Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST Week


Mrs. C. E. Sager spent Decoration
Day with friends in Earlville.
Supervisor J. J. Garry and Henry
Ocker have invested in Ford sedans.
Mrs. H. B. Commerford and chill.
dren were guests OF relatives in Cog
gon last Friday.
Miss Carrie Mullen of Hopkinton
was appointed as leader for the girls
canning club of Hopkinton.
-Morrell Hamblin has purchased a
nifty Buick six from the Manchester
Auto & Supply Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crosier OF
Coggon were guests of Mr. and Mrs
E E. Morse Decoration Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bronson and
children spent last Friday with rela-
tives and friends in Iowa City.
Miss Alice Walters and Mr.. Har-
vey Mullan Of Waterloo were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Storey last
Friday.
Charles Baumgartner is greatly i'm
proving his residence on Howard
street by the addition of handsome
porch.
The Misses Edith, Alice and May
Pemble of Cedar Rapids were guests
of their friends in Manchester on
Decoration Day.
Miss Ruth Pierce, who graduated
from Epworth Seminary last week,
went to Cedar Falls today to attend
The Teachers State College.
Jos. Hutchinson, who has been
confined to his bed for two weeks,
with severe illness, is slowly recov-
ering and is able to be about the house.
Louis Haeberle of st. Paul came
came Friday morning to spend few
days with his mother, Mrs. H. c. Haeb-
rele, and sister, Miss Fannie Haeberle.
Bert Pinch, who was stationed in
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Geargia, for
many months, arrived home last week,
having been discharged from the SER
vice.
Mr.. Roy King Of Chicago came
last week and spent three days with
his wife, who has been a guest of her
mother, Mrs. Glissendorf, for some
time. Mr.. and Mrs. King returned to
Chicago Sunday afternoon.
III. J. schwietert Of Chicago was
a guest Of friends in Manchester Dec
Grafton Day. He went from here to
his mothers home near Colesburg.
Mrs. Schwietert Is at present in the
in North Carolina.
Mrs. E. T. Afford, who spent sew
eral days last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wiliston, returned
to her home Saturday morning. Mrs.
Afford was called to Manchester on
account OF the illness Of Mrs. Willis
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. e. ~. Seeds enter
tanned company OF yOuag people On
evening in honor OF their
son, Captain Ned Seeds, who Is spend
ing aathirty day leave Of absence in
Captain Seeds was ac-
here by his wife.
Miss Grace N. Mathews explained
the program of Home Demonstration
work for this year at a meeting Of the
Conversational Ladies' Aid Society
and Women's Relief Corp on Thursday
If last week.
THE Home sDemo1stratioAs Agent
organized a girls canning club at
Oneida on Wednesday of last week.
She demonstrated canning for their
lrst lesson. Miss Charlotte Sparks is
eader of the club.
Judge Geo. w. Durham has invest
ID in classy. Ford sedan from ].
u. Jones & Sons. The Judge tells
Is that the Ford Sedan is his "baby {
arriage," and will be used largely
his summer in giving his six little j
joy rides.
Miss Kate Singer has purchased
nifty Ford Sedan from the local @
ealers, J. NJ. Jones & Sons. Owing '
o the unusually large number of ord s
RS for this particular type of car {
he dealers have not been able to
oliver this car as yet. =
= Mrs. Archie LIE Clere left Friday ?
light for Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she 4
7ill join her husband and where they &
7ill make their future home once
lore. Mr.. LIE Clere has resumed his n
FORK in the electrical department of A
large automobile concern in Tulsa. r
Sergeant Forest K Jones, who Il
as been with the $50 infantry of II
lie SSth Division, arrived at Newport
ews on May 3Oth, and expects to be s
lustered out at Camp Dodge in few h
avs. A number of other Manchester al
nd Delaware County boys are with r
lie SSth Division and are now in the 81
,stern camp. is
Robert Hutchinson. student at
rinell college, has been a mighty D,
ok boy for several days, suffering x
ON an attack of pneumonia. His w
other and sister rushed to Grinnell he
st week whenAword came that his m
'ndition was critical. We are pleased "a
learn that change for the better or
noted at this time, and Mrs. Hut
linson was able to return home Tues
~. W
John e. Hermann arrived home NJ
ON year Of service overseas last ~
,iday evening, having been dis :.