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, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Miss Lucille Humphrey has been employed as teacher in the Dover district the coming year. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Joe Gruber returned to Illinois Saturday after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gruber. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Fred Phelan of Moberly was the guest of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Notley Magruder, the first of the week. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--J. B. Dougherty returned Saturday from Kenosha, Wis., where he had gone in the hope of finding employment. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. W. D. Burke, who had been in a Kansas City hospital for several weeks was able to return home Monday night. Her malady was diagnosed as a stomach trouble, but not of a very serious nature, we are glad to say. She has been advised to remain in bed for several weeks. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Tom Chism is driving a new Ford, purchased last week. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Joe Gerard of St. Louis is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Griggs. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Robert Chism and sons, Thomas, James and Joe, spent the week (with rela) tives in Fulton. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Misses Esther and Ruth Jones spent Tuesday in Moberly with their sister, Mrs. George Blankenship. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Effie Lewis returned to her home in Mexico Sunday after a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. Mark C. Murphy. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Lon Coleman returned to Springfield, Ill., Sunday, after a few weeks at home, and where he has secured employment. Mrs. Coleman will likely remain in Higbee for the greater part of the summer. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Among those on the Honor Roll of Central College, Fayette, this year, were two Higbee young people, Miss Jennie Hackward and Warren Winn. Only those who make the highest grades are placed on this roll. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hopper of Fargo, ND., accompanied by Misses Ruth Burton of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Marjorie Burton of Guthrie Center, Iowa, arrived in their car Tuesday for a visit with Mrs. Hopper's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Bottoms, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lambier returned Saturday from Florida where they had been for the past six months. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Waldo Thomas returned to Chicago Sunday night after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Miss Nadine Bradley, who is taking a course in nursing in a Moberly hospital, is spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bradley. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Bert Reese of Columbia was called here the first of the week by the serious illness of her brother, Walter Davies, who is suffering from sciatic rheumatism. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Harrison Harvey, better known as "Hack," one of the our most industrious and reliable colored citizens, who moved to Vandalia last fall, moved back to Higbee Friday. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Leroy Crump, 22, of Centralia, was drowned in Salt River, near Paris, Sunday, while fishing. He was "running" a trot line, when a pair of hip boots he was wearing filled with water and he sank. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--The marriage, Sunday, of Gusta Dorman and Miss Anna Howell was quite an event not only in their lives but in that of the officiating minister, the Rev. Floyd V. Brower, it being the first such ceremony he had ever performed. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Barton of Tulsa, Okla., are the proud parents of a son, born on June 8th, which was also Mrs. Barton's birthday. The new arrival has been christened Jerry David. Mrs. Barton will be best remembered as Miss Emma Truby of this place. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 5, Col 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Dr. C. F. Burkhalter went to Kansas City Sunday to see his daughter, Mrs. Frances Warren, who is in the city for treatment for her throat, and who also underwent a slight operation. He reports her as doing nicely and says that she will likely be at home in a few days, although her physicians want her to remain for a week or so longer. Dr. Burkhalter returned Monday night, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Charlotte, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Otto Dorman, for a week. Thursday, 17 June 1926, Vol 40 No. 7, pg. 8, Col 5--A. J. Lynch of Armstrong, Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie and Miss Mary Blessing Dougherty spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fisher. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.