The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-08
MANY FAMILY REUNIONS AND
OTHER PLEASANT AND MERRY
GATHERINGS ARE HELD DUR.
ING THE HOLIDAYS.
(LynnVille STAR


On Thursday, December 25th, at the
home Of Arthur Briggs, occurred a re
union of those now remaining of the
Briggs family. The brothers and sis
ters were again brought together and
a very enjoyable day was spent by
| all. At noon the table fairly groaned
/ with its load of good things to eat
and after all were served the young
er ones of the family collected in the
parlOr and played a few games of GRO
conole and talked of times now passed
away as did the older ones Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. +. f..
Briggs of What Cheer, Iowa; Mr.. and
Mrs. p. T. Cope and two children,
Edith and Earl, of New Sharon; Mr.
and Mrs. e. E. Russell and Miss Marie
and also Louis Briggs of Sugar Creek;
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Briggs of Oskaloo-
sa; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Hall, Spring
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Briggs and
four children, Alvin, Adah, Elmo and
o. C., also Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Brush of SearsbOro.
Mrs. MILFORD Williams was happily
surprised Christmas by the home
coming of all her children and fami
lies as follows: Frank Ratcliff, New
Sharon. H. G. Williams and wife, Earl
Williams and c. A. Williams. There
were also present, David Stanley and
wife, J. H. Cause and wife, and Mrs.
Young. In the afternoon Rev. Zeno
DOan and wife and her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Bond of New Sharon, were
callers.
At a meeting of the Lynn Grove
high school board held Saturday at.
ternoon, an allowance of $50 was
made to finish the east basement
room of the high school for a gym"
The boys of the high school have al
ready removed the extra dirt and will
help with the putting in of the cement
so $50 should place the room in good
shape for basket ball
The families of f. B. and c. o.
Macy had a most enjoyable time at
Christmas tree in the home of the
former on Christmas eve. Mr.. and
&. o. Macy entertained the +. B. Macy
family at four course dinner.
Mrs. Thomas Thompson was the
victim of a happy surprise on Christ
mas day when o. NJ. Thompson and
family, and VIM. Rule and wife came
with we'll filled baskets OF all that
goes to make a Christmas feast. and
she doesn't mind being the victim in
a case like that.
A merry family gathering took place
at the Jim Shaw home on Christmas
when the brothers and sisters of Mrs.
Shaw and their children, to the num-
Der OF twenty or more. and Mr.. and
Mrs. JEFF Trease gathered around two
long tables and partook OF the boun-
ties of the season.
Charles Chambers returned Sunday
evening from Pella. where he has
been running a skating rink. He
sold out his interest and says he in
tends seeking a better location. He
has his eye on one or two good open
ings and will doubtless locate soon.
The Christmas program given at
the Congregational church was well
attended and enjoyed by all. A tree
was well filed with presents and nice,
ly decorated.
Several cars were wrecked on the
NJ. & St. L. railroad last Saturday
evening, west of Killduff and Sully
passengers were brought home in
autos.
The Odd Fellows gave Christ.
mas tree and program in the opera
house Christmas eve. which was made
happy with a sack OF candy and nuts.
Frank Ratclif came up from Oska-
loosa on Wednesday and spent Christ
mas with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Ratcliff.
Floyd Remand came up from Oska-
loosa and took Christmas dinner with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Re
maud.
Miss Edna Frab OF Oskaloosa is Wis
iting her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Armstrong.
lmogene WestbroOk OF Oskaloosa,
was an over Sunday visitor with Miss
Irene Ratcliff