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The Monett times., 1922-12-29
CLASS OF 1919 HOLDS REUNION

The class of 1919 Of Monett high
school held class reunion at the
Broadway hotel Tuesday evening. AT
7 o'clock a delicious three course din
ner was served to the following:
Misses Ruby Waite, Winnie Taylor
Gladys Jeffries, Mrs. Ruth Slzer
Rogers, Mrs. Gladys Solomon, Clyde
Combs, George Reynaud, Henry
Lautaret, John McCurry and Neal
Gillette. Theodore Harvey, OF Liberty
failed to get here in time as his train
was delayed.
Following the dinner the party
went to the home of Miss Ruby Waite
where very pleasant social evening
was spent. They were Joined at MISS
Waite's by Mrs. Clyde Combs, Leslie
Mason and Lloyd Mckinney.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
WHEATON BRIEFS

Sterling Bennett moved this week
to the Bill Hankins place south OF
here. Mr.. Hankins recently moved to
Peirce City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Freeman Of
Tulsa came in Thursday for a visit tc
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Nora Haynes and Alfred Savage
visited with Amelia Jensen Wednes-
day night.
j. A. Heard who is attending Wash
ington University at St. Louis is visit
ing friends and relatives.
Misses Nora Haynes, Amelia Jent-
sch, Matte Haynes, Ruby Savage and
Messrs. Alfred Savage, Clark Haynes,
Everett Cooper and Frank Rainey at
tended church in town last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Maness who
are attending school at Pittsburg
! Kansas, came Thursday for a visit
with relatives.
Miss Matte Haynes and Everett
Cooper accompanied by Miss Nora
Haynes and Gaylord Gardner went tc
Cassville Saturday, while there Miss
Haynes and Mr.. Cooper were married
when they returned home a supper
was served to about 35 guests. We
wish the young married couple long
and prosperous life together.
Miss Amelia Jentsch was pleasant
ly surprised Christmas day when hel
friends and relatives gave her a sur
PRISE dinner on her birthday.
w. A. Davidson went to st. Loui
Tuesday for few days on business
trip.
Bill Dopp lost a money sack con
tanning about sixty three dollars on
day this week, the sack was found b,
Joe Frazier where Mr.. Dopp had drop
ped it in the store.
> Clark Haynes returned Saturda
morning from Fairview and visite
Amelia Jentsch.
The Daugherty Realty Compan
, closed deal this week in which Fran
Chase of Bethpage exchanged farr
| near Exeter for the Washburl mil
!, Fay Gilman and Otho Duncan al
J rived from Columbia to spend tn
J holidays with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper was given
4 charivari Christmas night, Mr.. Coope
received>a nice cool bath.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
BOY KILLED WHILE HUNTING
John Casper, II Years Old, Shot by
Accidental Discharge of Gun
Of His Cousin.

John Casper, the II year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Casper, of Stones
Prairie, was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of a gun in the
hands of his cousin, Emmet Calhoun,
of Kansas City, about A o'clock Sun
day afternoon.
The boys with three other young
men werey out hunting on Sunday
afternoon. In some manner the CUR
(which the Calhoun boy carried was
accidentally discharged, the sho1
striking John Casper in the back Of
the head. Death was instantaneous
The boys were about mile from thu
Casper home when the accident oc
Cured. DR.. Kelley of Purdy wa
( summoned, but life was already ex
| tinct.
The young man was the only son o
his parents. They have nine daugh
ters.
Funeral services will be held a
Stones Prairie Lutheran church Wed
nesday afternoon.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
PROMINENT FRISCO
OFFICIAL is DEAD
A. Hilton Dies in st. Louis Hospital
After Nervous Breakdown.

