The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-06-10
THE FREMONT SCHOOLS
Graduating Exercises held in Tent
Despite Bad Weather.
(From, the Gazette.


of his most disagreeable weather for
the commencement exercises Thurs
day evening. The program took place
in a big tent set up on the Christian
church lawn and as the tent was an
old one the rain during the day Hood
ed things OF the inside, but by heroic
work and the aid OF bon-tires within,
the tent was dried out by evening
and the exercises took place accord
ing to schedule. The largest crowd in
the history OF the school witnessed
the class play and listened to the
program. Over eight hundred were
present. The class OF nineteen-fifteen
was composed of three girls and
three boys--Miss Marie Belle East
burn, Miss Mary Rena Triplett, Miss
Elsie Florence Cosby, David Lincoln
Alderman, Guy Clifton DAVIS and En-
nest Everett Miller.
Memorial Day was very appropri-
ately observed in Fremont on Sunday
Following the custom of previous
years, the churches of the town unit
ed for a special service in the morn
| ing, and a large crowd gathered at
the M. E. Church to do honor to the
living and the dead. Rev. G. Snyder
of the Christian church led the SER
vice, and Rev. Hugh Neville, pastor
of the M. e. Church, gave an excel
lent sermon, appropriate to the oe-
casion, on The Principles for Which
Our Fathers Fought and Died"
Walter Heisel who has just closed
most successful year teaching the
No. 9 rural school in Richland town.
ship, returned home this week TO
spend his vacation on, his fathers
farm, south of town. Walter Is q
graduate of The Fremont High school
and has been a most successful teach
err and thinks he will again teach the
same school next year
Palmer & Cosby took in 243 roost
ers Tuesday that weighed 1900 lbs
They had advertised exclusively Ill
the Gazette that on June l they would
pay a cent a pound premium toI
Iroosters with the result that they did
a big business. They have been con
Iducting a swat the rooster cam
pagn with good success.
Mis-. Peter Roberts is suffering al
her home with partial motor paralys
is of the right side and is in feeble
health. Mr. Roberts who has been IL
Ottumwa the past few days taking
treatments for cancer, came home
yesterday and a trained nurse from
TUSCALOOSA has been secured to care
Tor both OF them.
Gordon Shultz finished his hrs
years work at the Iowa State college
at Ames and came home Thursday
He is taking veterinary course. Car
Landau, our other student at that In
'stitution, is taking an engineering
course and will not arrive home 70
"a couple of weeks.
DR.. c. NJ. Collins, a veterinarian
WHO graduated last week from Iowa
State college at Ames, was here Sat
,urday and has decided to locate here
He will have an office under tn
Farmers State Savings bank and will
be here permanently after this week
His home is near Fairfield.
Nh and Mrs. Guy Bradford return
ed Thursday from Rock Island, HIS
where Mrs. Bradford underwent al
| operation six weeks ago. She has 81
far recovered as to be able to conn
to her home, yet is not in strong ply
ical condition, but is recovering raj
; idly.
Raymond Weber has closed
most successful year teaching at tn
= rural school No. in Keokuk county
; He has again bean hired for the sam
, school at nice little increase in sa
airy.
The graduating class in charge G
Supt. A. J. Jones went to Oskaoosf
. Monday, and had their pictures take
This is the next most important even
to graduating.
Sunday, John Purdin shipped thre
carloads of hogs to ST. Louis and tw
cars to Boston. VIM. Darner also shiI
ped two cars to st. Louis.
Mrs. c. c. Dinsmore and childre
went to Harvey with her parents
Rev. and Mrs. George Filmer.
: The Fremont Ottumwa auto bu
' line resumed operations Monday afte
( laying off five days owing to ba
+ roads.
Don Hibler left Tuesday evenin
: for Farson Iowa, where he has bee
secured as a clerk in the r. b. MyeI
store.
f. S. Bridges went to Chicago, Sa
urday evening, returning to his wof
here Monday morning.