Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1919 — BARKLEY. [ARTICLE]

BARKLEY.

Mrs. Charles Stath returned to her home Monday -morning after spending several days with her sister at Brook. ■ Miss Margaret Bates went to ; Remington Sunday to attend a ! special meeting at the Christian church. Rev. J. E. Dean and family were dinner guests at the Clyde Randle ; home last Saturday. Delos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walters, was unable to attend school the first of the week on account of illness. Mrs. Joe Mo.ore and little girls {"returned to their home Tuesday morning after spending two weeks lat the John Moore home during his 'recent illness. The Sunday school of Barkley >hurch will have a Christmas tree and Christmas exercises at the church Wednesday evening. Charles Bates, who was chairman 6f the . successful Rally day program, is also {chairman of the Christmas committee, and this means that there will be something good next Wednesday night. • t-y “ > The services at Barkley church next Sunday will be as follows: Sunday school at 10 o’clock. Epworth League at 6:30, led by Lee Timmons. The evening preaching service will be in charge of Mrs. Dean, at 7:30. Rev. Dean, the pastor, has been holding special meetings at the McCoysburg church and will close the meetings there Sunday night. Special mention should be made of the Epworth League, which held its first meeting last" Sunday evening. There was a large crowd present and Miss Olive Ellsworth, the leader for the evening, did exceptionally well despite the handicap of leading with only one lamp for light, owing to the failure of the gasoline lighting system to work.

See the Grivellea plant for Xmas at W. J. Wright’s window. Fine Boston ferns for Xmas. Xmas wreaths being made now. Many fine gifts at HOLDEN’S. v