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The Lathrop Optimist from Lathrop, Missouri • 8

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THX LATHROP OPTmiST. LATHROP. MISSOUBL THURSDAY. JANUARY Wi PACK EIGHT rtiin There also she edited a Odd Fellows lodge in Eminence Is assured, states the Current Wave In reporting the purchase of a lot and work commencement njuuuinnnnnAAnnnnnnnu church paper for sir years, was vice-president of the social science Kansas and western Mis souri, and chairman of the com mittee on music and drama tnai represented the city at the Chi- inn in 1R93. Moreover, she was an honorary vice-president of the General Federation of Wo CANDY SALE! FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MARTHA WASHINGTON JETS 1 lb.

49c men's Clubs. In 1897, an accident deprived her of her hearing. She died on May 17, 1911, and was buried In Mt Mora cemetery in St Joseph, Mo. She was survived by four children. ftllSSOURI MELANGE Purina Pig Chow We still think PURINA PIG CHOW will build the cheapest pound of park.

$50.00 per ton, Meal $51.00 per ton, Checkers CHOCOLATES, 6 lb. box, res-. price iw, auw 98c MARTHA WASHINGTON FRUIT AND NUTS, 2 lb. box, regular $1.60, now The city council of Monett, has Tonuopv 14 for tne special MARTHA WASHINGTON HARD a vn nnnrvv if 2 lb, Regular $1.40. now i if election on the $36,500 bond issue for various city improvements.

The proposal calls for $11,500 to improve the water and light plant: $10,000 to purchase a site for the municipal airport, and $15,000 to improve city bridges and culverts. One of the biggest school meetings ever "held in Pemiscot county MARTHA WASHINGTON 1 lb. CUD AHY'S BLUE RIBBON TANKAGE $55.00 per ton Kegniar toc, now 69e, Lloyd C. Start Lloyd C. Stark is the first man to start serving a' second term as FORREST GL DONNELL Forrest C.

Donnell, Governor-elect, says he will carry his case to the Supreme Court of the United States if the Supreme Court of VASSAR CHOCOLATES, I lb. Regular $1.00, now gg CHOCOLATED COVERED governor of Missouri. He will Berve bv more than 300 until his. successor Is seated. He teacher8 met in Caruthersville and has vetoed the legislature's reso- Snwr Rrair- Missouri decides against him.

ilution for a contest gadocio, president of the Teachers' ROBISON'S ALL-PURPOSE MINERAL $1.75 per cwt rutins, reg. sue, now PRICES REDUCED ON ALL BOX CANDY. Post Office Store HARRY MISSEY, Prop. Association. Other officers named miss Lelia Rickus, Wardell, soon became a member of the Mis-)Vice president; James Cassidy, souri Federation of Women's Clubs cooter, secretary, and Floyd Ham-and has had a pron-inent place in jett) Concord, elected to a three-the federation and among St Jos- 'year term on tne Executive Board, eph clubs.

a new hall for members of the In recognition of her contribu-' 1 Cf Oral M. Robison tion to club work in this country, the General Federation of Women's Clubs at its biennial meeting at St, Paul in 1906, conferred upon Mrs. Runcie the title of "Mother Lathrop, Mo. Constance Faunt Lo Roy uncle. of Clubs." At Boston two years later, she was the recipient of additional honors, and the Runcie club in St Joseph made her perpetual president.

Her old home in New Harmony was purchased recently Mrs. Constance Faunt' Le Roy BWUtflflflAAAflAAAAAAflAriS Runcie, a resident of St Joseph, Missouri, for forty years, not 'only gained national recognition as a club woman but also became well- by the Federation of Women's clubs as a club memorial. known as an author and composer. In addition to belne a club wo Constance Faunt Le Roy, the For 6.00x16 Goodrich Commander granddaughter of Robert Owen, a philanthropist who was sometimes called the father of co-operative Walter Lee Bowers: Because no matter how stupid a man is, he is seldom blind. Mary Katherlne David: You used to say I was all the world to you.

Glen Crowley: Yes, but I've learned my geography since then. man of national importance, Mrs. Runcie was a versatile composer, publishing about forty works, one-half of which were religious. According to tradition, the never had a musical composition refused by a publisher. She might have become a famous concert nianist if socialism, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 15, 1836, one hundred and five years ago this week.

As an infant, she was taken a spinal affliction had not inter fered. to New Harmony, one of Indiana's historical shrines. There she was educated under her uncles, one of whom, Robert Dale Owen, an Indiana legislator, was the original exponent of women's rights and a personal friend and adviser of Abraham Lincoln. Hope Harrington: Do you think a dollar goes as far as it used to? Betty Helen McCullough: Oh, much farther. In fact mine all go so far they never come back.

UNTO THE HILLS. "I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from whence Cometh my help? My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and Psalm 121:1, 2. By Marshall S. Bums. Mrs.

Runcie was a writer of marked ability. Her first published work was a small volume of poetry, 'Poems, Dramatic and Lyric," which appeared in 1888. This was followed in 1891 by a short story entitled A Burning Question, and in 1895 by an autobiography. Divinely Led. She also completed two unpublished novels and read numerous papers and poems before various groups of women.

