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. 1 Col 4--MISS YATES IMPROVING--Miss Annie Yates, who was so seriously injured in the recent cyclone, and who has since been in a Moberly hospital, was reported some better yesterday, having recovered consciousness to such an extent as to be able to ask about the storm. Aside from having most of her ribs on one side broken and otherwise terribly bruised, she was struck on the head by some object which caused a blood clot to form on her brain, producing paralysis, but which is gradually leaving, we understand, as a result of an operation. The NEWS earnestly joins Miss Yates' friends in the hope that she is now on the road to rapid recovery. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 4--INJURED IN MINE--Walter Dampers, colored, an employee in mine No. 11, was quite painfully hurt Tuesday afternoon when he was caught by a fall of rock, but fortunately escaped without any broken bones. About the time he was brought to the top, the cage struck and it was an hour before he could be taken from the mine. His chief injuries were about the shoulders. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 4--CELEBRATES 78TH BIRTHDAY--Tuesday, June 7th, being Mrs. Laura Welch's 78th birthday, the occasion was celebrated with a six o'clock dinner, those present being only the immediate members of the family--Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jenner and daughter, Miss Ruth, and friend, Miss Jean Macdonald, of St. Louis; Miss Anna Welch, W. D. Welch and Mr. and Mrs. H. Scott Welch. Friends here and at a distance remembered the event with cards. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 5--MILLER-MORGAN--Mr. Sylvan S. Miller of Moberly and Miss Cleda Morgan of this place were united in marriage in Moberly on Saturday, June 4, at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Nestor, pastor of the Baptist church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Morgan of this place, and is one of our prettiest and most lovable young ladies and is popular among a wide circle of friends. The groom comes from one of Moberly's best families and bears the reputation of being a most exemplary young man. The NEWS joins other friends in hearty congratulations and best wishes. The happy couple are now at home at 1003 Buchanan street, Moberly. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 5--W. W. SPHAR DEAD--The many Higbee friends and acquaintances of Mrs. W. W. Sphar, best remembered as Miss Mittie Elgin, will learn with the deepest regret of the death of her husband, which occurred at their home in Chicago on the 2nd, following an illness of two years or more. Interment was made Saturday at Marshall, his old home. Mrs. Sphar was here Monday on her way home and was the guest of friends between trains. She advised us that her aunt, Miss Lucy Elgin, who is making her home with a niece at Rocheport, despite her 93 years, and the fact that she is confined to an invalid's chair from a fall a year or so ago when she sustained a broken hip, retains all her faculties and is enjoying life, which will be good news to Miss Lucy's many Higbee friends. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 5--PIERCE-REYNOLDS--The following account of the marriage of Miss Thelma Reynolds, brief mention of which was made in our last issue, is taken from the Daily Oklahoman, of May 30: "Miss Thelma Reynolds became the bride of Scott B. Pierce Saturday night at 9 o'clock at a quiet wedding in the home of her brother, O. M. Reynolds, and Mrs. Reynolds, 41 East Avenue F. Rev. B. M. Nelson, pastor of the Capitol Hill Methodist church, read the marriage vows in the presence of the immediate families. "The bridal party stood under an improvised arch of sunburst roses banked on each side by baskets of pink and white roses and nasturtiums. The bride was lovely in a white georgette afternoon frock. "The ceremony was followed by an informal reception when Mrs. Pierce was assisted in serving her wedding cake by Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. F. L. Buckler. After a trip of ten days to Galveston, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce will be at home at 818 North Broadway. "Mrs. Pierce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Reynolds of Higbee, Mo., and had made her home here with Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Jr., since graduating from high school at Higbee. Mr. Pierce is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pierce of Salina, Kan." Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 1 Col 6--IN THE LONG, LONG AGO, By Pete McNamara.--Dear Scott: I read the description of the first time the band played in public, and of course, to me, it looked good. Now I want to tell you the first time a merry-go-round came to town. They set it up right south of the "company store." They came into town unannounced and unhearalded, and of course when the kids got a flash of the horses--I mean wooden horses and the other animals--much excitement prevailed. The first night it started off great. We pestered the poor manager to death by jumping on and off his machine, but here is where the Higbee Juvenile Silvertoned Cornet Band got a break. Davie Hare, who always had a long head for business, talked it into the manager that he should engage the band to play on the Merry-Go-Round. Our pay was the riding. There was a platform in the center surrounding the center pole. Of course this platform revolved the same as the Merry-Go-Round. It was a funny sensation to try and read music, blow a horn and keep one's feet, but the kids did not mind it a bit. Am Lambier became so proficient he could leap from the platform on to one of the wooden horses at the same time playing music, and Ed Reese was not satisfied with jumping on and off the horses, but after his third of fourth night he would jump on the horse, back to the platform and off the Merry-Go-Round, and run with it, jump back again, all the time playing the horn. Needless to state, our engagement did not last long on the Merry-Go-Round, and the chief reason of this was the manager feared some of the boys would get maimed. He stood for Ed Reese jumping on and off, Am Lambier doing his gymnastics, but when Miles Williams took to jumping on and off with his bass drum the poor manager called a halt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.