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After the regular session of Fraternal Lodge No. 14, the Twelfth Pythian District Association was organized, with M. Mehan, of Carth- age, as president. After the formal organization. the members of
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Fraternal Lodge, with the delegates, marched to the Harrington Hotel where a banquet was served, Grand Chancellor E. I. Morse, of Excelsior Springs, being the guest of honor.
After the spread the following toasts were responded to: "Friend- ship," Hon. E. I. Morse, grand chancellor; "My Ideas of Pythianism," John H. Holmes, grand keeper of record and seals; "Sociability," J. H. Cook; "What We Get out of Lodge Attendance," John H. Flannigan.
At the meeting of the District Asociation of Joplin, 1904, Fraternal Lodge No. 14 won the loving cup for having given the best rendition of the amplified third rank, winning from five competitors. The members of the team in this contest were J. H. Bailey, H. Miller, Dr. J. M. Man- tenlee, Silas Jackson, Gus Hout, Otto Rotsch, John Blakeney, G. W. Asendorf, H. L. Shannon and P. M. Stewart. At the date of this writ- ing Fraternal Lodge is in a most flourishing condition, having a mem- bership of over 200.
THE CHAUTAUQUA
In 1902 R. F. Stickney became president of the Interstate Chautau- qua Assembly and Harry G. Fitzer, a man of great energy, was ap- pointed secretary. These two men lent their energy to the making of a successful Chautauqua and succeeded far beyond their expectations.
A new and more convenient location was secured just south of the Missouri Pacific Railway depot and a more commodious building was constructed containing an auditorium capable of holding 4,000 people.
The auditorium was dedicated by a monster rally of the young peo- ple's Christian societies of the county, including the Y. P. S. C. E., the Epworth League, Young People's Baptists Union, Y. W. C. T. U. and Y. M. C. A.
The 1902 Chautauqua was a success, both financially and in a liter- ary way, some of the best talent on the lecture platform appearing before the great audiences which greeted them. The average attendance at the day lectures and concerts was 1,600, and the average night attend- ance, 2,000.
The Chautauqua Assembly hall became a popular ralying place for great gatherings and was the meeting place of both of the county nomi- nating conventions. The Carthage Chautauquan wielded a great influ- ence in the county all during the decade.
CARTHAGE ENTERTAINS THE MISSOURI STATE BANKERS' ASSOCIATION
On May 10, 1900, the Missouri State Bankers Association met in Carthage and that city again sustained its reputation as a convention city.
Major H. H. Harding, one of the pioneer citizens who, during a long and active business and professional life, had maintained a most envi- able reputation for business integrity, was appointed by the citizens' committee as its spokesman to bid the guardians of the people's wealth a welcome, and in a few well chosen words put every one in good
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humor and made the financiers feel perfectly at home. After the morn- ing business session the people of Carthage chartered six special cars on the Interurban Electric Railway and took the distinguished visitors on a sight seeing tour over the country, and in the evening served to them a sumptuous banquet at Armory Hall, after which many enter- taining after-dinner speeches were made."
This convention was of great benefit to the county, as it gave to the financiers of the state a correct idea of Jasper county's wealth and im- portance, and as a direct result of this meeting a considerable outside capital sought investment in the various industries of the county.
COMPANY A, SECOND REGIMENT, N. G. M.
In 1901 Captain John Bailey resigned the command as captain of the Carthage Light Guard and Lieutenant Ed Hiatt was promoted to the captaincy. Captain Hiatt proved a very efficient commander and excepting during two years, when he was out of the state service, has been in command of the company ever since. Company A, as in the past, has been composed of the best young men of Carthage, and its decorum, camp discipline and military manoeuvering have reflected great credit on the county.
In 1910 Wesley Hallibarton, who had served through several official grades in the Light Guard, was elected major in the Second Regiment, and he filled the position with credit to himself and honor to his old company.
THE KNELL FAIR
In 1901 E. Knell established at his private driving park a fair and exposition which during the last ten years has been a very great factor in advertising Jasper county and her resources, as well as furnishing the occasion for the bringing together at a racing meet the best horses for miles around. In 1902 the association was incorporated. To give an idea of the popularity of Knell's big fair, we point to the fact that in 1903 28,500 people passed through the gates of the big horse show and the attendance has been larger each succeeding year. A more extended mention of the Knell Fair is made in the biography of its founder which appears elsewhere.
