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The Itte. ..- une in meet for Is. hearsal, which will be in the upstairs auditorium of the Chamber of Com- merer building. will be members of the American Legion auxiliary who : scene; and the girla who will portray "American 'Beauties of the Past". in
a fashion plate revue.
, Mike Nibler. of the Knights of Columbus, conferred with Mrs. Leach this ' morthay. ~ Matters of-the Knights of Columbus will be chosen this evening to taka the parts of Marquette and Jeliat, Franch mission- ary explorers who first brought Chris- tianity to the Indians of middle Americs ..
Olher Numbers Added
The battle of the Argonne scene will be staged with the assistance of Battery F. 203rd coast artillery, and Second Bataillon Headquarters de- tachment. World war officers who will participate Include Colonel Paul A Free war captain of Company K Captain Louis Eslick, and Lieutenente Curtle C. Ostes. Richard F JJamee and E O. Oreen.
Further musical features include . solo, the state song. "Missourt." to be wung by Mrs. Ben Sheppard: and a diet, "Moonlight and Roses." to be sung by Larry Blanchette and Lillian Webb An a finale to the electric see- ! saw scene. This will be a costume : and pantomime number with a love Atne appropriate to the music and ; the glittering see-sans for ba .. ground.
Arranging Stage
Fred Stigman, chairman of stage construction for the pageant. with Mrs. Leach, Mrs. Harvey H. Webb. anı atage carpenters, yesterday begen planning the stage arrangement. There will be a great throne. ele- ! vated about eight test, on which the varloue queens will alternate :: 'hr contral. dominant position. During the prolog. Miss Mary Bryan. queen ! of Springfield, and Mim Marioo Bu- sett, queen of the Ozarus all: reise. and they also will hold the center during other episodes in which thex presence is most fitting. Through- out the pageant, the various queens will shift their places so that the queen presenting each episode will be In the central position during her episode. [The clime. will be t !.. crowning of the Centennial queen with the other queens forming he! ! ٠٠١٦١:٢٠
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queen. The Shrine drill .es" .: alil do s spectacular drill to symbo !- 12. the man-power resources Springfield during the world war epoch. Mra. Leach said this morning C W. Greenwade is president c! !!. 1 Shrine patrol association and Get
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WIDOW IS HERE TO CLAIM BODY OF SLAIN MAN
Mrs. Ethel Waddell Arrives From Tulsa; Throws No New Light on Alleged Sui- cide of Her Husband Here Monday Morning
Mrs. Ethel Waddell Wife of John J. Waddell, 31-year-old painter who was shot to death in his room at 453 East Grand strest shortly after mid- night Sunday. arrived in Springfield early todes from he: more': Thien
Whan questioned today by Dr. Mur -! ray C. Bione, Greene county corunar. the widow could throw little new light on : the tragedy which would alter' the opinion of officers thet Waddell had killed himself after first shooting and seriously wounding Mn Clarence O. Morelock, 40, at whose "home "be roomed.
No Divorre
Mrs. Wsodell had not wen her hus- band atnoe early last fall when the went to her former home in Tubs to be with her s .: n by a former mat - Hage who was in school there. Dur- ing the eight or nine months since that time, the couple hed not carried 01 regular correspondence, although there had been no formal break be- tween them and there had been no divorce, according to Waddell's broth- er .. Lloyd, of Branson and s sister of Mra. Waddell. Mrs. Verna Shu- mate of springfield The Waddell had been married about seven years
According to information giren the cotnner hy Mts. Fred Oltman of 412 Went Lynn street, a close friend of Mra. Morelock who was in the house at the time of the shooting. Waddell went downstairs from his room. switched off the hall light and shot twice at Mre Morelock en she lay on her bed in the semidarkened room He then returned to his own room and shot hiniveit onre through the rich. temple, she said
Victims Improving I
Mra Morelock, who was taket. in St. John's hospital Immediately after the shooting. comborated Mra Olt- I man's atory. Mrs. Morelork suffered badly torn mouth from one of the bul- lets and other wounds in the right 'arm and breast Her condition is not considered critical, however.
