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THF MONETT WEEKLY TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1918.
EIGHTH GRADE COMMENCEMENT
The commencement exercises of the
eighth grade were held at the high
school auditorium Friday evening.
An excellent program was given by
the pupils, which was enjoyed by a
large audience.
The music for the occasion was ex
cellent. The Y. M. C. A. orchc tra
played at the opening. Other mu ical
numbers were two class choruses, pi
ano solo by Fern Breece, a sons oy
eight boys, violin duct by Lewis Stone
and Louise Rice, piano duet by Wil
liam and Helen Wormington, song by
ten girls, piano solos by Frances Fol
ger and Ruth Ely.
Recitations were given by Lena
Hines, Lyle Black, Muriel Anderson
and Irene Johnston, all of which were
well delivered. Fielding Biter and
George Blackwell gave the class
prophecy, which was cleverly written
and witty.
The invocation was delivered by the
Rev. J. F. King and the Rev. H. H.
Koontz presented the diplomas to the
class of forty-three member.
Those in the class are Thelnia Reeil,
Thelma Richardson, Clarence Brid
well, Wayne Henbest. Leota Pilant,
Pauline Gabriel, Myrtle Dorris, Hazel
Heath, Katherine Robbins, Irene
Johnston, Lillie McCampbell, Lewis
Stone. May Vermillion, William
Wormington, Muriel Anderson, Lena
Hines, Edith Holman, Kenneth Og
den, Henrietta Bass, Helen Worming
ton, Lyle Black, Opal Kelley, Laura
Rice, Fielding Sizer, Rolla Beatty,
Dessa Hendrix, Mary Wilson, Ella
Davis, Opal Kring, Fern Breece,
Frances Folger, Lenna Fredrick, Vic
tor Cox, Katherine Reed, Loy Shep
herd, Kittybell Taylor, Ruth Fly,
George Blackwell, Louise Rice, Ever
ett Prevo, Thelnia Williams, Harold
Haxel and Mabel Ellis.
This is a fine class and they made
a good appearance at their commence
ment. OSBORN-BOUNOUS
Announcements are being received
of the marriage of Miss Cloe Thilda
Osborn, of Springfield, Mo., and Prof.
Joel D. Bounous, of this city, which
took place December 22, 1917, at
Rolla, Mo.
This wedding conies as a great sur
prise to the many friends of Prof.
Bounous and his bride, as it has been
kept secret until the close of school.
Miss Osborn was a teacher in the
schools of Mountain Grove, Mo., and
as she wished to finish her. term there,
nothing was said of their marriage
Mrs. Bounous is a stranger in Mo-
nett, but is highly spoken of as an in
structor and as an attractive and ac
complished young lady.
Prof. Bounous has been very popu
lar as the principal of Monett high
school and is well known, having
grown up in this vicinity, graduated
from Monett high school and Spring
field Normal. He is an exemplary
young man, and we join his many
friends in sincere congratulations and
wishes for their future happiness and
success. He expects to bring his wife
to Monett the first of the week and
will reside here for the present.
SENIOR HAYRIDE
The seniors at the high school Fri
day evening at 7:30 and went on a
hayride to Peirce City. They all
showed their belief in preparedness
by bringing along their raincoats and
parasols.
A jolly time was had in singing,
playing jokes and talking over the
events of the week. The crowd ar
rived in Peirce City about 9:30 and
went to the city park, built a bonfire
and had a lunch. Mrs. Andy Haw
kins was chaperon and the class all
vote her a good one.
Those present were Misses Bernice
Smerdon, Dorothy Morrow, Bess De
wine, Juanita Otterman, Pauline
Mansfield, Lula Smith, Edna Bray,
Nell and Bess McCormick, Mazie
Amber, Lucile Baity, Ruth Hobbs,
Jessie Hall, Yolande Gillette, Hazel
Caughron, Ruth Watson, Leila Tracy,
Pauline and Hazel Pitts, Flossie Ed
wards, Messrs. Leslie Mason, Leon
Mourglia, John Charles Wagner, Ray
mond Kingery, Lee Adams, Hiram
Bradford, Farris Davis, George Mil
ler, Junior Hawkins, Clyde Combs,
Jim Selsor and Cecil Long.
The seniors are planning for their
annual picnic Tuesday.
GREAT HAIL DAMAGES
Hail, reported to have been the
size of a hen egg, fell in the country
between Purdy and Butterfield Tues
day evening and broke window lights
out of a number of houses. George
Russell, who was here Wednesday
morning, said that Rev. Ed Brown
filled a gallon bucket with eighteen
pieces.
