Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-12-05
.L()CAL HAPPENINGS
Of The PAST week

have the shortest day OF, the year.
Miss Margaret Ward Of Ryan, spent
Thanksgiving day with relatives in
Manchester.
Mr.. Lewis of Cleveland Ohio, is a
guest in the l. Il. Rolf home on east
Union street. # fir
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pinch of Chicago
were guests Of relatives in Manches-
ter last week.
Mrs. J. E. Davis of. Littleport came
Tuesday and Is the guest Of friends in
Manchester this week.
Miss Viola Haug returned to Wa
terloo on Friday morning after spend
ing Thanksgiving with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Haug.
Rev. Father Drummy of Rantoul,
Illinois, was calling on relatives and
friends here last Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Montgomery
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Stearns are
visitors in Cedar Rapids today.
Our readers should not overlook
the Christmas suggestions offered in
the advertisement of Earl Seeley this
week Mr.. Seeley's advertisement APP
pearson page eight of this issue.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet with Mrs. George Miinch, We'd
nesday, December 18th, at 2:3O. Mrs.
OK, Hudson will be the leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Durey had as
their guests on Thanksgiving day Mr..
and Mrs. John Hatfield and family,
Earl e. Durey and family and Ernest
Durey and family.
Miss Margaret Stanger, teacher
in the High school at Creston, spent
Thanksgiving day with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Stranger. She re-
turned to her school work on Monday
Born, at Mercy hospital, in Ana
mOsa,, Tuesday, December 5th, 1917,
to Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Morrissey,
of this city, a daughter. Mrs. Nor
rissey was formerly Miss Bess Thorpe.
DR.. C. M. Morgan left Tuesday for
Chicago where he will attend the Live
Stock Sanitation Association meeting,
and also the International Stock
show, both being held there this week.
Mrs. James Bishop and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Blanche Peterson, were Wis
itors in Dubuque last Saturday. Mrs.
Peterson went to Postville from Du-
buque, to resume her work in the city
schools.
A large number of delegates from
the various Christian Endeavor So
cieties of the Eleventh. district, were
in Manchester Sunday to attend the
convention held in the Presbyterian
church.
Miss Alice McCredie, principal Of
the Elkader High school, was guest
of Mrs. C. J. Bailey and Miss Belle
Bailey on Thanksgiving day. She went
to Cedar Rapids on Thursday night to
spend part Of the vacation with her
parents.
Leslie Slack, now stationed at FIT.
Riley, Kansas, spent few days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Slack
in Manchester " Leslie is member
OF the United States cavalry, and
to sall outward appearances, looks as
If army life agreed with him.
Mrs. Sadie Relf and little daughter
Of DEBORAH, Iowa, were the guests Of
Relf's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Hanna, several days last week. Mr..
and Mrs H. E. Hanna and three
children of Cedar Rapids, were also
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna on
Thanksgiving day. ......e
Mayor Fred Munson handed us a
copy of the Camp Dodger," a weekly
newspaper published at Camp Dodge.
The paper is an eight column news
paper, and is profusely illustrated,
and full of mighty interesting news
regarding the camp and military acti-
yities in general.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Coltman and
children of Independence, were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hintz
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lawman
Thanksgiving day. Mr.. Coltman re-
turned to independence on Friday
but his family remained here for a
longer visit.
Miss Inez Walker, teacher in the
city school of Elkader, came last We'd
nesday evening and was the guest Of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. p! e.
Douglas at Spring Branch, and went to
Cedar Falls on Thursday to spend
Thanksgiving with her grandmother,
Mrs. A. M. Bremner.
Lieut.. Harry X Davis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Davis, is spending
few weeks in Manchester. Mr.. Davis
has just completed his course of in
tensive training in the signal corps
OF the aviation section OF the regu-
lar army, and has received his COM
mission as a lieutenant.
The large addition to the National
Manufacturing Companys factory
building is nearing completion, and
when completed will enable the COM
pany to increase its force of work
men in order to keep up with the or
ders for gates and other articles man
ufactured in the plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Nye had as their
guests on Thanksgiving day Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. McClintock of Cedar Rapids
and Miss Ruth McClintock of Month
cello. Capt H. w. McClintock of
Camp Dodge and Miss Jessie Fawcett
Of Mechanicsville, Iowa, were also
guests at the Nye home Thanksgiving
Day.
Bert Matthews, who has been en-
ployed as civil engineer for the Illi-
nois Central Railway company,
spent Thanksgiving day with his
family. Mr.. Matthews has been doing
work for the Illinois Central at
Greenville, Kentucky, and expects to
be stationed in Illinois later in the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Norton were
guests of Mrs. Norton's mother, Mrs.