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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 2 Col 5&6 and Pg 3 Col 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--A few weeks ago the NEWS published some interesting memoirs of Civil War days, as related to us by Mrs. Bettie Bogie of this city. A few days ago I received quite an interesting letter from Mrs. Eliza Hart Harvey, of Seattle, Wash. I take the liberty of extracting the following from her letter: We read of your talk with Mrs. Bettie Bogie, and of her saying she had a vivid recollection of the excitement created by the battle of Silver Creek, and the one that followed near her parents' home. My husband is a brother of Mrs. Bogie. He says both battles are very clear in his memory, and he distinctly remembers the two men killed. He also remembers a battle between the Union militia and Captain Jackson's men--Confederates. The battle took place near his father's home (Jas. E. Harvey) at Humes' Lake. Jackson captured a number of horses from the militia. He could not use them and did not want the militia to recover them, so he had them killed. Shortly after this battle my husband and his brother, William, were hunting rabbits. The dogs ran a rabbit into a hollow log. When they looked into the log they discovered a small keg of powder. They were much pleased over their find, but that night a Confederate soldier came and got it. My husband very distinctly remembers the Federal soldiers calling Lon Marklin's grandfather, "Levi Marklin" from the house and shooting him, and also when they called Mr. Holtzclaw from his house and shot him. The same soldiers arrested two daughters of Mr. Holtzclaw and sent to a prison in Kansas City. But he says the greatest shock to him and his father's family was when they heard a company of Union soldiers had arrested his uncle, Dr. W. C. Harvey, and banished him to Canada. My husband says nearly every day, when he was a boy, some neighbor would come to his father's house and talk for hours on religion. He would stand by and wonder how anyone could doubt what his father said on religion. He remembers hearing his father tell of a man in his neighborhood (he thinks his name was Enyard) who was called the champion fighter. A champion fighter of another neighborhood heard of Enyard. Although they had never met, this man came over, rode up to Mr. Enyard's house and told him he had come to give him a whipping. He got off his horse, rolled up his sleeves and the battle was on. In a short time Mr. Enyard threw his antagonist over the yard fence. The man scrambled to his feet, bowing to Mr. Enyard, said "Three cheers for the champion," then got on his horse and rode off. Mr. Harvey cannot tell the exact dates of the incidents I have related, but about seventy-two or three years ago, he says. Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciple, or the Christian Church, came to Roanoke to preach. People went from far and near to hear him. Mr. Harvey's father was going to the meeting on horseback. One day he told my husband that he wanted him to have it to say that he had heard Campbell preach, and that he was going to take him behind him on his horse to the meeting. But all my husband remembers is that there were a great many people at the meeting and that the noted minister's hair was as white as snow." Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Helen, Elwood and Edwin Lynch spent last week at their uncle John Lynch's. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--A fine ten pound boy was born to Mrs. Caleb Lynch Thursday morning, June 2. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Sunday several friends and relatives called to see the fine baby and quite a lively controversy was held about naming him. As usual, no permanent decision was made, but the names most favored were: Mitchell Lindbergh and John Earl. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Owen Asbury and son, Rodney, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Asbury of Harrisburg. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise had as dinner guests Sunday, their grandsons, Lowell and Ralph Hargis; Mr. and Mrs. Roxie Asbury and Mrs. Mike Ridgeway and sons, Hugh and Kenneth. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Cynthia Lay motored home with her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Winn and family of Clifton Hill Sunday, where she will make an extended visit. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Wm. Warford is improving so nicely in a Moberly hospital that she is counting the days until she can be brought home, which her family is hoping will be in a very short time. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Homer Hargis while splitting kindling Sunday morning made an awkward lick, hitting his thumb and severing a piece off the end which hung by only a fragment and which he immediately cut off, going to a doctor later for the injury to be dressed. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Alice Straye of Hallsville visited her brother, Jas. Ancell and family last week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Velva Dougherty visited her cousin, Howard Naylor, a few days the first of the week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--Mrs. Albert Brooks and two children, Margaret and Ronald of Richardson, Ill., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chapman, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--W. C. Pitney and family of Braymer are the guests of Higbee relatives and friends. Mr. Pitney has been principal of the school at Braymer for the past three years and has been reemployed for the coming year, which certainly speaks well of his ability as a teacher. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--EAST OF TOWN--Mrs. G. C. Belzs and little son and daughter of Kansas City returned home Saturday after a week's visit with Mrs. Belzs' mother, Mrs. Chas. Lewis. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--EAST OF TOWN--Mrs. Etta Harris is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Chism, this week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 6--At the recent meeting of the Rebekah grand lodge Mrs. D. S. Hare of this place was again appointed as Worthy District Deputy for the 33rd district, a position she has held for the past two years. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 1--Born, on June 2, to Mrs. Hazel Lynch, a son. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Louis Harris went to Kansas City, where he has employment, and not to Kewanee, Ill., as stated. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Malinda Stevenson of Armstrong was the guest of Higbee relatives Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Joe Jones of Independence was the guest of his brothers, Isaac and W. R. Jones, Sunday and Monday. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mrs. Flora Walker of Woodriver, Ill., was called here yesterday by the serious illness of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ancell. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 3--Eugene, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Floyd, while using an ax in helping build a cyclone cellar Friday, let the ax slip while cutting a log and cut his right foot quite severely, one toe being severed until it hung by a thread of skin. The boy was given prompt attention by Dr. J. W. Winn, and it is believed that the toe can be saved. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 4--Mrs. Thos. Tongate and sons, Billie and Jack, left Saturday for Bakersfield, Calif., where they will make their home, Mr. Tongate having secured employment there. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 4--Mrs. J. W. Brundege and daughter, Mrs. Cleo Lowe, returned to their home in Eureka Saturday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. 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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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 8 Col 2 & 3--TWO KILLED IN AUTO COLLISION--The NEWS of two weeks ago contained brief mention of an auto accident in which Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Giles, who, returning from a visit with relatives in the East, were more or less injured, but particulars of which we were unable to give. Mr. and Mrs. Giles were able to continue their journey a few days following the accident, going by train to the home of a daughter in Denver. The following relative to the accident is taken from a Joliet, Ill., paper: Two men were killer, a third received minor injuries, and a woman was seriously injured when two automobiles collided on Route 4, a mile north of Braidwood, late yesterday afternoon. "The dead: "Edward Kopitas, 33 years old, poolroom operator, Quincy, Ill. "Joseph Goslin, 30 years old, clothier, Quincy, Ill. "The injured: "C. T. Giles, New Cambria, Mo., cuts about the face, hands and body. "Mrs. C. T. Giles, deep cuts on chest, bruised about the head and legs. "Kopitas was killed instantly and Goslin died enroute St. Joseph's hospital. Both men had suffered skull fractures, and fatal internal injuries. "Kopitas was driving north towards Wilmington when his car left the pavement. As he turned back onto the pavement the rear wheels caught on the concrete shoulder on the edge of the highway and his car was thrown diagonally across the road, directly into the path of a sedan in which Mr. and Mrs. Giles were riding south. "The force of the collision threw Kopitas out of his machine and his head struck against the side of the Giles car. The force of the blow fractured his skull and he died instantly. Gelsin was removed from the wreckage by W. G. Bohnstenger. of Plainfield and Dr. W. C. Frick of Braidwood, both of whom witnessed the accident. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital but died on the way. According to Mr. Bohnstenger, the two machines were driving at a normal rate of speed and struck each other with full force. A traveling bag in the Giles machine was thrown 40 feet into a nearby field. "Mrs. Giles was cut about the chest by flying glass, and suffered several bruises about the head and legs. Her husband was cut about the hands, face and body, but his injuries were not pronounced serious. "Dr. Frick worked for more than two hours restoring Mrs. Giles to consciousness. It is believed that she will recover. "Relatives of the two Quincy residents are expected to arrive in Braidwood today. A coroner's inquest will be held in the Kain undertaking parlor in Braidwood this afternoon. "Both machines were demolished." Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 8 Col 6--MUSIC PUPILS WANTED--A chance to take violin or piano. Violin lessons, 75c and piano 50c. If the lessons are too expensive I might arrange a class lesson cheaper. See me at Mrs. Jean Little's Monday morning, June 6, from 9 to 12 o'clock.--Eugenie White. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 1--W. D. Edwards spent the first of the week in Kansas City with his son, Charles, and family. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Postmaster Leonard Ancell spent Sunday in St. Louis with his daughter, Mrs. Lilburn Hawkins. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Jas. Roberts returned to Chicago Saturday after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Roberts. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Scott of Indiana, are the guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cooper. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. John Lewis and daughter, Mrs. Julius Reuter, spent Saturday until Monday with relatives in Columbia. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. E. D. Martin returned to Kirksville Sunday after visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Little. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Miss Ida Mae Sharp returned to her home in Clark Monday after a visit with her brother, R. S. Sharp, and family. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. J. W. Brundedge and daughter, Mrs. Cleo. Lowe, of Eureka, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brundedge. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Durwood and King Taylor of Phoenix, Arizona, are the guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. St. Clair, of south of town. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Flora Warford and son, R. S. returned to their home in Woodriver, Ill., Monday after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mrs. Wisdom Burton and daughter, Miss Marjorie, spent the first of the week in Columbia attending the commencement exercises of Christian College, Mrs. Burton's eldest daughter, Miss Aleen, being one of the graduates. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 4--MRS. J. J. MORRIS--Mrs. J. J. Morris, of near Yates, whose tragic death is mentioned in our account of the Yates storm, was born in Chariton county on June 24, 1875, and whose maiden name was Sheaves. She was united in marriage to J. J. Morris in February 1890, and by whom she is survived. She also leaves four brothers, Clarence, Elver, Tove and John Sheaves, and two sisters, Mrs. Virgil Winn and Miss Henrietta Sheaves. She was a member of the Methodist church at Roanoke, with which she united several years ago, and was a truly consecrated christian character, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Sharon by the Rev. J. M. Major, the building and grounds being far too small to accommodate the crowd. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 4--JOHN E. FRAY--John E. Fray, who was killed in the storm at Yates Friday of last week, was a native of this county and was born on September 10, 1857. He was united in marriage on July 22, 1877, to Miss Susie Banning, who with their two sons, Estill of Yates, and Edgar of Mulberry, Kansas, survives. A third son died in infancy. He is also survived by four brothers, O. S. and R. G. Fray of Yates, W. C. of Riverbank, Cal., and Columbus Fray of Monroe county; also two sisters, Mrs. Addie Minor of Huntsville and Mrs. Lelia Kirkpatrick of Marshall. He had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and was a hard working, high class christian gentleman, held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Yates Sunday afternoon, and interment made in Pleasant Grove cemetery near Yates. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 4--MRS. J. R. WILLIAMS--Mrs. J. R. Williams, who died a few hours following the storm at Yates Friday of last week, was the daughter of George Yates, and was born in this county, and within a stone's throw of the home in which she died, on September 29, 1851, and was married to J. R. Williams on December 23, 1880. They were the parents of six children, four of whom, with the father, survive, viz: Mrs. Julia Holly, Prescott, Arizona; William and Francis Williams and Mrs. Ida Goon. She also leaves thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Christian church, uniting with the church here many, many years ago under the preaching of the Rev. Hollis, one of the early pastors of the church. She was a devoted wife and mother and was noted for her kind words and deeds. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 4--MRS. ALICE TUGGLE--Mrs. Alice Tuggle, a sister of Mrs. Williams, and who was also injured in the same storm, lingered until Sunday night, when she passed away. She was born on the same farm on October 14, 1853, and was in her 74th year. She was married on April 12, 1893 to John Tuggle, who was accidentally killed on June 6th of the same year, since which time she had made her home with her sisters, Mrs. Williams and the late Mrs. Ann Dysart. The two were the last of their father's family. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews and other more distant relatives, besides a legion of friends. Funeral services for the two sisters who had spent practically all of their lives together were held at the home of Boz Yates, a nephew, with whom Mrs. Tuggle made her home, Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter of Moberly, in the presence of a very large assemblage, and interment made in the family burying ground near by. Like Mrs. Dysart, these ladies were known by their sunny dispositions and their warm hearted sympathy and help on all occasions. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 5--CARD OF THANKS--We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our dear neighbors and friends for their kindness shown us on the death of our dear husband and father, John Kirby. We also wish to thank those who sent flowers and furnished cars. May each and every one of you have such dear friends in your time of need.--Mrs. Emma Kirby and Children. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 6--Mrs. Paul Kelso, who went to Kirksville Sunday for a visit with friends, was taken suddenly ill Monday and was brought home Tuesday, Mr. Kelso and her mother, Mrs. John Hudson, going after her in a car. Mrs. Hudson arrived home about as sick as her daughter, and both have since been in bed. They are suffering from a sort of lead poisoning, contracted, it is thought, while doing some painting about the home. They were thought to be some better yesterday. