of a a a a a a a a a a he he he State Historical Society COUNTY DE DEMOCRAT JUNE 1, 1933. (EIGHT PAGES) NUMBER 20. HARRISONVILLE, CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, VOLUME LIII. CASS COUNTY FARM LOAN COMMISSIONER Will Russell of Harrisonville Will Receive Applications to Farmers By Land Banks- -Is the Only Agent Here. Will Russell of Harrisonville, who secretary of the Farmers' and as Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cass County, has Allen an office in the rear Banking Company building, Farm is Loan now agent for the Federal Commissioner for Cass County.
Under Part 3 of thor Emergency Farm Mortgage 1933, approved May 12, the Reconstruction Finance Corporatiocate authorized and directed and make available to the Farm Loan Commissioner, the for the sum of purpose of $200,000,000 making loans under certain conditions to farmers, secured by a first or second upon real and personal moroperty. It is will expected be that generally these loans made on second mortgages on farm livestock and other personal property. Russell is merely agent Cass County for the Farm Loan Commissioner. Applicants for loan will be required to pay fees to cover the cost of appraisal, determination of title, and recording. for loan should Applications.
Russell, who has the blanks and information. used the term necessary "farmer" meanbe any individual who is engaged in farming operations, either personally or through an agent or tenant, or the prinpart of whose income is decipal rived from farming operations, and includes a personal representative of a deceased farmer. Corporations are not loans the Farm Loan Commissioner. A prospective must state in his application how he tends to use proceeds of loan. If the application is granted, he must use the money for purposes stated for in his which application.
a The purposes made are (a) to funds refinancing any indebtedness, cured or unsecured, of the farmer; (b) to provide working capital farm operations; and" (c) to provide funds to enable any farmer redeem and-or repurchase farm property owned by him been prior foreforeclosure which has closed at any time subsequent July 1, 1931. In many instances the farmers who are eligible for loan from the Farm Loan Commissioner may find that their creditors will be willing to accept comWhen loans by the Farm Loan promise settlements. Commissioner are to be secured second mortgages upon farm estate, the holder of the first mortCommissioner will quire gage to limit his farmer right to and-or proceed against the the aggregate amount of mortgaged property depending on first mortgage. When the aggregate of an existing first mortgage on the applicant's property the amount of a second mortgage offered to the Farm Loan Commissioner does not exceed $5,000, loans will be made by the missioner only in case the holder of the first mortgage agrees during a period of three years will not proceed against the erty gagor for default in the payment the mortgaged of principal unless in the meantime writing to such proceeding. When the Commissioner consents gregate of such first, and second will mortgages be made by the Commissioner exceeds $5,000, only agrees that case during a period of in the first mortgages years he will not and proceed against the mortgagor the property on account principal of gaged fault in the payment of or interest or under any terms of the first mortgage or credit instrument secured thereby unless the meantime the missioner consents in writing such proceedings.
The act places a limit of on the amount that may be to any one farmer. Under the the amount of the mortgage Farm Loan, Commissioner, er with prior mortgages other prior evidences of indebtedness secured by such farm erty, may not exceed 75 thereof. per of the appraised value The appraisal of property offered as security is an important step in the process of making is loan. After the application ceived and from a preliminary sideration of the information tained therein, it appears that are eligible, the application will applicant and the security assigned to an appraiser who make an appraisal the security. If the report is favorable, the plication will be considered the approval application of advised the of application.
Under the law, Commission may charge borrowers interest rate not to exceed an per cent per annum. made Payments annually on or tne loan semi-annually. may The law provides, that during first three loan is in a borrower will not be required make payments on the principal he is not otherwise in default respect to other condition covenant of his mortgage. At expiration of this on principal three-year iod, payments in amount must be made with annual or semi-annual interest ment which will extinguish debt within an agreed period. the case of first or second gage and made for the loans secured wholly by pose property of reducing and refinancing an existing mortgage, the within which the loan be wholly repaid may be period greater than that under for which may Farm Loan Act, as amended, be made maximum of forty years.
Thus, on a $1,000 loan at cent interest with the principal payable in twenty-semi-annual LEGIONNAIRES HOLD A DISTRICT MEET SUNDAY. Session Is Held in Armory at Clinton--Attended 75 Ex-service Harrison Reeder, commander, and Frank Tuttle, adjutant, of Hurley Lee Spicer Post, No. 42, Harrisonville's American Legion Post, attended a district meeting in Clinton afternoon, ten of the fifteen Sundays the district being represented. The meeting, just a get-together affair, was held Battery Armory and was in charge of Fred Chambers, district committeeman, who convened session at 2:30 o'clock. Fred "Sperry, mayor of Clinton and member of Clem P.
