The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-28
DOW CITY ITEMS
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The pupils of the third and fourth
grades, with their teachers, Miss Mil
bred Virgins and Miss Mabel Cole,
picnicked in the City park last week
Wednesday The young people spent
a most delightful time together gen.
eral picnic dinner adding very much
to the pleasures of the day.
Friday afternoon a ball game was
held on the school grounds between
the high school team and the grade
team. The game resulted in a score
Of 10 to 3 in Tabor of the grades.
School closed Friday for the annual
summer vacation and the teachers
from out of town have gone to their
respective homes, Miss Bernice Hun.
sicker teacher of history and mathe.
matics, having gone to 1ndianola;
Miss Margaret Ryan, teacher Of Eng
lish and Latin, to CrestOn; Miss Mar.
tina Weiss, domestic science teacher,
and Miss Marie Helsley, teacher OF
general science, going to Denison, and
M. III. Shearer, instructor Of agricul.
ture and manual training, to his home
in Missouri Valley. Miss Ferne King.
cry, OF the eighth grade, left Saturday
for her parental home in -Adair and
Miss Caroline Shirk, of, the seventh
grade, has gone to Lake View where
she has accepted position as teacher
in a rural school for several weeks.
Supt. J. r. McNicker expects to leave
the latter part of this week for his
home in Sigourney. All of the above
mentioned teachers with the grade
teachers residing here have been re.
elected to their positions and all have
accepted the same with the exception
Of M. III. Shearer and Miss Ferne King
cry. Mr.. Shearer has taught here for
three months, coming the first of
March to take the place Of o.. r.
Bentley, who moved to Ames. Miss
Kingery has taught in our schools for
the past two years. The resignation
OF these two teachers Is generally re-
GREETED. Miss Alta Schafer, of Deni-
son, has been elected as assistant pri-
mary teacher for the coming year.
]. l.. Butterworth spent a couple OF
days the past week at Audubon.
E. D. Butts and wife took their de-
sparture Wednesday for, their home in
Greenwood, Neb., having been here on
account of tine illness and death of her
sister, Mrs. Edmund Riddle. Mrs.
Butts had spent ten days or so at the
Riddle home, while her husband had
been here only a few days.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Field
are congratulating them upon the ar
rival OF a baby son on Tuesday, May
goth.
Miss Lena White was passenger
from Woodbine Wednesday evening to
attend the class play. While here she
was a guest of her friend, Miss Flora
Virgins.
George Schiltz and wife we're UP
from Dunlap on Tuesday of the past
week visiting at the home of their rel
atives, the Adolph Honz family.
Mrs. IF. j. Hallowell and Mrs. Eu-
gene Crandall were among the Deni-
son visitors Thursday.
Mrs. r. q. Lusk was in Logan last
Wednesday visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. L. %, Mcbride.
Mrs. j. A. Scott received word last
Wednesday from her sister Mrs Err
nest Edwards, Of Amour, s. D., stat
ing that her husbands mother, Mrs.
Will Edwards, had passed away the
day previous after lingering illness.
The Edwards family are former resi-
dents Of this locality, having made
their home on Prettie Prairie while
here. Mr.. Edwards preceded his wife
in death about two years. Their son,
Oscar who was member of the grad
uating class of 1904 Of the local school,
departed this life during the past Win
ter, a victim of influenza. The pass
ing of Mrs. Edwards numbers three
deaths in the family in two years. Dow
City friends wish to be numbered
among those in extending most heart
felt sympathy to the sorrowing ones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Retman and
daughter were down from Denison
Sunday visiting at the home OF his
brother, John, and family.
Miss Myrtle McCord returned to
Dow City "Wednesday evening from a
sojourn of some two weeks duration
In Omaha. After making short Wis
it at the Arch Laird home she went
to Arion for visit with her sister.
Sheriff A. C. Greene and Deputy
Sheriff Jacob J. Johnson were down
from Depison Friday on official bust
ness.
N Al. w. Wilson has improved his res.
idence the past week by having it re-
shingled.
Little Vatican Glassburner suffered
q painful accident one day recently,
the child having placed his hands on
the top of an oil heater. Both hands
were badly burned but are healing
rapidly now, although the little one
suffered great pain for a time
Harvey and Claude Jackson were up
from Dunlap Friday visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs Alfred
Jackson and at the home Of their