Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-05-25

ton this paper. Ask for it. Address
DIR. d. 81. Bell, 1923 Central National
Bank Building, 7th and Olive streets,
st. Louis, Mo.
Owing to the delay in the delivery
of the Memorial Tablet to be placed
In the courthouse corridor, it will not
be unveiled on Memorial Day, as
planned, but will be placed some time
in June. Appropriate ceremonies win
be observed, which will be advertised
in advance. The County Court is CO.
operating with the American Legion
Auxiliary in cleaning and decorating
both the upper and lower halls of the
courthouse, q new hardwood floor
being laid in the lower hall. With the
renovation, tine beauty of the old CO.
lonial style of architecture of our his
toric courthouse begins to show up.
Candidates for nomination for coun-
ty offices to be voted for at the pri-
mary election in August should not
neglect to file their declarations with
the county clerk on or before June 1,
when the time limit expires. 1t is al
so necessary that the candidate pay
a fee of 5 100 to the treasurer of the
county central committee, taking his
receipt therefore and attaching it to
the declaration blank when filed with
the county clerk. The county clerk
cannot place the name of any candi-
date for county office on the primary
ballot who fails to comply with this
requirement.
Thirty years ago James E. Doty
was the devil in the REGISTER office,
But he long since forsook his satanic
majesty and 0onned the cloth. The
following is from the Cotton, Cali
%fornia, Information Of May 18th:
"Mrs. Ida Doty and John U. Doty and
family went to Eagle Rock City, SUI
burb of Los Angeles, Sunday and
were the guests of James E. Doty and
family for the day. James E. Doty is
pastor of the Bauechet Baptist Mis-
sion and his residence is close to the
rock from which the little city gets its
name. The mission is doing good
work"
Montgomery Patton, an old Iron
ton boy, who has been living in Frisno,
California, for many years, recently
died at his home there. The follow
ing is reproduced from a Frisno pa;-
per: ''George M. Patton, member of
thew oodmen,of the World and a Cali
fornia resident for the last IS years,
died yesterday in his home, 731 Van
Ness avenue. He was born in Mis-
souri, in 1865. Besides his widow, Mrs.
Maggie Patton, he is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Percy Wills,
Mrs. F. D. Hamlet, Miss Velma Pat
ton; three sons, Burr, Earl and Carl
Patton; two sisters, Mrs. v. A. Cleere
and Mrs. Mary Winningham; three
brothers, DR.. w. @. Patton, Sam and
Charles Patton; and n nephew,
Frank Patton"
The Academy Theatre was filled to
overlooking last Wednesday evening
to witness the eighth grade play
"Mishaps of Minerva" and the clos
ing exercises for the year. All &c
quilted themselves creditably. Fran
ces Buckley was valedictorian of the
class and Maurine Friday, salutatorian,
Following are the names of those re-
ceiving eighth grade certificates:
Alyce Austin, Josephine Cipicky,
Esther Spitzmiller, Dorothy Houston,
Kathleen Mari, Annie May Baldwin,
Ruth Bell, Willye Jones, Alice Allen,
Maude Light, Maurine Friday, Mary
Saline AXE, Cleo Bramhall, Ralph
Depew, Eugene Cottle, Maynard An
derson, Julia Tual, Arthur Herbert
Ringo, Lytle Forshee, Marietta Com
fort, Frances Buckley.
Poplar Bluff Citizen-D Democrat:
"Keener, Mo-, the poverbial "wide
place in the road" promises to be-
come q w~ide-awake village as q result
Of the opening of iron ore operations
by the newly organized Keener Ore
and Gravel Company, aS corporation
of Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau
engineers and contractors. The COM
pany has its machinery ready for
operation now and work will start the
latter part of the week. The town
has become imbued with new life.
The clubhouse, the most appointment of
the buildings to be seen from the rail-
road, has been converted into a first
class hostelry, the grocery store a
short distance a way has been restock-
ed and building of other structures,
homes and store buildings will be nec-
essary.n
The graduating class in the Ironton
High School this year number 20, the
largest class in the history of the in
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