The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-14
LYNNV|LLE LOCALS.
UNIQUE MAY DAY LUNCHEON
ANNOUNCING THE ENGAGE.
MENT OF MARION q. SEWERS
AND MISS LUCILLE MEREDITH.
CLynnville Star, May 7th)

| NLyuuNliIe Quar-, may I'M
A unique May Day luncheon was
given by Mrs. David Meredith at one
O'Clock last Friday for her niece,
Miss Lucille Meredith. The guests
had been asked to gather in honor
of Miss Meredith's impending trip
to Europe, but when Miss Katherine
Macy lifted her napkin she found in
the handwriting of Mrs. Meredith
Lindsay, California, a note stating
that Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Meredith
announce the engagement of their
daughter Lucille to Mr.. Marion Bru.
ner Sewers of Des Moines. Miss
Meredith then took from a bunch of
violets at her plate her engagement
ring and Mr.. Sewers Delta Chi fra.
ternity pin. Best wishes and ques-
tions followed in quick succession
and the excitement over the double
significense of the day almost OBJ
the table, gay with fragrant fruit
blossoms and dainty appointments
Bunches of wood violets tied with
lavender ribbon lay at each place and
a general color scheme of lavender
and white was carried out through
the delicious succession of dainty
when fluffy lavender and white
comforter was literally dropped on
Miss Meredith's head The gift came
absence from the happy party was
deeply felt. Miss Meredith is the
fourth daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob.
ert Meredith, now of Lindsay, Calf.
She graduated from Penn College in
! OH. nrKyF Mntty
and later took her M. A. degree at
Penn. Since when she has travelled
widely, but has continued to make
her home much of the time with her
brother in Lynnville, where her gra.
CiOus and winning personality has
drawn her friends from far and near.
Mr.. Sewers, who is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Sewers, formerly of
Oskaloosa, now of Des Moines, grad.
uated from Penn College in 1904.
He studied year at Haverford where
he also graduated. He secured his
NJ. A. degree from Yale in 1906 and
his law degree from the University
of California in 1909. Since which
time he has been practicing law in
Des Moines, for time as the junior
partner of Judge w. A. Spurriar.
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emnized during the holidays in Ger.
many.
Mrs. Henry Jones was called to the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lou Schroyer near MonteZuma last
| Sunday on account of a serious &C
cident her mother received in run
away Saturday evening while driving
to New Sharon. The team became
| frightened in some way and threw
the occupants of the buggy out. Mr..
SChrOyer was not hurt much, but his
wife had her right arm hroken and
| hip injured and badly bruised. which
will contine her to her home for some
time.
The baCCalaureate sermon for the
graduating class of our high school
will be given at the Friends church
| Sunday evening, May II, by Rev j.
NJ. McClelland, d. D., pastor of Cen
trail Methodist Episcopal church, OF
Oskaloosa, and former district super
intendent of the Oskaloosa district.
He is one of the best known divineS
of this part of Iowa, and will give a
sermon we'll worth hearing. Be
sure and hear him.
There vas a slight wreck on the
M & st. l.. last Saturday night when
the train IS going from New Shar-
on to Newton to come back as
stock train Sunday morning The
train was quite a long one and in
rounding the curve near the old New
Salem church site, three or four cars
left the track, but no one was hurt,
and no serious damage done and ii
was cleared SO that the traffic was
not delayed on Monday.
Emmett Houston and family and
Jerry Shehe and children were guests
Sunday at the home of Oda Houston
at Searsboro to visit with Fred HouS-
ton and family, of Havelock. Neb..
who have been to Davenport to see
Mrs. Houston's brother, Harry Rob.
inson, graduate from the chiropratic
college, and stopped off on their re.
turn for a short stay with the home
folks.
Cowall Macy came home from col.
lege Sunday and brought with him
three friends, Misses Retik and Don.
house and Mr.. Straight, who intended
to spend the day, but the rain caused
them to turn it into house party,
which wasn't much of an affection,
and they returned Monday morning
to their school duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Macy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wagaman enter
tanned the Sunday school class of
Geo. Renaud at the home of the
former last Thursday night. There
were about thirty-five present to en-.
joy the evening which was spent in
games along Biblical lines
Clifford Remand who came home
from his school work for Sunday, was
accompanied by his friend. Donald
Russell and on Sunday Glen Newly
and Richard Cecil were dinner guests
in the Remand home.
Jerry Sparks, former resident of
Lynnville, but now of New Sharon,
has been very sick for the past two
weeks and was operated on last Fri