The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-18
POSTPONE MEETING
FRANCES WILLARD UNION TO BE
HELD WEDNESDAY, JAN. "a.

Prime Neighborhood, Jan. 12-(By
Alpha The Frances Willard Union
will postpone their next regular
monthly meeting one week later on
account of Farmers Institute on the
same date Members please note
the meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. Fannie Caldwell, jan "a, on
Wednesday, Mrs. Alice Steddom
and Mrs. May Hicks will assist. Top
ic is Temperance.
Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, president,
and Mrs. Homer Prime, secretary, of
Frances Willard Union, met last Fri.
day p. M, at the home of our county
president, Mrs. c. e. Barnard, in a
County Executive Board meeting.
Most all the superintendent and Off
GERS of the different departments were
present and planned and perfected
much work for 1917. Mrs. Bernard
is very enthusiastic and loyal work
er and expects to organize many w.
c. T. U. unions throughout Mahaska
county this year and we hope and
pray that the superintendent and
teachers of our different rural
churches and schools will feel that
w. C. r. u work is part of our re-
ligion and will agitate, organize and
educate this great work so that ev-
cry township will call on Mrs. Barn
ard to give them information to build
and elevate character, homes and
neighborhoods. Mahaska county is
great and rich with her corn fields,
Prize horses, cattle and hogs, but she
can increase her greatness and rich
ness in higher standard of morality
in our homes and our boys and girls.
Farmers. Institute next week, the
weather permitting it will be big
success.
Mrs. John Prime was called to
Eddyville Monday to see her sister
Hattie who ha sheen quite sick since
Sunday
Miss Trina Winegarden is visiting
this week near Searsboro with her
parents. '.as
Mrs. FLOYD Stephenson entertained
the Frank Boston family and the Earl
Johnson family of the city at dinner
recently.
! The Hellings sale was largely at
tended and everything sold well. The
ladies of Lincoln Grange served lunch
which netted them a neat sum for
their labor. --,L
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stew
ems, a baby girl, Jan. 8, 1917.
Mrs. Cy w. Jordan, who has been
/ in poor health for some time, is now
located in San Antonio, Texas, where
| she will spend the winter. Her
daughter, Miss HelerS accompanied
her and has returned home and re.
ports the climate very beneficial and
invigorating to her mother
Mrs. Garrett Dykstra has returned
home from Pella where she visited
the Sipkema family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Griest visited
in the city last Sunday with his
brother Harry's family.
Miss Bernice Prime, who was, oper-
ated on several weeks ago at the
Oskaloosa hospital for appendicitis,
is able to be- at school again.
Miss Faye Lytle was operated on
| for adenoids and the remOvol of the
tonsils during holiday vacation, and
hopes to resume her school work
next Monday.
/ Miss Rose VALERIE Johnson left Sun.
day morning for Amos for her school
work after two weeks vacation at
the parental Wilbur Johnson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Steddom and
Mrs. Zantee and daughter, of near
What Cheer, attended the Hellings
sale.
In the death of Mr.. George +
Smith of Scott township, many
friends of this neighborhood extend
sincerest sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell Steddom en-,
tertained house full of relatives and
friends to a three course dinner on
Thursday in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
John M. Williams, of Tacoma, Wash
ington.