in and Funerals John Albert Frazer John Albert Frazer, 73, a well known resident of the Ely community, died at 10: o'clock Monday night in the Pike county hospital in Louisiana, Mo. While had been in failing health for several years he suffered a stroke paralysis Sunday He had been spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. William Lawless, Louisiana, and was stricken in her home. He was in usual health Sunday when spent the day in the home of son, John Frazer at Ely. Mr.
Frazer was born June 1867, county, a son of the late John Wesley and Margaret Frazer. On September 25, 1887, he was married to Miss Alma T. Skinner, of Leesburg. She died May 20, 1926. Two children, Harry and Clara, also preceded him in death.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter, John, of Ely, Claude, of Monroe City and Mrs. Lawless of Louisiana. Five grandchildren, three brothers, Charles St. Joseph; Guy, Ottumwa, Eddie of Shelbina and one sister, Mrs. Alice Benson, of Sidney, Ia.
Mr. Frazer was a Methodist and member of the I. O. O. F.
The remains were removed to the Wilson funeral home in Monroe City and prepared for burial. Funeral services were held at two o'colck this afternoon from the Methodist Church in Monroe City, conducted by the Rev. John W. Golden, of Hannibal. Burial was St.
Jude's cemetery in Monroe City. Sarah Ellen McElwee Sarah Ellen McElwee passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Hutcherson.
Philadelphia, Wednesday, February 5, 1941. Sarah Ellen Hitt was born November 29, 1861 in Marion county. On February 22, 1880 she was united in marriage to Henry McElwee, who preceded her in death four years ago and to this union were born four daughters and two sons, Mrs. Ethel Hutcherson and Mrs. Fannie Vickrey, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Alice Wilson, of Blandinsville, Melville McElwee, of Woodland; and Albert, of Topeka, Kansas. A daughter, Rhoda, died in infancy. Mrs. McElwee also is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Gast, of Philadelphia and Mrs.
Luda Rhodes, of Yakima, Washington. She was a member of the Philadelphia Baptist Church where the funeral was held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Johnson. Interment was in the church cemetery. Charles A.
Wellman Charles A. Wellman, of North Little Rock, a brother of Lawrence Wellman, of Palmyra, died Wednesday at noon in a Little Rock Hospital, according to word received by relatives here. Mr. Wellman was recently injured in an automobile accident and had since been a hospital patient. He was 67 years old.
Mr. Wellman was born in Melrose township, Adams county, Ill. When he was a small boy he moved with his parents, Frederick and 1 Regina Huber Wellman, to Palmyra, where he lived for a time and later located in Arkansas where he had lived for the past forty years. His wife, the former Miss Maude Carter, died a number of years ago. Besides his brother, Lawrence Wellman, of Palmyra, he leaves another brother, James Wellman, of North Little Rock, four sisters, Mrs.
Joseph Reinold, Miss Lena Wellman, Mrs. George Kerkhoff, and Mrs. Anton Wieman, all of Quincy and a number of nieces and nephews in Palmyra and in Quincy. Betty Carol Sutton Betty Carol Sutton, 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Sutton, of the Durham community, died Wednesday night in the parental home following an illness of about a year. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Hester Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. C. H. Dunsing.
She leaves her parents, three half brothers and two half sisters and one sister, Patsy, five months old and two aged grandfathers, Mr. Sutton, of Philadelphia and Mr. Crabtree, of Akers, Mo. John Jones Funeral services were held Thursday for John Thomas Jones, well known resident of Maywood, who died the fore part of last week. The rites were held at two o'clock in the South Union Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Aulton Johnson. Mr. Jones was the eldest son of Jacob L. and Mary Jane Nelson Jones. He was born in Lewis county, near Maywood, November 12, 1859.
He was married to Miss Vinnie Bush in October, 1902. She died December 8, 1933. He is survived by two sisters, Miss Ida ones, of near Maywood (Continued on page 8) The Marion County Standard CIRCULATED IN A RICH AGRICULTURAL SECTION IN THE HEART OF ONE ROSSIN ISSOURI'S GREATEST COUNTIES VOL. 8 PALMYRA. MARION COUNTY.
MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 12, 1941 NO. GENERAL CITY SURVEY IN NYA PROJECT Marking Of City's Streets Will Be Included To Employ 29 People The City Council, in a meeting Thursday night, instructed Mayor H.