st. Louis, Dec. 25.-Alexander
Hilton, vice president of the st.
Louis-San Francisco Railroad, who
has been suffering nervous break
down, died at the Frisco hospital here
tonight. He was well known among
railroad executives of the country and
for years was leadingfigure in the
southwest in transportation circles.
Mr.. Hilton was 81 years old. he
entered the service of the Frisco in
1901, as general passenger agent and
in 1919 was appointed passenger trat-
fic manager. He recently was elected
vice president in charge OF botn
freight and passenger traffic.
Wife and Two Sons Survive.
He was born at Hamilton, Ont. He
is survived by his widow and two sons
1t was announced that the funeral
would be held from the family home
here Wednesday afternoon.
Hilton began his railroad career
with the Great Western Railway as a
clerk at Hamilton, Ont, in 1878. He
went to Chicago as a clerk and later
was appointed city passenger anc
ticket agent at Kansas City. He was
general agent Of the passenger de-
partment of the Chicago & Alton be-
fore entering the services Of the
Frisco.
He was recognized as one Of thu
most progressive railroad passenge
officials in the country and it was SAT-
to be due to him that railroads in th'
southwest spent large sums of none!
on improvements and gave careful at
tention to expansion. Through hi
efforts many settlers were brough
to the Ozark region of Missouri, ac
cording to railroad officials.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
/ MRS. ROGERS GIVES
~ CHRISTMAS PARTY

A very delightful Christmas party
was given by Mrs. William E. Rogers
at CalIamura, the home of her parents
MIR. and Mrs. Fielding P. Sizer, Tues
day afternoon. The party was in
honor of Miss Norine Wilson, of King
man, Kansas. On account Of there
being so many students home from
college, the party was most enjoy
able affair.
All through the house were lavish
decorations of mistletoe and other
seasonal decorations, which gave an
atmosphere that was becoming to the
Christmas season. Huge bouquets of
royal poinsettas, interspersed with
asparagus fern, served as centerpieces
In the fore part of the afternoon
the guests amused themselves by
playing progressive Rook, there being
five tables. Judging from the shrleks
of laughter, there was no question
that the guests were enjoying them
selves and that the games were ex-
citing and extremely interesting.
Dinner was served at o'clock, the
menu being as follows:
Grape Fruit
Creamed Young Fowl
Chicken Dressing
Stuffed Celery Hearts
Baked Potatoes, Asparagus Creamec
Assorted Nuts
Pear Salad Cranberry Squares
Jello Plum Pudding
Coffee Candy
The local guests were Mrs. j. W
Russey, Mrs. S. F. Wilmeshir. Mrs
J. S. Helm, Mrs. Floyd Huffman, Mrs
H. A. Gardner, Mrs. Ruth Size
Rogers, Mrs. Byron Vaughan, Mise
Ruth Watson, Ruby Waite, Gladly
Jeffries, Mildred Galloway, Loi
Wright and Elizabeth Kersey. Th
out-of-town guests were Mrs. F. E
Engleman, of Nevada; Miss Norin
Wilson, of Kingman, Kansas; Mis-
| Grace Newman, Cassville, and Mrs. Il
/. Bradford, Peirce City.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
A CHRISTMAS DANCE

Misses Frances Hepburn and Helen
Mckee entertained with Christmas
dance Tuesday night at the home oil
Miss Mckee. The rooms were beaut1-
fully decorated with red carnations
ferns and mistletoe. A buffet lunch
con was served at the ciose of the
evening. ~,
The guests were Misses Ruth Cole'
Rose and Lillian Smith, Margaret
Walsh, Mary Hepburn, Isabel Dwyer'
Marie Ryan, Josephine Martin, Eliza
beth Kersey, Anna Mulloy and MISS
Ursula Burns, of Springfield; Messrs'
Treava Lea, Joseph Kane, Myron
Dunlap, Fred Dwyer, Earl Wagner
Fielding Sizer, Paul Matthews Rus
sell Cole, Paul Smith and Harry Man.
love, of Columbia.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
YOUNG WIFE ATTEMPTS

Mrs. Ross Walton, a young married
woman living on Elm street i'll South
Monet, attempted suicide Christmas
day, by drinking carbolic acid, and is
in critical condition.
Mrs. Walton went to the home ot a
neighbor and picked up a bottle OF
the poison, taking it home with her
There she started to drink it, wher
her husband took the bottle from her
She had taken enough, however, tc
make her very sick, and tine outcome
is doubtful.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
CHRISTMAS CAROLS SUNG

