The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-20

MEMORIAL DAY
SERMON PLANS
Pennington G. A. r. Post Invites
Veterans Of All Wars to Join
in Service at Baptist
Church.

Church.
PENNINGTON, May 1s.-Miles
King post No. 254, G. A. R., depart
ment Of Iowa, invites the veterans,
soldiers Of all wars to join with them
| in attendance in a memorial sermon
to be delivered by Rev. j. A. Coch-
rane at the Baptist church, Farming
ton, Iowa, at 10:45 .. NJ, Sunday,
May 80, 1920.
! All ex-soldiers are requested to
meet at the post headquarters. city
club room, at 10 a. m. that day for
organization and preparation, by
order of committee on memorial se:.
mon.
We will have with us on Memorial
day those who hold in loving re-
membrance and a high honor their
comrades Of the Spanish war and OF
the worlds war as we hold of our
own sacred dead of the civil war.
They are equally entitled to the
fiowery tribute which we lay on the
graves of every man who served his
country well in her hour of need ana
gave to the world living example Of
American heroism in an unselfish
cause That the world might be saved
from dutOCTaCy ana TO d lTeeuOu llkS
their own homeland.
Mrs. Mary Ketcham of Bonaparte.
visited Tuesday at the home of her
son, Frank Ketcham.
Mrs. C. v. Ramey visited several
days the first of the week with Mrs.
Vina Simmons of Crotcn. Mrs. SIM
visit here.
| Mrs. Chas Kuttruff of Chicago,
spent the day Tuesday with Mrs.
Alma Kelley.
Mrs. w. NJ. Mcintosh left Wednes-
day morning for visit in Milton and
Bloomfield.
| Mrs Moon Of Milton, returned Wed
nesday morning after visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Kick. and family.
| leila Pearl Newman, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs E. F. Newman,
was born on a farm near Farming
ton, Iowa, May II, 1898. When she
was four years old the family moved
to Pennington, where leila began
and finished her school life, gradual
ing from the high school in 1917. She
taught school for two years and was
very successful in that work.
| She was united in marriage to Don
aid X. Dodds July %, 1919, in Bona
parte. Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Dodds
lived at the parental Dodds home I'M
til the first of March when thew
moved and began housekeeping AMI
farming on the Robert Barker place
near Mt. Zion. From here she was
called to her eternal rest on the aft
,ernoon of May Ia, 1920.
Mrs. Dodds was woman Of sweet
disposition and winning ways and
had large circle of friends wherever
she was. All her life until her mar
rage she was a faithful attendant of
the Methodist Sunday school in Farm
ington.
Her grandfather, MI. Albert New
man. preceded her to the other world
about ten months. She leaves to hold
! in loving remembrance, besides her
husband whose fond hopes and bright
prospects are bIighted by her depar-
ture, her father and step mother, her
grandmother, Mrs. Albert Newman,
iof Pennington. Also two sisters, Mrs.
Raymond Grimm of Pennington, and
Miss Florence Newman, who lives
with her father and step-mother on
a farm in the edge of Missouri, and
"a large number of other relatives and
acquaintances.
Last Sunday evening the bacca-
laureate services were held in the
Methodist church. The following
program was rendered:
March-Choir.
Song-"All Hail the Power"
Prayer-Rev. J. A. Cochran.
Choir response.
Anthem-The choir.
Scripture.
Song-"Softly Now the Light 6
Day"
Sermon, THE Heritage of Youth
Rev. G.. H. Smith.
Song, America "-Congregation.
Benediction.
The senior and Junior classes !
marched in during the rendering OF
the march, presenting charming and |
inspiring picture as they filed into !
the sacred edifice.
The sermon was a very able Effort, !
Rev. Smith being at his best
Friday night the commencement !,
will be held and the class play pre- /
scented at the opera house. The ticket !
sale opened at l o'clock Saturday ,
afternoon, and it was but short time ,