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 8 Col 1&2--IN THE LONG, LONG AGO, By Pete McNamara--Editor The Higbee News. In my first letter I attempted to picture to you the first time the Higbee Juvenile Band played in public. In this letter I shall try to describe the first time the Higbee baseball nine (composed of boys ranging in age from ten to thirteen years)--please do not conflict this nine with the Higbee baseball team, as that club was one of the best in north Missouri. This nine I am telling you about was composed of the following boys: Am. Lambier, Matthew Evans, Morgan Williams, Daddy Lambier, Dan Welch, Ed McNamara, a colored boy whose name I have forgotten, Jack Little, myself, Ed Reese and Johnny (Strawlegs) Herron. The first scheduled game was to be contested at Renick. And what a contest it was! Mr. Dysart donated the use of a horse and wagon--not a buggy,--just a wagon. The eve of the game and for many evenings we practiced along the side of the tie piles in front of the jail, or, as we used to call it, the calaboose. Our uniforms consisted of one piece, that is, a pair of trousers, or, as we called them turkey red, bought at the company store for five cents a yard, but what it lacked in price was made up in color, for believe me, this cloth was RED! The morning of the game came as all things do. I was captain and my duty was to collect the horse and wagon, also the players. Knowing nothing of the intricacies of harnessing a horse, I can see the look of reproach to this day in the face of that wise old animal. Day had not broken when I started to round up my team. In the excitement none of us had eaten any breakfast. Matthew Evans held up the start, due to the fact that his pants were not finished, but the rest of the nine were in and hanging on the wagon in front of Matthew's house, everyone of us shouting at the same time for him to hurry. Finally Matthew came bouncing out of the house and what a fit he was in pants! His poor mother had made those pants in a hurry for they looked like a big pillow slip with two holes in the bottom corners for his legs. They were square! Away we went, bound for Renick. Remember, we were on our way about 8 o'clock a. m. About an hour out from town we all discovered that we had eaten no breakfast. The Renick boys must have been just as excited as we were for they met us about a mile outside of town. Each boy was to bring a Higbee boy to his house for dinner. The Christian boys brought my brother Ed and myself to their house to dinner. Their house was a large, old-fashioned mansion with a great orchard surrounding it. I can see good Mrs. Christian now and hear her saying, "Perhaps the McNamara boys would like some cherries." (Perhaps!) These cherries were of a dark red variety. In a second we were up in a tree and what we did not do to those cherries! We stayed in that tree until dinner time. They had fried chicken and all that went with it, and after all this, Pie--cherry pie--an open work pie. By that I mean that the cherries were exposed and were only partly covered on the top side by strips of dough. I have been to dinners, banquets and all other kinds since that day, but of them all, that meal was the best. It tasted better, and of this fact I am absolutely sure, I ate more. The game was scheduled to start early. The other members of the Higbee nine must have held their own in the eating line for at game time we all wanted to sleep. The colored member was delegated to carry water and when we would sight him struggling from a near-by house with a big pail (we called it a bucket), we would al pounce upon him and the bucket. The game finally got under way. I was the pitcher in the parlance of ball players. A pitcher is supposed to have something on the ball. Well that day I had absolutely nothing. Those Renick boys, my, how they could hit! They stepped into each ball with all the savagery of a Ruth or a Hornsby. Some of those balls never did stop. I think they are still going. Matthew Evans was our center fielder. About the second inning, I, being captain, and, consequently, the boss, and blaming all the disaster on Matthew, decided to take him out and substitute the colored water boy. I was conceited enough to blame Matthew and thought he should cover more ground. Poor Matthew had a terrible time with those square pants. Many accidents happened to those pants, but no one cared. Besides we had no audience. About the third inning I firmly decide as a pitcher I was a good outfielder. Of course, I kept this to myself and then put in Daddy Lambier to pitch. It is the ambition of every healthy boy to be a pitcher. On this particular day Daddy was not healthy. And I know that even today he will admit that he was a dire failure. As a rule boys playing a ball game argue and fight the opposing nine, but that day we argued and fought among ourselves. We were ingloriously beaten. In the fifth inning dusk was on us, so we called it a day. Everyone had pitched, and in defense of myself I will state now the pitching had gone from bad to worse. I gathered the horse and wagon and we started our gloomy retreat for home. What a difference from the happy shouting boys of the morning! Ed Reece had gotten a concoction of large sticks called Black Heel Gum and had his mouth full of this chewing gum and when nearly home he blamed the whole loss individually on me. Of course, I took exception to this. Reese then stopped the wagon and massaged my hair with the gum. Plainly speaking, he made me like it, but, he was the bigger and older. It was many days before my hair was in a presentable condition and the only one I ever told the score to was my mother, but she understood. Of course I also described the pie. That ball game has been one of the outstanding events of my life. Many years later in my wanderings I would always manage to get back to my mother, and she knew I was coming, too, and at the first home meal there always would be a big cherry pie with the open work top and it was every bit as good as Mrs. Christian's, maybe better. that is my secret. And in my mother's good face I could see an expressed thought that was meant just for me alone and I think that thought was, the fault of the game was not your pitching. Mothers think that. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 1&2--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--Our old friend, "Pud" Heflin, and family of Columbia, arrived here Saturday afternoon and remained over Monday. They were accompanied by Mr. Heflin's sister, Mrs. Nannie Pierce of Huntsville, Ala. Victor Heflin, of Temple, Texas, and Mrs. Blanch Berry, of Des Moines, Ia., brother and sister of "Pud," arrived Saturday night. It is the first time all the family have met for several years. The meeting here of the family--their old home--was in the nature of a family reunion, and to visit the graves of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Heflin, who passed away here many years ago. The family reunion was held at the Radium Springs Hotel, where they were stopping. Those present were: Leland Heflin, wife and daughter, Miss Louise, and Mrs. Heflin's mother, Mrs. Ben Cockrell, of Columbia; Mrs. J. Emory Pierce, Huntsville, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry, Des Moines, Iowa; Victor Heflin and wife, Temple, Texas, and Mrs. Hallie Cockrell, of this city. Mrs. Pierce's husband is owner and publisher of the Huntsville (Ala.) Daily Times, one of the largest papers in the South. Mr. Pierce owns a ten-story building in which the paper is published and Huntsville has only about 8,000 population. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have the finest residence in that city, it is said. Victor Heflin is a conductor on a Texas railroad and is doing well. Temple is the home town of ex-Governor "Ma" Ferguson, and her husband, former Governor Jim Ferguson, who was really the governor of Texas while "Ma" held the title. Victor is a strong friend of the Fergusons, and says Jim made the best governor the state ever had, but he had bitter enemies among the politicians and big newspapers, and that the metropolitan press inside and outside the state never gave him credit for what good he did for the state. He also says Senator Reed is strong in Texas for the presidency. There isn't but one "Pud" Heflin on earth, and we could write columns about him if we had the time and space this week. "Pud" looks well and is prospering at Columbia. Four years ago he was anti-Reed to beat the band, but he is for the Senator now tooth and toe nail, for president and says he Senator has the best chance of any one spoken of to receive the nomination. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Cyclones! Downpours! Hail! Death and Destruction have been the foremost topics of most interest for the past two weeks. We are hoping for a sudden change of a happier nature. The cyclone that hit this section last Friday eve did lots of damage to houses, garages, brooder houses and trees. The following bore the heaviest loss and for which we are very sorry: Andy Mead, Lige Foley, Walter Andrews, Oscar Blansett, John Sumpter and Bob Noel. C. T. Hargis was surprised two days afterward to find a number of trees in his west pasture all twisted, torn and blown over, apparently the result of the tail-end of the tornado that began at the Holland Ferguson farm northeast of Roanoke. In the passing away of our friend and near neighbor, Caleb Lynch, the community has suffered a loss that will be long felt. To his wife and three children, the sympathy of the entire circle of acquaintances and friends, which is almost boundless, goes out. Mrs. Lynch is a good woman and a woman of high ideals in every respect. To know her is to love her and this great sorrow that has befallen her is heart rending. In her brave effort to fight the storms of life in the rearing of these little fatherless children, she has the interest and good will of everyone, and especially that of her near neighbors. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. H. C. Thorpe of Armstrong is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Hazel Lynch since the death of her husband, Caleb Lynch. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--About the happiest people we saw in town Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Ed St. Clair. With broad smiles, and tears of joy they were impatiently awaiting the incoming train which was bringing to their arms their two grandsons, King, 10, and Durwood, 8, from Arizona, the youngsters making the trip alone as far as Kansas City where they were met by their aunt, Miss Anetta St. Clair. It is useless to try to speak of the joy in this household during the ensuing weeks of the youngster's visit. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Brish Johnson and grandson, Herschel Lynch of Moberly were Monday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mart Mead. Herschel is the two weeks' guest of his grandparents, which keeps them in smiles all the while. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Miss Hilda Comstock was the all-week guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Dougherty. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 2 Col 4--MT PLEASANT ITEMS--Henry Thornhill, wife and son of Kansas City visited his parents, Hamp Thornhill and wife, Saturday night, returning home Monday. Foster, their little son, remained for a longer visit with his grandparents. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 3--EUGENE BURTON TO RETURN HOME--The many friends of Eugene Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wisdom Burton, who has been in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., for the past three years, will regret to learn that he has resigned and will return home, he having failed in the final test of his sight, he having developed partial color blindness. While he can distinguish colors, he can not do so with the rapidity required, and as it is absolutely imperative that all officers be able to distinguish all colors at once, as very important messages are sometimes sent by colored lights, it can be seen where any deficiency in this respect would be a most effective bar to active service, as the fate of a battle that would change the destiny of the nation might hinge on the proper reading of a signal. It would seem that as this peculiar deficiency in sight bars one from becoming an officer of the line, the one thing 'Gene had set his heart on, it would be up to the government to see to it that this test be given first of all, both in justice to the government and the cadet, and such is likely the case. 'Gene had no trouble whatever in passing the physical test, and if he had any eye trouble he didn't know it, nor did his examination disclose it. It is believed that his sight might have become affected during his first year of sea duty, when he was required to stoke the boilers. The trouble developed a year or more ago, and in the hope that it could be corrected he was allowed, through the influence of friends, to remain another year, but with the distinct understanding that, unless his color perception was perfect, he would not be allowed to enter the senior year under any circumstances. The test was made a few days ago, and Tuesday he was informed that he had again failed, whereupon he wired his father, stating that he had resigned and would be at home in about two weeks, "unless the unusual occurred." Mr. Burton had no idea what the quoted words meant, but is not inclined to think they mean, as would seem, that 'Gene thinks he has yet a fighting chance. Along with other friends of 'Gene, who is one of our finest young men, measured by any standard, we regret exceedingly this dashing of his hopes and ambition, but we are mighty proud to say that in every other respect-mentally, morally and physically-he proved himself A1 and especially so in the gymnasium work. In this he stood at the head of his class and had been named as captain for the next year. While this failure, for which 'Gene is in no way to blame, is a sore disappointment to him as well as to his family and friends, all can find consolation in the fact that Uncle Sam plays no favorites, and that others failed on the same test, one of them the son of one of our foreign ambassadors. For the benefit of such students as these, the Government maintains other schools where other lines of endeavor can be taken up, graduates doing land duty. As 'Gene's ambition was to become an officer of the line, he doesn't feel that he wants to take up something else, even at the expense of the government with a good salary attached, but will not likely make any decision in the matter until he comes home and advises with his parents. But whatever his decision, the years he spent in the naval Academy have not been wasted. On the contrary, time will prove that they were likely the most important and profitable in his life. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 4--Chas. Comstock, who all but had his neck broken a few weeks ago when he was struck by a heavy timber being lifted by the big shovel at the strip mine, and who had his neck in a cast for some time, is about all right again, so far as his neck is concerned, the cast having been removed, but has a discharge from one of his ears which may cause him a great deal of trouble. He has been advised to consult an ear specialist. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 4--A letter to his mother this week from Morris Cooper, who recently enlisted in the navy, and is located at Norfolk, Va., and where he is studying pharmacy, advised her that he made a grade of 95 in a recent examination on practical nursing, one of the requirements, which is a most excellent grade, and of which Morris' many friends will hear with pleasure. He also informed his mother that he was a member of one of the brass bands. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 4--Thomps Dameron sent us another corking good letter this week, but the major part of it arrived too late to be used. It will be good for next week, however. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 4--Mrs. Jean Little is suffering from an infected finger on her right hand, which she accidentally cut with a piece of tin a few days ago. The finer was lanced Tuesday, and the injury was thought to be some better yesterday. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 4 Col 4--Mrs. Wm. Robb is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lee Burton, of Yates. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 1--Miss Jane Kirby is visiting her sister, Mrs. Susie Foster, in Kansas City. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 1--Mrs. Ed Dennis and daughter, Miss Verna Lee, are visiting relatives in Kewanee, Ill. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 5 Col 1--Geo. Lloyd of Kansas City is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lloyd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 4--HIGBEE VISITORS WITNESSED STORM--Claib Eaton and Delmar Ballew, of Fayette, who attended the shoot of the Higbee Gun Club here Friday, barely missed the Yates cyclone, while Ernest Foley, who also attended the shoot, accompanied by Mrs. Foley, Harold Blakey and Miss Frances Dougherty, were caught in it near the Pitts home, but escaped all injury. Says the Fayette Advertiser: "Claib Eaton and Delmer Ballew were approaching Yates when they saw the storm clouds gathering. All the clouds seemed to center intone, and the combined mass took the shape of a huge haystack turned upside down, which appeared to be about a mile wide at the top end. It was traveling slowly, possibly between 15 and 20 miles per hour, according to Eaton. "They speeded up their car and rushed to Yates, where they took shelter in a garage. They saw the tornado approach, waver towards the north, weave its way around Yates, barely missing it, then turn and strike the edge of the little town. They watched the storm in action from the outside until the sheets of rain forced them inside. For a time they thought they were doomed as the huge funnel shaped cloud looked as thought it was headed directly through Yates. "Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Foley, Harold Blakey and Miss Frances Dougherty were in a Chevrolet coach near the Pitts house when the storm hit there. They stopped their car and the strength of the wind forced it backwards upgrade some one hundred yards." Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 4--CECIL LAY GRADUATES--Cecil Lay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Lay, was graduated from Missouri Valley College at Marshall last Thursday with an A. B. degree. There were twenty-nine students receiving their degrees at the May Commencement. Eight others will receive degrees at the August Commencement. Cecil has been a student at Missouri Valley for four years, having done all of his college work there. During the last eighteen months he has been connected with the J. C. Penney Company and was recently transferred to the Sedalia store, where he was made an assistant manager. He has been a faithful employee for the Penney company, and expects to make chain store sales work his life's occupation. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 5--SINKING OF BOAT STILL A MYSTERY. Coroner's Investigation Fails to Reveal Cause of "The Keith" Capsizing.--Three persons were drowned shortly after midnight Thursday when the government boat, "George S. Keith," sank at its moorings seven miles south of Glasgow. Six members of the crew had narrow escapes from drowning. The dead are Captain and Mrs. Edgar Friemonth and their year old baby boy. The bodies were taken from the boat by a diver Saturday, who searched for some time and finally broke through a door to get to the bodies. R. R. Bristow of Waverly, the night watchman, siphoned the water from the boat and noticed that the water gauges showed the boat was level. That was at eleven o'clock. He finished making his rounds and went below to eat his lunch. While he was eating, he felt the coat careening and went to notify the captain. Hurrying back, he awoke the sleeping crew, who, by this time were apprised of the danger from the list of the boat, and by falling out of their beds. He then hurried to the rescue of his wife, who was asleep with the door of her room securely locked. He had to kick down the door before he could get to her. Already the room was partially filled with water, but he succeeded in getting his wife to safety. Meanwhile the other six members of the crew escaped in a skiff which had been brought alongside by those who had heard their cry for aid. Members of the crew testified that during this short space of time they heard the captain shouting to his wife, but the boat sank before either of them came out. The year of son of Capt. and Mrs. Friemonth was also drowned. The Keith is now lying in about twenty feet of water near the north bank of the river, on the Howard county side. One side of the boat is barely above the water line. The Keith is a steel tow boat 122 feet long by 26 feet wide, and of 160 tons displacement. It sank within a minute or two of the time the watchman discovered that it was careening. The work will commence today to raise it, it is indicated from Glasgow. Testimony before Dr. T. C. Richards, coroner, which was completed Monday failed to reveal the cause of the sinking of the boat. Several theories were advanced as to the cause. It is thought that the boilers had slipped to one side of the boat and that the wind caused it to capsize. Others fail to advance any opinion. When the boat will be raised, the cause may be discovered. Until then, it will probably remain a mystery.--Fayette Advertiser. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 6--JOHN KIRBY DROPS DEAD--Dies Suddenly While on His Way Home From Strip Mine, Where He had Been to Witness Evidences of Storm.--Friends and acquaintances of John Kirby, who lived south of town near Russell, were grieved when word came to town late Friday evening that he had dropped dead, and soon the report was in circulation that he had been killed in the storm, while another had it that he had become so frightened by the storm that it proved too much for a weakened heart. Mr. Kirby was at home during all of the storm, but if he displayed any unusual uneasiness his family was not aware of it, and after the storm had passed he said he would step out and see what damage had been done, and would also go over to the strip mine, where his son, Bernard, was working, and see if he or any other were hurt. After looking around at the mine for a time, he started home in company with his son Bernard, John Ware and another whose name we cannot recall, and had almost reached the house, when he suddenly sank to his knees. He was lifted up by his son and Mr. Ware, who thought that he might have stumbled over something, when he gave one last gasp and passed away. John Anderson Kirby was the son of the late Joseph and Fannie Kirby, and was born in Howard county on December 25, 1866. He was married to Miss Emma Jackson on December 25, 1896, and is survived by her and the three children born to them--Bernard, Joy and Lovella. He also leaves six brothers, Sidney, Moberly; Benjamin f., M. B. ("Boose"), Ira, Arthur and Richard, all of this place, and two sisters, Mrs. Cordelia Rule of this place, and Mrs. Cleora Dougherty of Fayette. Also surviving are eighteen nephews and thirteen nieces. It had been our good fortune to have known him all these years and to have had many dealings with him, and we ever found him on the square in all of his dealings an done much above stopping to little things. He was hard working and industrious and the county boasted no more honest man. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Monday by the Rev. L. M. White of Fayette, and interment made in Higbee cemetery. The NEWS joins the community in deepest sympathy to the bereft wife and children. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 6--PIERCE-REYNOLDS--Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Reynolds were very much surprised Tuesday by receipt of a letter from their daughter, Miss Thelma, who has been in Oklahoma City for two years where she has a good position, advising them of her wedding, which occurred on Saturday, May 28, 1927, the lucky groom being Scott B. Pierce, proprietor of one of the city's popular cafe's, the marriage taking place at the home of the bride's brother, O. M. Reynolds. The bride is one of our sweetest and most popular young ladies, as well as one of our prettiest and most popular ones, and has a host of friends who join the NEWS in best wishes, and most hearty congratulations to Mr. Pierce. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 6--GOLDEN-HAMMONDS--Mr. Ivan Golden and Miss Bertha Hammonds of Moberly were united in marriage at the home of the groom's aunt, Mrs. Ed Griffin, here on Saturday, May 28, the Rev. Notley Magruder performing the ceremony. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Golden of Moberly, while the bride is one of that city's pretty and popular young ladies. The NEWS joins other friends in congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 6--MISS ALEEN BURTON HONORED--Miss Aleen Burton, who has been attending Christian College, Columbia, made the national honorary sorority, Phi Theta Kappa, her last semester, after having been on the honor roll of the school both last year and this. She also won a pennant in athletics. Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 6--Mrs. Bertha Crews of Strawn, Tex., Mrs. Alice Innes and George Winn of Fayette were the guests yesterday of their brother, Dr. J. W. Winn, and family. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 4, Pg. 1 Col 1,2,3&4--CYCLONE TAKES TOLL OF FOUR LIVES. Swoops Down on Roanoke and Yates Vicinities Friday at 5 p.m. Leaving Death and Destruction. Path of Storm Six Miles Long And About Quarter Mile In Width. Worst in History of This Section and Damage Placed at $150,000.--THE DEAD: John Fray. Mrs. J. R. Williams. Mrs. J. J. Morris. Mrs. Alice Tuggle. INJURED: Miss Annie Yates (probably fatally). William Ferguson.--For a second time in three weeks a cyclone visited this county Friday of last week. Death rode the wind this time and claimed as his victims four of the best and most highly respected residents of the Yates and Roanoke vicinities--John Fray, Mrs. J. R. Williams and Mrs. Alice Tuggle, sisters, all of Yates, and Mrs. J. J. Morris, who resided about midway between Yates and Roanoke and a mile to the north. Miss Annie Yates, of Yates, was terribly injured but it is thought she may have a slim chance of recovery. Prof. Wm. Ferguson of Roanoke was also badly injured--fatally, it was thought at first, but who is now on the road to recovery. Friday opened with clouds from a rain the night before breaking away, the skies clearing about noon. About 3 p.m. a heavy bank of clouds formed in the northeast and which moved to the southwest, while lighter clouds were bearing down from the northwest. Others, not at all threatening looking from here, were coming up from the southwest. Many here saw these clouds join, but how far away they were they could not tell, and they could be seen to boil and swirl furiously as they met. All who saw them knew that it meant trouble, and it created no surprise when news came that Yates had been blown off the map. Drs. Burkhalter and Winn pulled out in the rain and hail to render aid, while all who could get cards soon followed to help in any way they could. The storm first formed near Salisbury around 5 p.m., doing some slight damage in that vicinity, and traveled in a southeasterly direction towards Roanoke, northwest of which place it came down for the first time, destroying a barn and other outbuildings for Chas. Gooch. Coming on it completely wrecked the fine two-story farm home of Holland Ferguson, but injuring no one to any great extent except Prof. Wm. Ferguson of Missouri Valley College, who was on a visit to his brother. The storm did everything to the home that could be done without razing it completely and how anyone in it escaped with their lives is a miracle. As to whether or not any were aware that the storm was about to break we are not advised, but whether they were or not it broke too suddenly to think of taking refuge in a cellar, if they had one, and in an instant the house was ruined inside and out. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, we learn, took refuge under a large table and escaped injury from furniture and other articles being shot through the rooms with the force of cannonballs, as well as from tree limbs and wood hurled through windows and walls from the outside. Prof. Ferguson was reading when the storm broke and before he could move was struck in the head by a stick of wood which was hurled through a window, and crumpled to the floor unconscious. The house was not only wrecked as if it had been fired on by shot and shell, but all the outbuildings and trees and shrubbery as well. The home of Wm. Lockridge, across the road, was damaged, the roof being torn off, as were those of the outbuildings. The next house in the path of the oncoming monster was that of Thos. Hulse, which was completely demolished and scattered to the four winds, as was everything in the shape of a building on the place. Mr. and Mrs. Hulse only the day before had decided to move to Detroit and were in Moberly making arrangements to that end, to which fact they probably owe their lives. Although the house was full of furniture, very little of it, nor other personal belongings could be found following the storm. The home of J. J. Morris was the next in line, and the storm hit in full force. both Mr. and Mrs. Morris were in the yard when the saw the storm coming, he pumping water from his cellar and she tending to some turkeys or chickens. As the cellar was full of water, they started for a summer kitchen, it being nearer, but the storm broke before they reached it. One side of the kitchen was torn away, Mr. Morris being carried to one side of the building and Mrs. Morris to the other in an opposite direction. Reaching for a tree limb to hold to as some protection, Mr. Morris was knocked senseless when it hit him, and when he regained consciousness he found himself under the tree which had fallen on him but not pinioning or injuring him in any way, but which had protected him from the flying timbers from the house, which was leveled to the ground, as was the barn and every other building on the place. As soon as he could get to his feet he rushed in the direction which he had last seen his wife and found her dead, she having been struck in the back of the head, presumably with a part of a cream separator which was close by. From there the storm took a course a little more to the southeast, rising, apparently, until it reached the fine country home, a 2-story brick structure, of J. A. Pitts, and in a twinkling laid it, as well as every building on the place and every one of the dozens of very large locust trees in the three-acre yard, in ruins. Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were the only ones at home at the time, and it was only by the strongest persuasion that Mrs. Pitts was inducted to go into the cellar, only a step from the kitchen door, in her panic likely fearing that the cellar would cave in on them. They might have escaped death had they remained on the lower floor, as it was not blown in, although the entire top story was taken even with the flooring. To view what was left of their once magnificent home it is rather hard to believe that all the damage could have been done in an instant, and one can imagine it sweeping back and forth across the place, the storm fiends laughing in ghoulish glee as they vented their spleen on one of the finest gentlemen the county ever produced. The home, while the lower floor was left standing, was a complete ruin, and the loss is all the heavier from the fact that hard wood floors had just been laid, bath and other modern conveniences installed. All outbuildings were as completely destroyed as if they had never been, while the big trees, which ran from eighteen inches to three feet in diameter, were denuded of their tops, while nothing but the bare trunk, with here and there a limb, of most of them was left. We never saw but one thing more desolate, and that was the Alton lake here several years ago when the hundreds of trees and stumps exposed by the low water reminded you of death wherever you turned your eyes. here as elsewhere many freakish things were to be seen, the greatest, probably, being a plank of about the width and thickness of weatherboarding being driven into a large elm tree about four feet from the ground, and to such a depth that there was no puling it out. Several straws, too, were found driven in the bark. The open squares of a tractor radiator had been driven so full of grass and straw that it looked for all the world like a bale of hay and which could be extracted with only the greatest difficulty. Strange to relate the white plank fence which added so much to the beauty of the place was only slightly damaged here and there, only a few panels being down flat, and none gone, so far as we could observe. The storm left the Pitts farm at the southeast corner of the big lawn, twisting off a two-foot tree as it did so and dumping it in the road over the fence, and then taking a due easterly course down the highway for Yates, taking large trees on one side and telephone poles on the other as it went. Approaching to within fifty yards of the new high school building it turned a small horse shed over and then turned southwest, partially unroofing a small residence of W. H. Robertson, damaging some trees and picking up a large hen house and throwing it across the road, and then making a bee-line for the home of John Fray, killing the latter, who was at work in the barn. This building was an extra large one and was made entirely of oak, but it was crushed like an eggshell and was scattered over a corn field to the south for a hundred yards or more, hardly any two pieces holding together. Mr. Fray was found about 100 yards south of the barn site, his skull having been crushed by some heavy timber. A large silo, corn crib and machine sheds were utterly demolished. Mrs. Fray and two grandchildren, who were in the residence, escaped injury, but one can hardly see how. The building, a large two story frame, was all but wrecked, the roof being torn off and windows and doors blown in and out, porches torn off and the building in general more or less twisted and otherwise damaged. All trees were ruined as they had been at the Pitts place, being twisted off as if they were matches. As it had done when it left the Pitts place, the storm followed the public road from the John Fray farm, going due south until it reached the C. & A. railroad, when it turned to the southeast. Three box cars on the side track were picked up as if they had been pasteboard toys, one being carried north either over or under the telegraph wires for about a hundred yards, the course it traveled being circular, and deposited in the road north of the track, while the two others were carried into a field on the south. From this point, in any direction one looked, plank and pieces of timber could be seen driven in the ground. Fate seemed to be piloting the storm, for here it again changed its course abruptly and made for the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williams to the southeast, and which was perhaps the worst wrecked of all, there being nothing left but the floor. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, were in the home at the time, as was a sister of the latter, Mrs. Alice Tuggle, who lived with another sister, Mrs. Joel Yates, and her son and daughter, Boz and Miss Annie Yates, to the northeast about three hundred yards. Mr. Williams was caught by a falling chimney, being held by the feet with wreckage piled all about him, but escaped without an injury, strange as it may seem. Extricating himself he made his way to Mrs. Williams and was rejoiced to find her alive, and unhurt, as he thought, and as she thought also, she stating that she was not injured beyond a few bruises. Her excited condition no doubt caused her to deceive herself, for three hours later she passed away. Mrs. Tuggle sustained serious injuries about the head as well as over her body, but it was thought she might have a chance of recovery, but it was not to be, she passing away Sunday night. Although the new Yates home to the northeast, mentioned above, was out of the path of the storm, and the house escaped with little damage, a great deal of damage was done, all the trees were wrecked, and where Miss Annie Yates was likely fatally injured. She was out in the yard tending to her chickens when the storm broke, and was struck in the head by some object, her skull being fractured. Her ribs on one side were broken, while the flesh on the other side apparently was torn loose from the bones, as well as injured otherwise. She was brought to Higbee and rushed to a Moberly hospital, where she was operated on for a blood clot, she being totally paralyzed. Late yesterday she was not so well, and her recovery was a matter of grave doubt. The storm lifted at the Williams home, moving to the southeast, next striking the old Edgar Maxfield farm, about midway between Russell and Yates, the house, barn and all other buildings being leveled. The farm was occupied by Lee Perfater and family, who were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The next place struck was the large 2-story home of a Mr. Vanderbeck, who is operating the farm for an Eastern loan company, two corners of which were torn off and other damage done, but no one being injured. Continuing its course to the southeast, it passed over the Katy tracks in the vicinity of the strip mine at Russell, but where the principal damage was the blowing down of trees. With the air full of tree limbs, planks and other timbers, things looked pretty squally at the mine, and it would have surprised no one to have seen the whole plant wrecked. No one was injured here, but Frank Roberts was blown over and pushed or pulled along the ground for about fifty feet on his stomach, but escaped with no worse damage than a good scare. The farm of R. A. Reynolds was also hit, the house being unroofed, windows broken, the summer kitchen taken from its foundation. The place is occupied by Asa Warford, who with his family, escaped any injury. The home of Walter Andrews, further to the southeast, was also quite badly damaged, the house being unroofed, the garage destroyed and his automobile wrecked. Here the storm seems to have about spent its force or to have lifted, as there was but small damage to the south of town, a few outbuildings in the john Sumpter neighborhood being overturned. About the last evidence of the storm observable was in the C. S. Hargis neighborhood, where the tops of trees were more or less damaged. Near the J. E. Carter home a big tree that was leaning to the north and was all but ready to fall into the Moniteau creek, was blown to the south and across the road. As is always the case, many seemingly impossible things were done, but the greatest mystery of all was how property loss could have been so great and complete without loss of life being greater, though heaven only knows it was heavy enough. Many chickens, hogs, sheep and other animals were killed. Only in a few instances was tornado insurance carried, and then not in amounts sufficient to begin to cover the loss to total of which is estimated to be $150,000 or more. It was the worst storm ever to hit this section, and it is to be hoped it will be the last. The deepest sympathy of all goes out to the storm victims, and especially those to whose homes it brought death. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. 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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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 6--GOING OUT OF BUSINESS--The many Higbee friends of Henry and Vint Terrill, the oldest shoe merchants in Moberly, doing business under the name of Terrill Bros., will regret to learn that they are to retire from business. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 2 Col. 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--Former mayor H. L. Rutherford accidentally fell at his home one day last week and injured one of his legs quite severely, but no bones were broken. Mr. Rutherford is in his 86th year and is quite feeble. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--We were in error last week when we stated in our letter to the NEWS that "Chester Formento pled guilty to sale of intoxicating liquors under the prohibition law and was given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary by Judge Walker." I understood a court official to make that statement to me in a conversation with him about the disposition of certain criminal cases. But we learned from the same official Thursday last when again conversing with him, that I misunderstood him as to the Formento case, but too late to make the correction in the NEWS. Formento's case, he said, would come up for a hearing at the Moberly court in June. We regret the mistake, innocently made, of course. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--The remains of Mrs. Bettie Buchanan, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Russell Holman, of Jefferson City early Friday morning, May 20, were brought here for burial. A short funeral service was held at the Christian church by the Rev. C. B. Dabney. Mrs. Buchanan was a native of Calloway county, and was born in 1844, and was about three months past 83 years old. In early life she married Perry Buchanan of the same county. The family moved to Huntsville back in the '80's, and for several years Mr. Buchanan was proprietor of the old Rutherford hotel here. He died here about 30 years ago. Since then his widow has resided with her children. She was a good christian old lady. She leaves three daughters--Mrs. W. Leonard Dameron of Kansas City; Mrs. J. R. Holman, Jefferson City, and Mrs. J. G. Dulaney of Huntsville, and one son, Claude Buchanan of Los Vegas, New Mexico. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 2 Col. 5--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--(Kathy's notes: Mr. Dameron was apparently quoting from an old paper in 1855, but he was rather sloppy about identifying which issues the quotes came from, so I can't cite the original paper, issue or date.) MARRIED--On the 29th of November, 1855, by Rev. Jas. W. Morrow, Thos. B. Reed, Esq., of the firm of Reed & Denny of Huntsville, and Miss Rachael Eliza, daughter of Mr. Jas. Denny of Howard county. At Westwood, on Dec. 5, 1855 , by Rev. Younger R. Pitts of Georgetown, Ky., Alex Finley Denny, Esp., of the law firm of Reed & Denny, Huntsville, and Miss Mattie McDowell, only daughter of Capt. John A. Pitts, of Randolph county. Died--In the city of Stockton, California, on Sunday evening, Sept. 23, 1855, William G. Frazier of Randolph county. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 4 Col. 3--Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bremer and daughters, Misses Helen and Terese are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wheeler. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 4 Col. 3--Mrs. H. B. Shockley returned to her home in Slater yesterday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Avery. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 4 Col. 3--Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gruber of Dowell, Ill, announce the birth of a daughter on the 11th, and who has been christened Marion Frances. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 4 Col. 4--Mrs. Thos. Elliott and children returned to their home in Leavenworth, Kas., Monday after a visit with Mrs. Elliott's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Walton, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 4 Col. 5--Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Atkins returned to their home in Oklahoma Thursday after a visit with Mr. Atkins" mother, Mrs. Annie Atkins, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Jas. Roberts is at home from Chicago for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Roberts. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Ernest Stevenson returned to his home in Marissa, Ill., Sunday, accompanied by his sister, Miss Ruth. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Joe Hackward and daughters, Misses Vera and Jennie, spent Wednesday with relatives in Moberly. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Jas. Daggs of Salisbury was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones, during the week. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Francis Newman of Mexico was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Evans, during the week. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Walton and little daughter, Mary Louise, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Canton. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 2--Susie and Junior Dinwiddie, children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie, who were operated on at a Boonville hospital ten days ago for appendicitis, were able to come home Monday, and should be as good as new in a few weeks. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mrs. A. E. Burkhalter returned to her home in Wellsville Friday after a visit with her son, Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, and family. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 7 Col 2--Mrs. Mary B. Rutherford, aged about 47, died at the home of her brother, Harry Hunter, at Bevier Sunday, the body being brought here for burial Tuesday. She was a daughter of Henry Hunter. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church by the Rev. W. L. Meyer of Macon. Mrs. Rutherford and her husband, Hardin Rutherford, had been separated for several years. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 7 Col 2--That was a sad and untimely death of little Louie Elwood Spotts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spotts, which occurred late Saturday afternoon, May 21st, at their home southeast of Moberly. Louie suffered a horrible death, being drug and stamped to death by a horse. He had been harrowing, and after driving to the lot he unhitched his team and told his father, who was planting corn in a field near by that he had forgotten his working gloves, leaving them in the field which he had finished harrowing, and that he would ride one of the horses back to the field and get them. His father had just started across the field riding a corn planter and had his back to his son when the boy started to a fence where he had hitched the horse which he intended to ride back to get his gloves. It is not known just how the unfortunate accident happened, or rather how it came that Louie first got tangled in the harness, but it is supposed it occurred when he attempted to get on the horse and fell under it, getting tangled in a trace chain and other parts of the harness, as marks on his legs and arm indicated. The body showed that it had been stamped on, wicked or drug, almost to a pulp. His clothing was torn off and most of the skin on his face and other parts of the body was scratched off. If the boy made an outcry before he was killed, his father, who was only a few hundred yards away, did not hear him. A younger brother was the first to discover the body, in a few minutes after the accident had happened, and gave the alarm. Louie was born just a few miles southwest of Huntsville and was past 11 years of age, and it is said of him that he was a model boy. He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Burton, near Huntsville, and also grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Spotts, near Moberly. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church here at 2:30 Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. V. Lamb of Moberly, and assisted by the pastor, Rev. F. P. Davidson. The auditorium of the church was packed with relatives, friends and acquaintances of the family. The floral offerings were rich and elaborate. The parents and grandparents of the deceased have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this community. Interment was made in the family lot at the Clifton Hill cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 1--ROBB-ROGERS--Mr. Ernest Robb and Miss Iva Mae Rogers, two of our popular young people, sprang a surprise on their friends Friday of last week by slipping away to Fayette where they were united in marriage at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. J. M. Wilcoxon. The bride is the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rogers of near town, and was a member of the Higbee High School graduating class this year, and is popular among a wide circle. The groom is the son of Mrs. Chas. Robb of southwest of town and is generally looked upon as one of the most exemplary young men in the community. The NEWS joins other friends in wishing them a long and happy wedded life. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 2--FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN--A farewell party was given by the Busy Bee Club at the home of Mrs. W. D. Burke on last Friday complimentary to Mrs. Geo. B. Walton, who will make her home in Marshall. Many good wishes were presented to her in a wish ball, one to be read each day after her departure. In conjunction with this, initiatory ceremonies were conferred upon seven ladies who were made members of the club. Delightful refreshments were served, and everyone reported a good time, even to the new members, who were forced to ride the "goat." The new members were Mrs. E. L. Dorsett, Mrs. R. S. Gustafson, Mrs. A. R. Cash, Mrs. Ben Wright, Mrs. J. J. Pos, Mrs. Bertha Hall and Mrs. Paul Kelso. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MRS. DUFFIELD TO HOSPITAL--Mrs. W. H. Duffield, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, suffering from a kidney disorder, was taken to a Moberly hospital Saturday for treatment. She was reported some better yesterday, we are glad to say. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 3--G. W. Blansett was quite painfully injured by a fall out of a chair in which he was asleep at his home Thursday afternoon of last week, several vertebra in the region of his neck being more or less dislocated. He at first complained of his arm aching and it was feared that partial paralysis might result, but he is much better, we are glad to state. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 4--C. W. Cubbage, who has been located in Alabama for the past year, where he has been engaged in bridge building writes us from Alton, Ill: "I have finished my work in Mobile and am now located for awhile here at Alton. The Kansas City Bridge Co. has the contract for two bridges in this locality, one over the Mississippi here at Alton, the other over the Missouri at Bellefountain, both highway bridges. The two are about five miles apart by land and fifteen by river. I will be here about two months and get the jobs organized and under good working conditions, and then if the flood waters of the lower Mississippi will permit will have to go south and get our work organized in Louisiana. Myself and family are enjoying pretty good health. The wife and daughter are now visiting in Glasgow. Best regards to old friends. Keep the NEWS coming to me at Alton, Care Alton Mineral Springs Hotel." Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 4--Some advertising coming in at the last minute compels us to omit this week the second article by Pete McNamara, now of New York, telling of old times in Higbee, the first of which was printed last week. The second one will deal with a ball game between the Renick and Higbee kid nines of the long ago, and will be enjoyed, we are sure, as much as was last week's article, which is saying a great deal, from the comment we have heard. So get busy right now, Pete, with that typewriter and start some more this way. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 4--George Walton who has been in Marshall for several months, where he is manager of the Marshall Fuel & Ice Co., moved his family to that place this week. They are given up with the deepest regret by all and will be sadly missed. We recommend them most heartily to the people of Marshall as being folks any town would be proud to claim as residents, and with their legion of friends trust that they will return to us some day to remain. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 4--Mrs. Chas. Binney of Strawn, Tex., and granddaughter, Miss Marguerite Terbet, of Abelene, Texas, on their way home from St. Louis where they had been to attend the wedding of a granddaughter of Mrs. Binney, a daughter of William Goe of that city, stopped off here Tuesday for a short visit with Mrs. Binney's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pitney, and other relatives and friends. They will return home today. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dorsett, who have been occupying the Mark C. Murphy residence property, have moved to their cottage just completed for them at the strip mine at Russell. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Gustafson, who have been occupying rooms in the John Rankin home, and who have also erected a cottage on another hill close to the Dorsett home, will move soon. These homes, while not elaborate as to building, are modern in every way while the kitchens will be equipped with electric ranges. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Marrs and Mrs. Mary Reiter of Moberly were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Marrs Sunday, and the day being Raymond's 33rd birthday, it was fittingly celebrated with a big dinner. Although Raymond has been away from Higbee for several years, he has yet to miss celebrating his birthday with his parents, a somewhat unusual record. And here's hoping that the custom can be kept up for many more years to come. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Dorothy, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson, had a very close call Saturday, getting choked on an orange seed. Frantic with fear, Mrs. Hudson grabbed the struggling and gasping child and started on the run with her for a doctor, but had gone about a block when the seed was dislodged. About the first thing that Dorothy said when she could get her breath once more was that she did not want any more oranges. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Miss Berenice, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hughes, who developed diphtheria two weeks ago, has entirely recovered, we are glad to say, and the quarantine against the home has been lifted. As in the case of the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lessly, it is not known how the disease was contracted, as there were no cases anywhere in the community. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Higbee friends and acquaintances of Dan Wilkinson, who is suffering from pneumonia at his home in Springfield, Ill., will be glad to know that he is better, word or that effect being received yesterday by Mrs. Robert Harris from Mrs. Wilkinson's mother, Mrs. Mamie Wilkinson, of Moberly, who has been with him for a week. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Miss Addie Lessly, who was stricken with diphtheria seven weeks ago, is now able to sit up part of the time, we are glad to say, but it will be some time before she will be able to be out. The disease has long since spent itself and her trouble now is principally weakness. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Fred Noel, who returned from a government hospital at Kansas City a few weeks ago, and who had not been so well for the past week, returned to the hospital Tuesday for further treatment. Thursday, 26 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 3, Pg. 1 Col. 6--CALEB LYNCH DEAD. Passes Away At Moberly Hospital Monday After Illness of Eleven Weeks--Funeral at Residence Yesterday--Caleb Lynch, whose critical illness was noted in our last issue, despite the fact that it was not thought possible for him to survive through Wednesday night, lingered until Monday, passing peacefully away at 11:30 a.m. Although the physicians had held out no hope whatever from the very first, the fact of his having held to life with such tenacity encouraged his friends in the hope that he might yet survive, but it was not to be, a fact that he himself seemed to realize, for from the day he took sick he stated that he would not get well. Eleven weeks ago he was seized with an attack of appendicitis and against the advice of his physician delayed going to a hospital at Boonville until it was too late for the appendix to be removed, although an operation for the drainage of pus was made. Returning home he was taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lynch, in the east part of town, where everything that medical science and loving care could do for him was done, but as he continued to grow worse, he was taken to a Moberly hospital on the 17th and where an operation was immediately performed for the removal of pus, which had begun to poison his system, and of which more than three pints were removed. He rallied from the operation and for a day or so was thought to be some better, but it was only seemingly so. Deceased was the son of J. W. and Sarah M. Lynch, and was born in Howard county on December 2, 1885, and would have been 42 years old this coming December. He was married on October 4, 1916, to Miss Hazel Thorpe of Armstrong, who, with three children, Helen 9, Elwood, 6 and Edwin, 5, survive. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lynch, one sister, Mrs. Wallace Lockhart, of Moberly, and three brothers, Joshua and Gabriel Lynch of Moberly and John Lynch of this place, and one half-brother, Clement Lynch of Harrisonville; also two half-sisters, Mrs. Wm. Cleeton of Moberly and Mrs. John Pemberton of this place. Caleb Lynch was one of the best known young men in this entire section, and so far as we could ever observe, he numbered his friends by his acquaintances. Always jovial and generous hearted he naturally made friends of all whom he met and his passing is not only a calamity to his loved ones, but to the community, for he was a citizen of the very highest type. He united with the Christian church at Mt. Pleasant when quite a young boy, and lived the Golden Rule seven days a week. We had known him since his childhood and in all our dealings with him ever found him as honest as daylight, and never once in all the years did we see him angry nor hear him speak a word of harm of anyone, and in his going we shall feel a personal loss, as will all who knew him. Funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon by Mr. B. F. Andrews, who was associated for years in church work with deceased's father, the late J. W. Lynch, and interment made at Mt. Horeb cemetery. If anyone had any doubt as to the esteem in which Caleb was held, the immense crowd of sorrowing neighbors and friends from far and near assembled to pay him a last tribute of respect, would have dispelled them. The NEWS joins the community in warmest sympathy to the bereaved ones. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--We learn that Jim Corbin who was reared in this city, a son of Sim Corbin, one of Huntsville's best citizens, was sentenced to 12 months in the Howard county jail last week for violating the prohibition law--charged with possession of intoxicating liquor at Moberly some weeks ago, and who took a change of venue to the Howard circuit court at Fayette. He is about 40 years old and has two children, his wife having died some years ago. His father here was given a tip that Jim was "speculating" in bootleg whisky, and he did all he could in the way of good advice and warning his son to desist from handling the stuff, but Jim failed to heed it and got behind the bars as a result. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--H. C. Eubanks of Higbee charged with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors entered a plea of guilty Tuesday morning and Judge Walker sentenced him to 30 days in jail and fined him $500. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--Chester Formento plead guilty to sale of intoxicating liquors under the prohibition law and was given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary by Judge Walker. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--The two civil suits of Mrs. Mariah Harris vs. Hettie M. Harris to determine title to property and suit for insurance money on policy, was transferred to the Monroe county circuit court at Paris. These suits were brought by Mrs. Mariah Harris of Huntsville, who is the mother of the late Jack Harris, who was a prominent engineer on the Wabash railroad at Moberly, and died suddenly on a train in Oklahoma some months ago while he and his wife were on a visit to relatives in that state. It was proven afterwards that he died with poison, and ugly reports were circulated as to why and how he came to his death. The defendant in the cases is Harris' widow. Judge A. R. Hammett represents the plaintiff and Hunter & Chamier defendant. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Miss Anne Mae Majors was employed to teach Wilson school the ensuing term on Friday the 13th. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 4--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Chas. Atkins has been suffering the last week from blood poison in her hand. She is improving now. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hargis of Dodge City, Kas., announce the birth of a daughter, Rosalina Ernestine, on May 8th, weight, 11 1/2 pounds. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Caleb Lynch was much weaker Monday than since leaving the hospital. Two or three physicians were called in consultation and they advised another operation for him. Caleb's many friends are grieved to learn of his present condition and all are interested and hoping for a better turn. Mrs. Lynch and children have the deepest sympathy of all at this trying time. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 5&6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--A very happy day was enjoyed Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ridgeway. The event for celebration was the eighth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ridgeway and the 26th birthday anniversary of Mrs. Ridgeway. A bountiful dinner was served and a reunion of parents and sisters and their families of Mrs. Ridgeway was heartily enjoyed. Those partaking of the day's gladness were Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lynch, of Armstrong; Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury, Lowell and Ralph Hargis, Belva Harris, Rodney Asbury, Francis and Eldon Lynch, Hugh and Kenneth Ridgeway. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 3 Col. 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Claude McKinzie and children of Kansas City are visiting her parents, J. T. Ancell and wife. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 3 Col. 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--A large number from this neighborhood attended the funeral of Sam Hitt at Mt. Gilead Monday afternoon. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 3 Col. 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Harry Naylor and wife and Paul Naylor and wife visited their mother, Mrs. Sam Naylor, at the home of Chas. Eaton in Fayette last Sunday. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 3 Col. 3--BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION--Mrs. Nettie Sumpter celebrated her 61st birthday Sunday. A bounteous dinner was served by friends and neighbors at the noon hour. (guest list omitted.) Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 4 Col. 6--Los Angeles--Ten couples remained as uneliminated contestants in an endurance dance marathon when city health authorities stopped it at noon, approximately twenty-one hours after it was started, to prevent serious injury to girl contestants. The $1000 prize for the winning pair was divided equally among the twenty nearly exhausted dancers. Seven girl dancers were taken to hospitals for treatment for exhaustion although none was said to be in a serious condition. The dance marathon started at a Venice Beach Ballroom with 350 couples entered. It moved along the boulevards accompanied by orchestras in motor trucks until the remaining dancers had covered the fifteen miles which brought them into a Los Angeles dance hall. Brief rest periods were allowed at wide intervals during the night. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--George Lynch of Harrisonville, is the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. W. Lynch, and other relatives. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. A. E. Burkhalter of Wellsville was the guest of her son, Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, and family, during the week. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. George Barnet left Friday of last week for Denver, Colo., to join her husband, who has secured employment there. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Race and son, Bobby Jim, John McGill and Mr. and Mrs. George Lambier were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Lambier of south of town. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Keene Johnson of Lexington, Ky., announce the birth of a daughter on the 10th. Mrs. Johnson will be best remembered by Higbee folks as Miss Eunice Nichols. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Elizabeth Riley of Macon; Mrs. Florence Oldham of Waco, Tex., and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pattrick and son, Robert Riley, of Kansas City, were the week-end guests in the W. R. Pattrick home. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Wade Fullington spent the first of the week in LaGrange, the guest of Dr. Geo. L. Johnson and wife. She was accompanied home by her two little granddaughters, Betty Jane and Elizabeth Lucille, for an extended visit with their grandparents. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Ben Feland were about the happiest people in the community last week, they having as their guest their little 15-month-old grandson, Jimmie Snell, of Rocheport. Despite the fact that he never saw his mother for a week, he was perfectly contented, not crying once from lonesomeness, and Mr. Feland is trying to persuade himself in the belief that the child did not want to go home, and his going was like pulling one of grandpa's eye teeth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 4--IN THE LONG, LONG AGO--Inspired by his visit back to the old home town last summer, and the occasional articles in the NEWS by "Old Timer," Pete McNamara writes us from New York City under date of May 14 a letter reminiscent of the days of real sport, and which we know will be of interest to most of our readers, and especially to all of the old gang now living, and that is most of them, thank the Lord. As will be seen, Pete furnishes us two articles, the second of which will appear next week. As to future ones, we hope he will keep 'em coming. He writes: "Dear Scott:--The NEWS is a welcome weekly visitor. Some time ago I was very much interested in your articles from an old Higbee resident. Now, we of the McNamaras are old timers, and proud of that distinction, so, I am submitting two articles. If you like them I have many more, all pertaining to events in and around old Higbee. "The two submitted are, "The First Time the Silver Tone Cornet Bank Played in Public," and the other, "The First Time the Higbee Tigers (Juvenile Ball Nine) Ventured Away From Home to do Battle on the Enemy's Grounds." The first time the Juvenile Bank played in public was a memorable Fourth of July, about 1890. We were to play at the festivities that were to be held in the picnic ground south of town. We assembled in the old Evans Opera House. Jimmy Lambey was the leader. Do you remember him? It seems as if it were only yesterday. I can see Miles Williams, Tom Walton, the Hare boys, Robert (Strawlegs) Heron, Ed Reese, the Rankin boys, Jack Little, Am. Lambier, the three of us, Tom, Ed and myself. We all gathered bright and early. Jimmy Lambey gave us a thorough rehearsing, and don't forget, we had on our bright new uniforms and all Higbee had turned out to listen to their Band and their boys upon their first appearance. The day was bright and sunny. It was a glorious Fourth! What could be sweeter? "Lambey being a good Welshman, had us letter-perfect in that stirring march, "Men of Harlech," which, as you know, is the National song of Wales. And we must not forget that he also had us perfect in the good American airs, "Star Spangled Banner," "Dixie" and all the rest. At the signal, we made our exit to the sidewalk, each boy feeling proud, and also new in his bright uniform. My father was the cheer-leader. The line of march was to be south on the street past the "Company Store," cross the Alton tracks and on to the grounds. You must picture the whole town marching along, the more sedate and elderly ones on the sidewalk, but the younger element right out in the dust with the band. I might mention my good dog, Hank, was on the parade for while, but only for a while. At the signal from the drums we tore into "Men of Harlech." Things went great until we had reached the Alton tracks. At this moment a farmer lady was coming north seated upon a peaceful horse. She had things to sell, mostly eggs, and when that horse got an earful of the "Men of Harlech," being unaccustomed to such sights and sounds, right then and there things started to happen. "This description must not be construed as a disparagement either on the band of the "Men of Harlech." It was a great march and we had a good band. The horse, well, it was just a horse, with good horse sense and intelligence, and that intelligence whispered to it to get away from there. I, being one of the cornet players, and in the front rank, was the first to sense danger and to seek safety in flight, which I certainly did. Please remember, I was barely ten years old and in my childish imagination I forgot all I ever knew about music, cornet, Lambey and the "Men of Harlech." The horse was positively the wildest, most scared piece of horse flesh that ever laid weight on a hoof. With dilated nostrils, wild, gleaming eyes and a mad desire in his animal mind to escape what he thought was certain destruction, he broke and at the same time, broke everything, mostly eggs, and good fresh country eggs, spilling the woman off. Miles Williams, being in the rear rank, only pounded the bass drum the louder, and in a moment all was confusion, Lambey running wildly about trying to keep his boys together. My brother, Tom, was the tuba (brass horn) artist, and to hold that horn, it being so big, was a job in itself. And making it musical--what chance had any of us with a wild horse jumping and snorting, a mad woman belting us about and calling us names? She had a large stick, just to use on the horse, but, believe me, she used it on all of the band and forgot all about the horse. I landed up at the crossing of the Alton and Katy tracks, Am Lambier over at the Alton tank, Jack Little in the vicinity of the Alton depot, the Rankin boys back at the opera house. Miles Williams stood his ground with his drum. In fact, he chased the horse. My brothers, Ed and Tom, were as far south as the picnic grounds, and the man who wrote "Men of Harlech" turned over in his grave in far away Wales. Poor Jimmy Lambey was disgraced, the woman who rode the horse, needless to say, was indignant, and some of the words she said would not sound good in any church. But we finished the picnic and "a good time was enjoyed by all present." Hank? my dog! oh, yes; he was found near Elliott. "In later years I played cornet in the band of that great musician, Victor Herbert. I have told him this little story many times and he used to laugh heartily at it. I laugh now when I see it, and see it I do, because it is the truth." Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 5--THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL--The present week will see the close of the Higbee school, the final exercises being held tonight when the operetta, "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs," will be presented by the pupils in the grades, and which promises to be one of the very best entertainments of its kind seen here. Last night the graduating exercises were held at the auditorium, the address being delivered by H. O. DeGraff, a professor connected with the University at Columbia, while the diplomas were presented by the Rev. C. R. Luton, pastor of the Methodist church, but which we are unable to comment on as the exercises are being held as the NEWS is being printed. There are eighteen in the graduating class this year, and, as usual, the girls outnumber the boys, there being of the former and seven of the latter, as follows: Misses Charlotte Burkhalter, Marjorie Burton, Mary Roberts, Claudine Robb, Helen Jones, Juanita Walton, Iva Mae Rogers, Nettie Edwards, Gladys Laight, Ruby Edwards, Dorothy Wheeler, Messrs. Lewis Harris, Virgil Ancell, Dallas Wheeler, Earl Durnil, Wilford Ware, Franklin Atkins and Ernest Orton. The honor students were announced last night as follows: Misses Charlotte Burkhalter, Marjorie Burton, Mary Roberts, Claudine Robb and Iva Mae Rogers. Virgil Ancel was the only boy in the class to win honors which carried with it a scholarship at Missouri Valley College, Marshall. The school will come to a close tomorrow morning with the crowning of Miss Charlotte Burkhalter as "Queen," she having been elected to that position at the carnival held several months ago. It will be quite an event and the public is invited. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--The Huntsville public school under the superintendency of Prof. C. J. Burger, who, by the way, has been employed for another year, will close a very successful year's work on Friday, May 20. The commencement address, it is said, will be delivered by Rev. Luther W. Smith, of Columbia, pastor of the Baptist church there. One of the finest plays ever put on by the public school here will be produced at the Capitol Theater Wednesday and Thursday nights. There are thirty-seven graduates--18 girls and 19 boys--as follows: Opal and Erma Cooper, Margaret Graves, Dorothy Hepburn, Pauline Hightower, Alice Malone, Kathryn Martin, Ruth May, Opal Mills, Virlea Minor, Leona Munden, Milford Meyers, Ida Nejedly, Julia Raine, Bonie Rothwell, Christine Singleton, Mary Ward, Charlotte Wilhite, Rhodes Bagby, Thos. Burton, Guy Dennis, John Dickerson, John Ellis, J. D. Harris, Eugene Hightower, Donald Johnston, Paul May, Earl Oliver, John Rothwell, Robert Sneed, Walter Stringer, Carl Thomas, James Williams, Garland Winn, Harlan Halliburton, Milton Singleton and Russell Gooch. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday night at the Capitol theater by Rev. W. C. Gibbs of the Christian church. The theater was packed and the sermon was a fine one. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--The circuit court of Randolph county convened here Monday in an adjourned session with Judge A. W. Walker in the chair, Al Bloom, clerk, Victor McCanne sheriff and Steve Jones deputy and Austin Walden, prosecuting attorney. The court met to try some criminal cases and clear the docket of some unfinished business. Earl and Sidney Patton and Ed Baker of Moberly, all colored, pled guilty to burglarizing a railroad car and were sentenced to two years each in the penitentiary. Luther Wheatley and W. Martz of Huntsville pled guilty to breaking into Elmer Heifner's hen house here December 24 last and attempting to carry away some chickens, but were locked in the hen house by Mr. Heifner and captured by neighbors. They were given four years each--two for burglary and two for larceny. Both are past 50 years old. Wheatley has a wife and family with no means of support. Judge A. R. Hammett made a tender plea to the court to parole Wheatley, and Prosecuting Attorney Walden opposed a parole, but in sympathetic words also. Judge Walker, while he deeply sympathized with the defendant's family, gave strong reasons why he should not extend clemency in such cases and refused to parole Wheatley. Martz is a brother-in-law of Wheatley and lived with the family and is single. Both claimed they were drunk on moonshine whiskey when they committed the deed. Joseph Johnson of Moberly charged with selling liquor in violation of prohibition laws, was tried before a jury, convicted and was given five years in the penitentiary. Johnson had been in court several times for violating the liquor laws, and had served jail sentences for some. His attorney, M. J. Lilly, made a strong appeal for him, but the prosecuting attorney, Austin Walden, had the case against Johnson "clinched" with too many proven facts. Johnson's wife and daughter occupied seats in the court room with him. When the verdict of the court was read by the court, Johnson's face flushed a little, but he didn't seem to be much surprised, no did his wife or daughter shed a tear, nor seem effected but very little by the verdict. Mr. Lilly gave notice that he would appeal the case. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, W. T. Dameron--Porter Mayo, of Clifton Hill, one of the grand old men of the county, was a Huntsville visitor Sunday afternoon. Uncle Porter is a son of the late Allen Mayo, who with his father, Thos. Mayo, and other members of the family were the first settlers of this county, settling in what is now Silver Creek township, in March, 1818. Allen and his father came into this territory in the fall of 1817, prospecting, and selected the spot of ground on Silver Creek for a home about three miles west of Mt. Airy. They were the first white men to discover the old salt well, and buffalo "lick," now Randolph Springs. The spring following their coming here they followed the old buffalo trail, which led from the southeast to the "salt lick," crossing the high lands about three miles west of Huntsville. They first crossed this trail in 1817 when they came from Illinois prospecting. Uncle Porter, if he lives to November 17 next will be 90 years old, and has lived in the county all of his life. While he is somewhat feeble, he bids fair to exceed 90 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Finnell also of Clifton Hill, is the same age of Uncle Porter. They were born the same day and hour. Their parents were neighbors, and it was always a debatable question in the families which was the oldest. Mrs. Finnell is one of the finest ladies in the county, and she and Uncle Porter have long been faithful members of the Baptist church. Uncle Porter and his good wife, who is 88 years old and also a native of the county, and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Stark, pioneers in the county, celebrated their 64th marriage anniversary March 19 last. We don't know of but one old couple in the county who have been married longer than Uncle Porter and wife. They are Mr. and Mrs. Hayden L. Rutherford of this city, both natives of the county. They were married January 8, 1863. But Uncle Porter and wife are older than Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford by about three years. A Moberly paper had a "write up" of Uncle Porter and wife's last wedding anniversary. Portions of the article as to facts, Uncle Porter said, amused him for incorrectness--things he never said or told the reporter for that paper. But the most laughable thing about it was that the paper contained a picture of Uncle Porter's youngest brother, James P. Mayo, instead of his own. The reporter, it is said, got a snap shot of a photograph hanging on the walls of a bank in Clifton Hill thinking it was Uncle Porter. Some few relatives and intimate friends of both, who discovered the error were also amused. Another error, he says, the reporter had him living in three counties--Howard, Chariton and Randolph--at the same time, or without moving from either, presumably before and after Randolph was organized in 1829, while he was not born until November 17, 1837. Another error was when it was stated that his father and grandfather were the first men who made salt at the old salt well, or Randolph Springs. The Gorham family were the first to manufacture salt from that well, in 1820. But Uncle Porter's father was the first one who purchased salt from Mr. Gorham. He bought a half bushel and carried it home on horseback. the first trough--cut out of a big log--used by Mr. Gorham in the manufacture of salt, is still intact, or was a few years ago, on the old Summers farm northeast of Clifton Hill, and was used to salt stock in. Notwithstanding his age, Uncle Porter still retains his old time pep for telling jokes, of which he has a rich store. This would be a grand and better old world to live in if all men were like him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 1--BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION--Quite a number of relatives and friends gathered with well filled baskets at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Fray Sunday, May 15, in honor of his 72nd birthday anniversary. The day was most pleasantly spent in music, both vocal and instrumental. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stark, Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Bartee, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Yates and son George, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Benton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Estille Fray and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fray and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fray, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. A. Stahlman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Patterson and baby, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Williams and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Will Goone, Mrs. Gertie Tribble, Clarence Cubbage, O. S. Fray, Ruby Goone, Woodruf Younger, Harold Stark and Robert Tribble. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MARTIN SHOVER DEAD--Martin Shover, residing at Yates, and who had been in poor health for several years, and who was also suffering from cancer of the face, was found dead in bed yesterday morning by Mrs. Shover. Death resulted from natural causes. Mr. Shover was about 70 years old and is survived by his widow. We could not learn anything as to when the funeral would be held. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--Ernest Dinwiddie advised us yesterday that his daughter, Susie, and little son, Junior, who were operated on at a Boonville hospital ten days ago for appendicitis, are recovering nicely and will likely be able to return home the latter part of the week or the first of the next. They were able to leave the hospital Tuesday and are at the home of a sister of Mrs. Dinwiddie's in Boonville. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--GEO. A. CUBBAGE DEAD--Mrs. J. W. Winn received word Friday, May 13, that her uncle, Geo. A. Cubbage, of Litchfield, Ky., had died that morning in a Louisville hospital. He was helping a neighbor who was using an ax, building fence. The ax slipped and cut off one of Mr. Cubbage's fingers. Blood poison developed in a few hours, and resulted in his death. Mr. Cubbage had visited Higbee several times, being the oldest brother of the late H. C. and H. B. Cubbage. Of a family of fourteen children only three are living, J. M. Cubbage, Denver, Colo.; Dan W. Cubbage and Mrs. Ollie Duncan of St. Louis. The body was taken to Litchfield and interred in the family cemetery. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MACHETTA-CLEM--Tuesday afternoon, in the apartment of the bride's uncle, Squire R. B. Hooten, Miss Effie Lee Clem and John Machetta, two well known young people of the Higbee vicinity, were married. