Till: ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1022.
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Mr.i, A .(,. Panbom entertained the
Methodist iii'l society Wednesday
uftemonn ntnl -hc and Mr. Karl
JJockey served ii deluiom lunch to a
oel crowd.
Tuesday was the mo t dangerous
lay Ilemingford over knew. It whs
actually damrerous lo he on the streets.
It was election lay. II. K. Ford and
Kussel Miller and Mrs. Mildren Orccn
were "running." Automobile weio
raring up and down the street clash
ing into each other occasionally,
motorcycle, bicycles, baby carriages
wheelbarrows, horse barkers, lumlier
wagons well loaded and there would
have been an airplane but the flyer has
I Yi.e lleminirford people enjoyed
!io: linf the AM Fools' Number of the
Alliance Herald this week an I lots of
favorable comment passed as to its
bcini; a pierp of unusual work.
'I he lieheccr.s tfavp a reception to
ore of their memliers, Mrs. K. C. Ken
diick on Wednesday evening of tlm
1 week anil presented her with a nice rc
' nienibrance of the friendship of the
ladies rr the lodge. Mrs. Kondrkk
will leate next week to bo with a
feeble uncle and aunt in Iowa for a
time.
The (liarles Mosier family are all
' down with the flu this week.
I Miss I'c Lloyd who has the flu is
, roi-orted as improving.
Mrs. C. M. Krskine is still qu'te
rut returned from court yet, ami Wcak and not able to be up very much.
everybody seemed to be in a hurry to j,.t nn, ju,.s- Frank 1'otmesil and
get to the polls early for a chance to' jjrSt c. F. Wahl were in Alliance on
vote. A constant stream of humanity ' Tuesday f this week and attended a
fcoing to and from the place of voting1 meeting in the evening of the Kastem
continued the whole day through. star into which order Mrs. I'otmesil
I'racticalty all business was suscnded an, m,?. vahl were initiated,
but the hooch peddlers. It was thought w. 1). John, on is busy these days
best to hold school at lea.'t half the j getting a list of the property and its
day but it was most impossible to worthless value fo the court house may
maintain order or hear any recitations. tPn lne people how much tax to pay
Miss Kae with the responsibility of
running the school ami adding addi
tional rules, determining who should
attend school and who not,, and the
many other perplexing things to look
nftor, all in addition to the excite
ment of the election day, the "prin
ciple" nl most lost control of her tem
ht. A great many people never
stopped for regular meals, just taking
a lunch and eating as they run back
and forth in the interest of the elec
tion. Many women fainted in tiie jam
I'ropcity is never so cheap as it is
at this time of the year, assessing
time.
A splendid vein visited ti e Heming
ford community Wednesday evening
and a welcome visitor too.
Mrs. Johnson, a new comer, who
lives above the Caha hardware store
returned from Alliance Thursday,
where she had irone for an operation,
but was unable to undergo one in her
present condition. She is quite poorly.
tjuite an unusual accident occurreu
and rush and excitement but were not last Wednesday evening in the home
oir the job long. The men in turn ! cf Mr. and Mrs. Garreans. Mrs. Gar
hertled the children either in tho backl reans had stepped over to the neigh
yard or cellars at home or in some bora on an errand and left the baby
afe place on a back alley while the asleep. While she was gone the high
women had a little liberty and freedom
while they cast their vote on the main
issue of tne day. By careful manage
ment of the extra policemen appointed
there were no serious accidents during
the day. Finally in tho wee hours of
the morning the report was revealed
amid shouts of the anxious crowd that
a total of 142 votes were accredited to
Mr. Ford, 85 to Mr. Miller, fi! to Mrs.
r.reen and 22 to Mr. Jensen whose
name was written in on the ballot Mr.
chair turned over on the stove and
caught fire. A. P. Hayncs, in passing,
noticed smoke comins from the build
ing and ran in, just in time to save the
child as it was about suffocated. The
fire was extinguished without fcy
tther serious damatre.
