The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-04-20
BEN ROOF AND FAMILY RETURN
TO FREMONT - BAPTIST s U NJ
DAY SCHOOL BOYS HOLD Al
CHICKEN SUPPER.
Clipped from the Gazette.)

d die suppers. The boys certainly b,
:, lieve in doing things. They cleare
better than twenty-one dollars wit
/. which they expect to get librar
d table for the church and apply tn
:. balance on new carpet. A littl
d over a year ago these boys gave
2 social, little on the same order a
n this one, clearing twenty-five dollars
0 which they gave to their teacher
S Mrs. Edmund Brown, to apply on he
hospital expense, where she was a
( that time, having just underwent al
t operation. The boys are hustlers
Y from the word go" and with a little
, encouragement from their elders will
make useful men in the church and
community. he members of the
/. class are Lincoln Akermn. George
, Webster Fellers, Deyern Austin, Har
. ry Cook, Clarence Caves, Tom Ben
Scarborough, John Buckley, Charlie
Gardner. Floyd Cosby, Dell Whit
: more, Glenn Mckinley, Carl Wolf
: vergil Raphel, Clyde McVey, Guy
Elliott and Willie Howard.
Ben Roof, of Boulder, Colo, arriv-
ed Thursday to make Fremont his
home. He will engage in the hard
ware and implement business with
his brother, Guy Roof, and he at
once entered upon his work in the
store. Mrs. Roof and the son arrived
Tuesday and they will go to house
keeping in the Mrs. Emeline Roof
house at the corner of Main nd Chest
nut streets. Ben has had five years
experience in the hardware business
and will make a valuable acquisition
to the store, and the family will be
gladly welcomed to Fremont in both
church and social circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. T. Mills, who left
relatives, arrived home Thursday for
short visit and to attend to bust
ness matters. They have been visit.
ing their children in Iowa and Colo
RADIO, and have had a most delightful
time, although the past few weeks
Mrs Mills has been slightly i'll. They
left Tuesday for Northwood, Iowa,
where they will stay for time at
the home of their daughter. Mrs. Ella
Gardner.
Miss Grace Votaw came down from
Oskaloosa Friday evening and remain,
ed over Sunday at the home of her
father, NJ. E. Votaw. Miss Votaw is
student of Penn College at Oska-
loosa and is one of the bright minds
of the institution. She is member
of the Penn Glee Club, being the
reader, and has met with unqualified
success during the numerous engage !
ments the past two seasons.
The regular meeting of the Ruth |
Cleaners was held at the home OF
Misses Clara and Lucy Cook Satur |
day afternoon. After a study of the
Life of Joseph, refreshments were
served and a social time was indulg.
ed in. The next meeting will be held /
at the home of the Misses Rena and !
Jessie Triplett. The study will be
on the Fathers of the Twelve Tribes |
The degree staff of the Fremont
Rebekah Lodge initiated two mem
bers for the Rebekah lodge at Wright
The work was we'll worth seeing and /
was appreciated by all present.
There we're about eighty present. A
supper of sandwiches, coffee, pickles,
ice cream and cake was served.
The Modern Woodmen had a big
time at their hall Thursday evening
Six candidates were initiated. after
which lunch was served. Over fifty
members were present and an en-
joyable evening spent. There are
four or five candidtes to be initiated
the next meeting night
Mr.. and Mrs. John Purdin moved
Monday to their farm a mile north of
Fremont. They were occupying the |
residence of Mrs. Emeline Roof. Mr..
Purdin has erected on his farm a |
scale and automobile house and is
contemplating improvements on the
residence.
Carsons Wonders, the crack ball
team of Fremont, went to Martins |
burg Sunday and won a game by the
score of 10 to 8. The boys are round
ing into form and will likely keep up i
the same winning gait they had en-
joyed the past few seasons.
L. +. Henderson was in Oskaloosa
Friday attending the meeting OF the
Hornets Nest Brigade. Although Mr.. |
Henderson was not member of this |
brigade, he was in the army and was
an interested attendant. of the meet !
ing.
w. G. Mcdowell and NJ. Z. Smith |
returned Saturday from Charles City |
Iowa, where they went to look at |
some land. They found about eight !
inches of snow in that part of the
state.
Mrs. s. T.. Garrett had her house !
reshingled last week. Ed Lynch gave
his house the same treatment and
the residence OF Mrs. s. A. Cook |
north of town, has new shingles on
il.
The board Of supervisors has ap.
pointed j. A. Baitsell justice OF the
peace and Walter Ollom, constable,
to fill vacancies In Cedar township
Both good appointments and both
needed.
Regular services at the Christian