The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Miss Jennie johnson left Sunday
for Aberdeen where she is taking sew
ing lessons.
Stanley Johnson of Clement will
leave tomorrow for kirkwood. Ill.,, to
spend three months with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Smith and
daughters of Cogswcll spent Sunday
with Mr.. Smiths parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. ID Smith of this city.
Sheep and Shetland Ponies for sale
at Aberdeen, S. ID. See advertisement
elsewhere this issue. Its worth your
attention. WHITE THE SHEEP
| MAN.
Erick Ronning returned Friday from
| Darlington where he visited his broth
er. Andrew. who is now located there
Erick has entered the employ of Rob.
ert Mitchell in his harness and shoe
shop.
| F. l.. Taylor is here from Aurora,
ILL.,, buying potatoes for shipment The
spud crop is a slim one this year and
the price will soar some before an
other crop is raised. Mr.. Taylor has
a farm near LII ,den.
Mrs. Irene Gillette and cousin. s.
Alfred Stark of Chicago. left Oakes
on Monday evening for an extended
trip to the twin cities. Mrs Gillette
will visit Chicago before leaving for
California for the winter. :,
Chris. Gcbhardt and Will Beaver of
the Monango country were in tn" city
Friday having come to the east end
on a campaigning tour for Chris. The
latter is much encouraged in his cn,n-
paign. the feeling towards his e. Ydi
dacy being much better than two
years ago when he wasn't g. we'll
known. The men went back Mo-
mango late in the night to br" their
families to hear Mr. Fairbanks Sat
urday.
Much interest was manifested in
Masonic circles on Monday evening.
the occasion being the raising of
Messrs. Dickinson. Persinger and
Manning of Fullerton to the sublime
degree of Master Masons. Ted Lee
came from Fullerton with the bunch
to see that Justice was done them.
and fifteen of the order from Cogsweli
also put in an appearance. a mid
night banquet was served and the
work carried on to completion. which
took to about four in the morning.
Rev. c. G. Williams brought over his
lantern from Glendale. which gave
the lecture a telling effect
Rev. a. Wolfe will arrive in Oak"s
this week to remain. He has had
great difficulty in breaking away from
the people at Hunter. they being so
anxious TO retain him that they have
twice raised his salary since he ha;
announced his intention of MOVING.
hoping thereby to retain him. He has
met with splendid success in his
work at Hunter. having doubled the
membership of the church and in
creased the young peoples society
more than four times its number
when he went there Rev Wolfe
held several successful pastorates ii
the state of Washington before com
ing to North Dakota and is especially
Interested in the young people. and
we welcome him and Mrs. Wolfe to
our community and trust they will
meet with the same success with
which they have met elsewhere.
The gymnasium girls. whose class
night falls On Frida. deo.cc,l r
tange the reglia pioaram f. /. :;
hi. ay evenin, wave leap ~
party instead. Mrs. E. Christensen
who is the girls social ideal. was in
Wed to chapero,c -. Acco.t!iu"l.
at seven-thirty on that evening. tn
high school faculty. the girls escort
ing the favorite-that is favored
young gentlemen friends. and all Other
invited guests. about so. met at the
gym hall and from there went in q
body to the Grand Theatre. The,
then returned to the hall. which was
soon very lively place. the facult,
apparently vying with the pupils ir
schoolday games and pranks For
tunes. which were rolled up in peanut
shells and tied with ribbons were ther
opened and read. tn the amusement o
everyone. A tempting luncheon was
served and all denarted for ihei'
homes in a very happv frame of mind
The entire affair. including the lunch
con. was planned and executed nv ,hs
girls and they are to be complimentet
J upon their success as hostesses.