Wm. Farmer, who was here from
that section, said that some damage
was also done to the strawberries, but
that he could not determine to what
extent. Cassville Democrat.
Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick and Miss
Alma Benz, of Peirce City, visited in
Monett this morning a short time.
They were on their way to Spring
field to visit friends.
SENIOR-JUNIOR RECEPTION
Friday night the juniors of St. Jo
seph's high school gave their annual
reception in honor of the seniors.
Both the senior and junior classes of
the school this year are composed of
young ladies and the kindliest feeling
possible reigns between the two. Mrs.
J. J. Randall invited the young ladies
to hold the reception at her home on
Ninth street, an invitation which was
very gladly accepted by the juniors.
At 8 o'clock a very gala assembly
presented themselves, and that the
evening was enjoyably spent was tes
tified to by the merry laughter and
chatter that greeted even the passers
by. The reception parlors of the Ran
dall home were gracefully festooned
in blue and gold, the junior class col
ors, while the dining hall looked a
marvel of beauty in blue and white,
the senior colors. The massive stair
case and entrance presented a very
charming appearance in blue, white
and gold, the blending of the class
colors typifying the salient charac
teristic of the seniors and juniors
the mutual feeling of harmony that
should exist between students wno
are attached to and proud of their
Alma Mater.
The following program was ren
dered by the members of the junior
class:
"Star Spangled Banner" The Miriams
Reading: "Neighbors"
Miss Jane Konney
Solo: "The Hour of Memory"
Miss Rose Smith
Reading Miss Anna Moody
Piano: "Twilight Reverie"
Miss Josephine Kenney
Reading: "Mrs. Casey at the Euchre
Party" Miss Marie Randall
Solo: "Love, Here Is My Heart"
Miss Fcm Heybum
Reading Miss Hortense Dwyer
Solo: "Just a Baby's Prayer at
Twilight" Miss Mary Conrey
Class Prophecy Miss Agnes Maher
The prophecy proved a source of
genuine entertainment. We shall try
to "patiently" await the outcome as
we find the various members from
coast to coast and in all walks of life.
We find therein the avocations, rank
ing from the "sweet-faced kindly
spinsters" to the acme of hierarchy.
Let us just say in passing, we wish
them good speed on the journey of
life, and if they but put into practice
in the bigger problems of life with
which they will be confronted the
same spirit of self-sacrifice that was
theirs in St. Joseph's, the Muse of
Prophecy may be disregarded for the
Blue of Truth, the White of Purity
in thought, word and deed, and the
Gold of sterling value will shed a halo
round the evening of their sojourn in
this mundane sphere.
The Rev. Father McNamee, pastor
of St. Lawrence's church, was the
guest of honor and proved himself an
ideal entertainer. Father McNamee
is by no means a stranger in the par
ish of Monett, but the senior and
junior classes of St. Joseph's have
grown to womanhood during his ab
sence. However, there was no feel
ing of restraint and flock and shep
herd roamed together in amiable con
verse over the fields of recollections
of the past and happy moments of
the present.
Late in the evening a dainty three
course luncheon was served by the
juniors. The ladies of the junior
class are nine in number, but one in
spirit, and hence find no difficulty in
their path. As soon as any obstacle
looms up on the horizon of the class,
the "Sunbeams" invariably get busy
and the shadows disappear. It is
safe to say that no shadow darkened
the horizon of last night's meeting
and a happier crowd never assembled
in Monett. The party dispersed,
feeling that a new bond of friendship
had been cemented and that the mem
ory of the senior-junior reception
would linger long, and that a great
deal of thanks was due to the kindly
hospitality of Mrs. Randall.
ENTRAIN FOR JEFFERSON
BARRACKS NEXT MONDAY
The following young men have been
notified by the local exemption board
to entrain for training at Jefferson
Barracks Monday: Edwin J. Clark,
Raleigh Wiseley, Raleigh L. Tibbits,
John F. Mitchell, Wm. H. West,
George F. Miller, Ernie C. Ruhling,
Luther Ransdale, Cecil W. Farmer,
Marion J. Black, Frank Barcelllan,
Emory M. Roller. The alternates are
Cliff Edmondson, Ira C. Nickle, Hiram
P. Bruton, Wm. M. Roark and James
A. Owens.
FRESHMEN-SOPHOMORE PICNIC
The freshmen and sophomores en
joyed a picnic at Pioneer Friday.
