The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-20
LIEUT.. TRtPLETT
TAKES A BRIDE,
POPULAR FREMONT LAD MAI
RlEs vlNToN eIRk..,
PRODUCE SHIPMENT INCREASE
Band Stand Made over. LEGAL Lads IN
Service. War Savings Stamp Reel
ord-Postmistress Sells 1854
For Month Of May.

Fremont, June 18.-First Lieutenant
Orle F. Triplett of Fremont and Miss
Florence Harry of Vinton, Iowa, were
married Wednesday, May % at Camp
Funston, Kansas, where Lieut. Trip
lett has been stationed for the past
six months. On the following Tuesday
Lieut. Triplett with 237 men in charge
started for a Camp on the Eastern
cost with the expectation of going ov.,,
ersees shortly. Orle is graduate of
The Fremont Ugh school as well as
the State University at Iowa and it
was there that he meet his bride. The
people of Fremont are much Interested
in his success and will watch his ca
reer with much concern, ....., III.
Stock Shipped. a..
Now that the cultivation of corn has
heen practically completed, the ship
ment of live stock has been resumed
and the 20" sent out during the past
week, Z car loads of cattle, 5 cars of
hogs and car of sheep to Chicago and
st. Louis markets. Garner, Philippe,
Milliken, Fuller, Prudin, Carl Roberts,
and H. w. Herman were among the
shippers. .ng.. .a,sr-
Car Load Of Wool.
W. A. Brady of Oskaloosa is still
buying wool in Cedar and Harrison
townships and notable sale. Vas that
| from the Moore farms where he secur-
ed about a car load of fine fleeces and
the shipment was made from the Ge-
dar station. This indicates that the
raising of sheep and production of
wool as wen as supplying ready mar
ket, is becoming quite popular thing
| in this section and the enterprising
farmer who handles his business with
| the idea of good profit, is quick to
take advantage of present opportuni-
| ties. arl E
New Band Stand. Eay"
The band stand on Main street is
now being permanently remodeled and
the entire, structure made more uD.to-
date and complete.
! Fremont Boys Called.
Wayne Roscoe Ahrens and Walter
Robert Martin of Fremont are includ-
ed in the next call of "a men that are
to go into camp June 24.29. Fremont
has been represented in every" call that
has been made so far and this in addi-
| ton to the others who have gone per-
sonally into the service. All of the
Fremont boys are making good rec!
ords.
At Summer School.
i Man1n Clio.
! grist Zelpha Davis, Avis Richie and
! Sylvia McKibben who are among the
1918 graduates Of the high school have
gone to Mt. Vernon in order to attend
summer school at Cornell College and
they will not only do good work in
their studies, but have fine vacation
as we'll.
Promotion.
Bruce Davis the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Davis, who enlisted in the Navy
some time ago, has passed the exami-
nation as a sharp shooter and he is
now gunner on an armed vessel
which accompanies our troops to
France and he is now making his first
| trip across the Atlantic.
Good Record. j,
Mrs. Madge Fell, post mistress, has
sent to the Oskaloosa office the sum of
$2,571.81 which she received from the
sale of War Savings and Thrift stamps
since the. Sth day of May The total
sales for the month of May were SO,
541.61. Surely fine record for a town
like Fremont.
Eight Registered
Among those who are q years of
age, who registered under the recent
Government regulations were Earle
Dewitt, Verle Wolfe, Floyd Brown,
Vernon Fuller Frank Storm. Charles