Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
Southern Ioua Items

Of Wayland, where the matter Will ne
placed before residents Of that section.
West Liberty. Il 81 3
J3'L Packer superintendent Of the
West Liberty schools, publishes the
following list Of graduates who vii!
figure in the commencement Friday.
May 90: Ernest E. Peters. president;
Margaret C. Peters. secretary: Ethel
Boyer, vice president: George Holmes.
treasurer: Harold J. Rummells, Mildred
A. Mines. Arthur a. Black. Marguerite
r. Hill. Elsie NJ. McCaw. Lee V. Rob
erts, Howard F. Freshwaters. Harry F..
Shannon, Pauline HORNED. Clarence r.
Metcalf Velma Beck. Dorothy Fisher,
Edith A. Swain. Raymond w. John,
John S. Hemingway. Ruth G. Fresh
waters, Wade p Wolf, Walter Coxon.
Floyd G. Westfall Leila Phelps and
Lewis Fl. Jackson.
OskaIoosa,
Commencement program of the Oska-
loosa high school will be held this year
at the Masonic opera house on the date
of May 90. Penn college board had
rendered the use of the Penn chautau
qua auditorium to the schools, but the
class has issued and distributed invi-
tations for the commencement. naming
the Masonic opera house as the place
of the program. The board extended a
formal vote Of thanks to the Penn col
lege board. but under the circum
stances the tender was declined DR..
Hayes Of the University Of Illinois, has
accepted an invitation to address the
graduating class. Music for the COM
mencement program will be furnished
by the school.
Davenport
man whose name the pastor is no
In a position to state. has offered a
donation of $4,000 towards the cree
. ton of the new parochial school build =
! ing, which will be erected in connec-
ton with the Sacred Heart cathedral
, this year. The offer is made on the
condition that the parish will raise 500,
900 this year This will make about
half the cost Of the total improvement
| The announcement of the offer was
made by the pastor, Very Rev. J. T. A.
! Flanagan, pastor Of the cathedral par
! ish. 1t Is believed that the money vii!
be raised before the first of next Jan
; uary. Plans for the new building will
probably be ready for bids soon and
| the work on the new structure will be-
! gin Immediately thereafter. The pas
| tor gave no intimation as to who the
| generous donor was except that 1t was
! not Bishop James Davis. This state
| ment would indicate that the $4,000
does not come from any diocesan funds
but is from some layman.
| Bloomfield.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Dixon who live
on their little farm west Of this city
were both born in the state Of Ohio
| the former Jan. G. 1881, and the latter
Sept %. 1884. making their present
| ages SO and so years respectively
They were married in Ohio on April IS
| 1854 and moved to Illinois in 1856
where they lived until 1870 when they
came to Iowa. Passing thru Bloom :
field in their covered wagon enroute
to Bedford. where they lived about
eighteen months. They moved back
to the south part Of Davis county where
they made their home for number of
years. They came to Bloomfield and
lived few years. then purchased their
present farm and moved onto 1t. They
raised a family Of four boys and three
girls, five Of the children are still liv-
ing. They are highly respected old
couple Their son JEFF and his wife
make their home with them and care
for them They are hale and hearty for
their age. This esteemable couple have
enjoyed three score years Of married
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