The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-06
A GREATER FREMONT
Buildings Being Torn Down to Make
..., Way for New Ones.
(From Fremont Gazettel

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Work began Monday oil tearing
down the old school house and il the
weather keeps good the building viii
be demolished BY Saturday night. Mr.
Howell, of Cedar Rapids, superinten
dent for Contractor II, f. Jones, has
gang OF fifteen men at work and
the building Is going down fast. All
the help are local men and Mr., Jones
is to be commended for giving our
laboring men the preference. The ma
terial from the old building is being
sorted and piled away from the old
building and as soon as the work is
done the new building will be. staked
of and work of excayating will start.
The other building being torn down
is the old postofftce building; which
is. II. Heinzman built about the time
he was appointed postmaster eighteen
years ago. When his daughter, Mrs.
Madge Fell was appointed ~pOstmas:
ter last fall she moved the postotfice
to the old State Bank building, which
was considerably larger, and as there
was NO further use for the old SEruc-
tlire II was torn down this week.
Fremont will again have oiled
streets. Some time ago at meeting
of the Commercial Association, a com
mittee, consisting OF George w Aker-
man, J, e. Kennel, E. +. Austin, Wal
ter Ollum, ID. Goehring, Ben Roof and
a. p. Norton, was appointed to have
entire charge of the oiling in commune.
ton with the town council The com
mittee met on Monday evening and
planned to oil Main street from the
nk,l - - "A
tracks, Washington street. fits entire
distance, Pine street between the two
depots, Walnut street from the ele-
vator to the alley south of the Daw.
son store, besides a few blocks on
other streets. ".~.' .f,>f - Il ''t r.g{l.
The stork reporter has been off duty
for a few weeks and upon his return
to work found the following births to
record: March "a a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Kemp; April 4, son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Hawkinson;
April II, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
Floyd Yeomen; April II, a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Smith; April 26, son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Isaiah Helm =
81 K. J. Heisel went to Chicago, Mon.
day evening, to attend special meet
ing OF the Percheron Horse Society of
America. Mr.. Heisel is one of the
leading members of this organization
and attends all the meetings.
Mrs. L., r. Mari, of Ainsworth, and
mother, Mrs. Mary l.. Cummins, of
Kan, arrived Saturday for a
visit at the Flem Roquette home,
north of town, and with other rela,
tiVes and friends. '''
Mrs. Earl Alderman went to Cedar
Rapids, Friday, being called there by
the illness of her sister, Mrs. w. s.
Mrs. Mowry was taken to the
Mayo hospital at Rochester. Mimi. on
Monday : Il
,Mearl Wharton, who is taking
course at pharmacy school in Des
Moines, came home Thursday for
weeks visit at the home of his father,
Mayor w. C. Wharton.
G. F.. Donley has been under the
weather for the past two yeeks, but
seems to be improving and at pres
ent seems to be on a fair way to re-
coyery.
Ed Lynch returned home Saturday
evening from Lorimer, Iowa, where
he took four fine horses which E. J,
Heisel had sold to parties near that
place. ~, ..
c. w. Davis, the new south side
restaurant man. went to Tacoma. Mon
day, being called there on business of
an important nature. -.
Jas. Cosby. Sr., has been confined
to his home the past week. suffering
from renal collie. He is much improved
today. +. -.
Sickness in general seems to be
subsiding and the doctors are having
more leisure time. -.,. 20. ...rl