Bethany Republican-Clipper
Wed, Oct 13, 1920 ·Page 1
Mrs. William P. Bryant entertained delightfully, at her home last Friday afternoon in honor of Miss Kathleen Neff, a bride-to-be.
Miss Neff and Mrs. Bryant recieved the guests. About 70 guests responded to the invitations.
Mrs. Bryant wore pale blue organdie and Miss Neff looked charmingly girlish in pale yellow georgette. Miss Marie Bryant, in a dainty white frock, served at the punch table, which was tastefully decorated with autumn leaves.
And throughout the rooms a wealth of autumn leaves, amber, burnt yellow, crimson, blood red, russet, fawn color, of shading indescribable, vied for first place in the decorating scheme with festoons of the reddest of red hearts and cunning cupids, the symbols the world over of true love.
Mrs. Bryant, always particularly unique, original, and brilliant in her conceptions, fairly outdid herself upon this occassion and gave a magnificient entertainment to her guests.
The following program was rendered:
Piano solo, Eunice Lotz.
vocal duet, "Whispering Hope", Mrs. Oscar Meadows and Irma Kenyon.
Violin solo, "Thou Art Like A Flower" (Rubinstein), Mrs. J.G. Hinkle.
Vocal Solo, "Love in my Heart", Irma Kenyon, Encore, "Love Boat."
Reading, "Lecture in Matrimony" , Marie Bryant.
Vocal Solo, "I Love You Truly", Mrs. Fred Selby.
Miniature Wedding
Mendelssohn's Wedding March, Mrs. Hinkle. Helen Wilson, bride. A.C. Carpenter, groom. Lavern Hinkle, minister. Mildred Barlow, Gretchen Vandivert, Ruth Ida Butler, Loree Barlow, flower girls. Mary Elizabeth Meadows, Cupid.
Solo, "Oh Promise Me", Lorine Brown. "Negro Wedding in Southern Georgia", Edison. Chorus, "Let The Rest Of The World Go By."
The miniature wedding was the cunningest, cleverest bit of acting ever seen, each little tot looking and acting his or her part with perfect precision, wholly unconscious of the perfect imitation of a real wedding.
Then came the guessing contest, Kathleen and Melverne being easily guessed but October a puzzle to all but the wise ones, Kathleen one among the wisest, for October will always be to her a lovely month - beyond compare.
Everyone was requested to give advice to the bride-to-be and if she treasures it all in her heart, woe be to the man of her choice.
Even in the delicious refreshments the momentous event was apparent. Many and sincere were the congratulations showered upon Kathleen. May her ocean of the future be calm and where her bark can safely sail.
Mrs. Bryants out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Oscar Meadows, Pattonsburg; Mrs. Judge Bain, Trenton; Mrs. J.F. Brown, Jameson; Lorine Brown, Jameson; Mrs. Garvin Pryor, St Joseph; Miss Charline Booth, Monroe, Wis.; Miss Loree Garnder, Monroe, Wis.; Mrs. Nellie Ramer, Colorado.
Bethany Republican-Clipper
Wed, Feb 16, 1955 ·Page 1
In hospital for checkup after digestive disturbance- was 69- Christian Church leader.
An unexpected coronary attack brought death soon after 5:30 o'clock Friday morning at a local hospital to William P. Bryant, 69, real estate and insurance broker, and loan agent at Bethany most of his life.
Mr. Bryant entered the hospital Wednesday afternoon. He, Mrs. Bryant, and Dr. and Mrs. J.G. Hinkle had attended the theater the night before, after a supper. A digestive disturbance of Wednesday afternoon was attributed to pie which had seemed not to agree with his health; but entrance to the hospital was also partially for a check up because he had not had one recently.
Death Sudden
A cardiograph showed normal tracings. Mr. Bryant seemed much improved Thursday night, and was expected to be at his office Friday. He was in good condition when he was visited by a nurse at 5:30 a.m. Friday. Ten minutes later when she stopped to take his temperature, he had died of a coronary occlusion.
Mr. Bryant was a native of Bethany and was a son of Joseph F. Bryant, who accumulated much wealth before his death prior to 1920. There were 11 sons and daughters of Joseph F. Bryant.
