The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08

Mrs. IL. MASON returned 10 neT nom
in What Cheer yesterday after visitin
for the past few days at Melcher. He
daughter, Mrs. w. j. Mason wer
home with her to spend a few day.
/ w. P. Southwick has been employee
from time TO time at the Glaze
Haynes store, has given up the paper
7 ing business and returned to the stor
in a permanent position. Mr.. South
wick is a splendid clerk and popula
with the trade.
Miss Mary Sewers who succeede,
Miss Amy Rosenblatt as secretary o
the local Red Cross chapter. began tn
work Thursday Oskfloosa was luck.
in having so competent a person &
take over the office vacated by Mis-
Rosenblatt who has resigned in orde
to take up other war work.
Little Miss Georgena Gibbons
daughter of Mr.. and Mr.. and Mrs
George Gibobns, who live at $40 {
avenue West was given surprise
July 90, at 4:30 o'clock when twenty
of her little girl friends came in OF
her fifth birthday and helped her cele
brate by playing games and with Other
amusements. Miss Georgena received
many birthday gifts. Ice cream ano
cake was served before the little folks
departed for their homes.
Concerning the son of a former wei
known Oskaloosa lady, and nephew OF
Miss Maetta j. Evans, the Santa Mon
lea (Cali) Outlook says "A little boy
who has been living in Santa Monicf
during the past year, has the goot
fortune to have five little poems pub
lished in the July number of Poetry
which is regarded by critics as the
foremost magazine of verse in this
country. Ii came about in this way
His mother observed that he talked ir
an interesting and unusual mamie,
for a child of his age, and she begar
noting down the things he said. She
sent some of these sayings to the edi
tor of Poetry" who has published
them under the caption of Poems by
Children" In referring TO this youth
'ul contributor, the editor says: "EV
ans Krehbial, who was not yet foul
wears old when he reeled of his pc
ems to his mother, is the son OF 1--WE
Chicago artists, who have lived partl!
in Santa Monica, CalifOrnia-Alberi
H. and Dulah Evans Krehbiel." Little
Evans, who is known TO everybody a.
Buddy" likes Santa Monica so wei
that he will spend another year IT
the bungalow at Higgins court. He l!
now trying to grow big enough tt
learn to read his name in print.
Mrs. ]. H. Sells IS visiting friends al
Story City.
Louise and Lawrence Williams are
in Abba the guests of Isabel Grey.
IL. McJunkin md family VISITED
over Sunday in Keota with relatives
Mrs. NJ. WymOre has gone to Monte
yuma to visit her daughter Mrs. Sher
man.
Arthur S. Shaw was in Grinnell anC
Marshalltown last week looking after
business.
Mrs. George Slamal and daughter
Opal of Marshalltown were in the cit!
last week.
Mrs. Tom Beal was in Knoxville on
Thursday visiting her parents, Mr.. and
drs. George Ramsay.
Mis- V. Brackney has returned to her
home in New Sharon after visit
with Mrs. Will Brackney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Studham, Sr.,
visited Sunday at the home of then
son Jack Studham, Jr., at Bethel.
Miss Lillian Kilburn has arrived
home from a visit in Knoxville at the
home of her sister Mrs. S. Fl. Mears.
Mrs. Jerry Lynch and daughter,
Miss Marjorie went to Marshalltown
to visit the week end with her sister
Mrs. George Downing.
Mrs. Tom Martin is in receipt OF
word from her nephew Eddy Johnson
who enlisted in the marine, that he
is safely landed a. Paris Island.
Miss Elsie Elliott VINO has been Wis
ting the past two weeks at the home
of Miss Rose Johnson in the Prime
ncighborhood, returned to her home
in Ames Saturday,
Lyle Jack" Henley and Charles
Fisher left Saturday for Los Angeles,
Cal. They expect o spend few days
in Omaha and Denver and after seeing
the sights on the coast, TO join the
army.
Miss Bernice McJunkin has gone to
Marshalltown to visit her brother
Harold. She returned yesterday from
St Louis where she has been visiting
her uncle J. NJ Cody for the past two
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ID. Walton and
children have returned from a two
weeks visit at Waterville, MINI. Mr.
Walton tells of fifteen pound pick
erel he caught and reports the crops
doing fine.
Thomas william Anderson, Adei
Dwight Warner and Harry NJ Whit