Iowa
Old Press
The Red Oak Sun
Red Oak, Mills Co., Iowa
September 19, 1924
EARLY RESIDENT DEAD
R. K. Atherton, Aged 82 Years, Passed Away Tuesday - Funeral at
the home Today.
Rianzo Keros Atherton, resident of this county for 36 years, died
Tuesday, Sept. 16, at his home 606 Corning st., death being due
to heart failure. Funeral services will be held today from the
home at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. H. S. Wilinson, pastor
the Methodist church, of which deceased was a member. The
pallbearers will be Frank Shearer, John Baker, O. P. Olson, O. C.
Mellott, Ed Peterson and Will Gibson. Singing will be by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Stevens, Mrs. Mayme Stephenson and Chas. Briggs with
Mrs. Ray Cozad at the piano. Mr. Atherton was born in Licking
county, Ohio, June 12, 1842, and was married to Miss Matilda
Graham Feb. 14, 1864, in Keokuk. To this union six children were
born and all heave preceeded Mr. Atherton in death. Shortly after
his marriage Mr. and Mrs. Atherton left for California with an ox
team and were four months making the trip. They remained there
for 11 years and returned to Appanoose county, this state and
lived there for 11 years, coming to this county in 1888, and
moved on a farm. He retired amd moved to Red Oak in 1910 and has
since resided here. Besides the widow he is survived by one
brother, L. E. Atherton, Centerville. Interment will be in Red
Oak cemetery. Those here froma distance to attend the funeral are
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Atherton and son Raymond, and Chas. Atheron,
Yuma, Colo.
WAS A BIG DAY
...Winners not published last week:
In the township parade Red Oak township won first, West township,
second; Scott, third, and Grant township, fourth. George Dillon
was awarded the consolation prize, it being a cake of ice.
CAME HOME TO ROOST.
Tuttles Plane and Crew Here Couple of Days Between Hops - Fly
Here Sunday.
C. E. Tuttle and his crew, including Pat Love, the pilot, and
Parachute Jumper Booth, flew into Red Oak about noon Tuesday in
his Lincoln Standard for a stay of a couple of days. As they flew
over the city many there were who thought the 'round-the-world
flyers had been blown off their course by the strong winds and
were flying over Red Oak, as that was the day they were first
scheduled to make their flight from Chicago to Omaha.Tuttle has
been working in the northern part of the state with head quarters
at Clear Lake all summer, but came down to Des Moines Monday,
where he was to have carried a party of four men to accompany the
world flyers to Omaha. When the army men postponed the trip for a
day Tuttle flew down to Red Oak and carried several passengers
during the afternoon. On Wednesday Tuttle, Love and Booth flew to
Omaha to witness the landing of the circumnavigating airman and
greeted Commanded Smith who is a friend of Pilot Love. The
balance of the week they are working in this part of the state carrying
passengers.Next Sunday they will fly at the Hossle field. Booth
will make a parachute drop immediately after the baseball game
between Red Oak and the Tennessee Rats, a traveling colored team.
Many Saw Flyers.
Qite a number of Red Oak people went to Omaha Tuesday to see the
"around the world flyers" when they arrived at Ft.
Crook. They were disappointed, because the flyers did not leave
Chicago on account of weather conditions. Another group of Red
Oak people went Wednesday, when the aviators finally made their
jump to Omaha. Others went to the air mail line north of here to
see them pass over.
RELIGIOUS MATTERS
Notes of the Churches and of the Societies Associated With Them.
-At St. Mary's Catholic church next Sunday mass will be read at
8:30 a. m.
-Next Sunday at the Christian church in the parable series the
sermons are "The Mustard Seed," "The
Leavened". Tuesday afternoon and evening the
Mills-Montgomery county fellowship rally will bring a good
program to the church.
-The Salvation Army will hold an open air meeting Saturday
evening at 7:30 in the public square and Captain Catl Carlson of
Omaha will have charge of the meeting. The public cordially
invited.
-Services at the Presbyterian church next Sunday as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. m.; public worship , 11 a. m.. theme,
"God's Minute Men"; Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m.;
evening service at 7:30 o'clock, subject: "following to See
the End."
-Services will be held at the Baptist church Sunday as follows:
Sunday school, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 11 o'clock, subject,
"What My Church Means to Me"; B.Y.P.U., 6:30 p. m.,
evening worship, 7:30 o'clock, subject "What to Throw
Overboard." Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
- The theme of the morning service at the United Presbyterian
church on Sunday will be, "The Wonders of Redemption,"
and that of the evening "The Means of Spiritual
Growth." The time of the morning service is 10:30 o'clock
and the evening service is 7:30 o'clock. Y.P.C.U., 6:30 p. m. and
Sunday immediately following morning preaching service.
-Christian Science society, Red Oak, a branch of the Mother
Church, First Church of Christ, Scientist of Boston, Mass., holds
services in the chuch opposite post office Sunday at 11 a. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. testiment meeting Wednesday evening
at eight o'clock. The subject of Sunday reading
"Matter." The public is cordially invited.
-The Junior choir of the Congrestional church will render music
at the services next Sunday.
[transcribed by C.D., November 2010]