Items of genealogical interest in the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri newspapers, the Springfield leader and the Springfield daily news for 1928, Part 1, Part 31

Author: Hall, William K. (William Kearney), 1918-
Publication date: 1928 v. 1
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Number of Pages: 724


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ROBERT L CANNEFAX


Funeral services for Robert 'TA 'Cannefax, for about five years turoe cushion billlard world champion. who dled sevemi days ago near Pheonix, Ariz,, will be hold this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Alma Lohmeyer Funeral home. The body is to arrive here at 7:15 o'clock this morning, accompanied by the wife and mother. Funeral eervices will be under tho auspices of the Elks lodge, Mr. Cannefax was born near Springfield.


ARTHUR ELDER


. Funeral services for Arthur Elder. who died Thursday night at hie home. will be held this afternoon at 2:80 o'clock at the Christ church. corner of Broadway and Madison De. Burial will be in Maple cemetery under the direction dermen H ... Lohmeyer Fu-


MR8. SARAH STAPP


1 Funeral services for Mra. Sarah wipp, 79, who died Friday at her hade five miles southwest: of m theville, were bald yesterday at . and.me. The Reverend A. S. This,"" of Springfield officiated. maydl was in the l'almetio cem- pory under the direction of Kelly And Ferrell, undertakers of Rokera- ville. Mrs. Stapp was born August 20, 1841. She became a member of Mthe Palmetto Presbyterian : church at the Age of 17. She was married to Henty Btapp, who died. about 20 Sehrpago. She Is survived by two children, Mrs. Mollle Humble of :Springfield and Amanda of the home address.' and one Erandaon and two greatgrandchildren.


MR8. MARTHA J. LIETWEIN


Mrs. Martha J. Lietwein, 72. died at her home. 1812 North Boonville avenue, yesterday afternoon, She is survived by her husband. Anron Idetwein, two daughters, Mrs. Eu- gene Munn and Miss Hallie I.let - wein of Springfield. five sons, Eimer. Mike and Aaron of Spring- field nnd Jamen of Barbersville. W. Vn. elght grandchildren, one greatgrandchild. Mrs. Lletwein hnd been a resident of Springfield 43 veart. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Klingner Funeral chapel. The Rev- erend HI. A. Wood, pastor of the Campbell Avenue Mechanist auch. nif affirlate Burial will he In Hazelwood cemetery.


BEN T. MORRIS .


Ben T. Morris, 65, an employe of' the Frisco railroad, died yesterday. afternoon in a Springfield hosplini following a lingering Illness. He 1. survived by tha widow. The home address la 1077 East Binine street Funeral arrangements are pending with the Klingner Funeral home.


JASPER STEWART BIGELOW


Funeral services for Jasper Stew. Af Astlow. 68. who died at the home of his son, Earnest A. Stone :65 Circle drive. Friday, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Starne mortuary. The Reverend BTWWIR M. Hale will officiate. Burial. Skill"pe under the direction of the Gate of Temple lodge. A. F. and "A. M. The 'W. L. Starne Under- taking company 'Is In charge of arrangementa.


C. C. DAVIDSON


Funerni services for Christopher Calhoun Davidson. 00. who died at hla home In Quincy. III. Friday will he held this afternoon nt 4 o'clock at the Starne mortuary. The Reverend C. H. Briggs will officiate and burial will be in Maple Park cemetery. Mr. Davidson was a real. 1


Ment nf Springfield until a venr ngn · Mr. Davidson came in Surinameli In 1913 from Eldorado Stringa Un to serve as arcretary of the mintr board of Immigration.


the Modern Worldmen of America and the Wordmen of the World Is Is survived by a daughter. Mrs F. ! A. Fr. . .. . .....


Glenn C. Davidson of Kansas City.


Pallbearers will. include O. W. Morrison, S. D. Herman; G. P. Ryan, W. Y. Foster, Sam Moore and D. J. Ruscha.


