The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-08-09


Hoover and Mr., and Mrs. Harold Hoo
yer of OslIaloosa were Sunday guests
at the Clarence w. billiard home.
Mrs. Charles Spratt and daughter
Katherine, of Des Moines, are here
for few days visit with Mrs. Spratts
mother, Mrs. Arch Cowan, on Second
avenue west.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Gould and daugh-
ter Rozette, Morris Gould and daugh-
ter Rae and niece, Tekla Kulp, of
Chicago, motored to Des Moines Sun
day where they spent the day visiting
among relatives and friends.
Rev. J. A. Ward of the Nazarene
church has returned to Oskaloosa
from Brooklyn, N. Y, after enjoying
a two weeks vacation with his fam
lily. He had a most delightful trip
and on Sunday received a most
hearty welcome from his congrega-
tion. .. 81
Tennyson Montgomery, who has
been on government contract work
in Des Moines for some time, is here
for few days visit with his mother
and daughters on North Seventh St.
He goes from here to Southwestern
Kansas where he has large con-
tract
Emery A Drake, of the local sta
ton of the Standard Oil Co., is off on
vacation trip of somewhat extended
nature among eastern relatives and
friends He is now in Buffalo, New
York about the old home town. Frank
C. Williams is in charge of the regular
business.
Delta Press: Altha Greenlee. and
wife of Hayesville, passed through
here enroute to Oskaloosa Sunday,
bringing Mrs. Alta Coffman home with
them in the evening who will look af-
ter the house while Mrs. Greenlec
goes to Bedford for short visit with
her brother Harry.
Rev. l.. M. Grigsby occupied his
pulpit at the Central M. Z. church
following a four weeks vacation, on
Sunday, and was given a glad recep-
ton by his people. August is the
closing month of the conference year,
the annual session being held this
year at Washington, Iowa, beginning
September 5, 1917. Bishop Richard
j. Cooke of Helena, Montana, will
preside.
DR.. G.. L. Minear of 1873 X avenue
east, as the district superintendent,
will hold the fourth and last quarter
ly conference at the official rooms of
the Central M. E. church on Tuesday
evening of this week. In many re.
spects this is the most important ses-
sion of the year as it will review all
business affairs and trustees, stew
ards and committees will be selected
for next year.
Art Oppenheimer arrived home Fri
day from New York. where he has
been on goods buying trip for OPP
penheimers and the Golden Eagle.
Mr.. Oppenheimer says war prepare
lions are much more in evidence in
the east than in the west, and the
city of New York is fairly alive with
patriotism. 1t was as warm in the
east as it was at home, and many
prostratiOns occurred in the city last
week
Mrs. Mary Turk of Newton is visit
ing at the Lou Mccall home.
Harry Broerman of Des Moines Wis
tied Oskaloosa friends over Sunday.
Mrs. Phil Starkey of Ottumwa
spent Sunday here visiting at the
home of Mrs. Laura Foehlinger.
Miss Margaret Ireland and Mrs.
Melissa Whitmer of Fremont were
shopping in Oskaloosa Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Connolly, who has been
i'll during the summer, was taken to
Des Moines Saturday for attention of
a specialist. .....
Mrs. Frank Locke and Mrs. A. c.
marshall OF 1eOTld were week emu
guests of the George Locke home on
Third avenue west. 4
Miss Louise Naramor and Mrs.
Udora Effner and James Elmer of
Udell, Kansas, are visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. Lou Mccall.
Mrs. Sarah Summers and son Har-
old, No. sos South A street, are visit
ing with relatives in Pennington,
Illinois, for week or ten days.
Harold Woodford and Ben Lindley,
who have enlisted in the quartermas-
ters' corps at Fort Riley, Kansas, de-
parted Saturday to report for duty,
Frank Nash motored to Westfleld,
Illinois, and returned Saturday with
his daughter, Miss Katherine, who
had been visiting there for some
time.
Prof. w. H. Kelley, newly elected
principal of the Oskaloosa High
school, has arrived here and has be-
gun planning the work for the coming
year.