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From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, Thursday, 20 May 1926 (Pt 1)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:20:34 -0600


The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which
was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888
through 1953. The editors and owners were a wonderful man by the name of W. H.
Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great
deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. It is because of my tremendous
admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a
more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and
teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a
little town called "Higbee." The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for
the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not
harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit.
If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS
THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed
from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. I
wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the
paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the
microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index.
The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of
Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by
the Higbee Historical Society. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their
material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available
there.
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Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 1--A. T. BURTON DIES
SUDDENLY--Passes Peacefully Away at His Home East of Town.--Funeral and
Interment This Afternoon--Again is The NEWS called upon to chronicle the passing of
another old-time acquaintance and friend--A. T. Burton, who passed peacefully away at
his farm home east of town at midnight Monday, May 17, 1926, from dropsy and heart
trouble, from which he had suffered for several years, his condition becoming alarming
some six months ago and extremely so since about February 1, since which time he had
never left his room.
As family and friends had been advised that death was likely to come at any
second, and perhaps at a time when they least expected it, they were not surprised when
the Grim Reaper beckoned.
Mr. Burton, owing to his heart, had not been able to lie down for months, and
being seized with a sinking spell Monday night, died in his chair with his head pillowed
on the breast of his faithful companion, who had kept all but a constant vigil at his side
since he had been confined to his room, his going being as gentle as the passing of a
summer zephyr.
Arthur Terrill Burton was the son of W. H. and Susan Burton and was born on the
old home farm just south of town on June 12, 1872, and where he grew to manhood.
Completing the district school at an early age, he went to college in Tennessee, and on
his return taught school for several years, but gave it up for farming, which occupation he
had since followed except for a few years spent in Higbee where he was engaged in the
livery business, and where also, he owned and operated the old Randolph hotel for
several years, moving to his present farm some twenty years ago.
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Pyle, daughter of the late G. H. Pyle, on
October 8, 1896, and is survived by her and their four children--Mrs. Notley Magruder,
Jr., Misses Nelle and Bessie Burton, and Christian Burton, besides one grandchild. He is
also survived by his mother, Mrs. Sue Burton, two brothers, May M. Burton, Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and W. Christian Burton, of Guthrie Center, Iowa--two sisters--Mrs. Lizzie
B. Bottoms of this place, and Mrs. E. Y. Keiter of Moberly, besides a legion of more
distant relatives and a host of friends.
Springing from two of the county's oldest and very best families, Mr. Burton from
boyhood had enjoyed the distinction of being one of the prominent residents of the
community, and he lived up to the family name of being a gentleman under any and all
circumstances and of never being guilty of a dishonorable act.
He had the implicit confidence of all who knew him, and was of the
old-fashioned sort in that his word was as good as his bond. His was a sunny disposition,
and something had to be radically wrong if he did not greet you with a smile and some
pleasantry. In his passing his wife and children have lost a kind, devoted and generous
husband and father, the mother and brothers a dutiful son and affectionate brother, and
the community an upright citizen it could ill afford to lose, and to all of whom the
deepest sympathy goes out.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Christian church at 2:00 o'clock p.m.
today, and of which deceased had long been an honored and prominent member, by Rev.
J. J. Hutchison, a former pastor. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:00 to 2:00
p.m., that all who were prevented by the roads and weather and the distance from town
from visiting him may pay their last sad tribute of respect.
Mr. Burton had been a prominent and honored member of the Higbee Masonic
lodge for twenty-five years, and will be laid to rest with the full honors of the fraternity in
the Burton cemetery just south of town by the side of his father, who died some ten years
ago.
Truly, a good man has gone from among us. Peace to his ashes!

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 1--New Assistant Postmaster--Virgil
Ancell is now on the job in the post office as his father's assistant, taking the place of
Mrs. Fred Buckler, one of our most recent brides. He has the characteristic Ancell
failing--will go a mile out of his way to accommodate you and will grin all the time he is
doing it. The patrons of the office are to be congratulated on his appointment.

