The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-01-17
PROPERTY DAMAGED BY FIRE
HAS BEEN REMoDELED
CUPID REiPS RICH A HARVEST
New Sharon Debators Bow to What
Cheer. Commercial Club Ready
For Annual Meeting. other
New Sharon Happenings


will in its original features, for store
and place of this size, give some of
the larger and more imposing stores
few points about the proper display
of goods. It is provided with small al
cove sections, each supposed to be a
room and each of these is furnished
so as TO show off to the best advan-
tage, the living room, the dining
room, the bed rooms, the kitchen and
other rooms as required For furni-
ture store, it will be about as complete
and as modern as any ambitious
house owner could reasonably desire.
Annual Pack.
The New Sharon Ice Company is
preparing for the ice harvest of the
season, by moving the Ice house out to
Monroe Lake about three miles North
(, of town and after the ice is cut into
| cakes, an endless belt carrier raises
them into the house and it is there
slowed away. The work of removal is
about completed and when the ice
reaches the desired thickness, it will
be quickly harvested and stored.
Epidemic of Weddings.
| Quite an epidemic of weddings
seems to have broken out in New
Sharon since the first of the year. ID.
w. John of Joelton, Tenn. and Miss
Henrietta Van Ganderen of New Shar-
on were married few days ago by
Rev. L. NJ. Bebee. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Van
Ganderen, who reside little to the
southwest of the town. They expect to
live in Tennessee. Guy C. Logan the
manager of the Farmers Elevator and
Miss Ethel Byers were lately married
in Des Moines and like judicious pc
pie almost Immediately established
their home in New Sharo- NelLc-2
Shaw and Miss hazel Mortlaad have
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaw of
Taintor and the briGc the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Mortland of
New Sharon. They will make their
home near TaintUr Also Herbert How
ell and Miss Helen Collingwood of
fortunes. Mr.. novel; is well known
here, but the bride is a stranger but
she by her intelligence and adaptabili-
ty will soon establish herself in the
| regard of the DaOrle here
Debaters Go Visiting
The team of high school debaters
went to What Cheer Friday evening
where they discussed the question,
Should Own and Operate the Rail
roads of the United States" 1t is I'M
Isderstood that the New Sharon boys
represented the Affirmative and that
What Cheer had the Negative. Prof. A.
w. Ewing of Penn College was the
judge, and it was his choice that What
Cheer had the best of the Argument.
Prof. Ewing has the department of
Sociology at Penn and should be
good authority on questions of this
kind.
Club Roundup.
The annual meeting of the Com
mercial club will be held January 21st.
and both Directors and Officers will
be elected for the new Year. Later on
the evening of February 18th, they
will have their annual banquet with
also Prosperity Review which will
4 be an enlightenm ent in regard to the
progress made among the New Sharon
business men. Some community visits
are also being planned for the future,
so busy season is ahead.
I Sunday School Officers
At the NJ, E. Sunday school the now
years officers are as follows: Superin-
tendent, C. C. Bganson; Assistant SUI
perintendent w. j. Nicholson, Secre
tary H. R. Davenport, and Treasurer
Robert Watland. The officers of the
Ladies Aid Society, were chosen as
follows: President, Mrs. Elva Hewitt;
First Vice President. Mrs. Cora Har-
per; Second Vice President, Mrs. ia
cob Watland; Secretary, Mrs. Ella
Charles Mott Ine meeting of the
Ladies Aid, was held at the home of
Mrs. Clements and she was ably as
sisted by Mrs. Hewitt
i To Give concertdi III RIO
Early in February the New Shar-
on Band expect to give one of their
fine public concerts to be given by the
Band in the towns near AT hand The
boys are enterprising and are helping
in grand cause at the same time.
/ Wrestlers In New Sharon.
| Wrestling is getting to be an excit-
ing and healthy diversion and some
real contests are being pulled off
among the Athletes Of New Sharon.