M. Phillips to sign an NYA project which will include a complete survey of the trunks and laterals of the light, water and sewer systems and all streets teh city, and the marking and numbering of the streets in both residential and business sections of the city. Palmyra's streets are all named, but they are unmarked in most instances. Known as the survey, plat and marking system, the project expected to get under way soon Spencer Boulware is in charge the work as foreman at present and the project will employ young men and nine young women. The council has had the measure under consideration for several weeks.
The work will consist of making surveys for locating all points in services, and from the date obtained, construct permanent records in the city. The City of Palmyra, the project sets up, owns and operates its own municipal light and water plant and sewer system. The work in main consists of the following items: A recapitulation of the 1940 ledger sheets for the purpose of power making rate. Make a load survey of the light, power and water and sewer systems. This will require the obtaining of information as to appliances used and the arrangement, distributing and recording of the data thus obtained.
Make a survey of all power lines and locate the feeding centers, after this survey is completed, the poles will be numberand permanent plats drawn. After a survey of all water lines the location of all fire hydrants, stop gates, will be made. Permanent plats will be made following the completion of the survey. Make a survey of all sewer lines and make permanent plats the system. Make a general survey of the city, proceeding from definite known and located points, and up a system of street numbers both business and residential sections of the city and assign street numbers.
The co-sponsor will furnish all equipment and materials necessary for the completion of this project, as well as a portion of the technical supervision. WILL ASK FOR FREE CITY MAIL DELIVERY The city council, in a meeting Thursday night, instructed City Clerk R. F. Fogle to get in touch with Postmaster D. H.
Sosey and Congressman M. A. Romjue and obtain from them detailed information on how to proceed with applications to procure free city mail delivery for the city. Within a short time a new post iffice building will be opened in Palmyra, probably in March. Many other towns some which are much smaller than Palmyra, have had free city mail delivery for years.
It is understood that if Palmyra can get free city mail delivery, that it may not be inaugurated until 1942. Simultaneously with the move of the council to obtain detailed information on this project, the city officials have announced an NYA project through which all of the city's streets, both in the business and residential sections, will be marked and numbered. AN APPRECIATION The Finance and Budget Committee of our Parent-Teacher Association have undertaken two very worth while money-making projects this year, a home play and serving of the football boys banquet. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to Mrs. G.
B. Lewis and her co-workers, the cast and anyone who assisted with the success of the play. $88.25 profit was realized from this play and will be used to defray expenses of the Guidance program of the High School. Sincere appreciation is due many who made the banquet a success. The Kiwanis Club who sponsored the banquet, Coach Little, the mothers who solicited, those who contributed so generously of food and money, those who worked untiringly in preparing and serving, Miss Lane and her girls of the Home Ec.
Department, Mr. Wade and his Agriculture boys, the Methodist Church and courthouse, who loaned tables. To all DISTRICT ORATORICAL CONTEST IN HANNIBAL Hannibal will be the scene of the district Legion Oratorical Contest this year. The finals for the contest, sponsored by the American Legion, for high school students of the First Legion District, will be held in the Hannibal High School on Friday, Feb. 14, at 3 p.
announcement has been made by P. M. Christian, the district chairman. The oratorical event will be conducted by the speech department of the Hannibal High School. The district includes ten counties.
There will be ten contestants in the district competition, each having been selected in elimination contests in their respective counties, the chairman said. All contestants will deliver orations on some phase of the constitution of the United States. Marion county will be represented by Joyce Glahn, a senior in Palmyra High School, who won first place in the county contest at Hannibal High School last week. The chairman said that other entries received thus far are: Beatrice Woods, Clarence, Shelby county; Chal Henderson, Paris, Monroe county; Leon Rice, Plevna, Knox county; Fern Davis, New Cambria, Macon county; Audrea Lee Myers, Kirksville, Adair county; Glenn Fisher, Canton, Lewis county; Harry Dick Snyder, New London, Ralls county. There will be contestants also from Scotland, Clark and Schuyler counties, Christian said.
L. N. Dickson, of Hannibal, Marion county chairman, said that the contestants and persons accompanying them, have been invited to arrive here by 1:30 p. for a conducted tour of the Mark Twain museum and the boyhood home of Mark Twain. This will be conducted by the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce.
State Superintendent of Schools Lloyd W. King, state chairman of the American Legion oratorical contest, has been invited to take part in the program here, Christian said. The winner of first place in the district contest will receive a bronze medal and will be eligible to compete in the zone contest. Winners of the four zone contests will compete at Jefferson City in a state contest to decide the championship. The American Legion will give prizes of $100, $75, $50 and $25 to the winners in the state competition.