Friday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 2--Home Destroyed by Fire--O. P. Cable,
better known as "Lob" who lives northwest of Elliott, had the misfortune to lose his
house and most of its contents by fire Thursday morning of last week, the fire first being
discovered in the roof and starting, presumably, from a spark or a defective flue.
Mr. Cable carried insurance in the Iowa State, but not sufficient to cover his loss.
T. A. F. Mitchell, adjuster for the company, and for which J. T. Randolph is local
agent, was on the ground Monday and made a satisfactory settlement with Mr. Cable,
giving him a check for $1900, the full face of the policy.
There may be larger companies than the Iowa State, but we know from
experience that there are none which settle losses more promptly or more satisfactorily.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 3--OUR NEW SCHOOL
TEACHERS--The school board met Friday evening and elected the following corps of
teachers for the coming year: C. A. O'Dell, Supt.; Will Paulfrey, Ermon Hare, Misses
Jennie Hackward and Mary Embree, Higbee; Miss Stella Wayland, Sturgeon; Miss Effie
Marie Coffman, Liberty; Miss Sylvia Grebenow, Algoma, Wis., and Miss Flora Farrior,
Council Bluffs, Ia. The election of a teacher for the colored school was deferred to a
later meeting.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 3--Ed Rennolds Killed--Ed Rennolds,
a former resident of this place, but who has been living in Rock Island, Ill., for several
years, being a conductor on an electrical line between that city and Moline, was killed
Sunday, but in what manner we have been unable to learn, a dispatch to his brother, G.
W. Rennolds, of near town, containing but the brief announcement that he had been
killed and that funeral services would be held yesterday. Mr. Rennolds was unable to go
to the funeral. Besides the brother, Mr. Rennolds is survived by one sister, Mrs. John
Dennis, formerly of this place, but now of Slater.
We hope to be able to give full particulars next week.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 3--Phillip Spelman Dead--Phillip E.
Spelman, for years one of the county's best known and most successful farmers and
cattlemen, died at his home in Columbia Monday morning from acute indigestion, aged
80 years. He resided in the vicinity of Clark some fifty years or more, but had been living
in Columbia for the past six years. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and one
son.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 4--Mrs. Henry Neal Dropped
Dead--Mrs. Henry Neal, aged 58 years, dropped dead at her home three miles east of
Moberly at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, presumably from apoplexy.
The family had lived just west of town near old No. 6 mine for several years and
had moved to the farm near Moberly one last Monday.
Mrs. Neal was the daughter of Alfred and Margaret Carter and was born in Ohio.
She is survived by her husband and several children.
Funeral services will be held at the home today and interment made this afternoon
in the Higbee Cemetery.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 4--Mrs. W. D. Burke Better--W. D.
Burke went to Kansas City Monday to see Mrs. Burke, who has been in a hospital there
for ten days for treatment, returning Tuesday and reporting her as doing famously. It was
at first thought that she might be suffering from ulcers of the stomach. Mr. Burke says
she is improving so rapidly that she may come home almost any day, although she has
been advised to remain in the hospital for at least six weeks.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 4--J. D. Newman Better--Jas. D.
Newman, who has been seriously ill at his home near Yates for three weeks from flu, and
who was not nearly so well the latter part of last week, is much improved, we are glad to
state, and it is now thought that he will be able to be out soon.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 4--Mrs. Pitney Better--Mrs. W. S.
Pitney, who has been very sick for the past six weeks, and whose recovery was not hoped
for two weeks ago, is much better, we are glad to say. Her children who were all called
here have returned to their homes.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Mrs. Roy Richards is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Evans, in Chicago.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lessly returned
Friday from a month's visit with their son, Joe of Hannibal.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Alvin Dorman of Chicago is the
guest of his father, John Dorman, and other relatives and friends.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Mrs. Pete Bottini and Mrs. Ernest
Stevenson returned to Marissa, Ill., Sunday after a visit with Higbee relatives.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Mrs. Mary Hayden and daughter,