Clarence G. Moreinek, hishand of. the intured woman knew nothing of the shooting until he er:sve: 12: Springfield early Monday morning, from St. Louis, where he had kons : With his brother Harty over the week- end to attend a baseball game. Both the woman's husband and brotherin- aw attributed Waddell's act to tem- atury theunity, which they declare4 puld easily bave been induced by work for mani tas said to be
harry Morelook, Who
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ecA Monett, said be had worked la Weddel on a painting job only w days ago and told of actions of dead man which he belteved ted to s deranged condition. ¿Doe Morelock. who is employed Jouseman and engineer at the he mosque, also told how he tht Weddell hed acted queerly (R . game of pool which they .played on Thursday night of Jeek. Find Pistol 1
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.38-caliber gun with which it leved the shooting was done. yund by the e.de of Waddell s.
The bullet which caused bis was lodged in the skull napo- ! the temple, where 1: entered. ]
as found in the mattrem of i man's bed and the other in the Ide: her dressing table es his wife. Waddell is our- t his mother. Mrs. Etta W'ad- Allen. Neb .: by twn brothera. of Branson. Mo. and Bert of Neb., and by two alsters. Mrs .. Hertil of Allen. Neb. and Mrs. . Hoy of Lusk, WSO. inetal arrangements are In charge jima Lohmeyer funeral home
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 5: John J. Waddell died .*
Page 10: I. A. Runyan died .**
A daughter Cathryn Lee Cox was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cox, 1044 East Elm street.
Page 14: As part of the Springfield Centennial celebration it is planned to show an old movie reel of Springfield taken about 1909 or 1910 now in the Frisco archives.
DEATHS
I. A. RUNYAN I. A Runvan. 76, a retired farmer dird at his house east of the Springfield Country club. carlo .this morning ... Ho- survind'by his wife ind by one daughter. Mrs. Anna L. Robberson of 977 South Wel- Jer avenue. . The following brothers and sisters also survive: William :of Tucum- SUU .N ... M .; B. A. of -Springfield: Sherrill of Kansas City: Tim of Aldrich. Mo .: Mrs Elizabeth Kinder of Aldrich, and Mrs ... Dora .Claypool of ... Low .. Abgeles. . Col." spaderalisarvices will be 'beld at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Barron Creek church in Polk county, near Bolivar. for- lowed by Interment there in charge of Hutchison and Blue of Bolivar J. K. Klingner gis:in charge of arrangements here.
WADDELL IS BURIED IN SIMPLE- SERVICE 1
John; . 1 Waddell. 31 -: cpr-id [ ... or who is to hellesed and wood
ride carly Monday # **:. ne A: shooting and wounding Mra. Clarence G. Morelock, at, whose home he room- ed. was buried In Hazelwood reme- tery this afternoon after funeral sere- Ices at the Alma Lohmeyer funeral home.
.. M !: . Morelock. " h0 suffered ht :!:**
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and chest, was reported as bring In proved today at St. John's hospital. where che la e patien!
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Mrs. Ethel Waddell :! ! * hr dead man. BITIved early Teradev .. sa. called by the death of Her hus- band. She had been loving att tives In Oklahoma . .. Waddell since las: Noaber .....: she spent a few days here on a visit She will return to Tulsa to be with her son by & former marriage who le In school there.
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THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: The "first families" of Springfield will be honored during the Centennial celebration .**
There is an article about Harry Kinsman .**
Page 3: Inquest held into the death of John J. Waddell.
Page 5: There is an article about George W. Young and early day newspapers .**
Page 6: Miss Aileen M. Condict and Mr. Paul Jackson were married .**
Page 14: A daughter Betty Turner was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Turner, 913 East Central street.
Marriage license: Oral Pike, 25, and Margaret Canafax, 18, both Springfield negroes.