Harold Lewis conveyed the crowd of
thirty-six in the large motor truck.
The day was enjoyably spent In
bathing, boating, kodaking and a gen
eral good time. Dinner and supper
were enjoyed. The chaperons were
Miss Franks and Miss Beulah
Speaker.
Miss Fern Veerkamp will leave this
evening for her home at Neosho.
After a short visit there she will go
to Washington, D. C, where she has
accepted a government position.
WAR WORK FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
In times like these everybody should
do his part to bear the burden of war.
But what can children do those who
have no regular occupation and no in
come? They can not buy Liberty
Bonds, but they can buy Thrift
Stamps and they can work, and this
is their great opportunity. A num
ber of boys and girls of the high
school have pledged themselves to do
all that they can in three industries
where their work is just as efficient
as that of the grown-ups gardens,
chickens and strawberries.
"Food will win the war." A speak
er in Oklahoma City recently said
"Soldiers win battles, but money wins
wars." Every garden well cared for,
every flock well tended, every straw
berry field well supplied with pickers,
can, and should, and no doubt will
have its quota of young workers,
those who can, besides releasing older
workers for other important duties,
attending to details that might other
wise be overlooked.
How many young people are ready
to enlist in the army of strawberry
pickers? Shall the end-of-the-season
berries rot on the vines, or fill our
jars for winter cheer?
A writer in a recent issue of the
Country Gentleman says that after
the war the allied nations will look to
America for breeding stock in poul
try. Their stocks are so reduced that
most of their product must go to the
hospitals. Do not forget that the
humble hen contributes more to the
resources of our country each year
than all the iron and coal mined; and
we must raise even more. Russia,
that before the war exported poultry
products, has not now enough to sup
ply hei-vown needs, while England, an
importer before the war, is very scan
tily supplied. Agricultural papers
are emphasizing the importance of the
back-yard flocks in towns and villages.
In a recent census taken at (random
of twenty-four families represented
in high school, in seven rural homes
there are seven gardens and seven
flocks of chickens averaging seventy
mature fowls; in seventeen town
homes there are fifteen gardens and
eleven flocks averaging twenty-three
mature fowls; all are already well
supplied with young stock. Does this
not seem that we are doing our part
in Monett and I vicinity ? Let the
children, who can do the work just as
well as anybody, weed the gardens
and feed and watch the chickens while
the mother sews for the Red Cross.
Secretary Baker, on his return from
the battle front, said: "America's
right arm is in France." America's
right arm, symbolizing strength,
must have the support of the great
American body to sustain that
strength. The Apostle Paul says we
are all members of one body and that
the feeble members are necessary,
and if one member suffers all suffer,
if one member is honored all are hon
ored. Let the children supply feet to
run on willing errands that the ef
cient hands may be free to uphold the
right arm.
Miss Miriam McKinley, who has
been visiting Miss Mildred Stowe, re
turned Friday evening to her home at
Garfield, Ark.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Pursuant to Ordinance No. 293 of
the City of Monett, Missouri, passed
and approved on the 8th day of May,
1918, the undersigned will receive
sealed bids until 8 o'clock p. m., May
21st, 1918, for furnishing all labor
and material for the inquired oiling
of the roadway part of Central ave
nue street one time during the month
of June, 1918, with road oil, from the
north line of Front street, thence
north to the south line of Cleveland
avenue street, in the City of Monett,
Missouri. Said work to be done in
accordance with plans, estimates and
specifications on file in the office of
the City Clerk.
The work to be paid for in special
tax bills issued against the abutting
tracts or parcels of land liable for the
same.
A certified check for the sum of
fifty dollars must accompany each
bid, which will be forfeited to the
City of Monett in the event the suc
cessful bidder fails to enter into con
tract and bond with good and suf
ficient security within ten days from
the date of the award.
Bids will be opened in the presence
of the City Council at its meeting to
be held May 2ist, 1918, at 8 o'clock
p. m.
The Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
JAMES JOHNSTON,
w36-t2 City Clerk.
ECZEMA
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terrible Itching, it com
pounded for tffat purpose end
yonr money will be promptly
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Itch, Hcierov Tetter, Ring Worm
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the box. "
Fur anie locally by
A. H. COX & CO.
Miss Floss Edwards, of Purdy, is
the guest of Misses Hazel and Pauline
Pitts.
Mrs. Walter Perry is visiting her
mother, Mrs. J. B. Kreyer, at Webb
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gimson are the
parents of a baby girl, born Saturday,
May 11, at Dr. West's hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Davis are par
ents of a baby boy, whom they have
named William Clifford.
