The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-11
Davis City.

| Inc DdVlS ClCy TcuulOu COIululLLcS
held their annual election on April
3rd and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, j
F. Parker; Secretary, w. l.. Severe;
Treasurer, DR.. G. p. Reed; Conces-
sions, p. F. Farley. The dates set
for the reunion are August goth to
23rd inclusive.
| Last Saturday quite a number Of
the old wheel scrapers and teams
were unloaded at the depot in Davis
City and on Monday morning work
was commenced on a new switch sid
ing, and it is reported that the rail
road company cOntemplates several
other improvements in addition to
the new pump house which has al
ready been completed.
Mrs Emma Black left last Friday
| for Dubuque, Iowa, for a two weeks
| visit at the home of her son, DR.. John
Horton.
Mrs, F. M. Kicks held her MILL
! merry opening last Friday and Satur-
day.
Otto Wheeler moved out near La
moni last Monday and will live on a
farm the coming season. 49,
Dick Scott and family spent Easter
Sunday at the home of his brother,
Charles, in the country.
Dick Scott made trip to Des
Moines the past week.
Grandma Hemilrfch went to Leon
Saturday where she will make her
home with her son-in-law Gus Brig
gaman.
Quite a number of the school pu-
pills attended the funeral of their
schoolmate, Miss Helen Kerrins, at
Pleasanton last Monday.
Jenus Cummings and wife left last
Tuesday for trip to Washington
and other points on the Pacific
coast. They expect to be gone per-
laps all summer.
William Kimball received Monday
new cement block machine and
will commence at once to make &C.
ment blocks.
DR.. Harry Harmon spent Sunday
with his mother in this city.
DR.. Wales and family and Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. Gates attended the
funeral of Miss Helen Kerrins at
Pleasanton last Monday.
Prof. Dutton filled his regular APP
pointment at the M. E. church in
Pleasanton last Sunday.
The NJ. E. Ladies Aid held a sale
last Saturday in the F. M. Freeman
building on Bridge street.
Mrs. Grace Reick, of GAINESVILLE,
No., is visiting Davis City relatives
this week.
Mrs. Willis Cornett, of Promise
City, was looking after business in
Davis City the past week.
Mrs. Laura Mitchell, Of Weldon,
was in our city the past week, called
here by the sickness and death of
her grandfather Hemelrich.
Mrs. George Howell, of Omaha. is
a guest of her grandparents, VIM.
Frazier and wife, of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H., A. Hartshorn, OF
Lamont, were making their farewell
visits on old friends and relatives in
Davis City the past week. 1t is with
regret we note that this most es-
teemed family will leave in few
days to make their future home in
Canada. va
= Mrs. G. G. Grimes was an over
night visitor with relatives in Leon
Saturday.
Mrs. VIM. Frazier and Mrs. Rose
Hembrey entertained the New Cen
tury and Priscilla Clubs at the home
of Mrs. Frazier on Tuesday of last
week.
Mrs. L. Mitchell, of Leon, was a
guest at the home of her sister-in-
law. Mrs. Alta Rogers and other Da-
Wis City relatives the past week.
Gus Briggaman and daughters, OF
e.,
Hemelrich in this city last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Alice Berg, of Omaha, John
Hemelrich, of Benson, Neb., and w.
C. Hemelrich and wife, of st. Joe,
were in attendance at the funeral OF
their father, Grandpa Hemelrich, in
this city last Thursday.
Miss Helen Wales spent part of
last week at the home of Charles
Kerrins, near Pleasanton.
O. E. Grimes, of Gilman, Mo-, ar
rived last Friday for visit with his
mother, Mrs E. S. Grimes.
Mrs. Annie Gardner, of near Leon,
was an over night visitor of Mrs. J.
K. Beasley last Wednesday to attend
the funeral of her old time friend,
Mr.. Gus Hemelrich
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman McClain
spent Sunday with friends in the
country.
VIM. Bowman, an old time Davis
City boy, but now of King City, Mo-,
was calling on old friends in our
city last Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Mitchell, who has been
in the city the past week helping
care for her mother, Mrs. E. S.
Grimes, left Monday for her home in
Des Moines.
Mrs. Elmer Burrell, Mrs. Mel
Gochenour and VIM. West and wife
all came in Sunday from St. Joe with
the remains of Miss Stella Burrell,
which were brought here for burial.
Miss Cecil Grimes and brother,
Forest, of Leon, were visitors in our
city Sunday.
The society event of the past week
was social dance at the opera house
with the Lamont orchestra furnish
ing the music. Musicians all report
a nice time.
Several Easter dinner parties and
picnics were on the program for the