Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-04-18
GRAY NEWS
(Too Late for Last Issue(

100 LdJG 1Of Last slSSue(
Grandpa Statzell has seven grand
Two Hensley boys, two Copeland
sons in the service of our country:
boys, two Stated boys. and one Hor
ton Grandpa is proud of his pro-
geny and the country is proud of The
boys.
BY ten o'clock the first day of the
Liberty Loan drive twenty towns had
wired Washington headquarters claim
I ing the distinction of being the first
to subscribe their quota.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. WEIGH and sons
Frank and, John Welch with their
families, all of near Gray; Cecil Set
4 tlemire of near Templeton and Lew
| Preuninger We're guests recently at
| the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. WEIGH
at Guthrie Center
The big patriotic banquet which
was announced to be given in Gray
last Saturday evening was a great
success. The banquet was held in
John Shaw's new garage. Much
credit is due Rev. G.. w. Van Dram
the promoter, for it's success. DR..
fever
Light of Cedar Rapids as POSTMASTER
| took charge OF the meeting and COM
| plimented Gray and vicinity upon this
| very unusual occasion for a town of
it's size. He introduced Rev. Fergu-
son, pastor of the Miller Memorial U.
8. church of Des Moines who deliver
ed his lecture on Tradegies and Clio
ries of the War. DIR. Light then in
troduced Judge Utterback of Des
Moines who dealt in facts concerning
/ the war. At the close a patriotic
song was sung and DR.. Miller of Des
Moines pronounced the benediction.
Sunday night DIR. Light delivered his
address on the Church in Relation to
the War We wish that everyone in
the county could have heard that ad-
dress as it was great.
Rev. Van Dram and wife autoed to
Carroll, Monday, to see Mrs. Ira Miller
who submitted to an operation at week
ago. She is getting along as we'll as
could be expected.
E. G. Rice and Nels Christensen
were business callers in Audubon on
Tuesday.
Mrs. F. C. Hepp returned home from
4 N6;ppoon>l;e yTodpa nboro che
had spent the past two weeks visiting
her sons. z,
Mrs. Tom Kennedy of Guthrie coun-
IT, and Mrs. Grant Lancelot of Des
Moines We're business visitors in our
city, Wednesday.
4 Mrs. Clara Patterson was a business
caller in Bayard the first of last week
Mrs. Beers of Audubon came Sat
urday evening for the, banquet and
visited over Sunday with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaw and Walt
Ell Jensen went out to Omaha Mon
day and expected to drive back some
new cars.
|
ing he aunt, Mrs. Van Dram returned
to her home at Collins, Tuesday
Mrs. fletcher and children of Oma
, ha, came Tuesday to visit her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Patterson and ole
:. friends.
Howard Rogers came last Friday
and visited over Sunday with his pa
rents and friends.
Harry Packard left Wednesday
morning for Camp Pike, Arkansas af
ter a ten days furlough.
j. A. Rutherford and brother from
Ross autoed to Camp Dodge Friday tx
visit their brother, John.
H. B. Packard and son Chester went
to Atlantic Saturday to visit oversSun
day with relatives.
Mrs. L. L. Farrell went to Maxwell
Friday to visit her sister and family
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jensen ant
Mrs. Kruse autoed to Odebolt Sunda!
and spent the day with relatives.
Mrs. George Hardwick and little sol
visited in Extra last week with he
grandparents, J. J. Lewis and wife.
The Ladies' Aid Society met las
Thursday with Mrs. Will Essington a
her home in, the country
BRAYTON NEWS
Private Chris Christensen came u
from Camp Pike last Thursday and h
with Miss Edith Nielsen went to Greer
field Saturday to visit relatives and o