H. A. Gardner has sold his Reo car
to C. C. Taylor, cashier in the First
National Bank at Cassville.
Mrs. Fred Horn and daughter, Vir
ginia, of Walnut Grove, are visiting
Mrs. John Bridgeman.
Mrs. Jim Judkins, of St. Louis, Is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Temple
and family.
Mrs. Arthur Smith returned this
morning to her home at St. Louis,
after a visit to her mother, Mrs. M.
Yoachum.
.Miss Edna Bray accompanied Miss
Grace Hughes to her home at Car
thage Saturday evening and visited
until Monday morning.
Miss Ruth Farrow, who has been
teaching school near Vinita, Ok., has
come home to spend the summer va
cation. Mrs. G. L. Nordin and daughter,
Miss Bonita, and son, George Albert,
left this morning for a visit at Ft.
Smith, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Moody and
daughter, Miss Lorene, and Mrs. A.
Hoover and son, Eugene, are visiting
relatives in Sarcoxie.
Mrs. Sam Phillips and Miss Corinne
Watkins, who have been visiting Miss
Edna Bray, returned this morning to
their home at Carthage.
Misses Mattie and Ona Deaton, ,of
Peirce City, visited friends in this
city Friday evening, returning home
Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stowe enter
tained at dinner today Mr. and Mrs.
Al Britain and daughter, Miss Franks
and Miss Beulah Speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Kruger
and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kruger have
returned from St. Louis, called there
by the death of their sister.
Now that the class in German is to
be eliminated in about every high
school in Missouri, wouldn't it be a
good idea to substitute a class in
"Better English," where the pupils
could be taught to speak and write
the American language better than
heretofore and spell and punctuate it
correctly. It is a matter of fact that
the great majority of high school
graduates are highly deficient in this
respect. Lawrence Chieftain.
SCHOOL PICNIC
Miss Demmah Hamilton, who
teaches the fifth and sixth grades at
the Forest Park school, chaperoned
her pupils on a picnic Saturday. On
account of the unfavorable weather,
the picnic was at the school house.
Games were enjoyed on the campus.
ARTHUR OWENS HONORED
A delicious dinner was served at
the honle of Mr. and Mrs. Ray B.
Walters Sunday, May 12, in honor of
Arthur Owens, who is to leave May
13 for Camp Funston, Kan.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Owens and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Summers and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray B. Walters, Mrs. Jane
Moudy, Miss Lois Owens, Catholic
and Opal Owens, Jesse Scott and Ar
thur Owens.
DINNER FOR SERGT. TEMPLE
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Temple enter
tained at dinner Sunday in honor of
their son, Sergeant Houston Temple,
of Fort Riley, Kan., who is home on
a five days' furlough. The following
were present:
Mrs. Houston Temple, of Holden-
ville, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Alley,
of Springfield; Mrs. J. R. Judkins and
Miss Elizabeth Boyer, of St. Louis;
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boyer and baby,
Gladys, Jimmy and Betty Boyer, Till
man and Pauline Temple, the host and
hostess.
YOUNG FOLKS PICNIC
AT PEIRCE CITY PARK
A gay crowd of young people were
at the station this mornine with
smiles and laughter, waiting for the
train to come to convey them to
Peirce City, where they will picnic at
the lake.
The young people were "The Help
er" class of the Methodist church and
were chaperoned by their teacher,
Mrs. Laura Leckie.
T?v the looks and sizes of their
bundles they will assuredly have
nlentv to eat. Near train time it be
gun to rain, but the boys and girls k
looKea at tne Drigni siae oi me, anu
they just knew it would stop raining
before they reached their destination.
In the crowd were Misses Loraine
Kring, Helen and Mildred Northern,
Catherine Bethel, Pearl Martin, Ma
rie and Effie Binney, Helen Livesay,
Frances Heyburn, Opal McCracken,
Edna Walton, Genevieve Williams,
Lillian Alsup, Ada Weems, Helen At
taway, Mrs. Laura Leckie; Messrs.
Fielding Sizer, Floyd Patrick, Russell
Gillette, Harold Lane, Lyle Blackwell
and George Blackwell.
CAUSE OF HEADACHE
By knowing the cause, a disease
may often be avoided. This is par
ticularly true of headache. The most
common cause of headache is a dis
ordered stomach or constipation,
which may be corrected by taking a
few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets.
