Iowa
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
May 5, 1921
SNEAK DAY AT MT. HOPE
Eight pupils of the Mt. Hope school had sneak day Tuesday. They
all walked to Walnut Creek where they spent a day full of
enjoyment. Three of the girls, Carrol Cowger, Helen Cutts and
Ruth Sarver, walked to Anderson and go some marshmallows which
they roasted when they got back. Those who went to Walnut Creek
were Carrol Cowger, Helen Cutts, Juanita Burdick, Roena Cutts,
Mildred Niday, Herman Burdick, Edwin Greedy and John Niday. Ruth
Sarver went along as chaperone. Everyone reports a fine time and
that they will never forget their first "sneak day".
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
May 12, 1921
Farmer City News
- Miss Lucile Tyner entertained the senior class of the Randolph
high school at a six o'clock dinner Thursday evening, May 5. The
menu consisted of fruit cocktail and wafers, roast beef, mashed
potatoes, gravy, cabbage salad, bread and butter and pickles,
Heavenly hash, Angel and Devil Food cake. The centerpiece
contained a bouquet for each of read Geraniums and sweet Alyssum.
The members of the class are Wendell Dodd, Erma Allely, Elsie
Walker, Guy Frazer, Naomi Ferrell, Glen Coslett and Lucile Tyner.
Anderson News
- Mildred Chantry spent the week end with her sister Mrs. Freese
Haning.
- Nina Duff spent the week end with her cousin, Glady Richardson
near Randolph.
- Ruth Chambers of Farragut is visiting at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Laura Strait.
- Mrs. E. Bardwell of Tabor is visiting a few days at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Ab. Thompson.
- People from out of town who attended the funeral of Mr. Ab.
Thompson were his son James Albert from Putnam, Oklahoma, Mrs.
Grace Gleason from Red Oak, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leimback of
Macedonia, Ezra Bardwell and family of Tabor and Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Henderson of Shenandoah, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thompson, Edgar
Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rogers of Sidney.
- Jack Greenwood who works for Jay Timpson spent the week end at
the home of his brother Flave near Tabor.
- Mrs. Sam Chambers and son Paul spent the week end at the home
of her brother, Walter Savidge near Tabor.
- Mrs. Jay Timpson is enjoying a visit from her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Giblin of Topeka, Kansas.
- The Misses Geneva and Evelyn Haning who teach at Hamburg and
Randolph spent the week end at their home here.
- Clarence Dyke, wife and daughters Wilma and Nina spent Thursday
at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dyke near Thurman.
Mrs. W. B. Wightman
Mrs. Bessie Yowell Wightman, of Shenandoah, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city, passed away Wednesday evening,
May 4, at 8:30 p.m. She had been ill since December of last year
with cancer to which malady she finally succomed. She was taken
to a hosptial in Omaha the first of December and at the end of
five weeks she was brought home under the care of a trained nurse
where she remained a constant and patient sufferer until her
death. Bessie Yowell Wightman was born at Hamburg, Iowa, December
1, 1875, and died May 4, 1921 aged 45 years 5 months and 3 days.
She was united in marriage to William B. Wightman at Sidney in
1894 and to this union were born seven children, one daughter,
Fern, and six sons, Robert, Harry, Charles, Rex. and Paul, one
son Richard was drowned in 1911 in the Nishna river east of town
when the family lived here. The family moved to Shenandoah in
1914 and have made their home there since that time. She is
survived by her husband, a daughter and five sons besides her
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city and two brothers,
Thomas Yowell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Yowell of
California. Mrs. Wightman joined the Presbyterian church in early
life and has been willing to seve at all times, which is the
measure of true religion. Funeral services were held from the
home in Shenandoah, Firday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. John W. Todd. The body was brought to Sidney the same day
and laid to rest in Sidney cemetery.
Mrs. Moses Pippitt
Sarah Wilson was born in Fulton county, Illinois, September 5,
1850. She died at her home southeast of Randolph early Thursday
morning, May 5, 1921, aged seventy years and eight months. Mrs.
Pippitt had been in poor health for some time. She began failing
very rapidly in the last few months. November 11, 1869, she and
Moses Pippitt were united in marriage. They came to Iowa in March
1880 and began farming in the vicinity of Randolph. They located
on the present farm in 1889 and have lived there ever since.
Their only daughter died some years ago. Five sons, Frank of
Little Sioux, Iowa, John and Asa of Hemingford, Nebraska, Bert of
Council Bluffs and Lloyd of Randolph, with the father mourn her
death. Thirteen grandchildren will miss her. Mrs. Pippitt's
childhood and girlhood days were spent in Illinois.The first
eleven years of their married life were spent in her native
state. They then sought the advantages of the newer west and
began farming in the vicinity of Randolph. For the past
thirty-two years they have lived on the present farm. They were
just reaching the age in life when the hardest tasks were cared
for by others and they could enjoy the fruits of their many years
of hard toil. She was a devoted mother and gave her constant care
to her family. The funeral services were held at the home Sunday
afternoon at 3 p.m. conducted by the Rev. E. E. Goodrich of
Glenwood, a former pastor of the Methodist church at Randolph.
