The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-30
Moffit
BY IN G.. T.. MOFFIT

MIR. and Mrs. Olthoff Of Webster
City. Ia. are spending a few weeks II
Moffit attending to farming interests
here. They own the farm occupied by
Melvin Thorsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Enockson and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Abelson
and daughter motored to Bismarck
Saturday night. They attended the
dance at the dome.
Mrs. v. Benz entertained the fol-
lowing guests at dinner Sunday: MI.
and Mrs. l.. d. Bailey, Fred Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Hill and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns Bailey and chill
dren, Murray House. and Harriet
Moffit. A lovely dinner was enjoyed
by all.
Mrs. Oscar Benz is i'll at a hospital
in Bismarck.
The Grandmothcrs unit met at the
home of Mrs. ID. H. Wemcr on Thurs
day. Lunch was served.
Stella Larson is doing the house
work for Mrs. B. F. Lane.
Mr., and Mrs. Robert Carpenter Wis
tied at the F. j. Argast home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pillsbury and
children visited near Mckenzie Sun
day. Little Richard Hamlin came
home with them to spend a few days.
School will not open until Sept. Q.
AS the schoolhouse will not be COM
plcte till then.
Glare Porter and Milton Dochlc
went up last week and got their new
threshing separator and got started
to threshing.
The Rainbow Homemakers club met
at the Howard B~rowrawell home last
Thursday. AS most of the members
very many present. 1t was decided to
hold a special meeting next Thursday
at the same place. All members arc
requested to be present at 2:3O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Abelson and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Olthoff
motored to Sterling Sunday evening.
Ben Abelson had the bad luck 10
run a rusty nail into his foot Tuesday
morning. It is quite painful.
One of the bins in the elevator
gave way, owing to a mistake in get
ting it put together.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lane and chill
dren. Mrs. Vanmuhle and baby. Nh.
and Mrs. Coder and children, and Nj.
and Mrs. Ben Abelson and daughter
visited at the c. E. Moffit home SUM-
day.
Miss Martha Brightmeyer is work.
ing for Mrs. Burns Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Abelson and
daughter and Mrs. Olthoff were shop
ping in Hazelton Monday evening.
George Moffit got a bad fall one
day last week and is laid up on that
account.
G. E. Moffit helped Pete Hofstad
stack hay Monday.
Mrs. Ella Porter entertained at cof-
fee Monday afternoon Mrs. Abelson
and Mrs. C. E. Moffit. A dainty lunci,
was enjoyed by all.
Sunday there were two fires that
might have been serious. In the after
noon a fire was noticed between the
store and bank. and after a bucket
brigade was formed 1t was soon out.
but had it not been noticed it might
have been bad. as it was near the
gas tank. A little while later a report
was heard on the butte, and. looking
over that way, a big smoke was seen
to rise. Upon going over there, C. E.
Moffit found it had been set by a
number of boys. Is and up. If there
had been a wind everything In the
east country would have burned, IS
the grass is heavy at this place and
if it had got a start nothing could
have stopped it. Everyone should be
very careful not to set out a fire.
Jim Hill took his wife and children
to Jamestown Tuesday to take the
train for Brinsmade, where they will
visit for some time with relatives.
Mr.. B%eardsley and son have been
helping Joe Kendall in the blacksmith
shop.
Mrs. Charles Faust and SON Leonard
and Mrs. Alfred Faust motored 20
Bismarck Wednesday.
Lucille Moffit had as her guests a
number of little friends at a birthday
party on Tuesday afternoon. Games
were played and a dainty lunch was
served to the children. Lucille received
many pretty gifts.
The Edison family expect to move
to their farm home Saturday. The
Asa Weiners expect to move to their
home in Moffit.