Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST week
WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE
ARE DOING AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEEK
Items OF a Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.

Nature Picked Up About
the City.
Mrs Serepta Young was visitor
in Dubuque last Thursday.
Hugh Clemans went to Muscantine
on business Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ Carr will
start for Washington, D. c. tomorrow.
Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Montgomery
drove to West Union in their Chandler
touring car last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Robinson of
Jacksonville, Florida, are the parents
of daughter, born last week.
Major H. G. Utley was at home
from Des Moines on Sunday and Mon
day, attending to business matters.
J. F. Heabel, the house mover.
was in Cedar Rapids on Monday, to
attend convention of housemovers.
The Priscilla Club will be en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. Fred
Johnson on Thursday afternoon Of
this week.
Miss Viola Haug returned to
Davenport on Tuesday of this week
after spending several days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. Haug.
Miss Hazel Hoyt, who is attend
ing school at Ames, came home
Thursday evening to spend the Easter
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs w. D. Hoyt.
George Richardson, student at
Ames, came home Thursday evening
and is spending the Easter vacation
in the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs F. E. Richardson.
Margaret and Mildred Yoran,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ J. Yor-
an, were guests of Mrs. Minnie Clough,
at Strawberry Point last Friday and
Saturday, returning home on Saturday
evening.
Miss Mabel Barber of Grinnell,
was a guest of Miss Zelda Blake, sew
eral days last week. Miss Barber is
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry t.
Barber, we'll known to many of our /.
people.
MS. wa1ro.- ,acQueen of New
York city and Mrs. H. F. Haesler OF
Douglass, Wyoming, spent several day
Douglass, Wyomingnss spent severai
days recently with their rusister, Mrs.
G. K. Hudson.
Mrs. L. B. Raymond, who ac-
companied her mother, Mrs. Fred
Glissendorf, to her home last week,
returned to Lacrosse the latter part
of the week after spending few days
among her many friends. 4.
Miss Margaret Stanger and Miss
Josephine Hutchinson, who had been
spending the Easter vacation with
their parents, in Manchester, returned
to their school work as seniors at.
Grinnell college, the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hockaday
Sr. and Judge A. S. Blair, who had
been spending the winter in Calif-
ornia, arrived home Friday of last
week. Mr. Hockaday tells US that
they had very pleasant winter in
the west.
Miss Edna Cowles, one of the
Manchester teachers, attended the
meeting of the Northeastern Iowa
Teachers Association at Dubuque
week before last We unintentionally
omitted Miss Cowles name from the
list of teachers as we published it
last week.
&C. D. Burnsides, who has been
employed in the Postal Telegraph
office, has been appointed as operator
for the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, and is now in charge of the
city office. Mr.. Burnsides is COM
petent operator, and will look care
fully after the company's interests in
Manchester.
On April 10th, union service will
be held by all the churches of Man
chester under the auspices of the w.
c.. T. U. The principle speaker of the
evening will be Mrs. Matteson Of
Clintonville, Wisconsin. The meet
ing has the endorsement of the COM
mercial club and a very interesting
program has been arranged. Every
one is cordially invited. On April
Goth, the Ladies of the W. c. 7. U.
will hold a reception for Mrs. Matte
son at the home of Mrs. G. X. Hud-
son.
e. j. Mills, who for several years
was employed on Manchester newspa-
pers, and who during the past few
years has been living in Iowa City.
has purchased the Walker News, of :
the Barry Brothers. Mr.. Mills is
hard worker, and thorough going
newspaper man, and his many friends
here will wish him success in his
new venture. The people of Walker
will continue to have good live news
paper under Mr.. Mills management
and ownership. The Barry Brothers
own a newspaper plant at Cherokee,
and have moved to that city to take