from the Clay County Courier
A surprise dinner was given at J.R Gleghorns last Sunday in honor of J.R's oldest son, J.H., that date being his 28th birthday anniversary. About 60 people were present. Those from Cache Lake community were Mr. and Mrs. Adrain Tiner, Yula Adams, the J.M Montgomery family, Misses Janie and Goldie Perdue. That afternoon all witnessed a good basketball game; We are glad to have the Johnny Flanigan family residing near Datto, as our neighbors in this community; The H.B Adams family removed from here to Sikeston, Missouri last Friday. Leo Carey and Professor Glenn Campbell went with the Adamses to Sikeston; Miss Oval Webber spent Wednesday of last week with Mrs. Herbert Gleghorn. Orla Watson and Buster Crabb of White community, also Mr. and Mrs. J.R Gleghorn and their son, Orville called at Herbert's that night, J.R with his violin, Orville with his guitar all present enjoying J.R., Orville, Orla and Buster's music; Belve Kellett is clerking in Walter Arnold's Store in Corning; A wedding dance was given at Harrison Blackwood's last Friday night, all present reporting a nice time. (Walnut Grove)
The real causes of weather changes have never been discovered and are unknown, even to scientists. Sun spots and other phenomena are believed to have a certain bearing on our weather, but even this has never been positively determined. Corning citizens who find the weather an interesting subject when they can't find anything else to talk about should keep in mind the fact that it has been positively determined by experts that radio has absolutely no bearing on the weather. We had rainy seasons and we had dry seasons long before we had radio, and in those days they blamed the changes on something else. Just what future generations will blame the changes on remains to be seen.
Those who may be worrying for fear the country will again experience a drought similar to that of 1930 are really wasting time that could be devoted to other worries. It is not in the records that two such years come in succession. So, go ahead with the garden and crop planting plans and as the old sying goes "raise all you can and can all you raise." If you don't and it turns out to be a fine year for gardens and crops you will only have something else to worry about. The country is a long way from going to the dogs, just as radio is a long way from having anything to do with weather changes.
Lightening struck a cottonwood tree in Mrs. Ruby Smith's dooryard on Tuesday afternoon of last week, during an electrical storm, followed a clothesline clear across the yard and ran down an oak tree into the ground. That same afternoon, a herd of Reece Spinks's hogs shocked by lightening, rolled down into a ditch and laid quiet. When they finally got up, they bumped against everything in their way.
(New Hope News)
Mrs. James A. Smith and son, Landis, and Miss Dessie Tharp were Knobel shoppers in Corning last Saturday; An Easter program given by Knobel School at the Knobel Methodist Church last Friday evening was attended and enjoyed by a large crowd. (Knobel)
