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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
5
A flurry of social visits unfolds as Mrs S O Brien and daughter Sara call on friends in Burlington. Many women travel to see relatives and attend Chautauqua in nearby towns while others head to Peoria Mount Pleasant and Humeston for short visits with family and former neighbors.
Local exemption board processes claims from the second group of 80 examined Tuesday. About 70 of the 228 called are expected to be certified to the district board, with 12 to 15 more needed to meet quotas. One non-combatant exemption, for H A Hamilton of Pleasant Plain, was granted. Mennonites Dunkards and Quakers appear in nearby counties. Several examined last Tuesday did not claim exemption and will be certified to the district board. Additional names certified to Adj. Gen. Logan with dates and several exempted for dependents or medical reasons.
Five passenger Ford car offered for sale. Phone contact 3388.
.Listed in a brief want ad with a single price or identifier 106.
Be Eisenhart offers piano tuning services in Fairfield from August 27 through September 5. Leave orders at Leggett House or local music store. Contact BE. Eisenhart at 91.
The Fairfield Board of Education will open schools on the first Monday in September after repairs to Fair field school buildings. The City Superintendent offices are open daily in the High School Building from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 to assist new entrants. Returners and transfers should check for classification and transfer permits. The note urges parental support for students to stay in school to prepare for citizenship and wartime needs. Arthur W. Crane.
Miss Nellie Williams a nurse has moved to rooms at the Fayette Spencer home and can be reached by telephone 1492. She will continue nursing in the Fairfield vicinity and remains in the local community.
In the evening a picnic will be held at Chautauqua Park for church choir members families music pupils and both bands along with music lovers. The Chicago Operatic Company will be guests. The English Lutheran Builders' Bible Class also plans a picnic there tomorrow evening. Roy Keltner leaves for Colfax for several weeks of treatments. George J. Gould Jr. of Lakewood New Jersey appeared before the draft exemption board in Toms River and was rejected as physically unfit.
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