Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-30

of the eighth grade of the Earlville
consolidated schools will take place
in the grammar room Thursday af-
ternoon at 1870, when the following
program WILDE carried out:
Instrumental Duet --
---Lucile Hunt, Hester Hamblin
Song By School
Song BY Boys
Recitation ---- Florence Winistofer
Notwithstanding Boarding School Ac-
complishments."
Mr.. Granville, school MASTER
---- $1,000 ------- Merle Meyer
Mr. Hopeful-a country gentleman
who has two daughters in Mr..
Granville's school --Sigfried Miller
The daughters ----Hilda Rafoth and
Hertha Schwandt.
Action SOng-----The Cooking class
By ten girls
Song-"Weal May the Keel Row."
cradle song by Brahms.
Glass Poem-"Crossing the Bar
Pres entation of Diplomas by supt.
Guy d. Ribble.
Song-"My Flag and Your Flag"
The class roll is Ernest Lester
Hunt, John Henry Felden, Glenn Eu-
gene Robinson, Paul Klaus, Hester
Mary Hamblin, Herman ]. Scheel,
Mabel Pearl Ham, Hilda Marie Helen
Raforth, Florence Winistofer, Sig
fried John Miller, Jennie Lucille Hunt,
Lucille Eleanor Willard, Hertha,
Augusta and Amanda Schwandt, and
Merle F. Meyer. The class colors are
silver and old rose. The class flower
is white rose with ferns and the class
motto is 'Be Square,"
Parents and friends are cordially
invited to attend the exercises. No
admission will be charged.
The Blue laws were strictly observ-
ed in Earlville last Sunday. In some
respects they were found to be all
right but in others they were decided
ly unpopular, to say the least.
Miss Hazel Baskerville returned
home from Dubuque Thursday, where
she had been the past three weeks
having her eyes treated.
The many friends of Mrs. Robert
Burke will regret to learn she is crit
ically i'll, with not much chance for
recovery.
Will Hunt received word that his
two sons, Archie and Raymond, had
failed to pass the physical examination
for enlistment and have again taken
up their work in Waterloo.
Childrens' Day will be observed
here in the churches Sunday, June
10th. Programs are being arranged
for and the exercises will take place
at 1890 a. m.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached Sunday evening at the M.
E. church by Rev. A. M. Mcintosh,
to a large union congregation. The
sermon was we'll worth hearing and
was mastery effort full Of good ad-
wise to the young people.
The place of military registration
in Earlville will be in the council
room. The hours will be from a.
m. to p m, Tuesday, June 5th. All
male citizens between the ages Of q
and 81 years must register. w. l.
Millen and F. ]. Seger will be regis
trars.
Miss Edith Volt is having severe
siege of inflamatory rheumatism.
Her many friends wish her a speedy
and complete recovery.
Holsher & Co. have been purchas-
ing considerable wool the past week
from farmers in this vicinity. The
high price of wool this year, together
with the high price of lambs and
sheep will very probably stimulate
the sheep raising industry.
A petition has been circulated dur
ing the week among the property own
ers asking that the town shall oil
several of the streets, and that the
cost of oiling be assessed up to the
property owners. The oiling OF the
street is good thing, eliminating the
dust during the dry weather.