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, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 1--BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION--Quite a number of relatives and friends gathered with well filled baskets at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Fray Sunday, May 15, in honor of his 72nd birthday anniversary. The day was most pleasantly spent in music, both vocal and instrumental. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stark, Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Bartee, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Yates and son George, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Benton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Estille Fray and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fray and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fray, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. A. Stahlman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Patterson and baby, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Williams and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Will Goone, Mrs. Gertie Tribble, Clarence Cubbage, O. S. Fray, Ruby Goone, Woodruf Younger, Harold Stark and Robert Tribble. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MARTIN SHOVER DEAD--Martin Shover, residing at Yates, and who had been in poor health for several years, and who was also suffering from cancer of the face, was found dead in bed yesterday morning by Mrs. Shover. Death resulted from natural causes. Mr. Shover was about 70 years old and is survived by his widow. We could not learn anything as to when the funeral would be held. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--Ernest Dinwiddie advised us yesterday that his daughter, Susie, and little son, Junior, who were operated on at a Boonville hospital ten days ago for appendicitis, are recovering nicely and will likely be able to return home the latter part of the week or the first of the next. They were able to leave the hospital Tuesday and are at the home of a sister of Mrs. Dinwiddie's in Boonville. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--GEO. A. CUBBAGE DEAD--Mrs. J. W. Winn received word Friday, May 13, that her uncle, Geo. A. Cubbage, of Litchfield, Ky., had died that morning in a Louisville hospital. He was helping a neighbor who was using an ax, building fence. The ax slipped and cut off one of Mr. Cubbage's fingers. Blood poison developed in a few hours, and resulted in his death. Mr. Cubbage had visited Higbee several times, being the oldest brother of the late H. C. and H. B. Cubbage. Of a family of fourteen children only three are living, J. M. Cubbage, Denver, Colo.; Dan W. Cubbage and Mrs. Ollie Duncan of St. Louis. The body was taken to Litchfield and interred in the family cemetery. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MACHETTA-CLEM--Tuesday afternoon, in the apartment of the bride's uncle, Squire R. B. Hooten, Miss Effie Lee Clem and John Machetta, two well known young people of the Higbee vicinity, were married. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Clem, of this city. She is a charming and accomplished young woman. Mr. Machetta is a well known and popular young farmer of this section. They will make their home on the bridegroom's farm near Higbee--Mexico Ledger. The NEWS joins other friends of the happy pair in hearty congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 3--C. T. GILES IN AUTO ACCIDENT--C. T. Giles, formerly of this place, but who has been located in Macon county for a year or more, had a close call from death Wednesday of last week, as did Mrs. Giles, who accompanied him. For the past several weeks they had been in New York and other eastern states visiting Mr. Giles' relatives, making the trip in their car, and on reaching Braidwood, Ill., on their return, and where they also have relatives, their car was crashed into by a car occupied by two men, Edward Kopitas, aged 35, and Joseph Gelsin, 30, both of Quincy, Ill., one of whom was instantly killed, the other dying about an hour later. Mr. Giles escaped with a bad shaking up and some little injury to the knee which has given him so much trouble for many years, while Mrs. Giles had her hands quite badly cut. When last heard from they were doing nicely and it was thought that they would be able to continue their journey in a few days. We could not learn the extent of the damage to their car, but it was quite likely considerable. Both cars, we learn, were going at fair speed, and when Mr. Giles attempted to swerve his car to one side, the driver of the other car drove in front of him and a collision was unavoidable. Mr. Giles does not know whether the driver lost control or not, but is about half inclined to think, from the way the other car was maneuvered that the occupants might have been bent on robbery. The many Higbee friends of Mr. and Mrs. Giles will be sorry to learn of the accident, and all will rejoice that they were so lucky in escaping without any worse injuries. Thursday, 19 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 2, Pg. 1 Col. 3--CALEB LYNCH VERY LOW--Caleb Lynch, who has been in quite a serious condition since his return from a Boonville hospital where he was to have been operated on for appendicitis some four weeks ago, but which could not be done owing to his condition, and who had since been suffering from typhoid, was taken to a Moberly hospital Tuesday, where an operation was immediately performed, three pints of pus, it is said, being taken from his side. He was so weak that it was feared he might not survive the operation, his one and only chance of life. He came through it, however, but yesterday morning was in a very critical condition, in which he remained all day, with perhaps a slight improvement, as he was conscious part of the time. At the hour of going to press last night he was still alive, but it was feared that he could not live the night out. This is indeed sad news to Caleb's many friends, for he is a jolly good natured fellow, always ready to go out of his way to do one a favor, and all join the NEWS in a fervent prayer for his recovery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.