The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 27, 1916, Page 1

“Buttle peers VOL. XXXVIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. Peru Items. Quite a hail storm visited this neighborhood Wednesday evening. The ground was completely cov- ered with hail the size of quail’s eggs. ; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eckles went to Rich Hill Sunday to visit Mrs. George Thomas, who:is in care of Dr. Delemeter. We are glad to hear Mrs. Thomas is improving. H. H. Evilsizer and family and Gilbert Blankenbaker spent Sun- day at the-home of Will McGinnis. Misses Susie and Fern Harper spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. They were also ac- companied by Miss Fannie Bot- toms of Butler. James Thomas and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kirb Harper. Those who took the final exam- ination at Peru were; Misses Cecile’ Thomas, May McGinnis, Clona Medly, Fay Blankenbaker, Velma Gander, Margaret Thom- as, Glydas Miller and Florence Belt. F. L. Blankenbaker and family spent Sunday at the home of W. L. King. Mrs. Nelle Harper and Miss An- nie Bently spent Friday with Mrs. Will Harper. Little Miss Aleen accompanied them home. Miss Maude Morgan, who has been teaching school at Pleasant Valley, has now returned to her home at Cornland. “Several from this neighborhood | attended the program and egg roast at Star Sunday. Miss Margaret Thomas spent Wednesday night with Miss Cecile Thomas and Miss May McGinnis with Miss Fay Blankenbaker. Mr. George Stokes and Miss Dorothy Miller were married at Butler Wednesday. They left on the noon train to visit his sister. E. E. Eckles has purchased a fine team of mules from Mr. .Ar- genbright. School will close at Peru Friday. _ A short program will be given in the evening and a big dinner. Ev- ery body come and bring a well filled basket. Miss Hazel Rice, who has been away teaching school, is now with home folks. _E. E. Eckles and R. J. Lyle and some others took their young stock to pasture for the summer south of Rich Hill. W. Hi. Gerkin has put a phone in his house. . His number is 2 on 3. . Miss Ladine Harper spent Sun- day night with Miss Florence Belt. There will be a short program on observance of the Sabbath day at Peru after Sunday school, April 30. MINNEHAHA. North New Home. Willie Simpson and wife and Henry Herman went fishing last Thursday. Henry Ehart and Homer Linen- doll and son, Albert, and John W. Jones worked on the telephone line last week. Jack Skaggs lost two shoats by eating cockleburrs. John L. Jones and wife spent Saturday at Mr. Lewellen’s near Virginia. Last Friday was the last day of L. W. Keele’s school. They had a program Friday night. Cradle roll will be observed at New Hope Sunday, April 30th. Mothers with little ones are 1n- vited to attend. There will be a short program after Sunday school. Are expécting Rev. L. W. Keele to be present. eh Willie Simpson and wife visit- ed at Powell Inglehart’s Sunday. Frank Miller and family and Jack Skaggs and family and Mrs.) J. L. Jones and children spent Easter at John Phelps. Mrs. Cliff Ehart and daughter, Edith, and Mrs. Milt Reeves spent Sunday at Mr. Keeton’s. - Mrs. Ben Pickett visited at Claud Berry’s Sunday. ey Brick McCaughey and family visited at Mr. Gish’s Sunday. _ Mr. Snider, the Butler and Rich Hill line man, put a telephone 10 for John Jones Tuesday. _ Homer Linendoll and Walter Strein delivered cattle to Butler Monday to Lyman Hensley. . Mrs. McCormack is improving and was able to help gather @ mess of greens. COR. Mound Pickups. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richards and daughter, Velma, of Butler spent Sunday at J. B. Ruddell’s. ‘Monday being the birthday of Mrs. J. R. Baum, her friends and neighbors planned a surprise for her, They arrived about the noon hour with well filled baskets. Those present were: Mrs. Jesse Chureh, Mrs. Webb Shelby, Mrs: J. B. Rice and niece, Mary Craw- ford, Mrs. Edson Snyder, Mrs. G. O. Thompson, Mrs. Henry Oldham and niece, Mabel Sunquist, Mrs’ Hardin, Mrs. H. L, Fransham, Miss Elva Church, Mrs. J. H. O’Dea and daughter, Alleen, Miss Kate Hardin, Mrs. E. D, Wil- cox and daughter, Irene, Misses Pearle Rosser, Rachel Tingle and Mrs. Guyton of Butler. They re- turned home late in the afternoon wishing Mrs. Baum many more) happy birthdays. Mr. and MB. Geo. Chambers and son, Murrel, of Elkhart town- ship attended the Easter exer-| cises at Passaie Sunday night. | Miss Grace Fulk was shopping | at the county seat Friday. | Miss Alta Brown. of Passaic | visited Misses Mary and Prue | Sharp Sunday. | Misses Marie and Nellie Bran-| don spent Easter