Dickinson Post of that city, welcomed the seventy-five Legionnaires, after which a roll call showed Clinton, Harrisonville, Butler, Windsor, Warrensburg, Stockton, Lockwood, Holden and Adrian Posts to be represented. Addresses were made by William McCracken of Warrenton, editor of Missouri Legionnaire and a thee of the Missouri Department; Tom Dyer, of of Odessa, St. state chaplain; Ralph Page Louis, committeeman; George W. Fiske of Kansas City, national committeeman; John D. Florence, Keene and Clem White of St.
City; Jerry F. Duggan of KanJoseph; William Kitchen of Kansas sas City, state adjutant; Gus Bass of Warrensburg, state finance officer; Farmer Brown of Springfield, committeeman; Pete O'Brien of Sedalia, state commander for 1932, and Jesse W. Barrett of St. Louis, present state commander. Commander Barrett, the principal speaker of the afternoon, spoke of the three main phases of the American Legion, fraternalism, social service, and Folthis address, Chairman Chambers.
to turned the the Clinton ex-service Post, which served a Dutch lunch. All attending Legionnaires voted this one of the best district ings ever held. The Harrisonville contingent went by way of Adrian, being accompanied by Mrs. Reeder and Mrs. Cowan S.
Johnson. At Adrian R. J. Segeleke joined the crowd. Bishop Spencer Here.
Bishop Robert Nelson Spencer of Kansas City will preach at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Harrisonville Sunday evening, June 4. at 8 o'clock. ROOP DRAWS 3 YEARS FOR TAKING POULTRY Bates Jury Assesses Sentence Counter Case Is Tried in Butler-Defendant's "CallCard" Was the State's Chief Witness. chickens taken from the Jake Thomas farm, several Forty-one miles northwest of Harrisonville 71, on the night of on Highway March 6, 1933, will cost Sam Roop of Jasper, the major portion of three years of liberty.
Roop was arrested in Kansas City March 9 as a result of a peculiar circ*mstance--a gross oversight on his part. The next stolen, ing after the chickens were Mr. Thomas found ample evidence which was the undoing of Roop. He had left behind an oil service station receipt which bore his name, address, make of car and its license number. The receipt issued by a Standard Oil Stawas tion in Kansas City the preceding February 26, and thus it was an easy matter for local officers to get their man.
At a preliminary hearing here later the defendant was bound over to the circuit court for trial. His case was to have come during this May term, but he up applied for and was granted 8 change of venue, the case being sent to Butler in Bates County, where it was tried Thursday, May 25. Juries in that county, or any other county, are just as adamant as any Cass County jury which could be selected when it comes to chicken stealing. Bow Lee, a Chinaman, was later arrested in Kansas City and charged with being Roop's accomplice, inasmuch as headquarters was in Lee's place in Kansas City, Lee's case, also venued to Bates County, will be tried in the near future. The case of Clifford Bishop, charged with burglary and larceny, also transferred to Bates County, was tried at Butler yesterday, but the result was not known here when this was written.
MRS. MARY McCLANAHAN DIES WEDNESDAY NOON. Death Calls Mother of Mrs. J. P.
Keith Following Illness of Five Weeks. Mrs. Mary McClanahan died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P.
Keith, in Peculiar, Wednesday noon, May 31. Her husband, William D. McClanahan, preceded her in death in February, 1911. Mrs. McClanahan, who would have been 82 years old in August, became ill some five weeks ago, when she suffered a hemorrhage of the stomach.
She had been the victim of a slight stroke of paralysis, and her condition gradually became worse until death relieved her suffering. She is survived by 8 daughter, Mrs. J. P. (Fanny) Keith, grandson, Glen D.
Keith, and a great-grandson, Glen Edward Keith, besides other relatives and numerous friends. Mrs. McClanahan's funeral service will be held at the home in Peculiar Friday afternoon at 3:30, with Rev. George C. Monroe in charge.
Burial will be held in the Wills' Cemetery. in Mrs. Margaret Pearson departed Sunday with her grandson, Wilson Pearson, for Hutchinson, for a visit in the home of her son, Fred J. Pearson. She will also visit her son, Charles Pearson, and Mrs.
