The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-02
DISMISS SCHOOL
FOR TWO DAYS
Teachers Of Bonaparte viii Attend
Meeting Of Southeastern
Division to be Held
at Ottumwa

BONAPARTE, April 2.-There will
be no school in the Bonaparte schools
Thursday and Friday of this week,
on account of teachers going to Of
tumwa to attend the southeastern
division of the Iowa teachers assoc
citation. which meets at Ottumwa, on
April 4, and 6. The Iowa congress
OF mothers and parent-teacher asso-
citation will conduct round table on
Friday, April 5, at 2 o'clock, at the
high school building. The leader of
the round table will be Mrs. e. e.
Sherman, Of keosauqua, treasurer OF
the Iowa branch Of the national con-
gress Of mothers, and is also chair.
man Of the state department of pa
rent-teachers' association. She will
be assisted by Miss Alice Fielder OF
Ottumwa, the efficient principal of the
Hedrick schools, who will act as secre-
tary. The opening address will be
given by Rev. w. e. Reavis, pastor of
the Christian church, at Ottumwa,
who is an educator. The child well
fare research station will be present
ed by DR.. Bird T. Baldwin, director
Of the station at Iowa state univers-
ity Professor Baldwin is one Of the
foremost educators Of the present
day. Miss Lizzie V. Meredith, coun-
ty superintendent of schools of Van
Buren, county, will tell how the pa
association may be used
to conserve food. DR.. E. E. Sherman
of Keosauqua, will talk on the health
part of the symposium. DR.. Sherman
has had experience in saving babies
and children who are older, and will
show it's relation to child welfare
and the logical use of the congress
for this government required work.
Albert Palmer, of Cedar. Iowa
and Mrs. Miles Palmer, several days
last week.
A very large acreage of oats has
been seeded in Van Buren, county this
spring, nearly every farmer having
in as much as he had last year, and
many have more. In an effort to in
crease grain production, many farm
ers are blowing sod. With good
growing conditions this year, the
United States will be able to feed
the world and have plenty left for
themselves.
Miss Dorothy Boyle has been as
sisting in the Farmers and Traders
State bank here during the absence
of the bookkeeper, Miss J. June
Christy, who was called to FIT. Worth.
Texas, few days ago, by the serious
illness of her brother-in-law, w. Il.
Bell.
Mrs. P. A. Doughty visited in Mil
ton, the latter part Of last week with
her sister, Mrs. j. C. Forbes and fam
lily.
Relatives here of Byron Perkins, a
former Bonaparte boy, who enlisted
in Los Angeles, California, June %,
1917, and who was stationed in Texas
for several months and afterwards
word that he has arrived safely on
the other side, going over about two
ago. He is a baker and has
been living in California for the past
several years.
Miss Chaminade Blackford, stu
dent in the state university at Iowa
City, came last week to spend her
Easter vacation with relatives here.
The M. E. Sunday school held an
Easter program at their |
church here last Sunday morning, at |
II o'clock. The Presbyterian Sun |
day school held their program at |
their church at s o'clock Sunday
night.
Jacob Corwin visited here with |
relatives and friends last Thursday.
He has been visiting in Warsaw, Hi
nois, for several weeks with his sis
.er, Mrs. Emma Neiswanger, who for
nerly resided here for many years.
C. B. Scott and family are moving
rom the Brooks farm near Pierce
Vile to the Paul Woods farm, which
hey recently purchased, across the
liver a short distance east of Bona
)arte.
j. Lester Therme, county chairman,
md J. A Brown, vice chairman. who
ire in charge of arrangements for