Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

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flooded meadows and put stop to
haymaking for the time being.
A. F. Schild was listed among the
sick a few days last week making it
necessary for a physician to minister
unto him.
Ralph Schild was pleasant caller
at Cresco last week Friday, getting
some dental work done.
Frank and Steve Butz were mar
keting some grain for Goths folks
the other week.
Our mails are greatly DELAYED
these days owing to the rainy wealth
er and muddy condition of the roads
in places.
Corn now has good chance to
make good if successive days coming
will prove what they should.
Miss Mabel Kratz of Cresco was
pleasant visitor at the home of her
brothers Win. Kratz, a few days
last week.
Mr.. Mealy and family were en-
tertaining relatives, uncle, aunt and
cousins from Storm Lake the other
Sunday.
John Butt and George Brinkman
have been grading on the Winn.-
Howard Co. line the past days. The
former running his gas tractor and
latter the grader.
Fritz Ramseyer of Ridgeway made
number of pleasant calls near o.
ter Creek, the fore part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ledwig AMI
family autoed up from Sumner, Ia,
the other Sunday, as guests of j.
Aegerter and family. They attended
the program of Childrens Day at
Evangelical church in evening and
returned home next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz of Sum-
ner township were callers under the
parental roof of the formers, the
other Sunday.
After spending several days visit
ing in the county, Miss Pauline RAM
seyer returned to her home in town
again.
Mr.. Thompson of Cresco was a
business caller near Otter Creek last
week one day.
Mr.. Lewis Weidleigh of Topeka,
Kansas was guest at the c. Schild
home the fore part of the week.
Mrs. John Martin and Mrs. c.
Schild and children were callers at
the Theo. Kratz home, Friday after
noon.
Rev. E. J. Lang and family auto
ed up from Waterloo last week one
day to call upon Mr.. and Mrs. Win.
Kratz and relatives, friends, ETC., at
Cresco, returning home the next
day.
Miss Elsie Hopperstad of Ridge
way was calling on friends west OF
the river the other Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wagner of SUM
ner township, visited under the par
entail roof of the formers the other
Sunday.
DR.. Byron Lewis of Ridgeway
made few professional calls at the
C. Schild home last week.
ole Sanderson and his brother Ben
are both owners of new Overland
cars purchased the other week OF
Agent Weimark, at Ridgeway.
Mrs. John Marten and children.
Whilhelmina and Paul OF Cedar
Falls, arrived here from Clear Lake,
where they had been guests of rela-
tives for weeks, and are at present
visiting with C. Schild and family.
Mrs. ]. Groffith, daughter Ada and
Mrs. Oscar Moe OF Ridgeway were
pleasant callers at the Goth home
and Theo. Kratz's last week one day.
Children's day was observed at
the Evangelical church the other
Sunday evening, under the auspices
of the Sunday school. The church
was handsomely decorated in ferns,
flowers, ETC., of every kind in sea-
son, forming a floral picture that
was highly pleasing in its effects.
The program consisting of songs
duets, solos, pantomimes. recitations'
etc., were we'll rendered by the par
Elephants. The pastors remarks was
along lines that pleased the great
crowd that came for miles and miles
away. The Offering for mission work
was the browning of the evening do
ings, being $500. This exceeded
that of all former years in the his
tory of the church. This school holds
the banner of raising largest amount
of money per scholar, for above
cause in Iowa conference.