It was not unusual for the Runcie club in St JoseDh to nresent a nro- THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL Health and Defense. Recently army recruiting off cera have reported that in a test period three fourths of the applicants had to be rejected for health reasons. More than half of the rejects were underweight, probably from malnutrition. The Agriculture Outlook for 1941 states that despite the marked progress of the science of nutrition during the last two decades and the many efforts to spread this knowledge in helping families to better their diets, recent studies indicate that fewer than half of cur non-relief farm families achieve nutritionally adequate' diets that provide a generous margin of safety. The situation is much worse among the very low income group.

This condition among producers of food is startling. It is believed that the urban situation is even worse in low income areas. In the coming year Optimal. Nutrition is the goal. In a time of world crisis such as now everyone needs the vigorous health and high morale that depend greatly on good nutrition.

All agencies in charge of programs of education must attack this problem. Information must be standards developed, and. individual and group action aroused to re At the age of sixteen, Constance Faunt Le Roy went to Europe with her mother and her uncle, Robert 05.S0 FOR 4.50x21 GOODRICH COMMANDER Prices Include Your Old Tire OTHER SIZES CORRESPONDINGLY LOW TEL 426 LATHROP, MO Dale Owen, who had become Unit ed States ambassador to the Italian court. The young girl spent al most six years abroad in study and travel, becoming quite an accom plished student in languages, art gram made up entirely of her work. dancing, piano, and composition.

Some of the very beautiful St. Joseph, Mrs. Runcie and her husband established the Christ p.hnrrh lejipiie. for -the Tmrrmse nt While there, she also became a convert to religion and devoted much of her' time thereafter to i A. 41 I- phrases of speech come from the Bible.

It has added vigor and expressiveness to the English lan stimulating interest in art and lit- U1B wuih Ul Luc i -ti. She returned to the United States guage. Here are a few: "The apple of his eye, cast thy bread upon the waters, a coat of either Jate in 1858 or early in 1859 and on April 8, 1861, she marriea many colors, a good old age, liv ing fountains of waters, the wife of thy bosom, the valley of decis ion, a still small voice, miserable move the effects of Improper diets and develop proper food habits that will bring American youth above the safety line. Dr. James Runcie, an Episcopal rector.

She went with her husband first to his rectorship in Madison, Indiana, and in 1871 to St Joseph, Missouri, where she lived the rent of her life. On December 13, 1359 she org a-ized the Minerva club In New Harmony, Indiana. This club was generally conceded to be the -first women's club organized in the United States with a written con Second Grade. Phone 06 Free Delivery stitution and bylaW3 and following 4A1I cloth bag 48c regular parliamentary procedure. It preceded by nine years the fam comforters, the pride of life, from strength to strength, precept upon precept, line upon line, as a drop In a bucket, the salt of the earth, the burden and heat of the day, the signs of the times, the children of light, the powers that be, the fashion of this world, decently and in order, a thorn in the flesh, a cloud of witnesses, a crown of life, labor of love, hewers of wood and drawers of water, thou are the man, prisoners of hope, the handwriting on the wall, faithful unto death, a mess of pottage, the elder brother, the widow's mite, a pearl of great the day is at hand, clear as crystal, we are the people, the fat of the land, a book of remembrance, to entertain angels unawares, the wings of the morning, all things to all men." ous Sorosis club of New York City.

CORN, GREEN BEANS, TOMATOES Standard, 4 No. 2 cans 25c PEACHES, HyKIas Sliced or Halve's, 2 2l2 cans 35c PEAS, HyKIas, Little Gems, 2 No. 2 cans 29c Mrs. Runcie organized the Bronte club at Madison, Indiana, in 1867, and the Runcie club of St. Joseph in 1894.

The latter, which still bears her name, was a literary and musical club operating under the motto "The World is Womun's Book" It Bread CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK LAYER CAKE 29c THREE LAYER PINEAPPLE NUT CAKE 25c BUSY WOODPECKERS CLUB. The pupils of the Busy Wood TT ATHROTH) THEATRE LATHROP. MISSOURI 7:00 p. Freeh Heats BEEF ROASTS, lb. V2z 20c peckers club met Friday, January 10, at the schoolhouse.

The meet WINTER ing was called to order by the WHITENESS ROUND OR SIRLOIN STEAK, lb 31c Phyllis Lee Boyle, Dorothy Harriett Cross, Bonnie Nell Missey, Billy Anderson, Ktnneth Hack-worth, Gerald Mick, John Henry Mick, Keith Myers end Don Martin Rea have perfect attendance records for the first half of the school year. Louetta Hackworth has't missed a day but has been tardy. Dorothy Harriet Cross, Arlene Hawkins and Gayle Geraldine Pollard have written numbers from one to a thousand by ones. Everyone in this grade should be able to (fount and write to 500 by ones. Patricia Ann Corridon, Dorothy Harriet Cross, Arelene Hawkins, John Henry Mick, and Elmer Lee Partem made perfect scores in the spelling test.

Twenty-five words were spelled on the test. We made a trip Friday afternoon to the Burlington depot We saw many interesting things on the trip. We talked about the trip upon our return and wrote letters to Gayle Geraldine Pollard who is absent again. First These children had perfect attendance for the first semester: Alva Mick, Don Wesley Gall, Eugene Gannaway, Major Kincheloe, Richard Nelson Morgan, and Clint Parton. J.

I. Crockett and Don Wesley Gall brought orange crates. They are going to make chairs for our play room. We went to the lumber yard and got some laths to make our play room larger. Jokes, Visitor: There's a boy named George Johnson working here.

I'm his grandfather. May I see Principal: You just missed him. He's gone to your funeral. President and the minutes were read by the secretary. We answered roll call by making a New Year aM 37c Resolution.

Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Our next meeting will be January 24 at 2:30. Reporter. Get ycur Daily and Sunday Kansas City Star and Times with the Lathrop Optimist Both for $8.00 a year. Classified Ads.

FOR SALE: 25 tons soy bean hay with fully matured beans in it. 1 mile; southeast of Lawson. John (8tf) FOR SALE Good Lcspedeza hay. Call Oral M. Robison or D.

M. Bevins, Phone 25F2 Kearney, dtp) SATURDAY, January 18. SKY MURDER WALTER PIDGEON DONALD MEEK KAREN VERNE Melodrama. Nick Carter takes on an entire fifth column, with the "columnists" finishing second. KING COTTON Short subject for the Farmer GOOD BAD BOYS CHAPTER 6 "Green Archer" Jan.

19-20. Strike Up The Band MICKEY ROONEY JUDY GARLAND JUNE PREISSER PAUL WHITEMAN Musical Drama. High school musicians raise funds to enter a band contest, but turn over the treasury to one of the band who needs it for medical care. "SITKA and JUNEAU" Jam 22-23. The Lady Question BRIAN AHERNE i RITA HAY WORTH IRENE RICH Drama.

A juror who helped acquit a girl accused of murder, proves her innocent when his son falls in love with her. BULLING BEEF, lb. 13c 15c PORK ROASTS, Cala Style, lb. 15c 5 to 7 lb. average.

PURE PORK SAUSAGE, lb HVc PORK CUTLETS lb. 19c SLICED BACON, lb. 23c BUTTER, plain wrapped, lb. 33c OLEO, Valu, 2 lbs. 23c Guaranteed Flour HY-KLAS, 24 lbs 80c; 48 lbs.

$1.49 VALU, 24 lbs. 70c; 48 lbs $1.29 Fruits Vegetables ORANGES, Blue Goose Navels, 220 size, doz. 25c ORANGES, Florida, fine for juice, 200 size doz 19c GRAPE FRUIT, Texas Marsh seedless, 126 size, dozen 20c HEAD LETTUCE, Imperial Valley, 2 for 15c CELERY, bleached, California, 2 stalks 17c RADISHES, 3 Bunches 10c CARROTS, Texas, 2 bunches 15C APPLES, Jonathan, 5 lbs. 23c CORN ON THE COB Marshalls 2 No. 2 cans 27c VALU COFFEE 3 lb.

Bag 37c PASTEURIZED MILK, 2 qts. 17c PEANUT BUTTER Quart Jar 22c LIBBY PUMPKIN 2 24 cans 25c PINTO BEANS 4 lbs. 17c NAVY BEANS Large Idaho 17c GRAPE NUTS or GRAPE NUT FLAKES 2 lgepkgs 27c FOLGER'S COFFEE 2 lb. can 47c P. G.

SOAP 5 Giant Bars 17c IVORY SNOW It's New Large Pkg. 21c FOR SALE: Irish Cobbler Potatoes, 2 cents per lb. Arthur Williamson. (8-ltc) Bob Walker: I fell off a 30 foot ladder yesterday. John Bill Bridgewater: And you didn't even get hurt? John Bob: Oh, no, I was on only the second rung when I slipped; HELP WANTED ON FARM I have a steady job for man on a farm.

Good house. Inquire at Optimist Office. (7-2tp Teacher: Has anyone a question FOR $8.00: You csn have the Daily and Sunday Kansas City Star and The Lathrop Optimist for one year. Remember this offer and save on your next renewal. to ask? Lloyd Orrj Yes, Mam, can a short sighted person have a far away look In his eyes? Joyce Crowley: Do you believe there are microbes In kisses? Mike Grady: Yes, that's what scientists say.

Joyce: What disease do they cause? Mikef Palpitation of the heart, I believe. 1 Howard Brazelton: I wonder FOR SALE Jersey Bull. Sire: Ox-leigh Queen's Design No. 894517; Dam: King Raleish's Joy No. 1194773.

Call Cabbells. Phone 3367. FOR SALE New Remington Portable typewriters. See them at the Optimist Office. tfo "DREAMS Don't miss the Food ads In the why women pay more attention to beauty than brains? Optimist this week..

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21,426
Years Available:
1911-1964