The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1911, Page 1

VOL. XXXIy. ~ VIRGINIA. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Garner a girl, Dec. 2nd. Mrs. J. H. Park and brother, Geo. Crooks, ate Thanksgiving dinner with their niece, Mrs. Julius Heckadon, and | family at Foster. John Hedger and wife, Douglas Browning and wife were there to take care of their part of the roasted goose. Maxwell Park and sister, Elsie, spent Thanksgiving at home. Max- well is teaching at Cole Camp, Mo.; and Miss Elsie is going to school at Warrensburg. Miss Maurene Jenson who is also attending school there spent Thanksgiving at home. While in Butler Saturday we met Judge Wolfe on the street and he in- formed us that he could not come to Virginia to hold court as he had so many cases to try in Butler. Fred Brayton hauled hogs to the Butler market Saturday. Mrs. Nat Nelson has been’ in very poor health lately. Miss Annie Bassett who has been quite sick reported better Monday. M. C. Burns and wife of Butler spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Thomas Hockett. Mrs. Jake Baum and husband of near Butler ate Thanksgiving dinner with her father, ‘Robt. McCann. Mrs. Ed Gable and son of Hum- boldt, Kansas, spent Thanksgiving with her brother, Everett: Drysdale and family. F. L. Hugh and son of Kansas City were the guests of J. H. Sacre and family Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Bell of Foster spent Saturday in Virginia with their daugh- ter, Mrs. Lusk. C. E. next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Topic, “The Source of a Workers Strength,’ Col. 1, 9-13. Leader, Henry Oldham. Last Friday evening quite a number of persons gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Cuzick and spent a very pleasant evening. It was a masquerade social and a surprise on their son, Roy. Claude Martin was reported on the sick list Tuesday morning. Monday Mrs. Harve Dudley was reported no. better. Miss Mira Tripp of Butler is sewing at the W. W. Park home this week. Albert Allen and wife of Garden City, Mo., spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Allen. They returned home Monday. Some of the politicians have dreamed and they feel all the time that some unseen Spirit is whispering in their ear that they are really called to run or office. Young Aaron expects to be called to write about several pretty wed- dings in the next 60 days. Samuel Short spent Thursday with his sister, Mrs. Ezra Burge. Miss Iva Ayers spent Thanksgiving and the remainder of the week with home folks. Miss Olive and Una Judy spent Thursday with home folks. P. H. Engelhardt and wife and son, Harold, spent Thanksgiving at the home of S. Nightwine. Quite a number of the young peo- ple in this community attended the box supper at the Tripp school house Wednesday night. The play was fine and a good time was reported. Mrs. H. Poe is no better at this writing. ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Kipp and Miss Bertha Craven spent Thursday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Craven. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chase of Pleas- {anton,. Kans., spent a few days last eekly gq “iste ety, Cine + bai Sooj? week with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomp-! son. The Charlotte Telephone Co. elect- ed directors as follows at a meeting of the stockholders on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1911: Jack Leonard, L. S. Pad- dock, Frank Oldham. Mrs. Harve Dudley, aged about 50 years, died early Wednesday morn- ing, Dec. 6, 1911, at her home one mile south of Virginia. She is sur- vived by a daughter and two sons. Vane Walker shredded corn Wednesday. : Thanksgiving Day witnessed an ex-, ceedingly pleasant event at the home of Everett Dryedale and wife. Afew of their relatives had been invited to eat turkey with them. By the time dinner was ready all were on hands, and were ushered to the table to par- take of the most delicious meal ever prepared. The afternoon was spent in a social good time after which all departed hoping that Thanksgiving Day would soon come again. Those present were: W. A. McElroy and| wife of Butler, Miss Cora Drysdale of Kansas City, Mrs. Heinzand daughter of Foster, Mrs. Gobble and little son, Emmet Burk and family, Mrs. Fred Brayton and children, W. M. Harding- er and family, Grandpa Hardinger and Mrs. R. W. Ford. The measuring social at Mt. Carmel was a decided success. The house was almost full. About $20 was taken in. YOUNG AARON. Butler Christian Church. Sunday, Dec. 10. Bible school 9:30. Endeavor devotional 6:30 p.m. At}! 