Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-28
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Miss Hazel Erisman, who is at
tending school in Dubuque, visited
home folks last week. 81 #,.f.N5 I. &
The contract for building the new
school house was let to Fl. F.. Park
inson, Of Iowa City, and for heating
and plumbing to Milroy & Nelson,
OF Hopkinton. S% .3.s
j. w. Rimmer was in Cedar Rap
ids last week. NM: III 3. ~ III ,s?s: z
Blake, Dilano and wife from the
soldiers home in Marshalltown, are
visiting their children at this place.
t;5 Mr.. and Mrs. George Furman and
daughter, Fern, were In Manchester,
Monday. ss a n, . &$,4
e. P. Coats and j. M. Kingsley, Of
Delaware. had business in Delhi,
Tuesday. S{ /. Z; ..,E ..y5, s +
p Guy Bondurant, Of Usage, has
been with home folks the past week.
Mrs. Mary Doolittle visited friends
at West, Union last week
The young people from town and
Il the country enjoyed the first picnic
Of the season, at Hartwick, Friday
evening. t% IA $ss,.s T., "a Az
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Sutton are par
4: ents of a daughter. ~ s.@ 4. ..,-sG5,
Clyde Doolittle is home from Des-
Moines. ~ II
Mrs, E. B.. Porter was in straw
berry Point, Saturday. nc IA t2>SA
I Mrs. Mary Doolittle entertained
the Woman's Bible Glass Friday aft
ernoon. s.s a st.. ssas j q t.:.E
N H. L., Stone has purchased new
automobile and completed q new
garage for same. s 81 II, II sg.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Toomer and son
spent Sunday with Dyersville rela-.
tives. N " E + 5E% 25z,s.r;
L. D. Anthony, of Ottumwa, was
here to attend the funeral of r. M.
BOndurant. I,
In the ball game played at Della.
ware, Saturday, the Delhi boys won
{ by score of 10 to Is. H. g s
.S4; Robert Bondurant was born in
4 Watersville, Missouri, January 20,
1850, and died at his home in Delhi,
April 20, 1915, aged IS years, three
months and three days. He came
to Delhi, Iowa, in 1876, and on Oc-
tober IA, 1879, was married to Miss
Mary Anthony. Two children were
born to them, Susan Augusta, wife
of Edmund Fleming OF Delhi and
Guy, Of Usage, both Of whom with
his widow survive him. Mr.. Bondu-
y rant lived in Delhi for thirty-nine
years and was well known through
out the community. For the past
thirteen years he had been United
States mail carrier and was for four
years president of the r.. r. D. car
riers' association. He was a loyal
member of the Odd Fellows Lodge,
of Delhi, and all the years of his life
he lived up to the highest ideals of
the order. He, was also member
OF the Legion Of Honor. AS long as
the Baptists continued. their church
organization in the place he held
the office of deacon in that church
and was always interested in all re-
ligous work, and in everything that
made for the betterment of the COM
munity. Iii the passing Of Mr.. Bon
durant, the town has lost a good cit
izen and an honest and upright
man. The sympathy Of friends and
neighbors is rendered his family In
this hour of their bereavement. The
funeral services were held at the
, Methodist church on Sunday after
noon, conducted by Rev. W. s. Skin
ner, and was largely attended. The
4. rural mail carriers from most OF the
towns in the county were present
The l. o. o. F.. Lodge attended in
a body and conducted the services
at the cemetery according to their
: ritual.