One of the most beautifu1 customs
is that of singing the Christmas
carols. The custom is an ole one and
has been handed down to US through
many centuries for generation after
generation. The music is entirely
sacred and sung at Christmas time
preferably Christmas eve in cele-
bration of the birth of Christ. Such
Christmas carols, as well as the more
secular classes of music, always OF a
Joyous nature, have long been popular
among the people Of many nations.
In America the custom, no doubt,
has been borrowed from aye Merrle
Englande," brought here by the
Puritans, and sung in our New Eng
land states each succeeding Christmas
season, the music center being Boston.
The New Englander looks upon the
Christmas carol and the candles burn
ing in the window as a permanent
institution, which is truly heritage
handed down to them by their fore
fathers. New England people are
correct in their opinions and they
come by the custom honestly, because
there is no other that expresses that
ioyous exuberant Christmas feeling
than the Christmas carols sung to
comm en,orate the birth of Christ by
this appropriate seasonal music.
The Methodist Episcopal church OF
Monet has declared herself an expo
nent of this fine and beautiful Christ
mas custom. Sponsored by the Sun
day school class, of which Mrs. Whit
latch is teacher, a group of real earn
est and enthusiastic students intro"
duced the idea to the people OF MO
nett. In every home where cahole
was burning this group gathered ano
sang several selections of Christmas
carols. well known to every MUSIC
lover of the town.
1t may be interesting to know wha'
music is classed as carols and sung al
the Yuletide season. There are al
unlimited number but perhaps rev
of the following will exemplify thes'
seasonal songs:-God Rest You Mer
ry Gentlemen; Good King Wencelas
We three Kings of Orient Are;
Come, all Ye Faithful; Shepherds
Shake off Your Drowsy Sleep an
scores of others.
At a very early hour on Christina
morning, the Sunday school class wa
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. W. a
watson, whose daughter Ruth is
member of the class. Mrs, Watso
3 was a very charming hostess and ser'
r ed an appropriate lunch, which was
e accordance with the spirit OF IN
n season. -.
e The carolers were Misses Dorotn
Bickel, Anna Mae Jerome, Ruth wa
: son, Gladys Jeffries, Mrs. Ku'
y Rogers Sizer, Mr.. and Mrs. J. stei
Helm, Frank Williams, Lon Prat
n Dan Taylor, Lloyd Mckinney al
IS Arthur Smith.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
pRoCUREs NEW BoNDsMAN

B. E. Biddlecome of near Went
worth, appeared before James 2.
Mead, United States commissioner,
Yesterday, with bondsman to take
the place of A. o. Williams, who asked
to be released several days ago. Bid
dlecome is charged in federal war
rant with manufacturing Intoxicating
liquor. Emory C. Medlin of Monett Is
his new bondsman.-Joplin Globe.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
MENDON

Mrs. 3. C. Wolfe and daughters
spent Christmas with E. Spilman and
family.
Ollie Rausch spent Sunday with
George Kruger.
Nick Wolfe, who attends school at
Rolla, is spending the holidays with
his mother, Mrs. B. C. Wolfe and
family.
Mrs. August Krueger spent last
week with her parents Mr.. and Mrs
w. M. Arnold of Butterfield: and
Sunday attended dinner given by
her sister Mrs. A. A. Graves. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Wallace of Cassville, Mr.. and Mrs
John Wilson of Purdy, Mrs. Graves Of
Exeter, Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Arnold
Elzer Arnold, Loren Wilson, Novitti
and Herschel Wallace,
Mrs. Fred Wolfe and children wen
to Cassville Saturday to spend Christ
mas with her parents.
Mrs. Homer Wormington and chill
dren of Miller are spending a few
days with her mother Mrs. Johl
! Thomas.
Miss Alice Planchon and Mrs. Mat
Anderson visited Mendon school Fri
J day.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Clutter enter
tanned at dinner Monday, MIR. and Mrs
w. H. Fleming, Miss Bertha Fleming
and Mrs. Nellie Jones, of Kings
Prairie.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Squibb and son
went to Republic Saturday evening to
spend Christmas with Mr.. Squibb's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Squibb
and with Mrs. Squibb's mother, Mrs,
A. A. Pearce. They returned home
Monday evening.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
MRS. J. B. WHITES UNCLE DIES

Mrs. John B. White received mes
sage Monday, telling of the death OF
her uncle, Manley Steele, who died at
Marionville Christmas morning. Mr..
and Mrs. White went to Marionvllle
to attend the funeral which was held
at | o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
SOLID FOUNDATIONS