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CHAPTER XLVIII
WEBB CITY AND CARTERVILLE
POLITICAL HISTORY DURING THE LAST DECADE-THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING-PUBLIC SCHOOLS' TEACHING STAFF-CHURCH EDIFICES AND CHURCH WORK-JANE CHINN HOSPITAL-SALVATION ARMY HOSPITAL-THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-THE ODD FELLOWS-FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN 1904-WEBB CITY CENTENARIAN-A REMINISCENCE PARTY-COMPANY - -, SECOND REGIMENT, N. G. M .- NEWSPAPERS OF WEBB CITY-THE "CARTERVILLE RECORD."
The past decade has wrought a great change in Webb City. It has been a most decided era of progress and advancement, not only in a business way but along social, fraternal, religious and educational lines. Many of the old buildings which were erected in the pioneer period were torn down and replaced by modern brick and stone structures. A sewer system was built and many miles of streets macadamized or paved. The "go-ahead" spirit was very much in evidence, especially during the administrations of two of its mayors, who introduced many new and up-to-date changes in the policy of local administration.
The city has been fortunate in having for its officers, almost without exception, men who had the interests of the city at heart, and the wis- dom of their acts is attested by the contrast in the appearance of Webb City now and in its earlier day. Below is a list of the city officers who have served the people of Webb City during the past eleven years.
POLITICAL HISTORY DURING THE LAST DECADE
1900: Mayor, S. T. Clark; marshal, A. Bisher; treasurer, Roy Gale; collector, W. E. Reed; assessor, C. S. Spencer; police judge, W. G. Bolen; councilmen-G. P. Ashcraft, I. C. Hess, H. Eckert and E. A. Potts, and the hold-over members elected in 1899. With this adminis- tration L. O. Walker, the present city clerk, was inducted into office.
At the spring election in 1901 the following gentlemen were elected to the council: Charles Clark, I. C. Hess, Joe West, E. M. Shafer and T. L. Covert.
1902: Mayor, D. F. Wertz; marshal, L. S. Rich; police judge, Bert Johnson; city attorney, W. J. Owen; collector, Ed Chitwood; treasurer, T. F. Saxton; assessor, W. L. Kelly; councilmen-George W. Moore, B. C. Aylor, P. J. M. Keene and O. T. Arnold.
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In August, 1903, while quelling a disturbance, Mr. Rich, the mar- shal, was killed by an unknown party and H. E. Marquer filled out the unexpired term.
1904: Mayor, G. W. Moore; marshal, R. T. Montjoy ; police judge, Bert Johnson; city attorney, G. M. Pritchett; collector, Claude Watson; treasurer, T. F. Saxton ; assessor, Spencer; councilmen-R. M. Gale, W. T. Gill, H. S. Strope, Ed Howe and O. T. Arnold, with the hold-over members of 1903.
At the spring election of 1905, the following gentlemen came into the council: John C. Veach, E. E. Spracklin, J. W. Witte, John W. Morse and W. H. Wiggins.
1906: Mayor, G. W. Moore; marshal, R. S. Moore; police judge, D. H. Mock; city attorney, George V. Farris; collector, Bert Johnson; treasurer, F. F. Saxton; assessor, S. S. Spencer; councilmen-J. A. Hardy, W. T. Gill, P. J. McIntee, James Williams and R. O. Childers. together with the hold-over members elected in 1905.
At the spring election in 1907 the following gentlemen came into the council: T. J. Ball, Temple .Chapman, F. H. Nesbitt. Charles Smith. George Sutherland and W. O. Mills.
1908: Mayor, Patrick McEntee; marshal, J. H. McNeil; treasurer, C. R. Chinn; assessor, C. P. Galliene; police judge, D. H. Mock; attor- ney, G. M. Prichett; collector, Bert Johnson; councilmen-H. L. Rose. Robert Toutz, S. B. Stephenson, Jos. Williams, O. T. Arnold, F. H. Danglade, and hold-over members. Mr. Rose moved from the city be- fore the expiration of his term and A. A. Hulett was elected to fill the vacancy.
At the election of 1909 the following gentlemen were sent to the council : R. L. Martin, W. T. Gill, George Haysler, J. W. Wescott and Richard Jenkens.