The lots in front of the light plant
and the blacksmith shop have been
cleaned oil and plowed and leveled off
within the last few days. A wonder
ful improvement sure. Go thou ana do
Ford and Mr. Miller were elected. At, likewise, all of us
least the last line or two of this is true , Messrs I. R. Walker, Earl Rockey,
and a lot of the other ought to be. The j. T. Butler and Mesdames John
clay after election it rained a little, Sampe and Charles Davidson served on
the e'eetion board Tuesday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Jamns I'otmesil who
have been down with the flu for a few
days are out jigain though i.ot very
r pry.
1 he Congrrirntional pronle pxjct
to move the church next Monday onto
ihe new foundation. Tho concrete
work ha.-' been completed for some
time on the basement which will af
ford them adequate room for the Sun
day school and the social interest of
the church.
Charles Shirp has moved his busi
ness from the building juKt south of
the George Wiltsey store to the build
ing between II. O. Wildy's furniture
store and the ledger office, where he
will have more room.
The Methodist choir will meet on
Friday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Jenkins, at 7:30.
The pastor of the M. F. church an
nounced that they will observe net
week as "Tithing Weok" and urges all
'he members and friends of the church
to tith the income of the week and
place it in tho special collection on
Waster Sunday.
The county eighth grade examina
tions will be given the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Schneider
and daughter, Helen, Mrs. E. Plahn
and daughter, Tessie, motored to Alli
ance Saturday to do some shopping.
Mr. Andrew has disposed of his Ford
touring car and is now the owner of a
Mitchell touring car and a large truck.
His son, Eugene, will do the lray
ing during the summer months.
George Walker was ofT duty a few
days et the store last week, owing to
an attack of the flu.
Alyne Blanchard, of Hay Springs,
visited with home folks over the week
end. Miss Lucile Wood, who is teaching
near town, visited with friends and
relatives at Chadron over the week
end. Catherine Dclsing, of Chadron, vis
ited with home folks over the week
end. Murle Pollard and Gladys Rockey
were off duty the last of the week with
the flu.
Mrs. Rustin, Mrs. Watson and
daughter, Dorris. and Helen Andrew
of the Chadron normal, motored over
to visit' friends and relatives over the
week-end. Miss Andrew started tak
ing a complete commercial course last
fall at the normal. She may continue
I her work at the normal during the
.-ummer term, but she is planning on
ti:k:rg up the !ut'es of a stenographer
and bookke. per in the near future.
Humors are t'l.it there jre so;ne
thirty young folks planning to attend
luring the summer term i coin Hom
ing ford.
As the time n drawing nearer the
.-eniors arc making great plans for
graduating exercises.
Mrs. Erskine shows but slight im
irovemcnt. ANTIOCH
The tennis fans are busy lofore
nnd after school the. court is crowded.
Tuesday night a meeting was held to
elect new otficers and reorganize. G.
M. Litteras was elected president and
Henry Miller, secretary treasurer.
Ed. Liter moved his family to Al
liance this week. They have lented a
rooming hou.-e on main street. We
wish them succescs in their new ven
ture. Mr. Liter's large steam heated
looming house was completely des
troyed by the recent fire here anil was
a total loss. He carried no insurance.
The Woman's club met at club room
Thursday with Mrs. F. H. Smith as
hostr's. Mrs. Hoffland's paper "Ori
gin of April Fool's Day" was very
interesting. The debate "Resolved
that Heredity Has More Influence on
Character Than Environment'' was
decided by the judges to lie a tie, giv
ing each side fourteen Kiints. Mrs.
Bovine and Mrs. Douglas took the af
firmative and Miss Hoffbnd and Mrs.
Conner on the negative. Roll call was
responded to with April Fool jokes.
Thursday the sixth, Mrs. Broome and
Mrs. Vastine will be hostesses at the
club rooms.
Charlotte Brown has recovered from
the flu and is able to lie out, though
still unable to attend school.
Roy Hoffland and Henry Miller went
to Rushville Friday in Roy Hoffland's
car, returning Sunday. Dave Bn'ggs
nnd Nels Pederson joined them at the
Briggs ranch. They went up to at
tend assessors' meeting. They suc
ceded in getting the taxes greatly re
duced on Antioch property.
