The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-11
PURE WATER DISTRICT
Ed HelleksOn was guest oi II.
Wilson Sunday.

Ed Hellekson was a guest OF II. =
Wilson Sunday.
Mrs w. j. Palmer called on Mrs
Geo. Palmer Tuesday.
William Sorensen is guest q
Chas Wagner this week.
Frank Jarboe was guest Of +. L
Lyon last Wednesday night.
z. Scott Merrill started to Winner
last Monday for load OF freight tol
the Wood markets.
j. l.. Hardy recently purchased Z
windmill OF Homer Searle in tile west
part OF the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sorensen enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs. Gerig and Mr.
Nollscll Sunday evening.
A. G. Moorehouse and John Glat.
felter called at w. j. PaImer's +. e
Lyons and Art Turner's Monday.
The Lads Society Of the Congrega-
tional church will meet on Thursday
OF this week at the home of Mrs. w.
j. Pamer.
III. Z. Wilson Joined a bunch Of his
friends at Wood last Saturday night
and attended the box supper given at
the John krieger SchoOlllOuSe,. five
miles northeast of Wood.
Some of the young people gathered
at the home OF John Gretschman Sun
day evening to go i'm a body and ex-
tend congratulatioes to Simon Fridy
and his bride, who were recently
married.
Rev. Mr., VanValkenburgh expects
to be with us again next Sunday for
the Mothers Day program TO be given
at the Happy Hollow church at 3p. m.
Everyone is most cordially invited to
this service.
c. w. Sawyer bought a young team
Of gray mares Of w. j. Palmer the
first of the week, and started for
Winner for load Of household goods
and freight. He expects Mrs. Sawyer
and the three children to arrive this
week.
Several weeks ago Lige Graham.
Art Turner and Pete Petersen each
placed an Older for Ford car. They
have been somewhat disappointed as
they are not yet delivered. but hope
to get them sometime during this
month.
Geo. Trice, colored, who lives i'm
the northwest part of the county,
was snowbotnd at f. f. Lyons last
Thursday rNsht He purchased a
fine thoroughbred White Rock rooster
at the Ski Hi while on his way home
Friday.
Knute Stried of belmont. S. D.. re-
turned to his home Monday after a
Short visit ct the home of his uncle,
Chas. Sjohom, and with his sister.
Miss Ruth Stried. who has taught
the Moses school. the past term, CIV
ing excellent satisfaction.
n A. Gerig is remodeling his
ShackS, putting on Shinge root and
tive-inch foundation under them.
so that they will now have the APP
pearance Of q. bungalow style of
structure. This is quite an improve
ment and speaks well for the pro-
gressive spirit Of Mr.. Gerig.
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Palmer last Sunday was given u din
ner party TO number Of their friends
Mrs. Palmer certainly understands
the art OF cooking. i,r everything on
the table was eptionally we'll pre-
pared. The guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Tisdall ana daughter Nyyenne, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Sorenson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sjohom. Mrs. Wagner and
.l;lJ,on AJi..- p,tl, GtriaI and
Messrs. Lyon, Stried and Jarboe.
On May :, 1917, it began showing
III the afternoon and continued
throughout the night and all the next
day. which melted slowly, as the
mercury was near the freezing point
most OF the time. There were five
inches Of Sn3w on the level most Of
the day Thursday. but it had almost
all disappeared on the evening of the
fourth. This was an exceptionally
hard storm on stock and also has kept
the grass back. SO that the pastures
give but little green feed yet
John Glatieter returned last Sun
day from Omaha. after an absence ol
a year and a half. He came to Wood
with ". J. .almer and was fortunate
enough to find Rev. He. NanNaIk
enburgh there with his car. ready tC
start Tor III ppy Hollow. He Joined
MIN and came to the church, arriving
iusl before the services His presence
was a most agreeable surprise and h'
received warm and cordial welcome
| from all After church services Ho
mer Wilson asked 4 few ol his bach
| eior friends in Tor supper and toSpen(
the evening Il bachelor Hail. Ih,
boys report a fine meal and merr.
| time. Those present were Ed Hellek
son. John GIatielter, Fritz Lyon
! Frank Jarb6e and Homer Wilson. A
4. MoorehouSe was conspicuous b.
his absence, but every one know
where and what the attraction is 70
Al these Sunday evenings.