1910: Mayor, W. V. K. Spencer; marshal, J. W. Harrison; city at- torney, S. W. Bates; police judge, Art Redding; collector, Bert John- son ; treasurer, C. R. Chinn ; assessor, C. P. Galliene; councilmen-D. F. Wertz, Claude Raymond, W. H. Scott. Arthur Rose, John H. Etter. F. H. Danglade and hold-over members.
At the spring election in 1911 the following gentlemen were returned to the council: George R. Mosley, Henry Wonner, J. H. Barrgesser. A. E. Mechie, J. H. Klenfeller and N. S. Slaughter.
On February 1, 1910, the citizens of Webb City voted on local option and after a hard-fought battle went dry by a majority of 67. A heavy vote was polled, the count resulting: for the sale of liquor, 1.195: against, 2,262; thrown out, 49; total vote cast, 3,506.
The appointive officers in Webb City for 1911 are as follows: City clerk, L. O. Walker; city engineer and street commissioner, A. J. Mc- Kinzie; fire chief, Chas. Evans. The salaries of the several offices are as follows: Mayor, $250 per annum; marshal, $50 per month and fees;
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police judge and city attorney, the same; assessor, $300 per annum; collector, fees; treasurer, $200 per annum; councilmen, $1.00 per session and $2.00 per day for committee work; city clerk, $90 per month; engi- neer, $150 per month, and fire chief, $75 per month.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
In 1902 Superintendent Young accepted a position in the St. Louis schools and Prof. T. E. Gray was elected to succeed him.
Superintendent Gray was a strong educator and his administration was marked by two distinguishing features-great interest manifest in the grade teachers' meetings and especial attention given to oratorical and voice culture. In 1903 the Board of Elucation offered two gold medals for proficiency in oratory and declamation-one for the best boy and one for the best young lady student, and this greatly stimulated the cultivation of expression and thought.
In 1904 Superintendent Gray was succeeded by J. W. Storms, prin- cipal of the High school, and he added to the high school course of study and was the suggestor of the Inter High School contests which have since been annually participated in by Carthage, Webb City and Joplin.
WEBB CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Supt. R. S. Nichols came to the Webb City schools in 1905. Professor Nichols' strong work has raised the High school standard until today it equals any in the state and the magnificent high school just completed speaks volumes for the educational spirit of Webb City.
The following are the graduates of the last decade:
1900: Ed Lane, Otto Veach, Celia Darling, Anna Richardson, Tru- man Burr, Clara Rolle, Mary Chambers, Nellie Kerr, Gertie McCafferty, Georgia Farris, Trella Thomas, Minnie Turridge and Emma Robinson.
1901: Elsie Springs, Maude Clary, Pearl Hitchcock, John Abbott, Latta Stewart, Lillian Edgar, Etta Harrison, Myrkle Marks, John Tewell, Alice Certain, Pearl Hobart and Don Gunsenhouser.
1902: Grace Ball, Brooks Cox, Robert Flournoy, Perry Hilyard, Grace Leonard, Don Mallory, Justin Noles, Mabel Rolla, Mamie Stin- nett, Orson Bradford, Viola Davis, Pearl Ford, Lottie Kerr, Wallace Luesba, Rosine Morris, Harry Richards, Jessie Schooler, Rosine Sy- monds and Homer Woodward.
1903: William E. Sullens, Robert F. Stewart, Carrie E. Vinson, Ida M. Avery, Lalah V. Brasuer, Bessie M. Thomas, Ethel Tholborn, Maude Miller, Jos. E. Wommach, Ora M. Shelton, Kate V. Moran, Ben Ray- mond, Lucy G. Bruen, Emma V. Flourney, Blanche Hendrickson.
1904: Oscar Aldrich, Neva Britton, Ed Barlow, Elizabeth Farnham, Orphie Decker, Tillie Goldstein, Allen Jones, Ed McEntie, Zelpha Short, Cora Martin, Florence Sevey, Homer Wills.
1905: Lelia Bruce, Blanche Leonard, Ralph Morton, Ralph Thomp- son, Nora Crane, Carl Johnson, Henry Robinson and Clarence Wampler.
