The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-05-12
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L. A. Eaton, of st. Louis, was here
several days last week visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Perkins, Of Farm
ington, were here Wednesday and
Thursday of last week visiting friends
and soliciting subscriptions. Mr.. Per-
kins is one of the contestants in the
big prize contest Of the Pennington
Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Denton were
called to Omaha. Nebr., last Wednes-
day on account of the serious illness of
niece of Mrs. Denton. When they
reached Omaha they found that the
niece had died, and they brought the
body back to this county, where 1t was
buried the latter part of last week.
Jas. w. Bryant, of Bonnie Terre,
was here last Wednesday on business.
He informed us that he had traded
his farm near Poplar Bluff for some
property in Colorado, and that he ex-
pected to leave for his new home the
next day.
J. A. Northcutt. of Bonnie Terre,
was here last Thursday afternoon on
business.
Harrison Mackley visited his two
children in St. Louis the first Of the
weel;.
Miss Alice M. Gay visited home
folks at Ironton Saturday and Sunday.
Geo. M. Whaley, Jr., of Elvins, was
here Saturday morning a short time
or business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith went to
st. Louis Sunday with the intention
of making that city their future home,
If he can find employment to suit him.
There is quite number leaving
here the last few days in search of
other kinds Of work besides that of
mining. Some are going to the city,
while others are moving to the coun-
try.
Miss Theresa Henderson and Miss
Zoah Adams visited relatives at Gale
donia Sunday.
A crowd of our-young folks spent
Sunday on an outing at Iron Mountain
Lake and Pilot Knob. Among those
who went were: Misses Mary Ware,
Lillian Chandler, Nellie Thornton, Lu-
ellie Smith, Virginia Taylor, Gordon
Griffith, Ralph Masterson, t. E. Nc
Intosh, Leo Mcfarland. Lester Clark.
All report having had splendid time,
Miss Mildred Keith spent the
weekend with friends az Perryville.
Mrs. H. L. Stapp and niece, Miss
Grace Wood, went to st. Louis Sat
urday to visit relatives. Miss Grace
returned home Sunday, but Mrs. Stapp
in the city for few days
visit.
Ed. Abe C. Jones, Southeast Mis-
souri, Efficiency Man for the South
ern Baptist Convention, preached to
a large congregation at the First Bap-
fist church here Sunday evening. His
was greatly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Simms were
Mrs. VIM. Caviness at the
Bonne Terre hospital Sunday after
noon. They report Mrs. Caviness get
ting along as well as could be expect
ed.
Geo. Bible moved with his family to
Flat River Monday, where he expects
to reside. We regret to lose this good
family, as they are among our best
citizens.
Geo. L. Williams, of bonne Terre,
was here Monday afternoon on bust
ness.
Mrs. S. Il. Williams was a passenger
to Bonnie Terre Monday afternoon.
In the County Spelling Contest,
which was held at Flat River last
Saturday, our school made a very
creditable showing, when it is taken
into consideration the manner il which
it was conducted. 1t was the under
standing of our school that two con-
testants would be chosen from each
grade to represent the school in this
county contest. Some of the schools
had as many as ten contestants from
one grade. In particular was this true
in the case of Flat River school. When
our teachers and pupils reached Flat
River Saturday morning, they found
that Flat River had everything in
readiness to begin the spelling contest,
not even taking into consideration
that other schools in the county might
want to have something to say in re-
gard as to how the contest should be
conducted. This was unfair to the
other schools Of the county. We be-
lieve when it is understood that two
is to be chosen from each grade, it
means that just two shall be chosen
regardless of how many rooms there
are in school of the grade. 1t is not
giving the smaller schools in the coun-
ty a fair chances with the larger
schools in having just two to contest
against ten. and we consider it very
on Flat Rivers part to
go ahead in the way that they did
without giving the other schools
chance to have word to say as to
how this contest should be conducted
In the track meet last Saturday our
school won the relay cup and tied with
Bonnie Terre for the cup on points
scored for winning the track meet,
with 80 points for each school. The
following is the showing of lockwood
school: Shot put, William Mathews,
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