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 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 4--James Burns, who has been living at the Odd Fellow Home at Liberty for several years, was the guest of old Higbee friends the latter part of last week, going to Mexico for a visit on Friday. He says the home is a wonderful place and that the present superintendent is the best ever in charge of the institution. Mr. Burns' parents located in this vicinity several years before the Katy railroad was built, following which, on the opening of the mine at old Russell, Mr. Burns took up the occupation of mining and which he followed until going to the home. The first shaft ever put down in this vicinity, he advised us, was just north of where the Katy depot now stands, but which was filled up on account of a large stream of water having been struck. Those having the enterprise in charge then opened the mine at Russell. Although 73 years old, Mr. Burns looks better than he ever did and seems to be enjoying life, and old friends join the NEWS in the hope that he has many more pleasant years before him. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--Will Thomas, David Magruder and James Warford, who have been in Wyoming for two or three years, where they have employment with an oil company at Midwest, came home Monday for a visit, making the trip by auto. They are very much in love with the West. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Cyrus Bradley died Thursday September 2 at the sanitarium at Fulton. She had been mentally deranged for a number of years. She leaves two sons and two daughters besides her husband. Interment was made at Fairview Friday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Miss Dorothy and Dallas Wheeler went to Higbee Sunday where they entered high school Monday, rooming with their grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Lay, for the school term. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--The following enjoyed a motor trip to Jefferson City Wednesday, visiting the state capitol and prison: Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wheeler and children, Dallas, Dorothy, Denver, Dale, Bernice and Ganelle, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and son and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carr. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5&6--BUOY REUNION--The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fowlkes was the scene of a very pleasant gathering Sunday, August 29, it being the place where the reunion was held in honor of the Buoy cousins of Iowa. The guests arrived at an early hour and all brought well filled baskets. At the noon hour a bountiful dinner was served and needless to say was enjoyed by all. The afternoon was spent in conversation, old-time violin music and kodaking. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. Lee South, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley South, Mr. and Mrs. Griggs and children, Martha, Fern and Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Buoy and daughter, Hollis of Coryndon, Iowa. Mrs. N. Torkelson, Mystic, Iowa, Joe Buoy, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Buoy and children, C. L. and Ruth Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilmore and son Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Griff Stone and daughter Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Atkins and children Durwood and Howard Jr., Mrs. Sarah Gilmore, Mrs. Mary Toalson, Mrs. Ora Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rupard, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rupart and son Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Tom St. Clair, Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Port Copher, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pitney, Mr. and Mrs. George Berks and children Roma and Roy, Willie Gillum and children Nadine, Blanche and Carl, Odessa and Eula Atkins, Ethel Gilmore, Minnie Fowlkes, Lena St. Clair, Idella Johnson, Fern and Lurlene Gillum, Marvin Toalson, Carrol Johnson, Clarence Fowlkes, Carl and Paxton Johnson, Joe Hudson, Andy St. Clair, John White, Johnnie Fowlkes, Brice Lewis, Burlie Fowlkes and Russel Franklin. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Miss Margaret Kelso of Moberly spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Jane Kelso. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Walter Jones of Kenosha Wis is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Vern Andrews returned to his home in Olathe, Kan., Sunday after a visit with his brother, Omer Andrews, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born on the 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Neal, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, on the 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dennis, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, on the 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Sumpter, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Wood Burton left Friday for Herculaneum, near St. Louis, where he will teach the coming year. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Clifford Vaught, mechanic at Murphy's garage for the past several months, moved back to Marshall Tuesday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Lola Ray, aged 10, a pupil in Anderson school, fell from a swing at the school Monday and broke her right arm. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Miss Gladys Andrews left Monday night for Chicago where she will teach the coming year in the Sherman School of Music. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--The 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Moore fell from his horse at the Hamilton school house Monday and broke his left arm. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--A daughter was born on the 7th to Dr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ewell of Kansas City, making Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wright of this place grandparents. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--O. D. Dulany of Denver, Colo., and sister, Mrs. Clara Arnett, of St. Louis, were the guests of their brother, Emmett Dulany, and family, Monday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Mrs. Ernest Barton and little son left yesterday for Tulsa, Okla. Mr. Barton, who is in the navy, will be released on the 18th, and will join her at that place. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Mrs. Matthew Evans, Mrs. Bernice Roberts and Miss Margaret Williams returned to their homes in Chicago Friday after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Mrs. T. B. Magruder, who was taken to a Moberly hospital two weeks ago, where she was operated on for tumor, has so far recovered as to be able to return home today. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Miss Alberta Andrews, who spent the summer in California, and who will teach in the Kansas City schools the coming year, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Andrews, Sunday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Dr. G. M. Nichols received a message Tuesday advising him of the death that day, at his home in New Mexico, of his grandson, Jack Minor, aged 12, the son of his daughter, Pauline, deceased. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 5--Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Warford returned Saturday from a month's visit with their son, Roger Warford, of Ridge, Montana. They liked the country, but say that they would not care to live there, unless they were many years younger. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.