The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-08
ms AND OUTS OF LOCAL PEG
PIE AND THEIR FRIENDS.

Rev. w. L. Lee, q former pastor of
Wesley Chapel and now Superintend-
ent of the Kansas City District,
spent several days in the city this
week looking after the interests Of
the church here. Services were
held at the church Tuesday and
Wednesday evening, and steps TAX
en- by the membership to have a
pastor assigned to the church which
has been without one since Rev. Boat
ner resigned Rev. Lees head
quarters is now at Kansas City, to
which place he recently moved his
family from Des Moines where he
had been stationed for the past six
years.
Regular meeting of Maple Grove
Lodge No. Is, A. F. & A. M, Monday
evening, Aug. S.
The colored women of Oskaloosa
met at the home of Mrs. Libbie
', Kimbrough Thursday afternoon and
under the instructions of Miss Mary
Sewers organized a Red Cross Aux
iliary to be known as the Colored
Women's Willing Workers. Mrs.
Nina Johnson was made chairman;
Mrs. Mabel Crowder, secretary, and
Mrs. Addie Clark, treasurer. Meet
ings will be held weekly at the homes
of members.
A. G. Clark has accpeted an APP
pointment to the position of Assist
ant Organizer of Negro Work, as a
volunteer, for Mahaska county in the
Iowa State organization of the U. S.
Food Administration. The appoint
ment is made by Mr. J. F. Deems,
Federal Food Administrator for Iowa,
on the recommendation of Herbert
r. Wright, Special Organizer Negro
Work, who spoke here last week.
Mahaska county has now contrib
uted its full quota of Negro draft
registrants of Class l, of the 1917
registration, -three in the first call
last year, eight July 16, and five
August LIST, making a total of 16. OF
the first three, Frank Blattner is
now in France with the 366th infan.
! try; Saml Lee and Joe Nichols, from
Buxton, were discharged on account
IF physical disabilities. The re.
naming thirteen are now at Camp
| Dodge Every courtesy and atten.
| ton has been shown these men on
| their departure that has been ac-
corded their white comrades in arms
and they and their families feel
deep sense of gratitude that no dis.
| tinction whatever has been made
The five who left Thursday wish to
express their kindest regards to
Messrs. Robt johnson and Eugene
7usselI. the ladies of the w. c. T.
u, and Mrs. jeff Tarrold for special
favors received.
Rev. o. A. Johnson. former pas
tor of Wesley Chapel and now sta,
toned at Kansas City, was visitor
in the city this week and preached
at the Chapel Wednesday evening.
Rev. Johnson was enroute home from
Davenport where he had been at
tending the meeting of the r. P.
Grand Lodge of which he is a Past
Grand Lecturer. He reports a
splendid meeting and all reports
show the order to be in fiourishing
condition.
Carl Moore came home Monda,
from his two weeks stay on the Hen
~ Harris farm near Buxton. Carl
made good and became so useful that
the Harrises have asked to have him
come and stay during August at his
| own price
The members of the Second Baptist
church gave their pastor, Rev. Palm
er, pleasant surprise Thursday ev.
ening in the form of a donation par
ty. They met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Carter on Third avenue
east and went in a body to the Palmer
home on South Seventh street, car
rying with them full baskets of thu
things that sustain life and make the
world pleasanter to live in. A
pleasant evening was spent as each
one felt that sense of joy which
comes to the human breast as re
ward for kind acts or duty done
Mrs. A. G. Clark chaperoned Q
party of young people at picnic
Friday evening at University Park
in honor of her niece, Miss Elizabeth
Redd, of Washington, and Miss Dor,
cas- Bell of Burlington.