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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 1--SCHOOL NOTES--(edited by compiler)--The girls' basketball team has been chosen. Maggie Longdon, Gladys Laight, Beulah Durnil and Delpha Lessly, forwards; Marjorie Burton and Nellie Sperry, centers; Ruby Edwards, Lois Buckler and Charlotte Burkhalter, guards. Nellie Sperry is captain. The practice is coming fine. The boys' team has not yet been chosen. The Carnival Queen contest is proving very exciting. The Senior queen, Charlotte Burkhalter, is in the lead at present with 3034 votes. The Junior Queen, Verna Lee Dennis, comes next, with 2414 votes. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hargis and baby, Valeta, visited relatives in Mexico Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Marjorie Evans of Harrisburg was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Emma Ridgeway for the week-end. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Brian visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Brian, Sunday. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Bertha Wheeler attended the sick bed of Mr. and Mrs. Lige St. Clair's twin babies who have been very sick, Saturday night. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER--The following items reached us too late to be placed with the regular Huntsville items: Sheriff McCanne arrested Monday morning Geo. M. Underwood, proprietor of the Underwood Pharmacy here, on a state warrant charging him with arson--setting fire to his drug store here on September 9th, an account of which was given in last week's NEWS. He was placed in jail and will be given a preliminary hearing later. Circumstantial evidence is rather strong against him, but whether it is sufficiently strong to hold him for trial or not, is problematical. Another auto accident occurred on the state highway between Huntsville and Clifton Hill Sunday morning in which one person was killed and two others injured. It happened about a mile from Huntsville. Mrs. Joe Stoner and her son-in-law, Everett Young, and his wife, occupied a new Ford roadster, Joe Stoner and others of his family occupying another car, were in the rear. All were from Moberly, bound for Salisbury and vicinity to visit relatives. While traveling at an average speed a blowout on the front wheel of Young's car occurred, and instead of stopping the car, as he had intended, he by mistake threw on more power. The machine instantly turned, ran up a steep embankment six feet high, then fell backwards and rolled down an incline a distance of 30 feet and stopped bottom up. Mrs. Stoner's head and shoulders were pinned to the ground by the door of the car. Young and wife were fastened under the car, but they, while cut and bruised, were not, it was thought, seriously injured. Mr. Stoner and others rushed to the car and released his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Young. When taken from under the car, Mrs. Stoner was unconscious. She was placed in her husband's car and Young and others occupied cars sent out from town, and all taken to a hospital in Moberly, but Mrs. Stoner died on the way without regaining consciousness. The Young car was badly damaged. Rev. Robert White, an old-time Methodist minister, visited his friend, Dr. O. F. Hatton, and family, here Sunday and Monday. Rev. White preached at the Methodist church Sunday night at request of the pastor, the Rev. Hunt. This old minister of the Gospel was born in England 85 years ago, and was converted to Christ 73 years ago. He married in England when young and preached one year in his native country, and early in 1861 he and his wife came to this country, landing by boat at St. Joseph, Mo. He joined the Missouri conference of the Southern Methodist church at Mexico that year, and was appointed to the Salisbury circuit. He has since then filled some of the best stations in the Missouri conference, but for several years past he has not been in active or regular service, and preaches only in special occasions. he has been in the ministry 66 years, 65 of those in the Missouri conference, and is perhaps the oldest Methodist minister in Missouri. About 35 years ago he was stationed at Moberly, and assisted the Methodist pastor here in a revival, preaching ten days. While he is somewhat feeble, he preaches with vigor for a man of his age, though his voice is not strong as in former days. He is one of the grand old ministers of the Missouri Conference. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Roy Shields and family are moving this week from the R. M. Avery property. We did not learn where they were moving. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--We understand that Henry Fenton and family are to leave the farm and go to California for his health. He is a sufferer from asthma. Here's hoping he may find relief. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--J. S. Warford and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Odis Ancell, and family the latter part of last week. While in this neighborhood Mr. Warford bought thirty head of ewes from J. Lee Dougherty, at $10 per head. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.