The Humboldt Independent from Humboldt, Iowa • Page 2

,1 -Way- Sat TOS SttMlally Invited to at BCTtices, 1 was gta tmf Said finto "Let inttt tnfe HoBSe of dod." Psalin ftftd 7:00 first ftftd Third 8:00 M. Second Monday (Girl's Organisation), Second lad Tuesday. Sftttlot Ttursday Even- Jtinlot Choir, Saturday at 2:00 Junior and senior Confirmation Classes Saturday at 1:00 P. M. Mid-week Devotional Service.

Wednesday evening, 7:80 P. M. all who mourn and need comfort; to all wbo are tired and iitfed rest; to all wbo are friend- lets and want friendship; to all wbo are homeless and need' sbel- tertng lottsf to all Wbo pray and to all wbo do not but ought; to all wbo sin and a Saviour; and to whomsoever will, that this Cbnrch opens wide Its doors, and tn the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord, says, Pftir is Nabbed Com From Field Rolfc Kd. Cronk, 23, and James Cronk former residents of Pocahon Me county bnt now of Eldora, are serving a 30-day Jail sentence on a charge of stealing corn from the field on the Earl Hudson farm several miles north of Rolfe. They Were caught about midnight Tuesday evening, December 5, husking the corn and putting it in sacks The pair was brought before Mayor Hughes at Jocahontas, in the absence of a justice of the Peace.

Sarah Kent Mrs. Sarah ElUabeth Kent was wujrorr UPTHEKAS CHCTCH iHgwaU OtoB, Paster Tnesday Evening the Luther League will meet at the John Nyby home, tlsnrsday at a P. M. Dorcus Lutheran will at the Ray Uglnm borne with Mrs. Vere Uglum and Hardy Sorenson hostessess.

This is tie Xmas meeting and there Is to be a lOc gift exchange. Saturday 10:15 Confemation class will meet at the Nelson home In Hnmboldt. Sunday: Sunday school and Bible class at Divine service at 11:15. Monday, December 18, Brother- bood meets at the Humboldt church. Superintendent Mecklenburg of Rutland high school will be the guest speaker for the evening.

Special music will also be arranged. Saturday 8:30 Confirmation class meets at the parsonage. Sunday: Divine service at 9:45. Offering will be placed on the 'altar for pianist. Please note that our service has changed from 10 -o'clock to 9:46 which will be our regular schedule from now on.

"'--Sunday school and Bible class jat 11:00. Monday, December 18 Brother- jhoon meets at the Humboldt cjiurcti, Superintendent Mecklen- bSrg of Rutland high schooH will speaker for theveye- Special music Will also be arranged, born August 6. 1S43 in Essex coun ty, New York, and died at Humboldt December 7, 1939. Funeral Services were held In Hnmboldt December 10. Deceased was one of nine children born to Eben and Sellna Rollins, All have preceded her in death.

At the age of fifteen Mrs. Kent moved to Lowell. with her parents, where she lived until 1STS. and then came to Rutland. In 1S80 she moved to Keokuk.

where she met and married Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kent, in 18S4. After Colonel Kent's death, she moved to Franklin Falls. N. where she resided until 1916. in that year she came to Humboldt to make her home with her brother, the late S.

K. Rollins, wbo died 11 years ago to the day and hour of Mrs. Kent's death. Mrs. Kent lived at the Rollins home until her death.

As a girl, at an early date in Lowell, Mrs. Kent was united with the Methodist church. During her married life at Fort Madison, she attended the Presbyterian church, and after moving to Humboldt she became a member of the Congregational church in which she was actively interested. She was a lover of good music, and sang in the choir. During the World War she worked faithfully with the Red Cross Interesting Happenings Reported in Newsy (A letter wrlttett by Miss Rath Packard, of Lake City and tfthed itt the Lake City Oracle.) Kwetyang, KWelchow, China.

