Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-30
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I.attended the Drummers' Asso-
citation at Pennington nine years
ago and again last week. | could
not help from noticing how much
better this one was than that nine
years ago. The town was beauti-
fully decorated and the attend
ance much larger. On the second
day there must have been 10000
people present. The drummers
are a lively bunch. They had a
quartet in the lobby of the hotel
that completely captivated me.
Most of the songs were southern
melodies and that just suited me.
They wound up with the famous
"Houn Dawg Song" which was
simply fine. The Salvation Army
was also there and drew a crowd.
The automobile parade from Flat
River and Bonne Terre was the
finest thing l ever saw. The races
by the boys and girls at Carlton
College grounds were quite anus
ing. The Fat Mems Race was
the best of all. Geo. W. Morris of
Pennington won the prize, 200 Id.
barrel of flour. l notice that there
were no drunken men in the par
ty. Nine years ago half of the
boys were full, but they have cut
that out and thank God for it. |
also notice that the automobiles
have cut down the business of the
electric road greatly. Half the
people now go to DeLassus In au-
tomobiles. Several candidates
were on hand looking after their
interests.
Our public school closed Fri
day. This has been a successful
year and we are proud of the work
our school has been doing. The
entertainment by the older pupils
Friday afternoon was fine. The
program consisted of dialogues,
declarations and Rotations, and
the house was crowded. The pri-
mary room had exercises Thurs
day afternoon and the little ones
recited we'll. They also had some
drawings and other work which
were fine and the patrons were
we'll pleased. Prof. Mckee will be
employed again for next year.
Miss Keathley will quit teaching
and enter a business college. The
primary teacher has not yet been
employed for next year, but there
are a number of applicants.
A lerge crowd attended the me-
mortal services here Sunday. Ow-
ing to the rain the sermon in the
morning was preached at the Bap-
tist church by Rev. Abernathy. He
delivered a good sermon for the
occasion. In the afternoon at the
cemetery Rev. Strother conducted
the services and preached a fine
sermon to a large crowd. We sang
the good old-fashioned songs and
it did me good to see all our dear
friends meet together again, with
the dear old hand shake, and may
we live better each day so we may
meet again our friends whom We
have laid on yonder hill. Many
friends brought flowers and deco
rated loved ones graves. Our
cemetery looked like a flower gar
den and it does me good to see the
interest all have taken in cleaning
off their graves and keeping up
our cemetery. We can boast the
best kept cemetery in Iron county.
Mrs. John Parrish and little
grandson, Raymond McKensie, at
tended the memorial services Sum
day.
Mrs. John Polk and children at
tended memorial services here and
made a visit with her sister, Mrs.
VIM. Hughes.
Mrs. j. l.. Strader is visiting her
son and family at Hogan.
Walter Hickman, who is work.
ing on the Belmont branch, spent
Sunday at home.
Mrs. Ed Hicks has gone to Will
low Springs to join her husband.
Judge Schmidt was In st. Louis
last week. ISAAC.
Remember "A. Rieke & Son sell
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