Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-12-21
LOCAL HAPPENING / jii J.
Of THE PAST week

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"A. R. LIE Roy OF Chicago was ,
business visitor in Manchester las
Saturday.
Mrs. M. r. Patty OF Iowa City
was a visitor in Manchester severa
days last week.
Mrs. e. T. Afford OF Waterloo wal
"a guest OF her mother, Mrs. M. H. VIII
liston, last Friday.
Miss Gail Amsden OF Waterloo wa.
in Manchester last Thursday to at
tend the funeral Of her grandmother
Mrs. Amsden.
The regular meeting OF the Amer
lean Legion will be held In the Armory
on Thursday evening. All members
are urged to be present
MIR. and Mrs. E. w Williams re-
turned home from Des Moines Friday
after having attended the State meet
ing OF Iowa Fair Secretaries.
Cruise Amsden OF Chicago, was
Z in Manchester last week, called here
to attend the funeral Of his grand.
mother, Mrs. r. A. Amsden. 3s
Miss Mabel Munson, teacher In
the schools at Duluth, Minnesota, is
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Munson.
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Miss Elizabeth Baumgartner. q
student at Northwestern University,
\ is spending the holidays with her par
/ ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c, B. Baumgartner.
IF. s. Seymour left Tuesday morn
ing for Omaha. Nebraska, where he
will visit his cousin, ]. C. .Selden.
Mr.. Seymour may remain In Omaha
the greater part Of the winter.
County Clerk o. r. Durham is
sued marriage licenses to the follow
ing persons during the week: Neal W..
Minehart and Minerva s. Ratcliff; W..
+. Daisy and Opal P. Prowse.
Hubert Carr Spent several days
last week in Chicago. returning Sunday
afternoon, with his daughter. Miss
Virginia Carr, who came home from
her school work to spend the holidays.
Miss Virginia Carr. student at
Smith. and Miss Helen Carr, a stud
emit in Francis Sinner School at Mt.
Carol, ILL.,. are spending the Christ
mas vacation with their parents, Mr..
md Mrc Huhorf Carr %8
Miss Janette Ferris OF Oneida has,
been elected president OF the Alethian
Literary Society at Cornell college
during the Winter term elections held
last week. There are fourteen literary
Societies in Cornell.
The Ladies Kensington OF the First
Congregational church will meet In
the church parlors next Wednesday
afternoon, December 2Sth. Hostesses
are Mrs. r. b. Arnold, Mrs. Fred Ford,
and Mrs. R. r, Fletcher
The pupfls ia the public schools
are selling Christmas seals with
great enthusiasm SO that there may
be no danger Of losing the services
Of Miss Gabriel, the public health
nurse, whose work Is proving Of such
value here.
Judge and Mrs. Geo. w. Durham
left last, Wednesday evening for Dover
Center, Ohio, where they will spend
the holidays with their daughter, Mrs.
John Taylor and family From Dover
Center they 20 to Winter Haven,
Florida, where they will spend the
winter months W. trust that Judge
and Mrs. Dunhan n1y hare . delight
ful winter ~ burn instA eosth.
IS. H. Morgan. who has sesA q the
hospital at Iowa City for ssysral
weeks, receiving treatment for his eye,
returned home Saturday. Mr.. Morgan
some time ago lost the sight In one
eye, and for time It seemed as IL he
would lose the sight in the other eye
also. His friends are greatly rel
lieved to learn that the difficulty has
been corrected and the cause OF the
trouble removed
Miss Kathryn Gabriel, Public
Health Nurse for Delaware County, |
goes to Chicago today, to spend q
two weeks vacation. Miss Gabriel
has worked hard and faithfully since
taking up the work in this county and
is deserving OF vacation. We be-
lieve we are safe in saying that Del
aware County has scarcely ever been
as free from contagious diseases as
it has been this fall and early winter,
and this unusual condition is largely |
due to the very effective work Miss |
Gabriel is doing among the school
children OF the county. Right here
in Manchester she discovered case |
of diptheria in its early stages and
at once took the necessary steps to
protect the children Of the neighbor-
hood, and as a result the disease was
out Immediately.
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