King City, Gentry County, Missouri submitted and transcribed by: Dovell & Sullivan ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ (underscores inserted where text is unreadable) From the King City-published Tri County News, Friday, November 21, 1930: KING CITY NIGHT ON RADIO AT GRANT CITY Lawson Chevrolet Advertises King City Firms and New Car for 1931 (_). C. LAWSON, local Chevrolet dealer, gave the new 1931 "Bigger and Better" Chevrolet a good introduction to the radio-listening public, the business enterprises of King City a good advertising, and twenty-nine King City persons a good time Tuesday night with a "King City" radio program broadcast over Station KGIZ, Kelsos Rainbow Park, Grant City. Though the "talent" had very little time for preparation, Mr. Lawson got together a very interesting program of music and advertising, and took six automobile loads of talent to Grant City Tuesday evening in time for the 7 oclock (sic) broadcast. The Rev. W. C. WHITEHOUSE served as announcer, and sandwiched in liberal doses of advertising for King City merchants between musical numbers in an altogether professional manner. Once he almost said to see your dentist twice a year. After the program, which lasted about an hour and a half, the King City folks were guests of Ed KELSO, owner of the park and radio station, at a "talkie" show in the studio pavilion. The "Night Owls" orchestra--at least that's what it says on the drum--played the lead-off numbers, and Miss Essie WARD, mayor of King City breathed into the microphone a beautiful word picture of King City. The "Lawson Chevrolet Male Quartet" sang several Chevrolet campaign songs, arranged to popular tunes. The Christian church male quartet sang two good numbers. Mrs. H. L. YATES and Margaret JOLLIFF played piano selections, Clyde BULLA played an accordion solo, and Dwight KIER played a cornet solo. Fred HOWITT sang one of the Chevrolet songs as a solo. Marnie BOWMAN gave a reading. Roscoe ANDREWS, sales manager at Lawson's, read a lengthy description of the new Chevrolet Six, and Mr. Lawson, himself, presented Chevrolet's greetings in a masterful manner. The following made up the King City (__)ty at Grant City: Mr. and Mrs. H. L. YATES, Col. Lee PULL(__), (_)oscoe ANDREWS, Clyde BULLA, (_________________________________), (_)eigh WEAVER, (____)t KIE(___) Donald LAWSON, Ton(_) NANCE, Charles MALLORY, Oscar WHITEHOUSE, Presley WATSON, G. H. BLESSING, L. E. BLESSING, Rev. W. C. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. JOLLIFF and daughter Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. Russell STE(_)MAN and son Wayne. *** Transcribers Notation: Many of the guests' names are unreadable. This article is right on a fold and the names are at the place where the newspaper is folded in quarters. *** TOMMY YATES AUTHOR OF M. U. EXTENSION COURSE "Advertising Principles and Practice" is Offered by Correspondence A correspondence course in Journalism is being offered this year for the first time by the School of Journalism of the University. It is called "Advertising Principles and Practice", and it was designed by Thomas L. YATES, a "King City boy", son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Yates, and a former instructor in the school of journalism. The course may be completed for three hours' credit in the university. The cost is the same as for any other three-hour university course by correspondence. First announcement of the course is being made this week by Charles H. WILLIAMS, director of university extension. Yates is a graduate of the school of journalism, and was an instructor there while he was completing requirements for his masters degree. He was advertising manager of the Fulton Gazette two years and was assistant business manager of the Columbia Daily Missourian more than three years. In 1929 he was employed to organize a national advertising promotion department for the Westchester County publishing company operating fourteen daily newspapers in Greater New York City. A year ago he was employed as general manger of the Ovid Bell Press at Fulton, Mo., and on the eve of his departure from the University staff, he was stricken with "flu" which threatened his life, and from effects of which he has not yet (____________)overed, (_____________________________________) in the (___________) of better health. FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS THROUGH FORD AND BERLIN This community's part of the state and county "farm to market" road program will provide two improved roads extending east from the paved No. 4 highway near King City, it was decided last Thursday at a meeting at Albany of the county highway committee and officials of the state highway department. One of these farm-to-market gravel highways is laid out now to go straight from King City through Berlin to Pattonsburg, it is understood. The other will go east through Ford City to the Maple Grove church, then north to Carmack schoolhouse to join No. 4 at the No. 29 terminus. A connecting improved road would run along the Jackson-Miller township line between the Berlin road and the Ford City road.