "a years of age. Ht
was a nephew of the late Capt. J. d
Newberry. Burial was at Unior
cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Clarence Seward and Mrs
Nilly Willis, both of this city were
quietly married at the brides resi-
dence Saturday night at 8 o'clock p.
m, Judge B. F. Jcter officiating.
r. They will make their home on the
Geo. Lee farm just west of the city.
T.. Dudley, who sustained injuries
by fall one day last week, is able
to be around again.
County Treasurer Norwood flied
about one hundred tax Suits last Sat
urday and expects to file several
more this week.
Rev. Biser delivered splendid ser
mon Sunday night on the Old Home
Nest taking the text from the play
at the picture house exhibited here
last week. Special music was rem
aered for the occasion.
Misses Lucia Blocher and Crystal
Beswick. teachers of the Amoret
school. spent their holiday vacation
at Adrian visiting their parents.
Mrs. Sallie Haas, Beulah Haas,
William Haas and Fern Hogan OF
Lamont, Kansas, spent the holidays
in Adrian visiting Earl J. Haas.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stone, of
Hiawatha, Kansas. spent the Holt
days in Adrian visiting their par
cnts, John II. Stone and wife.
Postmaster ]. Z. Williams enter
tanned the following persons at six
o'clock dinner during the holidays:
Chas. +. Fortune, wife and daughter,
Carolyn: Freeman Walton, wife and
son. William; Prof James S. Will
liams and Miss Martha Williams.
The county court is in session this
week. The petit jury will be drawn.
Ike Ellis entertained several men,
bers of his family at a dinner Sunday
at his residence on South Mechanic
street.
Sid Hamilton, Deputy u. S. Mar
shall, brought down three prisoners
from KANSAS City last Saturday.
This is Sid's last trip as he will leave
the office this week
Sheriff Petty killed a fine beef at
his farm one day last week and now
has a good supply Of meat for his
hosiery.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Bradley
missed Sunday school and church
last Sunday and butchcrcd two fine
hogs and with all Of this good meat
around the jail we would suggest
that they keep it in one of the cells
so that it would be burglar proof.
So far the sheriff has not asked us
down to dinner, but we arc expect
ing an invitation soon from him or
his popular deputy and if we miss
out we will feel sighted
We are sorry to hear that our old |
friend Lee StitIl of Adrian had
stroke of acute indigestion last week
Webb Shelby of Mound township
was a Butler visitor Saturday.
Chas. G.. Hunt and family were Wis
itors at the county seat Monday.
c. II. Argenbright and wife visited
friends IN Hudson Saturday.
Mrs. j. Il. Mcgraw, of Faycttc
visited her sister, Mrs! d. c. Chas-
tain this week
Dan Kirby. the popular west side
barber and wife visited relatives near
Springfield during the holidays
Uncle George Ratclff. of the Sol
diers Home at Leavenworth. Kan,
is visiting, at the home OF ms dan9h-
ter. Mrs. VIM. Skinner
Mrs. Vetrcss Pcndlcton of Kansas
City visited at the home of her par
cnts. John Howard and wife, during
the holidays. |,
Ray Bourquin and wife OF Cam
rron, Mo-, visited relatives here dur
ing the holidays.
William Alsbach spent the holi
days in Carthage. Mo, visiting {
friends.
SuSHit SNlh pNdiTHs diu WIG |
went to Kansas City Saturday and
over until Monday j
Mrs. ]. T. Hull and daughter
Gertrude. have returned from a visit
10 relatives at Warrensburg. s
Chas. Ewing and wife OF Kansas c
City and their daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Pipes. are visiting relatives and {
friends mere this week.
Volncy McFadden, who has been d
visiting his parents. Judge and Mrs. f
|. w. McFaddcn. of Virginia, has re-
turned to his duties at Washington. t
D. c. 4
Miss HcrscheI Hupp has entered
Business Col1ee to take a
! course this winter at that school. /
Mrs. B. c. Bellomy and children
IF Kansas City visited at the w. c.
home i'm Summit during
he holidays
G. w. Armentrout. VIM. Kersh-
Ter, Gus Bruner, Boyd Kershner. S
lem Custer and Oscar Hand all of h
were seen on the streets OF
3ut!cr last Saturday. 1
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