Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-10-13
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BY HARRY j. GREEN.
DEBORAH, IOWA, OCT. 10, 1920
BURR OAK

Mrs. John Gates spent a few day
Of laS' week W In ner daughter Mrs
James HeadiaCton at DEBORAH.
Mrs. B. NJ. Wicks returned Wed
nesday from a few days stay at DE
corah. Mr.. and Mrs. Wicks have
rented a house there and expect t
move next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Kimball ant
Mrs. W. II. Emmons made trip tt
Mabel Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Nellie Leonhart of Mime
apolis spent few days of last weeS
with her mother Mrs. Alice Pierce
Erwin Creek and little son Of
Shaler We're guests last week of Mrs
Hannah Sharp.
DR.. Palmer and wife of Lanes
boro were over Sunday guests at the
J. N. Reed home.
Welt OF Stevensville, Mont. are
guests at the home of their broth
er Herbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. n. Reed and Mr.
and Mrs Gene Kenyon went to Lee
nora Friday to visit at the home o!
Mrs. Kenyan's brother Silas knight
and family.
Mrs. Ella Anderson who is taking a
course in nurses training at La
Crosse spent Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Alice Morrison.
Mrs. b. NJ. Wicks was a guest
from Friday evening until Sunday
at the home of her brother Charles
Pollitt.
MIR. and Mrs. S. E. Pierce and son
Alva and Vernon Manning and fam
lily motored to Cedar Rapids Friday
to visit at the Clark Manning home
Mrs. Gene Headington and son
Victor, Mrs. E.. M. Reed and son
Paul, Mrs. B. NJ. Wicks and Mrs
George Smith and Clayton Reed and
wife were DEBORAH visitors Friday
afternoon.
Herman Listico and family en-.
joyed visit Friday with a number
of friends from Hawkeye and Fay
ette
. Mrs. Clara BrittendalI Of Bluff.
ton, Mrs. p. c. Bloomfield and son
Frank of DEBORAH, Mrs. Ella ThayeI
and son James Weldon and RUDE
Wilbur and family and Charles Will
bur We're guests Sunday at the H.
w. Shelley home, the occasion being
Mrs. Sheley's birthday
Paul Reed had the pleasure or
Saturday evening of seeing his cous-
in Roy Bulen of WATERFOWL, S. D.
Mr. Bulen is a musician and is play
ing at present with the Jimmie
James orchestra. The orchestra was
motoring from DEBORAH to fill an en-
gagement at Harmony, Mimi.
Mrs. Gertrude Wanless received
news last Monday of the death OF
her father Mr.. Shoecraft at Topeka
Kans. Mrs. Wanless and son Pau
left at once for that place Mr.. and
Mrs. Shoecraft lived the past two
Years with Mrs. Wanless and return.
ed last spring to their home at To,
Ipeka, and many friends miss the
kindly old gentleman, who though
past ninty years old, was the equal
both mentally and physically of most
men of 60, and are deeply grieved
to hear of his death.
On Sunday morning about o.
clock Rev. Meade discovered that
the blacksmith shop and garage
We're on fire. An alarm was rung
and though the building could not
Ibe saved the contents of the garage
were nearly all saved, but Mr.
Bergman, owner of the blacksmith
shop, lost nearly everything, as the
fire started in the upper part OF
that building and was ALI q blaze
when discovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ Reed and son
Paul were visiting sunday at the
James Wade home.
We are requested to correct a
statement made in last weeks paper
that the l.. A. s. had never been in
vited to a DEBORAH home, Mrs. j. B.
Reed says she has invited the Soc
iety repeatedly, but they never have
accepted the invitation. We most
humbly ask Mrs. Reeds pardon and
trust that should she once more ex-
tend the invitation that it Will be
accepted, as we know from previous
experience that it is a fine place to
so.
Miss Gertrude elise Was a guest
Thursday at the James Wade home
The Lutheran Ladies Aid society
will serve a chicken dinner at the l.
o. o. F.. hall at Burr Oak on We'd
nesday, Oct. 20. Prices for dinner
adults 35c and children 15c. After
dinner a bazaar will be held consist
ing of useful and fancy articles.
By order of President,