Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1908 — Fair Oaks [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks

Minnie Cox and Flossie Gundy spent the last of the week in Kniman. Quite a crowd of Fair Oakers went over to George Ade’s place to see and hear Wm. Taft Iva Moffitt is making preparations to go to Dakota to keep house for her father who has been there at work for some time. John Casey has treated his house to a new coat of paint which Is quite an improvement to this end of town as well as the house. Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Umphress, Monday, Sept. 21st, 1908, Aaron Wilson, age about 82 years, funeral Christian church. Born to F. R. Erwin and wife, Sept. 20th, a daughter, which is the third in line, and we understand the sign over the door now reads, “boy wanted.” % School began Monday morning with Charles Blue principal, Miss Ibe intermediate and Mrs. Gwin primary. The enrollment is not quite so large as usual on account of the pupils from the Fuller will no be brought here this winter. The pupils who go from here to the Rensselaer schools complain greatly of the exertion of going up and down stairs to and from recitations. It seems as if the school board who are looking after the good of the school, might arrange it so the pupils would not have to run up and down two or three flights of stairs every time they recite, which is very injurious, especially to young girls in the first years of high school.