Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-02
MANXMAN IS NOW
CITIZEN OF j. S.

| CHdrltOn, sept. IA Dig CeleDTdtioh
and picnic was held at Oakley yester-
day in honor of Rev. G. j. Kinrade,
pastor Of the M. e. church at that
place, and who this week received his
naturalization papers, having trans
! ferred his allegiance from King George
to Uncle Sam. He Is naturally proud
| of this fact and his many friends IN
Oakley and Lucas county were desir-
GUS of helping him celebrate the event,
and large crowd congregated at that
| place yesterday. The affair was also
in the nature Of farewell as Rev.
Kinrade will leave in few days for
Evanston, ILL.,, where he will attend
college the coming year. In the fore
noon short talks were made by Rev.
E. E. IlgenFritz. pastor of the M. E.
church at this place. and number OF
other ministers from distance. At
noon big basket dinner was enjoyed
in the grove. In the afternoon H. w.
Raymond, secretary Of the Charlton
Commercial club, presided at the cere-
monies. After an invocation and a
selection by quartet. addresses
were made by H. w. Gettinger and
James F. Johnson, of this place, and
Rev. DR.. Schell. president of Wesleyan
college, Mt Pleasant. In the evening
a program of music and readings was
given under the direction Of the Char
iton Commercial Club The affair
throughout was greatly enjoyed by
all present.
Charles John Kinrade was born on
May %, 1885, at Ramsey, Isle Of Man,
British Isles and is therefore Manx-
man. He attended the graded school
there, from which he gained free
scholarship to Ramsey Grammar
school, which he attended four years.
This was private high school and
while there Mr. Kinrade was class
mate Of Ralph Hall Game, son of the
famous writer, Hall Game, and with
whom the subject of this sketch was
well acquainted. On leaving high
school Mr.. Kinrade was for some years
employed as booking agent and ticket
clerk on the steam boats and in the
offices of the Isle of Man Steam Pack
ct Company, and In this connection
spent much of his time sailing on the
sea. During the latter part Of this
time he felt distinct call to preach
and on Sundays he went out as a
Methodist local preacher to the
churches in and around his home town.
On December 10, 1910. he sailed from
LIVERPOOL for the United States, locat-
ing at Lacrosse, Wis. He preached ,
in the district there for about two
years, after which he decided to take
advantage of the educational facilities
Of this country and entered Garrett
Biblical Institute at Northwestern Uni
versity. Evanston, Ill. After one years
work there he entered Simpson col
lege, Indianola, where he has spent
three years, during which time he has
entered into all the activities of the
school, especially in debate and ora
tory work, representing the Kallonian
literary society in the inter-society de-
bates, being elected to the College
Council, and being appointed assistant
editor OF the "Simpsonian." He was
also a member of the Kappa Theta Psi
fraternity During the three years he
has studied at Simpson college he has
preached at Oakley where his work,
among the men and the
young people, has been very success
full. Mr. Kinrade took out his inten-
ton papers for naturalization at White
hall, Wis, on May %, 1911 and re-
ceived his second papers emitting him
to all the privileges Of citizenship in
the United States at the district court |
in Charlton on August %. 1916.