Music by the quartet. Interment in the Randolph cemetery.
Mrs. Frances Margaret Stephens
The end of a long life well spent is but the touching of the
weather beaten keel on the shore of glory. Such was the
consummation of the end of Mrs. Frances Margaret Stephens who
departed this life at her home south of Sidney Monday, May 9,
1921. At the time of her departure she was probably the one
pioneer who had lived longer continuously in Fremont county than
any other pioneer still remaining in our midst. She was born in
Stark county, Illinois, November 25, 1837. She was the second
oldest child of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Richards, and came with her parents to the very neighborhood in
which she passed away, in 1845. At the time when she first saw
Fremont county the white settlers were still few and lived often
far apart; and the American Indian was still an inhabitant of
southwestern Iowa. Her father was the first clerk of the district
court of Fremont county, and for several terms court was held in
his home. During her life time, and by her help and labors, she
saw a transformation take place in southwestern Iowa that is like
the scriptural figure wherein we read, "Jehovah***hath made
her wilderness like Eden, and her waste places like the garden of
Jehovah." What she and pioneers like her have labored and
sacrificed for can never be requited except as we treasure and
vouchsafe the heritage that they have bequeathed unto us. Mrs.
Stephens was married to Jacob H. Stephens, February 10, 1861, and
with the companion of her choice she became the home builder of
the place on which she lived to the end of her days in the flesh.
Five children were born to this union, all of whom are living and
were privileged to be with mother during her last few days. Her
children are Mrs. Luella Jane Wilson of Sidney; Mrs. Alice A.
Ward of Hamburg; Milton Stephens of Sidney; Mrs. Dicey F. Maffett
and Martin L. Stephens of Farragut. Her husband and life
companion preceded her in death August 9, 1900. Soon after she
was married Mrs. Stephens united with the Methodist church in
Sidney, later in life tranferring her membership to the Methodist
church in Riverton. With her religion was not a matter of parade
one day in the week but a life of trust, helpfulness and
self-sacrifice. She came down to old age with an abundant harvest
of all the years that have gone on before. To her old age became
the treasure house into which all the sheaves were gathered.
"She looked well to the ways of her household. Her children
rise up and call her blessed." Aside from her children she
is survived by two sisters and one brother. Also ten
grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her children and
loved ones are joined by a large circle of neighbors and friends
who mourn with them; but their grief is not hopeless, neither is
their sorrow bitter, for a good mother and a good woman has gone
to her rest and her works do follow after her. The funeral
services were held from the home Wednesday afternoon, May the
11th, Rev. Raoul R. Moser of the Methodist church in Sidney
having charge of same. The body was carried to the cemetery in
Sidney where it was tenderly laid to rest by the side of her
husband and life mate, awaiting the resurrection of the just.
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
May 19, 1921
Graduation. On Wednesday evening will occur the
graduation exercise, which will also be held at the
auditorium....The class this year is one of the largests ever
graduating from Sidney High School and is composed of thirteen
girls and fourteen boys:
Mildred Adams, Ross Axtell, Flora Birkby, Morton Birkby, Alfred
Bobbitt, Raymond Crump, John DeFreece, Edward Eaton, William
Eaton,Edith Engelke, Elsie Hume, Dora Jorgenson, Mabel Lewis,
Raymond Magel, Merritt Mann, George Martin, Tillie Niedermaier,
Lowell Otte, Genevieve Payne, Clark Rogers, Muriel Stiles,
Florence Todd, Sarah Todd, Frances Van Eaton, Nina Waterman,
Flora Wilson, Carroll Younts.
The class has chosen for their motto, "Can't is
Un-American." The class flower is the lily-of-the-valley and
blue and white are the colors.
MYER-DeFREECE
About a month ago, or, to be exact, on April 23, Ival DeFreece
and Miss Mildred Myers surreptitiously stole away from town and
journeyed to Papillion, Nebraska, where they were quietly married
and all Sidney knew no different but both of them were single
until the young couple made known the facts. They drove up to
Papillion in the afternoon and were back here in town that same
evneing and none even suspicioned that they had "committed
matrimony." Ival is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T.
DeFreece of this city and he is a young man who is bound to make
lhis mar, in the world. He left high school in his junior year to
serve with Company G of the 11th Marines during the World War,
the major portion of the service being oversea. Since discharge
from the army he has been associated with his father in the
hardware and implement business, which relation we understand,
will continue. Mis Myers is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Myers, formerly of this city and is a modest, industrious,
popular and accomplished young lady of sterling qualities. She
has been teaching the rural school at College HIll and recently
finished the term there. A finer young couple than these young
folks would be hard to find and Sidney enmasse offers
congratulations. Both of these young people are very popular in
the community and are well liked by all who know them. The Herald
joins their legions of friends in wishing them every happiness.
"May all their trouble be little ones."
[all submitted by W.F., Aug. & Sept. 2003]