The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-12
ITEMS FROM BEACON
TEACHERS ARE ELECTED FOR
NEXT YEAR. MRS, CLEO EVANS
WILL TAKE CHARGE or DUFF
FIN HOUSE IN oSkALoOSA.

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con schools for the term year 1870
| IL, at the regular May meeting of the
school board. All of the old teachers
were reelected with the exception OF
D., E, Hawleys of the fifth, sixth and
seventh grades. He would not ac-
cept the appointment, having other
work he wished to take up. The
teachers for next year are: Principal
r. H. Williams; third and fourth
grades, Maude Evans; first and sec
ond grades, Wayne Jones; music de-
partment, Pearl Porter.
Eight pupils will graduate from the
Beacon High school this year If all
are successful in pulling through. The
commencement exercises will be held
June 3, at 1880 p. m, in the High
ran of the Presbyterian church, Oska-
ioosa, will deliver the address. A
short program will be given by the
members of the school. The Beacon
schools have ten grades and the grad.
yates attend an academy in Oska-
loosa or the High school in order to
finish their remaining two years
High school course, which entities
them to college entrance.
Exercises for the grammar school
will be held June 8, at 1880 p. m.
Fourteen students are candidates for
diplomas in this department. A pro-
gram will be given by the students
of the class.
NJ. F. Van Corp and son, r. NJ. Van
Corp, of New Sharon, have purchased
the general merchandise store, for
merly owned by Walter Johnson of
Oskaloosa and Fl. A. Bauman of Pella.
Mr.. Van Corp and son come into pos
session of the store building and
stock located Just across the, street
west of the postoffice and the large
house located just south of the store.
r. NJ. Van Corp will remove his fam
lily to Beacon and take charge. NJ. F.
Van Corp is a business man of New
Sharon He is just erecting a large
automobile garage. The new pro
prietors will continue to handle the
best that there is in fancy and staple
groceries and other merchandise. Mr.
Phillips, who has been acting mana
ser of the business, will continue with
the store. Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Bau
man purchased the business from c.
A. Porter about two months since.
MI. and Mrs. Irwin Garland and
son Claude have moved from their
home in this city to Oskaloosa, where
they intend to make their future
home. Mr.. Garland is manager of
"Oppenheimer's Chas. Garland and
wife also move with their son to o.
kaloosa. Everett, son of Chas. Gar
land, will make his home with the
two families. Everett is an employe
of the Golden Eagle.
new cement walk has taken the
place of the old board walks on the
front and the west side of the K. of
P. hall. Other improvements in this
line will be made soon. The three
churches, Congregational, Baptist and
Methodist, will lay new walks in the
front of their structures. There are
several more board walks that will be
removed and the city council should
stick by the ordinance which went in
to effect last year compelling all
property owners to replace their
board walks with cement or brick.
There are still number of people
in this vicinity afflicted with the
humps. While this disease has been
partially subdued, measles seems to
be going the rounds at this time.
Fred Clements is a new victim of the
mumps, and Rachel, daughter of j..
A. Jones, has taken, down with the
measles.
Miss Anna Edwards, in company
with Allen Jones of Oskaloosa, visited
in Des Moines over Sunday. Miss
Edwards visited with Miss Wilson.
Mrs, Thomas Moorish has complet.
ed the work of taking the census of
the town of Beacon. She says that
she has had no trouble in the least,
in her count of the noses. Everybody
was willing to help her in getting a
correct count. Not one objected to
giving the information asked. While
Mrs. Moorish did not make a state
ment as to the correct count, she
stated that the number will be some.
what larger than what had been ex-
pected. S. H. billiard took the cen
sus in the rest of Garfield township.
Mrs. Thomas Roe, of Ladora, Ia, is
visiting here at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Berdinner.
"Banty' Lewis, road commissioner,
is dragging the roads of Beacon and
getting them in fine shape.
Mrs. Burlington, of Illinois, is in
Beacon visiting at the home OF her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sharpe.
II has been several years since she
has been here and many fall TO know
her. She has had much sickness
since leaving Beacon. Her many
friends are glad to see her.
John Brown Is improving his prop
erty, across from the school house
with new single roof
The people are again planting their
gardens. Some of the spots" were
not hurts while other truck was
eompietely frozen out. There is Q
slim chance OF any fruit in this vi
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