FEBRUARY 19TH DEADLINE FOR 1941 LICENSES Owners of automobiles in Missouri must obtain 1941 licenses before midnight, February 19. Announcement of the deadline up to which automobiles may be operated with 1940 plates was made by Dwight H. Brown, Secretary of State. Arrest of delinquents will begin on the morning of February 20 by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies through out the State. Brown revealed that decision concerning the date of the license deadline was deferred because of recent postage shortage, which delayed the transmission of plates from the Secretary of State office to owners who had written in for license plates.
TRAINING SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY NIGHT The Bible sunool Training courses will open Monday night, February 17, at the Methodist church in this city. The courses will be directed by N. E. Barrett, of Fayette, in charge of extension classes for the Methodist church. There will be classes each night at 7:30 o'clock from February 17 to February 23.
In order to complete the course the students have to attend at least five of them and they will be given credit on their certificate. The purpose of the extension course is to train Sunday school teachers and workers. With the exception of the price of a text book, which is 90 cents, and a free will offering, the entire course is free. While it is being held in the Methodist church, members of any other Bible school in the city are not only welcome, but are urged to enroll for this course. The pupils and teachers of Salem school are having a box supper at the school tonight.
The pupils will present a minstrel and music will be furnished by the Hannibal-LaGrange College. Miss Virginia Rothweiler is teacher of the school. we say, thank you. $75.32 was made on the banquet and will be used in our general Parent-Teacher treasury. Executive Com.
of P. T. A. Awards Presented At The Annual Football Banquet 1941 Co-Captains and Pa Reading from left to right: Daryl Cammack, Weyand. At a meeting last week Bob Weyand were elected, by the remaining lettermen, football squad.
Announcement was made at boys were introduced at that time. Daryl is and Mrs. F. R. Cammack and Bob is the son Weyand.
PALMYRA HONORS WHITE SWEATER FOOTBALL TEAM Palmyrans turned out Thursday night by the scores to honor their undefeated white sweater football team of the season of 1940. The banquet was held in the auditorium-gymnasium in the school building and we believe it was the most largely attended football banquet ever held in the city. It is estimated that around 250 persons attended and the team was given a great send-off in which the pride of the fellow citizens of the team members, their fans and friends, was clearly demonstrated on the happy occasion. Although the Kiwanis Club of Palmyra took the lead in sponsoring the banquet, the meal for which was served in fine style by the Palmyra Parent- Association, townsinen generally participated in the affair. Coach Carlyle Little who is spending his first year at Palmyra High, successfully coached his first team to an undefeated record during the season.
In this he had the full cooperation of everyone of the players. And Palmyra is proud of them, everyone of them, and their coach. The auditorium had been given special trim for the gala occasion. Edwin Smith acted as toastmaster. The entire audience stood and sang the song of songs, "America," the strains of which never sounded sweeter to us than now.
The Rev. A. A. Hedges, pastor of the First Christian Church, made the invocation and there was a vocal number by Miss Mary Alice Fry, a high school student. Other musical numbers were furnished by Verne Hallenbeck and his sextette composed of Sam Martin, Howard Mac Smith, Bob Lemon, Jim Summers, Barbara Sosey and Corbyn Jacobs.
The guest speaker was Coach Paul Scott, of Culver-Stockton College, alma mater of Palmyra's coach, Carlyle Little. Coach Scott gave a history of the origination of football, tracing it back 10 the ancient times when it was called rugby. However, the name rugby may sound alongside modern football, it was nevertheless, from whence the game sprang. More group singing featured the school song, "On Palmyra," and the white business and sweaters, professional provided by men of Palmyra and community, along with the letters earned during the year, were presented by Coach Little. Gene Hall, a former Coach of Palmyra High, was a guest and an impromptu speaker.
Those receiving white sweaters were: Clarence White, Howard McAfee, Dick Lovegreen, Francis Daniels, Billy Nill, Clifford Bode, Dudley Kern, Leslie McFarland, Billy Robison and Louis Shanks, Coach Little SPARKS PHOTO Coach Little and Bob and Daryl Cammack Co-Captains of the 1941 the banquet and these the son of County Agent of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. all members of the class of '41; Bob Weyand, Daryl Cammack, Fred Sublette, Tom Perkins, Donald Hayden, Charlie Myers, Dwayne Gottman and Donald Betz, who will be on hand next year.
