The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGES

Noah Dean, Perry, Iowa. ....... .29
1874 and
Lulu May Bemisdorfer, Oskaloosa.22
MEsBERGEN Born, Sunday, June
20, 1918, to Mr.. and Mrs. John Mes
bergen, northwest OF Oskaloosa, a
son
LONJERS - SMALL. - Colorado
Springs (Colo.) News: Miss Emma j.
Small and Mr.. Charles d. Lonjers
were married Wednesday, June IL,
1918, Justice Gowdy performing the
ceremony. A reception was held af-
ter the ceremony at the home OF the
groom's mother, Is West Rio Grande
street. Dancing was enjoyed and re-
freshments were served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lonjers will make Colorado
Springs their home, living for the
present at Is West Rio Grande street.
WOODS. Barbara Ellen Woods
was born May 8, 1858. She was unit
the year 1879 To this union was
born ten children, seven of whom sur
vive her. She died at her home in
1901 Second avenue west,
on Tuesday, June "a. 1913, and was
in White Oak cemetery.
Services were conducted by Mrs.
Aubrey of the Salvation Army. Mrs.
Woods was a good wife, kind and
affectionate mother. She bore her
suffering patiently and was never
heard to complain. She will be great
ly missed in her family circle.
GETTYS.-Roy Gettys, of Evans,
died this Tuesday morning at the
Oskaloosa Hospital, of what is
thought to have been acute infection
of the gall bladder. He had been
sick but comparatively short time
when the case became suddenly seri-
Gus and the boy was taken to the Os-
kaloosa hospital for an operation.
When physicians reached the case
the patient was in no condition for
an operation and death ensued this
morning. I.'5i.# s7s.
Roy Gettys was son of Lee Gettys
of Evans and young man we'll
known and generally liked in his COM
munity. He was 81 years, II months
and Is days of~age at date of death.
He had been engaged in mining and
was a member of the United Mine
Workers of America. Friends ex-
tend sympathy. .... ,... ...
Funeral from the NJ E. church in
Evans, Wednesday, July 2, 1913, and
interment in Butler cemetery.
WHITE--BREWER. - Married, at
Chicago, H., Monday, June 80, 1913,
at 1890 a. m, Miss Helen Grace
Brewer of Chicago, to Mr.. Walter w.
White of Oskaloosa, Rev. ]. c. viii.
Its, pastor of the Central Methodist
Episcopal church of Decatur, Ill, for.
merly district superintendent with
headquarters in Oskaloosa, officiating.
News of the happy event was re-
ceived at the Herald Office this Tues
day morning, in telegram from Mr..
White. The wedding ceremony was
performed at the home of Robert
Fallberg In Chicago, and was OF pri-
vate character. There were present
as witnesses Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
Brewer of Oskaloosa, parents of the
bride, and Miss Esther Fallberg of
Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. White
departed Monday evening upon a
two weeks wedding trip to Buff
falo, Niagara Falls, and cities of
the northeast. Returning to Oska-
loosa they will be at home to friends
at No. sos High avenue east after
August Is. The bride Is a well
known 0skaloosa girl, the only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Brewer,
prominent in the work of the Meth
odist Episcopal church from girlhood
and young woman who has made an
enviable success in the business
world. She is an o. II. s. graduate
and has been connected in a business
way with several Oskaloosa institu
tons. She proved up" on a land
claim in New Mexico and has been
more recently interested in the man
agement of the Gem Variety Store"
in Chicago in partnership with Rob
ert Fallberg, an enterprise in which
they have been successful. She has
been prominent in church and Sun
day school work of the Central Meth.
.odist Episcopal church, and a social
favorite in an extended circle of
friends. Mr.. White has been equally
successful in his business activities
and social life. A son of Mr. and
Mrs. James White, born on farm, he
was early denied the privileges that
came TO many town lad and he
knew the hard work of the farm. He
had to quit school at the end OF the
fifth grade. He came to town as a
lad of seventeen and went to work
for James Sewers in the old Oska-
loosa Times Office, when Fred Palm
.er, now Rev. Palmer of Denver, was
doing local work. He came to the
Herald seventeen years ago under the
administration of A. w. Swain, as
apprentice, then ad man, and has ad-
vanced from place to place until he
was given charge OF circulation
and collections departments. In the
meantime Walter was occupying his
evenings in study. He started in
the academic work at Penn college,
taking the classical course, and ad-
vanced through the first two years of
collegiate work and had taken some
Junior work, completing in all about
five years work at Penn college.
About four years ago Mr.. White join
ed Ray Duboc in the purchase OF the
New Sharon Star from II. ]. Vail, the
paper being a big success under their
management. Walter has been act.
lively identified with work in the