The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-25
new SHARON News
STATE SECRETARY VISITS Lo
CAL BRANCH C. w. q. M.-REv
kEARNS' GRANDMOTHER is
DEAD AT PARALTA.
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Miss Annette Newcomer of Des
Moines. state secretary of the c. W.
B. NJ, was in New Sharon last Thurs
day afternoon and was present at the
meeting of the New Sharon auxiliary
at the Mrs. NJ. d. Myer home. Miss
Newcomer has recently returned from
a trip through our foreign mission
fields and her afternoon address was
much enjoyed and very profitable
meeting was held. Several members
of the Union Mills Auxiliary were
present, including Rev. Hargis and
wife. Two life memberships were
taken out and first annual payment
on a third. There were about fifty
present
Rev. F. V. Kearns was called to
Paralta, Iowa, Sunday by the death
of his grandmother. The dispatch
was delayed in some way and he
did not receive the word until Sunday
morning. He secured an automobile
in which to make the trip, going with
'Rastus Shadley and Mont powers,
and arrived there while the funeral
was being held. Rev. kearns' father
in-Iaw is also dangerously i'll. Rev.
Kearns has had his full share Hof
grief since his wife's recent sudden
death and friends extend to him their
warmest sympathy.
The Union township Sunday school
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Sunday was very largely attended.
The program was carried out as
printed and the following officers
elected John Steddom, president;
Mrs. J. II. Allen. vice president; Miss
Pearl Jenkins. secretary; Henry Fish.
er, treasurer
Mrs. Palmer Jones, formerly Miss
Pansy BrOyles. of near Barnes City,
was hurried to the hospital in Des
Moines last Wednesday night for
serious operation An enlarged alb
dominal tumor was removed and her
condition was such that physicians
say a delay in making the operation
would have resulted in certain death.
Street Commissioner George
Leichtle has been doing a good work
the past week in cleaning out and
repairing the fire hydrants of the
city. There are twenty-three hy-
drants and most of them had not
been used for so long that they had
become frozen and rusted.
Mrs. Chas. Shroyer returned Sun
day from the hospital in Des Moines
where she recently underwent an op-
Grafton. She Is recovering as rapidly
as could be expected. Her brother.
w T. Wehrle. of Taintor, accompan-
led her home.
The ladies' rest room supported by
New Sharon business men is a splen-
did thing and the accommodation 1t
is to hundreds of women each week
fully justifies the expense of main
tanning it. Mrs. Bates is matron.
The Citizens State Bank today re-
ceived it's appointment as U. S. de-
pository to receive postal savings
bank funds. The New Sharon post
office will be equipped for receiving
postal savings deposits after August
LIST.
Assistant Postmaster N. NJ. Eaton
received word this morning of the
serious illness of his sister, Mr.. Clara
Dobkins. at Morris. MINI, and he
and his mother will leave at midnight
tonight to visit her.
Mrs J. NJ Wood returned Monday
from a two months visit at Milwau-
kee. Wis. with her daughter, Mrs. H.
A. Guetzkow. who with her two
daughters accompanied her home.
A baby boy was born Sunday. July
IA. to P. c. Welle. assistant cashier
of the First National Bank, and wife.
Mother and babe are doing nicely.
The new steel road drag recently
purchased by the town of Sharon ar
rived last week and was given
workout on the streets.
W x. Neill and wife are happy
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