One boy, Merle O'Nan, was unable to be present and receive his sweater as he recently enlisted in the U. S. Navy and is now stationed at Great Lakes awaiting ship assignment. Coach Little said that his sweater will be sent to him. Two Trainer's Letters were also presented, one to Claude Maddox, who assisted Coach Little in caring for minor injuries and the other to Paul Donelson who was declared ineligible for the team last fall, but who stayed after school each evening and helped Coach Little with the regular and reserve teams.
Numerals were awarded to the following boys who did not play enough quarters to receive a white sweater: James Cammack, Donald McClellan, Vernell Riehn, J. D. Crook, Glenn Fohey, Archie Tallent, Billy Rothweiler, Murray Bier, Russell Bier, Eddie Meyers, Billy Todd, Bill Sublette, Ray McElwee, and Gene Hinds. Other members of the squad who did not get to play enough to earn a numeral were: Billy Donelson, Dwight Singleton, Joe Crane, Junior Chatfield, Donald Baxter and A. Shannon.
MAKE MATTRESSES IN PALMYRA A basem*nt room in the old Washington grade school 1 took the appearance of a mattress factory last Thursday afternoon when members of three families assembled to complete three mattresses as a WPA project. The ticking for the mattresses were cut and sewed together in the WPA sewing room in the courthouse, the material being furnished by the marketing division of the department of agriculture. The coverings were then moved to the grade school building where they were stuffed with cotton received from the commodity credit corporation. The mattresses were then beaten with long sticks, shaped and tufted and the finished product was a very neat piece of workmanship. Lloyd N.
Glaves, Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor, informs us that under this project three mattresses a day can be made and will continue as long as the materials are available. The mattresses become the property of families who make them and have a commercial value of about $10. Mrs. C. B.
Wildman, of Mineola, is visiting in the home of her son, Carl Wildman and family and caring for Mrs. Wildman, who is ill. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY 1941 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
-From Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. CITY WILL CHANGE L. W. FINANCE SYSTEM The city council, in a meeting Thursday night, voted for the drafting of a new ordinance that will change the method of the handling of the Light and Water funds, vesting the handling and disbursing of the funds to the city clerk. Several weeks ago the council appointed a committee composed of City Attorney W.
A. Diemer, city treasurer Edward T. Stuhlman, City Light and Water Superintendent Michael Russell and City Clerk R. F. Fogle to submit to the council a plan for a change in the handling of the light and water funds.
This committee reported at the regular meeting Thursday night. City Attorney W. A. Diemer was instructed by the council to draw up the new ordinance which will provide for the City Clerk to be designated as the officer to handle and disburse all light and water funds, all bills to be approved by the Superintendent of the Light and Department and checks countersigned by the superintendent. The new ordinance will go into effect after it has been adopted and published.
Under the more recent system the light and water funds were vested in the superintendent. General revenue bills allowed for payment by the council at the Thursday night totaled $2,599.66. CIRCUIT COURT OPENS The Marion County Circuit Court opened its regular February term here Monday with Judge E. L. Alford on the bench.
Following the session Monday and one Tuesday morning, a recess was taken until Tuesday morning of next week. The petit jury will not be called until Monday, Feb. 24. At the call of the docket Monday action was noted in the following cases: Millie Cammack vs Ralph Cammack, divorce, change of venue from Lewis county, dismissed by stipulation. Hurley Chatfield VS Lottie Chatfield, divorce, W.
A. Diemer entered appearance for defendant and defendant is to plead by Feb. 14. Lloyd E. Jacobs, vs Eunice Jacobs, divorce, stricken from docket.
Mrs. H. H. Ensminger vs Bryan Kenney, et al, to revive judgement, dismissed on application of plaintiff. Carl Brown and George Cary VS Walter Kenney, to revive judgment, dismissed on appliaction of plaintiff.
Fannie Dailey vs Ed Davis, on note, dismissed on application of plaintiff. Meyer vs Roy Riegel and A. O. Johnson, on note, leave to defendant Johnson to plead by Feb. 17.
Farmers' Mutual Insurance of Marion County, Missouri, a corporation, vs H. M. Phillips, action for money, referee report ex- is tended to next term of court. Rose Benge vs C. J.
Maggard, motion for new trial denied, leave to plaintiff to file exceptions. This case is the outgrowth of an alleged automobile accident near Alexandria, several years ago. The case was tried in the Marion County Circuit Court on a change of venue, about two years ago, when the jury found for the defendant. Margaret Belle Snider vs O. L.
Wright, damages, ordered stricken. Charles Taylor, et al, vs Russell F. Fogle, Harold E. Stuhlman and the City of Palmyra, a municipal corporation, for damages, defendant to plead by February 15. The cases of M.
