Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-01-25
Gray News.


Saturday.
Dolph Carlson returned home from
Minnesota last week.
Two new members united with the
U. B. church last Sunday.
Chris Jensen and wife visited at
the home of George Golfer, Friday.
The Mite Society met at the home
of Mrs. Wilson Wednesday afternoon.
The dancing club la talking of COM
verting part of the hall into d
gymnasium.
Rev. Weaver and wife, of Manning.
were at the Y. P. s. c. social Fri
day evening.
A party of invited guests met at
the home OF Gene Story to spend a
social evening Friday.
Miss Mollie Ludwig is looking
after the domestic affairs at the
Louie Groteluschen home.
The carpenters are at work on the
new elevator, the masons having
finished the first of the week.
A young peoples party was given
by Frank Ginther and wife Friday
evening. A. good time is reported.
Gray needs harness shop, furni-
ture store, a bakery, a painter and
paper hanger, and veterinary surgeon.
Miss Title Carlson and her broth
er, Dolph, spent Sunday at the home
of their sister, Mrs. Claus johnson.
Several members of the family of
John Rentfe have been quite sick,
but at this writing are much i'm
proved.
Louie Groteluschen bought the
house known as the Wiley property
recently and will move his family in
to it soon.
Louie Groteluschen has been build
ing new water tower and putting
in a new steel windmill on the farm
of VIM. Clutch.
Our high school is preparing to
give an entertainment in the near fu-
ture, the proceeds to go toward
building up our library.
Uncle Jimmy Crows son and fami-
ly, from Walnut, visited him Tues
day. From here they went to Au-
dubon to visit his sister, Mrs. Elmer
Ellis.
Jack McMichael, who has been Wis
iting his brothers, Tom and Will, for
several weeks, returned Tuesday to
his fruit farm in Missouri, where he
makes his home.
Kangaroo court" which has been
in session for several days, has taken
on new feature, which furnishes lots
of fun for the boys, but sometimes
the victim fails to see the fun.
A number of the 1. o. o. F. bows
turned out Tuesday and shelled and
marketed some corn for Lon Gray.
who is still unable to do any work,
he being member of that order.
Will Hamilton departed last week
for Spirit Lake, where he will spend
the summer breaking prairie. Len
Graves went with him but whether
for'the same purpose we did not
learn.
Revival meetings at Botna were
closed last week. Twenty-one new
members were added to the church.
Rev. Burch is at present engaged in
protracted meeting at the Sands
school house.
The Y. P. S. c. E. social at Nels
Christensen's Friday evening We
success socially and financially, ela It
dollars and half being the net pro-
ceeds which they will apply on the
pastors salary.
Lou Barger departed for the west
last week, expecting to get employ
ment OF the r, r. company. During
his absence and until he is located his
wife and baby are staying with her
mother, Mrs. Alice Steer.
Word has been received that The
schools at Sibley, where Belle Lance
lot is teaching, reopened, having been
closed only week, on account of
diphtheria. There were but two or
three cases which proved fatal.
Emil Pollen, who it will be re-
membered had an operation performed
for appendicitis at the hospital at
Sioux City the fore part of the wint
er, was on our streets Saturday, and
is very much better and expects soon
to be entirely recovered.
Friday evening was full of pleasure
for pleasure seekers. There was d lit
erary at the Foster schoolhouse,
party at Frank Ginthers, literary
at the Hagerty schoolhouse and a
party at Gene Story's and we under
stand they were all we'll attended.
kangaroo court" owes its origin
to the failure of the rock for the new
elevator to reach here on time. Dur
ing the enforced idleness the bows
kept the machine in Fred Hepp's
shop pretty busy, and some of its vic
tins gave it this apnronriata con