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Class of 1906: Abigail Morton, Leila Smith, Nelle Hardesty, Louella Mountjoy, Mattie McNeill, Callie Purkhiser, Ula Roney, Mae Wiley, Kathryn Osborne, William Hall, Robert Glenn, Mary Fahrmann, Leila McColloch, Maude Crane, Lillian Glaser, James Hegwood, Edward Stevens, Claude Crane, Ethel Bailey, Mrs. Pearl Herrod, Eulah Smith, Carl Jones, Isadore Ells, Edith Pool, Amla Ashcraft, Anne O. Wings.
Class of 1907: Florence Morrow Manker, Mary Burris, Linn Mc- Bride, Vida Julian, Eva Erwin, Estella McCafferty, Mabel Crawford, Edwin Stevison, Gladys Warthen, Nannie Oxendine, Bessie Wells, Bessie Oxendine, Rufus Lane, Nettie Marvin, Stella Johnson, Georgia Richard- son, Anna Helm, Homer Hodson, Eldora Haughawaut, Ethel Watson, Bessie Ward, Ethel Fly, Orland Inman, Florence Helm, Zoe Thralls, Leta Morris, Mary Marshall, Clarence Vinson, Nellie Haughawaut, Anna Ruth Coil.
Class of 1908: Luella Moran, Bessie Moran, J. Edgar Stewart, Anne Stewart, Ethel Ball, C. Roy Jaccard, Glenna Warthen, Mabel Morrison, J. Albert Chenoweth, Ruby Allen, Ethel Nelson, Jessie Clark, Lelah Roberson, Gladys Cook, Marguerite Robertson, Hazel Barson, Lucy I'nderwood, Marguerite Manker, Lura Decatur, Guy Noel, Marie Clark, Argie Hanna, Glenn Hodson, Alma Steele, Madge Gaston, Tracy Rober- son, Olive Kayes, Christine McBride.
Class of 1909: Cecil Jones, Ralph Taylor, Earl Bonsteel, Queen Bishko, Martha Jenkins, Claude Ratliff, Henry Satterlee, Hazel Hare. Ermina Ells, Roy Purkhiser, Lloy Hammell, Winifred Rierson, Regi- nald Bonsteel, Lula Varner, Helen Herrod, Elmer Stevison, Tom Parker, Ruth Clark, Grace Wigginton, Henrietta Clark, Ethel Tucker, Roy Teel, Bernice Eckert, Ruth Triplett, Lucy Peart, Odessa Kessler, Orie Imes, Sylvia Flourney, Addie Robison, Lillian Wilbur, Myrtle Hopkins, Clarence Lively, Mary Leggitt, Pearl Craig, Lillian Bailey. Marguerite Alexander, Bessie Buckeridge, Mary Loehr, Edna Barlow.
Class of 1910: Forest Chambers, Edna Busch, Roy Whitescarver. Roy Mountjoy, Ivah McNeill, Maude Hawout, Lucia Cornett, Clara- belle Threlkeld, Tearl Davis, Aubrey Tyree, - Burch, Mattie Cantebury, Archie Glenn, James Henson, May Aldridge, Gladys Clayton, Bertha Brewer, Richard Herrod, Louise Burns, Katherine Gorman, Bill Ellis, Howard Claypool, Edna Frankenberger, Warren Shayler, Trincie Gregg, Mary Neville, Wayne Steritt, Edith Inman, Elsie Ayer, Ray Watson, Ethel Freeman, Clara Everett, Stanley Nelson, Cleo Slatlen, Dan Lundeen, Gladys Pyatt, Margaret Ashcraft, Bland Pugh, Lulu Templeton, Alton Jones, Adele Darsham. Jeannette Rose, Sam Jen- kins, Adah Daniels.
Class of 1911: Edith Hill, Olive Gilberth, Ruth Imes, Jim Carl. Mabel Thralls, Harold Arburthnot, Lillian Herrod, Charles Bacon. Ethel Robertson ,Charles O'Neill, June Graig, Roy Coyne, Bessie Hil- burn, Willet Warne, Earnestine Loomis, Patrick Carny, Audery Hud- son, Leonard Purkhiser, Mable Rooly, Julius Galliene. Ester Vinson. Harold Blair, Molly Walton, Myrtle Fitzgerald, Madge Woodard, Frankie Atterabury, Helen Bucheridge, Norval Graig. Lucy Covert.