Pearson, in Wichita. Two Couples Married Here. stallments, the amount of each semi-annual installment of interest only for first three years will be $25. After the expiration of three years from the date the loan is made, each semi-annual installment will include interest on unpaid principal and $50 on the principal. As the unpaid balance of the principal decreases, the interest required to be paid also diminishes with a corresponding A decrease borrower in may at any time make the total installment.
additional payments on the principal or pay off the loan in full. Victim of Appendicitis. J. H. Nicholson, 21 years old and son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Nicholson of Harrisonville, underwent an appendicial operation Tuesday in the Harrisonville Hospital, and yesterday indications pointed to a speedy, is recovery. secretary to Representative A.
L. McCawley of Carthage, and the patient was suffering with appendicitis when they returned here Sunday from Cameron, Mo. It was then decided to no longer postpone the operation, inas J. H. suffered light attacks during the past winter.
He has been in Jefferson City while the Missouri Legislature was in session. RAIN "DEPRESSION" IS ENDED IN CASS COUNTY Drouth Beginning July, 11, 1929, Has Been Thoroughly DissipatThis Ground "Is Saturated -May Rain Normal. Did you ever stop to think that 1929 was not economical only the depression, beginning but of also our the beginning of our "depression?" Now that we are beginning to Roosevelt's feel the "new deal," the effects of President four-year-old drouth also is ending. In fact, far as Cass County is as drouth is ended. In reality, a little dry weather right concerned, the would appreciated, for or the now be last two weeks have seen so much and the ground is se thorrain oughly saturated that work.
farmers Quite are behind in their spring a bit of plowing and corn planting remains to be done, and Tuesday water was standing in low places in many fields. In 1929 there was a total which of inches of rain, 31.59 of 41.99 fell prior to July 11, leaving only 10.40 inches for the remainder of the year. The drouth officially beJuly 11 of that year, and all gan of the intervening years were short of rain. The precipitation January 1, 1933, to June trouble 1 is just about normal, but the from is due to the fact that for May the rainfall has been above normal. May's normal precipitation 4.53 inches, but up to this morning we have had 6.73 inches, normal.
making That us is 2.20 inches above little aridity right now will why not be amiss. The city lake had 15 feet and 7 inches flowing of water, lacking 14 inches of day over the spillway. The total normal inchage up to June 1 is 14.16, and we have had total of 13.54 inches, leaving .62 a short of normality for the outside first of five months of 1933. So supersaturated fields we are not bad off. The following comparative table is interesting: Normal 1930 1931 1932 1933 Month 1.55 2.65 .68 1.39 .96 January 1.86 .40 2.44 .62 1.24 February 2.68 .86 2.17 .62 2.55 March 3.54 2.77 2.66 1.88 2.06 April 4.53 8.02 4.37 2.81 6.73 May 9.70 12.32 6.82 13.54 The normal precipitation for June is 4.63 inches.
Perkins' Theater. "The White Sister," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new talking picture version of F. Marion Crawford's undying romance, theater. the attraction at this Monday, June 4 and 5. Helen Hayes and Clark Gable are costarred for the first time on the screen in classic love story, and a prominent supporting cast features Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, May Robson, Edward Arnold and Alan Edwards.
This is a story, excellently filmed, and one that you will enjoy to the utmostsmopolitan, sophisticated atmosphere provides the the background for the film which marks rise of blonde Bette Davis to stardom in Ex which comes to the Perkins' Theater Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8. The story is laid in the environment of New York's Bohemia, colorful atmosphere of the artist colony. It concerns two young people, each with a career and with advanced ideas which make love and marriage a problem. Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh, Monroe Owsley Claire Dodd are also in the cast. Max Darrow's Father Dies.
Herman C. Darrow, 68 years old, brother of Clarence Darrow, noted lawyer, died in his home in Chicago Sunday night, May 28, following a prolonged illness. He was 8 proof reader. widow and a son, Max H. Darrow, Besides is the live 8 farm four miles south of Harrisonville on Highway 71, he is survived another son, Elmer Darrow, of San Francisco, and a daughter, Miss Marguerite Darrow, of Chicago.
Arthur Conger Some Better. The condition of Arthur Conger, veteran Harrisonville abstracter, ill at his home, 301 Seventh Street, as a result of a blood clot on his brain, was reported late yesterday to be somewhat improved. At one time he was able to sit up in bed, but a slight relapse occurred. Improvement is slow and his clot, sight, affected by the blood is gradually returning. It will be sometime yet before the clot is absorbed.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER IS GIVEN BRIDE-TO-BE. Miss Mary Elizabeth Hartzler Is Honor Guest at Home of Mrs. M. P. Overholser.