. MRS. REBECCAH JOHNSON"


... Mrs.' Rebeccah E. Johnson, ,71. died at 12:10 o'clock this morning at her home, 621 College street .. She Is survived by two daughtera, Mra. George G. Maynard of Spo- kane, Wash,, and Mrs .. Roy Mor .. land of Lincoln, Neh ..; four song. Ross of Springfield. Tilden of Grand Pass, Mo., Dee of Chicago. and Todd of Redlanda, Cal., and n sister, Mra. Aaron Boyd of Herm- Itnge, Mo. Funeral Arrangementa tre Incomplete pending word from relatives, but burlai will be under direction of W. L. Starne. :


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MARRIAGE LICENSES


Royce'It Stanton, 30, Ava, Mo. und Nola Garrison. 21. Ava: Kerne) UMApley. 22. Pryor. Ukla., and Urith Howard. 18, Brookline. Joseph q Yates. 31. Springfield, and Silna Beutih Monder. 21. Springfield James E. Alexander, 89. an.l "FJlxn belb Alexander. 40. both of Spring (lold. Paul King. 86, Oklahoma City. and Atlas (Inra Genevieve Swen- son 21. Henubile: Hoy Glenn. 12. Springfield, and Irina A. Douglas IL Springfield: Thomas L Ind. 14. Springfield, and Edith Mawhin- ey. 15. Spring feld.


FREDERICK FRANCIS ZEHN- DER, 5-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zehnder, Jiving 10 miles west of Clinton, has a $5 gold piece coming. He will receive the coin, bearing the date 1856, as the first grandson of the late Fred- erick Zehnder. Zehnder was given it by his mother in Ohio in 1875. with Instructions not to spend it until he "faced starvation." Mr. Zehnder died In Henry county In :522. after willing the coin to his flrst grandson. He had five grand- daughters at the time of his death


Mrs. C. J. Gladney returned last Saturday from St. Louis where sho was called by the death of a sis- ter. Sho necompanied the funeral party to Troy, this state, the old home town of tho famlly, where burlal was made.


IPVIng Keimer of Seattle, Wash .. was called hero last week by the Illness of his father. Henry Relmer, who died Tuesday morning.


After the husband had withdrawn The answer he had ffled. Bertha Short das granted a divorce yes- terdny by Judge Guy D. Kirby from Walter R. Short. Tho decree wau by default.


Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Harrig of Route 4. announce the i. daughter, Marguerite Joann. Wed- nesdny. February 29.


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Chas. Melse, a member of the Seymour school board, and n former mayor here died at the Baptist hos- pital in Springfield Thursday night following an operation for append !- citis. Funeral services will be held at 2:80 p. m. Sunday.


LEBANON GIRL WEDS مصر HIGHWAY ENGINEER


Special Dispatch to the News.


LEBANON; Mo., March 3 .- MISS Exlo Wellman, Lebanon High school senior and F. R. Henderson. of Springfield, an engineer for the state highway department. were married here today by the Rever- end J. L. Leonard, pastor of the 1.cbanon Baptist church.


Miss Wellman is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wellomin. of Jefferson avenue. Following the acremony, the couple motored to Springfield. Mrs. Henderson return to Lebanon and complete the school year. She has been a Sun- day school teacher at the Baptist church for several years.


The funeral services of Sfiss All- ared Ray who died at the Baptist manitarlum was conducted by Rev. Wm. Melhfeld at the M. E. church Sunday afternoon. Mildreo has been with the Farmers and Traders beni:k for over two years. She died at the age of 22. Interment was made In the Rolla cemetery. She leaves to mourn her death her parents Mr and Mrs. Charles Ray and Noti Ruth, her grandmother and a host


u relatives and friends.


ArE. Win,#Rashcoelof St.Louis was called to Nen burg's Sunday" to attend, the funeral of lier friend and förmer classmate Miss Mildred Ray. Shb-was the quest of Miss Roy'- maine Swift while here. . LeMr. and Mrs. Charles Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Teasdale of Rolla were in Newburg Sunday to attend the funeral service of Milss Mildred Ray.


James Davidson of Bodaxe, Mich., died Tuesday after a short illness at the home of his brother-in-law. Mr. Crandall, of the Phelps Com- imunity. He was taken to Spring- field Wednesday by Morris and Lelman Miller, undertakers, and shipped to his homo for burlal.


Richard"Robertson . died : In. the Modern Woodmen sanatarium. Colorado Springs, Colo., February 2C. He was brought back to Ava Monday. Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church by Rev. G. A. Wells. He was buried In the Ava cemetery.


Dave French died Thursday, February 23.