Deaf folks. Circular No. 9999 Which had a faulty tire. At n'Boif wten we did afrive at the sabtirlS the city we found could fi6t erttef the might be called More Discoveries on the Uniqueness of Travel In West China, or Tafclnjft the Bumps as They Come, or What? No Bed Bugs! or The Scenery Is Worth It. Take your choice but you couldn't Imagine It In a million years.

Leaving a Chinese city and friends usually means eating one's way out of town and Chengtu was no exception before I left. The board of directors, the general secretary, individuals, Kll must hav rou out to a meal. In August on inly hopes that the weather won' be too hot as a Chinese meal add considerably to the temperature However a few restaurants 1 3hengtu do hare electric fans tt disturb the hot air. At one of my ast dinner parties at the Kennard I met James Bertram, author Unconquered and First Act In Chi na. and shortly before that had a with Edgar Snow and, Hew among the guests.

Snow, course. Is the author of Red Star China and Rewl Alley is the ew Zealander who is foreign ad isor to the China Industrial Co peratlves. The last week in Chengtu was learing the full moon so we hat nterrupted nights with air raif lanns. One night we got up and sat talking on the lawn for an hour went back to bed. No visitors ut slumber isn't worth much.

The ast night there we had the prc- jaratory signal and there was ommotlon on the streets as peo- )le left town about twelve and then further disturbances as they came back about two-thirty. When we were getting up ourselves at three-thirty what we had amounted to forty winks or so. Chengtu was supposed to be protected by the presence of about eighty Russian aviators which may perhaps account for the fact that the most serious raid was on Klating where practically the entire business district was wiped out and more hundreds of people killed, drowned and burned. Just more of the same story. Nothing In Klating except civilians and a university moved i up from Hankow.

i One who travels In China among miles from that trucks city between 8 ft. iW. and 6 p. m. so what did we hafa ttt do tnlt wait six hours.

We couldn't hire a private car because they wouldn't take luggage and the bus company assumes no responsibility so we couldn't leave It, In addltldn had to be inspected for opium when the truck Went In so there we were stuck. Djl Ying heard a store man speaking Shanghai dialect however and sweet smiles got Us permission to sit In his back room for the afternoon. Her hotfte dinlect Is Shanghai so she could claim the courtesy. 1 must tell about the mass action which bad taken place that morning before the truck started out. We had gotten up at 3:30 and arrived at the bus station at 4:30 In order to get a seat In front, which we did, as we were the first ones there.

Just before starting time, 6:30. we discovered that the station man had sold twelve more tickets. That was too much for the suffering passengers. TJiey 3ield a council of war, selected two representatives, a teacher In the Central Military Academy and a soldier officer who called on the station man with an ultimatum. Finally he agreed to take back the tickets he had sold and only allow be through passengers from Cheng- lu to continue.

The added twelve would have made thirty-six in the already over-crowded truck on poor tires. So everyone got down 'rom the truck and the two mtli- ary men looked at every ticket be- 'ore anyone could get back in. Af- that little revolution we had a fairly comfortable ride the rest of the way. were In Chungking five days in mmm at. to stand the isfjfdveiflttte, city, set ft a pocket of entire bflslnets dlstnct nirt wll destroyed in a raid Feb.

24, in all other places, going att and life goes on alftftit as usual. Yesterday visited a factory for women Which had fugees. Factory It to you. It is a all tni Iftne fttrf. Trafeilfnf tfcis Weans that I alwayi JuflSp, or Jnefi, benfnd" the wolM ahU riiht ftof 1 nld tht f.

JfBeS with fty Drealfatt Mating to A. Normaf Bsftlett nftW tt Tfttftlfin'tl, ffletddy, 12. ed, please taMes aM ISM community of j- cdn'citiSionj aid eten MttsieiWfs IS JTJgftf SSIsf of the raid, soldiers' Wives, and fugee, Factory wouldn't describe cS A C6 to the speeches front both sides" it is still England's fault that the affair is any more than a local incident between the Germans and Slavs, and we aren't fightlnf the German people, Just their fuled. Perhaps It is 1914 all over again. Oh, well, what can one think? Travelling cuts one Off from mail and here's hoping 1 have a pile when 1 reach Kunming about October 5..

