Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09
Neighb OrhOOd News
AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER
IN USE AT RELKNAP
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AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER
IN USE AT RELkNAP.
Bellinap REV. D. w. Whitman of
Floris, was here last week and placed
the Witham Automatic door opener on
both school house doors and on the
Methodist Episcopal church door. This
is his own invention, studied out since
the 1roquois theatre fire in Chicago.
The doors have been made to swing
outward. making egress in case of
fire much easier.
Band Gives Entertainment.
The members of the Belknap band
and Charley Hull Misses Merna
tertainment and the school furnished
a pie social Thursday evening at the
school house, which was well enjoyed
by those present. The program con-
sisted of jests. songs, music, etc. Much
amusement was oiven by the enter
tainers appearing with their faces
blackened and in negro costume and
us.-lg the negro dialect, and manners.
S ne found 1t quite hard to distin-
guish the different persons. Nearly
81. was raised, which was divided
half and half between the band and
school. The crowd remained until
midnight to watch the old year out
and the new year in At the stroke
of twelve both the school house and
church bells We're rune and the even
ngs entertainment was over.
Sunday School Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected
Sunday by the Methodist Sunday
school:
Superintendent H. c. Rankin.
Assistant Supt.--O. G. Bell.
Secretary--Merna Myers.
Assistant Sec.-Niss Vo"+er Conner,
Treasurer-Mrs. Fl. C. RANKIN.
Organist-Miss Sylvia 4,-ssls.
Assistant-Miss Leila Eberlinc.
Chorister--Will M. Lockman.
Observation-Disclosures Bell aud Lois
Harbour.
The officers for the league were
elected as follows:
President--Miss Hester Conner.
list Vice Pres.-M Miss Anna Hughes.
Bird Vice Pres.--Miss Merna Myers.
4th Vice Pres.-Miss Zella Myers.
Secretary--Elroy Hancock.
Treasurer--G. Z. Lsetor.
Organist-Miss Sylvia Myers.
Other News.
Mrs. B. b. .Shaffer and mother in
la4 left Tuesday morning for Edna,
Mo-. the formers home. from a visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
longer visit.
Miss Edith Bell, who had spent the
past week with home folks, left Sun
day morning for Highland Center to
resume her school duties.
IRIS. Jane Grant of Stafford. Kansas,
visited here a couple of days last
W, * with Mrs. j. n. Putnam.
Mrs. Sarah MCGEE returned home
| last week from a three weeks visit
with frieDde 0ttl1nlw1
! Otis Pickett and two sons of Sey-
nour returned home Monday from 9
| few days visit at the parental Frank
Pickett home.
| The Misses Eva and June Lockmar
closed their schools Friday at SoaI
| Center and Ash Grove respectively
Miss Eva returned to Bloomfield tc
enter the normal school and Miss june
expects to attend school either at Des
Moines or in the northern part of the
state.
| Miss Elizabeth Ware came home
from Ottumwa Thursday evening t.
attend the entertainment and pie SO,
cial, returned home Friday evening.
! Ira Rankin returned Sunday even
ing to Mt. Pleasant to attend school.
! John and George Lester of Ottun1-
wa came out last week to pack the
formers household goods, which they
had shipped there where Mr.. Lester
is engaged in digging coal.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charley McMains o.
Ottumwa. visited last week with Mrs
Maggie McMains and other friends.
Mrs. Edward Kinsinger of Roosevelt
New Mexico. visited last week will
! her sisters. Mrs. O. c. Bell and famil!
and Mrs. J. r. Hart and family.
| Calvin Moore of Martinsburg was Z
| business visitor here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Mccormick spent
Saturday and Sunday in Ottumwa. tht
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Bach
man and Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. McCor'
mick.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Combs expect t,
car their goods Thursday for Crane
Junction, Colo.
| a. p. Rayburr and son shipped hogs
| to Ottumwa Tuesday.
Miss Merna Myers spent severa
days last week at the Oscar Galpil
home near Dunville.
Roy Bell and the Misses Edith Bel
and June Gibson visited the college a
| Bloomfield on Wednesday.
| The Misses Lena and Gladys Ander
son visited friends at F'loris last week
! Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Mann Of nea
| Carbon were the guests Wednesda,
/ of Mr.. and Mrs. David Mum.
4 Miss Allie Hawkins and ,rothe
Ernest spent New Years day ON Soai
Creek with their grandmother, Mrs
| Mary Crist.
Il Will Guile and family of near Yves
Grove, were tn, guests the first Of TIL
week of Mrs. Elinyra Norris
James Brnndige of Des Moines, i
4 spending a few days with his daugh
i ter, Mrs. j.. NJ. Eberline and Mrs. Hen
ry Christy.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mum an
4 daughters, Fioy and Nellie of Drake
vile, We're the guests Sunday of MI
and Mrs. David Mum.
4 STOCKPORT
4 stockport.-A. r. Hiatt went to o.
1 tumwa- Monday evening, returning t