Try it. Many others have obtained
permanent relief by taking these Tab
lets. They are easy to take and mild
and gentle in effect.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the neighbors and
friends for their kindness to Miss
Mary Day during her illness. I also
thank those who sent the beautiful
floral offerings.
CALISTA HALL.
ATTENTION
Mr. Stockman: If you are inter
ested in raising good horses and
mules, it will pay you to go and see
the Stallions and Jacks in the barn of
Henry Obermann & Son, Freistatt,
Mo. w35-lm
MARTIN L. TRANTHAM DEAD
Martin L. Trantham, age 75 years,
one of the county's oldest citizens,
died at his home near Purdy Thurs
day afternoon, of old age and a com
plication of diseases. Funeral serv
ices were conducted at the family res
idence Friday.
Mrs. S. L. Vance, who has been vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. 0. O. Otterman
and other relatives here, returned Sat
urday morning to her home at St.
Louis. W. J. Leake went home with
her.
Miss Alma Benz, of the Peirce City
high school, received the gold medal
in the reading contest. Harold Wey
gandt won the medal for the boys"
oration. Both were very proud of
this honor.
Mayor S. A. Chapell, Spencer Pan-
nell and Bert Robbins were in Cass
ville Friday.
Enterprise Marble and
Granite Works
Manufacturers of Marble & Granite Monuments
F. M. CLASSEN, Prop.
Phone 217
SHIP
HIDES
To John Nelson Co., Kansas City.
We are paying the highest prices for Hides, Wool.Sheep Peltsand Tallow
The first shipment will convince you. Write us for shipping Tags.
1
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Terms Reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Wire or phone at my expense for Open Dates.
ARE YOUR HENS HEALTHY?
If your hen are not healthy, they cannot be profitable to yon
LIQUID POULTRY TONIC
WILL KEEP YOUR HENS HEALTHY
Prevents and Relieves t&S&ttJE
WOLF'S LIQUID POULTRY TONIC given to your fowls will overcome
the difficulties which confronts the poultry raiser by regulating the blood,
bowels and digestive organs of all fowls. It will keep the birds in robust
health, produce good, rich blood, healthy fat, sturdy muscle, strong bones, red
combs and wattles, brilliant feathers and fertile eggs. It stands unrivaled as
an Egg Producer and where it Is regularly given the hens lay throughout
theyear. Sosureare we that WOLF'S LIQUID POULTRY TONIC will keep
your hens healthy that we will supply you with enough for your flock, and if
it does not do as we claim, return the empty bottle and get your money back.
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It your dealer will not supply you, tend SO ds. for Pott Paid Trial Bottle.
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Logan D. McKee, Nyal Store, Pre
PUBLISHERS ARE GIVEN
CREDIT IN LIBERTY LOAN
H. S. Gardner, director of publicity
in the Liberty Loan campaign in the
Eighth federal district, thanks the
publishers of the district for their
part in making the Third Liberty
Loan a success. In a letter to The
Times he says:
"Publisher Times: The publishers
in the Eighth district justly may take
credit for wielding a mighty influ
ence for the third campaign in their
communities because of the wide pub
licity given the loan both in their
news columns and in their advertising
columns. I want to take this occasion
to ) tank you, on behalf of the Liberty
Loan Organization, for the generous
spirit of co-operation shown by your
publication and its staff, whose efforts
were so plainly inspired by patriotism
as well as by a sincere desire to
serve."
GIRL SLACKERS TO BE
CALLED TO ACCOUNT
The "girl slacker" is to be the tar
get of a concerted attack by the
speakers' bureau in the Wisconsin di
vision of the woman's committee,
Council of National Defense. "The
idle girl, the girl with no definite plan
for the futui-e, the girl who is not
now preparing for useful work," is to
be made to feel that an obligation to
do her part in the war rests on her
no less than on her brother. Girls
are to be urged to fit themselves for
nurses, teachers or stenographers.
Mrs. R. Cravens ,of St. Louis, will
stop off here Sunday evening to visit
Mrs. Fannie Martin and , Mrs. Fred
Shaffer. She will go from here to
Fayetteville, Ark., to visit her mother
and sister.
Mrs. J. A. Hunter left this morn
ing for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Mildred Cox, of Sarcoxie, who is
ill.
Peirce City, Mo.
YOUR
C. H. GARNER
Auctioneer
FAIRVIEW,
MISSOURI
Breeder and Grower of
Shorthorn Cattle,
-AND-
Poland China Hogs
scrlptlons a specialty, Monett, Mo