The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
LOCAL NEWS


Mrs. Harry Singer gave a family
! 6 o'clock dinner on Sunday at her
home for her daughter, Miss Fannie,
the occasion being the latter's birth
day. Covers were laid for fifteen
| guests.
Robert lander and Fred Jauss, for
merly of this community, but for
some time residing on homesteads
northwest of Miles City, Mont, were
expected here with their families for
the Christmas holidays. Fred Jauss
is son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jauss of
down close to Lefor and owns farm
in that vicinity. Adolph Jauss of
this city is brother. Mr. Zander is
figuring on buying land out here.
Anton Kacalck of two miles south
and six miles west of Dickinson, is
among the farmers who were lucky
to have flax in this year, and is also
planning on big flax crop for next
year. Besides his 1000 bushel yield
of fax, he also had 1900 bushels of
wheat. His son, Theodore, who as
sists him with the farm work, was a
[pIeasaist caller at this office last Sat-
urday.
Burton E. Wilson, who spent about
ten days out in this section of the
country, looking after his land inter-
ests near Gorham and Regent, depart
ed for his home at Waterloo, Iowa, on
Wednesday. Mr.. Wilson states that
Dickinson nine years ago gave him
the impression of a typical "wild and
woolly west" town but that since then
it has shown wonderful advancement
and is now quite metropolitan.
When the ladies of the Methodist
Aid society met at the parsonage last
Thursday to discuss the results of
their supper and sale, Mrs. R. H.
Craig was most delightfully."- surprised
by being presented with a beautiful
table runner and sofa cushion to
match, as gift from the Aid. Both
the runner and cushion are very ar
tistic and represent great deal of
hand work.
The Christian Endeavor social at
the Congregational church parlors on
Thursday evening of last week, netted
neat little sum for the Endeavor to
get a tree and play Santa Claus to
few children at the church parlors
on Sunday evening. Most of the
members were present at the social.
The committee in charge were Scibert
Snyder, Thelma Osborn and Ethel
Tillquist. After a very pleasant even
| ing ct games, lunch was served.
Rev. Mr.. Drew of Lakota, who
spoke at the Episcopal church on
Friday evening last, presented to the
congregation the features of the
Church Pension Fund for the aged
clergy, their widows and orphans,
which, it is expected, will go into ef-
feet in March, 1917. He also stated
the progress of the undertaking to
raise five million dollars to provide
for "accrued liabilities"-the claims
of the years of service already given
by the clergy, for which the Pension
Fund provides by this special fund.
Nearly four million dollars have been
raised and the prospects are good for
obtaining the entire amount by next
March. Mr.. Drew's visit to Dickin-
son is part of a campaign of educa-
ton now being carried on throughout
the whole church. The subject was
ably presented and met with general
favor.
|
Miss Matte Mitchell, who taught
three years in Dickinson and two
years in Fargo, is now teaching her
second year at Oakes and living at
home with her parents. She also
supervises music and drawing. Mrs.
F. Thomas Hamill, known in Dickin-
son as Miss Jessie Mitchell, where
she taught two years with her sister,
is returning from Pennsylvania,
where she has been with relatives of
her late husband since last August.
Mr.. Hamill was principal of the high
school at Carson City, Nevada, and
was murdered by robbers at his
Twin Falls, Idaho, ranch last sums
mer. The Mitchell children seem to
be natural born educators, Clifford
having a position as principal of the
high school at Detroit, MINI. All
three have been very successful in
their school work.