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, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS--John Bailey Dougherty and wife of the Locust Grove neighborhood visited their daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilbanks, and family, Sunday. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--Warren Wilbanks and family arrived here last Sunday night from Overland for a visit with Mrs. Wilbanks' father, Wm. Lyle. They will later move to the Ed Winn farm, which they have rented. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--Mrs. Jewel Duren closed a very successful term of school at Baldridge last Friday. There was quite a crowd of visitors in the afternoon, and some brought their lunch and spent the day. There were two graduates from the 8th grade, Moss Grigsby and Evelyn Dougherty. Mrs. Duren did not make application for the school this year, much to the disappointment of many of the patrons, but we all are now feeling better, as we have just heard that Miss Gladys Dougherty, Mrs. Duren's sister, has been employed to teach our school and we are looking forward to another good school this time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--W. M. Lyle and Addie Ancell, both of this neighborhood, surprised their many friends by driving to Moberly last Tuesday where they were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Hattie Marshall. They were accompanied to Moberly by A. P. Lyle and family and Warren Wilbanks and wife. After their return home that night a crowd of 60 or 75 friends and neighbors joined in a charivari. After a plentiful supply of candy and cigars were passed around the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. The guests departed about midnight, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Lyle a happy journey through wedded life. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Denver Wheeler and Lowell Hargis have received their eighth grade diplomas, about which they are greatly pleased. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--George Colly, formerly of this neighborhood, but who moved to Moberly a few years ago, became mentally deranged last week and was taken to Fulton immediately. He had been in poor health for some time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Opal Leach and grandmother, Mrs. Shields, of Fayette motored over and spent the afternoon with Mrs. Claib Dougherty one day last week. Mrs. Dougherty's hand is gradually but surely improving, though still kept bandaged and in a sling. She can move all her fingers slightly and pink nails are growing out. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Wm. Warford, who has been seriously ill the past week or ten days and has gradually grown worse each day, was taken to a Moberly hospital Monday. Her miseries have been almost unbearable from the very first. She has a complication of troubles, but appendicitis is thought to be the seat of the worst trouble. No better woman ever lived in this community than Mrs. Warford. To know her was to love her, and it with deepest regret that we see her go to the hospital and her many friends will be impatiently awaiting good tidings to a speedy recovery for her. The entire neighborhood extends to Mr. Warford its deepest sympathy in this trying time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Sunday several from this vicinity took their lunches and spent the day picnicking and sightseeing at the steam shovel at Russell. All thought it a most interesting project from the gigantic steam shovel to tipple where they saw the coal loaded in such a peculiar manner into the railroad cars. Especially did the youngsters enjoy the day. Those going were Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis, Misses Dorothy Wheeler, Irene Hargis, Bernice and Ganelle Wheeler, Messrs. Lowell, Ralph and Howard Hargis, Denver and Dale Wheeler and Rodney Wayne Asbury, who celebrated his second birthday anniversary with two pink candles on his birthday cake at the lunch spread on the grass. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 2--IN MEMORIAM--In memory of our baby, Donna Doone Jobson, who passed away just two months ago, the fifth of May. I am all alone in my chamber now And the midnight hour is near. The fagots' crack and the clock's dull tick Are the only sounds I hear. When o'er my soul in its solitude Lone feelings of sadness do glide, For my heart and my eyes are full When I think of our little darling that died. I shall miss him when the flowers come In the garden where he played; I shall miss him more by the fireside when the flowers are all decayed. I can see his toys and his empty chair And the horse he used to ride; They all do speak with a silent speech Of our baby Donna that died. We shall all go to our Father's House To our Father's House in the skies, Where the hopes of our souls shall feel no blight, Our love no broken ties. We shall roam on the shores of the river of peace, And bathe in its blissful tide, And one of the joys of our Heaven will be, Of our dear baby Donna, that died. MOTHER Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 4--As will be seen by an ad in this issue, Mrs. Belle Murphy will sell all of her household goods at auction at her home in this city Saturday, beginning at 1 o'clock. She will make her home in Columbia. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 2--Tony Marietta and Pacific Antonelli of Marissa, Ill., attended the funeral here Saturday of their old neighbor and countryman, Jas. Machetti, and visited Mr. and Mrs. Mike Marietta and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Egly of St. Louis announce the birth of a son on April 27th. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Ed. S. Hawkins and son, Orville, of Fayette were the guests of Higbee relatives and friends Sunday. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Inez Andrews, who is attending Northwestern University, Chicago, is at home for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Andrews. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Jas. Daggs closed her school in the Old Higbee district Friday and left Sunday for Brookfield where Mr. Daggs has a position with the Noel Motor Co. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 4--CELEBRATED 75TH BIRTHDAY--J. D. Robb celebrated his 75th birthday Sunday, May 1st, at his home south of town. The bountifully spread table was crowned by an immense angel-food cake on which were 75 lighted candles. These were blown out by Mr. Robb, who greatly enjoyed the day and having a number of his children with him. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Al Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Knight, Mrs. Sallie Winn. We hope Mr. Robb will live to enjoy many more such birthdays. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 4&5--Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams, who moved to Chicago a year or more ago, returned to Higbee yesterday, to remain, Mr. Williams advises us, provided he can secure employment. He states that there are more people in Chicago out of employment than ever in the history of the city, and that jobs are not to be had. Mrs. Williams, who was stricken with paralysis several months ago, is slowly improving, her many friends will be glad to know. She received a fall while getting off the train, Mr. Williams states, that was calculated to do her no good. The train started before she had reached the bottom step, which threw her back upon the first step, while Mr. Williams, who was on the bottom step, or the station platform, assisting her, was also thrown and dragged about 30 feet. He received no injuries, however. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.