Roy HofTland is busy assessing this
week. Dogs are valued at $10.00 per
head, really more valuable than a busi
ness lot in the heart of the city.
At the city election held last Tues
day more than 115 votes were cast.
H. P. Holt and William Smith were
elected councilmen. Mrs. F. Broome,
G. M. L'iteras, R. Wyland, W. G.
Wil on s-rid C. Dove acted as judges of
the election.
Tlicl;,i.' l!ri'.'g. was t.'en seriously
ill Monday noon nnd the physician,
pronounced her illness the f!u. i
Mrs. Charles Ileri:.n is conducting
the eighth giade examinations ut her
home three miles north of town this
week.
The dance given by Mr. Stapleton
for the benefit of the athletic associa
tion Friday night was very well at
tended. The proceeds, $11.20, will be
used to buy sweaters for the basket
ball teams.
Friday morning Mr. Naber sent out
invitations to a large number of his
friends to come help him celebrate
with Mrs. Naber her birthday an
niversary, artd to come dressed as very
outhful children. They were to gather
at the port oll'ice, then proceed to the
Naber home. All who attended have
declared to goodness that this was the
most pleasant party ever in Antioch.
It was full of old fashioned games and
fun.
Miss Mary Rosenfeldt, who Is teach
ing this year in Seneca, spent the
week-end in Antioch as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Naber.
Mrs. Charles Ferguson is suffering
with the flu. She has been ill for the
past three weeks and her condition is
causinir much alarm among her friends
and relatives.
The Sunday school is preparing an
elaborate Easter program at the
church. A good crowd is expected to
attend the sen-ices.
A. J. Pickerel of Alliance was in
Antioch Monday looking at several
houses lately acquired by the Dierks
Lumber company, which will be moved
to Alliance as soon as convient.
The house formely occupied by Earl
Ferguson was moved to Alliance Tues
day. Bert Newton, who lately moved to
Alliance, was in Antioch this week.
Otto Matz of south of Alliance was
an Antioch visitor Wednesday.
Misses Stowell and Carlson spent
the week-end in Alliance.
Mrs. C. C. Rice of Alliance arrived
Tuesday to visit her mother, Mrs. Lil
lian Hobbs.
C. H. McGee was down from Alli
ance Tuesday looking after business
interests and to vote.
Thelma and Alice Briggs and Cor
inne Moore were Alliance callers Tuesday.
Sidney Irwin and family were Anti
ocn viuors Si'tui'iay.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Zook are moving
to the Charles Murphy ranch this
v eek.
Mrs. Frank H. Smith has been ser
iously ill with flu, but is some better
at this writing.
I.conard and Walter Iloffland were
passengers to Alliance Saturday, re
turning Sunday.
FOWLING
Mr. Hoff, the manager of the Black
root branch, brought out a new Ford
truck the last of the week.
Miss Zoetta Nichols was a caller at
the Elsea home Monday afternoon.
She expects to leave for Crawford
in a few days to attend the Adventist
institute.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hurlburt took
supper at the Eaton home Sunday
evening.
Hamilton Ferguson drove to Alli
ance Monday.
The Kennedy young folks spent Sun
day at the Nikont home.
The box supjier anil dance at the
Johnson school house Saturday night
was well attended and all report a
fine time.
James Butler was absent from
school Monday on account of illness.
Mr. Hotr took dinner at the Joe Caha
home Monday. He made a call at tho
Bius home, also at Elsea's.
Miss Sibyl Hutchinson finished a
very successful term of school Thurs
day in district 79.
John Lulu was a caller at the Kil
patrick ranch Sunday afternoon,
Mr. Smith and wife of Hemingford
are living on the John Caha place this
summer.
Mrs. Nichols was a caller at tho
Duskin home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Elsea and son
spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs.
Brus,
Bernard Fosket is quite ill with tha
smallpox and flu combined.
Mrs. Brus and son and Jake Elsea
were callers at the Blackroot ranch
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Hoff motored to Alliance Tues
day on business.
John Bru3 is able to walk some with
out his crutches now.
Auto tops, curtains, auto upholster
ing. Threlkeld the Top Man, 124 West
3rd Street 33-tf
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