Mrs. Margaret Rogers died .*
Mrs. Mary Rupe died .**
Page 18: Mrs. Mary Dillard has a quilt which is 100 years old .**
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'HE REMEMBERS WHEN-' Weeklies Prospered Here
IT WAS NO 2
SMALL CHTIME
TYPE IN THE
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HIS INCOME Is Serealt DALLANi
MEMORIES of days when, -weekly |! in the quick hand-setter of days gone
lars would ctaft one in that business are harbored by George W. Young. 1412 South Kimbrough avenue, who was born bere, in 1881 and, outside For-brist sajeuros-in Idaho .and-Taney county. Missouri, has lived here ever since
Mr. Young nas been mound print- Ing offices most of his life end work - ed for many of the old newspapers - Such Dames AN "Pattout Democrat." "Addettiver." "Weekly Es- ipress" and others in foreign Is. simone!loldiana of Inter generations, ' bring to him memories of Iwill-macel. i newspapers delivered around the town much is they are now.
1 . All type was set os hand in the early days and the speedy finalspe ¡ operator of today had his forerunner ;
b). it took hours for one man to pel. . "galley" of type, and to "po' It. that. le to drop, it and get it mixed, was at day's work gone to waste. Young re-' . . ..: "pl" he nisde In the print shop of the old "Leader." the second job be bad, and was won hunting bis third.
Mr. Young recalls that it was, easy to live on 640 a month, and · small print leben ; founded - by, jim In. the Would send's 'present concern into a reorganization, but proved to te quite a comfortable sum in those days.
Young claims tc have been the first employe of the long list of papers! whony, mergers have resulted In the present News and Leader. He is 'still in the printing business with his own shop.
Oral Pike. 25. and Margaret Cana- fax. 18, both Springfield negroes, ob- -- tained a marriage license at the courthouse today.
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HUNDREDTH
BIRTHDAY
FOR BEDSPREAD
atlet of' madder Springfield, celebrate its hundredth birthday next week, its owner. Mrs. Mary Dillard, 444 South avenue. 'be- lleves. The old fashioned spread la to be used as a cover for. the quaint trundle bed in the pioneer room. which Mrs. Dote Young, Mrs. Dillard's niece, is preparing for the centennial museum. -
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The coverlet has a double algnifi- cance for people of this region in that it was woven by the great-grandmoth- er of Congressman Dewey Short, and presented to Mrs. Eddie Turner, Mrs. Dillard's mother, when both familles lived back in Tennesace.
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Mrs. Turner brought, It with her when she came to Missouri in 1858 with her husband, John Turner, who bought 401 acres around Turner Sta- tion, which was named for him. As the thirteenth of their fourteen chil- dren. Mrs. Dillard lived on the oid I homestead during the Civil war.
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She tella with pride of her eight brothers, who were all In the union army, and a little sadly, of the re.
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turn of only waren. "The picket rua
then," sbe mid.
As Mr. bulard reminisced about early days In Missour!, she displayed sonic of her other treasures in an- tiques. The house is fairly resplend- ent with them.
"A major in the Revolutionary army
used this old shaving sland and mir- explain-
I'dhear." "Just then she remembered aomething else. "And this candle anufrer belonged to my. (rut grandmother. It's probably Log Janme gid," she mid casually. "And the chest you're sitting on was bought
- Mrs. Dillard herself will be 80 when George. Washington's birthday comm around next year. With her gray hair prettily arranged, and her lavender dress 'neat as a pin,' she made C charming picture, as the declared that "antiques are fine, but that modern times are the best to live In."
DEATHS
MRS. MARGARET ROGERS
Puneral sentires bor M !! Rogera, 72. who died in a hospital here as the result of a fall the received several weeks ago at her home In Galena, will be held there Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body was sent to Stone county inis morning from the Alma Lohmeyer funeral home here. Two sons. Roy and R D .. hoth of Galena. survive
MRS. MARY RUPF.
Mre. Mary Rupe. 73. wife of J 8 Rupe. died carly today at the home of her son, Ed Worrell of 1710 West Chestnut street. Funeral services will be in charge of J. W. Klingner, but arrangements bare not yet been made
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Miss Alleen M. Condict, daughter af Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Candict, 700 East Lombard atreet. and Mr. - Paul Jackson, son of Mrs. Carrie Lee Jack- son. 645 Soitth Weller avenue. *!!! ' be married Friday at the bride's home.
