The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-04-05
LENCTHEN ROUTES
MORE TERRITORY ADDED TO
FREMONT RURALs.


Fremont, March 81 Beginning
April second the routes out of FIRE.
mont will have added patronage.
Since the Butler postofice has been
discontinued, the people in that To-.
cality have to 60 long way for their
mail so the department has given that
territory to Sam White, carrier on
Route Q, and taken some off of Sans
route and given it to N. F, Rocky, on
Route /. This makes Route 1 about
28 miles long and Route 2 about 30
miles.
WhartonBros. have nearly completed
a large addition to a. cir blacksmith
and automobile repair shop. The old
building was cut in two the long way
and the east half moved over and the
middle part built new, two stories in
height. This gives them one room
36x40, and they will have room for
their growing business. An Office room
12x16 has been built on the east. A
cement floor will be put in the shop
part and the whole structure painted
so soon as weather conditions permit.
Ivan Griggs arrived home Monday
for visit with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Griggs. He has been in the
u. s. navy for almost three years and
is now with the Sacramento battle
! ship. He has fifteen da furlough
and came here from New Orleans.
~ T. F. Young of Fremont, and Mrs.
Belle Harris, of South Ottumwa were
married at the home of the bride Sat
urday evening, March "a, 1917, at five
o'clock p. M, Rev. w. e. Prewitt, OF
the Baptist church officiating. They
came to Fremont Monday and are
new at home on North Cumberland
| sstreet.
Z Last Thursday Forest Brown had
. the two first fingers of his right hand
badly mashed in the cogs of q spread
er. The apron refused to work and
in moving it the cogs jumped and his
hand was caught with the above re
suit. He got surgical attention i'm
ynediately but now has a couple of
night sore fingers.
D. Goehring arrived home Monday
morning from weeks visit at Miller,
South Dakota. Mr.. Goehring says that
there is lots of snow up there and it
is difted as high as small mountains.
Ira Gordon arrived home Tuesday
from visit in Montana. He was
snowbound twice on the return trip
and was over five days on the road,
Edgar Heath returned yesterday
from a visit at his old home at White
Pigeon, Michigan. ..1 .....
Miss Gladys Walton of Burlington,
arrived in Fremont Tuesday to assist
Mrs. F. II. Mckinney in the Millin.
cry work,
Mr.. and Mrs: c. E. Kline spent Sun.
day at the home of the latters sister,
Mrs. u. z collars east of town.
VIM. Lynch was in Oskaloosa Mon.
day and bought a Ford car. His son
Modern was with him.
G. o. Brown and sister, Miss Ida
Brown, spent Sunday in Martinsburg
at the John Brown home.
j. e. Davis Of Perry, was here Sun.
day for visit with his brother, H. S.
Davis and family.
AUuT0" nlLIeT vi I1SuIlCh' was III
Fremont Friday, attending the fun
eral of Mrs. William Kielkopf.
L. D. Allender was in Oskaloosa
Monday. .......
Paul Davis started to school in Os.
kaloosa Monday.
Mrs. C. L. Whitmer and son Ray
spent Saturday and Sunday in Ollie
visiting relatives.
Born to Mr.: and Mrs. Edward
Swartz east of Fremont, Wednesday
morning, March %, daughter.
j. II. Kelley, of Oskaloosa. photo
grapher, was in Fremont Wednesday
taking group pictures at the high
school for the annual.
Mrs. William Baker, Of Muscatine,
arrived Tuesday for visit with her
nephew DR.. A. L. Osborne and mother.
The Oskaloosa Gospel team headed
by w. ]. Howell will hold all day ser,
vices here Sunday At eleven O'Clock
Sunday morning the team will conduct
special services in the Baptist church.
"A special mems meeting will be held
in the same church., at three o'clock
in the afternoon. A union service OF
all the Fremont churches will be held
in the Fremont church Sunday night.
Special music has been arranged for
each service. ,