W. Meyer vs R. K. and Ida M. Powell, Hallie D.
Johnson and Armetia Johnson, Roy Riegel and A. O. Johnson, on notes, all separate suits, were reset for February 24. The note cases of V. H.
Fricke against Pearl Perrigo, W. B. Billups, J. C. Hutcherson, S.
A. Allen and Silas Hutcherson, in one suit; W. Wiseman and Harriett Crawley in another and O. H. Sammons in another, have been reset for February 24.
Frank G. Bier vs Mollie Rothfuss, et al, on note, judgment rendered for $510 on debt and $51.09 for attorney's fees, against defendant and for plaintiff. W. J. Menefee Construction vs Albert Griesbaum, et al, bill of interpleader, reest for Feb.
18. TABLE TENNIS CLUB The table tennis club will be back on their regular schedule Thursday night, 7:30 p.m., in the basem*nt of the Christian Church. We expect to arrange a tournament with Quincy in the near future. SOPhom*oRES TO PRESENT PLAY Hear ye! Hear ye! The comedy treat of the semester. Come one, come all! Thursday, February 13, the Sophom*ore Class, under the direction of Miss Lane and Miss Muldrow, are presenting the play, "The Little Clodhopper," by Walter Ben Hare, at the High School Auditorium.
This play will give two hours of enjoyment (presenting a drama of American life). It is a catchy, active comedy with dramatic climaxes at the end of each act, and a happy ending. The main character is Judy, a little clodhopper from the poorhouse. Her father deserted her years before but is now a rihe man in a hospital in Texas. He writes to the scheming Mrs.
Chiggerson Boggs, who was the former matron of the poor house and asks her to locate his lost child. Mrs. Boggs, knowing that Judy is an heiress, determines to marry her to her son, George, a city dude. Septimus Green, a talkative young book agent; Sentimental, Miss Juliette Bean and Ocey Gump, a fresh country product, by heck! furnish unlimited comedy throughout. The play comes to a happy conclusion with the finding of Judy's father.
Following is the cast: Judy, the little clodhopper, Sara Lee. Septimus Green, book agent, Morris Donelson. Mrs. Chiggerson Boggs, well to do matron, Norma Jean Howell. George Chiggerson, her son, Russell Fogle.
Charmian Carter, an actress, Eleanor Griffith. Miss Juliette Bean, an old maid, Mary Virginia Haydon. Ocey Gump, Juliette's hired man, Edwin Meyer. a in GASOLINE TANK TRUCK OVERTURNS A gasoline and oil tank truck and driven by Thomas Bryan, of this city, overturned about nine o'clock Thursday morning on U. S.
Highway No. 61, on North Main street in Palmyra near the Frankenbach and Kaden Implement Company. A portion of the gasoline cargo was spilled to the street. The Palmyra fire department guarded the scene to protect it from fire. The truck turned over on its side.
Mr. Bryan said that he suffered numerous personal injuries, Mr. Bryan said that he had been forced off of the highway by a car which suddenly turned in front of him. He said that in order to avoid striking the car, he swerved his truck off of the highway and struck the curb causing the truck to overturn. Later in the day H.
H. Bristol of St. Louis, was arrested and arraigned in the court of Justice of the Peace W. H. Potter on a charge of reckless driving.
He entered a plea of not guilty and was released on a bond of $200 for his appearance for trial here on Monday, February 17. Mr. Bryan the complaining witness. Judge Potter said that Sergeant Russell Minor, of the Missouri Highway Patrol, who arrested Bristol, had filed charges against him in his court, charging that Bristol had no state driver's license. MR.
ZOLLER SAYS- According to Veril E. Zoller, pays to run a classified advertisem*nt. Last week Mr. Zoller ran an ad stating that he had lost two bird dogs and also that he fed them well. Soon after the paper was out Mr.
Zoller began receiving calls from various parts of the county (collect of course) telling him that they had his dogs. After numerous telephone calls and trips to the country, Mr. Zoller finally found his two dogs. In addition to the two he lost, he could have easily picked up two or three more. He received two recipes for dog food and several telephone calls telling him where he could buy better dog food to keep his dogs more satisried.
Mr. Zoller is indeed grateful to a local filling station owner for his great assistance in helping nim find his dogs. NEW FRONT FOR 1. 0. 0.
F. BUILDING A new front is being installed in the store building in the Odd Fellows' hall, formerly occupied by the A. T. Griffith drug store. Trustees of the building said yesterday that the store room has been rented to two men from Hannibal, who will open an automodule supply company there..
