The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-14
c., w. Buncher of the Boys store,
visited with friends in Omaha Sunday
and Monday.

II grocery department is taxing a week
vacation from work.
Miss Della Brandt bookkeeper at
the Boy sstore is enjoying a vacation
from her duties this week
Miss Mary Fitzsimmons of Omaha,
spent the forepart of the week in
|Denison visiting her cousin, Miss Mar,
lie O'Connor.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Stoltenberg and
children motored down from Schleswig
Friday evening for a visit at the T..
X. Burch home. YRS
Owing to the poor express service
Manager Krauth of the opera house
was unable to give picture show
last evening as the films did not ar
rive.
/ Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sally and daugh-
ter, Isabelle, who have been spending
the past week with Mrs. Salys par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Harding, ex-
pect to return to their home at At
lantic Thursday.
spent several days last week in Des
Moines visiting their brother, Leo at
Camp Dodge. Leo left the last Of the
week with the SSth Division for an
eastern port and will sail for France
in the near future.
The Misses Irene Cook, Grace Ingh-
ram and Dorothy Tucker returned on
Monday from an auto trip to Ham
burg. Malvern, Farragut and Sidney,
Iowa, at which places they visited
Grinnell college friends. The trip was
made in the Inghram car.
Chas. McGriff and Robert Clarke, of
Abel, sheriff and chairman of the
board of supervisors of Dallas county,
stopped off in Denison for short
/ while Monday to visit ". l.. Byers.
| They were on their way to Sioux City
to attend the convention of county
officers of the state.
Mrs. VIM. Halloran expects to leave
on Thursday evening for an extended
! trip west, when she will visit friends
at Portland, Ore, Seattle and will
also visit her daughter, Mrs. Roy Bell
at Bowdin, Mont She expects to at
tend the national convention of the
w R. c., which will be in session at
Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lea Thornton, of Abel.
parents of Mrs. V. L. Byers. Charles,
and, Hubert Thornton and wives, Of
Des Moines, brothers of Mrs Byers,
Mrs. M. L Byers Of Des Moines, moth
er of V. l.. Byers and DR.. B. H. Byers
of Manchester, brother of Mr. Byers,
were in Denison Friday attending the
funeral of Margaret Louise Byers.
The fire department was called out
| at five o'clock Saturday morning to
extinguish blaze at the Doud Milling
company. The coal bins adjoining the
big mill caught fire due probably to
spontaneous combustion but were ex.
tinguished before much damage was
done. 1t is fortunate the fire was
discovered before itlmade much head
way or the mill itself might have been
destroyed.
The Sunday Omaha World Herald
printed an excellent likeness of Carl
Sibbert, who departed last Wednes-
day with 100 Omaha boys for an en-
campment in California for training.
Carl turned down $3.50 night con-
tract for concert tour to enter the
army. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
B. j. Sibbert, of this city, and for the
past year has made his headquarters
in Omaha. Carl Is a singer of consid-
cradle reputation.
The Misses Marguerite and Irene
Pelly and brother, Frank, Mrs A. d.
Bral and Eli Winning autoed to Boone
Sunday, where they spent the day
visiting at the home of the formers
uncle, ]. w. Kelly, and family. In
the afternoon they drove to Ames
a. n no, infJ NV, l1s,,
Ethel and John Kelly, where they
visited soldier friends in training at
that place, who were transferred the
following Tuesday.
A. d. Wilson, of Ainsworth, Neb,
stopped off in Denison yesterday on
his way to Des Moines for. brief
visit with friends here. Mr.. Wilson
will have charge Of the livestock pens
at the state fair grounds, position
he has held for number Of years
He reports Mrs. Wilson to be in, ex-
|cellent health. His daughter, Miss
Pearl, has been on the chautauqua
circuit this summer in charge of the
junior chautauqua and by the end of
the season will have visited four
states.
At a recent meeting of the w. c. T
u, very unique program was given
inasmuch that three young people ap.
peared on the program who were
children of the regular members. Mrs.
Eunice Meyers Clark spoke Of the w,
C. T.'U. work at the base hospital at
Fort Des Moines, Mrs. Margaret Nc
Henry Evans spoke of the volunteer
nurses work and Alan Sims gave
most interesting talk regarding the
branch of the navy in which he is
serving-the Naval Reserve Force.
The Campfire girls also sang a group
of patriotic songs,
Miss Margaret Carey has been ap.
pointed clerk in the post Office, fill
ing the vacancy of Olex Aebischer,
who was called into the service this
week. Miss Carey recently took the
civil service examination and was on
the eligible list. Her work will be
confined to the money order depart
ment. Miss Carey is a graduate OF
the high school, later taking a course
in shorthand and typewriting at the
Denison college, She is exceptionally
we'll qualified for the duties of clerk
in. the post office and will make
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