The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-06
MERIDIAN NEWS NOTES.

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I'm with scarlet fever and whooping
cough. IL eonvalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Stanton and son
Gilbert left Thursday morning for
Payette lakes.
| Miss Edna Rife, who was operated
on for appendicitis al a Boise hospi-
fsi Monday, is improying nicely.
Rev. a. A. Quinn has sold his resi-
dence lots on the west side TO j. NJ.
4 Dodds who plans 10 build q residence
thereon Immediately
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Hedges and son
iaIriyed Wednesday from Long Beach
Calf, and they intend to locate in
this section again
George Hiner says there will be d
bucking contest Saturday afternoon
at $50 on the streets of Meridian.
The boys vii ride anything brought
| In.
Miss Jhnahelle Parsons has sent
| IN her resignation as one of the
ieachers of the Meridian schools. Miss
Cassie Palmer has also sent In her
resignation.
j. j, Maxwell OF Danyille, Illinois,
paid visit to Meridian recently, He
has ordered copies of the Times TO
his people In his home town. He likes
his country and thinks Ii a fine place
TO locate.
There will be joint meeting of
an the boards interested in the en-
larged rural high school district AT
the high school building Saturday,
evening Of this week at s o'clock
The regular monthly meeting OF
he directors of school district No. IS
viii be held at the grade school
building next Monday evening. Two
lily OF the school.
j. II Newcomer and family start
| or California next Monday on their
] delayed outing trip. They go in q
i curing truck of excellent design. and
is comfortable as one could wish for
! long overland journey.
j I. M Hashbarger who now lives in
Portland is a fri nd OF Meridian. In
/ recent letter to a local pastor he
| said Meridian would always be home
20 him. aud enclosed $50 check to
HELP on the church work
The large cement building now be-
ing built by the Farmers Society of
Equity, just south of the o. s. L..
depot, will be used as store and
i warehouse and will be ready for &C.
lcupancy in two weeks.
i Chas. Sherman, father of Mrs. J. M.
Dodds, has sold $500 of apricots from
what is known as the Ragen place,
near Victory. The apricot crop this
year has been abundant and the quail
ty good.
DR.. H. +. Neal returned from the
Payette lakes Wednesday, where he
went with his family last week. The
family remain to enjoy the delights
of the mountains and pine trees for
three weeks. 3.
Il ID, p. Harris, q local buyer, says
that threshing has started, and sever
al carloads of wheat have been con-
tracted at $2.12 and also a car of oats
at $1.2s. The grain is turning out
well. Prospects for clover and al
falfa seed is good.
Announcement has been received
of the birth OF daughter on August
3, 1920, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Man
chester, of Caldwell. The young lady
has been named Mary Frances. Mrs
Manchester will be better remember
ed here as Miss Addie Bryce, daugh-
ter Of j. n. Bryce.
Miss Myrtle Cornish returned from
Tillamook, Oregon few days ago
after a pleasant visit with her sister
Mrs. Albert Bailey. Mr.. Bailey Is In
the meat business there and is pros
pering. They have found no section
however, that is better than the Mer.
idian country.
This Friday evening a special meet,
ing of the Commercial club will be
held at s O'Clock on the lawn OF til
village water works station. Several
matters of importance will be con.
sidered. among them the proposed
building here of a powdered milk
factory. II is suggested that Meridian
buy q site for this factory.
Prof, Eugene Farmer will hold a
meeting at the Methodist church Mon.
day evening for the purpose of or,
ganizing community civic chorus
Everybody interested in such move.
ment is requested to be present, as
Mr.. Farmer is anxious to make this
the largest chorus in the county.
! Through the Meridian Investment
company, Dodds & Taylor, managers
Carl Ramcke has sold the house and
three lots in the south part of town
for $4,000 to Herman Timm, who is
already in possession. This is known
IS the Hashbarger property. Mr.
Ramcke and family will move to
caldwell.
Mrs. Anna Lipsie has purchased the
residence of Arthur Frazier at LIST
and State streets in Meridian, and her
son, George Watson, and family, will
occupy the property. Mr.. Frazier
has moved his family to Boise and
has purchased nice bungalow on
Ada street, in the capital city.
Mrs, Carrie Goodro of Meridian has
mite a record for milking nhninn