Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF the PAST week

meet with Mrs. Melville Richardson
this week.
Mrs. A. R. LIE Roy was guest o.
Mrs Zelda Tolmie, at Vinton, severa
days last week.
Miss Myrtle Prayer was CUES,
lof her friend, Miss Ethel Harris al
Greeley, over Sunday.
Otto Haug went to Moline, ILL
nois, Saturday morning to visit his
daughter, who lives at that place.
Mrs. Louise Lawrence Doris Of
Pasadena, California, is a guest Of
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs
Henry Goodhile.
Miss May Atkins is patient in
the local hospital this week, having
submitted to an operation for the re-
moval of tonsils.
Mrs. James Killing and daughters
Misses Ola and Dorothy, returned last
Wednesday night from a pleasant visit
with relatives at Sioux City.
Mrs. VIM. Barr spent several days
last week with her brother, Charles
Hoag, and family. She returned to
her home here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank D. Joseph of Des
Moines was a guest of friends in this
city Tuesday. Mrs. Joseph had also
been visiting with, relatives at Edge
wood.
| Mrs. ]. D. Cloud of Marion spent
last week with her husband in this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Cloud went to
Marion Saturday night to spend Sun
day at home.
&C. E. Kenna of the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, spent Mon
day among his friends in Manchester.
Mr.. Kenna was formerly employed in
the local post office. ..... ..ss
Mrs. John Briggman was operated
on for appendicitis at the local hos
pital last Saturday She is making a
satisfactory recovery and will soon
be able to leave the hospital
Mrs. Chancey V. burlington of
this city has the sincere sympathy
of her friends in the great sorrow
that has come to her because of the
death of her mother, Mrs. Carol, of
Greeley.
Mrs. L. O. Rule who has been
visiting with relatives in Iowa and
Minnesota, left last week for her
home in San Francisco. While in
Manchester she was the guest of her
sister, Mrs Geo. e. Simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. oliver and
daughters, Miss Marian, and Mrs. Chas.
Malvin, and James Barnd, drove to
Independence Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. divers brother, w. H,
Oliver, who died in that city last
week.
Solomon Trip Jr. has been select
ed by the local board to fill Delaware
County's quota for the August 18th
draft. Mr.. Trip will leave here for
Camp Funston on the 29th of the
month. In this particular call Iowa
| has to furnish 500 men.
Forest Dunlap, seaman on the
battleship Alabama, was in Manches-
tier Monday. Mr. Dunlap has been on
the battleship for several months and
has been cruising along the Atlantic
coast keeping the German submarines
at proper distance from the American
shore.
The Silver Creek branch of the
Delaware county Red Cross delivered
to the headquarters at Manchester up
/ to June list the following made arti-
cles: % sweaters, 16 mufflers, 10
pairs wristlets, IA pairs socks, he'll
met, $50 muslin bandages and 11S
gauze congresses.
Mrs. R. c. Keagy and baby son,
Bob, who had been in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Keagy for several
weeks weeks, returned to their home
at Clinton, Iowa, and were accom-
panied home by Rev. Mr.. Keagy, who
came here to attend the funeral Of
the late Lucien A. Ram.
Mrs. A. J. Gildner returned from
Rochester, Minnesota, last week, at
ter having spent some time with her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry Gildner,
who underwent a severe operation
at the hospital some time ago. Mrs.
Gildner Sr. is now recuperating from
the effects of the ordeal at the home
of her son, w. e. Gildner, at Mason
City. ,..
Leopold Hass, one of the Manch-
ester boys who left here for Camp Cor
don, Georgia, has been made sergeant
of his company to which he was as
signed. Burrel Work, another Of the
Manchester boys at Camp Gordon, has
been made corporal of his company.
Manchester friends of the boys are
glad to learn of the preferment shown
the boys. w.
DIR. and Mrs. G. r. Weir, who had
been on tour of the western part Of
the state, returned home last Saturday
evening, bringing with them samples
of the mud which they picked up as
they crossed the state. Judging from
the looks of their Cole Eight they
must have struck some roads that on
ly an eight cylinder automobile or, a
Ford would venture to get through.
Lieutenant Wayne B. Smith, who
has been at Garden City, New York,
for some time, came last Thursday
night, expecting to remain for several
days. The young aviator had been
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