- Mrs. Charley Martin dled Feb - ruary 24 and was buried at the McBride cemetery. ·


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SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1928 -- LEADER


Page 1: Emma Lewis Cooper in England makes a deed to Henry Cooper.' There is an article about the first county court .**


Page 14: Miss Ruby Sturman and Deerward Mackey were married Februry 25 in Ava. Mr. and Mrs. Morrie England of Purdy announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday.


Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Honeycutt of Niangua announce the birth of a daughter on February 19.


Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of Sand Springs, Okla., announce the birth of a daughter Rosalie Charlene on February 19. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Jessie McClanahan of Webster county.


Mrs. Joe Pitman died at Morrisville.


Page 15: Mrs. Clarinda Burrows celebrated her 97th birthday .*


There is an article about John Langsford. **


Page 23: Marriage license: Thomas L. Dodd, 34, and Edith Mawheney, 25, both of Springfield.


Card of thanks .*


Page 27: Mrs. Emma Milbourne died .*


August Lohmeyer died.'


Robert L. Cannefax died .** Jasper S. Bigelow died .** Charles Meise died .** Christopher Calhoun Davidson died.


Mrs. Martha J. Leitwein died .** Benjamin P. Morris died .*


DEATHS


MILBOURNE FUNERAL. Funeral services for Mra. Emma Milboum#, . 78, " who died " yesterday morning 'at ; ber / home, 1900 West Olive street, following burns suffered wheni her clothes caught on fire Fri- day night,; will be held et 3:30 p. m. Sunday at the Herman. H. Lobrmeyer Funeral home. Burial will be in Hazelwood cemetery. Mrs. Milbourne Le survived by two sons, Jesse A. Tolerton, prominent business man here: F. W. Wernet, 575 Last Walnut street: and a daughter. Mary Mil- bourne, of Oblo.


AUGUST LOHMEYER.


Funeral servicea for August Loh- meyer. ploneer Springfield und?T- taker, will be held at 9 a. m Mon- day at Bt. Joseph's Catholle church. North Campbell araque and Scott i street. Burial will be lo St. Mary's cemetery. Mr. Lohafeyer died on his! eighty-third birthday Friday morn-I Ing at the home of his daughter. Mrs. T. J. Fiedler. 814 Normal street.


CANNEFAX FUNERAL. Funeral services for Robert L. Cannefax, for many years world's three-cushion billard champion, who dled several days ago near Phoenix. Ariz., will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Alma Lohmeyer Funeral home. Burial will ba In Maple Park cemetery. The body is expected to arrive here early this morning, accompanied by his wife 'and mother. Funeral services .will Iwhich 'Mir'Otnnefiz was't members


Quit-Claim Deed on .. Cemetery Lat Here ·Comes From England


A quit-laim decd . which Wns · acknowledged before n . notary public at Boston, England, Was received and flied by Jack Mc- Kec. recorded of deeds, yesterday.


The deed called for the trans- fer of a lot In Hazelwood com- etery from Emma Lewis Cooper, widow of John W. Cooper. to Henry Cooper of Greene. county. The consideration was $30 ..


The document. signed by Mrs. . Cooper at Boston, England, bears the seal and signature of S. C. Simpson, notary public for life, and the legal stamp of Great Britain. It. was acknowledged there on January 19.


CARDS OF THANKS.


CAMPBELL -- We wish to thank . cur friends nad neighbors for the biodiess rad sympathy shown es durler the Di- prst and death of our beloved father mind husband. Also for the beautiful floral offerings MRS. J. F. CAMPBELL And FAMILY


B. P. MORRIS.


Benjamin P. Morris, an employe of the Frisco for several years, died yesterday afternoon'at his home, 1077 Blaine street. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but they are in charge of the ,Klingner Funeral home. Ha fa survived by his wife and his mother .. Mrs. T. E. Morris, of Waco, Tez .; by a brother, and a sister.


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FIRST COUNTY COURT ISSUED ORDER TO BUILD ROADS HERE


Civil Government in Greene Will Celebrate Its Ninety-fifth Anniversary Next Sunday; Pioneer Judges: Meet in Private Home.


Civit government In Greene coun-, ¡ of the county which bore the name i, what celebrate its Ostli"anniversary jof that Revolutionary hero. "Mad March 11. On that day In 1833 the first county court convened and or- raffred, thereby setting Into motion the county's governmental machinery which has continued to grind. " Anthony" Wayne. In 1831 the huge county of Crawford was carved out of It. This new county Included all of southwestern Missouri and, of course. Greene county.


