The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-31
LYNNviLLE BOY MAKING GOOD
IN SCHOOLS OF THE WEST
MR.. AND MRS. o. WiLDMAN ARE
GIVEN A SURPRISE.
(Lynnville Star, July 20

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The day of the bronco buster and
cowboy is past, at least In this coun-
TRY. Monday morning E. B. Macy
was seen coming into town about z
O'Clock in his automobile driving a
car load of big fat steers ahead of
him bound for the cars. The steers
did not seem at all excited and were
slowly picking their way along.
Floyd Renaud came up from Oska-
loosa Monday for weeks visit with
relatives and friends of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shreeve and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peacock of Oskaloosa and Mrs.
Mildred Carter of Albert Lea, Mime
sofa, were visiting Sunday at the
ozro Meredith home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah of Oskaloosa
came Saturday for brief visit with
Mrs. Noah's niece, Mrs. Rose Jones.
The Chit Chat club met at H. A.
Ratcliff's Thursday afternoon, July IT,
| The afternoon was profitably spent in
Embroidery and conversation. Later
| In the afternoon, light refreshments
were served, after which the girls
went over to the tennis court and
tried their skill and they did very
/ well, 1t being the first time for some
and they probably outplayed some of
the experienced ones.
Four cars of hogs were shipped
| Thursday afternoon. Macy Bros. has
one. Earl and John Van Vark went
with them-Earl as far as Peoria and
John as far as Keithsburg.
Macy Bros. shipped three cars of
cattle Monday afternoon to the Nor
rell & Co. packing firm at Ottumwa.
They also shipped three cars of hogs
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Wildman were sur
lprised last Sunday by the arrival of
their son, l.. B., of Oskaloosa, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Taylor
and Miss Matte Fuller, also of Oska-
loosa, and Miss Bernice Wildman, a
granddaughter of Keokuk. Mrs.
Taylor and daughter, Miss Fuller,
were former friends of the family at
New Sharon and Mrs. Taylor's for
mer husband being a business part
ner of the elder Wildman during the
1905 under the firm name of Wildman
& Fuller. The G. F. Briggs and G. w.
Wildman families were also guests at
the home and in the evening Grand
mother" Wildman, who has been con-
fined to the house for the past twenty
years and having never been off the
home place since moving to Lynnville
was persuaded to take ride in Mr.
Taylor's auto. AS well as being the
first time away from her home in all
these years, it was her first auto ride
and she can now say she has ridden
in everything from the OK cast to the
auto. .a- .a..
A surprise was given Sunday after
noon on Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Renaud
at the late Mary Sherman home. Re-
freshments of ice cream and cake
were served, and all left in the even
ing for their homes. They all report
fine time. b. ..... .-.
Frank Poots, graduate of the
Lynnville schools, is making good in
f, the west. He went to Tacoma last
year and was elected superintendent
of one of the large schools there and
this summer before starting home he
was notified of his election as super
intendent of the jefferson school,
which is much larger and has 500 stu
dents and in which work he receives
an advance of $500 per year. Frank
| is spending the summer with his
mother, Mrs. Nancy Poots, and with
his brothers here and expects to re-
turn the latter part of August.
| The Epworth League of the Sully
=, M. E. church gave what they called a
1913 social at the Arthur Briggs home
west of town on last Wednesday even
ing. Everyone that went had to go
through the gate and they were COM
PEELED to pay penny admission.
They were also compelled to, register
and it was reported that one hundred
and twenty-five persons registered
Frank Ratcliff came up from Oska-
lloosa for visit Sunday at the paren-
tai A. A. Ratcliff home. His mother
and father and sister Mary took him
to Searsboro Sunday evening.