The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-29

- Az Us-MlSS OCCl0 van Wlnkl0.
v. G.-Miss Alton Hembrey.
Secretary-Miss Margaret Wernitch.
Treasurer--M Miss Mary Freeman.
r. s. to N. G.-Miss Anna Radnich.
L. s. to N. G.-Mrs. Ida Cummings.
r. S. to v. G.-Mrs. Bessie Mitchell.
i. s. to v. G.-Mrs. Edith Reed.
Chaplain-Mrs. Christine Teale.
1. G.-Mrs. Pima Henderson.
o. Mrs. Bell Cummings.
Cond.-Mrs. Gertie Radnich.
Warden-Mrs. Rebecca Poush.
Light refreshments were served and
I = good time is reported.
Z. A. Brown is enjoying visit from
his neices, Mrs. Blanche Garrett, of
Lincoln, Neb, and Miss Hazel Bunney,
Of San Jose, California.
Mrs. A. Brown and N. M. Brown and
wife, of Akron, Mo-, visited over Sunday
with L. A. Brown and wife.
Mesdames Anna Akers, Susan Brown,
Fay Coffin, Myrtle Akers, Lizzie Cress-
we'll and Miss Katie Debozy and NJ. L..
Brown were over from Decatur last
Wednesday night to attend the Rebekah
installation.
Rev. and Mrs. Ray Shipman, of La
moni, were the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
@. r. Howard the first of the week.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather Sunday there were but few out
4 to hear Rev. Goodsell, of Garden Grove,
who filed the appointment for Rev.
Howard at this place.
Misses Mary Kicks and Nora Rogers
returned Saturday from Cedar Falls
where they were attending the State
Normal for the past six weeks.
James Boldman, who has been so
sorely afflicted with a sore hand, is
now thought to be getting better.
Mrs. Gertrude Markley, who has been
visiting her mother for some time, left
the past week for visit at Charlton
and Minneapolis before returning to
\ her home in Chicago.
sR~ g. P. Campbell has bought the prop
erty south Of his telephone office
now occupied by the Campbell Sisters
store, from Mr.. Toney, the consideration
d being $500. We did think for awhile
that Uncle Ike Toney intended to buy
i out Davis City, let the houses rot down,
annul the streets and alleys and return
! IT to its original corn field.
Grover Wells, returned missionary
from Australia, will occupy the pulpit
ut the L. D. S. church in this city next
Il Sunday morning.
Mrs. U. g. Griffith has been assisting
Nr. Griffith at the depot during the
rush of business since the railroad has
y tetHrned to doing business.
Lee Howell left the past week to ac-
cept q position in st. Louis. George
Howell, after a short vacation with
home folks, returned to Omaha Thurs
ss ]. N. Gates and family were guests at
the Virgo Arney home north of Leon
& last Sunday.
Mrs. Anthony Radnich was =. over
Sunday visitors with Leon friends.
g. P. Campbell has been reroofing and
otherwise improving his telephone
Office.
Mrs. John Robertson spent last week
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Scott, near Leon.
From letters recently received from
Fall River, Kansas, we learn that Hypum
Ewing, a former Davis City citizen, now
located near Fall River, had the mis-
fortune to have his team run away and
he was pretty badly bruised up. For
, time he was unconscious but is now
ont Of danger.
Cards are cut announcing the coming
wedding Of Veta Scott, daughter of Mr..
Mrs. Carter Scott, to Prof. Butterworth,
OF Iowa City, which will take place on
August 4th at the home of the brides
parents in this city.
ss3 ". R. Adams, of Albany, Mo-, was an
over night visitor in our city last Mon
day.
Mrs. Thomas sutherlin, of Pleasant
Valley, took the train here Friday even
ing for a visit at Leon.
ltmay be Of interest to some OF our
RoA6npS RI hoar that frop, otkon, -
ceyiv d from Mrs. Henry McBroom,
nee Flora, that they have again ksold
out in Thurston county and bought near
Alpha, Lewis county, Washington, and
are doing well, but would like to see
old Iowa again.
Charles Kerrins left last Saturday
for Chatham, ILL.,, to attend the funeral
Of q sister in-law. His daughter Helen
was already there.
Ben Burrell, of Charlton, and Elmer
B0rrell, Of Garden Grove, were in our
/ city Saturday and Sunday, called here
by the illness of their brother, Charles
Burrell.
Mark Adams had business at Lamont
last Monday.
The remains of Grandma Moffett, who
died at the home of her son, in Kellerton
last Friday, we're taken through here
Saturday to Pleasanton for burial in
the Dale cemetery by the side of her
husband who died some three years ago.
Mrs. Mofett was for years a resident
Of the vicinity of Pleasanton and had
1 many warm friends in this county who
regret to hear she is no more. Peace
to her memory.
s Miss Myrtle Hamilton left Saturday
for an extended visit with relatives in
Colorado.
John McCully left Saturday for trip
to Montana, Seattle, Spokane and other
western points. Mrs. Walter McCully
and daughter Hazel accompanied him
as far as Albany, Mo-, where they are
D visiting relatives.
Mr.. Lovett, of Garden Grove, was
& here Monday looking after his farm
which joins Davis City on the north, and
while Mr.. Lovett's farm prospects look
very discouraging both to himself and
I his tenant, who had 80 acres of fine