Manchester Democrat., 1919-05-21

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IL aware County Soldiers
and Sailors Club.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Schacherer and
Miss Link attended the funeral of a
relative at Oelwein Saturday.
| Bradley Edmunds. who has an ex-
cellent position with the Willis-Knight
Company of Toleda, Ohio, is spend
ing short time with his relatives and
friends in Manchester.
Fred S. Seymour went to Kansas
City, Mo-, Friday morning to confer
with manufacturers Of furnaces, rela-
Etive to an automatic feeder, which
he has invented and patented.
| Mrs. P. F. Britt and daughter
Harriet, and son Orman, Of Hopkin-
ton, and Mrs. Docia Pulver and two
little girls, Mildred and Helen, of
\ Delhi spent Sunday at the NJ. ]. Britt
home.
| The Home Demonstration Agent
met with one Of the rural clubs at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Childs last Thurs
day. The club has decided to take up
a study OF foods as they had the first
lessons at that time.
--On Monday afternoon of this
week Mrs. L. l.. Platt entertained a
company Of guests. in honor of Miss
Edith Dunham, who is here from
Dunlap, Iowa, to spend few days
among her Manchester friends.
Miss Grace Matthews. Home Dem
onstration Agent, visited number OF
schools in Hazel Green township one
Iday last week and gave a talk at the
Center school house, where they were
holding their closing exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harp. form
erly Of this city, but who are now liv-
| ing at Waterloo, mourn the loss of
their nine months old baby daughter,
who passed away at the family home
last Saturday. ~
Carl Vierow, who has been work
ing in the Elton G. Roe restaurant
| since his discharge from the army,
has given up his position in the restau-
rant and has gone to farming with his
brother-in-law, livingsnea Dundee.
| Miss Margaret Adams, who has
been teaching school at Millard, Iowa,
| arrived home last Saturday evening
and will remain here during the sum-
mer vacation, assisting her parents
with the work in their new greenhouse.
Miss Grace N. Matthews attended
a conference Of Home Demonstration
Agents at Monticello on Monday of
last week. Miss Knowles, the State
Leader of Home Demonstration work,
was present as leader Of the confer
ence.
We understand that George Briggs
of Greeley has been bound over to the
grand jury, and is being held in the
county Jail at Elkader for the shooting
of James Waite, which occurred at
Edgewood on the morning of April
9th.
| Basil Confare, who has been over
seas for about seven months, arriv7
ed home Sunday, after having been
given his discharge at Camp Dodge.
Basil was with a company Of army
bakers, and reached France too late
to get into active fighting.
| Hubert Phenicie went to st. Paul
few days ago to enter the employ of
an aviation firm. Hubert has fallen
in Nlove with flying. and will, for the
present, at least, follow that pursuit
in professional way The firm with
which he is connected will carry mail,
freight and passengers.
Roy Hatfield, Of Greeley, spent a
few hours in the city the first of the
week, en- route home after his dis
charge at Camp Dodge. Roy was with
the Rainbow boys and was overseas
the greater part Of two years, during
\ which time he saw action on the great
er part of the western front.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hoag, who
have been spending the winter at st.
| Petersburg, Florida. arrived home
last week. Mr.. Hoag tells us that
fishing was excellent in the bay off
the coast of Florida during the past
few weeks, and that they had de-
lightful winter in the south.
Harold Hickox and Francis Cos
| ling, who have admitted taking an
! automobile from in front Of the pic
ture show one evening last week,
and leaving it in an alley in dam
aged condition, were taken before
| Judge Dunham last Friday. The
Judge gave them very impressive
lecture, trying to make them see be-
1 fore they come to experience it to the
| full that the way of the transgressor
| is hard. The case has been taken un-
| der advisement, and further action
will be taken some time later in the
| week According to the statement of
these two boys. another Manchester
10y, not now in the city, is implicated.
| The accuracy of this feature of the
case will be determined later