Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF the PAST WEEK

--Merten J. Klaus spent Sunda!
and Monday with his parents in Char
les City.
Miss Lenore Seeley Of Webster
City visited her friend, Miss Ruth
Dudley, last week.
Miss Dorothy King was a guest
of Miss Grace Tuition, at Greeley sew.
eral days last week.
Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Suckow went
to Garner, Iowa, last week for g
visit with friends.
Mrs. H. A. Granger Of Straw
berry Point, is guest in the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Yoran. this
week
DIR. and Mrs. O. H. Cessna OF
Ames are the guests of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. M. Morgan, and family
this week. M ls@s7'>i 49, =
Mrs. c. S. Lister. who has been
with her husband for several months
at Camp Cody, New Mexico, returned
home last week.
= Mr.. and Mrs. o. K. Lemon left
Sunday for Chicago, where Mr.. Lem
on has secured an excellent position
in his cousins drug store.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Sand Creek church will meet with
Mrs. d. A. Anderson Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 3rd. Everyone is invited. Is
w. G. Gloer of Des Moines was a
Manchester visitor last week. Their
friends will be pleased to know that
Mrs. Gloer, who has been in i'll health,
is very much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alison Granger of
Lakeland, Florida, are expected in
Manchester the latter part of the
week for visit with relatives and
friends. They are now visiting
friends in Chicago.
Miss Jennie McCarren. who has
been spending the summer vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P.
McCarren, leaves the last Of the week
for Minneapolis, Mimi, to resume
her work in the city schools.
Mrs. Mildred Harwood, who has
been a guest Of her sister near Edge
wood, for several weeks, is spending
few days among her friends in
Manchester. Mrs. Harwood contem-
plates going to Colorado later in the
fall for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. C. w. Stevenson and Miss
Margaret Adams and Harold Adams
went to Mallard, Iowa, where the
young ladies have secured positions
as teachers in the consolidated school
at that place. Harold Adams will at
tend school at Mallard this year and
make his home with his sisters.
Mrs Fred w. Miller is en- route
home from Deming, New Mexico Mrs.
Miller has been with her husband,
Lieutenant Miller, while the 34th d.
vision has been in training at Camp
Cody. Mrs. Miller will spend few
days with her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Muehe, in Kansas City, before coming
home to Manchester
Mrs. Harry Utley and daughter
Mildred, who have been at Camp
Cody, New Mexico, where Major Ut
ley had been stationed for the great
er part of the year, have left that
place and have gone to California,
where they will spend several
months with relatives during Major
Utley's absence. =
An Illinois woman whose hus-
band divorced her asked the local
draft board to find him and make him
work or fight But suppose" said
one of the officials, 1--WE find him in
eligible and unable to fight?" "If you
find him and get reach etaoir5 b c
find him." returned the deserted one,
"and / get in reach of him, he'll have
to fight. Elk.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Stranger and
daughter, Miss Margaret Stanger, re-
turned Sunday night from a delight
full trip of more than $500 miles
which they made in their car. They
made the entire trip with very little
difficulty, and had a delightful time
while away. Miss Grace WolcOtt,
who accompanied them east, remain
ed for longer visit with friends.
The Misses Ethel Robinson, Oura
Hooker, Blanche Lane, Ruth Dudley,
zelda Hall, Laura Dorman, Eleanor
MCGEE, Juliette Mcintosh and Roberta
Davis, all members of the graduation
class of 1918, and Miss Marguerite
Walker and Miss Villa Richardson
have been camping near the U. S.
Fish Hatchery during the past week,
and enjoying the out-of-door life.
Mrs. w. F. Grossman, who has
been with her husband, Capt Gross
man, at Camp Cody, New Mexico, for
several months, arrived in Manchester
Monday afternoon, to look after some
business matters and left again Tues
day afternoon for Camp Dix, Virginia,
where she expects to join her hus-
band. Mrs. Grossman expects to
spend some time with her people in
Virginia, after her husband and his
company have sailed for France.
Douglas May, who has been In
the navy for several years, is expect
ed home Saturday of this week. Mr..
May has risen from one position to
another while he has been in the
navy, and has been a chief quarter
master on one Of the ocean-going
vessels for some time His term Of
enlistment expires on the 31st of Aug