Manchester Democrat., 1921-10-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Of THE PAST WEEK

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Robinson are
the proud parents of daughter, born
Sunday, October End, 1921.
Miss Marjorie Holbert spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. Paul Cas-
we'll, at Ames.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Whyte
and family OF Goldfield, Iowa, were
guests of Supt and Mrs. w. A. Ottilie
several days last week.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Howard are greatly relieved to learn
that their baby is recovering from the
effects of a siege of infantile paraly-
sis. s-@- ''Aaa'a.
Mrs. John Boone and baby daugh-
ter, Ruth, of Duluth, Minnesota, are
guests this week in the home OF Mrs.
Boone's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wright. n
Mrs. L. Tripp was summoned to
the home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Martin, at Dundee last week on ac-
count of the critical illness of Mrs.
Martin.
Mrs. Donna Taylor has been crit
ically ill at the o. c. Clark home dur
ing the past week. Her mother, Mrs.
E. e. Lang, of Strawberry Point, was
with her during the week.
Rev. A. o. Knapp officiated at a
marriage at the Manse last Wednes-
day, which united in marriage Mr..
Frank O'Dell Jr. and Miss Lillian Rip
pom. The young people have the best
wishes OF their many friends.
&C. A. Durey, who has been In the
employ of the M. & o. railway as a
stenographerl For the past six months,
is going to Chicago next Tuesday to
enter the Gregg School Of Secretarial
Training.
&C. A.. Novotery, specialist, cinemo-
tographer OF the Clinton Boy Scouts,
will be at the High School auditorium
October 18th, at 1880 P. N. The Clin-
ton Boy Scout Yellow Stone Park Tour
motion pictures will be produced sEv-
eryone welcome. Admission 10c and
25c.
The Fifth District Meeting Of the
Iowa Press Association will be held
in Oelwein on Saturday of this week.
All the pencil pushers of northeastern
Iowa are going to talk over their
troubles. Brothers Ram and Beels
and the local editor OF the Democrat
expect to attend the meeting.
-.-.Thos. Wilson, city manager, is IN
one of the hospitals at Rochester,
Minnesota, where on last Thursday
he submitted to very serious opera
ton. Mr.. Wilson has been sufferer
from liver trouble, and his friends hope
that the operation will bring about
the desired relief.
W. l.. Drew announces this week
that Mr.. H. ]. Howe, of the Newton
Annis Fur House, will be at his store
on Friday, October 14th, with a full
line of fur jackets and capes and
chokers, and single fur pieces. This
will afford a rare opportunity for the
ladies of Manchester and vicinity TO
make their selection of furs.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Williams ar
rived home last Thursday night from
a thousand mile automobile trip. They
report a most delightful vacation.
They visited many towns and places
of interest in Wisconsin and Illinois,
and were much impressed with the
improvements made in many of the
S mailer cities and towns through which
they drove.
Hon. J. c. Leggett, who has been
spending several weeks in Manchester,
and the state of Washington, left for
his home in Cuba New York, last Fri
Gay afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Leggett
came to Manchester at the time of the
death of the late NH Williston. Mrs.
Leggett returned to her home in Cuba
soon after the funeral of her uncle,
while her husband went to Washington
on business.
DIR. Ernest c. Wheeler of Tacoma,
Wash, accompanied the remains Of his
aged grandmother, Mrs. VIM. Cattron,
to Manchester for interment, leaving
Thursday evening for Philadelphia,
where he will attend an important
meeting of physicians and surgeons,
and from there he will go east to visit
his son and daughter. who are attend
ing school at Dartmouth, and Welles-
ley. .s.a