Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-09

A declamatOry contest will be heit
at the high school auditorium som'
time about the middle of January. (
number of contestants are making
preparations to take part.
Mrs. Dora Gibbs and granddaughter
Dorothy, of Farley, were guests at tn
Werkmeister home few days during
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rogers and Mes
danes Grace Wood and Mary Binnin
will leave for California Tuesday t
remain until spring. Their destina
ton is Long Beach.
Miss Edith Volt entertained a mum
Der of lady friends at her home Of
Thursday afternoon in honor of Mis-
Mary Sigg of Toledo, Ohio. Thos
present were Mesdames Pete Haas
Maurice Morony, Fred Haas, ant
Mary and Kate Kelly and Messrs. Jak
and George Billmeyer, John Kaiser
The afternoon was spent socially ant
refreshments were served.
The many friends of Arthur John
son are pleased to learn that he ii
convalescing at Rochester, MINI. Mr.
Johnson has been at Rochester at thu
Mayo hospital for the past two months
and will remain for another month
before he will be able to return home
His wife is with him.
Lawrence Powell, who has been en-
ployed the past year on the Arthur
EIDE farm at Courtney, N. D., has ar
rived home for visit with his father
w. H. Powell. He will return tc
Courtney for the coming year.
School will not begin until January
II on account of improvements being
made at he school buildings.
The Red Cross community dinner
and supper given by the local chap
ter on New Years day at the l. o. o.
F. hall which they had kindly donat-
ed the use of for that day, netted the
local chapter the neat sum of $235.OO.
The food was all solicited and the
variety brought in satisfied the hunger
OF the large crowd attending. Many
were unable to be present from a
distance on account of the unfavorable
weather conditions. In the evening a
nice program consisting of kanga-
roo trial, singing, recttations, etc.
was rendered and enjoyed by the large
audience. Some new names were add
ed as members of he Red Cross which
now numbers more than five hundred
members.
Friends here of Mr.. John Muehe OF
Dyersville were saddehed to hear OF
his death at his home in Dyersville
last Thursday morning. Mr.. Muehe
had been in failing health the past
year and on that account was COM
PEELED to retire from business. His
father preceded him in death about
three months ago and with whom he
was associated in the hardware bust
ness for many years in Dyersville.
The second number of the Earlville
High school lecture course will be
given in the high school auditorium
Wednesday evening. The entertain
ment is the Hawaiian singers and
players from Hawaii in their native
songs, also a lecture on the Hawaiian
islands, their customs, mode of living,
etc. These entertainers play almost
any kind of an instrument and should
receive a very large patronage outside
of the regular ticket holders of the
course
Relatives from here were called to
Dyersville Sunday on account of the
death of Mrs. Frank Kelley, which oc-
Cured at her home early Sunday
morning after a brief illness Mrs
Kelley, previous to her marriage, was
Elizabeth Haas of Worthington, and
was born and raised in NOrthfork
township, Delaware county, AZ years
ago. She is survived by her husband
and six small children, her mother
one brother, and six sisters. The fu-
neral was held at Dyersville last
Tuesday morning and the relatives
from here in attendance were Mr., and
Mrs. James Kavanaugh, Mary and
Kate Kelley, Mrs. Norton Klaus and
Mrs. Guy Ribble.
The o. E. S. recently installed the
following officers for the coming year:
Elizabeth Staehle, Worthy Patron ;
DR.. c. B. Rogers, Worthy Patron
Mary Virgins, Associate Matron;
Mrs. Nettie Rogers, treasurer; S..
Lulu Davis, secretary; Martha Liebe,
Grace Lynch, associate
conductress; Ida Crosby, Ruth;
Georgia Parkin, Esther; Luretta
Tobie, Martha; Alice Meythaler,
electa; Edith Rogers, warden; Geo.
Parkin, sentinel; Iona Dunn, chap
lain; Hattie Winistofer, pianist. Rev.
A. W. Virgins acted as installation
officer and Edith Rogers as marshal
An oyster supper concluded the even