with Miss Meta Baum. | The Butler visitors from Mound | township Saturday were: Miss | Ida Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mor-, ris, Mr. L. C.Bichler, Prue Sharp, | Sallie Holwell, Misses Bessie and Eva Gregg, Mrs. J. H. O’Dea, Mrs. O. C. Welch, Mrs. Dayton) Rice of Passaic, John Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christopher and son, The Easter exercises at Passaic! Sunday night was quite a suc-) cess. We heard that Miss Elsie Fouts and Sylvan Prettyman were united in marriage Sunday. Mrs. B. E. Lockard called on Mrs. Jas. Brown of Passaic Sat- urday. _ The writer called on Mrs, Ruth Snyder Monday. Miss Mary Crawford is visiting her aunt, Mrs, J. B. Rice. LITTLE IRISH ROSE. Pleasant Gap. - Quite a severe storm passed through Rockville, Papinsville and Prairie City last Wednesday night. Some were killed and many were seriously injured. Mrs. Tom Haneoek and family spent Monday evening with Kirk -Fillpot and family. Ed Moore and John Woodfin spent last Sunday in Rich Hill visiting relatives. Miss Anna Kipf and brother, Al, visited at Earl Leeper’s Mon- day. i Mr. Henry Minnick and wife, wha have been here visiting rela- tives and friends returned to Ore- gon last week. ; Alex Moore and Tom Hancock | \T sawed wood for Arthur Burkhart last Monday. Mr. Ira Brown and daughter, visitors last Tuesday. Business was rushing in Pleas- ‘ant Gap last Thursday. Mrs. I. M. Brownfield has pur- chased a new incubator. Will Brown sold a car lead of corn to Ed Moore last week. Mr, and Mrs. J. 8. Steele were in Butler last Wednesday on a shopping expedition. Misses Pearl Tharp, and Beu- lah Brown and Messrs. Ralph Cul- Smmett Ford, Will Brown, John Tharp and Mr, and Mrs. Milburn Tharp spent Sunday with John Woodfin and family. Anna Kipf spent Sunday at Karl Leeper’s. ver, BLUE BELLE. | Miss Rosa, were, Appleton City | Mr | Mr. Fout but not seriously hurt. | | | Mt, Carmel News. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Burk re-| turned Saturday from a week’s stay in Kansas*City. They were called there by the serious illness and death of Mrs. Burk’s broth-! er-in-law. : There were 48 af Sunday school at Mt. Carmel Sunday. Every- body cordially invited to attend. E. F. Burk’s house caught fire Tuesday of last week while he and Mrs. Burk were in Butler. The little girls were at home and 5 Historical Society Mulberry and Western Bates Ekke Taute, one of the leading young farmers of Homer town- ship has his date for The Times set ahead three years. Chris Meints of Sterling, Neb., who has been helping his father for the past month improve his property in Old Mulberry, left Monday, TIlis sister, Margaret, accompanied him as far as Low- mont, Kansas, where she will vis- it her sister, Mrs. Herman Sulite. The following pupils of the after giving the. alarm over the) Mulberry, school took the final ex- phone they proceeded to put out the fire. They had the fire just | aminations in the 8th grade last week: Terman Booi, Andrew about out when the first help got |Tonderholm, Nando Williams and there. Mr. Burk is very thankful to all who came to help. | visited, It caught from the flue. | George Kershner. M. W. and family Pleasanton, Bowersox friends in Rey. Thomas Spencer filled his! Kansas, the last of the week, regular appointment at Mt. Car- mel Sunday mornning. Miss Burdee Wolfe of the Vir-| ginia neighborhood is spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Lee M. Hardinger. ; While Mr. and Mrs. Monroe surk and son, Perry, and daugh- ter, Mande, were returning from | Butler Saturday their team be- eanme frightened and ran away. | and Mes. Burk were thrown carriage was badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hardinger attended Sunday school anc | church in Butler Sunday. es € Several of the young | Miss Margaret. Cooper spent {Sunday with Marie Williams, Miss Marvel Fail was the guest of Miss Inez E. Black Saturday night and Sunday. Johw Dykman and family, Will R., and Walter Bohlken visited at WK. Dykman’s Friday. Joe Lewellen of Elkhart town- iship was a caller at the Rambler farm Friday while he invested ir tivo settings of our Rose Comb The | Rhode Island Red eggs. | Messrs. Hugh Nestlerode and ‘Carl Dudley of Kansas City came ‘down Saturday to spend Baster lwith old nenighbors. Terry Hays and Orla Sargent people | were married at the home of the enjoyed an egg roast in what is} hride’s parents in Amoret ‘Mhurs- known. as the ‘* Williams ture,’ Saturday night. Mrs. Chess Howell, who pas-| day evening. has|teachers for the past two ye The bride has been one of Amoret’s popular’ school rs. been visiting her parents, Mr. and|'The