Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-23
q BREVITIES.

Vacation.
A few strawberries on the market.
Teachers' examination June 7th and
Sth.
Red Cross week. Everybody do
their best.
Rains with no trouble at all this
season.
This is Red Gross week. Do your
best and then m
Louis Miller of Arcadia is building a
church in Bonnie Terre.
It should be a great season for
grass. And hay S32 a ton.
The Belleview Valley Railroad ia
advertised to be sold June 18th.
Surely the city council is not payirg
for the miserable light service given
on the streets.
No picture show Thursday night.
Called off on account Of the Red Cross
Box Supper at Arcadia.
The continued rainfall has greatly
retarded corn planting and the situa-
ton is becoming serious.
There will be a Red Cross Social at
Hogan Friday evening, May oath.
Everybody cordially invited.
Rig Box Supper Social at Arcadia
Thursday night. Everybody , every
body come. A big, big time.
The valley young ladies will serve
Ice cream and cake and sandwiches
at the Red Cross Sale Saturday after
noon.
Main street needs immediate at
tention. Gravel or some other dress
ing should be applied in several
places.
The Red Gross entertainment at the
Cove school house last Wednesday
night was a great success, the receipts
being about 1852.
The Box Supper at Arcadia Thurs,
day night is going to be the real
thing, sure enough. Everybody come
and every lady bring a box.
Civil service examination for car
rier on the Arcadia rural route will be
held in Ironton next Saturday. Won
en-, as we'll as men, are eligible.
For Sale-3 Mich Cows, 3 Horses, :
Mules and a Feed Grinder.
l.. A. PAUL., Conrad Farm,
Phone Ill. Arcadia, Mo.
Mrs. A. j. Boardman and baby
came over Monday from Arcadia u
visit her parents, Rev. and MRS. Il
II. Observation-Disclosures Democrat
News.
Saturday night, May 25th, a 30
Supper will be given at the schoo
house in Middlebrook. A cordial In
vitatiop is extended to all. For bene
fit of the Red Cross.
The writer is indebted to Mrs. NJ. /
Bradley for a bowl OF most exqnlsit
stra wberries presented last Wednes
day. They were delicious and beautl
f%ul-perfect in every way.
Rev. V,O. Psnley will officiate j
St. Psul's Church this coming Sunday
Morning service at 1900, evenln
service ut 500 o'clock. The annni
convention of the Diocese III st. Loul
May 2Sth.
Mr.. G. w. Campbell, the mail CA
rier on the Belleview route from MIC
dlebrook, last week bought q FOL
car from Fletcher g. Barger and WI
use II In the transmission OF mail an
passengers.
Mr.. M. W. Daugherty has tendere
his resignation as postmaster at lrol
"a ton. The vacancy will be filed by
competitive civil service examinatio
the date and place Of holding whi'
have not vet been announced.
Certainly some magnificent catch
of croppie and other fish being mat
in Rainbow Dam this spring. In
few years that lake will he one OF t
most noted fishing spots In the sta
Let every one lend o helping hand
such an end.
Ed Yates and Green Cawley w
convicted in the st. Francois coun
circuit court this week on the char
OF killing a steer belonging to a Hu
geriau, who lives east Of Pilot KIN
sbout a wear ago. Both we're 81
fenced to two years In the penite
tiary.
At q meeting Of the Ironton sch
board Monday evening Miss Lat
Cowan, Of Middletown, Mo-, was g
ployed as a high school teacher. N
Louise Gross was chosen a. teac
for the primary room. The OF
positions will be filed by the "a
teachers employed the past year.
There seems to be plenty Of
thusiasm In the Red Gross Drive
Iron county and We hope to be 9
eJCo announce next week that We h
gone beyond our quotA--82,600.
the box supper at the Cove last W
nesdsy night el62 wa realized;
the boz supper ct Pilot Knob So,
day evening the receipts we're D
and OF Crane Pond the same ever
the receipts were $50. At the M
ing ct the courthouse Sunday me
inH o375 was subscribed. Let
good work proceed.