The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08

Woods, who has just celebrated he
Goth birthday.
Rutherford Huffman, the two yea
y old son OF j. w. Huffman, IL. Nortl
Z Eleventh street, was painfully burne,
Sunday noon, when the child accident
ally fell into a blazing bonfire in {
neighbor's backyard. The youngster'i
face was badly burned the RICH
side, and the right hand and wrist suf
fered seriously from contact with the
fire. The Huffman child was playing
about the fire with a number Of child
rem at the time.
Joe Fisher of Valley Junction spent
Monday in Oskaloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Warder OF
Farson. Iowa, spent Sunday here Wis.
iting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Allen of Union
Mills visited over Sunday at the par.
entail Critchlow home on c avenue
east.
c. Marshall has returned home af.
ter an extended tour through the
West, visiting MANY western COM
munities. ..
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas mo-
tored to Norway, Iowa, Saturday and
visited over Sunday with Mrs. Thorn
as father, j. G.. Benson.
Miss Edna Woodland, art instructor
went to Des Moines Saturday where
she will spend several days in the in
terests of her profession.
Miss Mabel Ware attended the
teachers convention in Des Moines
and, was guest of Miss Kathryn Rob-
erts until Saturday evening.
Miss Marie Boggs has returned
to Des Moines where she is attend
ing Des Moines college, after spending
the week end at her home here.
Mrs. j. w. Grace and children of
500 North E street returned Saturday
evening from two weeks visit with
her sister. Mrs. A. A. Briggs, of
Fairfield. -....
DIR. L. M. Grigsby and Carol H.
Feezer were in Eddyville last week
in the interest of win My Chum"
week in which the Epworth League
of that place was interested.
Misses Nellie Frush, Marie Owen
and Ethel Trut blood of the Ack-
worth Friends Quarterly Meeting.
students at Penn college, spent Sun
day at their homes near Indianola.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Dunwoody have
moved to the Country Club and are
caring for the premises since the
resignation of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Swick. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunwoody
will remain until spring.
James Bovee, with his wife and
son, started Saturday for Florida,
where they expect to locate at
Zephyr Hills. They are making the
trip by auto and enjoying the chang
ing view of the country as they go
along.
Miss Edith Smith of 423 North First
street was the leader of the Epworth
League service Sunday evening. AS
a part of a most enjoyable service,
Miss Melanie Heuser contributed a
pleasing vocal solo. A large CON-
pany of young people were present.
Policeman John Mckinney of the
Oskaloosa police force has resigned
his position to accept an offer of At
torney S. V. Reynolds who is making
extensive improvements on his prop
erty in the northwest part of Oska-
loosa. Mr. Mckinney began work
for Attorney Reynolds this morning.
Mrs. ]. N. Lewis of Reinbeck. Iowa,
arrived Monday and will be the guest
of her brother, Carol H. Feezer. Mr..
Feezer today goes to Givin where he
will speak at meeting OF the local
Epworth League. Tney are a vigor-
Gus body of some 70 young people and
they are the life of the place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson and Mrs.
Anderson's mother from near Oska-
loosa drove down Monday and took
dinner at the B. B. Beamer home on
Bluff Creek. They brought with them
J. F. Wilbur, Seventh Day Advent
list worker from Nevada, Iowa, who
visited among members of the church
at this place, and also held a meeting
of the church people while here-Ed-
dyville Tribune.
Milton Young says that sixty years
ago, in 1857, while he was living In
Lafayette, Indiana, an inch of snow
fell on the fourth of July, putting a
white carpet on the green fields. Mr.,
Young also recalls that shortly after
he came to Iowa he hired young Mark
Barr to help him husk corn. The
weather was severe and Mr.. Young
was stamping around to keep warm
and he asked Mark if his feet were
not cold. mo-" replied the young
fellow, 1--WE got on socks" indication
that such was rather unusual.
Miss Frances Palsic is visiting her
parents at Lovilia for few days.
Sam r. Slade of Des Moines was
among Oskaloosa friends yesterday.
Miss Mamie Sickles of Des Moines
is visiting her sister Mrs. Emma