Funny thing about the lasting
qualities in people. Sometimes you
meet man or woman who is spark
ling with wit, abounding in enthusi-
asm, overflowing with good humor
and you are inclined to classify them
in the niche little above the average
man or woman. They somehow seem
bit superior But as the weeks and
months pass and you learn to know
them better you discover the glitter is
not gold but gilt. They lack solidity
of character, of design, of intention.
People who turn casual acquaint-
ances into friends and admirers and
keep them frienos and admirers in
variably have "solid" foundation for
their personalities. They have
philosophy of life that holds them
pretty surely on the beaten track OF
common-sense decency and right. They
are not paragons, but neither are they
pagans. They are tolerant of other
peoples faults and appreciative OF
/ other peoples virtues. They think tor
themselves, but never let the habit
lead them into bolshevik reputation
of long established moral standards,
lust because they are long established.
They swerve but they do not go off
at tangents. They slip but 90 not
fall. They are momentarily defeated
but they always come back. And
when you try to analyze them, to pick
them to pieces to discover just what
it is they have that some other people
do not have, you inevitably come to
; the conclusion it is, after all, a very
simple thing: judgment. They seem
to have an intuitive ability to guess
right about conduct, an ability that
, must come in part from acquired
: knowledge, but that also is akin to the
intuitive ability of birds to fly and OF
ducks to swim.-Joplin Globe
You say you have no enemies. II
this is fact, then you should be
: ashamed of yourself, for you have
never stood up for right agalns
wrong; you have never protected the
weak against the bully; you have
:. never even dared to protect your owl
, rights against persecution; says tn
Humphrey, Neb., Democrat. Had yo'
done these things you would nav
made enemies. Even if you had dom
none of these things, but achieved
little more success in your puslnes
# than your neighbor, if your chlldrel
5 were a little brighter in school OF
4. little better behaved out of school, yo
would have made enemies, for failur
- hates success. The man who mas n
ls enemies should be ashamed OF hlmsel
Kansas City Journal.
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- EVERYTHING comes to an END some
y time-even our Ozark balmy weathe
ass
When you're cross, people can't a
q wavs tell the difference between hal
" and Just irritation.-Globe-
Z %k
Genius is often just patient stud
and concentration.
w Il n =
Carthage and Aurora are ralkln
about branch grape juice factory Il
as s their towns. The proposed grape JUL
factory should come to Monett' wni'
is the ideal location. A large acreai
of of Concords will help bring it here
'rt D:.+r ond Family 1O2 VAIN
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. Eldon Hall and baby daughter
Virginia Jane of Oklahoma City ana
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills and babies
Of Sapulpa, Okla, are spending the
HOLIDAYS with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dwyer. No. 500 Sixth street. Mrs.
Hail and Mrs. Mills are their daueh-
ters. -
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Jane Kenney, nurse at 81
Anthony's hospital at Oklahoma CITY
arrived Thursday morning to spend a
month with her parents, Mr.. and MRS
j. ]. Kenney. She went to Aurora
Friday morning to spend the DAY with
her sister Mrs. Jacob Mangrich.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

G. w. Finn and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. v. A. Wiley went to Seligman
Sunday to witness the ravages made
by the fire.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Lewis wilhelm, student at the
School of Mines at Rolla, came home
Friday morning, to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
J. c. Wilhelm.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Wallen and
Miss Berniece Wallen viii leave to-
night for Columbia, where they will
remain for several months. Miss
Berniece will take a course in agri.
culture at the University.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Emeia Kalt, who works in a
Frisco office at Tulsa, Okla, spent
Christmas with her mother, Mrs
Louisa Kalt and her brothers, Car
and Bill.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. H. B. Westenhaver and Miss
Opal Kring were shopping il Spring
filed today.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

} Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Wormlngton anu
daughter Deane, of Neosho, spent
Sunday and Monday with J. Il. worm
ington and family.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. E. E. johnson received the
chatting dish given away by Shaded
and Ashby Saturday night. Her
number was 1905.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