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The Reverend John T. Bacon will ' perform the simple ting ceremony Miss Birdie Atwood will play the wed- i ding march and also the accompani- ment for Miss Helen Walker who w !!! SIDK AL LUI 1Cu the wide .... wear chartruese green chiffon and carry a bouquet of tiny yellow roses.
Yellow wedding daisies, white hy: drangeas and fern will be used throughout the house and also will form the center decoration for the i luncheon table. The luncheon will
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The bilde and groom will leave to- morrow afternoon for a motor trip through the south and will be at home after July the Ist at 1425 East Madison street. --
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FIND 'WILD MAN' IN OZARKS HILLS
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Uving in Hidden Dugout. Aged Recluse Practices Creed of Freedom
TRAVEL where
Ozarks; look as carefully as batt chnoe:, "Beek and you will ; not find that highly clusive figure called Hur :. Hluft. "the wildman"
shoulders and upper portion of body nte well tanned by the sun which has ural town upon Zum thorugh norton to summers of toll on his 160-acre farm in the state border territory.
knows how old ho is, but This aro are thrt ba is well over 90. . His remarkable AMITHr mary j& almost impossible to make an accurate estimate." .
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They say he frightens the asmen Ed chlidrin of that region, makes them afraid to go out alone in the early hours of the morning and twi -! light"of - the: evening. But anyone who really knows the strange per- adnage knows better than that. It is perfectly well known that with the exceptions of the ! " times ha goes into Gamesste the county seat, he is a hard "critter" to caich.
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"Back to Nature"
He's not exactly pleasant on the eyes. Perhaps that account_ for the fact that lie has been run out of : Gainc: ville several times. And t': .. armin there is another reason -- } ;!. Ideas of clott ... are Icw, the fewer the better. A ahort, substitute for a pair of overalls, does hils purpose well enough since he has cut them off above the ki:cc and they do well to come up to above his hipe.
Excepting a little circular growth of hair around the top of his h. · the wildin:an Is pr. bild. Hc never shaves . - says it would be too dangerro to have his ' tender" skin exposed to the burning !. in.
Harry Bluff is not his real name at all. As a matter of f: .: his name ix Kinsmon, Harry Kinsman far ns people of Orark county have ! been able to linid he was born somr - . where in Inwok or Michigan and] Inwiearly education was in the TIME!
I hole ichnque; hasting mitter incl 1
man is of the educated sort.
Then the "Blow"
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It is known that he married. moved over into Kansas nd started rearing a family of at least two cho- dren, a boy and gui fien, about 55 years ago. came tlic blow in his We .that is - supposed to- have changed him from a refined. self-re- specting Individual into a "wild" man who desired life with only -wild horses, wild flowers and wild vege- tauon as hus companions.
The blow was the loss of his wife. with whom he was said to be deepl: In love and for whom he would gladly have done anything. With her gone his life was changed. his Interest in his children quickly waned and h esold his Kansas fårm supposedly for 100 head of wild horses.
In 1889. 40 years ago. Ozark coun- ly people first recall seeing the man. According to many, he seemed some - what dazed and listless. Apparently he had considerable money and it did not take him long to purchase ; pe of the largest ranche: In the re- tion. At that time it consisted of 100 acres of wild. intuitivated, real ; ¿Omark country.
Dugout is Home
Be penetrated the underbrush and found a mound-like place where he --- - constructed his dugout home which be still uses. What it contains, how It W'on the inside and what never been. del. The man himself 201 spent but Uttle concerning his residence and will allow no one to to bear It if he can prevent them.
For 40 long years he has worked May on this Ozarks ranch. ciearing trees out and living mainly on milk and wild berries He has two oree coma and of his original head of wild horses now bye bye His ranch is exceedingly and wild · black berries and uch fruit are plentiful
the exception of short trips srulle and a rather long trip state penitentiary, Kinsman known to have ever been way from his home. This Query trip was interesting in ny respecta.
