The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-01-09

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I bell rang out. the old and rang in tn
NEW year, greetings were exchanged
> tgood- nights spoken aud all returne,
ito their homes voting the evening
well spent and one of the best socia
: times we have yet enjoyed. And VI
Twill all look forward with longing eye
, flor the next meeting of this kind.
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, The Rev. and Mrs ID. w. Witha.n
. of Rose Hill, were the victims OF !
, very pleasant surprise ON the even
; ling of New Years day They were
called from the M. e. parsonage t.
, the church to what purported to BIZ
Ian peeting yeSfths ,ofiicial board of the
I church. and found a merry crowd Of
! about sixty pafishioners and friends
lof the ch1rch laden with bundles
sacks and baskets containing one Of
the largest and finest donations evel
received by them during the years
lof their pastoral labors The Rev
i Mitham thanked the donors in q
islpech. for SO kindly remembering
lhfinself and family, after which a
pheasant hour was passed In music
land conversation, while generous
ltreatof candy was much enjoyed and
Especially by the younger people
present. The affair bespeaks the
thigh regard in which the Rev. With.
am is held by the church and com.
immunity. The company dispersed
with many wishes for a happy and
prosperous new year for the pastor
and his family.
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An enjoyable dancing party given
| Thursday evening, under the auspices
of Messrs. Wood, Black and Smith,
at Armory hail. was enjoyed by a
company of the young society people
place for the dance and the old Ar
mory hall was at its best. The social
was a pleasant affair throughout,
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On last evening good represent
alton of the membership and friends
of the First Reformed church walked
into the home of their pastor and
wife with well filled baskets, prepared
for merry evening together. They
had it, too. The affair was an entire
surprise on Rev. and Mrs. Loehr; and
this fact in itself added much to the
pleasure of the occasion,-from the
standpoint of the visitors They
took possession of the house. served
ia light lunch, and left the larder
crammed full enough to last for some
time to come.
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Mrs. VIM Fitzpatrick, III A avenue
east, was hostess to the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of Cen
trail M. E. church on Friday after
neon Sixty of the members and
friends OF the society assembled for
the first meeting in 1913. Prayer In
Truth" was the theme of the devo-
ttonal service. led by Mrs. Mary
Norman This is to be especially
Year of Prayer in the missionary So
cieties and the Call to Prayer" sent
out by the Branch President was
read by the Corresponding Secretary.
Notice of the Branch Quarterly meet
inS, to be held at the First Methodist
church. 10th and Pleasant SITS, Des
Moines. Friday, Jan. 10, was given.
Miss Itulu Golisch of Chentu. China:
Miss Mildred Simonds, Vikerabad,
India; Miss Kate Nichols, Rangoon,
Burma; Miss Elsie Reynolds. Bassim,
India, will address the meeting Miss
Golisch Is niece of Mrs. CIV
Abrams. and will visit her aunt after
this meeting, The following program
under the direction of Mrs. Geo. Rus
sell was then given:
Vocal Solo, He Leadeth Me-" Miss
Edith Hoffman.
The Law of the 1.-THE was the
theme of an interesting talk by Mrs.
&. l.. Stafford. ..., ~ ..,.-.
Violin Solo, by Miss Clarice Chris
we'll.
q Conditions of Effective Prayer"
was laid very tenderly and helpfully
upon the hearts of those present, by
Mrs. T.. a. Smith.
Reading. Praying For Shoes, Miss
Ruth Norman.
Mrs. j. B. McCurdy gave an inter
esting review of the second chapter
of the text book, on The Women Of
China"
The program was closed with
brilliant piano solo by Miss Griest
During the social hour that follow
ed, refreshments were served by the
hostess and her helpers. and the af.
ternoon was far spent when the COM
.pany dispersed. One new member
was received. The February meet
ing will be held with Mrs. S. NJ. Rob-
ertson, 32S North B street.
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I Miss nellie Without and Mrs. Chas.
C. Roe entertained a number of young
lady friends Wednesday evening in
honor of their sister Clara. The af-
fair was made the occasion for the
announcement of the date of mar
rage of their sister to Mr.. Walter
Lyle, January %. At each of the
places at the table were dainty Jap
anese place cards. A two course
luncheon was served and during the
last course came the announcement
sealed with a gold heart. concealed
in. nutshell tied with yellow ribbon.
Chapter X, p. 4. o.. met at the
home of Mrs. A. G. Spugrin, No. 623
North B street, Saturday, Jan. 4, 1913.
Mrs. I. o. Kemble assisted Mrs. Spur
gin. in entertaining the Chapter. This
being the first meeting of the new
year, no special program was provid.
ed, but the meeting took on the form
OF happy New Year social, each
lady having her thimble and needle
to while away the. time. After usual
business meeting and reports OF COM
mittees as to work done during the