Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-18
REVIEW AND FORECAST OF WEEK
items of q Personal and General
Nature Picked Up About
the City.


Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Stearns and
Mrs. Eliza Russell were visitors in
Waterloo Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Condor spent sew
eral days last week with her sister,
Mrs. Ben Falconer, at Ryan.
30. c. Clark. who has been in
Washington, d. c., for several weeks,
arrived home the first of the week.
Mrs. G. G. Pierce entertained a
company of ladies at luncheon at her
home on East Main street last Wednes-
day.
Miss Mary X Griffin, who has
been attending summer school at Ce-
dar Falls, returned home last Fri
day
Mrs. O. K Lennon was guest
of relatives and friends at Mason City
and Garner for several days last
week 81
George Dorman has been Obliged
to take an enforced vacation from his
work in the dentist office because of
illness.
Rev. 7. Rooney, pastor of st.
NIarys Catholic church of this city,
is spending his vacation at Rutland,
Vermont.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society
will hold an ice cream social at the
home OF Earl Durey Wednesday ev-.
ening, July 18th.
The Methodist Sunday School and
church will hold their annual picnic
Thursday, Thursday, July 26th, in Mr..
Hutchinson's pasture.
Mrs. B. C. Hall and two children
were the guests Of relatives and
friends at Vinton, making the trip
overland in their touring car.
Mrs. Eleanor Powell Of Cedar
Rapids is expected in Manchester
this week for a visit with her cous-
ms, the Misses Virginia and Helen
Carr. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Mann have
move dtheir household furniture from
the Brownell residence on Gay street
to Maquoketa, where they will make
their home.
So Mrs. VIM. Dudley ST. continues
very ill at her home in Manchester.
Mrs. Nellie Atwood, of Eagle Grove.
Iowa, is at the Dudley home caring
for her mother
Mr.. c. B. Otis and daughter,
Miss Blanche Otis, left Thursday for
Estonia, New Mexico, for visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Fish, the latter of whom
is a daughter of Mr. Otis.
There will be an ice cream social
on the lawn of Mrs. c. A. Munson on
Gay street Friday evening for the
benefit of the Mead Lawn Cemetery as
sociation. All are invited.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
held their annual picnic in the Hutch
inson pasture on Tuesday. A large
number were present to enjoy the
day, which was ideal for such an oc-
casion.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Stanger and
daughter, Miss Margaret, left Tuesday
morning for Clear Lake, Iowa, where
they will spend few days with
friends. They made the trip in their
touring car.
M. J. Yoran, Norman Ackley, Ed
win Davis and AL. Thorpe returned
last week from their fishing trip in
the lake. district of Minnesota, full of
fish stories and a complexion resem-
bling that of Texas cowboy.
Mrs. William Barr and daughter,
Miss Etna, returned home last week
from a delightful trip through the
west. They visited the Canadian
Rockies, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma,
and back home by way of one of the
central routes.
County Clerk o. R. Durham left
last Thursday for Chattanooga, Tenn
essee, where he will meet his brother.
Alton F. Durham, and accompany
him to Manchester on his trip from
Florida. They are expected home
later in the week
Hunt Armistead of Doom, Iowa, has
been mighty sick man the past week.
He came for visit at the home of his
father and sister, and soon after COM
ing here he was stricken with appen-
dicitis. His condition is somewhat |
improved at this writing.
Arthur West, who has been sta
toned in Manchester as one Of the
recruiting officers for Company H,
left Saturday night for Fort Riley,
Kansas, where he will enter one Of tn,
training camps for several months
intensive military training.
County Superintendent F. P. Walk
err and Wayne Beck of the Colesburg
schools returned last week from de-
lightful trip to the east. They visited
New York City, Washington, and many
other places of interest. While in
Washington they spent few hours in
the senate and listened to some of the