Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-06-07
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III. G. Mundt was Templeton Wis
itor Monday.
I Mrs. d. Grow and wife visited
with relatives in the city Sunday.
The Misses Bertha Shelley and
Mollie Barger droveto Audubon Sat
urday.
Mrs. Thompson and her mother
Mrs. Ramsey went to Dedham Satur-
day, returning Sunday.
Mrs. Austin Baldwin and Mrs.
King of Cameron were at church at
the White Bear Sunday.
Maylon and Stella Hepp and Clio
Beers drove to Manning to the COM
mencement Friday evening.
John and Nora Grow attended the
commencement exercises at the Car
roll and Glidden schools last week.
j. A. Grow, wife and daughter
Nellie of Dedham, were In our city
Sunday visiting friends and relatives
Neut milford who has been at Ma
pleton where he had employment for
several months returned home Satur-
day.
Milton, Albert, Mabel and Grace
Swaney also Eddie Baldwin spent
Sunday at the Byde Baldwin home
up in Carroll county.
W. HI. Lancelot and wife and sis
ter Belle went to Audubon Thursday
to attend the commencement. They
expect to return home today.
| Rev. Holmes presiding elder of the
M. E. Church, preached very inter-
esting sermon to an appreciative
audience Sunday afternoon.
Work on the L. O. o. F. hall is
still! suspended on account of the fail
ure of the lumber to arrive. The
boys are quite impatient at the delay.
| M. M. Corner and family moved
into the Fritz Draher house south of
town Tuesday giving possession of the
old place to his son Frank who is
farming it this year.
| Miss Belle Lancelot who has been
teaching in Sibley returned home
Monday where she will rusticate and
recreate during the summer vacation
and prepare for another years work
in the school room.
A grand big time and big crowd
is expected at the ice cream social on
the lawn at the home of L. N. French
Friday. 1t is under the auspices of
the Y. p. S. G. E. which insures its
success. Come everybody.
! The Sunday School is very busy in
its preparation tor the childrens dav
exercises and its members are prac-
ticing daily. A pretty program is
being prepared to be given mainly
by the children. Everybody is invit-
ed. Sunday at two o'clock.
| The subject of new church build
ing at Sands is being agitated and we
hear that one will be erected soon.
The school house where the services
are held is too small to contain the
congregation which assemblies and a
new church building is much needed
improvement.
W. Fl. Lancelot and wife arrived
home from Lineville where he has
been teaching, Friday. They will
spend the summer here, w. FL.
to teach in the review school and
!, Normal institute at Audubon after
!, which they will return to Lineville
when he will again take up his school
work.
A. +. Greenwalt and family accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Prior of jeff
erson drove up from Audubon Mon
day and made a short visit at the
home of Louie Groteluschen return
ing to Audubon in the evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Prior are spending several
days with A. F. and wife, the ladies
being sisters.
/ Miss Belle Bridenstine who return
ed from Colorado in the spring
where she had been for several
months on account of the state of her
health will go back soon, as she
finds that although much improved
she is not entirely recovered. Her
friends hope she may soon return re-
stored to perfect health.
The commencement which took
place Wednesday evening passed off
pleasantly. The NJ. E.. church where
it was held was crowded with friends
and spectators who were assembled to
witness the ceremony by which this
class of four would drop the life in
the schoolroom and step forth into
broader life into which "life's circles
are widening" The orations with
out exception were we'll rendered.
Carl ForsbecS in his subject of "There
were giants in those days." eulogized
the giants of every age from Socrates
to Mckinley our giant OF today.
Arden Shelley dwelt on "America
among the nations" comparing our
country with the rest of the world
and showing wherein we have out.
stripped other nations and reached
our present enviable position of crank
L." "What hath the century
wrought" by George Altman was a
continued eulogy to our great nation
in the wonderful onward pro-
gress of the nineteenth century. In
the next by Miss Edna Beers whose
or, bian uoc orr 400 tioo,, ~, .ol,oo1,