Ninety-five years Is a comparatively btlet length of time, in fact Infl- attely small when compared to the age of the walverse. it In spite of :... Rintively short period since the first judges met. about all that is lift to tell the story of their actions 1s a small, well-worn, record book. whose lenvrs are yellowed from age. 1 !: is one of the treasured possessions t in the county clerk, office.


I: ta & minute book of the court and has the record of every action. motion and proceeding of the court from the first meeting until 1835. It contents were written in the flour-


Ishing" handwriting "popular. In its day. Besides: the larger, much att.r. cher record books of today, the "little ploneer" docs appear to be rather laconspiclous, but the pride and value of age is with it.


Met in Rome.


"At a county court," the first par- agraph of the book states. "began and Held at the house of John P. Camp- hell, within and for the county of Greene, It being the place appointed by law for holding sald courts on the sfcond Mondny of March, .In the year of our Lord, one thousand and elgh: hundred and thirty-three.


- Honorable Jeremiah Sloane. Samuel Martin and Jaines Doillson. Esqrs., Justices of enid court. John D. Shannon. Esq., sheriff of said county and John P Campbell. Enq., clerk of sald county."


The five men named were the first offfelals of the county, having, with the ex eption of the recy clerk. bern duly elected to ;loir respective offices at an election called for in the act which organized the county. The !: commissions were Issued to them by Governor Dastel Dunklin and John C. Edwards, secretary of


The first act of the court was to .select Mr. Campbell as the clerk. ! The second act was to clect Samuel Martin as the presiding judge of the court. On the second day of the term Richard C. Martin was chosen assessor. A. C. Burnett also was ap- pointed collector, but he declined thic office. Sometime Inter Larkin Payne was selected for that position. Junius T. Campbell, who was barely of a vot- Ing age, was made county treasurer, and Samuel Scroggins, surveyor.


Greene county-spelled "Green" In the old areord book -- was first a part


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Greene Is Created.


However, as the Influx of 1mml- grantsifrom the east was frit pop- ulating the southwest, the legislature. on "January 2. "1033; : created : Greene county.


The lines giren in the act const !- tuting Greene county enclosed a tract extending to the west and south lines of the state. The cistern boundary ' was " more. . fndefinately Stated. ' However, ah tzatntoation of the first record books reveals that the eastern boundary was the Gasconsde river and the northern .. the Osage river.


The county was a vast region for It Included what is now McDonald. Newton. Jasper. Barton, Dade, LAw- rence. Barry, Stone, Christian, what is now Greene, and Webster, as well as part of Taney, Dallas, Polk, Cedar, Vernon, Wright and Douglas. It. at that time, was a larger subdivision than several states.


Name Townships. '


An examination of the firat record : book shows that the county court performed the functiona of the prea- ! ent probate court. One of the acts . of the first session of the court was to appoint Joseph Weaver and John ¡ D. Langlas administrators of the estate of William Marshall.


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One of the chief duties of the court ! was to divide the county Into town- ships. This was a rather complicated ; task. The names of these first townships are all but forgotten. They i Are Campbell, White River. Sprit.g River, Mooney. Jackson and Osage.


Tho first . warrant issued by the! court was for $8 and was drawn to John- Shannon. - for - his "duties ns sheriff for attending the court d'ur- Ing. Its first session. Each of the county judges drew $7 for the ser- vices for the four-day session.


Build Loads.


The first court loat no lime In getting busy on road work. An carly order of the court made the trial from Springfield to the Dela - ware town and thence to Fayetteville In Arkansas territory a public high -


way. Other roads ware laid out at this and following terms of court.


The holding of this first session of the court In the home of John P. Campbell, the first county clerk, re- calls the founding of Springfield. Of Springfield's beginning Mrs. Rush C. Owen. daughter of Mr. Campbell, wrote for The Leader of August 31. 1


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1876, the following narrative.


