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, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Geo. Barnett of Moberly was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Davis, during the week. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Robert Lander of Slater was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Williams, the first of the week. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Miss Merle Deskin of Moberly was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Deskin, the first of the week. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Bryan Swetnam left Saturday for his home in Fresno, Calif, after a month's visit with his sister, Mrs. Chas. Kirby. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Joe Hackward spent Sunday in Fayette with her daughters, Misses Vera and Jennie, who are attending summer school there. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Houtz, Miss Elsie Maude Zaffke, Mrs. Jesse Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lambier and daughter, Doris, Mr. and Mrs. Elerd Baker and daughter, Mildred, spent Sunday in Jefferson City. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robb and daughter, Miss Claudine, Miss Mary Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ware and Thos. Durnil left Tuesday for a fishing and camping trip on Current river near Van Buren, Mo. They will also visit relatives in St. Louis before their return. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 4--Miss Fay Kelso, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brook, went to Boonville Tuesday for an examination by a specialist, but whether or not he advised an operation we did not learn. Miss Kelso was operated on some four years ago for appendicitis, it being a pus case, since which time her side has given her more or less trouble, and at times seems to be in as bad condition as before the operation. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 4--Higbee now has one less barbershop and pool hall, E. J. Turner, who left Tuesday for a visit of several weeks in Oklahoma, having moved his chairs and tables to the residence property he owns in the east part of town. As to whether or not he intends reopening his shop when he returns or whether he will look out another location, we are not advised. He will probably reopen his shop here when business peps up a bit, it is said. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 4&5--Butler B. Brown, was here Saturday from Sturgeon and paid the NEWS an appreciated call. He has been a reader of the NEWS for many years and says it is by far the best paper that comes into his home, and that he could not keep house without it. Forty years ago Mr. Brown hauled the original outfit with which the NEWS began business, consisting of a small hand press and a few cases of type, to Higbee from Sturgeon, it being purchased from his father-in-law, the late Thos. S. Carter, and which had been used to print the Boone County Advertiser, a paper started in Sturgeon by W. I. Webster to buck Carter's Sturgeon Leader. The Advertiser went under after a struggle of about three months. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 5&6--The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Edwards who moved to Brookfield several months ago, will be delighted to know that they are again residents of Higbee, having moved back last week. Mr. Edwards has been in the garage business with Lib Noel, also of this place, at Brookfield, for a year or more, and recently moved to Brunswick, they having the Chevrolet agency for both Linn and Chariton counties, but decided to sell out while the selling was good, and while they were still able to dispose of cars faster than they could get them. Like many other people, Mr. Edwards thinks the saturation point has about been reached in the industry. If not, it will finally arrive, and when it does, others besides those who own cars are going to be hard hit. We are no prophet, but it is our guess that in a very few years the price of cars will be cut in half, and that they will be sold direct from factory to buyer. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 6, Col 1--The following guests entertained Martin Robb at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Fowler with a basket dinner Sunday, June 27th, it being his 24th birthday: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Warford, Mrs. and Mrs. John Sumpter and daughter, Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Birch Dougherty and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Noel, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Noel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carey and son T. J., Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Newman and children, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Newman, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Andrews and son Donel, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pitney, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Pitney, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Atkins and son Glenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Naylor and son Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fowler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dougherty and children, Mrs. Bertha Tulous and daughter of Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robb, J. W. Robb, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Magruder, Mr. and Mrs., Mr. and Mrs. John Ware, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Atkins and family, Mrs. Carrie Perkins, Arthur Kirby, Mrs. Thos. Holtzclaw, Mrs. Martin Robb and son Billy, Misses Marie Kirby, Virgie Sumpter, Juanita Atkins, Messrs. Cleo Blakemore, Linley Dougherty, Amos Comstock, Roy Quick, John Burkley, Earl Kirby, Forrest Atkins, Raymond and Leroy Starkey, Vincent and Eugene Kirby, Irvin Fowler, Richard and Austin Sumpter. All spent a very enjoyable day and wished Mr. Robb many more such birthdays. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 8, Col 1--Mrs. Wm. Short returned to Brown's Station Sunday after a visit with Higbee relatives. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 8, Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Reed and daughter, Maxine, and Mrs. H. K. Boyd, returned to Tilden, Ill., Saturday after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 8, Col 2--SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER--Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Carter, who returned last week from a visit of several weeks with relatives in Illinois, were given a delightful surprise Sunday when neighbors and friends, each bearing a big basket of good things to eat, the delegation arriving unannounced and uninvited to help Mr. Carter celebrate his 72nd birthday. Needless to add, the day was a most pleasant one, and enjoyed by none more than by Mr. Carter. (Guest list omitted). Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 8, Col 3--Mrs. Foster Enochs and daughter, Miss Virginia, and Miss Lorena Coleman, of Springfield, Ill., are the guests of Mrs. Lon Coleman and other relatives and friends. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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