Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
Anril u. 191

| April -, 1917
Out door program for Arbor Day
was somewhat marred by frequent
showers last Friday.
The Misses Alice Gullickson AMI
! Cecilia Gustafson have been chosen
on the Committee on Arrangement
at the May Play Festival to be held
in DEBORAH May 23rd.
i According to a letter received
from Central Wis, seeding hadn' t
Il begun there yet last week. The grain
that was seeded here week before
last is coming up.
i Mrs. Will Smidth was a caller at
Cresco the other Saturday on friends
and relatives.
i Miss Sadie Koch returned home
last week from an extended visit
|. with friends and relatives at Lawler,
Lamount and Strawberry Point. She
was we'll pleased with her visit
abroad.
School was resumed in District No.
4, this week Monday. There being
one month left OF the term yet.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vopava of
Sumner township were entertained
to dinner by the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amel Koch the other Sun
day. An entertaining afternoon was
also spent together.
War, War, Extra Edition all about
the war now fills the daily papers,
and forms the principal line of con
versation with us people.
The women folks have been busy
the past week at house cleaning,
making gardens, tending to early
chicks, besides doing their regular
house work
Our lawns are beginning to look
as beautiful as the Emeral Isles since
the showers and warm weather of
the past weeks.
The country fellows are now after
the pocket gophers and woodchucks
in order to secure spending money
8 from their scalps.
Mrs. Harry Weidaman and daugh-
, ter Mildred were pleasant afternoon
: callers at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Amel Koch, one day last week.
Some of the phones on the Farm
!. ers' line were on the bum during the
past week. Probably weak batteries
were at fault in most cases.
The members of the w. NJ. S. OF
the Evangelical church will meet
.. y.
nesday afternoon. No meeting was
held last month on account of sick
ness, etc.
Our teachers expect to GO to De
corah this week Friday, to attend the
feast of good things of the big Five
Q that convenes there. DEBORAH vii
Il certainly have a great amount o
y intellect when they all get there.
Most of the farmers through here
e finished seeding last week and weel
/ before. A few, whose land was TOT
;. wet to start on SO early will finisl
this week.
. Mrs. C. Schild, Ralph, Elmer an
A. F. autoed to DEBORAH one da,
:, last week on business, call upol
!. friends, and make a short visit a
T. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Franl
Kuntz.
Fires in our furnaces and heatin
~ stoves felt quite comfortable las
. week to dispell some of the chill O
. April's doings.
"a May basket hanging will forr
- quite lot of amusement for GU
younger people beginning Frida
= evening this week.
- Eighth grade examinations TO
q county diploma will be held in tn
= individual school houses May It'll an,
- Sth. Those pupils who failed in Ger
= tain studies in the February test
- will try it again at that time. Sue
~ cess to them.
Louis Schorr marketed a load o
a hogs at Cresco last Saturday beside
o doing other business in that burg.
A contest in the form Fundamental
Il operation of Arithmetic will be hell
+ in the rural schools May 18th, to de
n termine the two best pupils in these
who will represent their school a
"a the May Play Day Festival at Decor
s. ah, May 23rd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kuntz and Mis-
70 Alma made a short call at the Gotl
/ home last Sunday afternoon, beside
attending preaching services in tn
l. Evangelical church.
IeI Some of Mike Kratz's folks auto
h ed to Cresco last Saturday on bust
D ness and pleasure. They no doub
found the roads rather heavy in pla
If ces, owing to the recent rains.
s. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Moe of Ridge
way attended services at the Evan
IF gelical church west of the river las
d Sunday morning, and spent the pal
r ance of the day calling upon friends
and relatives.
eI Miss Alma Kuntz who has beef
l. visiting under the parental roof sine
j. Easter returned to her school dutie
It at the Charles City college, Monda.
Y, this week.
Frank Kuntz and family autoed III
& here from DEBORAH last Sunday NOR
It ming to attend services at the Ger
1t man NJ. E. church, and to spend tn
is afternoon among friends and rela
tives. They returned to their hom'
It in the city in the evening.
o Rev. l.. n. lay of Cresco and wifi
.el were entertained to dinner by {
eI Schild and family last Sunday.
T. Quite a thunder shower visite'
II our locality last Sunday evening
n which continued way into the night
e causing our streams to overflow thei
l. banks and making the roads looi
a line mud pies.
J. Aegerter and family entertained
" Theo. Kratz and family to Dime
re last Sunday. A very pleasant after
.r pnop uoc cleo cpant topafhar in S0