The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-05

D. w. Watsabaugh, Of Laurel.
Montana, who is listing at Davis
City, was visitor in this city last
Thursday. Mrs. Watsabaugh, who
was recently operated upon at Cres-
| ton for an ailment of her eyes is
| getting along very nicely.
VIM. Cowl, who had been visiting
for a couple of weeks at the home
of his sister, Mrs. F. S. Stewart, in
this city, departed Saturday for his
home in Omaha, Neb., stopping over
Sunday to visit friends at Alton,
where he formerly resided.
Miss Lottie Cozad, who has been
teaching the past year in the public
schools at Salesville, Montana, ar
rived in Leon last Thursday morning
1 and will spend the summer vacation
at the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. C. Cozad, in this city,.
Capt. J. d. Brown and wife re-
turned Saturday evening from spend
ing few days at Des Moines and
Knoxville, where Capt. Brown was
| looking after matters connected with
with his Office of department COM
member of the G. A. R. of Iowa.
| G.. L. Sage, of southwest of Leon,
returned Monday from Washington.
Iowa, where he was called to attend
the funeral of his father, Mr.. E. w.
Sage, who died last Thursday at the
advanced age of 80 years. Funer-
al services were held at Washington
on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. F. F. Bedier and son Logan
arrived last Thursday from Grand
Junction, Colorado, for visit with
friends in this city. Logan is man
ager of big beet sugar factory at
Grand Junction, and had to make a
hurried trip, leaving Friday, but
! Mrs. Bedier will remain here for sew
eral weeks. g.,
Prof. Brent Tye, of Pleasanton,
passed through this city Tuesday,
returning from Fonda, Iowa, where
he attended the commencement ex-
ercises, his sister, Miss Dot Tye, of
Pleasanton, being one of the grad
yates, and his brother, Prof. Charles
Tye, being superintendent of the
Fonda schools. 20 ~.
| Miss Blanche Stark, of Mancllest-
err Oklahoma, who has been attend
ing school at Hartwick, Iowa, the
past year, passed through this city
last Friday. She had intended. ar
irving in Leon the day before to visit
over night with her friend, Miss
Elsie Mitchell, but missed her train
in Des Moines. ...
Warren Little, one of the good
farmers living south of Lamont, was
in Leon Monday along with several
others asking that the board select
the road running south from Lamont
to the Missouri state line as one of
the county highways, and they had
some mighty good reasons why it
should be designated.
Miss Virginia West returned to
her home near DeKalb, Friday, at
ter few days visit at the home of
her brother, Dr., W. R. West, in this
city. Her brother, Virgil West, who
| has been attending the Leon High
School the past year, returned home
| with her and will spend the sum-
mer vacation at the home of his par
entS.
Miss Nita Cherry, one of the pri-
mary teachers in the Leon Schools,
! went to Des Moines Saturday where
she will visit for week with her
mother, Mrs. Zoa Cherry, and then
goes to Chicago for a visit of several
!! weeks with relatives and friends.
Miss Cherry will return to Leon next
| September to resume her duties as
primary teacher. <,%
Miss DOttis Hutchinson, the pOpu
lar music teacher in the Leon public
schools the past year, departed Fri
day for her home in MonteZuma,
Iowa. Miss Hutchinson has been re-
elected as music teacher in this city
for next year, but it is doubtful
whether she will return, as she has
a fattering offer to teach in Wash
ington state the coming year
F. E. Thompson, the we'll known
travelling salesman for Marshall
Field & Co., formerly Of Leon, but
for several years a resident of Des
Moines, dropped in last Friday morn
ing and visited until the afternoon
train with his many friends in this
city. He is the same old Frank,
getting older and grayer, but still
has a warm spot in his heart for
Leon, where he resided for so many
years.
Miss Geraldine Shonts, one of the
teachers in the Leon High School
the past year, departed Friday for
Iowa City, where she will attend the
comm encement exercises this week,
and then goes to her home at Cor
rectionyille, Iowa, tosspends the snm-
er vacation. She will return to
Leon next year, having accepted
position as teacher III A the h High
School at Usage. Iowa. During her.
stay in. this city Miss Shonts made