The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-01-22
NEW SHARON NEWS
CITY Is FAVORED ~ WITH HER
SHARE OF WANDERERS AN.
OTHER CHANGE IN SOUTH
LIVERY OWNERSHIP.

| of Union township entertained their
husbands and children at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gable last Friday
evening. About seventy were pres
ent, including a few invited guests.
Two large tables We're spread and
two-course supper was served. The
decorations were in pink and white.
Some excellent piano music was fur.
nished by the Misses May Andrews,
Gladys Shoemake, leila and Fern
Nicholson and by Claud Phillips on
the mandolin. Games and contests
were enjoyed by all A special fea-
ture of the evenings entertainment
was a mock wedding ceremony which
afforded much amusement. The open
hospitality which graced the occas-
+, ion was the greatest pleasure to all.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Wickersham
entertained number of friends at
their home Saturday evening, Jan.
! 10th, and everybody enjoyed a cor
dial informal time. A good, old fash
ioned oyster supper was served in
most satisfactory typically farmers
| style. Games were also enjoyed, and
Iit was midnight before the guests
departed, and each carried home Il
most pleasant recollection of the hap
Ipy occasion. Those present were;
Mr. and Mrs Fred Stonenocker, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stonehocker, Mr.
and Mrs. James Stephens and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Stephens and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Stanley
and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. n. A.
Wickham and family and |. II. Far
mer.
/ Attorney L. T. Shangle came up
from Oskaloosa Saturday to look aft
or some matters at the farm west OF
town. He thought he would take full
advantage of his visit to the country
and indulge in eating chicken for
dinner. So he sent the hired man out
I to capture the bird. 1t is reported
that neither of the men are Compel
cnt judges of the age OF fOwl-un-
Ill it is cooked, but at that stage of
the game they discovered their mis-
take. Another course OF cooking lin.
I ally rendered it palatable.
/ The various lodges in New Sharon
are cVidencing healthy revival in
interest and attendance since tn new
year. Numerous applications are be.
ing received and several classes of
candidates are to be initiated into
/ the mysteries of fraternalism ac-
cOrding to the fashion of the goat in
his several habitations. The annual
/ installation of officers has marked
the beginning of renewed activities
/ and the coming season promises to
be one of unusual interest in the
towns halls.
One of the principal features of the
entertainment at the meeting of the
Domestic Science Club at the Geo.
Gable home last Friday evening was
IA mock wedding The principals in
the ceremony were as follows: Miss
Helen Atherton, bride; Donald Ha-
I worth, groom Homer Noel, best
man; Miss Fern Ratcliff, brides
maid; Miss Lois Gable, flower girl:
Master Haworth, ring bearer; and
Herbert Andrews, priest.
Rev. r. G. Hargis has resigned the
pastorate of the Union Mills Christ
ian church and Will preach his last
sermon there next Sunday. He has
accepted call to the church at Vel
low Grass, Sask., Canada, and will
leave here on January %, beginning
( the work in his new field the first
Sunday in next month. Mrs. Har'
! gis and the children will not go to
Canada until warmer weather comes.
They will visit with relatives in Mis-.
ouri until spring.
The reports of thousands OF men
being out of employment at the
present time are nat myths unless
New Sharon is favored with more
/ than fair share of the jobless wan
! derer3. Scarcely day passes by
1 10 IN, Of n
group of "hobOes," all with the same
pitiful tale Of mo money and no work
, to be mad" The city has furnished
shelter for the night to eleven such
men during the past week.
Another change has occurred in
the ownership of the South livery
barn. Two weeks ago Doc Farmer
bought the interest of Tilton Stevens
and f. +. Crandall has now traded
his interest to Dewey Dunwoody for
an acre OF ground just north of the
NJ. Cooper residence. near the depot
Mr.. Farmer will continue as manager
Of the livery business under the new
ownership and the firm will be styled
Farmer & DunwOOdy"
There will be several new houses
erected in New Sharon the coming
spring and summer. Already ar
rangements have been made for at
least three and others are being con.
sidered. A good vacant house cannot
be found in New Sharon and the de-
mand for houses is SO strong that
few new dwellings must be built or
somebody will have to move out of
town or live i'm Il tent.
! Sylvester Winner and wife have
moved back to town, Mr.. Winner be-
ing in very poor health. John Steens
moved out of their house to give
them possession. Mr.. Steen now oc-
cupies the house vacated by Chas.
| Woodward and Mr. Woodward and
family have moved into the house he
recently purchased of Frank Momyer.
The East Side" restaurant, for
several years conducted by Z. f.
Roach, and later by Durbin, Watland
and Harper, was sold this week by
F. Il. Harper to Harry Woodward,
possession being given at once. Mr..
Woodward will be assisted in the
management of the business by his
wife and her sister, Miss Anna Row
/ ley.
Barney James has asked us to in.