Hie s Outsider
In the first place the attitude of people around where he lives is Inst hum. It apparently always been. He was an outsider in the Stable Orarks village and !!! crecy and habit of avuiding people them resentful. Thus it was after a few years of his life in
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community there happened to ! large woods . fire which frigh !- d residents in the vicinity due to ! proximity and made them beien it Harry Bluff was the cause
de was arrested. tried and con !! .. " "Othough he had employed good ! yin to help in his detense. Bluft table to stay the sentence. and a mult went to the per for a fou !. ar period.
When he returned he was treential. Wwen bitter at his 1.fta! 5 .: 9
Said he care to talk with: : . fr .. and for this reason stayed closer than | to his little home for a time
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here mp on the 140 actes e;f wild roun- -
ople wbo sought him traveled Merer, L'Wat a time on the ranch but Yertherise X (e in touch with bin, u Maria Janed oma coming them.
Peacher, ani. this fear Beenis gradun !!! ing off and he le becoming Do half why diy than before. Bherit! latest talks ne is one of his closest startle the radition one of the 19".
If you should have the sheriff for .clure any time of the day. A ta,,
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FIRST FAMILIES IN GAY REUNION
Campbells. Fulbrights. Stev- ens and Turners Among Those Celebrating
.By- HELEN LAVERTY For Springneid's two olleit Laty
¥ brighta. the city's Centennial will hold uluque and pecuhar signific- ance -it will be, as well. a celebra- tion of the time when their hardy forebears, Juxt 100 years ago, came to the region that is now Springfield! and wrought from the wilderness a settlement ni homie: and a trading # center which althin & very few years became the dominant cily in ! . Bouthiwest Missouri.
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Full Day For Reunions
Therefore the Continnial observ. ance fittingly Includes reunions of there tuo original families, and ni the fandites of other carly settlers ' as well. One day on the Centennial program-Monday. June 17 - ha‹ boen set aside by the executive com- miller for these reasons, and
in arrouging them and to schedule Lem as a regular feature of the Imalivities. This chairman is H. M.
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and the reunions whodied !
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, Mra. . P. McCammon. crand- deuxtien of John Polk Campbell, & in charge of arrangements for the Campbell picnic, which will be at Phelps Grove . park Monday after- noon. There be hin formal :program.with speechmaking and music, but only "fust an ordinary "get- together, picnic." Mrs .- McCam mon sald this morning. There in. be ap. early supper. in order that those coming from outside the city 'may have time to drive !to then home afterward.
Too Crowded in 1832
The Campbell clan in these parts Includes the descendants of John Folk Campbell and lus brotherbadlaw. Joe Miller, who were the first of the Emily, to come to Greene county, in 1829; and also of the other Camp- tell brothers, Junius, Erekial Madi- ion.' Robert, and William, who came Inter, and of another sister. Mrs. Stephen Blackman. younger brother. Samuel, died in youth.
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-- Junius Campbell came in 1831. and opened the first store in Spring - mid. By 1832. when Ezekial Madi- sdb. Robert, and William. came. all the springs hereabouts had been - talen, and they felt that the settic- ; mmit wta too crowded. so they went In to Polk county, where many ( - werdent still live. After the Civil .M. however, Kzeklal Madison Campbell returned to Springfir ... and part of his children sissed :: ci During the war. his home In Polk county had been burned, and his Laughtert had thrown featherbeds ! prof"the windows and jumped out Eupod "them to make their escape. Tard told his farm before returning to tive in Springfield.
At the great gathering Monday spores of descendants from all lines the family are expected, and a - complete record wül be kept.
S. Fubrights Make Plans
be Fulbright reunion will . be unday u noon, Instead of Mon- wo.order that the hundreds of descendants may go in a body from the picnic to attend the dedication of a marker which the University , club will erect on the College street
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Alle where William Fulbright bulit the Inst log cabin in what is now Springfield
The pienie will be at the pump i atation, winch was the original Ful- bright sping Former Congressman James Fulbright, of Donovan, will make an address. Mrs. Harry Bis- selt Ja chairman for tho Fulbright
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reunion, and has spent much time i and effort In insure as large an at- tendance as possible. Fulbrights will be liere from both Arkansas and Texus as well as from various parts of Missouri.
