The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
NEW SHARON news
STORM DAMAGE DONE IN NEIGH.
BORHOOD FIRST REFORMED
CHURCH HAS EXTENDED CALL
TO THE REV. j. VS..


In the storm Sunday night new
hen house belonging to Clarence Will
liams was blown over, likewise a
small barn belonging to L. L. Hewitt.
The William Bryan residence was
partly unroofed; several chimneys
were broken off, lawn swings denol-
ished, etc. In the country the dam
age was quite general. Hog houses
were demolished at several farms and
a score of wind mills we're broken.
Several small buildings were dam
aged at the VIII McGriff place, auto
garages at the Stanton Klinker and
Will Fox homes were upset, the Jim
VerSteegh barn was unroofed, roofs
were torn of three buildings at the
DIR. Wallace farm east of town and a
barn at the Williams coal bank was
blown down.
Clio McMains, compositor at the
Star Office, was taken iii last Thurs
day with severe attack of pleusisy
and was confined to his bed for sew
eral days. He Is much improved,
but finds it necessary to take a short
vacation and rest and will not return
to work for a week or more. Miss
Sadie Mitchell, who has been employ
ed as job printer at Davenport, arriv-
ed this afternoon and will assist the
Star force during Mr. McMains' abb
lsence.
The First Reformed church of New
Sharon has extended a call to Rev.
j. Wis to the pastorate of the organ
ization and he has accepted the same
and will begin his work here June l.
Rev. Wis is young man of unusual
ability and thorough training. He is
now in attendance at the Reformed
theological seminary in Wisconsin,
from which institution he will gradu-
ate next month.
Albert Patterson and wife, who
have been spending the past month at
the parental H. c. Crippen home, have
started out with their new company,
playing The White Sister" the most
popular play which has been given
at the local theatre. They reorganiz-
ed their company in New Sharon last
week and reopened the season at
Washington Monday evening.
Miss Alwilda Hill came up from
Washington for an over Sunday visit
and entertained her family at the
Commercial Owing to the bad roads
and weather not all could be present,
so plates were laid for eleven. Miss
Hill returned to her work in the
Washington hospital Monday.
The large barn on a farm near Will
isca, Iowa, owned by the Laramie
Development Company, in which Geo.
II. Barbour is interested, burned
down a few weeks ago and Mr.. Bar
bour went to Villisca Monday to sup
erintend the construction of new
barn in its place.
Dorothy Gable daughter of George
Gable and wife, fell down the base
ment stairs at the school house We'd
nesday morning and sustained a frac-
ture of the coilar bone as well as Sc
rious bruises on her elbow.
Mrs. Dick Lewis, who Is at the
Presbyterian hospital in Chicago re-
cuperating from a recent operation,
Is improving rapidly and expects to be
able to return home the latter part of
this week.
Mrs. Chas. Mott submitted to an
operation last Thursday, DR.. Brock.
man, of Ottumwa, assisting the local
physician. The operation was quite
successful and she is improving nice
iy.
Miss Jessie Duboc, teacher OF math-
ematics in the Bloomington, Ill, high
school. is spending the spring vaca-
ton with her mother and brother In
New Sharon.
Henry Hull, of Oskaloosa, was here
Saturday to see his mother. Mrs. e.
c. Hull. who has been sick for the
past two weeks