The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-11-10
LAKEWOOD

at johnson City, Me, We are glad to
hear that he has been assigned to
this place again for the coming year,
Theo. Talley, who has been If the
west the last ten years, retained 2ere
last week for visit with relatives
and friends for few weeks.
Ernest Mason, of Bonnie Terre, who
lis spending his vacation from the au
ditor's office at that place, was here
last Thursday and he and Andrew
Coffman went hunting out in Wash
iagton county. where they made 9,
pretty good killing Of squirrels and
rabbits.
Hon. NJ. E. Rhodes spoke to a large
crowd of voters at the Community
Hail last Wednesday night.
Quite a delegation from this place
attended the Democratic speaking at
Flat River last Wednesday night.
Mrs. L. B. Hise, of Flat River,
was here last Thursday calling, on
friends in the interest Of some OF her
Henry Matkin, Of near Bismarck,
was here last Thursday Il short time
or business.
Marcus Kirkland, of Flat River,
was here Friday. ,-
Ben DeForest, of Irondsle. was here
last Thursday on buginess.
Claude Clay moved with his family
to st. Louis last Saturday, where
they will reside.
Mrs. J. w. Denton, ST., and daugh-
ter, Miss Gladys, left for st. Louis
Saturday, where they will reside,
Judge Peter H. Huck. Of Ste, Gene
We've, was here last Friday shaking
hands with his many friends. -,
The Festus boys H S. basket ball
team defeated our boys on the local
court last Friday night by the score
of 20 to IL. Our boys were in bad
" crippled condition, and were in no
shape to put up their usual good
game
Prof. B. F. Seabaugh took his boys
Sunday school class, Of the Methodist
church, for an cutting and welner
ronst last Saturday afternoon. Inc
boys report having had a good time:
J. E. Murray, who IS foreman OF
the machine shop Of the st. Joseph
Lead Co. at this place, is spending
two weeks vacation with relatives at
Yount and Charleston
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Bable were pas
sengers to St. Louis Sunday morning,
returning home Monday evening.
j. C. Fields. j. w, liulsey and J. F.
Poston were visiting at Desioge Sun
day afternoon.
d. NJ. Smith and j. l.. Abbott were
al home from Annapolis the first OF
the week to visit their families and to
vote
John Furry, who is working at
Flat River, was hero Sunday visiting
friends.
Emmett Mason and sister, Miss
Della, visited relatives at Quaker,
Washington county. sunday.
Mrs. James Murray died at her
home here Sunday afternoon after
lingering illness of several years
Her funeral was held at the family
residence Tuesday at II a. m, and the
body was laid to rest at Park view
cemetery at Flat River. The family
have the sympathy OF the entire COM
munity.
R. ii. Maurer and Zeb McPike re-
turned Saturday from a weeks hunt
ing out in Washington county, where
they killed rs rabbits % squirrels
and 2 'possums. Uncle Heb said that
he could have killed some larger
game, but as he was law abiding
citizen, he left them for later date.
Henry Jordan moved with his fam
lily to Irondale Wednesday, where they
viii reside. We regret to lose this
good family from our midst.
J. w. Hebron WAS home from An
napolis Tuesday to vote and visit his
family.
Several Leadwood Nimrods jour
neyed to the wilds Of Washington
county last Thursday night to hunt
'possums and, incidentally, to eat
steak. 1t was some bunch of hunters
~ strong. N. Levy, the official
"possum toter", was along. So was
Prof Gear, the tree climber. Others
in the crowd from Leadwood were:
Tolleson, B. F. Towl, Jeremiah, Mel
son, Appleberry, Hall, Mcintosh,
Walter Scott, ReaVes, Ed hurry,
Griffith, J. Evans, Chas. Roux. These
met several hunters at Mr., Blooms
place and proceeded to the hunt. At
ter walking many, many miles over
hills and through valleys, the bunch
arrived, about midnight, at the Hos
tettes school house where the official
cooks, Jeremiah and Murray, took
charge. Soon several pounds of
steak and onions were ready to be
consumed. This dish together with
several side issues were consumed in
short order. There were several cas-
es of indigestion afterwards, but
Safety First, the genial DR.. Apple
berry, was along and had goodly
supply of first-aid material. After
the feast the journey homeward be-
gan. The party reached Leadwood
about a. m. feeling tired ard sleepy.
Did they get any 'possums? Yes,
five. No skunk. The bunch is look
ing forward to another invitation
from their good Washington county
friends. 1t was one hunt that all
parties enjoyed greatly.
Evelyn Edmonds gave Halloween
party Tuesday evening at her home
and invited twelve of her girl friends.
The dining room was decorated with
autumn leaves, white and yellow
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