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Leona Bradford, Roy Latham, Hope Nesbitt, John Inman, Ruth Blan- kenship, Carl Thomas, Ethel Hopkins, Guy Bennett, Hazel Havens, Carol Berrian, Marion Hammel, Fay Barson, Grace Wommack, Lewis Decatur, Fern Levis, Adele Turner, Will Robertson, Viola Rice, Clara Wright, Roy Drak, Ralph Keane.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
In 1911 Webb City completed a magnificent new High school build- ing-one which reflects credit not only upon Webb City, but all Jasper county, and speaks volumes for the refinement and educational character of the place. This new up-to-date and modernly equipped building cost $90,000. It is patterned after Westport High school, of Kansas City, and is thoroughly up-to-date. The building itself consists of three stories and basement, and rises to a height of 55 feet above the grade line.
"To have obtained a site sufficiently large in the heart of the city to allow of adequate recreation grounds would have been almost impos- sible without spending too much money on the site, at the expense of leaving enough from the $90,000 bond issue to meet essential expenditure on the building itself. But the lack of outdoor recreation in the vicinity of the school building is more than compensated in the gymnasium, which occupies a large section of the ground floor, has dimensions of 72 by 45 feet, has ample height from floor to ceiling, and a seating ca- pacity of not far from four hundred. It will furnish at all times a splendid opportunity for every line of healthful exercise such as pupils of high school age will desire to follow.
"Other rooms on the ground floor-one of them 23 by 26 feet and the other 21 by 28 feet-will be occupied by the classes for domestic science; two other rooms of similar capacity are designed for the man- ual training classes; and besides there are two large class rooms, 26 by 34 feet, available for other lines of study. Toilet rooms are located at both ends of the building, and shower baths are provided for the use of pupils using the gymnasium.
"The floor above includes office for the superintendent, with vaults for the care of school records, reception room, teachers' rest room and office for high school principal, with private toilet rooms for this suite of rooms. On the same floor also is the study hall, with seating for 150 pupils, and library adjoining, so arranged that the teacher in charge will have the entire room and library in full view. Eight standard- size class rooms, four of them 26 by 23 and four 21 by 23, with toilet rooms at both ends of the hallway, and lockers for wraps, are also pro- vided on this floor.
"The auditorium, which will provide seating accommodation for one thousand persons, occupies a large space on the upper floor. It will have a stage measuring 32 by 25 feet, with dressing rooms adjoining. The auditorium will be approached by wide stairways, affording ample means of exit.
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"The floors throughout are of hard maple, thoroughly deadened, and the interior is of oak finish throughout. Every possible modern appliance for ventilation by air ducts has been brought into requisition, and the heating arrangements are guaranteed to keep the rooms within two degrees of the same temperature at all times in conformity with the needs of each season of the year.
"1911 marked the completion of a decade of remarkable progress in educational matters, the schools of the city having made a splendid ad- vance in all the essentials of an up-to-date public school system.
"It will be evident that this is no exaggeration, but a statement of actual fact, when it is remembered :
"That the increase in number of teachers employed has been very far in excess of the increase in population, fifty-seven teachers being now employed as compared with thirty in 1900, while the number of inhab- itants, as shown by the census returns of 1900 and 1910, was from 9,201 to 11,817.
"That this increase of teachers has been followed by correspondingly increased efficiency, the standing of Webb City high school in its relation to the state university having advanced from 16 points in the early '90s to 22 points at the present time.
"That, with the increase of faculty, there have also been large ad- ditions to the school accommodations, by the erection and subsequent enlargement of the Eugene Field building, now consisting of nine rooms, and the adding of four rooms to the Franklin building, four rooms to the West Side building, two rooms to the Webster building. and three rooms in the basement to the Central building.
"That a constant increase, year by year, in the school enrolment has shown the more general appreciation of educational privileges by both parents and children, while an attendance of over three hundred pupils at the high school, twice the number of ten years ago, affords most gratifying proof that the benefits of the more advanced courses are being enjoyed and appreciated by a much larger proportion of the grade pupils than was the case in former years.
"Recalling these facts affords ample demonstration that the in- creased popularity, efficiency and usefulness of the public schools have fully justified the constant desire and efforts of both faculty and the successive boards of directors to provide the pupils with the better ac- commodations that have been so much needed during all the years of the period referred to. For the good work that has been done has all the time been accomplished under a disadvantage of crowded recitation rooms and a compulsory mingling of grades such as might well have precluded the best results but for well-directed supervision and patient individual effort.