The home of Mrs. M. P. Overholser, 204 West Mechanic Street, was the scene of a very pretty "miscellaneous" shower given by the Junior Progress Club in honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth Hartzler, a bride-to-be, Saturday afternoon, May 27. Following the assembling of the guests the following musical program was enjoyed: "When" (Benham) and "All For You" (Bertrand Brown), vocal solos sung by Miss Elizabeth Idol.
"Until" (Sanderson), vocal solo by Mrs. H. Moody. of solo Hoffman," Offenbach), violin by Ruth Poe. "I Love You Truly" (Bond), vocal solo by Mrs.
C. W. Hight, Jr. The accompanists were Mrs. Harold Spicer.
and Miss Miriam Runnenburger. Miss Hartzler was then given a to read which directed her to enter poem a garden awaiting her in the next room. This garden, a fairyland of flowers, had at the back of the grassy lawn a wishing well laden with gifts, expressions of the affection and good wishes of Miss Hartzler's friends. Following opening of the packages the guests were invited to the dining room where, with Mrs. Hight and Mrs.
M. P. Overholser presiding at the tea table, the Junior Progress girls served. Those present were Mrs. C.
W. Mrs. J. E. Connely, Mrs.
R. W. Adams, Mrs. T. J.
George, Mrs. Hight, J. H. Gwathmey, Mrs. C.
H. VanMrs. Johnson, Mrs. Will Riper, Russell, Dara, M. P.
Overholser, Mrs. Charles D. Eidson, Mrs. Kathryn Hare, Clint Mrs. Lord, Lee Mrs.
C. Mar- U. Bird, Mrs. Arthur L. Bybee, Mrs.
quette, Mrs. Harold C. Spicer, Mrs. Arnold kerson, Mrs. Elmer V.
Zollicker, Mrs. Eldred Kennedy, Mrs. Marion Spicer, Mrs. Ernest Runnenburger, Mrs. Lyle Kennedy, Mrs.
C. W. Hight, Mrs. James D. Idol, Mrs.
Mrs. H. Martha Stuart Johnson, J. Moody, and Misses Nita Price, Laura Patrick, Mae Bowlin, Elizabeth Turner, Elizabeth Idol, Will Ella Deacon, Velda Bybee, Miriam Runnenburger, Leah Salinger, Marline Grose, Ruth Poe, Edna Ball garet Stair, Margery Byram, Evaand Mary Elizabeth Hartzler. Mrs.
Smith Garden City and Robert, H. Smart of Kansas City were out-of-town guests. CELEBRATE FIFTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Friends and Relatives of Mr. and Mrs. 0.
F. McCord Help Them Enjoy Event Here Sunday -Married in Bethel, Ohio, in 1878, The fifty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Avenue Oscar F. McCord, living on Forest the northern part of Harrisonville, was celebrated last Sunday, May 28, a large group of relatives and friends helping with the event.
Although the anniversary was Friday, May 26, the celebra-5 tion was postponed to Sunday guests could be present. Mr. and more Mrs. McCord held their golden wedding anniversary celebration the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Fox, near Ionia, on Sunday, 27, 1928. The wedding of Mr. May and Mrs. McCord took place Bethel, Ohio, the bridegroom that time living in Rainsboro, Ohio, and the bride, Miss Mildred Rateliff, in Bethel, Ohio. After for about ten years in Verliving sailles, they moved to Counwhere they have lived for about forty-five years and for ty, long time in Harrisonville.
They are the parents of five children, three of whom are living--Floyd E. McCord of Harrisonville, Mrs. LeRoy Fox of Ionia, and Mrs. Robert Bateman of Harrisonville. Those who enjoyed the pleasant occasion last Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd E. McCord and son, Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bateman and daughter, Anna Lourine, Mr.
and Mrs. James Rains, and Mrs. Charles Moore, Mr. Mrs. William J.
Keith, Mrs. E. Keith, J. M. Bateman, Misses Maxine and Ruby Clum, all of Harrisonville; Mrs.
Newton Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lane daughter, Jo Shirley, Ann, all Mason of Lane Harrisonville is proud of burg. lovable old couple and all join DEMOCRAT in extending congratulations. ATTEND ANNUAL REUNION AT STEPHENS COLLEGE.
Harrisonville Party Greatly Enjoys 100th Celebration in Columbia Monday. Mrs. M. P. Overholser, Mrs.
Ernest Runnenburger, Mrs. Fannie R. Williams and the latter's daughter, Mrs. E. L.
