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, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 1--MRS. ALICE BROAD DEAD--The following from the Taylorville, (Ill.) Daily Breeze of February 1, will be read with the deepest regret by the many friends of the deceased, who was a resident of Higbee for many years, and who will always be kindly remembered by those who knew her best. The NEWS joins other friends in sympathy to the bereaved ones: "Mrs. Alice Broad, 75, widow of the late Thomas Broad, died at 10:50 o'clock last night at her home at 1009 East Oak street. She had been ill a year, suffering from cancer. Mrs. Broad's maiden name was Miss Alice Maloan. She was born August 14, 1851, at Newton, Ill., the daughter of Morris and American Maloan. She was united in marriage on Jan. 28, 1868, at Camp Point, Ill., to William A. Burnham. Four sons were born to this union, two dying in infancy. Mrs. Burnham was then married March 25, 1886 to Thomas Broad, at Centerville, Ia. After their marriage they moved to Missouri. Twenty-four years ago they came to Taylorville. Mr. Broad died Jan. 22, 1917. Mrs. Broad was a faithful member of the Latter Day Saints church, attending church regularly until her illness prevented. "She is survived by two sons, R. O. Burnham and C. A. Burnham, both of Taylorville and three step sons, William, John and David Broad. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Olive M. Laux, Oklahoma City, Ok., a brother, Frank Maloan of Springfield, and a grandson, Clifford Burnham of Taylorville. "The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Elder Jenkins will have charge. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 3--The home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P, Kroggel was the scene of a very pleasant gathering Sunday, the occasion being Mrs. Kroggel's 22nd birthday, and which was fittingly celebrated with a dinner calculated to do honor to such an occasion. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kroggel and daughter, Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCully and daughter, Susan, Judge N. F. Haworth and Samuel McCully, all of Moberly. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 3--Wm. Robb, after a brief visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Robb, of Marshall, and Higbee relatives and friends, left Thursday for his home in Los Angeles, Calif. He says he had a fine visit and a big lot of sport through the hunting season. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 4--AND THEY WERE MARRIED--A moral crusade to correct if possible irregular sex relations among Paris negroes, begun by Prosecuting Attorney Barnes on the urging of the better class of colored people, resulted last Thursday in the arrest and subsequent marriage of Wesley Martin and Maxine Hinton, who, it appears, had been enjoying connubial felicity without going through the sanctifying form and ritual prescribed by statute. When arrested Wesley, who declared that he had done nothing more than "walk home with that gal late o' nights," signified his readiness to take on the holy bonds--Maxine seemed not so keen--but said he was without the price of a license. County Clerk Gwynn offered to furnish a hunting license free in order to consummate the romance, but Judge Barnes, who teaches a Sunday school class, and who is a very sentimental man, insisted on "regularity," and paid Recorder Heathman himself for the license. Rev. Berry, colored, was summoned, an din the presence of county officials, men and women, united the radiant couple in the bonds of most holy matrimony, the legal charge thereupon being immediately dismissed. Janitor Ely and Col. Marr, who were to have sung "Oh Promise Me" as a duet, and who had been up in the dome practicing, arrived on the scene a moment too late. Questioned as to the possibility of the crusade becoming general, Judge Barnes smiled in a non-committal fashion--Paris Mercury. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 5--The Kansas City Times of Monday carried a picture of the Missouri Valley College basketball team, the Vikings, and number one in the first row was Virgil Dougherty. Said the Times: "Coach Godfrianx has a promising squad this winter and his team is expected to finish high in the state race. Mills, Fette and Dougherty are the big cogs in the Marshall quintet." "Demus" many Higbee friends will be delighted to know that he is making as much headway in his college work as he is in basketball. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 6--BASKETBALL TEAM TO FULTON TOURNAMENT--Higbee Girls' Team Goes To Fulton today For the District Tournament.--The Girl's basketball team of the Higbee High School, which has not a single defeat to mar it's record this season, and who brought home the trophy, a cup, by their last victory, that over Fayette, will go to Fulton today for the tournament to be held on the court of William Woods College today and tomorrow, and in which twenty-two teams, each a winner in its district, will battle for supremacy. They are scheduled to meet, we understand, the Warsaw team, an exceptionally strong one, but from the record our girls have hung up for the season--making a total of 331 points against 148 for opponents--their friends are confident they have a fine show for the cup award, and all are quite sure that, with even breaks in the fortune of the game, they will make any and all teams they meet realize that they have been in a scrap. Their record for the season follows, the first name being the team played, the second where played, while the first figures are the Higbee scores and the second the scores of opponents: New Franklin at New Franklin 9-9 Myers at Myers 10-3 Myers at Higbee 30-0 Harrisburg at Higbee 24-2 Cairo at Cairo 31-9 Armstrong at Armstrong 22-16 Huntsville at Huntsville 19-6 Huntsville at Higbee 13-1 Yates at Yates 23-18 Harrisburg at Harrisburg 12-1 Fayette at Higbee 21-9 New Franklin at Higbee 43-21 Yates at Higbee 23-19 Clark at Clark 18-12 Clark at Higbee 24-11 Fayette at Fayette 14-11 ---------- Total 336-148 The games of the Randolph County Tournament do not count in this list. The team is composed of the following young ladies, each of whom plays the game for all she is worth, and none of whom ever give up until the final whistle sounds--remembering, no matter how goes the battle, that they are fighting for good old Higbee High: Misses Nellie Sperry, Marjorie Burton, Charlotte Burkhalter, Beulah Durnil, Maggie Longdon, Gladys Laight, Lois Buckler, Ruby Edwards and Delphia Lessly. Here's to you, young ladies. May you smother all opposition and come home with the cup you have striven so hard to win. But win or lose, old Higbee's for you. While each member of the team can't be praised too highly for her part in marking it a winner, the work of Wm. Paulfrey, the coach, should not be overlooked, for he has done his full part, as the record of the team shows. The NEWS joins other friends of the school in congratulating and thanking both the team and coach. Thursday, 3 Feb 1927, Vol 40, No 39, Pg 1 Col 6--MOBERLY MAN KILLED BY CAR--Frank Borgmeyer of Moberly, was found fatally injured at the corner of Coates and Fifth street, that city, at 1 a.m. Tuesday, having been struck, presumably, by an automobile. He was found almost in the middle of the street, and his skull was crushed. He was rushed to a hospital and every effort made to restore him to consciousness, but all he was ever heard to utter was the single word "Buick." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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