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Clem, of this city. She is a charming and accomplished young woman. Mr. Machetta is a well known and popular young farmer of this section. They will make their home on the bridegroom's farm near Higbee--Mexico Ledger. The NEWS joins other friends of the happy pair in hearty congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 3--C. T. GILES IN AUTO ACCIDENT--C. T. Giles, formerly of this place, but who has been located in Macon county for a year or more, had a close call from death Wednesday of last week, as did Mrs. Giles, who accompanied him. For the past several weeks they had been in New York and other eastern states visiting Mr. Giles' relatives, making the trip in their car, and on reaching Braidwood, Ill., on their return, and where they also have relatives, their car was crashed into by a car occupied by two men, Edward Kopitas, aged 35, and Joseph Gelsin, 30, both of Quincy, Ill., one of whom was instantly killed, the other dying about an hour later. Mr. Giles escaped with a bad shaking up and some little injury to the knee which has given him so much trouble for many years, while Mrs. Giles had her hands quite badly cut. When last heard from they were doing nicely and it was thought that they would be able to continue their journey in a few days. We could not learn the extent of the damage to their car, but it was quite likely considerable. Both cars, we learn, were going at fair speed, and when Mr. Giles attempted to swerve his car to one side, the driver of the other car drove in front of him and a collision was unavoidable. Mr. Giles does not know whether the driver lost control or not, but is about half inclined to think, from the way the other car was maneuvered that the occupants might have been bent on robbery. The many Higbee friends of Mr. and Mrs. Giles will be sorry to learn of the accident, and all will rejoice that they were so lucky in escaping without any worse injuries. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 3--CALEB LYNCH VERY LOW--Caleb Lynch, who has been in quite a serious condition since his return from a Boonville hospital where he was to have been operated on for appendicitis some four weeks ago, but which could not be done owing to his condition, and who had since been suffering from typhoid, was taken to a Moberly hospital Tuesday, where an operation was immediately performed, three pints of pus, it is said, being taken from his side. He was so weak that it was feared he might not survive the operation, his one and only chance of life. He came through it, however, but yesterday morning was in a very critical condition, in which he remained all day, with perhaps a slight improvement, as he was conscious part of the time. At the hour of going to press last night he was still alive, but it was feared that he could not live the night out. This is indeed sad news to Caleb's many friends, for he is a jolly good natured fellow, always ready to go out of his way to do one a favor, and all join the NEWS in a fervent prayer for his recovery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 2 Col. 3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--Mrs. Maggie Davis, of the Huntsville Times, left last Thursday for Tulsa, Okla., for a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Nellie Chauncey, and some old Huntsville friends who reside there. She went by way of Webb City, Mo., where she spent a day or so with her daughter, Mrs. Paul A. Grigsby. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 2 Col. 3&4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--IN THE LONG AGO--The Citizen of October 11, 1855........Rev. A. P. Holt was my wife's grandfather. He died in Huntsville about 28 years ago, was about 91 years of age, and was buried at Gallatin, Mo. Quite a number of the ministers whose names appear on the rolls I have heard preach when a boy, and in later years. They are: B. F. Johnson, A. P. Linn, W. Penn, W. F. Bell, Wm. Warren, W. M. Rush, B. H. Spencer, E. K. Miller, and D. H. Root, who received me into the church at Sweet Springs in August 1877. ------------- This announcement appears on the editorial page of the Citizen of October 18, 1855: "Mass Meeting--On last Monday, at the request of a meeting of the members of the Vigilance Committee living in and near Huntsville, we had printed handbills requesting the citizens of Randolph county to assemble in mass meeting on Monday, the 22nd inst., at Huntsville, as a matter of all important to the slave holders will be taken into consideration. All the members of the Randolph Vigilance committee are especially requested to be present. N. B. --Persons knowing of any Abolitionist in the county are requested to report them to the committee on that day. H. Austin, President. Jas. D. Head. Secretary. The editor makes this comment: "We hope the case will be generally responded to by the people of the county. There is no question but what there are individuals in this county who are exercising a very pernicious and ruinous influence over the slave population; and the people owe it to themselves to take the matter into consideration, and adopt such measures as they consider best calculated to render their slave property more secure." The mass meeting was held on the day named by Mr. Austin, at the court house. Hancock Johnson was made chairman of the meeting and J. D. Head secretary. Mr. Jackson explained the object of the meeting in a "brief and appropriate manner." On motion of C. H. Barron a committee of thirteen were appointed to draft suitable resolutions, as follows: C. H. Barron, J. K. Carter, H. L. Rutherford, Col. M. Horner, W. McCampbell, Wm. Sumpter, U. g. Mason, John Henderson, F. K. Collins, May Burton, P. H. Matthews, John R. Hull and J. D. Head. This committee reported seven resolutions to the meeting and which were unanimously adopted. One resolution recommended the expulsion of all "free negroes" from the county by December 1855 which had been sent into the county or set free in the county, or be severely dealt with, except one, John Walker, and family, a free negro living in Prairie township "because of his well known honesty and uprightness." Jas. K. Carter, H L. Rutherford, Col. M. Hornor, F. K. Collins, B. C. Brown, C. H. Barron and U. G. Mason were appointed a committee to carry out the intent and purposes of the resolutions, touching slavery and activities of abolitionists in the county. ------------------- Married on the 14th ult., by Rev. James Barnes, John L. Owens and Miss Eveline E. Adams, both of Randolph county. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 3 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Nettie Sumpter and son, Eugene, were Sunday dinner guests of her daughter, Mrs. Homer Hargis. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 3 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis and sons, Lowell and Ralph, were Sunday dinner guests of her mother, Mrs. Frank Blaise. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 3 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Ivagene Majors and baby are staying with their father, Wm. Warford while Mrs. Warford is in the hospital. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 3 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Bertha Wheeler and sons, Denver and Dale were Sunday dinner guests of her mother, Mrs. Cynthia Lay of Higbee. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 3 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--We are so very glad to state that Mrs. Wm. Warford who is at a Moberly hospital, is doing so nicely. Her many friends are so relieved of their anxiety for her to hear such favorable reports, and all are hoping that she will continue to improve rapidly. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Lousetta Dougherty is visiting her son, Claude Lewis, and family, in St. Louis. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. James Atkins of Oklahoma are the guests of the former's mother Mrs. Annie Atkins and other relatives. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Jesse Williams, who has been laid up for several weeks with rheumatism, and who was unable to move for a week or more, is now able to navigate under his own steam, we are glad to state, by the aid of a cane. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Claib Dougherty, who returned several weeks ago from a Moberly hospital, where she was a patient for two months for treatment for blood poisoning in her right hand, made her second or third trip to town Tuesday, and for the first time without her hand in a sling. She is rapidly regaining her strength and in a short time will be her old self again. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Members of the Gun Club completed the arrangements of their new location Thursday, and things looked so good that no one could wait until next day, the regular shooting time, to bust a few, but all got busy as soon as the targets could be thrown. Some exceptionally good scores were made, but one shooter falling below 20, while two were lucky enough to get 24. Walter Dougherty, who was one of them, came near breaking up the sport. One of the shooters was lucky enough to be hitting them center, when Walter, as solemn as a minister at a funeral, remarked, "Dust thou art and to dust shalt thou return!" It is unnecessary to add that the shooting was halted for a few minutes. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. J. W. Stone celebrated her 80th birthday yesterday, the 11th. Mr. Stone, if he lives until December 12, will be 84, and if looks will do it, he will make the grade, and then some, for he would pass readily among strangers for about 65, and even those of us who know him have a mighty hard time, sometimes, believing that he is beyond 75. While they have traveled life's pathway together for many, many years, they are not our oldest couple, that honor falling to Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Pitney, the former of whom is 85 and the latter 82. There are not many towns the size of Higbee that can boast two such venerable couples. And here's hoping that all four of them can round out a century if they so desire. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 5 Col. 2&3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Loretta Lessly, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Lessly, graduated from Central College school of music, Fayette, Wednesday of last week. Her numbers "The Indian Lodge," and "To a Wild Rose," and Weber's concerto, accompanied on the second piano by Miss N. Louise Wright, were given in a very artistic manner, and for one so young played as if by a concert pianist. A large audience heard the recital and none enjoyed it more than the party from home. Among those were Mr. and Mrs. Lessly, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lay, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Edwards and son, Harold, Howard Mobley, Mrs. J. J. Pos, Mrs. H. Scott Welch, and Miss Lessly's music class--Velma Lewis, Marion Murphy, Billy Rankin, Harry Pos, Eunice Dennis, Winona Gruber, Alberta Glahn and Ada Harle. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 4--THOS. WARFORD HOME--Thos. Warford of Madison, who was recently operated on in a St. Louis hospital for tumor of the brain, and who was rushed back to St. Louis the first of last week, he having developed convulsions, was able to return home Saturday, and was able to make the trip alone. A second operation, we are glad to say, was not found necessary, and unless the surgeon had every reason to believe that Thomas would make the grade it is not likely that he would have let him return home so soon. He expressed confidence, we learn, in Mr. Warford's complete recovery, but that it will not be so soon is indicated by the fact that he put him on a treatment that must be kept up for a year or more. Thomas's remaining on deck is little short of miraculous, and the NEWS along with other friends extends its congratulations, and the wish for his ultimate recovery. (Kathy's notes: Before I extract the next page, I want to explain to the readers a little about the way this page is published. The heading of Our Huntsville Letter, is over two columns, but the articles often continue on for several columns after that. Each separate paragraph is separated by a small bar. In the third column is the heading, "In The Long Ago" and it appears to be about the Huntsville Citizen papers of 1855. Sometimes the date is identified, sometimes not. Again, each paragraph is separated by a small bar. That is also the same separation that the editor makes when he ends this section, so it often very difficult to tell where the Huntsville letter ends and where the current news takes over. I will make every attempt to keep the 1927 news separate from the "In the Long ago" news, but I may not always be successful. This whole section is very, very confusing.) Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 2 Col. 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--John C. Davis, an old and highly respected citizen of Huntsville, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Kelly, here at 2:20 o'clock Monday morning, May 9, 1927, of heart trouble. His wife died here 15 years ago at the same hour and minute. Mr. Davis was born in Wales on May 12, 1844. He came to American about the beginning of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 18 years and served through that bloody conflict, being in a number of hard fought battles. He came to Huntsville about 1875 and followed coal mining as long as he was able to work. He was a very religious man and was at one time associated with the Holiness church. Had he lived to Thursday of this week he would have been 83 years old. He leaves eight children, five daughters and three sons: Joe Davis, California; Jim Davis, Chicago; George Davis, Kirksville; Mrs. Thos. Milburn, Moberly; Mrs. John Murray, St. Paul, Minn; Mrs. Frank Yezeh, Johnston City, Ill.; Mrs. Wm. Kelly and Mrs. George W. Eberle, of this city. To away the arrive of one son, Joe Davis, the funeral and burial will not take place until Thursday. Funeral services will be held at his late home, conducted by Rev. F. P. Davidson of the Baptist church. Burial in the city Cemetery. -------------- Cole Barnhart, of Springfield, Mo., is spending a few days with his half-brother, Dr. D. A. Barnhart, here. Mr. Barnhart was reared in this county near Darksville. In 1872 he went to Montana with a bunch of 14 other men. Tom Goram, G. W. Taylor, C. Lamb, and a brother, John Phipps, and other men were in the crowd with him. Tom Goram was their captain. All are dead now, he says, except C. Lamb, of near Jacksonville, who is very feeble, and whom Mr. Barnhart expects to visit this week. He will also visit other friends in the northern part of the county. While most of the crowd who went to Montana at that time returned home, Mr. Barnhart remained there 33 years before locating in Springfield, Mo., 27 years ago. He has no family now, and when his visit is completed here he will start for Montana for an extended visit. Anyhow, he will remain there until after the cyclone season is over, he said. ------------- Mrs. John M. Dameron and little daughter, Margaret, of Vihalia, La., arrived here last week on an extended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rutherford, Jr. She says the flooded land down there is awful and the damage great. She and family moved out of Vihalia to Natchez, Miss, before the levee broke near Vihalia. Her husband has been associated with his brother, Chas. H. Dameron, of Port Allen, La., and Howard Kenyon, levee contractors. The firm had to stop work about the 15th of January last, on account of bad weather, and later could not resume work on account of high water. Mrs. Dameron says the firm will lose nothing by the high waters--except the expense of being idle--as the government had received all of their completed work before the high water commenced to do its worst. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 2 Col. 2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--Jas. A. Walden, a highly respected citizen of Howard county, died at the home of his son-in-law, W. T. Rutherford Jr., here about 3 o'clock p.m. Friday, May 6, 1927, in the 88th year of his age. Mr. Walden had an attack of "shingles" about a year ago, and did not fully recover from it. He came here last November to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Rutherford, and family, and being quite feeble did not return to his old country home, south of Glasgow. His wife died several years ago, and most of the time since then he has lived with his other daughter, Mrs. Charles Gibbs, at the old home place. Mr. Walden was a native of Howard county, being born there October 15, 1838, and for many years was a prominent and successful farmer. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate army and from a private was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and served through the war, being wounded once. It is said he was a gallant soldier. For many years prior to his death he was a member of the Christian church and had the reputation of being a fine christian gentleman. Besides his two daughters, Mrs. Rutherford and Mrs. Gibbs, he leaves one son, J. R. Walden, of Columbus, Ohio. A short funeral service was held at the home of Mrs. Rutherford on North Main street at 4 p.m. Saturday, conducted by Rev. E. V. Dabney of the Christian Church. Sunday morning following his remains were conveyed to the Pleasant Green church near his old home, six miles south of Glasgow, where another short service was held, and interment made in the family lot in the community cemetery near by. ----------- Mrs. Nettie Bogie, widow of the late Joe S. Bogie, returned to her home here last week after spending the winter in Kansas City with her daughter, Mrs. Charley Shephard, and family. In conversing with Mrs. Bogie last Friday, she commented on an article that appeared in the Armstrong Herald of April 28th last, concerning the 85th birthday of S. R. Collier, one of Armstrong's highly respected citizens, and confederate soldier under Col. Poindexter during the Civil War. The Herald stated that Mr. Collier was in the battle of Silver Creek, this county, west of Higbee, when Col. Poindexter was attacked by Federal troops while the Confederates were in camp in timberlands along that stream, in which place, when young, I chased the fox many times, and the scars on trees, made mostly by federal bullets, were visible many years after the battle. But the battle which occurred in 1862 was practically a bloodless one, that is, casualties were small, if I recollect correctly. Mrs. Bogie was a small child then, she says, but she has a vivid recollection of the excitement that battle created, and the one that followed near her father's home, a few miles west of Armstrong, between some of Col. Poindexter's men and some federal troops under command of Captain Beard, who was killed in the fight. One confederate, Joe Teeters, of this county, was also killed. Mrs. Bogie says that the body of Captain Beard was carried away for burial, but the body of Mr. Teeters was buried on the Steve Garner farm near her old home. Joe Bogie, her husband, was in the Silver Creek battle under Col. Poindexter, but was not in the second fight near Mrs. Bogie's home. He went to the home of his father, Thos. Bogie, near Randolph Springs, after the Silver Creek fight, to spend a day or two. Then he went south and joined Gen. Price's army. Before the war closed Mr. Bogie went west and joined the U. S. Army, to fight hostile Indians and was in several battles with them. He returned home after a stay in the west of about five years, and in later years married Miss Bettie Harvey, and they resided in Huntsville until his death, which occurred several years ago. A son of Col. Poindexter--Smith Poindexter--resides in Moberly. He married a Huntsville lady, Miss Maude Burge, many years ago. Mr. Collier told the Herald editor that he did not know of a single survivor of that battle residing in this county I do not know who he is. Mrs. Bogie's ancestors came from Kentucky. Her grandfather, John Harvey, and William Harvey, her great-grandfather, were among the first settlers of northern Howard county, locating near where Armstrong now is. She is largely connected. She is a daughter of Jas. E. Harvey, who was a prominent citizen and farmer of Howard county for many years. Dr. W. C. Harvey, a long time practitioner of Roanoke, Robert Harvey, a prominent farmer and school teacher, who resided west of Roanoke, Judge Frank B. Harvey, of this county, and Judge Richard Harvey of Linn county, Mo., were her uncles. Her father, Jas. E. Harvey, became a Republican at the breaking of the Civil War, but all her uncles were Democrats. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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 were 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. 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. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 1--MRS. BEN STRAIN DEAD--Mrs. Ben Strain, who had been in poor health for some time, and who had been critically ill for the past three weeks, but who seemed to be a great deal better Wednesday of last week, took a sudden turn for the worse the next day, and passed peacefully away at the family home in Yates at 2:25 a. m., Monday, May 9, 1927, aged 47 years. Deceased was the daughter of Hiram and Susan Fox and was born in Indiana on April 13, 1880, and came with the family to this county in her early girlhood, living for many years in the vicinity of Renick, and was married in that place on December 21, 1899, to Benjamin S. Strain. They were the parents of four children, all of whom, with the father, survive, vix: Earl, of this place, Roy and William and Miss Juanita, of the home. She leaves two grandchildren, Earl Edward, Jr., and Martha Geraldine. She is also survived by five brothers and three sisters--Albert Fox of Moulton, Iowa; Geo. Fox, Glenwood, Mo.; Jesse Fox, Nebraska; James and Joe Fox, Clark; Mrs. Nora Strain, Excello; Mrs. Anna Matthewson, Kansas City, Kansas, and Mrs. Alice Bradley, Clark, besides a large number of more distant relatives and a legion of friends, for she was a favorite with all who knew her. She was a devout member of the Baptist church, with which she united in 1910 in Moberly, moving her membership to the church at Yates four years ago. She was also a member of Higbee Rebekah lodge and of the Woman's Benefit Association of Moberly. She was a truly christian character, the truest of friends and all that a neighbor could be, as all such can testify, and will be sadly missed by all who knew her as well as by her loved ones. Funeral services were conducted at the Yates Baptist church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Wilcoxson of Fayette, the crowd taxing the capacity of the church, and interment made in Higbee cemetery with full honors of the Rebekah Sisters, who had charge of the services. In the death of this good woman the family as well as the community has suffered an irreparable loss, and the deepest sympathy of all goes out to the bereft husband and children. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 1--DAMAGE SUIT SETTLED--Damages in the amount of $650 were paid yesterday by Henry Graham to Ernestine Dougherty as a result of a suit filed in the Circuit Court here recently following an accident in which Miss Dougherty sustained injuries. Attorneys for Miss Dougherty were also allowed $300 in fees. Court costs were also paid by Graham.--Fayette Democrat-Leader. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--T. H. WILLIAMS DEAD--The many Higbee friends and acquaintances of T. H. Williams, a former well-known resident, will be sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at his home in Springfield, Ill., on April 27, from cancer, with which he had been afflicted for several years. He was a native of Wales and was about 76 years old. He came to this country when quite a young man and moved to Higbee some thirty years ago, going to Springfield about twenty years ago, and where he had since resided. He was a most unobtrusive christian gentleman, and during his residence in Higbee was the faithful leader of the Methodist church choir. He is survived by one son, Benjamin, more familiarly known to Higbee folks as "Banty," and two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Morlee and Mrs. Nettie Hill, both of Springfield. Interment was made in Springfield by the side of his wife, who passed away about ten years ago. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--LODGE OFFICERS ENTERTAINED--Mrs. Roy Richards entertained the officers of the Rebekah lodge Wednesday evening of last week with a tacky party, all the guests being attired in all kinds of old style and tacky costumes. The time was spent in contests of various kinds, chief of which was one of spelling, the prize for the best speller being awarded Mrs. Myrtle Atkins. Mrs. Miller Robb won the prize for being the most appropriately dressed, while other prizes were awarded Misses Faunchion Griggs and Gladys Bradley. Refreshments were served and at a late hour all departed thanking the hostess for a most delightful evening. Guests other than members were Mrs. Dewey Goin, Mrs. Alfred Towles and Miss Gladys Bradley. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--TWO CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL--Helen, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie, who was seized by an attack of acute appendicitis Thursday night, was taken to a Boonville hospital the next day on the advice of Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, who accompanied the little patient and Mr. and Mrs. Dinwiddie, and where she was operated on as soon as possible. The operation disclosed the fact that she was brought just in time, for in a few hours more it would have developed into a bad pus case. Tuesday, Helen's little brother, Junior, aged 7 years, was taken to the same hospital for an operation for hernia, caused from his having overexerted himself following his return from the hospital where he was operated on for appendicitis, and which was one of the worst possible cases, and whose recovery was a matter of grave doubt for several days. Both patients, we are mighty glad to state, are doing nicely, and with no backsets should be able to come home in a short time. Appendicitis, it would seem, has a special grudge at Mr. Dinwiddie and his family, as Mr. Dinwiddie, several years ago, had it about as bad as anyone ever did to get well, and who was down for week and months. Along with his other friends we trust that the present trip to the hospital will be the last for any member of the family. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 3--HIGBEE BOYS TAKE UP PHARMACY--Mrs. Thos. Osburn received a letter Sunday from her son, Berthel, who, with Tyre Patterson and Morris Cooper, enlisted in the Navy several weeks ago, and are now located at Hampton Roads, Va., in which he advised her that his company would break up Monday to go different places, some to school and some to sea, and that he and Tyre and Morris had taken up pharmacy and would enter school at the U. S. Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. He also sent a photo of himself in uniform, and a card to her for Mother's Day, and which read: "To the best mother that ever lived: Today is Mother's Day, and I am sending this word of love and greeting which is a very small return for all the years of love, of tenderness and care you have given me. Away from you and the old home, my heart goes back to you in affection and gratitude as never before, and with the passing years there comes the deeper and stronger realization that all that I am, all I hope to be, I owe to you. There are plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, but only one mother in this wide, wide world. May all the choicest blessings of our Heavenly Father unite in making this day a bright and smiling one for you." Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. EMMA SMITH DEAD--Mrs. Emma Smith, for fifty years or more a resident of Higbee, but who went to live with a niece, Mrs. Chas. Turner, near Kansas City, several weeks ago, died at the state hospital in Fulton, where she was taken only a few weeks ago for treatment, on the 6th, aged 79 years. The body was brought to Higbee Sunday and taken to her old home, where short services were held by Mr. John Race, and interment made in Burton Cemetery, by the side of her husband who passed away some ten years ago. Never strong, the sudden death of her husband was a blow from which she never recovered. Deceased was born in Tennessee in 1848, and at the age of 15 was married to John F. Smith of South Carolina, coming with him to this state not long after and where she had since resided, and in Higbee most of that time. Though they were the parents of no children, the latter were not unknown in their home, they having reared several orphans, and who were loved as dearly as if they were their very own. Deceased was a sister of the late T. J. Moss, who began his wonderfully successful career in the tie and timber business in Higbee. She is survived by two sisters who reside in the South, and a number of nephews and nieces. She had been a member of the Christian church for many years, and until her health failed she was always taking an active part in all departments of church work. She will long be pleasantly remembered by those who knew her best, and especially by her neighbors. In her passing a good woman has been called from among us to her just reward. Peace to her ashes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

Both the State Archives site and the virtual Missouri site have a listing of the death records for the state for the 1880's. As you all understand they are very incomplete. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Rasmussen <rtrasmussen@worldnet.att.net> To: MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] death records >Howard County; #1 Courthouse Sq; Fayette, MO 65248; Ph. 660.248.2284 >Details: (Courthouse burned 1887; few rec lost) (Clk Cir Ct has b rec >1870-1955, m & ct rec from 1870, land & bur rec from 1820, mil & div rec >from 1900; Pro Ct has pro rec from 1835; CO Hlth Nurse has d rec from 1870) >Handybook for Genealogists >Judy Brown Rasmussen >CO >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Bbmmem@aol.com> >To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:31 PM >Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > > >> Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in >Howard >> Co? >> >> Benny and Mary McCune >> Missouri >> >> > > >

Howard Co has marriage records from 1816. These shound be in the office of the Recorder along with the Deed Records. Mina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Rasmussen" <rtrasmussen@worldnet.att.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > Howard County; #1 Courthouse Sq; Fayette, MO 65248; Ph. 660.248.2284 > Details: (Courthouse burned 1887; few rec lost) (Clk Cir Ct has b rec > 1870-1955, m & ct rec from 1870, land & bur rec from 1820, mil & div rec > from 1900; Pro Ct has pro rec from 1835; CO Hlth Nurse has d rec from 1870) > Handybook for Genealogists > Judy Brown Rasmussen > CO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Bbmmem@aol.com> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:31 PM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > > > > Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in > Howard > > Co? > > > > Benny and Mary McCune > > Missouri > > > > > >

I just got back from the Howard county courthouse and would like to add a little something the Handybook didn't have. The probate records (packets), i. e. the actual files, up until 1875 no longer exist. They were either lost or destroyed. No one seems to know which. They were apparently never microfilmed. All that exist are the probate and will record books themselves, not the actual records. When you stop to think, that Howard county was the mother of over 26 Missouri counties, and the early records also pertained to those 26 counties, you can understand the magnitude of the loss. The settlements were microfilmed and those are available, but you have to go to Jefferson City to read them, or you can purchase them directly from the state. I don't know if those are the actual settlement and sales bills themselves, or if they microfilmed the clerks recording of the settlements in books. I suspect it's the latter. The original probate files, from 1875 forward, are still in existance, but they are in an office across the street from the courthouse. They are currently being microfilmed, and as the records are filmed, they are shipped back to this location. The gentleman who volunteered to house them in his office building, is getting pretty fed up with the volume of the records he is getting back, and they are becoming a hassle for him to maintain. I don't know how much longer they will exist. There is no storage capability at the Historical/Genealogical society to keep them, so I don't know what will happen to them once they have been filmed. My guess is, they will be destroyed. That will be a shame, because one of the probate records that I pulled, had original signatures for several of the children, who were multiple heirs of their father's estate. This is a scenario that is being repeated all over the state of Missouri, as County courthouses are running out of room. Most of the current clerks and office workers of these counties don't understand the significance of the original records to a genealogist. And to be fair, they simply don't have the space to keep them all. And Missouri law doesn't require them to do so. If someone with more knowledge of the courthouse and it's records wants to jump in here and correct me, please do. It was a frustrating trip for me. I got a lot of good information on some of the later records 1880-1915, but it was maddening to find precious little on the early stuff. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Rasmussen" <rtrasmussen@worldnet.att.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > Howard County; #1 Courthouse Sq; Fayette, MO 65248; Ph. 660.248.2284 > Details: (Courthouse burned 1887; few rec lost) (Clk Cir Ct has b rec > 1870-1955, m & ct rec from 1870, land & bur rec from 1820, mil & div rec > from 1900; Pro Ct has pro rec from 1835; CO Hlth Nurse has d rec from 1870) > Handybook for Genealogists > Judy Brown Rasmussen > CO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Bbmmem@aol.com> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:31 PM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > > > > Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in > Howard > > Co? > > > > Benny and Mary McCune > > Missouri > > > > > >