The Dickinson press., 1917-12-22
LOCAL NEWS

Special Christmas dinner at the
Willard hotel-l2 to 2:30 and 6 to &.
Fir. Dignam and T. F. Murtha were
in Taylor Wednesday in the interests
of the Red Cross drive.
Everybody should attend the 10y
atty League dance in the armory
Christmas night. Special music-big
time.
Taxi service day and night. Call
Philip Krank. Day telephone No.
366 and night telephone S15 K.
11-24-4p
r. H. Basham was in from Killdeer
the latter part Of the week to look
after his cottage in the western part
of the city.
The Chess club was entertained at
four tables by Supt. Fall on Tuesday
evening at his pleasant apartments in
the Reed Block. A fine lunch was
served.
A.. E. Wing, principal of the Lefor
school, is making preparations for a
big community Christmas observance
in the Lefor hall. The school chill
dren will render the program and a
big Christmas tree will feature.
Chas. Isham, who about two weeks
lago had his leg amputated, returned
to his home at Manning on Wednes-
day. Mrs. Isham is postmistress at
Manning but was with her husband
here all the while he vas in the hos
pital.
MI. and Mrs. Emmanuel Anderson
and son, Norman, came up from their
home north of Taylor on Monday
evening, Mrs. Anderson and son TAX
ing delayed No. 4 the following day
for Ladoga, Ind, her old home, where
they will spend a month with rela-
tives. +.
Hospital Notes: Operations-Dar-
rel Sipes, Quinion; Clifton .Oberg,
Wibaax; Mrs. Nellie Doyle, Befield;
Wendell Miles Bartle, Sentinel Butte.
For treatment: Thos. J. Greene, city;
Sidney Olafnn, city; Mrs. Don David
son, city; Mrs. Chas. HUH Gladstone;
Mrs. John Kkpper, city.
VIM. F. Dauber, who recently ac-
cepted a fine position in the Willard
Battery service at Fargo, came up on
Friday to get his family, who expected
to accompany him back the latter part
of the week. The residence on Mar
guerite Boulevard, in which they have
been residing, will be occupied after
the first Of the year by the Fred
lessen family.
Misses Carol and Grace Mcclure,
who are students in the Minnesota
University this year, have only one
week of Christmas vacation and have
decided that it is too short a time to
come home, so they plan on spend
ing part Of the time with their uncle,
F. E. Mcclure, at Mankato, Mimi,
and part with their aunt, Mrs. w. +.
Stanley, in Minneapolis.
Wendell, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Miles Bartle of Sentinel, Butte
underwent his fourth operation in four
months on Wednesday. He is. getting
along nicely and it is thought that the
final operation will not come until he
is considerably older. He is now with
his mother at his grandmother's, Mrs.
Viola Homer. Mr.. Bartle expects TO
come down for Christmas.
Chas. Wesley Burns, of othe Henne-
pin Avenue church in Minneapolis,
we'll remembered here as the principal
speaker at the M. E. church dedica-
ton, will deliver a lecture here some
time during the latter part of Janu-
airy, under the auspices Of the Mems
club of the M. E. church. The pro
ceeds will go for some charitable
work, probably the Red Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe J. Kubas, accom-
panied by the formers sister, Miss
Mary, and also by Mrs. Frank Kubas,
drove in from north of South Heart
on Tuesday, to get a Christmas tree
and make other purchases for the
holidays. Joe Kubas has a 400 acre
farm and nearly rs head of stock, for
which he says, he has plenty of feed.
He reported that the roads were in
poor condition.
That piano at the Bachelor Club was
some surprised Sunday evening when
a real artist got hold of it. Misses
Ethel Schlabach, Adelaide Oxton and
Ethel Dunlevy took dinner with the
club, the guests of Oscar Forde and
w. w. Eastman, and Miss Schlabach
played and sang for the boys. She
has an excellent voice and is a regular
Paderewskiess. Of course, everybody
joined in the chorusing.-
C. H. Starke addressed the audience
at the Ray Wednesday night in the
interests of the Red Cross. He said
that membership in this society was
equivalent to citizenship and urged
those present to join at the booth
situated in the lobby under the man
agement of Mrs. Fred Reece. Ninety
five per cent Of the soldiers wounded
in France, said he, have been cured
and returned to the front principally
through the efforts of the Red Cross.
Manager Hoffman of the Western
Union, who is to manage the school
for the Signal Corps here, announces
that six men of Hettinger will come
here and take the course which will
probably start in about sixty days.
Mr.. Hoffman says that about eight of
this city will also take the course.
The school will be located in the
building adjoining the Western
Union. A wireless outfit arrived this
week but this will not be assembled
until the school has been open for
awhile. The Signal Corps is intended
as a school of instruction for those
drafted men who are Interested in
this branch Of the service. The men,
taking this course, must pay their own
living expenses and it is to be hoped
that any of our merchants who can
give these boys work will do SO.
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