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GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN "Only Two Shopping Days Until Christmas" Volume 37, Number 5. OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939. COMMUNITY PLANS BIG CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION FOR SATURDAY Nine Hundred Presents Will Be Distributed At The Tree On Main Street At 4 O'clock In The Afternoon; Gifts Will Be Given To Everyone SANTA CLAUS TO BE HERE Saint Nicholas Will Make His Appearance At 9 O'clock: Will Come In A Sleigh Santa Claus will come to Owensville in a big sleigh with Christmas bells drawn by two black horses at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. He will be ready when he arrives to take all the children who want to go for a ride around town in his sleigh. All children in this and surrounding communities are invited.

Santa will continue to take the children riding throughout the day. However, at 4 o'clock he will have his helpers bring in some nine hundred Christmas presents and will give everyone, children and parents, a gift at the Community Tree at the Postoffice corner on Main Street. Santa Claus' visit is being sponsored by the Fire Department and citizens of the community. The business places and a great number of the homes in Owensville are beautifully decorated for the Christmas season. The Grade School windows also have been decorated by the children and a number of the churches have been appropriately decorated.

All these decorations with their bright lights and cedar branches are especially attractive in the evening and at night. The people outside of town are invited to come to Owensville for the big day Saturday and remain to spend the evening. Bring every member of your family! On Saturday afternoon Mrs. D. E.

Williams is giving a tree show for the children at the Gasconade Theatre. (See advertisement.) Come to Owensville Saturday, all you kiddies, and ride with Santa Claus and enjoy all the other treats of the day. Santa's sleigh is prepared for any kind of weatherSO whether or not it snows you can ride in Santa's sleigh. There will be no charge for the rides. CHESTER GAIL AND MRS.

VIOLA HOMMELL WED Mrs. Viola Amelia Hommell of Glendale, L. New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schnell of New York, and Chester Murphy Gail, U.

S. N. of the Gould Island aviation unit and son of Mrs. Henry Blackwell of Owensville, were married the last part of November at the home of Chaplain Clinton A. Neyman at the Naval Training Station.

The bride's attendants were Miss Edna F. Hackett, Mrs. Grace Ringrose and Mrs. Raydene Payne of Newport. The bridegroom's attendants were C.

B. Segars, Winder, Georgia, Ph. M. 3rd class, Charles A. Richter, C.

B. U. S. S. Jacob Jones, and Harold F.

Hansen, New Milford, Ph. M. 1st class. The bride wore a royal blue gown with sequin collar, a gold velvet turban and a corsage bouquette of pink and maize tea roses. After a trip to New York and St.

Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Gail will live at 121 Prospect Hill street, Newport, Rhode Island. The bridegroom is a first class machinist's mate aviation detail. ATTEND FUNERAL OF UNCLE Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. R. Wanura and Mr. and Mrs.

Ervin Wanura attended the funeral of the gentlemen's uncle, Florenza Abrell, in St. Louis Saturday. Mr. Abrell, brother of Mrs. Wm.

L. Wanura, of Breese, Illinois, formerly of here, died at his home in St. Louis TuesHe was 54 years of age. He day. is survived by his wife and one son, Florenza Abrell, Jr.

DR. R. H. SHOENHALS TO LOCATE IN BLAND Dr. R.

H. Shoenhals, physician and surgeon, of Higginsville, has rented the H. A. Kaeding residence in Bland and will locate there for practice. He and Mrs.

plan to move to Bland next week. THIRTY YEARS AGO Marriage licenses were issued this week to Otto F. Burkhardt and Flora Hagen of Hermann; Wm. J. Adam, Gerald, and Ida M.

Lockhart, Bem; John Heidbrink, Rosebud, and Emma Dyrsen, Leslie; Fritz Von Behren, New Haven, and Lillie Wettling, Hermann; Louis A. Lalk and Emma Lange of Morrison. Wm. Spurgeon of near Red Bird brought in a little piglet this week weighing only 606 lbs. It brought him $39.45.

The parsonage at Boles Chapel at Lanes Prairie was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening. Daughters were born this week to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koch, of Route Two and to Mr. and Mrs.

G. Mark Monroe of Neither Hill. Chas. Toedtmann died suddenly at his home at Drake Saturday morning, December 25. VANDEGRIFFE'S CELEBRATE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY The Aftieth wedding anniversary of Mr.

and Mrs. Isaac Vandegriffe was celebrated at their home Sunday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Logan Vandegriffe and family, Mr.

and Mrs. John Vandegriffe and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vandegriffe and family, Mr. and Mrs.

