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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--R. R. Jones of Independence is the guest of his sons, W. R. and Isaac, and families. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. E. D. Martin of Kirksville is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Little. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Harley Chesser returned to Hannibal Wednesday after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chesser. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Frank Harris returned to Joliet, Ill., Tuesday after a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harris. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Jerome Compton returned to Chicago Saturday night after a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Compton. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Geo. Hulett and son Clifford, returned to their home in Marshall yesterday after a visit with Higbee relatives. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Wisdom Burton and daughter, Miss Marjorie, Mrs. John Hudson, Mrs. G. M. Nichols and Glen Burke spent Friday with friends in Columbia. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Miss Edna Kirby, a member of the high school graduating class this year, has been employed to teach in the Oakland district near Cairo the coming year. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Angelina Bottino and Miss Rosena Roselli returned Sunday from a week's visit with relatives and friends in St. Louis and Benld, Ill. They attended the funeral of Mrs. Bottino's cousin at Benld. She met old friends and relatives she hadn't seen for thirty years. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 3--Bettie Jane, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Patterson, is a stronger believer in the NEWS than ever, since her dog "Snubby," gone for a week or more, and whose disappearance was mentioned in our last issue, came home a few hours after the paper was out, and from marks on his neck, had evidently been tied up with a rope. She says the next time she wants anything and her dad won't get it, she is going to try the NEWS. Please, Betty Jane, be careful, for we have our limit. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 3--Joe Robertson, who, we are glad to state, is to be superintendent of the Yates school again next year, left Sunday for his home in Marshfield, and about June 15, in company with Lyle Cubbage, cashier of the Yates Savings Bank, will leave in his car for Canada where they will spend several weeks on a fishing and camping trip. What a wonderful trip is before them. We would give a leg to go along, for the companionship of such gentlemen would be as great a pleasure as the fishing. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 3--Uncle John Sinclair, despite his 96 years, was in town yesterday, hitting on all four as usual, and stopped in long enough to tell us that we were due for a tremendous rain tomorrow. he based his prediction on a certain phase of the moon. About an hour later Dr. G. B. Cowley hit the door with the remark, "rain inside of 48 hours." Asked as to what he based his prediction on, he replied in one word, "teeth," advising us that he had spent most of the day treating teeth for first one and then another, all of whom had the toothache. He says that more than the usual run of toothaches always means an approaching rain. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 4--May M. and W. Christian Burton, who were here from Iowa last week to attend the funeral of their brother, A. T. Burton, say that Missouri has no monopoly on the bank failure business, that the failures there are as large in proportion. In one town three banks went under and the town was without a bank for several months. May, who is one of the highest salaried shoe salesmen employed by the Brown Shoe Co., and W. C., who has made a wonderful success as a retail shoe dealer, report business as fairly good--better, in fact, than one would expect. They attribute the bank failures and the depression to readjustment following the war. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 5, Col 5&6--Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Lay went to Marshall Monday to see their son, Cecil, who is in college there and to attend some of the commencement exercises. Mr. Lay informs us that Cecil, who seems to want to specialize in the mercantile business, will remain in Marshall this summer where he will work for the J. C. Penney Co., with the end in view of eventually becoming manager of one of their stores. The Penney Co. is the world's largest chain store organization, having almost 700 stores from coast to coast. The concern trains its own help and all managers, at one time or another, began at the bottom as clerks. The company, we understand, requires that each manager own one-third interest in the store he is to manage, and if he hasn't the money will loan it to him when he is ready for the job. Cecil is one of our best and farseeing young men, and if he doesn't make a success and reach a managership, if he likes the business as well as he thinks he will, we will miss our guess. Thursday, 27 May 1926, Vol 40 No. 4, pg. 8, Col 4--Farewell and Surprise Party--As R. C. Robb and family are leaving for Liberty, Mo., to make their home, the following friends and neighbors gathered at their home last Monday night, May 17. Mr. Robb and family were away. When they came home about 9 o'clock they found their friends and neighbors there with delicious cakes and ice cream. Mr. Robb soon lit the yard up with Delco lights and the evening was spent in playing croquet and other games. (Guest list omitted.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.