"It will be under better auspices-the best in fact that the teachers and pupils have ever enjoyed-that the next school year will open in September, when the new high school building will be ready for occu- pation. With the Central building vacated by the high school for the use of the grades, seven more rooms will be added to the forty already
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available for pupils ranging from the primary department to the eighth grade. And of the thirty rooms in the new high school building, twenty will be available for teaching purposes, making a total of sixty-seven rooms in daily use by the grades and the high school; and every class will thus have the advantage of ample accommodations and complete facilities for every department of study-conditions such as have never before been enjoyed by either teachers or scholars.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS' TEACHERS STAFF
"It is probable that with the beginning of the next school year there will be an addition of six or seven teachers, bringing the total number above sixty, probably nearer sixty-five.
"The list of school officers, high school faculty and principals and teachers in the graded schools at present employed includes the following :
"R. S. Nichols, superintendent.
"Lelia Bruce, supervisor of music.
"Jessie Carey, supervisor of industrial work and drawing.
"High School-O. A. Harris, principal, English; Ella F. Helm, history; Josephine Sedgwick, Latin; Ella Booher, English; Mabel Gib- bons, science; Jane Barber, mathematics; Martha Helm, mathematics; Clara Koch, English and history; Bessie Thomas, German; O. R. Mericle, manual training; Nettie Marvin, elocution; F. R. Chapman, commercial subjects; Alice McLain, study hall.
"Central School-Maude Latimer, principal, 8 A and B; Minnie Custis, 8 B and 7 A; Pearl Freeman, 6 B, 5 A and B; Nellie Lewis, 4 A and B; Mary Neville, 3 A and B; Mamie McEntie, 1 and 2.
"Webster School-Elizabeth Jaccard, principal, 7 B and 6 A; Kate Moran, 6 B and 5 A; Lois Harlan, 5 B and 4 A; Ethel Tucker, 4 B and 3 A; Georgia Richardson, 3 B; Nettie Bewley, 2 A and B; Edna Beard, 2 B and 1 A; Mayme Stinnett, 1 B and C.
"West Side School-Viola Bistline, 8 A and B; Florence Glenn, 7 A and B; Abba Morton, 6 A and B; Eulah Smith, 5 A and B; Lura De- catur, 4 A and B; Emma McAboy, 3 A and B; Odessa Kessler, 2 B; Isadore Eells, 2 A and 3 B; Stella McCafferty, 1 A and B; Kathryn George, principal, 1 C.
"Eugene Field School-Emma Robinson, principal, 8 A and B; Mary Hille, 7 A and B; Mollie Allen, 6 A and B; Ethel Bailey, 5 A and B; Genevieve Moses, 4 A and B; Ethel Fly, 3 A and B; Edna Franken- berger, 3 A and B; Pearl Hobart, 2 A and B; Katherine Winter, 1 A, B and C.
"Franklin School-Nellie Tibbs, principal, 7 A and B; Nellie Crow, 6 A and B; Ethel Norton, 5 A and B; Mae Buckingham, 4 A and B; Lucy Underwood, 3 A and B; Cora Martin, 2 A and B; Bertha Clark, 2 B and 1 A; Alice Carroll, 1 B and C."
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CHURCH EDIFICES AND CHURCH WORK
The churches of Webb City have all made great progress during the last decade. Within the last two years the First M. E. church of Webb City has increased its membership from a little over two hundred to nearly seven hundred. This church is thoroughly organized. Three young women have gone out of the church and, having finished their training, are now deaconesses; also three young men from this church have been made ministers. The church is made as homelike as is possible and in that way keeps its hold on the younger members. They have at this writing a very fine choir, W. C. Pope being the musical director. The parsonage, which was recently built, cost about $6,000. The beau- tiful new church was dedicated last September, without one dollar being owed on the structure. The pastor, Rev. Dean C. Dutton, is a very capable leader and has been the pastor now for three years. One of his original plans for bringing the Lord's message before the masses. embraced the Saturday night. street services. With a large number of people to sing he would start his services on the crowded streets. After- wards a tent was purchased and night services were held in this. Every member in this church has some part of its work to do. One no sooner joins it than he is assigned some definite work. This is no home of drones.
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