Jesse Skouby and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lansford and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Biles and Mr.

and Mrs. Oscar Nicks and daughter, Thelma. Dinner was served at noon. The dining table was set with rose color china and a two tier wedding cake formed the center piece. It was decorated with white and gold icing.

Mrs. Jesse Skouby, ter of the Vandegriffe's, baked the cake. Isaac Vandegriffe and Mary Holt were married at Hermann on December 12, 1889. They have lived on a farm two miles east of Owensville for forty-eight years. Ten sons and two daughters were born to them, of whom seven sons and two daughters are living.

They are Logan, John and Lee Vandegriffe of Owensville, Emmett and Floyd Vandegriffe of Washington, Leonard of St. Louis and Bernard of Cape Girardeau; Mrs. Jesse Skouby and Mrs. Edwin Lansford of Owensville. There are fifty members in the family of Mr.

and Mrs. Vandegriffe. MRS. WM. F.

STUBBLEFIELD BURIED AT OAK HILL Funeral services were held for Mrs. Wm. F. Stubblefeld of Columbia at the Oak Hill Church Wednesday afternoon. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Rev. M. Fredric Johnson officiated. Mrs. Stubblefield died at the Boone County Hospital in Columbia Monday.

She was 55 years of age. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. H. E. mister of St.

Louis and Miss Ida Stubblefeld of Williamsville, Illinois; four brothers William and Frank Bullington of Owensville Route, Charles Bullington of Washington and George Bullington of Stonington, Illinois; one sister, Mrs. Joe Taylor of Pacoima, California. The Stubblefelds formerly lived at Oak Hill where Mrs. Stubblefeld was postmaster and operated the telephone office. They moved to Columbia in 1929.

Alice Bullington was born in Gasconade County on December 9, 1884. She was married to Wm. F. Stubblefield on March 13, 1904. They made their home at Oak Hill.

CHRISTMAS MAILING VERY HEAVY Judged by the first three days of this week, this Christmas Seasons' mailing seems to be heavier than last year, according to E. E. Smith, Postmaster. Very nearly twelve thousand stamps were sold and close to six hundred parcels mailed at the Owensville office on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There has been considerably less mailing of perishable matter than in previous years, no doubt caused by the mildness of the weather, but the mailing of other types of matter show a definite increase.

It is anticipated that stamp sales will show about five or six per cent increase over last year. The incoming mail has been a deluge. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES NOW ON SALE C. W. Toedtmann, County Clerk Delivers 1940 Permits To Agents Wednesday Ride In In OWENSVILLE 9 a.

Santa's Sleigh m. until 4 p. m. Saturday Gifts And Treats For Everyone At The Community tree Saturday afternoon 4:00 p. m.

S. A. KRETER DIES SUDDENLY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING S. A. Kreter died unexpectedly early Sunday morning.

His death was caused by heart disease. He had been ill for six weeks. Funeral services were held at the Evangelical and Reformed Church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with interment in the City Cemetery. Rev. Stahlhut officiated.

Mr. Kreter is survived by his wife, two sons, Emil and Chester, one brother, Ben Kreter of Slater, two sisters, Mrs. Henry Ruegge of Adair, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Minnie Brockemeyer of Bay, and one half sister, Mrs. Sophia Summers of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Samuel A. Kreter was born at Hope on November 28. 1888. He was married to Anna H. Loeb on August 12, 1914, at Bem.

They made their home at Bem for a number of years before moving to Owensville. Mr. Kreter was a member of the Evangelical Church. He was 51 years of age. ATTEND FUNERAL OF MRS.

M. HEMEYER AT HOPE SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. L. A.

Krueger and sons and Wilbert Hemeyer attended the funeral of Wilbert's grandmother, Mrs. Mathilda Hemeyer, at Hope Sunday. Mrs. Hemeyer died at her home Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Salem Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Rev. Deter officiated. Mrs. Hemeyer is survived by the following children--August Hemeyer, Mrs. Fred Friche, Mrs.

Ben Krueger, Mrs. Louis Schollmeyer and Miss Anna Hemeyer of Hope; William and Herman Hemeyer of Slater; Henry Hemeyer of Jefferson City and Mrs. John Schollmeyer of Tebbetts. She also leaves twenty-three grandchildren. Mr.

Hemeyer and one son, Louis, preceded her in death. Mathilda Broer was born in St. Louis. She reached the age of 72 years. She was married to August Hemeyer and made her home at Hope for many years.

CHARLES HAIGHT DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Word was received in Bland this week that Charles Haight died at his home in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, on November 25. Mr. Haight was the undertaker for Sassmann Funeral Directors at Bland for a number of years. He left Bland twelve years ago and since then has had a Funeral Home at Mauch Chunk. CARS COLLIDE ON ROUTE THREE Sylvan Miller, rural letter carrier on Route Three, and A.

W. Sorrell of Bland Route One, had an automobile accident Monday morning near the Wm. Pietraschke farm. The cars driven by the gentlemen met in a headon collision at a curve on the road. Mrs.

Sorrell who was riding with her husband was injured, though not seriously. Both cars were damaged. C. W. Toedtmann of Hermann, county clerk, was in Owensville Wednesday afternoon to deliver the 1940 Hunting and Fishing Licenses to his local agent, Ralph Warden.

The licenses are now on sale at the Republican office. Costs of permits under the new Wildlife and Forestry Code effective January 1, are County Hunting and Fishing License, Resident State Fishing, Resident State Hunting, Resident State Hunting and Fishing, $2.65. The extra charge of fifteen cents on each permit is the fee for the County Clerk and agents, which has always been charged but was deducted from the original price of the license. According to the new code the full amount must be sent to the Conservation Commission with provisions made for the extra charge by law. The new applications are similar to last year's except for several additional points.

The applicant must swear that he is a resident of Missouri if the license is to be used as a resident license; he must swear he is a citizen of the United States; must give his height and weight, as well as age, address, etc. Licenses may be purchased from the following- -C. W. Toedtmann, Hermann; E. L.

Langenberg, Drake; T. O. Beucke, Rosebud; Ralph Warden, Owensville; Krause Bland; F. A. Schaeperkoetter, Mt.

Sterling; F. B. Meyer, Bay; H. C. Schmidt, Pershing; T.

W. Klossner, Swiss. A 1940 Wildlife and Forestry Code pamphlet will be given with each license. HENRY MORRE OF DRAKE DIES WEDNESDAY MORNING Henry Morre of Drake died at his home early Wednesday morning. He had been seriously ill for several weeks.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Drake Methodist Church with interment in St. Peter's Cemetery on Highway No. 50. Rev. George Woestemeyer will conduct the services.

Mr. Morre is survived by his wife, and the following children: Mrs. Albert Aufder Heide and Mrs. George Hesemann of St. Louis; Mrs.

Alvin Langenberg. Albert, Oliver and Harvey Morre of Drake and Mrs. Tappmeyer of Sparta, Illinois. He also leaves eleven grandchildren, one great grandchild, one brother, August Morre of Independence, two sisters- Mrs. Lena Gieck of Colorado and Mrs.

Christina Meyer of Kansas; four -Joe Morre of Bland. Edw. Morre of Valley Park, William Morre of St. Clair and Harris Morre of Hermann and one halfsister, Mrs. Otto Schmidt of Detroit.

Michigan. Henry Morre was born at Drake where he lived his entire life. He was first married to Amelia Gieck. To them seven children were born, all of whom survive their father. Mrs.

Morre died in 1917 and he was later married to Martha Fritzemeyer who survives. Mr. Morre was a lifelong member of the Drake Methodist Church. He was a blacksmith and farmer and was widely known in the county. OWENSVILLE WOMAN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE Mrs.

Mayme Schalk, nee Pelster, of Owensville has filed suit in circuit court here for divorce from her husband, Walter G. Schalk, formerly in the automobile sales and garage business in Owensville, and now residing at Clayton. Mrs. Schalk, as grounds for divorce, alleges in her petition, that her husband deserted her in 1934, without reasonable cause, and has not since that time supported her. The Schalks have one child, a girl of grade school age.

The suit is filed for the January term of court. Mrs. Schalk asks for divorce, custody of her child and support of the child. -Hermann A-C. MRS.

JOHN QUINN INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Mrs. John Quinn, the former Geneva Gross, of St. Louis is in the Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis suffering from serious wounds she received when she was struck by an automobile as she was crossing a street in St. Louis last Wednesday.

Mrs. Quinn is the daughter of Nathan Gross of St. Louis. She lived here for several years before she was married. At the last report Mrs.

Quinn was getting along very well. Mrs. Quinn is a niece of Houston Gross of Owensville and of Robert Gross of Bland. She made her home here with the late Mr. and Mrs.

S. F. Gross, her grandparents. MRS. MINNIE RIEFER BURIED AT TEA WEDNESDAY Funeral services were held for Mrs.

Minnie Riefer of Cuba Route One at the home and the Tea Church Wednesday afternoon. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Rev. H. E.

Stahlhut officiated. Mrs. Riefer died at her home Monday. Minnie Eickhoff was born in Louis on August 1, 1877. She was 62 years of age at the time of her death.

She was married to Joseph Peter Riefer on August 27, 1896. They made their home on Cuba Route. Mr. Riefer died eleven years ago. Four sons and three daughters survive their parents.

They are liam Riefer of Cuba, Fred Riefer of Washington, Joseph Riefer of Owensville and Vernon Riefer at home; Mrs. T. G. Fisher of St. Louis, Mrs.

Wm. Woemmel of Owensville and Mrs. A. M. Wright of Gainesville.

Mrs. Riefer also leaves three sisters- Mrs. Emma Sherman of Cuba, Mrs. Ida Mesger of St. Louis and Mrs.

Katherine Havener of Owensville; two brothers--William Eickhoff of Rosebud and Henry Eickhoff of Sullivan; one half brother, John Thien of Cuba, and three grandchildren. REPORTS CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSED BAKER DEATH Coroner Louis R. Padberg of St. Louis announced last Thursday that carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of Charles Baker, son of Charles Baker of Useful. The boy was found dead at his home in St.

Louis on December 2, his mother was found unconscious and is still a patient at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Dr. Theodore Weichselbaum, toxicologist, reported that the carbon monoxide came from either a gas stove in the Baker apartment or from a gas heater in the basement, directly below the room where Baker and his mother slept. There was an open vent from the gas heater, the toxicologist said, and the fumes could have seeped into the rooms Mrs.

Baker and her son occupied. Charles was a student at St. Louis University. HAVE DOUBLE WEDDING AT UNION SATURDAY Miss Marie Fechtler and Chesley Koenig and Miss Virginia Hooten and Roger Lloyd were married in a double wedding ceremony at Union Saturday. Mrs.

Koenig is the daughter of Mrs. Ferd Lahmeyer of Bland. She is a graduate of Bland High School in the class of 1938 and is employed in the International Shoe factory. Mr. Koenig is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Chris Koenig also of Bland. He is employed in the International factory. They will make their home in Bland. Mrs.

Lloyd is a niece of Mrs. Henry Scantlin of Owensville. She has been visiting in Owensville and Belle. Her home is in Arkansas. Mr.

Lloyd's home is in Belle. He is employed 88 a rural school teacher in Maries county. He and his bride will live in Belle. LOUIS LINKE DIES IN ARKANSAS SUNDAY Relatives here and at Bland received word Monday that Louis Linke had died at his home in Paragould, Arkansas, Sunday. His death was caused by a stroke of paralysis.

He was in his late sixties. Mr. Linke was born in Gasconade county. He was married to Miss Clara Aufder Heide at Red Bird where he operated a general store for a number of years. He later built and operated the hardware store in Bland now owned by Krause Bros.

He sold his store in Bland to Kaeding and Neese and moved to Paragould. He has been in the real estate business there since that time. He is survived by his wife and an adopted daughter, Johannah. An adopted son preceded him in death. Mr.

Linke was buried at Paragould on Tuesday. MRS. McCAN ENTERTAINS VOTA VITA CLASS Mrs. G. W.

McCan entertained the members of the Vota Vita Sunday School Class of the Baptist Church at a Christmas party at her home Tuesday evening. Mrs. McCan is the class teacher. Twentyseven of the thirty class members, and four visitors were present. Mrs.

McCan's home was decorated with seasonal decorations. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus greeted the guests at the door. Games were played and gifts exchanged.

Mrs. McCan gave each member of her class a little perfume set and the class gave her a table lamp. Sandwiches, cake, mints and coffee were served by the hostess. GEISLER- -TURNER MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK The marriage of Miss Elaine Turner and Elmer Geisler which took place at Jefferson City on May 16, was announced this week. Mrs.

Geisler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Turner.

Mr. Geisler is. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Geisler.

Mr. and Mrs. Geisler are making their home at the Mrs. Mary Hobein residence..