Harrison, of Harrisonville, motored to Columbia, Monday to attend the one hundredth annual reunion of graduates of Stephens College. Mrs. Overholser, Mrs. Runnenburger and Mrs. Harrison are alumni of that famous old school and Mrs.
Overholser had the distinction of being the oldest graduate present, since she received her local party had a splendid time, diploma forty five years ago. The the program being exceptionally good. The women left here at 4 o'clock in the morning and arrived home at midnight. The Loon Dies. The strange bird found by George W.
Todd in the front yard of his home, a short distance southwest of Harrisonville, on Tuesday of last week, died the following day. The bird, a stranger to these parts, was tentatively identified as a loon, a native of any place in the Northfern Hemisphere. C. C. C.
Recruits May Go to California Soon if "Army" Rumor Proves Correct for This Newspaper in Fort Leavenworth, Correspondents Like Camp Life and Tell About Their Soon. Cass County's contingent of forty-three husky young men, now in training in Fort Leavenworth, to engaging in preparatory United States forestry work as members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, will leave for California sometime next week if camp rumors are correct. These training camps seem to be alive with rumors, as they were when Uncle Sam's soldiers were training for military service overseas. Just why bona fide information should be kept secret in time is difficult to peace understand, but this seems case. When the boys left Harrisonville at 6:30 o'clock Monday morning, May 22, they knew Kan they were going to the armory in sas City for physical inspection, but did not know to what training camp they afterwards would be sent.
In camp now they know they are to be sent to some forestry camp, but do not know how soon. They have to depend upon rumors, and any ex-service man can tell you how unreliable such "grapevine" rumors are. The general impression seems to be the C. C. C.
recruits now in Fort Leavenworth will be sent to "somewhere" in California, probably next Tuesday or Wednesday--or some later day. The DEMOCRAT office has been besieged by numerous young the men desiring to know when next "draft" would be issued. Frankly, it is not known here if there will be another call for forest workers, but if there is, such information as is known then will be published in this newspaper. So there is nothing to do but wait and watch the newspapers. Now for a good, long letter from Alden B.
Parker and Charles A. Terril, collaborators, who hail from Township: Fort Leavenworth, Kans. May 27, received the package of really papers glad to read our old and all of we boys were home paper. (Twelve copies of the DEMOCRAT were mailed to Mr. Parker for distribution.) I haven't as yet had my second "shot" of typhoid inoculation (it comes in three installments), SO arm is feeling fine.
I will enmy deavor to give more particulars in regard to our work: First, let me give you an idea, general outline. There are nine or companies stationed here, and the number of men in each company will exceed 225. Each company has its own mess hall, or place for eating, that will comfortably tents seat run the entire company. in double rows, almost behind the in mess hall. We have a bath house equipped with plenty of cold, running and water, both hot and lights.
We also have lights in the streets, but not in our tents. daily routine starts around o'clock, when we get up, wash. straighten up our beds and the general inside of our tent. after Then at 5:30 we roll call, in which we prepare for breakfast. Due to the number of men in our company, it takes from thirty minutes to an hour for us to eat.
After each meal each person at washes and wipes his own utensils at (government mess kit, knife, fork, and metal cup). After spoon MRS. ELIZABETH FREEMAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Local Woman Receives Dangerous Injuries May 21 When Car Overturns in Kansas. Mrs.
Elizabeth Freeman of Harrisonville is in a dangerous condition at the home of her son-inlaw and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Jay Douglass, in Osawatomie, following a motor car wreck. Freeman was a guest in Mrs. her and Sunday, May 21, the daughter's home in Osawatomie on went to Kansas City for a visit.
On the return journey to party the Kansas town their motor car was side-swiped on Highway 73E causing the machine wreck to Mrs. turn Freeman over received fracture of her left arm, twice. In the a several broken ribs and her left side was crushed. Mrs. Douglass received a severe gash in her right leg which required fourteen stitches to close, and twenty stitches were necessary to close a leg wound of Jay, her son.
Mrs. Freeman's sister, Mrs. Magher gie Stewart, Franklin Freeman, and of Marshal, and son, brother, George Corrigan, of Los Angeles, are now with latter the family in Osawatomie, the two arriving last Friday. Mrs. Harry T.
Edwards of Harrisonville received a letter from Frank Freeman Monday in which he stated his mother's condition is serious. Mrs. Helen Kemper and daughter, Merle, of Harrisonville went to visit Mrs. Freeman Tuesday, but were not permitted Freeman to has see the patient. Mrs.
lived in Harrisonville many years and her many friends will regret to learn of he misfortune. Finishes Nurse Training Course. of Mr. and Mrs. Bud of Miss Mary Margaret Cox, ter Harrisonville, is now a graduate nurse, having finished her training course at the Laughlin Training School for Nurses in Kirksville, Mo.
