The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

~ lhiut anu 10 form acquaintance OF u
is new daughter in the Schmidt home.
~ Rev. Scott w. Smith, of Cedar Ra
= ids, former pastor of the First Presb
y terrain church and Rev. c. r. McCluI
y ID. d., of Chicago, were guests durin
= their stay in Oskaloosa at the J. I
:, McGregor home, No. 115 First avenu
d east.
Knoxville Journal: C. A. Porte
a was business visitor in Oskaloos
$ last Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
!. who are former residents of Oski
h loosa and Beacon, are preparing to g
4 to Phoenix, Ari., in about three week
t on account of Mrs. Porter's i'll health
: Mrs. John Nash, who lost her lif
in the railroad wreck at Creston OF
last Friday morning was an old school
mate OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Penlant
'iof this city. She was better known
in her girlhood days as Miss Nellie
West, of New Sharon. where she re
,llsided for number of years.
Mrs. ]. Frank Smith, of Universit,
Park and her class of girls at the Cen
trail Nj. e. Sunday school secured the
first prize for the largest percentage
lof attendance at the revival services
last week. Her record was 100 per
cent and G. H. Feezer and his class
OF boys were close second.
/ ]. B. McCurdy on Sunday, February
a, 1917, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his conversion and almost i'm
mediately afterward he joined the old
First NJ. Il. church and he is to-day
the only member of the church now
living in Oskaloosa, of those who were
identified with the church at that time.
Leslie Harvey, of Penn College, and
living some three miles northwest of
the city. walked in to attend church
on Sunday in spite of the extreme cold
weather. One round trip was made
in the morning and this was repeated
again in the evening, thus he made in
coming and going record OF about
twelve miles during the day.
Knoxville Journal: w. H. Lowman,
of near Bussey, step-father of Seth
Way, of this city, is in hospital at
Oskaloosa, suffering from ailments
due to his advanced age of 81 years.
The old gentleman. until recently,
made his home with his step-grand.
son, Charles Way, west of Bussey
Mr.. Seth Way visited with the old
gentleman over Sunday.
I'm after new wrinkles for 565,"
said Geo. II. CruZen as he took an
early morning train for Cedar Rapids,
where he will meet in convention with
the association Iowa State Dry
Cleaners. Mr.. Cruzen was recently |
chosen to edit the Iowa Dry Cleaners
Bulletin" a publication in booklet |
form dealing with things of import /
ance to the industry in which he is
engaged. r.
Relatives of Miss June Shelton are
in a state of apprehension as to her
safety. She sailed number of days |
ago on the steamer Bergensdorf, for
Bergen, Norway The steamer should
have arrived at Kirkwall England.
and reached Bergen, Nor
way, Monday. Submarine activity
around England, 9 during a campaign
in which Germany is sinking all ships
in the war zone without warning,
makes Miss Skeletons plight great
concern to her family.
o. E. Springer of Dayton, Ohio, is in
Oskaloosa for a visit with his sister,
Mrs. LaForce.
20 George w. Duchy, manager of the !
Lacey Hotel has gone to Des Moines
to look after business matters.
William Hawkins and Russell Hedge
have returned to their school work
in Ames after a week end visit with
their parents here.
Tom Carr spent the week, in the
city visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary
Carr, returning to his work in Newton
at noon.
Arthur Munsell was here from Des
Moines for a visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Munsell, No. 210
Second avenue east.
Mrs. j. Westman OF Detroit, Mich,
Is in the city for an extended visit.
Mrs. Mary Harp of Cedar Falls re-
turned home this morning after a few
hays visit here with relatives.
George Cruzen, mo. $685." and Ar
thur Chord of the dry cleaning depart
ment of the Union Monarch Laundry,
are at Cedar Rapids attending the
annual state convention of the Dry
Cleaners.
j. Ed Parks is out again from Sc
we're siege of la grippe that came near
being a repetition of his experience
with pneumonia of the previous sea-
son. He has been confined to the
house since January first.
Phil Lyon and Art Kaulfuss, of Ney
York City, OF the Miller & Draper Co.,
arrived in town Monday to
lake charge of the presentation Of the
Oskaloosa Country Club Minstrel, to
be given at an early date.
Miss L. Il. Lightner. public stenog-
rapher. has been secured by the man