. Find Old Family Bible
A few days ago a group of Ful- bright cousins. Mrs. Bisselt. Mrs. Alma fptuneyer. Mrs. Shirley Car- , son. and Mrs. J. H. Hubble, of Ilu- mausville, drove to Harrison and : Valley Springs. Ark., where Dan and Ephriam Fulbright had'settled shortly after the Civil war. A num- her from that branch of the family me expected to attend the reunion ter A grandson of William Ful- ! old tanuly Bible of Witham Ful- bright, full of fascinating family
was especially interested in discov- ! et her father recorded in the Ilible us Willlam Marion Fulbright. As a matter of fact he was a Weaver. the annat William Fulbright's only daughter. Mrs. Rhoda Fulbright . Wouver. But his parents died, and his grandfather reared him as the twin brother of his uncle. Dan Ful- trial.t, who was the same ner with - in two weeks. Until he was 11 years old. Mir Weaver supposed himself
Willam Fulbright.
The speaker Jamen Fulbright. ix i The gratulsott of Joim Fulbright. who was a brother to William. Des- rendants of John Fulbright. who
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clade Dr Harve Fulbright. Mrs. O .. E. Hamilton. Mrs. Tom Hackworth. : and Mrs Monroe Swyers.
Stephens Meet at Dollng
The Stephens family will have their pienie at Doltne
aftejboon, with quite. an - borate afternoon programı beginning at 3 'o'clock, and pienie dinner at six.
They are descendants of Peter Stephens, a preacher who canio ;from Holland and settled in Virgin; :La 'in " 1836 and of Lewis"Stypboy who came to Greene county In. this. Stephene Organize
Children of lawis Stephens were Janet, John A., Bettle Iugram. Annie West. Lewis, end William O. Members of current generations of the family have done att inaund thing in com- plating a formal family organization, of which lowden Sawyer is chairman and Orare MrKinley re tetary. The commilles"in "charge of the picnic Includes R. Frank West, Mrs. R. W. Fuigitt. Elizabeth Stephens, and Jane Ellen M.Kmiry
The following program has been ranged for their reunion:
Interation, A frank Went HANE. ANIPTICA
Propherv. ' What Will Springfield Be 100 Years from Now. Religinualy. Entra- timails, and Industrialis" . A Frank West
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Music. Arranged by Ouv Mace Reading. . JAnº Then ArKinlev.
Cornet soln. P'anny West Anin dance, Dorothy Jean Smith. Reading. E.dith West. Wymi. arranged be Howard Nex Ingram Trombone anlo. W. B. Bell
Bola dance. Martha Mace
Reminiscences. Minnie Stephens. Caffie Rhel'on. Mra R. W FORit !. Than Alephene. Mra. Kirk Baxter. Elizabeth Stephen' Anna Stephens, and Mrs. J. r
At&B." The Turyer Reunion
The Tunier reunion also will be a. Phelpa Grove park Monday after- noon/ Mra., Date Young. who. still lives at Rose Hill, the original Turner homestead at Turner station. is chair- man in charge of the arrangements Harla Lincoln has been announced as the speaker.
John Turner. who established Tur- no: station. come in the region in 1858 and acquired 401 acres of land. which is still owned by his grandchil- dren. Two of John Turner's deugh- dren. Two of John Turner's dough- tere. tha youngest of his 14 children. Attti are living in Springfield. They are. Mra. Mary Dillard and Mrs. Roy Whiples
Membera of the third generation ex- pected to attend the reunion plente are Miss Alice Dillard, Charles Dillard. of Crane: Mra. Bam Reed. Harve Tur- ner. Tom. Will, und Dan Rainey; Mrs. Ernest Robinson. Mrs W. C. Holmes. And Mra. Sarah Oliver
1''eht of John Turner's sons served In the Union army during the Civ.I wer.
FIND WADDELL SUICIDE VICTIM
No New Evidence Developed in Death of Painter After Shooting Woman
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