The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 1

BUTLER, iISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1917. GLENN-FUNK. Popular Young Newspaper Folks * United in Marriage Monday 2 Evening. f The marriage Monday evening at “the Presbyterian manse in this city of ‘Miss Rosalic LaRue Funk and 1. Glenn, was the culmination of @-Y¥ery pretty newspaper office ro- mance. Both the young people are connected with..the Democrat and their duties brought them into daily fation with the inevitable result —Dan Cupid got in his work. The groom is the son of Mrs. Eliz- abeth Glenn, of this city. ‘He has for many years been foreman of the job department of the Democrat and has recently purchased an interest in the North Side Variety Store.He is 2 ‘young man of the highest character ‘ambitious, energetic, a skilled work- man and a bright business man. The bride is the charming daughter of J. H. Funk of this city. She is the “hustling news gatherer and associate fecal editor of the Democrat and it no.. difference whether the emeather is fair or foul she makes ie daily rounds in search of “stories” d her cheery “any news today” to- gether with her smiljng countenance _ig a sure antidote for the blues, She is a “live wire” newspaper woman and numbers her friends by her ac- quaintances. The Times joins the many friends of this happy couple in w’shing them a long, happy journey through life. ee Herrell Happenings. Mr. Henry Wayland and Mr, Vic- tor Wolfe left Saturday for Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. where they spent Xmas with their brothers and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Jones and fam- ily, of Kansas, spent a few days last week at the T.C. Jones home. All who attended the charivari last Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Char- ley Douglas’ enjoyed a fine time and a dandy treat. Mrs. Clardy and son Randolph from Liberty, Mo., are at Butler to spend the winter. Mrs. Clardy is staying “with her sister, Mrs. Joe Clark. Mrs, Mays of Warrensburg came fown Saturday to spend christmas ith her brother, H. A. Wayland. Mr. Charley Harp spent Sunday, * with Harry Janes. , Mr. Geo. Henry has been badly sick this week. Mr. Wayland has been staying with him at night. Mr. Joe Clark sold and bought a span of mules last week. Mrs. W. O. Card and daughter, Ethel, spent Monday with relatives in Butler. Mrs. Wick Ray, Misses Jennie and Ethel Donovan called on Mrs. Butts Sunday afternoon to hear her new Victrola, Mr ahd Mrs. Will Card and daugh- ter took Christmas diriner in Butler. Mr; H. A. Wayland and family, Mr: and Mrs. Wick Ray visited Christmas * at Will Herrell’s home. : Rev. Harold Hilliard who has been - attending school at Marionville came home to spend Xmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Price spent "dase with Mrs. Price’s sister at larrisonville. ; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jones and chil- dren visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hertz. Randolph Clardy and Kathleen Wayland spent Christmas at the Clark home. . - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Donovan had laughters home for Xmas. WILLIE. Rolling Stones. Merry Christmas and happy New Year. to all. baits Several people are gripping at pres- ent in our neighborhood. “The Olive school had an Xmas tree Friday. The visitors were Mrs. n Moles, Mrs. Vivian Watson, L. A: Durbin, and Mrs. John and daughter, Dovie. oa Compton of near Aaron _visit- her son, Ot, and wife last Friday and Mrs. Compton and her ter-M-law spent Saturday in "C, Buckles and wife took din- ‘with Geo. Moles and wife last, Morr spent Sunday with Ot Rich shredded corn last week. H. C. Lympus and_ son, attended church at Altona day. ‘Watson, who has been stay- peels. spent the last week D Iks. ry ly helped T. L. Rich orn last Saturday. so fackerman and wife made p to Butler ‘ast pitta Ae to her last Saturday. Dvir abi Andrew Han- 2 this district for the ~ Double Branch Pick-Ups. A merry Xmas and a happy. New Year. Miss Anna Walters spent last week with her sister, Mrs. C. C. Nafus. , John Ferrell and family Sundayed at W. D. Nuckols. . They