"In 1827 my father and my uncle, Matthew Campbell, took refuge from an autumnal storm In an old Dela- i ware town on the James river not far from what is now the Wilson Creek battle ground. The braves bad Just brought in a remnant of Kicka- poos which they had rescued from the Osages. Among the Kickapoos was a young brave boy ill with a fever.


the: :. 4d ...:: = treatise and had become a convert .. He gave them to understand that he was A medicine mang and against Un- cle Matt's carnest protest, who feared the consequences If the Indian died. Le undertook the caer Het under- standing the trying condition of the patient, or, perhaps, the proper quan - tity of the medicine to administer, he | threw the Kickapoo Into an alarm. or In other words a frightful cold sweat und deathly sickness. .


"Then there Ats werl: for dcar life. Uncle Matt, the Oder and more cau- thous of the two" pulled off his eoat and plunged In to help my father get . up a reaction, which they did, leaving the poor 'patient prostrate and 'weak as a rag.' My father al- ways laughrd and sald. 'But feel so good-all gone,' laying his hand wently on his stomach.


"They remained somo timo with flic Indians, hunting and looking at the country. They finally made up their minds to return to their familles In Tennessee and to return to thils coun- , try with them later. Plloted by the Kickapoos they went some distance up the James and made arrangements with an old trapper to get out their house logs and have them rendy upon their return.


"They selected land . where Spring- field now stands They found four springs whose branches united and formed Wilson creek. About the cen- ter of the area between these springs was a natural 'woll of wonderful depth, now. (1876) }nown .to be. & subterranean lake, hard by which may. father \squatted:"afterwolf tollsome Journey through the wilderness:15 14


"The Mississippi . river was frozen over so hard' that they were Able to eross on the Ice In February, 1830. Several other familles accompanied him here from Tennessee. '


"The Klekapoo Indian came to the bome frequently and became an al- most indiapenalble adjunct to the familly. Seeing that my father was very tender with my mother, he look- ed upon her as a superlolr being.


"Springfield soon became a habita- ton with a name Cabins of rough poles were hastily put up and fliled with emigrants. My father vacated and built: thirteen tines in one year to accommodate newcomers. Log huts filled with merchandise groceries, and above all that curse of America-whisky-soon did a thriving trade with the Indians and imml- grants.


George Washington Is best known as the "Father of Hia Country." John P. Campbell la well entitled to bear the name of "The Father of Spriog- field .**


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IRIN WOMAN,


Mrs. Clarinda Burrows Blames People for Unhappy Marriages.


Mrs. Clarinda Burrows. 772 North National boulevard, celebrated her ninety-seventh birthday Inst Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. D. Turner.


Mrs. Burrows married the Inte Ed- win Il. Burrows when she was 31 yenes old. When asked what she thought of ently marringes, rhr re- piled : "I haven't thought much about it because some early marriages are happy and some late ones are Just An happy. It all depends on the peo- ple."


"I don't like to read love stories They are 100 sickening."


Taught In School.


Mrs. Burrows has a brother. Henry Chapin. 86. and two sisters, Mrs. Addle Ore, 92. and Mrs. Amriin Clinr. 82. all of Scottrille. II. Y. She had two children: the Inte Ferry F. Bur- rows of Renton. Wash, and Mrs. Turner of this city. Her alx grand children: W. Joe Turner. San Angelo. Texas: Mis. Enil B. Frank, Wash- Ingum, D. C .: Mas Walter Sumapech. Chico, Cal .: Edgar Buriowe und Mrs. Mrs. C. E. Hayes, Seattle, Wash., ore all married. Mrs. Burrows hus rleven great-grandehlidiren.


She was born In Little Falls, N. Y. In 1231. When five years old. sltc moved with her parents in Rapport mir:rt:


Enmily Moved to Scotttilk. N 3 She ! taught in the public sabes there In 1880, Mrs. Burrows, then Clarinda Chapin, went to Michigan to keep ! heute for her brother Center Cinq !!!


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!: WAS A più *!! lapr I don't zrt m ser many of ine late Improvements Anymore. she said.


1 ; ' MOELOW VUNMAL !: - ) ...


2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Starne mortuary for Jasper B. Digt- low. 58. who died at the home of his son, Ernest A. Stone. 755 Circle drive, Thursday afternoon. Buria! ! will be In East Lawn cemetery. The | Rev. L. M. Hale will officiate and The Oste of Temple lodge. A. P. and A. M., Will hare charge of service at the grave. Mr. Bigelow. for mev. eral years . Springfield merchant, let survired by his wife and two sons, Ernest A And Far! D S'nar, of 753 Circle Drive.


MEISE FINER.A ..


