The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-12
LYNNV|LLE LOCALS
Jim THOMPSON CLAIMS TO BE
some" HuskER AND Is Nor
AvERsE TO MEETING OTHER
CHAMPIONS.
(Lynnville Star. Dec -

Uynnville Star, Dec. 81
z. +. Conover and wife left Mon
day for Cleveland, Ohio, where they
expect TO meet the foreign mission
board to make final arrangements In
regard to their work In the mission
held where they expect to 60 in a
few days. They have arranged to
take up the work at Kisumu. British
East Africa. Frank will have charge
of the agricultural department and
Mrs. Conover will look after the re.
ligious welfare of the natives. They
have agreed to remain with the work
for five years and Frank has leased
his big farm here for the same time.
The Roydens left last Tuesday
morning for their new home at Scotch
Grove, Iowa. For three years they
have been with us and during that
| time have won nothing but praise for
their manliness and upright habits of
life. Not only splendid business men,
but also men with the higher ideals of
life, ideals that went far toward max.
ling their life pleasant one both for
themselves and for those with whom
they came in contact.
| The poor old IN. & st. l.. Limited"
went off the track at Taintor, conse-
quently We got no mail Thursday.
Levi Copeland and wife, of Fair
field, Iowa, have been visiting here,
at Kellogg, Searsboro and New Shar-
on for several days. They returned
to their homes the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. p. Sparks enter.
tained at their home last Saturday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. S. Payton, Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Armstrong, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Graham and family, and
Mrs. Endfield of Newton. A two
course dinner was served and a most
delightful time was enjoyed together
! On Nov. q, at the farm of George
Shaffer who lives near Laurel Jim
Thompson of this place husked 205
bushels OF corn in eight hours, max
ling the first ITO bushels In three
hours and thirty minutes and the last
SO bushels in four hours and thirty
minutes. Four men witnessed this
remarkable performance and the We
lracity OF the statement cannot be
doubted. Jim would not be at all
ayerse TO take ON some of the other
champions OF the state
Starting with last week the Star
will be under different management.
The Messrs. Guy Sparks and Guy
Hixon have undertaken that pleasant
task of issuing it every week
Tuesday evening, Nov. 26, COM
pany of young people were delightful,
ny entertained at the home of L.. G.
Renaud. The evening was spent in
playing football, prizes being given
to the winning team, after which a
lsplendid two course supper was sery-
led by the hostess.
| The High school football team en-
ljoyed a bountiful supper at the Royal
Cafe Thursday night in spite of their
rather bitter defeat at Newton. While
the team failed to make touchdowns
lat Newton, they sure did run up
mighty score on Mrs. Wright's splen.
4 did supper. While OF course there
was not so much leyity in evidence as
would have been had the score been
different, everybody seemed to enjoy
themselves to the utmost. Thirty
iplates were laid and one 2l.pound tur-
key and half another were consumed,
not to mention the other good things,
J, before they cried enough
John Wesgerhof got mixed up with
one OF his colts last week and suffered
q badly bruised leg as a result He
was trying to get the horses through
a gate when one of them ran against
him knocking him down and striking
ibis leg, causing bad bruise.
! Omar Hadsall was the victim of a
very painful accident last week.
While driving the cattle through the
timber, his horse ran under limb of
a tree, throwing him to the ground
land breaking two bones in his wrist.
Raymond Renaud, who is attending
Penn college, spent his Thanksgiving
vacation at home.
| Miss Marie Hull, of Oskaloosa, spent
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
at the home OF her sister, Mrs. Mel
vim Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Perry are the
proud parents Of an eight pound boy
born last Friday morning at the Ira
Wingfeld home.
Mrs. David Meredith entertained at
a turkey dinner Tuesday evening at
seven o'clock. in honor of Mrs. Alma
Swift, Friends, missionary from ia
maica, West Indies.
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