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L. A. Wikins, of Osborne, Mo., is the new superintendent of the Versailles public schools, succeeding C. A. Dinwiddie, who served five years, and resigned recently to take a position with the Sedalia Business College. At the dinner served members of the Lake of the Ozarks Association reently held at Eldon, several large turkeys were consumed, which shows what a healthy lot of fellows they are down among the hil's where appetites never fail. Robert Bastan, 30 years old, living on a farm near St. Charles, was bitten a few days ago on his left hand by a possum which was in a hole. He reached in to pul the animal out when he was bitten and now he is in a hospital for treatment. A seond dividend is now being paid by the defunct Cooper county bank of Bunceton, which for many years flourished. The second dividend, like the first, is for 10 per cemt. The bank failed many years ago and is being liquidated. Some time ago the authorities of Boonvile published a notice calling on owners of dogs in the town who had not paid their dog tax for 1934, to either pay or turn over the family dog. Many are now scrambling to pay up before the year ends. Mr. and Mrs. Debney Gaines, of Shelbina, had a rare treat the other day when they participated in a din-