The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-12-27
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS AND VS.
IToRs GALORE.
BOY SCOUTS Big BOOSTERS
Personal and Social Gossip of An Act
i've Community Max Perkey
Makes a Record-Schools Com
pIete Successful Term.


been preparing special Christmas pro
| grams, The Methodist church and
the Christian church this year offer
exercises to the people that will prove
of interest and pleasure to ALL
Before the closing of the schools for
the holidays, some So of the. students
| made pledges for the benefit of the
Rcd Cross and about all of them went
in as active members. This is a
great record.
With the close of the fall term of
I school, Superintendent Carl Nelson
and Principal Miss Edna Seller will
take a we'll earned rest. The Delta
schools have done fine work during
the term and their management re-
fleets considerable credit, not only on
the superintendent and principal, but
also on the school board of which E.
l.. Root is the president, F. X. Ken
dell, secretary, and j. S. Utterback,
treasurer. ..
In common with other worthy en-
| terprises Delta has a troop of Boy
| Scouts of some 80 members and these
are divided into four patrols. The
leader is Robert Boldoser and when
the weather is favorable during the
spring, summer and fall, they have
great times with their outdoor camps,
and yet even during the winter they
are not idle, for if any worthy object
is claiming public attention, they are
sure to be loyal boosters and big
helpers in the movement
Rev. w. A. Smith of the Methodist
church was visitor in Oskaloosa this
week in the interest of the DR.. w. S.
Bovard Mems Rally at the Central M.
e. church.
Mrs. James Westervelt of Los An
geles, California, was a visitor in
Delta this week at the home of her
sister, Mrs. E. E. Phelps. Mr.. and
Mrs Westervelt were on their way
to New York state, and stopped for
few days at the home of Mrs. Wes-
tervelt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
| Roop, at Beacon, near Oskaloosa.
From there Mr.. Westervelt was
obliged to go on business trip to
Syracuse, N Y, and left with the I'M
Outstanding that Mrs. Westervelt was
to join him there. They will visit
New York City and Washington, D..
c., before returning to California.
Thomas Garrett, William Simpson,
E. S. Smut and Elijah Garrett of o.
kaloosa were visitors in Delta this
week. 1t is the purpose of Mr..
Smultz to move his family and house
hold goods TO Delta soon.
Max Perkey is Delta newsboy who
is not only a Boy Scout, but diligent
md enterprising as well. He acts as
the agent of Des Moines paper and
sells nearly sixty copies a day to
Delta PEOPLE. In addition he is act
i've on Saturdays in selling the Satur-
Gay Evening Post as well as handling
papers fro mChicago and other points.
He is an economical financier and be-
lore the penny famine came on, man
aged to secure nearly $1,000 in bright
clean pennies. He has an account
with Uncle Sam in his Postal Savings
fund. He is now interested in the
Thrift Stamp project of the Govern
ment and with his diligence. and re-
sourceful methods, will be Delta
citizen of no small import some day.
Among the public garages of Delta,
the Delta Auto Company is probably
the representative one of its class and
Il certainly has quarters that would
Well be a credit to much larger
town. The building is on the corner
Of well travelled streets and is built
largely of cement The interior is
roomy and well arranged and fully
equipped for repair work. ,@
At night when the stores and the
places of business are illuminated,
Delta presents a most pleasing pic
ture and particularly so at this seas
on of the year There is scarcely a
store or public building that does not
in some way give evidence of the
Christmas spirit and the decorations
give indication of taste and skill.
Just now OF course the Red Cross
is making big feature of their mem
bership campaign and Delta in keep
ing pace with other localities is not
at all slow in responding to the call
of humanity in connection with the
great world war. Delta will do its
part
Claude Bensler. the son Of the post
master, has received an appointment
in the railway mail service and Is
likely to secure run between Des
Moines and Sioux City.
DIR. w. J. Rice is the dentist of
Delta and has his office in what was
at one time a private residence.
During the recent Tom Miller GUST
er proceedingh at Sigourney. W. ~.
Sergeant of the Delta Press was
called upon to serve as witness and
SO revealed the fact that by official
carelessness apd pack of proper In
yestigation OF the claims. that. "a bill Of
his had been paid twice Mr.. Ser