The commencement program was held in Laughlin morning, Bowl Mr. at 10 o'clock Wednesday and Mrs. Cox being in attendance. Miss Cox will remain in Kirksville as a nurse in Laughlin Hospital. She is a graduate of the Harrisonville High School, finishing with the Clas sof 1927.
Miss Ruth Ketner, daughter of Mrs. Eva Barrett, living near Archie, and James Elmo Tribby, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Tribby of Drexel, were united in marriage at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 27, by the Rev. George C. Monroe at his home, 1101 South Independence Street. The bridal couple spent a short honeymoon in Liberty, Mo. They probably will locate in Phoenix, Ariz.
Miss Geraldine Dawson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dawson, living near Drexel, and Paul Showalter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Showalter, living near Harrisonville, were united in marriage at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of by the Rev. Mr.
Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Showalter will live on a farm near Drexel. Clinton 1 to Oppose All-Stars.
Next Sunday, June 4, being an open date on the League schedule, Manager Volney Ashford of the Harrisonville Cass County All-Stars has scheduled a game to be played here with the Clinton, team, which is managed by Mark Wilson. The line-up of the Clinton team and other facts about the game will be found elsewhere in this issue of the DEMOCRAT. LOCAL WOMAN BURNED SEVERELY WEDNESDAY Mrs. Mary Peterson, 23, Is Almost Electrocuted When Steel Fishing Rod Contacts Power Line Northeast of Harrisonville. Mrs.
Mary Peterson, 23 years old and wife of Garret Peterson of Harrisonville, is in a critical condition as a result of burns she received Wednesday afternoon. The circ*mstance attending the accident is very unusual. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson brother, John G.
Peterson, and wife, had started fishing, their objective being the old rock quarry on the Del K. Hall farm, northeast of Harrisonville on Highway 7. The party was walking east on the "Katy" railroad right No. 7 and at a point the just four of highway people crossed a fence, entering a field. It was at that point where the steel fishing rod carried by Mrs.
Mary Peterson came in contact with a high voltage power line, the current and her flaming clothes burning her body. Dr. E. H. Owen of Harrisonville the suffering woman to the home of was called to the scene and brought her brother, Elmer Leimkuhler, on Main Street, where she is in a danMrs.
Peterson is the daughter of gerous condition. Mrs. Frank Davis, living on West Chestnut Street, and her husband and his brother are sons of David Peterson of Harrisonville. W. C.
T. U. News. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held Friday afternoon, May 19, in the home of Samuel A. Croney.
Mrs. A. P. Wilson presided and led the devotional, which was followed by prayer by Mrs. W.
A. Millington. The subject of the program was "Citizenship," and was in charge of Mrs. Millington, gave a most subject interesting matter resumes of the used in the Scientific Temperance Instruction work in the public schools. Miss Mabel Mann, a representative the Children's Home Society of Missouri, was present and gave an interesting talk on her closing prayer was by Mrs.
Albert McKinney. A pleasant social hour was spent. The hostess served seasonable re- freshments.Harrisonville Clinic. Mrs. Millie Davenport returned to her home in Peculiar Sunday.
Several days' treatment gave her much relief. Derril King comes to the Clinic daily to have his dressed. The wound is healing slowly. Mrs. Gladys Richardson of West Line suffered a major operation return to her home the last of the Wednesday of last week.
She will week. Mrs. Grant Masterson of West Line returned to the Clinic Friday for treatment. She suffered a fractured hip some weeks ago. Mr.
and Genevieve Mrs. Giltner, B. B. daughter Giltner, of Creighton, and Jewell Hedrick, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chess Hedrick, were in the Clinic Wednesday for tonsilar operations. County Medics Meet June 8. The Cass County Medical Society terly meeting June 8, in the office will hold its regular quarof Dr. Mine Overholser, Harrisonville. session is scheduled for 8 o'clock.
Besides four wellknown Cass County physicians, Dr. Harry S. Crawford of Kansas Doctor City will be on the program. Crawford, formerly a Harrisonville resident, is connected with the Veterans' Bureau in Kansas City. Harrisonville Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Roth of south of East Lynne announce the birth of 8 daughter, Saturday, May 27. She has been given the pretty name of Wilma La Verne. adMiss Thelma Anderson was mitted Saturday for Observation and treatment.
