Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-24
CORRESPONDENCE.
FREEPORT,

May IL, IJlO.
James Price of DEBORAH was a
business caller in our village one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walby and
little daughter and Mrs. Kinsback
of st. Paul were guests at the Kirk
bride home a part of last week.
Harry Youngblood and sister, Mrs.
Eliason of DEBORAH attended the
Basket social here Friday evening.
Mrs. Reed of Hesper was the guest
of Mrs. S. Warn several days last
week.
Ed Sweitzer concluded a two
months visit with his cousin, A. X.
Sweitzer and returned to Lanark
Ill. last Wednesday.
May, Myrtle and Margaret Hall
man and Frances Robinson attended
the Rally Day" exercises at the Ad-
vent church in DEBORAH last Satur-
day.
Eva Stohr of DEBORAH spent Fri
day night with home folks.
r. T. Robinson was an over Sun
cay visitor with friends in DEBORAH.
Some from here attended the Wo-
mans Suffrage speech at the Grand
In DEBORAH Friday night.
Ed Conner of DEBORAH was a Sun
day visitor with relatives in this vi
cinity.
Allen Wise and sister Lillian and
Caddie Drake Of DEBORAH were call
ling in this neighborhood last Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Keefe and chill
dren of Pleasant township were OBJ
served in our village one day last
week.
Florence Burke spent Saturday
and Sunday with DEBORAH friends.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Reed of DEBORAH
were calling in Freeport one evening
last week.
Some from here attended the dance
at the VIM. MALI home on Clay Hill
Last Wednesday night.
DR.. Lakeland will hold services
here again June 4 at $3.50 p. m. This
will be Children's Day and the chill
dren are preparing a program. All
are invited to come out and hear
them.
Alice Sheggrude of Frankville
spent several days last week with her
aunt, Mrs. T. E. Kirkbride.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Headington of
DEBORAH visited Freeport relatives
one day last week.
Phoebe Sorenson of Clay Hill
spent a part of last week with her
sister, Mrs. J. A. Headington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blaire Of
Frankville were over Sunday visitors
at the Harmon Logsdon home.
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Kirkland a parcel shower at the d.
H. Leach, home last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Ruby Miller and children
were over Sunday visitors with
friends on Clay Hill.
Fred and Edwin Gross of Clay Hill
attended church here Sunday.
Quite a number of the young peo-
pie took in the movies in Decoran
Saturday night.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. e.
Kirkbride last Thursday afternoon,
when Adolph Riste and Harriet Kirk
lane were united in marriage by DR..
Lakeland. The bride was attended
by Alice Sheggrude and the groom
by Alvin Walby, both cousins Of the
groom. Only the immediate rela-
tiyes were present. After the cere-
mony a bounteous repast was served
by Mrs. Kirkbride. The bride is the
youngest daughter of G. w. Kirk
land of this place and is young lady
who has grown to womanhood in our
village and her friends are legion.
The groom has spent the past two
years here and in that time has gain
ed many friends, all of whom join
in wishing the young couple long
life of happiness and prosperity.
They will be at home to their friends
on the Jacob Haas Sr. farm near De-
corah, which Mr.. Riste has rented.
Those who were present at the we'd
ding from out of town were Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Walby and Mrs. Kinsback
of st. Paul, Sylvia Walby of Frank
vile, Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Coughlin
and Mrs. G. S. Lakeland of DEBORAH,
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Sheggrude and
children from near DEBORAH. In the
evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkbride en-
tertained a large number of friends
in honor of the newly married cou-
pie.