Miss Eva, moved to the Thos. Burton property in the south part of town last week.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Mrs. Malinda Stevenson returned to
her home in Kenosha, Wis., Saturday after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Joan Magruder,
and other relatives.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--We printed bills this week for Jas. T.
Rennolds, who has decided to quit farming and who will sell a small lot of stock, all of
his implements and household goods at his farm on Tuesday, May 25. See list in this
issue. We are not advised as to what Mr. Rennolds contemplates doing, but we trust that
he is not to leave the community.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 5--Jesse Williams, who has been
employed as brakeman on the C. &. A. for three or four years, came home the first of the
week for a short stay, work being so slack that he has not made a run in over a month.
He states that he went to Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago looking for work and in
each place found men by the hundreds, and by the thousands in Chicago, with nothing to
do. Yet we are told in the city papers under Washington date lines every few days that
the country is booming and that there is no idleness anywhere. We are very much afraid
that most of our prosperity is on paper.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 6--ROLLIE ADAMS DEAD--Rollie
Adams, brief mention of whose illness has been made in these columns from week to
week, died at Woodland hospital, Moberly, at 5 o'clock yesterday, following an
operation Saturday for gall stones.
Mr. Adams was taken sick at Miami, Fla., several weeks ago, and where doctors
undertook to operate on him but quit after making an incision and putting in a drainage
tube. As soon as he was able to travel he was brought to Moberly, about two weeks ago,
where he had since been in the hospital in preparation for the operation which Dr. Jabez
Jackson, who was called in, said was absolutely necessary. The first operation was very
weakening on Mr. Adams, but he rallied nicely from the second and for a time seemed to
have a chance, the doctors saying Monday that if he could live until Tuesday night he
might have a chance. He took a sinking spell early yesterday morning and another in the
afternoon, passing away at the hour stated.
Deceased was about 39 years of age and was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Adams of north of town, and his going is the first break in the family. Besides his
parents, he is survived by his widow, two brothers, Blackford, of this place, and Roy of
Moberly, and two sisters, Miss Sallie, of the home and Mrs. Grant Morris, to all of whom
the profoundest sympathy goes out.
At the hour of going to press nothing as to when or where the funeral would be
was known.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 1, Col 6--Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Dinwiddie
and daughter, Miss Carrie Marshall, were here yesterday in their car from Hollister, to
which place they moved from Kansas City several months ago. They will return today.
Harry is in the garage business in Hollister and says that he and four mechanics are kept
more than busy. He states that Hollister and the Ozark region in general is enjoying a
regular Florida boom at present, and that money is almost a drug on the market on
account of the many tourist, who are out for a good time and who spend accordingly.
During the tourist season, he states, the town's population of about 1200, jumps to some
3000 or 4000. He is located 60 miles south of Springfield and says that as far as scenery
is concerned, it is a paradise. Mrs. Dinwiddie is as equally pleased with the Ozarks.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 2, Col 2--Miss Lucille Wyatt returned to her
home in Excelsior Monday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Arthur Roberts, and other
relatives.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 2, Col 6--Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wyatt of
Novinger were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts.

Thursday, 20 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 3, pg. 4, Col 6--The hats of the members of the
Higbee Gun Club are off to Isaac Jones, Levy Simms and J. S. Graves, each of whom
offered the club a shooting ground, and as the site offered by Mr. Graves is the most
conveniently located and is perhaps the best, his offer has been most gladly accepted.
The new site is just southeast of the old Rennolds park, and is about as fine as any club
can boast. The first practice shoot will be held there Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
next week we will tell you who won the leather medal and also who was awarded the box
of shells. A fine program has been arranged for the big shoot on the 28th, and with fine
weather a big crowd can be looked for.

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Kathy Bowlin
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