The Ordway new era., 1918-08-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

H. e. Mast, for the past six weeks
She stopped enroute home in Denver
for few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Crisman and
Misses Grace and Estella Crisman
left few Gays ago for a visi. at
their old home in Greenridge, Mo.
They are making the trip by auto.
The will of Carl Grasmick Sr., of
Sugar City. has been filed in the
county court for probate. The hear
ing will be held on September 80.
r. C. O'Bryan, of the A. r. r. Co.,
arrived here the latter part of last
week from Little Rock. Ark, to look
after the Refrigeration end of the
cantaloupe shipments. He will be
here for the next five or six weeks.
Miss Gladys Sewers and Miss Lois
Fountain will go to Denver Saturday
of this week where they will enter
business college for the coming term.
The new depot in Ordway is about
ready for the building contractors to
start work. The foundation is in and
1t should not be long until the work
which will be done will begin to show
up.
J Craig Sale, who was operated on
| ldSI week III IL ueDlO nOSD1tal, Is get
ting along very well and will recover
The operation was serious one and
required about two hours. The re-
port came to Ordway that he had
died, but the seriousness of his case
was responsible for the report
A. l.. Burbank and family expect
to moA to Pueblo the 14th of next
month to work in the General Light
Office there.
Mrs. l.. j. Brannon is seriously i'll.
j. C. Hunter, of Pueblo. will sue
ceed A. l.. Burbank as bookkeeper
at the local light plant.
The last business session of the
Methodist church before conference
was held last Sunday. Rev. Hancher.
of Pueblo. spoke. The conference
meets in Delta on Sept. 4.
Mrs. f. Rohl and children, of Su-
gar City, are visiting Mrs. E. p.
Johnson.
The Misses Ethelyn, Frank and
Ruth Dean returned from Pueblo
Sunday after a few days visit with
friends. They were accompanied
home by Miss Margaret Rettberg.
The Knitting club enjoyed a picnic
in North park Tuesday evening.
Mrs. F. G. Hilvert went to Denver
Wednesday to visit friends.
Mrs. Robert s. Irwin is visiting in
Cheraw and Ia Junta this week.
A. ]. Dean returned from Pueblo
Wednesday after attending business
there.
Fred Dresher was in Ordway on a
weeks visit from Boulder where he
is in training.
It. Ed. Downey returned from Ok
lahoma Monday with 100 head of
four year old steers.
C. w. Goldie. the expert crate
maker, is here from Florida to re-
main during eantaloupe season.
Lois and Coda ConweII. relatives
of Mrs. E. p Johnson, who are visit
ing here from Oneida, Kans, expect
to return Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. l.. Tucker came
from Denver Sunday to make Ord,
way their home in the future.
Mrs. Roy Davis and children are
visiting from Colorado Springs.
Miss MYRTLE Worker returned from
Colorado Springs after month s visit
with friends and relatives there.
Harold McNulty is here from Colo
RADIO Springs visiting friends.
Edwarda Davis is visiting Mildred
! Hill at Peak View.
| The Numa Grange received as pro-
ceeds from the recent benfit play the
sum of S35.55, and $3.50 of this
went to the Red Cross. The same en-
tertainment will be given later and
all the pi ooeeds will go for Red Cross
work.
C. A. Calltharp and family have
moved in from their farm six miles
north in order to send their children
to Ordway schools.
Miss Margaret Meikle left Thurs
day for Pueblo where she will teach
again this school season.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Beese, of Drum
mond, Okla, who had been visiting
with Mrs. Beese's sister, Mrs. Chas
Helms, and family, started for their
home the latter part of last week.
While here they took an auto trip
to the mountains. Mrs. Helms ac-
companied them on their return and
will visit at Drummond and in Enid,
Okla, with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Immel.
Miss Ethel Smith who has been i'll
with typhoid fever for the past three
weeks Is getting better and will soon
recover Her fever was very high
for several davs. She is in a hospital
at Rocky Ford
Mrs. j. l.. Potter visited with
friends in Rocky Ford last week.
Rev. Harry S. Hammann, pastor of
the Baptist church, is i'll with typhoid
fever. and is in hospital in Pueblo.
He has been i'll for the past ten days.
w. J. Weskamp who resides in the
best watermelon district of the valley
states that a recent rain in his neigh
borhood made the watermelon crop
a sure one His place is south of