The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
LYNNVILLE LOCALS
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR SOCIAL
WAS A BIG SUCCESS. NEW BEL.
FRY COMPLETED AND THE OLD
BELL MAKES MUSIC.
lLynnyllle star, Dec. 3D.

! David Meridith and wife entertain
ed company OF friends in theiI
home on Thanksgiving day A most
delicious dinner. composed of every
thing suitable to the occasion waS
served at l O'Clock p. m, the day be-
| ing a very enjoyable one for all pres
ent. Besides their son, Clifford, who
was home from Penn, the guests
were Rev. Doan and family, Mother
Doan, A. T. Clifford, son and mother
and Mrs. Mary Renaud. ~
The social given at the Friends
church by the Christian Endeavor so
ciety last Friday evening was a de-
cided success. The attendance was
good; the program fine and every
one had good time Pumpkin pie
and milk, and peaches and cake were
served which netted the society over
$1400. ''
The Thanksgiving services at the
church were fine. The house was
crowded to its utmost and the sermon
by Rev. Lusk OF Newton, was splend-
i'd as also was the singing by the
choir. There was very large
amount of clothing donated for the
orphans home at Council Bluffs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmers Johnson
autoed to Qskaloosa Wednesday to
spend Thanksgiving with their per
ents and from there drove on to OF
tumwa to met a friend, Miss Ber-
nice Childress, who was coming
from Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt.
Pleasant, to spend her vacation at
home. u.
The new belfry on the school
house has been completed and now
the tones of the old school bell make
welcome music for the citizens of our
town. and there is not so much diff
Guilty in knowing when to send the
children to school.
The old shoe shop, until recently
coupled by S. H. Shahan, has been
moved to position facing the east
on the south end Of the same lot
and the old location graded down and
leyeled until the appearances are
greatly helped.
Mrs. John Ulrich and baby of Pei
la who have been visiting for the
past two weeks with her father, MIR.
Van Wyngarden at Newton, came
here on Tuesday and went out home
with her brother, John, who lives
near Galesburg.
Mr.. d. Sjaardema and family au-
toed to Leighton Saturday to attend
the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. F. >Sjaardema. he is a bro
Their of Mr.. Sjaardema and she is
sister of Mrs Sjaardema.
rnft,RnnH hnr
home in New Sharon after a four
weeks visit at the home of her son,
George Taylor. She was accompan.
led by Miss Tempo Taylor who went
for dental work.
Rev. Doan, Fred Wagaman and
Merlin Elliott picked little more
than 25 bushels of corn at L. 7. Syl-
vesters' Friday, which was Mr.. Syl-
vesters contribution to the Belgian
relief fund.
There was a pleasant gathering of
relatives at the Abe Burnham home
Friday evening to enjoy an oyster
feast in honor of the birthday of his
Mrs. Edgar TimmOns.
Miss Gertrude Van der Wall is get
ting along fine The choir went there
evening and sang all the
pieces for her: Cert,
rude is a member of the choir.
John Northcul writes that he ar
rived safely at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Sam Croy, at Hathaway,
Montana, and that they are having
fine weather there.
Harlan Meredith returned Monday
from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where
he attended his sisters wedding. His
mother will visit points in Indiana
before returning.
Mrs. Blanche Hammer and Mrs.
Molle Andreas had some of the lad
les at the latter's home Friday after
noon to organize an embroidery club.
Ray Valentine loaded his household
goods Tuesday to go TO his new home
at Humeston. and Fred Sparks NOV
ed into the house he vacated.
J. c. Trease Is finishing this week
the inside work OF fine new house
for Pete De Jong on his farm three
miles north of town.
Mrs. c. +. Quire, accompanied by
her daughters, Mabel and Veta, were
shopping and sight seeing in Oska-
loosa last Thursday
Beryl Armstrong, Rayford Ratcliff,
Glenn Sparks and Walter Lawrence
went to Oskaloosa Thursday to see
the football game.
At the home OF II. A. Russell, on
November 2jth, occurred the wedding
Of their daughter Neva to Arthur II.
Lincoln.
Harold and Grace Macy along with
their parents. we're at Oskaloosa on
Thursday.
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