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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
7
Local notices list residents visiting in Fairfield including L. A. Bellamy Cora Davis and H B Snyder. Officials note trips to Des Moines Indianapolis Omaha and Chicago. events include Chandler School pie social and Mason Ic Hall O E S session with initiation and inspection.
The Southeastern Iowa High School basketball tournament starts tomorrow at Trustee Gym in Fairfield with draw for seeds and preliminaries. Ten to twelve teams expected including Burlington Fairfield Mt Pleasant Muscatine New London Stockport Thornburg Udell Albia Centerville Knoxville Eldon.
Reports from New York indicate Rainbow division units have been fighting in France. Corp Travers of Freeport New York of the Sixty-ninth New York is named among the wounded. The division trained at Mineola New York and has been in the trenches.
Frank L. Eck of Pleasant Plain Iowa died February 18 at Jefferson County Hospital aged 64 years seven months and seventeen days He began as a railroad worker then ran a general store with his wife Lydia Ellen Ellys since 1874 He is survived by his wife six children and eight grandchildren Eck was a widely known Jefferson county merchant and Christian community member who helped others and looked forward to a future reunion in a place without pain or suffering
At the Moyer chapel church services begin next Sunday night with assistance from Mrs. Moyer a splendid singer. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
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