7:30 the auxiliary of the Christian |! Woman's Board of Missions will ren- der a special program. All invited to the services. Communion and preaching}: 10:45. Junior Endeavor 3 p.m. ‘BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911. NUMBER 7 North New Home. There was a nice crowd at the box supper at Tripp school house last Wednesday night. Quite a few at- tended the box supper from’ this neighborhood. was preached at New Hope church November 30th, by Rev. Lewis Keele. He had been out in the country to visit his son and was re- turning to his home in Pleasanton, Kans, and was taken with paralysis on the road home. He was found by friends and taken home where he lived a few hours. He was well known here having lived here a number of years. He-would have been 75 years old in December. He was buried in the Morris grave yard. He leaves three daughters and two sons to mourn his loss. Their many friends join with them in mourning his loss. Several from the neighborhood at- tended the measuring party at the |Mount Carmel church. There was a large crowd. Everybody reported a nice time. Those who visited at Mr. Kirsey’s Sunday were Mr. Herman and fami- ly, Misses Nellie and Sallie and Willie Simpson, Earl Osborn, Albert Leon- Miss Linendoll, Misses Cora and Ruth Badgley and Frank and Tom Vance. i There will be a pie supper at New ‘Hope church December 7th. There will be a short program. Everybody. is invited to attend. Mrs. Ben Pickett is slowly improv- sing. { Albert and Miss Jennie Linendoll visited at Lou Smith’s last Wednes- | lay night. Those who spent Thanksgiving at/| Wim, M. Mayfield, Minister, ir. Linendoll’s were Lou Smith and The funeral of Rev. Sam Fredrick rd, Misses Cloe and Ina Berryhill, ; family and Henry Ehart and wife. John Phelps and wife and grand- children, Thelma and Johnnie Rich- mond, took dinner at W. G. Sullen’s Thanksgiving. Wm. Sproul and wife and daugh- ter, Miss Giadys, spent Saturday night and Sunday at G. M. McKis- sick’s. Mr. Morris and wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henry Her- man Thanksgiving. Mell Campbell spent Sunday and Sunday night with home folks in| Butler. Dr. Lockwood was called to see Mrs. J. C. Berry Sunday morning. John Phelps and Henry Ehart and wife visited at Cliff Ehart’s Sunday. Will Dark spent Monday night at J. L. Strein’s. Mrs. Frank Miller was in Butler Tuesday. John Ehart killed his hogs last week. The writer failed to be there, but got some of the meat just the same, Mrs. Fred Medley took dinner at John Ehart’s Tuesday. Ike Kelly was in Butler on a busi- ness trip Tuesday. Mrs. Jay Bright and son Lee visited at Henry Ehart’s Saturday afternoon. Sam Barr of Butler was out at his farm Tuesday. COR. Fire at Appleton City. A destructive fire, the origin of which is unknown; threatened the business district in Appleton City Monday night. The buildings occu- pied by the Willis Grocery and the Brown & Browning hardware house were entirely destroyed. The bank ‘building and the Logan-Moore Lum- ber Company’s yards were savec only by hard work. Amoret. Dr. Peck went to Kansas City last Wednesday. Oral Hamilton is clerking for C. F. Hall. Dr. Smith and wife and Mrs. O. M. Drysdale made a flying trip to Butler last Wednesday evening. T. C. Whistler made a busines trip to Butler last Friday. James Payne has quit clerking for T. C. Rowe and moved to his moth- ers’s. The Amoret Mutual Telephone Co. met Saturday and elected officers. E. Marsh was on the sick list last week, Mildred Hensley and daughter took dinner at J. G. Cuzick’s last Thurs- day. Mr. and Mrs. Hewett, Mary Whin- ery and Oral Hamilton attended the bazar at Amsterdam last Thursday evening. Roy Burk visited in Amoret Sun- day night. Mrs. W. C. Brown died Sunday evening, Dec. 3. D. A. Bean has bought the Von Coffin property just north of the old lumber yard, and will take posses- sion January 1st. Herbert Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rice, died Sunday morning, Dec, 3. Dr. J. M. Smith has bought Dr. Peck’s stock of drugs and will have his office in the same building. Mrs. C. A. Wallace returned from Kansas City Monday. Everett Drysdale and wife and sister, Mrs. Lizzie Goble from Hum- bolt, Kansas, visited at O. M. Drys- dale’s Sunday. Benjamin Hoyt and wife are the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy. 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