Days Gone By In Staunton

Thursday, January 4, 1923 -- OLD TIME FIRM SOLD OUT YESTERDAY -- Godfrey & George sell their hardware business to Geo. H. Luker -- After a partnership extending over a period of forty years, the firm of Godfrey & George yesterday afternoon disposed of their business to George H. Luker, until recently postmaster in our city. The work of taking an inventory of the stock is at present in progress and while this is going on the store will be closed. Mr. Luker will assume active charge of the business as soon as the tabulation has been completed and elsewhere in this issue announces that an opening sale will then be held.

Messrs. Godfrey & George have been in partnership since Jan. 2, 1883, a period of just forty years and one day. The firm name at first was Williamson, George & Co., W.H. Williamson, a brother of S.P. Williamson of our city having been one of the partners. These gentlemen bought out Fred Fritz when illness compelled him to retire from business and their establishment was in the building now occupied by the Kaeseman store. Some three years later Mr. Fritz regained his health and bought back his business and the firm of Godfrey & George was organized and a new business established at its present site.

During the long years of their business activities in Staunton Messrs. Godfrey & George have seen this city grow from a small country town to its present proportions and many an interesting story do they tell of the development of this community.

They have worked long and hard and enjoy the respect and esteem of all in this vicinity and are now planning to take a well-earned rest.

Mr. Luker is too well known in this part of the state to need an introduction from us. He and members of his family have long been linked with Staunton and her progress and under his capable management the business he has just bought will undoubtedly flourish and prosper.

Thursday, January 11, 1923 -- HIGH SCHOOL NOTES -- On Monday, February 12, the High School will present a play entitled, "Safety First." This will be the first play given by the high school during the current school year, and admirers of the stage celebrities in the high school may well expect them to give a good account of themselves.

Miss Blauer, of the commercial department, visited Girard High School on Wednesday. Each teacher is permitted to visit one day out of the year, for the purpose of comparing methods and learning new ideas.

Basket ball now holds the interest of the student body and from their enthusiasm and rooting it seems as popular as football. The team is now in the stride and will extend any team in this section. Two games are scheduled for this week–Benld on Wednesday night and Litchfield on Friday night. Staunton defeated both these schools in foot ball and they are certain to be out for revenge. Games being at 7:15 each night.

Preparations are being made for semester examinations to be held on January 22 and 23. The seniors are beginning to wear a worried look and the freshmen are wondering what it's all about.

WILL BOX IN KANSAS -- Oro Dean, Staunton's Fighting Cop, on Monday evening. Jan 15, will meet Billy Britton at Scammon, Kan., in a 10-round bout. This man Britton is said to be quite handy with his mitts, and Ora is preparing for a lively set-to. His many friends wish him the best of success and hope that he will come home with another scalp on his belt.

NEW TEACHER EMPLOYED AT HIGH SCHOOL -- At a recent meeting of the Community High School Board of Education a new teacher was added to the faculty. Miss Gratia White, at present teaching in Charleston, Ill., was chosen and will begin her duties at the second semester. Miss White; is the daughter of H.T. White, Superintendent of Staunton's Grade Schools. She is a graduate of Illinois College at Jacksonville and has taken graduate work at the University of Chicago. This is her third year in teaching and her record indicates an ability to uphold the present high standard of our High School.

UNDER TREATMENT AT SPRINGFIELD.

Friends of Prof. and Mrs. Miller will be sorry to learn that she has been obliged to enter a sanitarium for her health. Two attacks of influenza on successive years caused her lungs to weaken, and a cold she contracted this year settled deeply in them. The condition, while not alarming, is nevertheless serious, and after several examinations she was advised to enter a sanitarium where expert treatment would bring about the best results. She is now at St. John's Sanatarium in Springfield where it is hoped that she will progress favorably and entirely recover.

LITCHFIELD OIL HOPES GONE -- The hope of striking an oil gusher near Litchfield has been given up and the promoters are taking steps to quit the field. The operations were financed by Doc Griffith of Texas, who drilled to a depth of 3,050 feet in the old Litchfield oil field, where many years ago small quantities of oil were found. Previous to the test at Litchfield, Doc Griffith sank a deep hole at Hillsboro on the Clint Bliss farm and this too proved to be a flivver. We'll wager a chaw of tobacco that if Doc had spent half of what these two holes cost him in the West Prairie field at Staunton he would have been rewarded handsomely for his trouble.

WANTS --

WANTED: Laundress. Mrs. J.W. DeGuire, 1032 W. Pearl

FOR SALE: Two choice lots on Main Street in Staunton. Apply to Emma Brase, Edwardsville

WANTED: Waitress and cook for night duty. ITS Restaurant

LOST: Pair of glasses in case New Year's Day Return to 316 Pearl Street

DANCE EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT at Vanzo's Hall, Livingston. Always good music. Ladies free

FOR SALE: House with 3 acres of land. Frank Urban near Meyer's Crossing

SHOTGUN FOR SALE: Double barrel, hammerless, 12-gauge. Apply at 512 N. Edwardsville Street

FOR SALE: My stock of general merchandise at Livingston consisting of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware and Furniture. Value of stock and fixtures $18,000. A. Farhath, Livingston

FOR SALE: 6-room house, big barn, 60 ft. front, gas with 2 stoves, bargain. Apply to I.L. Berkel, 633 W. Sixth St.