Cherrlo! arganization, knitting and sewing daily. She enjoyed "visiting and working with her friends. During the last eighteen years of her life she was confined to her rooms CHllRCIf Homer Carl Blongh, Minister School A. M. Christmas feature and music numbers for worship ser- fylce.

jAH classes urged to be out in Very interesting Christmas is being planned for all 9 the church school. Only a few remain this year to complete your 1939 make it Church Worship A. M. Christmas musical numbers by the chcir r.r.3 of the Advent Sermon series on Christmas theme. All families given special invitation to attend the Annual Christmas Vesper of special music by various organizations between the hours of 4 and 5 P.

in church auditorium. The young peoples groups of Humboldt are Invited to be guests of Pilgrim Fellowship, A social hour and light refreshments The church will be at the Rollins home where she was cared for by Mrs. Rollins and family. Her interest in the church, state and national affairs, her friends and the community was maintained until the recent weeks. As long as she could read she was much enthused about political She letters and the of pastor and friends.

Surviving her are a number of nieces'and nephew, who loved to visit with ther. She will be greately other things must be an early BASKETBALL (Continued from page one) shown by all players; Terwilliger of Humboldt went out on fouls, and a total of 25 fouls were called during the game. The locals show improvement since their game with Livermore but are still somewhat ragged, although the old fighting spirit is there. The box score follows: will follow. beautifully decorated for rtstraas festival occasion.

the -MEflfOWST CHURCH Minister -The Sunday School opens at 10 tick wtta worship periods. Let the worship ser- Box Score HUMBOLDT Henely, Weigert, Twerwilllgor, PG .7 -1 -4 -2 Sorlien, Franke, Hansen, Nyby, Chriatensen, FG EAGLE GROVE Watkins, McGrath, 7 Shaw, Thompson, 0 Beckel, j. Nodland, 0 Bernard, FT 0 1 0 1 i 3 3 0 FT 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 Score by quarters I Eagle Grove ,14 Huraboldt 8 WEATHER (Continued from page one) ing. No rain or other preciplta tion, and days as a rule are cloud less and bright. This is one the most beautiful falls Jjj Iowa eft to only the worship department.

reached 299 last Morning worship The; 'Anthem by Building And Peace, meets at will The For Dec. 16, For tibe Upper perio4 early worm or have a pull, or both. The morning we left Chengtu we senl a servant to the station at 2:30 to stand In line and we arrived at 5:00. Result: two seats in an open truck. Fortunately we had the servant and a boy friends (not mine) who could clamber over the side of the truck when It drew up at the station, thus getting us a place at the front.

It is a case of the survival of the fittest, I tell you. We were fairly well fixed with our could sit on or seven a. until five p. only cracks a few vertebrae and burns every inch of skin uncovered. Being in the front of the truck you only eat half the dirt of the road instead of all of it so we were really well fixed, as I said.

I must admit that you are glad when you arrive at the night stopping place, even if the China Travel Service Inn is full and you take what fortune offers at any Inn along the street. In that case you hope there are no bed bugs and that the rats stay off the bed. To avoid the depredations of the latter you tie up out of reach any food stuffs you may have along and close your suit cose so thnt nothing is carried off in the night. After a day in a truck, however, you aren't so critical of hard bed, and rats have fewer irritation powers. Before retiring we had instructions as to what to do in case of air raid alarms.

If we didn't run to the country the hotel assumed no responsibility for us. The next morning we only planned to get up at 4:30 as we were practically next door to the station. Alas, but other people were up before us and we had to toko the back end of the truck, with luggage falling all over us. More and more passengers were crowding in, about thirty by that time. Chinese take discomforts with resignation, however, and I felt ashamed of every squirm I made when I knew that Yu DJI Ying was as uncomfortable as if more BO.

