Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-11-07
BURR OAK.

Myrtle wade was up from
rayette FOR an over Sunday visit with
home folks. ''A
Mrs. b. M. Wicks returned We'd
nesday from few days stav at the
BERT Mcintosh home near Hesper.
w. II. Emmons, E. Kippe, and F..
sullivan, were Decdrah visitors
Thursday evening.
me l.. A. s. will meet on Nov tx
az the home of Mrs. E. ID. Weldon for
dinner.
A large crowd enjoyed the social
at the l. Q. 0. F. hall Thursday eve
ning A fine program was given and
aIterWard refreshments were served.
ana games were played. 1925 was
cleared for the Sunday school.
Mrs. Anna Reed returned Friday
from the Stroud home at Mabel. and
Is at the home of her son CLAYTON
Reed.
A. M. Morrison and daughter Elya.
were up from DEBORAH Thursday af-
ternoon.
Bert Mcintosh from Hesper. is
moving into the house vacated by Mr..
Shelley,
A Halloween program was given
- oNhcci NCuhcSudN AFTERNOON.
Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Reed went to
canton. Monday for visit at the
home of their son. W. H. Reed, and
Will leave Tuesday for st. Paul. where
they will spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. B. B. Downs.
E. M. Reed. Jack Nolte, and Cady
Potter. were business visitors at De-
corah Friday.
The l.. A. S. of the Reformed
church will meet on Wednesday. Nov.
IA at the Fred Koenig home.
The Misses Dorothy Ulrich. Cert
rude elise, Amy Winter, and Irene
Murdoch, were home from DEBORAH
from Wednesday night until Sunday
as the high school teachers were at
tending examinations
Mr.. and Mrs J. B. Reed nd daugh-
ter Of DEBORAH. attended the l.. A. S.
at f. NJ. Reeds Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Headington of
Elliota. were guests Sunday at the
Claude Headingto1 home.
Wilbur Donlan who enlisted in the
United States Navy year ago spent
last week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Do1lan.
Ollie Reed, of Crookston. Mimi,
was a guest Monday night of last
week at the home of his brother, E.
G Reed. Mr.. Reed is working for an
acetylene light company, and with
his family will spend the winter in
Georgia.
Rev. G. II. Sweet has accepted a
call to the pastorate of the A. c..
church at Arena, Wisconsin, and will
L hno hi, ln1 - a
Sunday, Nov. Is will be his last Sun
day with the A. c. church at Burr
Oak. In the two years that Rev. Sweet
has been here he has won large cir
Gle of friends, who regret very much
that he is leaving this community.
Mrs. Lester Nelson and baby were
guests from Friday until Sunday at
the Will Arnold home.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Reed and
daughter OF DEBORAH were guests
Wednesday and Thursday nights at
the G. Smith home.
On Friday as Harry Little with his
brother John and Chas. Pollitt, and
]. F.. Masters were driving some
cattle to Canton, when about two
miles from town the pony Harry was
riding stumbled and fell throwing
Harry on his head. He was picked up
unconscious and Mr.. Masters took
him to Canton to DR.. Kibbe's Office
where he was restored to conscious
ness, and although one leg was badly
hurt no bones were broken. He suf-
fered considerably that night from
the pain in his head, but is improving
and feels thankful that he escaped
death.
Miss Anetta Fossum, of WaukOn
was guest at the Sanaker home
, from Friday until Monday.
On Friday night C. s. Pierce, Ed
Arnold and S. j. McMartin, worked
all night on Emmett Knox's new
granary. The weather has been so ba6
, for carpenter work and they have sc
much work to be done before winter
that they worked thirty-six hours
stopping only for meals.
Obituary.
Melvin B. Little was born in Lake
Co., ILL.,, Oct. %, 1851 and died al
Rockford, Ill, Oct. 10, 1917. He was
married on Dec. z, 1878 to Miss
Emma Stanley at Fox Lake, ILL.,, who
passed to the life beyond in 1885
leaving two daughters, Miss Pear
Little. who was called hence In lSOI
and Mrs. Bessie Novine of Rockford
ILL. His second marriage took place
Jan. 1, 1889 to Miss Jessie Moody
, Two children of this union with the
widow survive: Miss Helen Little, 9
nurse. and George Melvin, son D.
this marriage predeceased his father
a number of years ago. He also leaves
, two grandsons, Stanley Noyine, wht
|, enlisted in the u. s. navy and is now
at the Great Lakes training station
and Donald Novine, of Rockford. one
, brother George A., at Meriden, la,
and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Perry o.
, Cresco, Iowa another brother, II. L
passed away in Sept. 1911.
MIR. Little was resident of Burr
Oak for many years. He went t'
, Rockford, Ill. in 1885 and drillet
: Rockford's first eleven artesian wells
, I'm 1887 he was appointed a memoel
, of the police force and for fourteen
. yaa rs was one of the most p0pula