Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-15
HESPER.

Byron Darlington, Willie and Ruth
Byrant visited ait the H. c. Rowe
home Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the Friends Church
were busy three days the past week
putting up the years supply of wood
for the church.
Mrs. Harl and children are staying
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Sans.
Willie Byrant and Lloyd Punk
ett spent Tuesday evening with
Leonard Rowe
Mrs. f. j. Void entertained a
large number of friends on Wednes-
day.
Martin Jacobson has purchased the
building occupied by Freddy Burt,
where it is understood Mr.. jacobson
intends to repair harness and also
do shoe repairing.
Oscar and Eddie Goldberg were
Hesper callers this week.
Weston Stokopf was a Hesper
caller on Wednesday.
Several from here attended the
sale at the Korsness and Bersie
farms, Tuesday and Wednesday.
b. Burreson was a DEBORAH caller
Friday, Ella and Agnes Burreson
returning with him for the week end.
The program and basket social at
the Korsness Hall Friday evening
was very successful. The program
given by the children was just splen-
did. The proceeds from baskets and
admission amounted to $4,000. A
very large crowd attended, and made
merry with games until midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Street were
Hesper callers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Grindeland
and children spent Saturday after
noon at the Knute Sander Jr. home.
Sunday February, 10Th a mission
service will be given by Reverend
Shurson of Minneapolis in the Nor
wegian Lanuage at 1890 a. m. and
in the English language in the even
ing at 7:30 p. m. Offering will be
taken up at both services for the
foreign missions. Everybody well
come.
Mrs. Don Easton visited with Mrs.
Olaf Sander Friday afternoon.
Several sleighloads of men and
women went to the home of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. liver Flax Tuesday evening and
held a chivarie party. The merry
time of dishpans and cowbells could
be plainly heard in Hesper and ou1
sympathy was aroused in behalf OF
the victims.
/ After the Sunday morning service
Feb. 18th the members with Rev. and
Mrs. Havners gathered at the church
parlors and rendered a surprise in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Hotvet
and family. After the dinner Rev
Havuers voiced the regrets of the
church and community of the re,
moval of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hotvet
and family and wished them Goo
Speed on the way to their new home
at Innwood, Ia, and presented then
with a sum of money as a token OF
esteem from the Hesper congregation
and friends. The pleasant Afternoon
sped quickly by, after the O'Clock
luncheon folks departed to then
homes with pleasant memories of the
day.
The Dixie Trio will be presented al
the Korsness Hall Feb. 9th. The
Dixie Trio presents the songs and
stories of the most romatic period
of American History, the life of the
old South before the war. The mer
and women at that time seem like
/ silhouettes against a background OF
charm and beauty. With this in
view, ELIAS Day, who coatched this
company, has built a wonderfully
interesting and entertaing program
around the Dixie girls, keeping in
mind the fact that our old traditions
must be kept alive. Certainly nc
stories are more delightful or are
new songs more appealing than the
songs and stories of the Sixties. Mr.
Day, who is the director of the
Lyceum Arts Conservatory, has
taken a great interest in perfectine