The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-06

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band in the hospital.
A. T. Bryan was a caller in town
! Thursday from Denison.
On account of the rain on Dccora
ton day the program for this occa
sion which had been planned and an
nouncCd had to be dispensed with tt
the great disappointment of all az
preparations were made for a fine
} program to be given and splendid
, speaker had been secured After &
. light rain early Wednesday morning
the clouds began to clear away and
the sun shone with every prospect OF
a bright day but owing to the muddy
condition of the, roads the procession
!. part of the program could not be car
ried out in the morning as has been
the customary way and plans were
made at once to carry on this part in
the afternoon after the services at
the church but before moon rain fell
in torrents and continued throughout
the day, consequently it had to he Civ,
en- up. Rev. l.. v. Slocumb of Omaha
1.-The speaker who had been secured for
tho occasion, spoke at the Methodist
church in the afternoon to a handful
|of people. Many had planned on hear
ing him and were very much disap-
pointed as he is one of the ablest of
speakers We perchancc may if the
Lord wills, see another Decoration
Iday with better results.
The graduating class were III Den
|ison Friday having their photos TAX
|en.
Fred Grill was down from Dcnison
Thursday on business.
| IT Vnnnu visitor at fhn
county seat Thursday.
Auct. E. r. Malone of Charter Oak,
was a pleasant caller here Saturday.
Carl "Tatroe was a passenger to
Omaha Thursday morning where he
|spent the day returning, On Friday.
| Miss Ruth Swasey was among the
tcallers in nenison Friday last. ..,I<.
|, Last week on Wednesday May 30,
Mr.. and Mrs. Spray Malone were call
ed upon to part with. their little
daughter Hazel Belle, who had been
in poor health for sometime being af.
ficted with heart trouble. She Just
recently recovered from an attack of
able to be around and was apparent
! ly in a fairly good condition. We'd
nesday evening while the family were
SCdlCu dl JtiC ldbIc ilCl h"tCN
q great change pass over her face
and requested her to lie down and az
she did so she lifted her eyes, smiled
and passed peacefully into the arms
of her redeemer. Hazel Belle Ma
lone was born in Kenwood. Ia, Aug
ust s, 1912. and passed away at her
home May 80, 1917 at the age of four
years, eight months and twenty-five
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parture, her father, mother, three
brothers, Arden, Floyd and Everett,
and one sister, Ethel. The deceased
although SO tender in years. realized
thai the end was near as she had
made mention of the fact several
times in the past few weeks She
said that she could hear the angels
coming for her but she did not want
to leave her parents and brothers and
sister, She was taken just at the age
when she had grown to be a great
blessing to those about her. She
was possessed with a very lovable
and good natured disposition and was
like little golden sunbeam in the
home where he death leaves a sad
vacancy The funeral was held on
Friday afternoon at the Methodist
church conducted by the pastor, Rev.
A. B. Adams after which the little
form was laid away i'll the Dow City
cemetery The hearts Of all sympa-
thize with the grief stricken family IL
their dark and dismal hour. E
Sleep little lamb, beneath the light
of silver stars so clear and bright.
The glory fades on Bethlehem's nil
Sweet angel voices now are stlil.
~ IN, f11 oct
The Shepherd gathers to his breast
The lambs OF his rcdeeming love.
And bears them to his fold above.
T.. G. Virgins, wife and two chill
dren left Friday night FOR two
weeks visit with her folks in Jack
sonvillo, i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Ettleman and
son William spent the day Friday III
Omaha.
Mrs DR.. J. A. Brill and baby were
guests at kcnsingtOn given at the
home of Mrs. DR.. r. G. Moore in Dun
lap Friday afternoon. DR.. Brill &C:
companied his wife and baby to Dun
lap for visit with DR.. Moore. ~
Miss Ora Butterworth came up from
Logan Friday night IT, attend thf
alumni banquet. nGfc..r.y g3s. ~
Several young mcnGof the enlist
ment roll of Denison were down, Fri;
day afternoon between, trains, ,l,Ia q
Tie commensurate exercises were
held last Thursday night in tile opera
house and was witnessed by an i'm.
mense audience. The address leliv-
cred by John E. Foster of Des MOines
was above the ordinary and all speak
very highly of the splendid discourse.
Prof. Manning is to be congratulated
upon his excellent taste in selecting
such a speaker. The class song was
sung to the tune perfect Day" and
was rendered beautifully. Several
fine selections were given by the high
school orchestra the Girls Glee Club
and Sextettc and were loudly ap' |
planded The invocation and bencdic-
ton were most suitably given by Rev.
A. B. Adams of the Methodist church |
J. N. Boil after giving short talk
to the audience presented the diplo-
mas to the class in a very able man
ner. This class consists of seven
boys and girls as follows: Bernice
Judd, Vesta Riddle, Mabel Thomas,
Stella Staller, Nellie Fishel, Henry |
Vollersen and Charles Rigsby. They
are all young people of high stand
r. ;p tbo community and one of tho |