Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
MISS ETNA BARR
WINNER Of CONTEST
WILL REPRESENT LOCAL HIGH
\ SCHOOL IN D'sTRlcT
$s CONTEST. " A.
.PYTnlANs TO CELEBRATE JUBILEE
Fiftieth Anniversary Of the Founding
Of Order Will Be Celebrated.
I Other Social Events.

I Before a large audience last Friday
evening the final declamatory con.
test was held at the High school
auditorium. Miss Etna Barr was
awarded first honors and will rep.
resent the Manchester High school
in the district contest to be held IN
March. Miss Bars production was
entitled, "a Few Bars in the Key OF
G.. Miss Frances Clark won sec
ond honors and will take part in the
Cedar Valley association contest
ttsWhen the Honey Moon Wanes'' was
the title of Miss Clark's reading,
Miss Laura Blair was given third
honors and will be an alternate in
the event that Miss Barr or Miss
Clark may not be able to give their
productions. The judges of the
test were Miss Laura Pearle Stewart
OF Coe College, Miss Florence $
Chaplin, of Cedar Rapids High school,
and Miss Aline Stowe OF Lenox col
-lege. Each of the contestants OF
Friday evenings contest showed ex-
.ceptional ability and. acquitted them
selves with much credit
8 The Idlehour club, a recently Or
ssanized body of young men of Man.
chestar, was formally launched at a
banquet given at the New Park no.
tel last evening. The club entertain.
ed a number of guests, most proml-
Iient among them being Mayor F. E.
and Mr.. o. G.. Clark, and
the assemblage did full justice to
an elaborate six course dinner which
was served them by the proprietors
Of the Park hotel. Preceding and al.
ter the banquet the club rooms In
the basement OF the building were
the scenes Of activity, the game OF
$500 being the chief advertisement.
# The Idlehour club was organized
for the purpose of giving the young
men OF the city place to spend the
time which is otherwise unoccupied
in a clean and congenial manner.
Rooms were leased and have been
fittsd up in elegant style, where the
:5nembers may spend their spare time
in reading, writing or playing games:
Gambling in any form is strict
ly taboo and the rooms are al
ways open. @a5.., X
The club plans many functions OF
q social nature. the first of which
was the banquet of last evening On
Easter Monday evening they will
have a dancing party at Central op-
era house, and others win follow.
~ Fol flowing is the list of officers. and
charter members OF the club: Presi,
dent,SgB L. Hicks; secretary, H. Z.
Kelsey; treasurer, Everett B. Leigh.
ton; Ed Brownell, Will Confare, G.
H. Malven,s Paul Munson, Will Nc
Cormick and Nelson Sullivan Sew.
eral names have been added to the
membership, which will no doubt
soon be very large: y:
Hyperion lodge, No. 1856, K. of p,
Of Manchester, will celebrate the fif-
.tisth or golden anniversary of the
founding of the order of Knights of
Pythias, in Washington D. c.. on
Thursday, February 10. A banquet
will be served at $3.50 p. m., which
will be followed by a special ritual
istic service and program The local
lodge is planning a very fitting eel
ebration for the occasion. !. The com
miteee having charge of the plans is
B: w. Grems. M. J. Yoran, and Theo
Shelly.
"A number of relatives of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Brown gathered at their
home on the West side on Sunday
to help Mr., and Mrs. Brown celebrate
their birthday annive rsaries. Mrs,
Browns birthday was on Sunday and
Mr. Browns was on Monday of this
week. The guests spent an enjoyable
day and went home wishing them
many happy returns of the day.
Mrs. VIII Ludley was very pleasant
" surprised at her home on East
Main street on Tuesday when q
number Of her friends and neighbors
went in to help her celebrate her
birthday anniversary. EEns
Miss Edith Wells very pleasant.
entertained her Sunday. school clas:
| last Friday evening, in honor of Ce
Gil Mittlestadt, who is soon to remove
to Alden, Iowa, with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Mittlestad.t
The Ladies' Aid society of the u
B. church will serve supper on Fri
day evening, February, Goth, at the
home Of George Slack. All are cordi
ally invited.
The Charity Circle will meet will
Mrs. Clair Lillibridge this week, OF
Thursday, February 10Th.
A Valentine party was held at th'
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