Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-04-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Parsons at
tended the funeral of his sister in
Guthrie Center Tuesday.
Roy Shoesmith hauled load of
flour from Extra last Saturday for
the store at "the Branch.
Rae Baker and Marie Marean
attended the funeral of Elsie Parsons
in Guthrie Center Tuesday.
Rev. I. G.. Aten was called to Ext
ra Sunday to conduct the funeral
services of Mr.. Jones' baby.
Miss Maud Headlee who is attend
ing school at Panora, visited over
Sunday at her home east of here.
Among those that hauled hogs for
George Artist last Saturday wele
Roy Shoesmith and Stephen Marean.
Miss Dunlavey visited with her
friend and former schoolmate, Miss
Clara Wardendyke Saturday and
Sunday last.
Rev. and Mrs. T. G.. Aten and Mrs.
Marean attended the w. NJ. F. S.
convention in Guthrie Center last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Walter Dove preached at Bear
Grove last Sunday morning and filled
the pulpit at Bethel in the afternoon
owing to Rev. Aten's call to Extra.
Baker and Shoesmith removed the
old board curbing from the upper
part of their we'll Friday and re-
placed it with thirty-slx inch tilipg.
Joshua Kirkwood's children are
having the measles. This time it is
not false alarm. They began to
"break out" Thursday and Friday
Len Dove and Ray White finished
their work at Bear Grove Wednesd ay
and Thursday went to do some car.
pointer work for Jim Egan in Au-
dubon county.
| Mrs. DR.. Shideler's mother, Mrs
Bradd, of Lisbon, Iowa, came last
Wednesday tor an extended wish
with her daughter and other friends
in the community.
Mrs. Walter Dove and mother
Mrs. Ross Kirkwood, visited will
the formers sister, Mrs. Franz
Shoesmith, who is in DIR. Fordyce'
hospital in Guthrie Center.
| The people of the Diamond Del
neighborhood met last Sunday ane
reorganized the Sunday School
Parents come and bring the children
and thus make 1t more successful
than ever before.
The Ladies Aid Society met will
Mrs. Herbert Shoesmith last Thurs
day and will meet this week will
/ Mrs. Marean to reorganize for tn
coming year. The attendance of lat
has not been as good as it should be
considering the amount OF worl
to be done.
Word was received in Nortf
Branch Monday Of the death of Elsi
Parsons, sister OF Leslie Parsons o
this. place. Her parents formerl
lived in this community and onl
about two years ago moved to Guth
rie Center. Their many friend
deeply sympathize with the famil
in this sore trial. May the Savio
l in whom Elsie trusted, sustain tn
, parents and brothers and sisters i
this, their time of greatest need.
The cemetery association met a
the schoolhouse in North Branch las
Saturday and elected trustees for tn
coming year. They were Williar
Masterson, Frew Hayes, Elmer Co
q vault. They also appointed com
mittee to solicit funds tor the asso
citation and to collect the membershi
n assessments of one dollar per membe
The following is the soliciting com
I mittee: Mesdames Herbert, Shoe
smith, Frew Hayes, Kaufman, Flor
Masterson, Eta Charter and Mi.
g Maud Parsons. The association ais
i decided to again observe Decoratio
Day, and appointed the tollowin
4 committee on arrangements: MIR
! To G. A'en, Rev. Sloan, Mrs. Liz
Charter. Mrs. Luke Baker and Wa
ter Dove.