elected officers for next year at Double Branch. W. D. Nuckols was reelected superintendent; Clar- ence Baker, assistant superintendent; Edna Dillon, secretary and treasurer. We attended the Xmas tree at Peru Monday night. The program. was ine, Grandma Nafus is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Jobe, this week. Job Utley and wife Sundayed at A. W. Padleys, Little Buford Padley had his tonsils and adnoids removed by Dr. Delama- ter last Friday. Job Utley lost a cow last week. Miss Anna Walters spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Homer Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Ghere spent Sunday at W. A. Baker's, Mrs. Cora Bently was operated on by Dr. Delamater last Friday. She is getting along very well. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Job and Grand- ma Nafus Sundayed at Henry Walt- er’s, GYP. North New Home. Albert Linendol left Wednesday for Croft, Kansas ,to visit with his sister, Mrs. Orval Pickett and Mr. Pickett. Miss Thelma Richmond visited Friday and Saturday with her cousins, Misses Edith and Blanch Miller, and attended the Xmas tree at Enter- prise Friday night. Linley Ehart is sporting in a new buggy. Mr. McCormack killed a beef one day last week. Jim Simpson is visiting with his parents,, Mat Simpson and wife, and other relatives, Homer Linendoll and wife called at Jim Romine’s Sunday afternoon. Henry Ehart and wife spent Sun- day with Milt Reeves and wife. John Ehart and family visited Sun- day with Schuyler Ehart and wife. Mrs. Linendoll called on Mrs, Ben Pickett_ Monday. Clif Ehart and Warnie Keeton took in the shooting match at Foster Mon- day. _ i ~~ COR, NUMBER 11 REMEMBERED THE FIRE BOYS Those Who Have Had Property Saved by Their Good Work Re- member Them Handsomely. That this city has the best fire de- partment in this section of the state is a foregone conclusion. By their Prompt response to alarms and skill- ful and hard work one or’ two fires that might have been the most seri- ous in recent years have been extin- guished recently, and that their ef- forts have been appreciated makes them all the more willing to turn out these cold days and do their. best to save valuable property. Some time ago the engine room of the Cannon Brothers Roller Mill, on South Main street, caught fire and only the most skillful work on the part of the boys saved the main mill from being destroyed. The Cannon” Brothers helped fo make a Merry Christmas for each of the boys by Presenting them with a $5.00 baby bond. The members receiving the bonds were: M. Jay Gordinier, Rolla and Lloyd Brooks, Will Graves, Bert Claunch, Will Barber, Elmer Camp- bell, Elmer Butler, Ed Hawley, Harry. Crow, George Kersey and Charley Hupp. For their work at the Star Bakery} fire Sunday, December 16, Mr. Groutsch, proprietor of the bakery, presented each member with a one ipound fruit cake for their Christmas dinner. Mr. Wyatt, who has charge; of the building which is a part of the| | Steele estate, notified Chief Gordinier to take the boys to an oyster supper at the Ray Restaurant and have the bill sent to him, Fair Mount News. We wish all the readers a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Mrs. Frank Rapp helped Mrs. John | Seider butcher hogs several days last week, . Mrs, Frank Fix spent last Saturday ; ; With her daughter, Mrs. Herman | Steuck, } Carl-and Walter Rapp and Ernest Yoss arrived last Friday from Ban-; croft, Nebraska, to visit their par- | {ents and o‘her relatives and friends. |. Charley Fischer, who-had been vis- . iting relatives the past two weeks re- | turned to his home in St. Louis Sat-j| urday. He was accompanied by his nephews, Paul Fischer and Arthur Bolte. Carl, Walter, Johnnie, Hilda and Nora Rapp and Paul—and Ernest Fleischer spent Saturday night with Come Rapp and family. Quite a few from here attended the funeral of Henry Schellman at Ap- pleton City Sunday afternoon. ted Yoss and family took Sunday dinner with Carl Bracher and family. The Christmas program given at the Prairie City school Sunday night was well given and attended, as there certainly was a large crowd. There wasn't standing room, Lydia