Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Mrs. Jennie Cook is laid up with a badly sprained ankle, and it will likely be a week or two before she will be able to resume her position as saleslady at Walton Bros. & Lambier's. During a lull in the trade on the dry goods side of the store, Tuesday, she went to the south side to put some boxes back on the shelves and was standing almost on the top step of a tall traveling ladder when T. H. Walton came along and gave the ladder a kick, it being in the way of some goods he was after. A shrill scream from Mrs. Cook was the first knowledge he had that any one was on the ladder. He made a grab for her, and caught her about ten feet from where the ladder had stood, her head and shoulders landing on his arm, and greatly breaking the force of her fall and saving her from serious if not fatal injury. Mr. Walton acknowledges that he was not built for speed and says it is a complete mystery to him how he ever reached Mrs. Cook in time to catch her. he was made almost sick over the accident and has since been almost afraid to pass any of the ladders in the store--even the small foot ladder generally kept in a corner in the wareroom. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--IN MEMORY--Of little Hazel Viola Blakley, infant daughter of John and Rosa Blakley, born Feb 17, 1915, died Feb 28, 1915. She lived only twelve days, but all that could be done by hands on earth was done for her, but at last death came as a relief. She leaves father, mother and one little brother to mourn her loss. Funeral services were held Monday by Rev. C. K. Shilling and interment made in Sharon cemetery. (poem follows) Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Born, on the 3rd, to Thos. Warford and wife, a son. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Axie, little daughter of Thos. Williams and wife, who has been very ill of pneumonia for the past week, is better. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Travis Magruder sold his farm of 51 acres east of town to Elbert Robb this week for $1300. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Dan, little son of Mrs. Thos. Wilkinson, who has been qu ite sick for the past week is better. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Wm. Sunderland sold his residence in the east part of town last week to Thos. Pitney and will move to a farm near Renick. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--W. F. Hulett, son of W. E. Hulett of Sturgeon was here Tuesday looking around with the view of locating for the practice of law, he having recently been admitted to the bar. He was quite favorably impressed with the outlook, but came to no definite decision. Higbee is the only town of its size we know of without a lawyer, and we believe the right man could make good. We trust that Mr. Hulett will locate among us. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Albert B. Lewis, a former citizen of this place, was here from near Rocheport, Tuesday, looking for a farm to rent, but could find none. He has been farming for several years, and he was not notified of the sale of the farm he occupied last year until too late to rent another in that section. Land there, Mr. Lewis says, is selling all the way from $50 to $150 an acre. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--W. I. Williams returned Friday from Oklahoma where he was called by the illness of his father, R. H. Williams. The latter was no better when last heard from. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Emmett Robb this week sold his interest in the livery barn to his son, Grover, and moved to his farm south of town. Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Chas. ("Hip") McCreight says that the report in the Moberly papers last week that he had signed with the Moberly ball team for this season, is all hot air. He was one of the most enthusiastic at the reorganization of the Blues this week, and says he will be found at his old place in left field, or any place else the management wants to put him, and that he is going to keep his eye on the pennant and the ball all season. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The WARFORD son mentioned below was my uncle, HUBERT BURKHALTER WARFORD. Born in Higbee, he married VIOLA MAE LILLISTON (1915-1986). The couple lived many years in Moberly, and had two daughters, SANDRA; and PAMELA JEAN. Uncle Hubert passed on in November, 1985. He was one of the kindest human beings on the planet. I remember him for this, as well as his vast old radio collection. The BURKHALTER in his name was in honor of the DR. C.F. BURKHALTER family who had taken Hubert's father, THOMAS LAFAYETTE WARFORD ("bowling alley Thomas" cum pharmacist) into their family. Readers of the account of my grandparents' wedding, if they count backwards, may realize that my grandmother must have gotten pregnant within the first week or two of her new marriage (May 31, 1914). Poor thing. Grandmother MARY LOUIS FARRIS WARFORD would have been 111 tomorrow. Not too unreasonable a thing, as her sister lived to be nearly 104... Thank you again, Kathy. -------------- > Friday, 5 Mar 1915--Born, on the 3rd, to Thos. Warford and wife, a son.