She returned to her home Sunday night. J. H. Nicholson submitted to an is recovering appendix operation. Tuesday.
He Important Legion Meeting. Business of importance will be transacted on Wednesday evening, June 7, when Hurley Lee Spicer Post, American Legion, holds this its regular monthly session. For reason Commander Harrison Reeder is desirous of having all members in attendance. HARRISONVILLE SCOUTS TO NATIONAL CAMPOREE Will Leave Here Friday Afternoon for North Kansas City Where the Big Event Will Be Held June 2 4-Big Speakers to be There. breakfast we are given until about 7:15 to shave, wash our teeth, or do as we see fit.
Then we are called out, either to go on special detail, go to the woods and cut timber, or take a shovel and pick and build roads. We have a head foreman over the entire company, and five foremen under him. This gives each foreman fifty men. How150 in when we go to ever, sometimes, we have 100 our work, two to four miles from camp by walking. Each foreman picks out some sub-foreman to take about eight or ten men and watch over them.
We generally start back to camp about 11:15 o'clock, then we have dinner between 12 and 1 o'clock and go back to work about 1:30 and work until 3, when we go back to camp to do as we please, although we have to wash our clothes, which is com pulsory. We have supper from 5 to 6 and after supper we generally have some sort entertainment, either boxing or wrestling, or musical numbers. All grudge fights are settled in the ring with 8- ounce gloves before all companies. However, if one wants to box he can box with anyone in the At 9 o'clock p. m.
a bell rings. This just tells you it's about bed time. Then at 10 comes the bell for "cease noise," and finally at 11 o'clock comes the "good night" bell- everyone in bed and pleasant I believe this company will leave dreams. some time next week, probably the latter part or next Monday (June 5). The boys who have been in camp prior to Sunday were given and allowed to go home this passes week-end.
We will be given the same privilege next week-end, I suppose. The days are hot and these hot winds just seem to burn up. There are several cases of sunburn in the hospital. Most of our comis going home today and it pany makes the camp seem a little dead, which is unusual. We will have a session of SunSchool here in a large tent in the morning.
We also have a day recreation a parlor, or library, equipped with radio, magazines, tables, jig-saw puzzles, etc. I must close for this time, again thanking Alden B. the Parker papers. Sin- and cerely, Charles A. Terril (P.
One writes, is a the other furnishes the ideas.) partnership letter. C. C. Fort Leavenworth, C. Company 730.
Sunday, May 28. -We received the DEMOCRAT yes terday and as soon as it was known they were here, every paper had three or four men waiting to read it, so you know how much news from home. The appreciate latest rumor is that we will get pass next Saturday and Sunday and leave Tuesday for California. of us know where we will But none go Allen. yet.
(Glen More is from Coldwater later. Yours, Glen A Township.) Joe Lacy of Dolan Township recently wrote to his mother asking to thank the DEMOCRAT for her sending the Cass County week. boys Joe bundle of papers last said he believed the boys would leave Wednesday for California. HAROLD CLARK RECEIVES 1933 PHI SIGMA AWARD. Cash Prize Is Presented Former Local Boy for Outstanding Research Accomplishment.
The Phi Sigma research award for 1933 was presented to Harold F. Clark, assistant instructor of bacteriology, of Lawrence, held at the recently. The banquet was held at annual award banquet the First Presbyterian Church. The award is given each year to the student who completes what the award committee considers the during the school year. It outstanding research work comis cash award of $50, limited to pleted a students of the biological was sciences.
The presentation by Dr. H. H. Lane, head of the zoology department, is chairman The of the awards committee. committee is the heads bac- of the departments anatomy, teriology, biochemistry, botany, psychol- enphysiology, zoology and medtomology, pharmacology, ogy, ical sciences.
The prize was given for the first time last year. It was divided equally then between James C. Bates, graduate, of Lawrence, assistant instructor of botany, and Jonathan L. Nottingham, graduate, Lawrence, of the entomology department. Harold, a graduate of the Harrisonville High School, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harlie F. Clark, now of Jefferson City, but formerly of this city, The numerous local friends of young Mr. Clark extend congratulations. Kiwanis Notes.
The attendance contest, which had been in progress for the past three months, closed Tuesday. The winning side, with R. W. Adams as captain, had a perfect attendance record during the contest period. The club attendance record during the contest was unusually high.
In March the attendance was 98.2 per cent, in April 99.1 and in May 100 per cent. The first regular, meeting in July has been postponed from Tuesday, July 4, to Wednesday, 5. The attendance prize, given by Rev. C. E.
