Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-01
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST week

The Epworth League will serve a
cafeteria supper in the church par
lors on Friday night from $50 until
all are served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Keenan, Of
near Manchester, are the parents Of
daughter, born Friday, April 26th.
at the local hospital.
Harold Jones and Burrel Work
drove to Des Moines last Thursday
and spent FRIDAY with the formers
brother, Forrest X. Jones.
Floyd Arnold went to Detroit,
Michigan, Monday afternoon, to visit
the Buick factory, and see what the
chances are to get more Buick cars.
DIR. C. R. Weir will go to Des
Moines next week to attend the ses-
sion of the State Dental association,
which holds its meetings from May
9Th to 10th.
Miss Cameron of Altadena, Cali
fornia, and Mrs. Stella Cameron Sui
Ivan of Chicago, are the guests OF
their sister, Miss Sadie Cameron, this
week
Miss Bess Caldwell, kindergarten
teacher of the Manchester schools,
spent last Friday and Saturday at
Cedar Falls, where she visited with
friends and also visited the schools
at that place.
Miss Ethel Towner, who has been
the efficient stenographer in the Amer
lean Mortgage & Securities company
office in Manchester for several years,
left the first Of the week, to accept a
similar position in the cotapanys OF
dces at Cedar Rapids.
-McKeag Bros. exhibited samples
of their bread at the Trans-Mississip-
N Master Bakers convention at Bur-
hng,>on, Iowa, last week, and won
ninth place in the long list of COM
petitors who had exhibited samples of
bread.
Lieutenant Arthur Hutchinson,
has been at home on a furlough, left
Saturday morning for Anamosa, to
spend the day with his mother, who
is in the hospital. Lieutenant Hut
Crimson is stationed at Norfolk, Va, |
and will soon resume his work there !
again.
w. H. Acers and his good wife
returned home the last Of the week
from their winter home at ST. Peters
burg, Florida. They had pleasant |
winter, and now that the spring time
has come they prefer to spend the
summer months among their old time
friends in Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn A. Strickland
were at Vinton last Thursday to attend
the funeral of their friend, who died |
in one of the army camps from pneu-
The young soldier had been |
employed on the Strickland ranch in
Montana, and was Percy Strickland's
trusted employee until called to the col
ors last winter.
MIR. and Mrs. F. c. NAPLES are
moving to Cedar Rapids this week.
As stated in these columns several
weeks ago Mr.. NAPLES has opened an
office in Cedar Rapids, but owing to
the illness Of Mrs. NAPLES, they had
to defer moving from Manchester un-
til now. Friends Of Mrs. NAPLES are
gratified to learn that she is recover
ing from an illness which has con-
fined her to her home for many weeks. !
Gerald Stimson was at Racine,
last week, where, he VISIT
ed the Mitchell motor car factory.
Mr.. Stimson tells us that the Mitchell
company has one Of the largest manu-
'acturing plants in the country, and
axe every part of their car in their
factory. Mr.. Stimson is the To-
gent for the icar, and has sold
the cars to Howard Cook of
:. o. Grove township and one to
lilns vton Of this city.
FcEwen has handed us
= :. exercises recently held
BRAN u 'ity Of California in
.ne oniVers george participated by
len MS son Z TITLED "a Tentative
ing paper Ell for Gaining De-
n OF Observation the circnI.tion
led Knowledge of mr. MoEvon
the North Pacific" .as . Iead;na
long been recognized Nc snao
hority on ocean currel ted mucb {
y to which he has devo a
his time. I
The children in the neighbo. ,rn-
The High school have been mo, ~.
the loss Of the pet dog, "Buste.
died from poisoning, and at on. =
e owned by Senator e. H. Hoyt.
en- Mr.. Hoyt removed to Des a
mes he gave the dog to his neph- ma,
Leslie Hoyt. Since the dog has Iee
lie his home there he has become
cry much admired pet by all the .y,
dren Of the neighborhood, all Of :"
I'M feel badly because Of the death !, :
he dog. w
The Manchester Commercial club COO
meet for supper at Bowen's res ing
'ant. Monday, May 9Th at 6 p. m. sist
speaker will be DR.. Ellsworth secl
is Of the State University OF Iowa. edu
Faris' subject will be "Child We'll cole
- This is very vital subject meI
one in which every man should tabl
hest himself DR.. Faris has a ing
ltation of being splendid speak soly
having been heard recently by othe
der of Manchester people, and 1t reat
oped that there will be a large the
ndance Of the Commercial club ann