Rapp and Willie Vogt took Sunday dinner with Fred Vogt, Jr., and wife. Hilda and Nora Rapp took Sunday dinner with the latter's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Marquardt. John Engel, of Walnut, Kansas, is going to spend Christmas with Lewis Fleischer and family, County Happenings. Mr. and Mrs, Marsh Brown and C. W. Rector left Sunday for Clarks- burg, Ma., called there by the serious illness of Mrs. Brown’s grandmother, Mrs. Lacette Hafl. A. L, Gilmore sawed wood for Geo, Sargent Saturday afternoon. - -Mr. and Mrs. Will Wigger and daughter, Lillie, spent Sunday at the Chas. Wigger home. Miss Pearl Jones, Fay Morgan and Dell Wilson took Sunday dinner at the Clay Campton home. Miss Nina Keen is spending Xmas holidays with home folks. Mrs. Floyd Eye and two children who have been visiting her mother, | Mrs. J. M. Chitwood, left for their home in Nebraska last week. Mel Sargent and wife spent Friday. at the Geo. Sargent home. Mrs, Oliver Barnes called on Mrs. | Claud Quick Wednesday afternoon. Miss Nena Batchelor and Clarence | Varns motored to Kansas City Sun-| day. Will Foster butchered Fletcher one day last week. Mrs. Jake Frye spent Tuesday with Mrs. Henry Blarce. x Ivah Wigger is reported on sick list. ‘ DAISY. for Dr. the * * * “ee © * we ewe ee SUNBEAMS. * * * =e 8 # +e He ee oO we . Kind friends (and others) the big sale is ‘over at last and Iam like Roose- velt was after his last defeat for the presidency, viz: “Sore, but satis- fied.” Foot sore and satisfied I wasn’t born to be a clothing sales- man, I have been'in many trying po- sitions. I have sold pumps, lightning rods, sewing machines, washing ma- chines, incubators and churns, but never before was I so tempted to lie or to have my stock of patience exhausted as in the past 30 days. To come out right flat-footed and tell the truth, if the sale had run another week, I would have lost my religion entirely. But there’s always more sweet than bitter, more sunshine than shadow. I met many of my old friends and as they gripped my hand and looked into my eyes and told me (and many of them did so) how they waited and watched for “Sunbeams” the cares and worries of the day fell away and were all forgot. So, I'll do my bit in my humble way, Making folks see the gleam | Ofa brighter dawn and a brighter day {In the reading of “Jim’s Sunbeams.” “Tell me what you cat and I'll tell fyou what you are,” so read an add I |saw t’other day. Now, I'm willing to | bet the chap who wrote that add that jhe can’t guess within 365 days, 17 feet Jand the length of a hammer handle | who or what I am if I should tell him what I eat. Sometimes I hardly {know what sort of an animal I am myself—after eatin'—I can hear some of you say hog, but don’t be in too jmuch of a hurry. Maybe I ain’t in your class at all, T once knew a man who was very absent minded, Fact is, his mind was absent most of the time. He used to ride (3 miles) to our place ‘to ask some of us what it was that |he had forgotten to do the day be- fore. Ie went to'see his girl one | bitter cold night. He rode horse- ‘back, Hitched his ‘hoss’ to the fence. |Spent an hour with said girl, said | good night, and walked six miles Year-End Sale -- Greatest Value Giving of the year and Extraordinary Reductions are now offered you One assortment Ladies’ Suits $14.50 |. One assortment Ladies’ Suits $18.00 One assortment Ladies’ Suits $22.00 One assortment Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats $8.50 One assortment Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats $12.50 One assortment Ladies’ Coats $16.50 One assortment Ladies? Coats $20.00 One assortment Ladies’ Dresses $5.00 One assortment Ladies’ Silk Dresses $10.00 One lot Cotten Blankets $1.98 One lot Cotten Blankets $2.25 One lot Cotten Blankets $2.75 i -We wish you a Happy New Year -\ -GOOD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN | SAM LEVY MERCANTILE co home through the snow, and left his horse tied to the fence. Afterwards he got married. Next day after the weddin’ he went to work as thougn nothin’ had happened and when it came time to eat he put on his hat and walked to his boardin’ house, ac- tually forgettin’ that his poor little wife was waitin’ at home for him with biscuits like mother used to make, Other men I have known since then who have often kept loved ones waiting at home for them, but not because of absent mindedness,—not none-a-tall—just because of pure cussedness. It seems that Bill Sunday is having some trouble “drummin” up a crowd in one of the Southern states. He don't care particularly :bout sav.n’ their souls, but he wants tu annex their coin. I opine thar i said crowd don’t looser up and con:ribtte preity soon (also pretty liberal!y) Rill + ill quit prayin’ for ‘em and ici ‘ei. all go to the devil. If you wat to know how deeply concerned iil Surtay (and there be others as weit is about your soul just stop hardin’ out the coin of the realm Not long ago a man said to me, “what great lesson have yon learned from the war?” ‘Me?” savs J, ‘weil quite a few. First, { have learned to keep my mouth shut and not ask foolish questions. I have learned to persuade my storexch that my throat ain’t been cut, after a 3-days’ feast cn camouflage 7 have learned to deat gently with the fc imivded and shall spare your life, Pass on in peace, friend, bu. ivi‘t tempt me again.” Did T ever tell you what a time my folks had (when i was a boy) learmn- ing me to keep my mouth (or face) closed? Seemed ‘ny mouth was al- ways open. Folks use to throw marbles and things in 1t to make me shet-up. I succeeded it: overcoming it to some extent, but some times (as you will observe) it-stands open yet. One day my brother saic to me, “for the Lord's sake shut yor mouth, don't you know it’s not yet time for a spring opening?” And I up and told him there was no spring about it, I had to do it myself. “Anyway,” says I, “it's what I would calla fall opening.” Somewhere in No Man’s Land there will be a hole dug and a car- cass will be placed in it. A wooden slab will be placed near it and words like these will be printed on it: Here lies'a low down onery Hun, his name was Kaiser Bill; whose one and only aim in life was plunder, rape and kill. They reckon not in months and years where he has gone to dwell He was only on a visit here. His dwelling place is x?!*|(— Lge In And Around Maysburg. Mrs. Clark went to Butler Saturday to take the work that had been done by the Red Cross people of Mays- burg. The work proved very satis- factory to the Butler inspectors. Fred Zimmer, Ermine Zimmer, Harry White, Levaud Harness, Ruby Groseheart. Maurie Stayton, Francis Godwin, Flossie and Roy Coonrod, are all visiting home folks over Christmas. There is to be an oyster supper Thursday evening at Mr. Billie Mid- dleton’s for the benefit of the Red Cross in this section, Mr. Samp Hendrickson and family went home with Mr. Snow from church Sunday. Mr. Clark and wife went to Mr. Ed- rington’s from church Sunday. Joe Hibbs is visiting his sister, Mrs. Tina Hudson, and family at present. Mr. Sterling Harness has sold his farm to a Mr. Welliver of near But- ler. Mr. Uarve Harness and wife, Mr. Sterling Harness and wife were shop- ping in Clinton Saturday. Rev. Pfost of near Adrian preached !lat Cove Creek Christian church Sun- !) day morning. His wife, one son and a daughter, came with him. Mrs. McCoy is on the complaining list. The Red Cross ladies, worked three days at Maysburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. Montia Simpson took dinner at Mr. Snow's Sunday. Mr. Charley Dale and wife visited Mrs. Dale’s parents, M.r and Mrs. Snow, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Wesley Dale and wife and granddaughter, Mable Dale, visited with Mr. John Yates and family Sun- day. A NEIGHBOR. A Red Cross Dance. One of the most pleasant of the Yuletide ‘social events was the Red Cross dance given by Walter Lyneh Christmas Eve at the home of his par- ents, Maj. and Mrs. G. I. Lynch, just south of town. Tie rooms were tastefully decorat- ed in appropriate colors and an ex- cellent three-piece orchestra fur- nished the music. During the even- ing a light lunch was served by the host. An admission fee of fifty cents was charged and a neat sum was ra'sed which was turned over to the Red Cross committee. “: