Nortonville - Van Seymour moved Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Sample and family to Otterville Friday where Mr. Sample will engage in a general merchandise store. Mr. Sample has served as clerk on the local school board for a number of years. Mrs. Sample has been active in social and school clubs and the family will be missed very much.

Saturday night a farewell surprise party was tendered them and Mr. and Mrs. John Friend who are going to reside in Chicago this winter. The affair was held in the I.O.O.F. hall. The evening was spent in a social way and several games were enjoyed. Refreshments were served at a late hour.

Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Grider, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Grider, Mr. and Mrs. Holland Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Van Seymour, son Van Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Byron McNeely, son Clyde Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Gussie Henry, son Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crowe, Frances and Louise, sons James and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Spencer, son Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Farmer, sons Lyndell and Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Don Mason, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whitlock, sons Robert and Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McNeeley, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Henry, son Jimmie, daughter Emma, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Seymour, son Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kelly, sons Lewis, Gus, and Paul, daughters Wanda and Darlene, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Vedder, daughters Helen and Marian, sons Virgil Jr. and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. Alma McLamar, daughters Betty and Mary Ruth, Joe Vedder, Troy Julian, A. E. Mansfield, Chas. Martin, Marshall Robinson, Lawrence Meyers, Darrell Spencer, Clyde Smith, John Redfern, Gussie McNeely, Helen Mansfield, Dorothy Mansfield, Marie Smith, Frances Vedder, Clarice Morgan, Frances Toler, Mr. and Mrs. John Friend, Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Sample, sons Lester and Buford, and daughter Gladys.

Submitted by Robert W. Ridenour