Record of Service
In early manhood, after attending the University of Missouri, Mr. Bryant was in a grocery store at Bethany. Later he was with his father in a loan business.
He was first lieutenant of G company, 4th Missouri Infantry, on the Mexican border in 1916-1917.
Mr. Bryant was a past president of the Bethany Rotary Club, a past commander of the Knights Templar Masonic lodge here, and a member of the Country club. He had long been a leader in the First Christian Church. He served the church 20 years as president of the board. At the time of his death he was an elder, and he had been the teacher of the men's (see No. 1 on page 8)
Bethany Republican-Clipper
Wed, May 30, 1956 ·Page 7
He left Los Angeles at the weekend and expected to be back Monday.
Bethany Republican-Clipper
Wed, Dec 06, 1944 ·Page 3
Box 322
Phone 175
Bethany,MO.
Children of McFall Man, on Trial for Murder, Support Him and Turn Against the Mother.
Bethany Republican-Clipper
Wed, Jun 01, 1932 ·Page 4
The combined pleadings of the unwritten law and self defense served to win freedom last week for W. Virgil Bryant, McFall man charged with murder in the fatal shooting last Christmas day of a neighbor, Asbury Johnson.
Bryant was tried at Albany, with the selection of a jury being made on Monday of last week. The trial was concluded Wednesday, the jury returning its verdict at 6 :00 o'clock that evening after three hours of deliberation.
The Stanberry Headlight said of the trial....
"With his children clustered around him and giving him every aid, Virgil Bryant went to trial at Albany Monday on a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of Asbury Johnson on Christmas day. The murder took place in a road about 4 miles west of Pattonsburg.
"All of Bryant's children have been at their father's side in the case. Mrs. Bryant, subpoenaed by the defense, was not used as a witness in the case after it was said she refused to testify in her husband's behalf.
"Not only were the children clustered around their father, but four of them were used as witnesses by their father in building up a defense for the slaying. The defendant, himself, and the four children, comprised the defense.
"The state put on 21 witnesses in presenting their evidence in the murder trial. There was little for the state to prove, Bryant had murdered Johnson and there was no dispute in that part of the trial. There was a dispute as to the time that elapsed after the two men met on the ill fated Christmas day happening.
"There was a furthur dispute as to the pattern of shot made by the gun with which Johnson was killed. In rebuttal, the state proved that the pattern of the gun, at a distance of 10 or 12 feet, the distance Bryant swore he was standing from Johnson when he shot him, was only about two inches in diameter. The pattern of shot on Johnson showed a greater distance.
"Virgil Bryant was the first witness put on the stand in his own defense. Bryant unfolded a tale of a home broken by up by Johnson's attentions to his w...(paper is folded here. assuming wife? For a period of almost six years, (paper is folded, looks like another article covering some of this article words?) said these improper relations (paper folded) Johnson had engaged....two or three fights...and a short time prior to...threatened him with...14 year old daugh-...Artie Bryant...William Bryant, 19 years, Wayne Bryant, 17 years old, testified for their father. ....Mr. Lockwood has been assisted in the case by Sam. T. Evans, prosecuting attorney of Daviess county. Attorney Chas. E. Gibbany of Albany in charge of the defense of Bryant, has been aided by Attorney Chas. A. Miller of Bethany.
Bethany Clipper
Thu, Dec 19, 1912 ·Page 1
Tuesday night, December 24 At Christian Church ...Recitation, Howell Bryant
George Reid and wife who came to attend the funeral of J.F. Bryant, returned Sunday to Evanston, where George is a student at Northwestern.
T.N. Martin, who came to attend the funeral of J.F. Bryant, returned Sunday to his home in Alton, KS.
Miss Marie Bryant, who was visiting in Omaha, Nebr. with her aunt Mrs. Harry Endsley, came home Thursday evening to attend the funeral of her grandfather, J.F. Bryant.
Mrs. George Robinson of McPhearson, Kan., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Jos. Bryant, went to Lamoni Tuesday to visit a few days with relatives there.
