Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-12-25
Miss Caro- Sabin is spending the
holidays with friends in Coggon.f


In another column of this issue
appears the notice of the annual meet
ing of the stockholders OF the Delaware
County Light, Heat and Power COM
pany, which is to be held in the of
flee. of the president Of the company,
Mr. JOS Hutchinson, on Tuesday even
ing, January 7th, at 1880. Every
stakeholder is urged to be present, as
some mighty important items of busi-
ness are to come up for consideration.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. M.
Phenicie of this city has reason to be
happy at this Christmas season, in
asmuch as their three sons are per-
mitted to be at home. Homer Pheni-
Gle, who was to go on a boat at just
the time the armistice was signed
came home last week. after having
been given an honorable discharge
from the navy, and the latter part of
the week Lieutenant Ross Phenicie
arrived home on ten days furlough.
Much to the surprise of the parents
on Sunday afternoon, came their third
SON. Hubert, who had completed his
training as an aviator some months
ago, and is now located at Ellington
Field, near Huston, Texas. Both Of
the boys were ready for overseas duty,
but were prevented from going by the
sudden collapse of the German war
machine.
-E. w. Williams, who recently
passed all necessary examinations for
overseas work under the direction of
the Y. NJ. c. A.. lost out on his
chances to go overseas, when new
ruling was made that only college
graduates and teachers would be ac-,
cepted for further service in France.
Mr.. Williams had had his passport is
sued, and was taking the final work at
Columbia University, in New York,
when this ruling was made. This
comes as a great disappointment to
Mr.. Williams, who had his heart set
on doing his bit for the American
boys in France Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams have been spending several days
visiting points of interest in New
York Washington, and Philadelphia,
on their way home, and will stop for
a visit with Mr.. Williams brother,
Charles, in Chicago They expect to
reach home Christmas morning.
I'm Sundays casualty list appeared |
the name of Clarence Hyler of Man
chester, listed in some of the papers |
as among those who died of wounds, |
and in other papers as among those
severely wounded It Is believed by
relatives of the boy that there is some
mistake in listing him either with the
severely wounded or among those |
died Of wounds, inasmuch as his aunts
received letters from the boy since
the armlstice has been signed. One of
the letters which Clarence wrote was
dated October 18th and another one
dated November 14th. He was con-
fined in an American Red Cross hos
pital at Siene-et- Marine, France, re-
covering from wounds he received in
an engagement on October 9th. The
family also received word from the
war department last week that the
soldier had been wounded on October
9th.
MIR. O. w. Somes, who was called
to st. Petersburg, Florida, on account
of the death of Mrs. w. H. Acers, and
was obliged to spend several days in
the south, met Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Hoag, who entertained Mr.. Somes by
showing him over the southern city in
their car and showed him many cour-
tesies which were fully appreciated.
Mr.. Somes also met an old-time
friend, Mr.. Mart Mohr, formerly a
resident of Manchester. who is now
operating a chicken ranch and fruit
farm seven miles out of ST. Peters
burg. When Mr.. Mohr learned of Mr..
Somes being in ST. Petersburg. he
came to the city and took him to his
home, where he found the family liv-
ing on new potatoes, fresh strawber-
ries, and every kind of fruit known to
the southland. The trip south was a
long and tedious one, but Mr.. Somes
is none the worse for it.