The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-11
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ATTENDANCE
Bonaparte Schools open With Thirty
three Freshmen In High
School Build
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BONAPARTE, Sept. 1.-THE Bona
parte schools opened Monday of this
week with the largest attendance and
the best prospects for good school In
years The largest attendance is IN
the high school and primary room,
there being thrity-three members OF
! the freshmen class this year. Follow
| ing are the teachers for this year:
Superintendent, c. e. Eckeman, of Elk
, lire, Iowa; principal, Miss Marie
Nehre, of Batavia, Iowa; domestic
science, Miss Hazelle Coffman, of Mt
! Sterling, H.; grammar, Miss Clare
Smith, of Kalona, Iowa; intermediate,
! Miss Gladys Dick, of Bonaparte; sec.
ond and primary, Miss Doris Kittle, OF
Keosauqua: first primary, Miss Mar,
garet flashing, Bonaparte. The schools
! here have g, big attendance from the
/ country this year. and several pupils
from Bentonsport are coming to school
/ here this year.
1 Rober B. Hornbaker and Miss Mana
| L. Story, popular young people, We're
united in marriage last Wednesday at
Fairfield, Rev. Tenant officiating. Mr.
Hornbaker is the only son of Supervi'
sor and Mrs. M. Il. Hornbaker and is
! a prosperous young farmer. The bride
| is q daughte, of Mr.. and Mrs. K. M
I Story and is graduate of the Bona
parte schools. Since her graduation
| she has been a successful teacher
| These young people have large cir
! Gle of friends who extend best wishes
for long and happy future for them
! Rev. II. s. Seeds, who has been
nastor of the M. e. church here for
| the past two years, will soon move to
Fairfield where he will preach in the
/ Fairfield circuit. Mr.. Seeds has been
attending conference in Muscatine fol
1.-THE past few days.
| Frank Ritter, an old and highly res
pected citizen of this vicinity, died al
| his home here Sunday morning, paraly
sis being the cause of his death. He
lived for many years north of Bona
narte. but failing health made It neces
sary for him to retire, and he pur
chased a home here several years age
and moved to Bonaparte to spend MS
last year. The funeral services Were
held here Tuesday afternoon Of this
week and the interment was in the
Bonaparte cemetery.
H r. Christy and family, who have
been visiting with Bonaparte relatives
and friends for the past two weeks, re
turned to their home In BOWLING
Green. Mo, last week. Kenneth Meek
also OF Bowling Green, and who has
visited with Bonaparte relatives FOL
the past two weeks, returned with
them.
The Bonaparte Indians and the Keo
,sul, Standard Four team had a gcoc
came of ball at Christy park here last
Sunday Bonaparte winning by score
of 4 to s. 1t was anybody's game Ill
the way and kept the crowd on tAeii
toes ali the time. Bonaparte started
right off the reel and put a score
across in the first inning. keokut
scored In the second inning and in The
fifth Bonaparte made more runs
and the count was to in favor of the
team here, when Keokuk put 8 runs
over In the seventh and tied 1t up. II
the eighth inning Keokuk slipped an
other score over, making It s to 4 II
favor of Keokuk. Bonaparte came t.
hat in the ninth inning w1.n the scer'
( to 4 against them, but with the III
that has won them most of the games
thav have PLAYED this year, Stehb!1s