Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-04-27
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Century Review Club will be held
with Mrs. Julia Bolsinger, Tuesday al
ternoon. May Srd. This is the last
meeting, but one, OF this club year
AT the previous meeting two new
members were received; Mrs. Louise
Irmscher and Mrs. Flora Barnhart.
Dr.. F. G. Wilson and daughter, Miss
Anna Mae, have returned from q
pleasant visit with relatives in Chi
cago. Mrs. NJ. ]. Wilson, who has
been spending the winter there with
her sbn, q. r. Wilson, is expected to
return to her home In this city on or
about May LIST.
Edw. Bush, who is employed in the
Bush and Dehn garage at Elkport
spent Sunday with home folks IN
town,
James Knee has not been In the
hest OF health the past winter, but
it is hoped will improve as spring
advances.
Funeral services for the late Cyrus
Craig were held from the M. p. church
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. w. Minor Lemon.
The business houses were closed dur
ing the funeral hour and the flag dis
played at half-mast. Interment was
made at Oak Hill cemetery.
An address on the Anti-Saloon
League will be given at the M. p.
church next Sunday evening. May LIST,
by H. c. Gibson Of Westerville, Ohio,
Heal We him.
The Mother Goose play and OPP
peretta given under the auspices OF the
C. G. S. Friday evening last was a
decided success in everyday. The
large auditorium barely held the Inn
mense crowd. The proceeds were $780,
80.
The father and son banquet was
given Monday evening under the d.
rection Of the Methodist Brotherhood.
The "eats" were sevred by the Lad
les Aid Society. This pleasant feature
of the evening was followed by a
program Of real merit. Music was fur
nished by local talent, and addresses
were given by Messrs. Lattner and
Headley of Dubuque. All in all the
evening was most delightful one for
all concerned.
Az representative of the Midland
Lyceum Bureau was in town during
the week, seeking to sell an enter
tainment course, and incidentally ex-
hibiting the very latest In women's
wearing apparel. Colesburg people are
for the most part conservative folk,
and neither the course nor the rail-
ment found favor in their eyes.
The Oak Hill cemetery Association
will serve supper Saturday OF this
week, April Both from five o'clock
until all are served. A large attend
ance is greatly desired as the pro-
ceeds are for the Oak Hill Cemetery
sidewalk fund. This walk is greatly
needed and will be benefit and
credit to the community in general.
So let all turn out to the supper, and
thus aid a good cause.
H. J. Schwietert Of Chicago was a
Sunday guest of his mother, Mrs. J.
B. Schwietert-
A large quantity Of meat that was
being smoked, was destroyed one day
last week when the smoke-house at
the Ed. Dfers farm burned down. The
years supply of meat for the Ed. Diers
and Isador Diers families all went.
up in smoke.
The Miller Nelson and R. G. Kocher
families were called here from Gold
field by the illness and death OF the
ladies' father, Cyrus Craig. All have
returned home except Mrs. Kocher
and children who will remain for a
time at the Craig home.
H. H. Evers will have porch adj
ded to his residence on the east, this
season.
The graduating class Of the c. G,
s. this year numbers twenty-12 young
ladies and young men-as follows:
Alice Evers, Bertha Craig, Ora Sun
derman, Amelia Kirschbaum, Elsie
Mitzner, Hl,en Kocher. Florence
Loemker, Vera Brown, Mildred Barn.
hart, Grace Keck, Rose Keck, Julia
Mckinney, Harold Welsh, Milton
Brockmeier, Edmund Birkhols, Harold
Harris, Glenn Conner, Martin Phelps,
Harold Vessel and Grin Sampson.
The class colors are purple and yio-