Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-11-22
LOCAL news
OF The WEEK
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING At HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEEK
Items of a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

/ visitor last week.
Mr.. Wayne Beck Of Colesbure
was an over Sunday guest of Man
chester friends.
| AIRS. ]. A. Strickland entertained
a number Of ladies at luncheon on
Monday afternoon.
The Priscilla club will meet with
Mrs. George Newman on Thursday
afternoon OF this week
Mrs. Frank B. Assmus of Walk
er has been the guest of Manchester
friends during the past week.
Mrs. A.. NJ. Cloud will entertain
a company Of ladies at dinner party
on Saturday evening. November 25th.
A. j. Gildner was business Wis
itor at Anamosa last week, where
one Of the Gildner Bros. chain stores
is located.
Mrs. Enos Hamblin has gone to
Cedar Rapids where she will spend
the winter with her son, Ben Hamb-
lin, and family.
Miss Catheryn Genrich of La Porte
City, Iowa has been visiting here the
past few days at the home of her
friend. Mrs. r. O. Lynn.
Mrs. Lila Afford of Waterloo
has been visiting a few days at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Hubert
Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. U. Hockaday have
returned from Oelwein, where they
were called by the death of
Mrs. Hockaday's brother, John Ehl-
er.
Roy Stewart has secured posi-
tion as buttermaker in creamery
at Independence and will remove his
family to that place in the near .u-
ture.
Mrs. M. H. SWilliston, Mrs. P. E.
Triem and Miss Blanche Terril were
Mt Waterloo Sunday to attend the
iedicatory exercises OF Plymouth
Congregational church.
The ladies OF the Methodist Epis-.
copal church Will hold their annual
chicken pie supper and bazaar in
the church parlors on Friday after
noon and evening of this week.
Mrs J. s. Jones, Mrs. E. H. Hoyt
and Mrs. C. C. Bradley will entertain
the members of the P. E. o. Chapter
and their husbands, at a dinner next
Friday evening at Mrs. Bradley's
home
Marriage licenses were issued
during the past week to H. Archibald
Miles and Margaret L. Wilson; Albert
N. Trevarthan and Minnie L. Lax
son; r. w. Canine and Rose A. Mos
er; Henry F. March and Fern O. Ar
mold.
"A. o. Stanger purchased of John
y VI E a r
Wood last week his Jeffry automo-
bile. Clerk Stanger tells us that
he started right out and drove the
car over twenty-five miles Sunday
without the services Of an instructor.
Who said A. o. was slow?
The Ladies', Aid society Of the
Congregational church will hold a
bazaar in the church parlors on Sat-
urday, December I'd In connection
with the bazaar the ladies will serve
dinner at noon, and supper in the
evening. Everyone is cordially inyit-
ed.
The attention of the readers
The Democrat is directed to the new
advertisement OF Neiswanger & Lynn
in this issue. This firm Is rapidly es-
tablishing a reputation for, clean gr,,.
ceries at low prices. Their customers
are assured of fair and courteous
treatment.
THE Spoilers" which was adyer-
tised for the Plaza this week, will
not be shown at this time. An injunc-
tion was served on the Gate City
Feature Film company restraining it
from furnishing the reels to any of
It's customers, until certain claims
are settled in court.
--H. P. Cooper, director of physi-
cal training and Instructor of physics
in the Manchester High school, has
been obliged to give up his work on
account of illness. His position hac
been filled by Mr.. Forest Moofe, who
was until recently student at Upper
Iowa university and also captain Of
the foot ball team of that institution
this year.
The Democrat joins the many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs Clifford KEEP
mart in extending congratulations up
on their recent marriage. They per-
petrated neat surprise on'the unsus-
pecting ones and quietly went to
Waterloo where the happy event was
consumated. The bride is daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Drew of
this city and the young people have
a host of friends who wish them ev-
cry happiness and future prosperity,