groom is the only son of Mr. Mrs. Joe Fleming, received word! and Vrs, P. B. Tlayes. They will Friday that her husband was ser-| make their home on a farm one iously sick with appendicitis and} mileenorth of Amoret. had been taken to Nevada for an! operation. We have not learned how he stood the operation. «n UNCLE HENRY. Col. J. Harlan Porter is one of the auctioneers at the F, J. Searle sule of 110 pure bred Holstein | Friesian cattle. If the Colonel Sam Levy Mercantile Company Have on sale hundreds of nobby suits and coats for Ladies and Misses. $17.50 and $16.50 Suits on sale at $12.98 $22.00 and $18.00 Suits on sale at $15.85 $30.00 and $25.00 Suits on sale at $17.75 $4.85 $6.95. $9.75 x $7.50 and $6.50 Coats on sale at $10.00 and $8.50 Coats on sale at $15.00 and $12.50 Coats on sale at Stylish Oxfords and Pumps for Ladies and Misses \\ \*\) \ N Sam Levy 1876 LATEST OF THE SEASON $2.50 to $5.00 gloves, ' Just Receive New fancy silks, new tub silks; new fancy wash goods, new Kayser silk new crepe de chine handkerchiefs, more Phoenix silk hose, for which we are the exclusive agents in Butler. Lots of Sample Lace Curtains on sale‘at - HALF PRICE : 10c yard Lots of Fast Color Dress Gingham The store that keeps on growing. Mercantile Company 1916 _ NUMBER 28 gets home from the Sunflower state alright to look out for his write up on this big sale. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Ewbank and son, Walter, ate dinner at Ye Pencil Pusher's Easter. RAMBLER. In and Around Maysburg. The Hackler: school closed Fri- day. The patrons of the school surprised the teacher by coming in at the noon hour with well filled baskets and remaining until after the exercises in the after- noon. Miss Stella | Ramsy was teacher and has taught a good school. i Mrs. Tea Hibbs is visiting a few days with her sister, Mrs, James McCleney. Lorew Jacobs had his eye hurt quite badly while playing black man at school Friday. Mrs. Simpson and Gilbert were shopping in Urich Saturday. There is to be preaching at the Cove Creek Christian church next Sunday, April 30, by Rev. Lueus pastor of the Altos and Adrian Christian ehureh, Prof. 1. O. Maxey made a fine talk to an appreciative audience at Cove Creek Sunday April 16. The congregation would — hardly let him leave without promising to be back one Sunday in May. Thelma White had an attack of dhe measles last week. Mr. Jim Harrison, wife and lit- tle son, Grandma Edrington and Grandma Leslie came out from Butler Sunday to visit relatives, The ladies of the Christian church had their house cleaning last Tuesday. They eXpect — to observe Childrens Day the first Sunda’ in June. They have not decided ay to the basket dinner the same day. Mrs. Clark called on Mrs. White Saturday afternoon. Mr. John Hoover and family visited at Mr. Dave Hoovers Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Montia Simpson visited at Tan. White’s Sunday af- ternoon, Grandma Stroble has been quite poorly the past two weeks. Mrs. Read and Miss Muchmore spent Saturday night and | Sun- day in Urich visiting Mrs. Read’s mother, Mr wand Mrs. Hargraves three daughters and their — families spent Sunday with them. Quite a number of the young folks went to Montrose Sunday. From all appearances the boys will have to foot the bill for the next class social, The girls are six ahead and, onky-oneanore Sun- day to work on. . Mrs. Godwin came out to the last day of school at Haekler and y Lee and Gaylord home, They had ‘been staying with their aunt until school was out. A NEIGHBOR. Oak Grove Items. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cumpton spent Sunday with their daugh- ter, Mrs, Clara Batchelor. A. L. Gilmore and family called at the George Keen home Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Claud Quick spent Sun- day «with her mother, Mrs. Ran- dall. A. T. Keen was a Butler visitor Saturday - Geo. and Charley Wigger, Merl Sargent, and father went to Rock- ville Friday to see the path of the tornado, . Several of this vicinity aftend- ed the box supper at Cherry Grove Saturday night. Geo. Keen and son, Elmer, were Appleton City visitors Tuesday. Rev. Frey filled his regular ap- pointment at Pleasant Home Sun- day. < Dudley Cumpton and, niece, Nena Batchelor, .were Appleton City visitors Saturday. There will be an old time roll call and basket dinner at the. Oak Grove school-house May 5. There will also be a program given. Ev- erybody invited. The Oak Grove Improvement Club will meet May 6. For sale—High grade hand vacuum cleaner with fixtures, child’s trundle bed, child’s safety corral. 21-tf E. K. Wolfe, South Methodist Parsonage. 1