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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
7
A roundup of city happenings notes funeral attendance for Miss Ellen Peterson and various visits. Marriage licenses issued to Joseph Blakely and Violet Harter. several locals travel, illness cases, and a postponed city council meeting.
Community Bible class led by Prof. V A Vartunian meets this evening in the Baptist church. Visitors and new members welcome. The study guides Chapter 12 Triumphal Entry and its theme of belief and rejection with questions on incidents, motives, contrasts between crowds and priests, and Christ’s self assertions.
Miss Helen Smith of Pleasant Plain and Eugene Brinton of Brighton are seen in the city today. J A Hicks of St. Louis visits friends while Wilbur Day of Brighton attends to business. Mrs J A Hanna returns to Des Moines after a week with relatives. Mrs Wm Kann attends Miss Ellen Peterson’s funeral. Mrs Howard Wood visits Lib ertyville with Thos Pollock. Mr and Mrs John West return from Excelsior Springs. Mary Myers and children depart for Dallas City for illness in the family. Charles Wilkins of Fort Dodge visits en route to Oklahoma City, while his wife travels to Kansas City to join him.
Marion Whitaker Stucker son of Mr and Mrs Waldo Whitaker Stucker died last evening at their Fairfield area home after a illness from grippe measles and pneumonia He was born April 9 1917 near New London Des Moines county He leaves two brothers and four sisters Ruth Ethel Mable Max and Harvey The body will be taken to Pleasant Grove near New London for funeral services tomorrow.
Second Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely of Chicago died from injuries after an airplane accident in France. The French government awarded the war cross to Sergt. David E. Putnam of Brookline Mass and to William A. Wellman of Cambridge Mass and Phelps Collins of Detroit. Collins was killed in combat on March 18.
The local high school Junior Class will stage A Kentucky Belle on May 3 with a strong cast. The program includes a doll dance an old fashioned wife from Oh Boy and a minuet. Over thirty students will participate and Mrs Alice Booker coaches the play. Admittance is small and proceeds go to the Red Cross.
The Woman's Association asks residents to donate old newspapers and magazines. If you have any, call Phone 3458 for collection.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of husband and father and thanks donors of autos. Includes a food sale by the Ladies Auxiliary of Parsons College Saturday morning near the White Elephant Sale in the room north of the Iowa State Savings Bank. Cinders hauled 7ic a load. Call phone 173. William Cox.
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