Funeral services will be held this Afternoon at the First Baptist church yot Seymour for Charles Melse. 41, of Seymour. who died In a hospital here Thursday night. Burial will be in the Manonic cemetery under direc- tion of W L: Starne, undertaker.


DAVIDSON FUNERAL ..


Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. today at the Starne mortuary for Christopher Calhoun Davidson. 70 former Springfield realdent, who died Friday afternoon at his home In Quincy. III. The Rev. C. H Brigk. will officiate, and burial will be in Maple Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be O. W. Morrison, 8. D. Har- mạn. O. P. Rpa; W. Y. Porur, Ihm Moore and E. V. Rusche.


MARTHA I. LEITEIN. MI Wafu J. Latwin, TI, for 45 years a resident. of Springfield. died at 2:30 p. m. yesterday at her home, 1812 Boonville avenue. She is survived by her husband, Aaron Leltwein: two daughters. Mrs. Eugene Mann, and Miss Hallle Leitwein; by five som, Aaron Leitwein, Jr. Charles, Kimer and Mike Leitwein. all of Springfield: and James Leit- wein of Barberville. W. V .: and by eight grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. today at lhe Kling- ner Funeral chapel. Burial will be In "Hazelwood cemetery.


YOUTH FRAIS RECORD SIZE


John Langsford Views Life From Height of 80. Incheș.


John Langsford, six feet eight Inches tall. will have to grow an- other slx fiches It he Is to be as


John, who Is very well known hy the young people of Springfield. Is only 17 years old. In the last six months. he has grown two Inches.


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and he reporta that he is still grow- ing.


His great-grandinther, Richard


, England. His daughter, The maker of John- Langsford, Br., the city street Inspector, was also unusually tall."but ": Mr. F Langsford. John's father, is of' medium ' height, being about five feet eight Inches tall:


Watches the Hopre.


" ***: John niwars looks at ti


Inf n door before going through , it. Toung Langsford explains this 1.y the fact that he has bumped his hend on doors so often that he finds it pays to stop. look-and ftonp.


None of his clothes Is ready-made. In fact, everything except his shoes must be made to order.


lo has a special bed at home which Is about seven feet long. but even in It. he cannot stretch out his full length. Don't you get terribly crumped In a Pullinun," he was nsk - ". "Well," be answered. laughing. "I linvo to sleep doubled up.


him ca the Foxri part


when he pinged In the Boy Beout band, As being the tallest hoy in the organization


Tall on Both Sides, His height comex not only from his father's alde of the family, but nso from his mother's. His rldent brother, the Inte Jorhan Langsford, was alx fect four inches tall, and both of his sisters are inller than the average. Another 1 600: : Aster Inpalord. .:. . ...... la


John . HE Is year from 'senior high school


:numtrinn, and plays both saxophone and bassoon. He has played In sev- eral lecal orchestrus. Ili home la


at 633 South Dolllyon,,


MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1928 -- DAILY NEWS


Page 4: Mrs. John A. Brown has an old chest .**


Page 5: Miss Elizabeth Buck and Mr. Donn Searle were married .*


Page 10: August Lohmeyer died .** Mrs. Emma Milbourn died.' Robert L. Cannefax died .**


Henry S. Anderson died .** Ben T. Morris died .* John Mack Knox died .** Mrs. Rebeccah E. Johnson died .** Father W. M. Connelly died .*


DEATHS


AUGUST LOHMEYER


Funeral mervicea for August Loh- meyer. ploneer Springfield under- taker who died Thursday on his 83rd birthday, will be held at 9 o'clock this morning at 8t. 'Joseph Catholic church, North Campbell avenue and Scott street. Burial will be in the Bt. Mary's cemetery.


MRS. EMMA MILBOURN


Funeral services were held yes- terday afternoon for Mrs. Einma Milbourn, 75, who died Baturday morning at her home, 1310 West Olive street. Burial was in Hazel- wood cemetery.


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- C. E. KIMBERLIN, real estate dealer of West Plains, has un- earthed what may prove to be the most priceless heirloom in the Ozarka While showing a farm to a prospectivo buyer Mr. Kimberlin discovered the treasure sy chance. This unusual heirloom ls a chest, which, according to records in pes- sesion of the owner was brought over from England te Ainerica by a member of the old Plymouth col- ony in 1620.




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