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THE ST. CLAIR CHRONICLE ST. CLAIR, MISSOURI Thursday, September 5. 1946. OLDEST Then and Now in Franklin County The St.

Clair Chronicle Entered at the Post Office In St. Clair. Missouri, aa second -cliuss mall. Published Every Thursday Formed in 1877, i is 47 years young, governed by sound American policies that come from long experience. By Dorothy O.

Moore E. A. STOLL, Owner and Publisher. of Mr. Elasco Green in 1914, Subscription, per year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 LARGEST With membership neering the 2.000,000 mark, it is the largest organization of America's overseas and he imnarted some nf his I FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Our pastor and family were back with us Sunday after an absence of two weeks.

Tuesday night all auxiliaries met for their programs. Wednesday night the church had its business meeting; also meetings for officers and teachers and a prayer service. Now that the holidays are over and children back in. school let us strive to be present each Sunday to help in the Lord's work all we can. Sunday's good attendance also netted two additions by letter.

Our Association opens its 1946 session Sept. 11, at 9:00 o'clock at Prospect church. If not in services elsewhere, we invite you to worship with us. RETURNS FROM VACATION Miss Juanita Johnson returned last Thursday from a very enjoyable vacation spent in California. While there she visited with her grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. John McKee, and aunt. Miss Hazel McKee, at Burbank and other relatives and friends at Burbank Hermosa Beach and Glendale. Points of interest included Catalina Island where she made the trip in the famous glass-bottom boat. She says her grandfather McKee is 92 years old and still interested in life and former friends even though confined to a wheel chair.

He read with interest in The Chronicle about the party for 90-year-olds, remarking that he knew all of them. tigftTc A WONDERLAND FOR ALICE STRONGEST Throughout the nation, wherever veteran opinion is felt and respected, it leads in real ac complishment. 1 AH tni uccui founded on outstanding That' why tha V. F. W.

overseas veterans of three Arneri- FLY WITH JIMMIE BARNS. For further information Call St. Clair 169. ars a rapidly becommq one of the great forces for good in our country. WILLIAMS Theatre RALPH RUSSO POST St.

Clair, Mo. Union, Mo. COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning worship, 10:45 a.

m. Evening worship, 8 o'clock. We were happy to have a number of visitors from several different states Sunday morning. It is a very fine thing for church members to bring their company to services with them. The Naomi Sunday school class held their monthly meeting in the home of Mrs.

Ida Baker Tuesday evening. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. Baker, following the business meeting of the class. Several of our members are ill and we are anxiously and prayerfully awaiting their recovery and will be happy to see them in services again. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES This week the nation's little people store the summer of '46 in memory's treasure chest and answer the summons of the school bell as it rings in a new school year.

Mental cobwebs that have accumulated during vacation must be dusted with a blackboard eraser and minds that have dulled on mathematical equations must tt polished to nimble accuracy Some of the little one-room schools have consolidated with others of their district into one school, served by bus. but many of Franklin County's little people will receive their quotas of the "Three R's" in a buildinsi on an acre of land sliced from some farmer's cornfield where Dad and Grand-dad got his book-larn'm'. Labor Day, then as now, was all that the name implied, for that was the day when carefree play was replaced with scheduled study. Outwardly the little rural school may appear as it did in 1910 or 1915. but it is like a watermelon: to find out what it is like inside you must demonstrate the Missouri slogan and say, "Show Me." In Franklin County, 1915.

free textbooks were on educator's dream. The Jones Reader was a prerequisite to attendance in class and an 8x1 1-inch wood-framed slate bound by patriotic red, white and blue cord was the Reader's desk companion. It was not until 1916 that textbooks were provided from school tax, and until then dogeared books smudged by big brother's busy fingers were passed, with his outgrown overalls and long underwear, to younger sons of the family. A woodshed stood beside every schoolhouse, and it served a two-fold purpose. It was a storehouse for cordwood and a retreat for corporal punishment, where the curriculum of proper schoolroom procedure was impressed in red and blue upon many a "seat of The woodshed is still as indispensable to the operation of a rural school as pencils and erasers but discipline with an oak shillelagh is as outmoded as the communal tin drinking dipper.

Diamond School, Franklin County, was under the tutelage droll humor and zest for life to his twenty-odd students, along with the rudiments of readin', writin. and 'rithmetic. He was a smiling, stocky man with thinning gray hair, several incisors sacrificed to the passage of the years, and a great fondness for mint-flavored candy. He tempered persistence over difficult lessons with patience and wit, and even the dullest of his students loved him and studied willingly. One day he observed an obstreperous twelve-year-old boy drawing comic pictures on his slate.

He was drilling some beginners in the sequence of the A-B-C's but halted little Gracie Hoffman's expert recitation of the alphabet to summon Everett Whitworth, the offender, to his desk. Reluctantly Everett sidled his husky frame from the knife-initialed double desk he shared with Floyd Hawkins past the long benches where lessons were heard to the teacher's desk at the front of the room. "Show the room what you have there, Everett," ordered Mr. Green. Hurriedly Everett spat on the slate and wiped it with his sleeve (the usual method of cleaning a slate) but Mr.

Green interfered before the cartoon was obliterated. Diffidently Everett turned the slate toward tense fellow-students and displayed the picture of a sparsely thatched man with round, jovial face, lips pursed about a "Lifesaver." Impulsive laughter burst over the room before we could restrain it. Mr. Green, who appreciated the joke as much as anyone, had to maintain discipline, so he repressed the chuckles which rippled his ample abdomen, swallowed his mint, and solemnly commanded Everett to the woodshed. The little frame schoolhouse of days gone by Where the "Three R's" were mastered tho learning came high Has changed all its methods; books are free as the breeze.

Book-larnin's gone modern, with no a-b-c's. Grass may look Rroencr over the fence, but in reality that which is under our feet may bo twice as green. Anci so it is with our Meramec Caverns in such close range to St. Clair. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky or the beautiful caverns of I.uray may seem at a distance to be of much greater importance, but as a matter of fact our close-to-home Meramec Caverns out rate them both according to at tend -ance records and in the estimation of those who have visited all three.

Nature must have been in an indulgent mood when the wonders of Meramec Caverns were formed because there is such great diversity of features about this place. Not content with spreading these wonders on one or two levels, as is the case in most other caves, Nature formed them in tiers, five stories of wonderland open at present with two more in the offing, as soon as proper runways and other measnres of comfort are provided. Alice of story book fame hasn't finished her trip through Wonderland until it is made to include the labyrinthine ways of the Meramec Caverns. In awe she would look at the lavish "out of this world" displays which greet the visitor at every turn and corner the fanciful and grotesque that hold everyone in amazement for one story after another until the heights are reached the domed tower, 90 feet high from the bottom of the fifth floor stairway. And the glory of the Ozarks is caught in one room where the coloring in the Submarine Gardens is resplendent with the same hues that light the Ozark skies from dawn to dusk, a scene to cherish in the memory of any traveler.

Then, not only are the Meramec Caverns spoiled darlings of Nature, as it were, on which she heaped so much of scenic interest; but history, too, has added to the lore of the Cave through such contacts as Civil War fighting, hide-away for the James brothers' loot, a governor's inaugural ball, and other highlights in the march of Time. Yes, grass may be greener across the fence, but we'll take our own Meramec Caverns, confident as we do so that, like picking mink for our fur coat, we know we have the best. Comfortably Air Conditioned Saturday. Sept. 7: Galloping Thunder With Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnett.

Also Johnny Comes Flying Home With Richard Crane, Martha Stewert and Faye Morlow. Sunday and Monday, September 8, 9: Olivia De Havilland in To Each His Own With John Lund and Mary Anderson. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 10. 11: James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney in Blood On the Sun Thursday and Friday, September 12, 13: GIANT DOUBLE FEATURE! Roy Rogers in Bells oi Rosa Rita With Dale Evans. Plus Deadline At Dawn With Susan Hayward, Bill Williams and Paul Lucas.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AT INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. ST. CLAIR. MO. No Experience Required Pay While Learning Opportunities For Advancement Good Working Conditions Vacations With Pay Low Cost Insurance Inside Work Steady Employment PROSPECT CHURCH The revival under the inspiring leadership of Brother Arthur Johnson, closed Friday evening with two joiners, one by letter and one through baptism.

Many from our church attended the ordination services of Bro. Johnson at the Bethlehem Church Sunday afternoon. Officers' and teachers' meeting followed by prayer meeting was held Wednesday evening. Cottage prayer meeting this coming Friday evening, Sept. 6, will be held at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Casey. The Franklin County Baptist Association will begin at our church September 11. 4 of a Series) Obituary LIKE THIS Mrs. Serena Clema Nappier, daughter of George and Mary Anderson, entered into eternal rest on Sept.

1, 1946, while visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Allie Pierce, in Union, Mo. She had been in failing health for a number of years. Mrs. Nappier was born at Lonedell, August 24, 1879, being MARRIAGES Lester R.

Sons and Grace Louise Kane, both of St. Clair, were married in the home of Rev. Estes Perkins Friday afternoon in a double ring ceremony. Harry R. Bowman and Eleanor both of St.

Clair, were married in the home of Rev. Estes Perkins Saturday afternoon. We wish these young people success and happiness. MADEM ISSOURI GREAT REPUBLICAN TICKET Election. Tuesday.

Nov. 5, 1946. THE METHODIST CHURCH The Rev. G. W.

Harris, district superintendent, will be our guest preacher next Sunday evening at 7:30. Mr. Harris is a splendid preacher and you are invited to hear him. Koda-chrome slides on "Planning the Church Program of Home Religion" will be shown as the devotional part of this service. Our fourth quarterly conference will be held immediately following the sermon.

"Christ's Healing Power" is the subject of the pastor's sermon for the Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock. Christ can heal the ills of the world as well as our own individual ills. Come and hear this helpful sermon. Church school meets at 9:45 a. m.

with a class for everyone and we invite you to attend. The Wesleyan Service Guild will meet at 6 o'clock Thursday evening at the home of Miss Danny Duff for a social and business meeting. All members are urged to be present. "What Is Education?" is the topic for discussion when the Methodist Youth Fellowship meets at 6:45 at the church Sunday evening. All the young people are urged to attend these meetings.

They are inspiring and profitable. The adult choir will meet at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening and the junior choir will rehearse immediately after school is out each Friday afternoon. The trouble with the paper shortage that it never seems to strike the is OPA propaganda bureau. For United States Senator: JAMES P. KEM, Kansas City For Representative in Congress Ninth District: WILLIAM BARTON, Jonesburg For State Senator 20th Senatorial District: R.

H. LINNEMAN. St. Charles For Judge Circuit Court 32nd Judicial Circuit: RANSOM A. BREUER.

Hermann For Representative. General Assembly: R. J. (Bus) KINO, St. Clair For Presiding Judge.

County Court: F. W. KAMPER. Gerald For Judge County Court. 1st District: JOS.

INTER. Washington For Judge County Court, 2nd District: JOHN E. BROOKS, Gerald one of six children all of whom survive her. She was the oldest and the first of her family to go. The others are: Mrs.

Artie Nappier of St. Clair; Mrs. Pierce of Union; Perry and Oliver Anderson of St. Louis, and Jim Anderson of St. Clair.

In 1896 she was wed to Walter Nappier and for most of their married life they lived around St. Clair. Nine children were born to them: Levy of Union; Goldie Lee of New Hav-en( with whom she made her home after her husband's death in 1940); Curtiss of St. Clair; Perry of Los Angeles; Clifton of St. Louis; Clarence of Carthage; Bennie and Mrs.

Bernice Miller both of St. Clair. One daughter, Thelma, preceded her in death in 1913. Mrs. Nappier was of an old and honorable family, the Andersons being among the earlier settlers of this section of Missouri, coming with a group of For Judge Probate Court: EDWIN HOEMANN, Union For Judge Magistrate Court: PAUL M.

OWEN, Union For Clerk of County Court: H. (Gene) OSIEK, Union For Recorder of Deeds: RALPH E. SUDHOLT. Union For Prosecuting Attorney: ROBERT L. BORBERG.

Union For Collector of Revenue: EDWIN T. KAPPELMANN. Union For County Treasurer: H. W. WERGES, Union Can you identify him? Born March 20, 1811 in Augusta County, Va.

migrated with family to Franklin, Missouri in 1819 and spent most of his life painting pictures rolled cigars served as cabinet maker's apprentice read law and studied theology persuaded by Chester Harding to persist as artist set up studios at Arrow Rock, Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Louis and Kansas City, where he died in 1879 married 3 Missouri women active in state politics his portraits once standard decorations in prosperous Missouri homes and his paintings preserved characteristic scenes in old-time Missouri life with realism and humor. CAnswer upside down at bottom.) SEPTEMBER MORW i it-it ran Please Remember: My Optical Office Is Closed Every Sunday and Monday. Dr. M.

L. Greenstreet UNION. MISSOURI overland immigrants from South Carolina. They, with many others who crossed the Appalachians, settled in the Brush Creek country that lies beyond the Meramec and then known as the Whitmire Settlement. She was active in the religious life that contributed to the old Meramec Camp grounds, an epoch in Baptist Church annals that has faded away into history with the passing of so many old-timers.

She continued her religious affiliations wherever she lived, at the time of her death being a member of the Friendship The Public Utility Companie of Mitsouri m'll remember cost than ever before in history a development which has been made possible by sound, efficient management on the part of the various investor-owned, tax-paying electric, gas end water utilities throughout the state plus the skill and experience of more than 20,000 of your friends and neighborsthe utility employees who are on the job day and night to see that you get the finest possible service, at the lowest possible cost. The public utility companies of Missouri are also proud of the part they have played in developing Missouri and helping to make it a great state and proud, too, of the fact that the services they provide have helped to develop Missouri industry made work around the farm and home easier brought more leisure to Missouri families, and, added to their pleasure and convenience. It is important, too, to remember that this service comes to you at a lower Missionary Baptist church. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.

F. McClain at the Virginia Mines Church Wednesday, September 4. and burial was made in the church cemetery there. il llllll cocdpndbl GJ Srrlc for eookinsL wter-hedng and cetrtg-SSonTYo can It la toot fao2r.no matter where youlrre. ii comprwd.

natural SP RAD LING'S Phone 134. ST. CLAIR' MO. CARD OF THANKS We want to thank the Rev. J.

F. McClain and all others who showed kindnesses and thoughtfulness during the death and burial of our dear mother, Serena Clema Nappier. Her Children. Missouri Association of Public Utilities 101 West High St. Jefferson City, Mo.

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