The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-21

D.
j Rev. C. d. Loehr of the First Re
formed church, will be out of towr
this week in attendance at the state
Sunday school convention at Council
Bluffs.
Mrs. Erma Whitaker, of Parsons
Kansas, is with friends here for 6
couple of weeks visit. She will have
headquarters at the home of her aunt
Mrs. Helen Mitchell,
County Superintendent of Schools
Miss Jessie Duboc, has gone to Ames
to attend a state conference of school
workers in the interests of the boys
and girls club movement.
Washington Journal: Mrs. Laura
Hardsock, who has been a guest of her
sister, Mrs C. NJ. Houghtaling for a
couple of weeks left Saturday morning
for her home at Oskaloosa.
Mrs. G. w. Workman, Mrs. Matte
Hedden, Mrs. ]. E. Flewwelling and
Mrs. Flora Pond left this morning for
Davenport going to attend the depart
ment convention of the w. r. c.
Miss Rose E. Lewis. Professor of
English at Penn College left Sunday
morning for an extended visit along
the Pacific coast, planning stops at
Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cali
fornia, and Portland. Oregon.
Miss Mabel Grant of the Oskaloosa
Home Telephone Company is taking
her vacation, going to Tracy to-day,
to visit relatives. Her mother and sis.
ter will join her later, and will go to
Des Moines for few days visit.
A. Abbott, C. R. l. & P. superintend
ent and A. w. Eberhart, E. c. Fisher
and F. c. Whaley also officials of the
Rock Island, all coming from DeS
Moines, were in town Saturday look
ing after the interests of the road.
The spiritual retreat for the priests
of the diocese of Davenport will be
open Monday evening, June Is, in
Davenport and will continue until
Friday evening. Father Lotus of st.
Mary's will leave this afternoon to be
in attendance during the entire time.
Pella Booster: Miss Tichie Minnega,
living west of town, had her appendix
removed last Monday. The operation
was performed at one of the hospitals
at Oskaloosa. She is reported getting
along very nicely.
Pella Chronicle: Miss Cora Swank,
daughter of Tom Swank, living north
OF town, was operated on yesterday
for appendicitis. Doctor Williams of
Oskaloosa assisted Doctors Carpenter
and Sybenga in the operation.
Lovilia Press: Rev. r. B. Wilkinson
wife and daughter, r. M. Wilson, wife
and son, Mrs. Fannie Clemens and
Misses Eva and Bertha Milton were
in Oskaloosa last week attending Holi.
ness camp meeting at Central Univer
sity.
Mrs. Margaret Lewis, sister of Rev.
A. w. Dobson, the President of the
Iowa Holiness Association, returned
to her home in Marshalitown ON Fri
day, she having stayed over after the
camp W care III SUNNI b"iAS'' A
tiers.
E. c. Simmons departed Saturday, for
Worland, Wyoming, in response to al
telegram from his son Charles, telling
of the serious illness of Miss Martha
Simmons, sister of Z. c. Simmons
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Simmons. The telegram gave no par
ticulars.
Miss Nell Without, who has been
teaching in the Grinnell public school
during the second semester, completed
her work on Friday June 8. Enroute
home she was the house guest of DR..
and Mrs. J. G. Ryan of New Sharon
for a week. and arrived in Oskaloosa
Saturday to spend the summer at her
home.
Ralph Wilson, a former M. & st. L..
chief train dispatcher, who has been
in the service of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, at Norfolk, Va, has re-
turned to Oskaloosa to become chief
dispatcher for the third and fourth
districts of the NJ. & st. l.. road. He
fills the place made vacant by the
transfer of John NJ. Smith to Mime
apolis.
Lucille Snodgrass, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Snodgrass, No. 408
North A street, who suffered an injury
to an eye several weeks ago was TAX
en- to Iowa City Saturday and severe
operation was performed Sunday. The
little girl is doing as well as can be
expected under the circumstances,
but she win likely be in the hospital
number of weeks.
Mrs. Fannie Stull- Blackwood of
Huntley, Montana, and her daughter
Winifred, are making a short visit
among friends in Oskaloosa prior to
their return to the west. Mrs. Black
wood formerly resided in Oskaloosa
and is known here by wide circle of
friends.
Prof S. e. Carter OF G. II. U. start
ed out on Friday for his field work
trip in the interests of the school He
went first to Marshalltown and from
fhera will visit yarious uoint9 in this