Miller, went to Lee Marquette. Harrisonville Scouts and officials are anticipating great time in North Kansas City next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 2, 3 and 4, for on those days the National Scout Camporee will be held. The local contingents will leave tomorrow afternoon and will spend that night and Saturday night at the scene of the Camporee. Simultaneous with the Camporee will be held the National Council Meeting for Scout official. This program opens at 11 o'clock the ball of Muehlebach Hotel on Friday.
Two official luncheons will be held in connection with the National Council. The Friday luncheon will be in the Pompeiian Room of Hotel Baltimore with Dr. S. Parks Cadman of New York as speaker. Saturday's luncheon will be in the ball room of Hotel Muehlebach, David Lawrence, the outstanding newspaper man of America, to be the speaker.
big feature of the three-day meeting will be one of the most unusual banquets held in Kansas years. That will be many Saturday evening in Convention Hall, for there is no dining room in Kansas City large enough for the thousand or more who will attend this mammoth banquet. Speakers will be The Right Rev- erand Francis C. Kelley, D. Bishop of Oklahoma and National Chairman on Catholic Scouting; the Honorable Vincent Massey, former minister of Canada to the United States, and Dr.
John H. Finley, editor of the New York Times and president of the National Recreation Council. Another interesting event Friday, June 2, will be the presentation of the Twenty-first Annual Round-up, which will be a duplication of the recent and will be staged in Convention Hall for the benefit of distinguished visitors. The new dates Scout First session July 5 Camp are: 17. Second--July 17 to 29.
Third--July 29 to August 10. The Harrisonville Scouts were hosts to a District Court of Award in the basem*nt of the local Methodist Church Tuesday evening. Seventy-five merit bodges were made were awarded three boys Star scouted and two Life Scouts. two Raymore in attendance, of their boys being made Star Scouts several were awarded Merit Badges. A number of boys from Lee's Summit and Grandview also were given Merit Badges.
Approximately 200 Scouters were Kan- in attendance. Don Baldwin of sas City, field executive, was here. Dr. E. V.
Lange Dead. mortde- other the Comto $5,000 loaned law, the togethor propcent a recon- conthe offered be will apthe Loan 5 be the effect to if with or the perequal each paythe In mortreal puragreed must no loans Federal or a 5 per rein- Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Hand received the sad news, Sunday, May 21, of death of their son-inlaw, Dr. E. V. Lange, of Corona, which occurred Saturday evening at the Pomona Hospital, the Louisburg (Kans.) Hersays ald. Although he had been in failing health for several years, he was not seriously ill until Thursday May 18.
He spent much of night, his young manhood in Baldwin and Paola, after which he was a doctor in Harrisonville a few years. After his health failed, he spent much of his time in Louisburg, where he made many friends. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Daisy Corona; his mother, Mrs. Carrie Lange, Baldwin; two sisLange, ters, Mrs.
John Moore, Baldwin, and Mrs. William Herstog, Portland. mourn departure. Funeral services, were held on Tuesday, May Corona, Calif. the -Dr.
was probably first osteopathic physician to locate Harrisonville after the World War. He was succeeded by Dr. R. F. Birdsong, now of Columbia, Mo.
Tennis Match Here Friday Night. The Ashland Square tennis team of Kansas City will meet a combined team Belton and HarriDavis Bros. Friday night of sonville players, in a match at this week, 2, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The Ashland Square players have performed here before and, while there are several strong racket yielders on the team, they will not have easy sailing over the pick of the Belton and Harrisonplayers, SO the individual matches should be fairly evenly contested and interesting to the No admission will be charged spectators. and everyone is invited to come out and enjoy an evening of tennis played under the flood lights.
$38.05 For Poppies Saturday. Day," held here last Saturday under the auspices of the "Poppy American Legion Auxiliary, netted a total of $38.05. More than 400 of the paper flowers were sold by these girls: Frances and Estella Mallon, Betty and Lena Robertson, Pauline Francis, Georgia Mae Eavey and Meyer. That evening the girls, guests of the Auxiliary Perkin's Theater. Last year the poppy sales totaled $49.36, but a much larger number were sold.
Announces Park Opening. Davis Bros. Park, located on U. S. Highway 71, will officially open for the summer sports season, Sunday, June 4.
The pool this season will be in charge of Volney Ashford, athletic director of the local high school. Season, monthly and daily rates for the pool are announced in advertisem*nt For in this issue of the DEMOCRAT. the opening day only, there will be no charge for any amusem*nts..
