The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-02-05

Johnson administration, and a great
i upheayel is predicted, with the repub-
licans again riding the elephant to
lsuccess.
i Going back to Pasadena,-the chief
of the Fire Department is a FORMER
Oskaloosa boy, Mr.. A. M. Clifford.
:, Three other members of the depart.
ment also got their training in Os'
kaloosa. And going down the street
the other day, riding a bicycle with
the alacrity of boy, we saw our old
friend, 5. p. Harmon. He does not
look a day older than he did 20
Iyears ago. Charles Dix and Il. G.
Young are two other former towns
men we have talked with. Cora Dix
living at Los Angeles, is Secretary of
the OskalOosa society which is main
tanned here. They had picnic at
Sycamore Park not long ago and
about 1870 were present. They also
tell us that Paul Sioux, President
and General Manager of the Pacific
Electric System, got his education in
our schools and that Mrs. Walter
Raymond, wife of the proprietor of
the great hotel bearing his name, was
former Oskaloosa girl Guess we
would better get city directory and
send it home for publication, so no
omissions will occur.
And then we know this to be fact,
that I'D. Hopkins, Assessor of Los
Angeles, with several hundred asSis-
Ia n.ly lao n
boy by birth, son of DR.. Hopkins, well
known to the citizens Of an early
day. On the 2Sth of December, or
Whereabouts, the Iowa people living
in Los Angeles held banquet at the
Hollenbeck hotel to celebrate the an
Iniversary of the admission OF the
state into the Union. About two.
hundred were present, and J. A. Rom
niger, who married Margie Baker,
was the toast master Mrs. ChaS.
Needham, our former court reporter,
sponded to IA toast, and they say she
made the hit of the evening. George
Howard has a fine business at Eagle
Rock, and Tom White is doing well
at Ontario. Mrs. c. w. Carter, who
as Miss Clemmie Perdue, helped to
teach this young idea how to shoot,
is now pleasantly located in a fine
home in Pasadena. She has an inter
esting family of six children, four of
whom have graduated from the Grin
nell College Her sister, Mrs. Mary
Leighton lives nearby, in Bowen's
, Court-and that reminds me of a
very pleasant evening we spent with
her talking especially Of Herald and
city history, which she knows so well.
As it was raining hard the other
Sunday morning, we did not go to
"our church" but stopped in at the
First Methodist church to hear Rev.
Matt Hughes. AS we were late, they
put us in the bald headed row,-we
beg your pardon, the amen corner.
But as Rev. r. B. Hughes, formerly
! Presiding Elder of the Oskaloosa Dis
trict and Mr. A. G. Hull of New Shar-
on were there, we felt perfectly safe
and very much at home. We also
got along with the services very well,
except when they started to read the
Psalter, we stood up. AS the other
four or five hundred kept their seats
we sat down,-not wishing to expose
the ignorance yof so many people all
at once. After the services we re.
manned to speak to Rev. Hughes, not
because he was especially anxious to
see us, but because we felt like thank
! ing him over again for good turn
The once did us. 1t was a long time
ago at old Simpson Church in Oska-
loosa. The Iowa Conference came to
| town and it fell to our lot to make a
report of the meeting. Methodism
was all Greek TO us, and in our at
! temptS to make our tongue and pen
| Gil fit the occasion, we were making
some awful breaks. Noting our en-
barrassment, the Secretary came to
our aid and made the matter from
there on, easy sailing. That Secre-
tary was Matt Hughes and we al
ways have had a warm spot in our
heart for him. In fact we think that
he also, like his distinguished broth
er, DR. Ed. Hughes, should be bish-
Op in the Methodist church.
The First Methodist Church of Pas.
adena is not unlike Central M. E.
Church. only the pulpit is to one side
instead of at the end of the building.
The audience room is about the same
size. with the galleries and folding
doors to enlarge the auditorium when
occasion demands. Being located on
one of the most prominent corners
OF the city it is naturally rendezvous
for the tourists, and the attendance
is usually much larger than the men,
bership might warrant. The morn
ing we were there four persons were
accepted into membership by letter.
One came from Vienna, one from Dub
lin, one from Austin, Texas and one
from New Hampshire. This tends to
show the cosmopolitan make up of
all Pasadena and Southern California
organizations. Here in Pasadena, al
so is Rev. J. p Mcknight, now pastor
of the First Christian church and do
ing a great work We have not met
him yet, but are going to hear him
if our time holds out. Rev. Bob"
Burdett is also located here, but is
not working at his trade just now.
We would hesitate in going to hear
Bob" as we might think of the fun
ny things he used to write for the
Burlington Hawkeye, and be tempted
to work off on him a nickel with a
hole in il that the street car men re-
fISa and tho nawchoyS will NOT ac-