Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-17
correspondence
PELICAN.

part of the week.
Roy Goss a vehicle dealer of Wa
tertown, was a business caller hero
Tuesday afternoon.
Bill ZaInow was ~motorcycling herr
on business Wednesday morning.
The Zamow brothers lost a valuable
horse L night the past week.
Thomas Birchall, Of oxford town.
ship, was a pleasant eaIler here the
middle Of the week.
Johnnie Benthin visited with Her,
bert Klatt on Thursday forenoon.
A bouncing baby boy arrived al
the Conrad Urban home Thursday,
August 10. All concerned are fine,
Rain delayed haying and threshing
considerably in this section the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thiede were
Watertown visitors Friday afternoon.
The three younger Thiede children
are having a siege 0f whooping cough
The older ones had it some time ago.
A T, Klatt, stephen Mahlich and
Oscar Green were WATERFOWL visitors
on Saturday afternoon.
Oscar Green says he was c~aIcuIat,
ing on getting married this fall but
the crop turning out so poorly he
doesn't know what to 90 about 1t,
Julius Klatt and family visited for
a time Sunday with a bEpther and
family at the BozeIder farm.
Many Pelican farmers were Lake.
Kampeska visitors sunday AFTERNOON.
Some took in the ball game at Stony
Point played by the Thomas and.
Grover teams. The score was 2 to 8
in Growers faror.
Ruth Mclaughlin returned last Sun.
day from Florence where she has
been visiting friends the past week
or Ten days.
Mr. and Mrs, Peter scherer aud
Cora were sunday visitors at the
Thiede home.
The Hazel German lutheran con
~gregation wiII hold its annual mis-
sion festival on Sunday, August 20.
The meeting will be held at a grove
TWO miles north and one-half mile
west Of Hazel but IL the weather is
bad il viii be held at the Hazel church
There will be two services. German
and English, at 10 o'clock and 2:3o
Dinner VIII be provided fer all and
everybody Is cordially invited.
Commencing on TUESDAY. August
q, the Grover German Lutherans VIII
hold a three days conference at the
church. 1t Is estimated that there
viii be about twenty ministers pres
enf.
We noticed in the News Of the past
week that Walertown viii hare some
women speakers on Wednesday. Aug.
ust 23. We will probably be too busy
TO attend in the afternoon but we
would like 10 attend in the EVENING"
and enjoy the speaking and music.
Al are cordially invited.
Al accident happened to a spectat-
or at The bail game last Sunday at
stony Point. Stephen siahlich was
u over by one OF the Grover bali
players. What was at first thought
TO be q very painful bruise proved
10 be d fractured shoulder bone.
There vas plenty Of seating space AT
the rear OF the screen, but steve.
thing Of no harm, happened to getI
Just a little loo close to the diamond.
The ball player intended to make a
home u and was running at a yeryI
fast rate. The result is that Steve
has to carry his left arm in a sling
and mus. 80 to town on Wednesday,
to have bis shoulder rebandaged By
the attending physician.
We are enjoying a visit from Mr..
n Mrs. Eber Hyde and family OF
Ainlot, ~ d., who arrived here the
past week in their touring car.
1t Is now the time OF the wear when
the weeds on u highways should be
moved. We did good work last year
and il each farmer viii do his duty
this year we a get them all cleaned
up Nearly All farmers have cooper.
ated with US. but a few have neglected
their duty.
The weeds cause snowdrifts to the
highways and render the roads i'm.
mssable. besides scattering foul
seeds upon adjoining land. II should.
therefore, be a matter Of ccrnmnnity
pride, az well as a duty for each
farmer 10 NOW the weeds. Please CO.
operate with US In this matter for the
good OF the country. And D the
weeds.
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KAMPEsKA.
!. a n, Tessier took dinner With
Mrs and Mrs. John shultz Wednes