The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
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near Allerton, were guests Monday
ut the A. X. Keller home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Gochenour,
& from near Leon, spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Still.
w. p. Newlin was business caller
ut Lineville Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Paxson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Beavers and two
children were guests at the Lewis
Richardson home Tuesday afternoon.
M. w. Beckwith hauled lumber
from Lineville, Tuesday and will
build a new hot house at once, that
will be larger and better than the
one he had last year.
Elmer Johnston, from Dallas
county, NO., who had been visiting
relatives near Allerton, came here
Monday to visit his brother, Homer,
whom he had not seen for IL years,
and his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
"A. X. Keller.
girl, was called home Tuesday by
the illness of her mother, Mrs. Joe
GochenOur, near Leon.
A number from here attended the
Northrup sale west of High Point
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. O. and Mr.. and
MRS. J. H. Lockwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. e. Lentz, Jas. S. Beavers, H. B.
Cox, J. S. Keller and E. J. Still at
tended the funeral of VIM. Kendall,
1t High Point last Monday.
Frank Kendall, from Ware, Tex
rs, has been guest at the Jesse
Still home the past week.
- Jas. F. Newlin hauled cement
blocks from Leon the first of the
week and contemplates building a
chicken house at once to care for
265 chickens he shipped from Inger-
soil. Okla, recently. Later he in
tends building barn and otherwise
Improving his fine farm, north of
town.
Mrs. Vivien Lockwood and Mrs.
Elma Beavers and children spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Minnie WOOL
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Massey were
guests at the Hugh T. Smith home
near High Point, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Beavers, Mr.. and
Beavers and son, Irl, spent Wednes-
day at the country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Beavers.
Charles D. Newlin purchaser a.
fine team of horses of Orie Evans,
south of town last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Petty were
Lineville callers Friday.
]. e. LentZ, Jas. S. and Roy Beav-
ers and c. D. Newlin attended Mrs.
BOyce's sale, north of Garden Grove,
Friday.
Miss Blanche Cartwright assisted
Mrs. Jesse McGhee with the phone
switch va Friday.
Miss LOrene Leachman, of Line
vile, is visiting friends in this COM
munity.
Mrs. Minnie Woolman wishes to
call your attention to the elegant
line of post cards and booklets,
especially appropriate for Easter and
birthdays, syt the post Office building.
w. p. art, Ernest and Chas. D.
Newlin W@re transacting business at
Leon Saturday.
Miss Hildah Riddle spent Sunday
with Miss Lenna King.
a@ Mrs. B. A. and Grace Rayn en-
tertained at dinner Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. D. Newlin and children, Mrs.
Minnie Woolman and children and
Ivan Newlin.
Miss Sarah Coontz went to Leon
Sunday and remained with relatives
until Monday, when she went to her
brothers, H. L. Coontz, near Deca-
tur City, for short visit.
Roy Beavers and family were call
ers at the H. D. Richardson home
Sunday afternoon.
We noticed in last weeks Re-
porter an item Stating there were
but two Mexican War survivors, j.
G. Order, of Garden Grove, and A.
S. Ladd, of Grand River, living in
Decatur county, but we beg to in
form the readers there is one other,
in the person of Mr.. A. X. Keller,
resident of Woodland, who is past
80 years of age, and very active
man for one of his years. He also
served in the Civil War. 1t has
only been one year since he sold his
fine farm, east of here, and moved
to town to live we'll earned re-
tired life.
The Woman lodge met at the B.
A. Y. hall last Friday night, and
there will be special business meet
ing held on Friday evening, Feb. II,
and all members are urged to be
present. Refreshments will be
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Novia S. Beavers
were Sunday guests of Hon. and
Mrs. c. C. Dye.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Lockwood were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. R.
ID. Lockwood.
Mrs. B. A. Rayn visited Friday at
the ]. F. and c.. D. Newlin home.
Mrs. Jas. Konklin and son, We're,
on near Leon, who had been visiting
her mother, Mrs. Mary Beavers, re-
turned home Wednesday evening.
She was accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. Clifford Sells, of Stockton,
Kansas, came last Saturday to at
tend the funeral of her father, VIM.
Kendall, and remained for a few
days visit with relatives.
Mrs. Luretta Fee, of Van Vert,
came Saturday for a visit with her
BROTHER. Joe Gochenour, and rela-
kiuoes IN, fhio u;oiri<,y