Manchester Democrat., 1919-05-21
Mrs A. R. lie Roy and baby are
home from Chicago this even

Mrs. A. R. lie Roy and baby are
expected home from Chicago this even
ing.
Harvey Keyes. well-known Man
chester boy, is here on brief visit
to his parents.
Mrs. H. G.. Conger of Des Moines
is spending the week with relatives
and friends in Manchester.
The ladies Of the Baptist church
will have a sale OF home baking at
Grems' drug store on Saturday, May
Gath.
Austin Cooper, Harold Cooper, Ju-
.nior Bell. Maxine Plummef and Sylvia
Urbach all OF Dubuque were guests Of
Randall Patty last Saturday.
Fred Hruby, brother Of Edw Hru-
by, who came to attend the funeral Of
his father, left for his home in Rose
burg, Oregon, Monday night
The w. c. T. U. ladies realized
$3.50 from the bake sale last Satur-
Gay. The proceeds go towards hos
pital fund for the wounded soldier
boys in Ft. Des Moines.
Clair Thorpe, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Thorpe, who has been with a
machine gun unit in France for many
months, arrived at Newport News the
first OF the week.
The Food Study Class of Manches-
ter met at the home of Mrs. J. S. Hill
lard on Wednesday of last week. A
lecture on milk was given and a
breakfast served.
The Ladies Society of the Congre-
gational church will meet with Mrs.
I. A. MCGEE on Wednesday, May 2sth.
Mrs. MCGEE will be assisted by Mrs.
Brazelton and Mrs. Nye.
Mrs. Fred Miller leaves tomorrow
for Kansas City, to visit her sister,
Mrs. A E. Muehe, before returning to
the eastern camp, where her husband
is stationed.
Rev. G. M. Orvis, for a number of
years pastor of the Summit Congre-
gational church in Dubuque. and more
recently Of Oklahoma, has accepted
call to the pastorate of the Almoral
Congregational church
Miss Josephine Hutchinson. who
has been assisting her sister in Birm-
ingham, Alabama, in the work OF stag
ing school pageant, is on her way
home. She expects to visit friends on
the way, and will arrive here some
time next week.
Wilbur Kerr, formerly in the en-
ploy OF this office, arrived here on
Tuesday, after having been discharged
from the service at Camp Dodge. Will
bur was a member of the Rainbow
division band. He went to Hopkinton
on Tuesday evening for visit with
friends.
Captain Don A. Preussner, who
has been an instructor in various army
camps during the period of the war.
has been granted his discharge and
is at home once more. Capt. Preuss-
ner has taken up his work in the
First National Bank of this city, and
all of his friends are right glad to
see him back once more.
The w. C. T. U. meets on Friday
of this week with Mrs. ]. G. Miner
on West Howard street. Mrs. Myrtle
Schwager will be the leader. Mem
bers of the society will bear in mind
the change OF date for this meeting.
On account of the last Friday of the
month being Decoration Day. the date
for this meeting has been changed
to Friday of this week.
Welcome Abbott Jr., son Of the
genial druggist at Lamont, is one OF
the crew on the Destroyer Laub,
which was No. IA in the line of de-
stroyers that patrolled the Atlantic
along the lane over which the Ameri-
can airmen were to cross the sea.
The NC3 lost her bearings somewhere
between No 16 and No. is Of the pa
trolls and got off the lane altogether
Some twenty vessels were ordered to
search for her, and it is altogether
likely that the Laub was one Of them.