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, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. WM. ENGLEHART DEAD--Higbee friends, and acquaintances of Mrs. Wm. Englehart, who left with her husband a few weeks ago to go to the home of a daughter in Salina, Oklahoma, in the hope of benefiting her health, will be pained to learn of her death, which occurred in that city on the 17th. Mrs. Englehart had been in poor health since moving to Higbee some two years or more ago, and news of her death did not come as a surprise. She was about 75 years old and is survived by her husband and several step-children. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--WARREN WINN GOING STRONG--Warren Winn of Higbee, a student at Central College, Fayette, has the distinction of having received an average grade of S for the last quarter's work, according to a recent survey of third quarter grades made by the college. Winn, a sophomore, held this high standing through the first semester, and if it is maintained through the remaining quarter of the present semester he will be awarded honors in general scholarship at the spring commencement exercises. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MURRAY-SMITH--Mr. John Murray and Mrs. Catherine Smith of this place were married in Moberly Tuesday, by Mrs. Hattie Marshall, Justice of the Peace. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. BEN STRAIN SERIOUSLY ILL--Mrs. Ben Strain of Yates, who has been seriously ill for the past week or two, was reported some better yesterday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 6--NEW BAKERY MAKING GOOD--Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Robb who reopened the Model Bakery three weeks ago, are making good in every way, we are mighty glad to state, and their trade is growing from day to day, as it should, for they are putting out the very best bread ever made or sold here, and more varieties of it, and is as near the home-made kind as can be found anywhere in the state. The pies, cakes, cookies and pastry in general are as good in their way as the bread. Mr. Robb is beyond question the very best baker ever in the town and every person should do all in their power to keep him here by insisting on nothing else but Higbee bread, for every industry we can keep going, no matter how small it may be, helps the town just that much. A trial of the bread, if you are not already a customer, will convince you, we believe, that it is just what you have been looking and longing for. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 6--APPENDICITIS OPERATION--Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Gentry of this place are certainly having more than their share of hard luck. Two months or more ago Mrs. Gentry was taken to a Boonville hospital where her right foot was amputated, blood poison having developed from an old injury, and she had been at home but a few days when their 6-year-old daughter was taken suddenly ill and died the next day. Monday their 10-year-old son was stricken with acute appendicitis and was rushed immediately to a hospital at Columbia for an operation. He was doing well when last heard from. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Gustie Dorman, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Andrews, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sachsenheimer, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. H. C. Thorpe of Armstrong was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Caleb Lynch, Monday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Roger Warford, formerly of this place, of Ridge Mont., announce the birth of a son, born on the 3rd. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--M. L. Andrews, who moved to Boonville several weeks ago where he had hoped to secure employment, moved back to Higbee this week. He says that all building operations have stopped to a great extent and that Boonville is about as dead as the average town, although one of the best towns its size in the state, if not the very best. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--T. H. Walton, who returned from Kalo, Iowa, Friday, where he had been called by the death of an uncle, Wm. Dawson, reports that Mrs. Maggie Hyde, a former well known resident of Higbee, but who has been making her home in Ft. Dodge, Ia., for several years, was taken to a hospital in that city Wednesday of last week, suffering from pneumonia. Nothing further, so far as we know, has been learned as to her condition. Her many Higbee friends join the NEWS in the hope that she will soon be restored to her usual health. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Misses Addie and Orphia Lessly, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lessly, who have been suffering from diphtheria for the past week, are much better, we are glad to state. It was feared Tuesday night of last week that Miss Addie could not live through the night, and but for the fact that Dr. C. F. Burkhalter remained at her bedside all night and fought for her life by keeping her throat clear, she likely would have passed away. A trained nurse was secured the next day, and each has received every care and attention. An air-tight quarantine was established as soon as the nature of the malady was determined, and there is no fear of the disease spreading. Where they contracted the disease is a mystery. So far as is known there are no other cases in this section. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Fratie Stevenson left yesterday for Vandalia where she will make her home with her brother, Ernest. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Dr. Henry S. Curtis, state director of hygiene and physical education, announced from Jefferson City this week the names of 91 high school students and four teachers who had been awarded state letters, which are furnished by the Kansas City Journal-Post for awards through the state department. Those from the Higbee high school receiving the letters were Franklin Atkins, Ernest Orton, Dallas Wheeler, Virgil Ancell, Rankin Little, Lewis Harris, Earl Durnil and Wilford Ware. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Higbee school boys and girls who attended the track meet at Moberly Tuesday did not get as far as many had hoped, but that the boys came home without any honors was expected, as they had not put in any practice on any of the events, one team, however, coming within two points of winning the horseshoe pitching contest. Miss Lois Buckler won first in throwing the basketball and baseball, Miss Eunice Buckler first in shot-put and Miss Nellie Sperry third in the 50-yard dash. Miss Eunice Buckler holds the county record for distance throwing of basketball while her sister, Miss Lois, holds the same record for throwing a baseball. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Chas. Comstock, who had his neck all but broken two weeks ago while at work in the strip mine, and which was placed in a cast at a Moberly hospital, was able to return home Tuesday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--IN MEMORIAM--In sad and loving memory of our beloved father, John Mure, who departed this life two years ago today, April 18, 1925--The Children. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 8 Col. 5--SOUTH OF TOWN--Lowell and Ralph Hargis spent Saturday night with Howard Hargis, helping him celebrate his 11th birthday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.