The Times is indebted to Judge G.
w. Finn for details of the Seligman
fire. Judge Finn formerly Lived at
Seligman and drove to the city as
soon as he heard of the disaster.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Breese and
daughter, Miss Ruth, returned home
Monday night from visit at Spring
field. Chas. Ellis returned with them
for visit.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Martha Higgins depareed
wednesday evening for Mulhall, Okla
70 spend Christmas with her grand
mother, Mrs. II. B. ollinger.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Judge G. w. Finn went to Cassvllle
Wednesday morning to attend county
court, of which he is member.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Vera Feist, teacher in the
Joplin public schools, viii arrive home
tonight to spend the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Feist.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. ]. R. Andrews went to Cass"
Vile Saturday evening, to visit rel-
atives.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Ruth Chapel of oiltOn, Okla
will come Friday evening to spenu
Christmas with her sister, Mrs. H. r
Rr;dwell and family.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne GLADDEN., of
Kansas City, were in Monett short
time Monday morning on :heir way to
Seligman.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. Walter Draper, OF Joplin, visit
ed Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Ola
Boynton,
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Velma Thomas, of Springfield,
came home to spend Christmas with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmun
Thomas.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. L. E. Schisler of Blackburn
OKLA, arrived Thursday evening 70
visit her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Carey and other relatives in the city
Mr.. Schisler will join her in week
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

hrs. E. L. Harvey of Dallas, Texas
is visiting her daughter Mrs. Earl
Aulgur.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Salzer went to
Springfield Wednesday morning to
visit a few days with friends.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Frank Jones, Of Kansas City ls
snending the holidays with Mrs. Jones
and Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Clutter.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Shaffer spent
Sunday and Monday in Springfield
with relatives.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Higgins and son
loft Friday morning for Chatfee' Mo-
70 snend Christmas with relatives
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

I Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. McCaslln spent
Christmas with relatives at Coyville,
Kansas. :.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. Frank Vinson and son Roger
went to Rogers, Ark, Tuesday, to
visit relatives.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Len Reed OF Kan
sas CITY. are visiting Mrs. Reeds mo-
ther, Mrs. Laura Triton.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Arthur Erwin went to Cassville to
Look after business matters, Tuesday
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Arthur Erwin went to Cassvllle
Tuesday morning on business.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Joe A. Jackson left THURSDAY morn
ing for Harrison, Ark, to visit MS son
Leslie jackson.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

A. W. Thomas and his sister MIS-
Dora Bunch left Thursday morning
for Hubert, Okla, to spend Christmas
With Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Bunch.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Rev. Theodore Harvey went =, y
Eyerton. Mo-, Friday morning, to fil
his regular appointment.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Harold Randall of Sprlngtlelc
visited with friends in the city Friday
morning.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. S. J. Woolsey is critically i'll
with rheumatism and complications.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Ed Witt went to Peirce City, Thurs
dav morning, to spend the day with
his parents.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. R. G. Farrow went to Wichita,
Kansas, Saturday night, to visit her
brother, v. E. Clinton and family. She
is expected home Wednesday night.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Gimson are
visiting at Memphis, Tenn.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

T. ]. Purneu is at home to spend
the holidays with his wife.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29
sTR1BLING STORE BURGLARIzED

Someone broke into =. Il. Stran-
ling's store on Marshall Hill through
the back window on Monday night ana
secured a lot of tobacco and pennies
II It thought to be the work of boys.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

DIR. searcy, of Exeter, was trans
acting business in Monett Saturday.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Ursula Burns, of Springfield
is the guest of Miss Helen Mckee this
week.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Alex Spear went to Harrison, Ark.
to spend Christmas with relatives.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. D. w. Lilley and children, Of
Enid, Okla, are visiting Mrs. Lilley's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. W. Hagan.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

DR.. Ida B. johnson went to Sloan
snrings, Ark, to spend Christmas
with her parents.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Gardner visited
at Cassville Sunday.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

1. R. Bixler, of St. Louis, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Joel j. Cooper.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Hudson visited
relatives in Cassville Sunday.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Miss Marguerite Frossard went 70
Springfield to spend the day Friday
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Mrs. Gray is very low at the nome
of his son, Will Gray, on Marshall
Hill.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

T. p. Mcclure and family, of Purdy
visited relatives here Sunday evening
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

O. P. Pitts and family 102 Walnut
street. are all sick with the grip.
The Monett times., 1922-12-29

Carthage and Aurora are talking
about branch grape juice factory TO
their towns. The proposed grape julc.
factory should come to Monett' wnicl
is tbe ideal location. A large acreag
of Concords will help bring it here.