The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-10

service and received their assigl
ments. All are in the same compan.
W. n. Stone and wife accompanie
! by the emf loves of the store enjoye
picnic dinner and supper Sunda!
Mr.. Stone took the party by auto I
1 New Sharon from there to Oskaloos
water plant; Here they had dinner
They motored to Oskaloosa and late
had supper at Union Mills. The da
was very pleasantly spent.-Monte
yuma Republican.
Rev F. E. Day of the First Method
list church Ottumwa. delivered a mas
terful patriotic address at the Meth
odist church in Cedar Thursday night
From start to finish he held the al
tention OF the large audience, which
filled the pews and the many extr;
seats that had been provided. Man.
persons gave testimony that ii wa:
the greatest address that had beer
given in Cedar.
John Gallagher was in Eddyville
Friday evening.
Misses Blanche West and Lucille
Keeper were in Eddyville Friday ev-
ening.
Geo. n. Evans and family of Evans,
Iowa. are moving to Youngstown, O.,
this week.
Misses katherine Townsend who is
teaching in Fremont went 10 her home
in Abba 10 spend the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Smith and son
Myer went to Abba to visit the week
end at the Parental Smith home.
Major John Bradbury came in this
morning from California for a visit
with former friends and associates.
Miss Hanna Coady who is attending
Penn College went TO her home in
Abba, where she visited over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Harold of
Eddyville were in town Friday even
ing, guests at the parental J. G. Har-
rold Home.
Miss Fairie Alderman came down
from Grinnell where she has been at
tending school and spent the week
end with her parents.
Rev. Z. n. Haymaker who is Mis-
siOnary 10 Guatemala Central America
and has been here attending the S.
S. Convention, left Friday evening for
Central America. He was a guest of
Mrs. Z A. Kent.
In a note to the Herald, John Love
tells of his stay in Washington, where
he says, things are very brisk" He
visited the Senate Office Building, and
saw President WilsL draw the first
in the great draft lottery.
From Washington, Mr.. Love goes TO
visit the battlefield CT Bull Run.
Mention was made some time ago
of the recognition rendered Lieut. Ray
E. Duboc for bravery in action al
hielly. The Fort Scott,
Monitor Tribune. adds the
following particulars TO the incident:
While in a hotel in Kansas City Sat
urday, F. E. Milligan happened 10 be-
come engaged in conversation with a
sergeant in uniform just back from
France. He had been sent here as an
instructor at an Oklahoma canton
ment and had been held up IN Kansas
City probably on account of the cpl
demic of influenza at the camp. Pres
emily the sergeant inquired of Mr..
Milligan where he lived and when
Fort Scott was mentioned, the the SER
geant asked with considerable inter
est: Then you probably know
Raymond Duboc." Being advised
that Mr.. Duboc was formerly ad-
vertising manager on the Trib-
une- Monitor, the sergeant went
to his luggage and took ont a copy of
an official announcement made by the
officer of his regiment
in France in which Lieut. Duboc's
name was mentioned. II was said of
him that he rendered excellent SER
vice as executive under bombarGment
on a number OF occasions" The
sergeant said that Lieut. Duboc is
the most popular man in the regi-
ment; that he has shown marked
ability and stands very high with su-
periOrs as well as his subordinates.
Lieut. Ray Duboc OF Fort Scott, who
mas been in France since last January
serving with the American field artil-
lery took part in the victorious drive
made'by the allied armies across the
Marine river from ChateauThierry to
Fismes, July 18th to August 18th.
Lieut.. Duboc is an officer in the 18th
regiment, which was the first unit OF
American artillery TO cross the Marine
when the French and American fore
es started their triumphant counter
attack after repulsing the German Of
fensiye attack.
Mrs. Charles Fox Of S25 East High
is visiting her son at Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Jess Springer OF Denver, Col,
is here visiting friends and relatives.
Hobert White and Leslie Sender
egger went TO Abba Saturday even
ing
Mrs. o. b. Messer went to Abba
evening TO visit her hus-
band.
Mrs. d. c. Rhoades and Elizabeth
Reeves OF Fremont were in town Sat