The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-02
Arthur News.

Arthur News,
Arthur, N D., May 31.-To The
Forum: The Ladies' Aid met at Mrs
Chas. Gunkels' place last Thursday af-
ternoon with very large attendance
A very pleasant and profitable after
noon was spent by all present Mrs.
Fl. J. Wagner invited the aid to meet
with her a week from Thursday.
Miss Mabel Chapman, our efficient
principal, left Monday night for her
home in Tower City, after having
brought her school to a successful
close.
Gordon Stumpf and Robert Pierson
will graduate from the Agricultural
college next week and will receive their
certificates as engineers
Miss Marie Howe Aft saturday even
ing for her home in Kellogg, MINI.
Miss Howe was the primary teacher
and leaves with the best wishes of all.
The installation of the officers of the
local chapter of the Epworth League
took place at the M. E. church. Broth
err L, d. Cook had charge of the serv-
ices and he delivered a splendid ad-
dress to the members. A solo was
duet by Mr.. Chandler and, Mrs. Elliott
There was also special music by the
choir The new officers for the en-
suing year are:
President-Ira Chandler.
First Vice President-Mrs. ]. A. Bur-
gum.
Second Vice President-Mrs. B. B.
Elliott.
Third Vice President--Elizabeth Bur-
gum.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs r. C.
Elliott.
Secretary and Treasurer-H. E.
Stone.
Organist-Alice Skogmo
Chorister-Elsie Wagner.
The graduating exercises of the
eighth grade were held here Saturday
evening. The seventh grade had
charge of the decorations and also act
ed as ushers, the hall. being tastefully
decorated in green and white stream
ers, the class colors. Their motto being
Now or Never" their class flowers
we're white carnations. The following
was rendered:
Piano solo-Maeta Irven.
Essay-Wheat Raising in Red River
Valley, Harry Farnham
Solo-Daddy, Fern Gamble.
Essay-Eighth Grade Work, Maynie
schur
Recitation-A Nineteenth Century
Teacher, Annie See.
Song-The Wood Pecker, primary
pupils.
Class History-Maeta Irven.
SonpS-yThara TiftIa TNoyS4 T,xy
sixth and seventh grade girls.
Class Prophecy-Philip w Skogmo. |
Class Song-Land of Nod, primary
pupils.
Class Will--John Wagner.
j. A. Burgum presented the class
With their well-earned diplomas, and |
hey responded with their class yell |
Miss Chapman received many congrat- |
Nations for her faithful work.
One of the saddest occurrences re- |
GENTLY was the death of Mrs. Harrison |
Hill, her year old baby and week old |
baby, all of scarlet fever. Mr.. Hill is |
not expected to recover from the same |
disease. The family lives several miles |
vest of here on the Hartstein place. |
Mrs Hill was formerly Miss Baker and |
,aught school at Rose Valley
The funeral of the late Miss Della |
Maria Veistenz, eldest daughter of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Chas. Veistenz, was held at |
st. Martins German Lutheran church.
Special services were held at the home |
and long procession of carriages fol-
owed the cortege to the church and |
afterWard to the Armenia cemetery. |
Rev Freytag preached a most sympa- |
-hetic and comforting sermon In both
he English and German languages. in
which he set forth the beautiful life
and character of the departed The
contribution of flowers were profuse /
Ind almost hid the casket from view.
Four young girls were the flower bear
srs. The white and gold altar of the
church was decorated with ferns and /
smilax. The pail bearers were the |
young men Of the community. The /
father and mother, three brothers and
six sisters are left to mourn. |
The departed was beautiful and |
talented young lady in her 18th year /
For several years she had been suffer
ing from consumption, and everything |
available had been done to stay the
course of the disease, but TO no avail /