The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-12-26
our COLORED SOCIETY
Tns and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

The Elks lodge of Buxton will give
its annual ball on Thursday evening,
Dec. 26th
Geo. H. woodson departed this
morning for Buxton to visit over Sun
day with his niece. Mrs. Or. Taylor,
Miss Georgia Blackburn is expected
home from Buxton today and Will
spend the holiday vacation with her
mother.
The A. M. e. church people are
making arrangements to hold leap
year party some time during the first
part of January.
The Christmas tree services of the
A. M. e. church Sunday school viii
be held at the church on Christmas
evening, Dec. 25.
Mrs. o. G.. Lee and children, OF
Des Moines are expected to arrive IN
the city next week to spend the hoii-
days at the parental Kimbrough home
on North Market street.
Nose Hall has left the farm of his
son-in-law near Wellman, where he
has been making his home for the
past year, and is now working for
Henry Moore in the barber shop at
Iowa City.
MooRE-in the family. Seven, 3,
9, 10 pounds-a boy, born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank NJ Moore, Saturday morn
ing, Dec. 21, 1907. Mother and babe
doing nicely. Father-well he's try
ing to behave nationally. Price OF
barbering goes up. Cigars on tap
during the holidays. Frank will get
his while Dock is on the jury.
Emancipation Day, Jan. 1st will be
observed as usual at Wesley Chapel
VIM. Hart, for whom the day still re-
tains all its sacred memories, VIII
have charge of the program, which
will consist of free dinner, short adj
dresses and music. The public is cor
daily invited. In the evening the
young people will give musical
The literary society of the A. M. f.
church met Wednesday evening and
completed an organization by the
adoption of constitution and bylaws.
An impromptu program, consisting OF
music and short addresses was then
listened to and the society adjourned
to meet next Wednesday evening at
the church, when the regular order OF
business will be taken up and dis
posed of.
The ladies of the A. NJ. Il. church
organized a sewing circle Thursday
afternoon with the following officers:
Pres.-Mrs. NJ. feyton.
Vice-Pres.-Mrs. A. G. Clark.
Secretary-Mrs. Cora Jones.
Asst Sec'y-Mrs. Cora Franklin.
Treasurer-Mrs. Lydia Hockedy.
They will meet next Thursday al
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Cora
Jones, on North Fifth street. All la
dies who desire to join are cordially
invited to be present.
Maple Grove Lodge No. l6, A. F. 4
A. NJ. installed the following oficer:
for the ensuing year, at a specia
meeting Monday night:
w. MS. Mitchell.
S. W.-Henry Dunlap.
| ]. W.-Roscoe zones.
Treas.-Pierre Barquette.
Secretary-RobI. Franklin.
s. D.-Robt. Johnson.
j. D-Paul Brown.
Steward-WilI Crump.
: Chaplain-Rev. o. A. Johnson.
Viva Jones is expected home iron
: Chicago today to visit during the no
: idays with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. H. Jones.
Representatives of Chicago colore
base ball teams will be sent to Indian
! apolis Wednesday for the purpose
5 meeting with managers of other negr
clubs who are planning to organize
national base ball league. The leagu
will include the best colored team
of the country, and will embrace -
/. larger cities. including st. Louis, On
cago and New York. Inc st. Lou
Giants have already secured a NV
s year lease on centrally located pal
in the Mound city, and are confidel
Of gaining foothoid with the bas
BAN public. Here is a chance Il
y Rem, Brownie and James, the leade
n among our local base ball talent.
: Mr.. and Mrs. F. burden, OF ID
Moines, have issued invitations I
the marriage of their daughter, q
trude Elzora, to Mr.. James B. Rus
e e on Monday evening, Dec. 20. 1907,
500 o'clock, at the Union Conglce
tional church in Des Moines. y
: and Mrs. Rush will be at home aft
Jan. 1st. 1908, at 1910 Fourteen
!, street, Des Moines. Miss burden
!. well known in this city, where she
= sided with her parents for more tn
Z. year She is possessed OF rare
:, erary ability and is the author OF s.
!. efaI poems and plays, one OF viii
she produced at the opera house
this city. Mr.. Rush is a weli-kno
lawyer OF Des Moines, where he
:. Joys q good practice and has the