The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-09-03
Visiting Old Friends.

We acknowledge "a pleasant call
from Elmer T.. Price. who halls from
Washington, u. G., and is spending
his annual vacation with his relative
and friends in and about Oregon. IT.
the same old story! lie just cant resist
spending some time in the best little
town in the state. go he spysD, and to
visit the editors Of the Scnincl.
Elmer is In the employ of the Bur
eau Of Income Tax. in the Treasury
Department at Washington. his par.i-
cular duties that of auditing the in
come tax returns Individuals, Partner
ships and Filuciarics. lie seems Ia
think that "Cnclc sam" has u man
sized job in the collection of the In
come Tax. The particular location Of
the auditors of the Income Tax Bu-
rcau among whom he works, l. in the
Treasury Annex. Number =, at 18th
and u. Streets. Northwest.
While Elmer Is remembered by most
Of Us a. "a young man, there II report
ri n merry gathering OF his kins folk,
on Sunday. Aug -, at the new home
of Albert Nocllsch and wife, just east
Of town. The occasion was the 2jth
bUUlN'lHhlA ~ wv N''NllNk VI Illl'l
T., Price and Della ONlcy.
Mrs, Price j. the daughter of She
late Robert T. ONlcy and wife, who
were formerly residents Of Macon.
Mo. OXlcy was n Civil War veteran,
and a member Of the G.. 4. Il.
Elmer is the son Of the late Henry
u. Price, Of this city and after his
fathers death. purchased and owned
the homestead in the northeast corner
Of Oregon. lie sold the property to
Samuel Schultz.
Those who were present at the an
nivorsary dinner were Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Nocllsch and children, Mr.. and
Elmer T.. Price, Mrs. NJ. J. 0xley. of
Brunswick, Mo-; Mrs. Mary Thurman,
Roy Thurman, and Misses Florence
and Edna THURMAN, Mr. and Fred $.
Kurtz and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elliot Kurtz and sons, Earl and Ray
mond, andllcnry Nocllsch.
! The table groaned with the weight
of the feast spread upon II, and the
participants enjoyed u pleasant hour
in disposing of Il. These young people
were the families Of Elmer's nicccs.
j The only Holt county relatives,
who were not present mt the dinner
were Alfred 7. Price and family. they
being absent on account of Mrs
Prices health.
Elmer j.. was born in Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, January so
1866, moved with his narcnts 10 Ohio
in 1869, and to Missouri IN rrorualy
1882, where he with his parents scttleo
on the Hcz Smith farm, where Fine,
grew up and finished the studies OF
the district schools as they were main
tanned in that time. Not being con
tent with the schooling obtainable
there, he went to Stanberry, Missouri
where he completed the business ant
teachers courses of study ut tn,
Northwestern Normal School, and af
ter the Normal school had articulate,
, with the State University, he complet
ell the Scientific and Classic Courses
and received his degrees, Fol
lowing this he taught severa
years in the Stanberry Norma
, School. After leaving his alma mater
he was superintendent Of schools a
, Laurel, Mississippi, Sccretary-Treas
i, rrer Baird College, and Clinton Bust
! ness College, Clinton, Mo-, Teacher o
Business, Stenography, and Language
,, at the Stanberry Normal School, See
retary-Treasuier and Teacher of Busi
ness and Stenography, and Classics
: in Western Union College, LeMars
Iowa; Manager of Business College
/, in Nashville, Tenn, and Paducah, Ken
! lucky. From here he entered the U
S, Civil Service with the Isthmial
Canal Commission, Canal Zone, Pana
ma, where he served for eight AM
one-half years, when he returned 4
5 the States and after three years il
! civil life, he has again returned to tn,
U. S. Civil Service at Washington, d
f c., where he is collecting the Wa
Revenue" in the Income Tax Bureau
At the expiration of his leave o
absence, he will return to Washington
and again take up his work as al
auditor,
He reports that his brother, Henr.
L., is pastor of church at Waukomis
o Okla, and Milton d., is working 70