Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-09-19


Porter, last week
o. J. Schultz and family and Chris
tan Anderson of Muscatine, visited
at the home of Albert Marolf last
week.
Maurice Wiltsie visited relatives
here recently on his way from Mont
rose to Dubuque.
The southeast group of the Presby-
terrain Aid Society enjoyed very
pleasant afternoon at the beautiful
country home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Littlefeld, with Mr.. and Mrs. Little
field and Mrs. Marshall Neill as host
esses. The ladies are very grateful
to those who provided for the trip
with their automobiles.
Mrs A. Hamblin, who has been visit
ing the past week at the home or
Frank Brokaw has returned to her
home in Manchester.
Albert Donahue has gone to see
what the prospects are for change
of location to a country where the
winters are less severe than they are
here.
J. A. Anderson and family have re-
turned from South Dakota where
they have made their home for sever
al years. They are expecting to
spend the winter on the Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Julia Ricketts, of Dubuque, is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. W. J. Kirk
wood.
Earl Keith went to Cedar Rapids
to take the examination for enlist
ment. He passed and has been sent
to St. Paul to enter the training
camp for marines.
Mrs. MARYLAND of Cherokee, was in
town several days last week.
Mrs. John Shlick and Miss Emily
Tobin of Worthington, spent Satur-
day with their aunt, Mrs. w. L. Camp
bell
P. R. Wheeless returned Saturday
from his trip to Canada.
Archie Casteel and family have NOV
ed into the brick house in the south
east part of town lately vacated by
Mr.. French.
Mr.. and Mrs Lake came up from
Anamosa Friday. M. Lake left Satur"
day evening for Ohio and Mrs. Lake
will remain with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. collar.
Miss Mae Kelley held her millinery
opening Saturday
Quite a number went to Monticel-
10 Wednesday to attend the Dairy
Day picnic and to hear Governor
Harding.
DR.. w. B. Guthrie stopped off Tues
day to see his father and sister on
his way home from Colorado, where
he had been for several weeks deliver
ing lectures on behalf of the govern
ment. AS Tuesday was the morning
of the fall opening of LenoX College
DR. Guthrie was called upon for an adj
dress. in addition to the very excel
lent one already given by DR.. Donald
Grant of Oelwein. DR.. Guthrie had in
tended leaving in the afternoon, but
his friends demanded that he stay and
speak to the people in the evening
and. notwithstanding only few hours
notice, the telephones did good work
and large audience greeted him in
the gymnasium. fiS has made study
of the causes which led up to the war
and explained many things not gener-
ally known. He said military autocra-
cy is to be wiped out for all time and
the United States is in the fight to a
finish and it is to be finished right.
When the public schools opened it
was found that the increase in attend
ance was so large the pupils could
not be accommodated. 1t was not
thought advisable to put up an addl-
ton but on the boards comforting with
with the Lenox college trustees it Wi"
arranged that the domestic science,
agricultural and manual training
classes could be provided for at the
college and the use of the gymnasl-
UNI was also permitted. A much de-
sired twelfth grade was also made pos
sible by allowing the pupils to join
the academy classes for part of their
work which would be impossible in
the present buildings.
J. E. Stanger and wife have been
absent for several weeks, visiting
with their daughter, Mrs. w. T. Tay-
lor, at Clermont, Minnesota.
The Y. M. C. A. has announced their
lecture course for the coming season
and state that they have five splendid
entertainments, as follows: Septem-
Der Is, Alton Packard, cartoonist;
December 10, Roumanian Orchestra;
January 16, Irish Players; February
|1S, Clarence L. Miller, lecturer: March
Is, Jane Dillon, reader. The season
tickets will be the same price as usual,
$3.50.
Rev. w. H. Ensign will attend the
fall meeting of Presbytery at Waukon
this week.
Earl and Jennie Deshaw made an
automobile trip to Marcus last week
RI COO their siafor Mrs lanes Rae