Second day, same song, secgnd verse, dust and heat. Along about noon a passenger got aboard with two big bags of rice which be was trying to smuggle on a passenger truck and they both burst spilling rice in all the small places where DJI Ying's feet bad been, even in her shoes, until tftere was no room for her feet, That afternoon a tire began eo- ing bad and to be taken off, only one on pne rear wheei hot and sticky ones, but fortun- itely no Japanese paid a visit. The ilty is certainly a different place rom the one I wjis In during darch, on the main streets long locks of crumbled walls and piles brick; every side street made Ider for a fire lane by hacking If a slice of the buildings on each Ide; three-fourths of the stores oarded up even If they were un- amaged. In spite of that, new ulldings are being built; early and evening people crowd thatched buildings With dirt floors, or at best floors covered with a kind of native clay. The machines are all made of wood, firlmltlve weaving looms attd spinning wheels.

The women are being taught weaving and board and room Is provided. Skilled workers are paid and In turn pay for their board and room. A nursery school and kindergarten takes care of their children up to six year.s. I Baw; one pathetic, rickety-legged baby, born three months prematurely at the time of the raid in which the mother lost an arm and all the rest of the family were killed. Another nine-months baby has a mother going to school anil a father fighting with the guerrillas.

The children running around were so cute, all dressed in overalls with handkerchiefs pinned fo their bibs, and from two to six they could smile and salute visitors. The whole place was clean as could be, most unusually the children had cod liver oil twice a day, eggs, bean milk and vegetables. Cod liver oil here is around forty or fifty dollars a bottle so that means something. While we were there we met the governor's wife, a small energetic woman of fifty or so, an old fashioned Chinese, her feet had formerly been bound, but she has just been commended by Madame Chiang for her services to the country. She is U.

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"All rja'd -ifti llies and, ftelwskahS nles IflvJtea 16 Chf jSttea.s/pafei' at'tnl WJ0.9 hall StJHdayV Bece'mber supper a program wflf Street-car eondijetdW of gen. Denrnarfc, declaifi; thai Danes afe often broke; but of them are dlsnpnegt. pften sengers declare' they h6 ey, so the conductors issue slips for unpaid fares, thousands having issued in the last yeatv Molt them are paid the following day. i OO B0I pale 00 $1500.00 back fc Have to bt the streets; life has to go on and everyone carries on Just as If the next moonlight night and every sunny noon were not freighted with the possibility of fire and destruction dropped from above. Margaret Brennecke was In Chungking and we two ate over at McCurdy's.

Miracle of miracles, we had ice water because they had just had a Frigldalre installed. It, the water, tasted like nectar and ambrosia because there Is, nothing more scarce than cold wa-' ter In China. Mrs. McC. was out to the hills but Mr.

McC. was there. the honorary chairman of the YWCA board. Dji Ying and I arc staying here about three weeks because they have just hired a new membership- adult activities secretary and we are working with her. This is a new Association, In fact not completely affiliated with national because it does not meet the requirements of number of Christians on the board.

This province did not have one Christian middle school before the war. It has always been self-isolated, and inimical to foreigners to the, local Christian wo- across the river at the YWCA re'- fugee hostel there and dinner at the McCurdy's. Mrs. McC. Is On the YWCA board of directors.

They have a magnificent view from their cottage. It sits on the peak of a hill, among pine trees, looking off over a lower range, across the river to the hills on which the city rests on the other side. At night it looks quite like Hongkong, myriads of strings of lights crossing and criss-crossing up to a star-lit sky. People there have had grandstand seats for the summeb bombings and they say they have been beautiful, but awful spectacles. When Me McC.

was in the city he could signal from their house to the cottage after a raid. The Mc- Curdys are among the finest, thu salt of the earth. When we get together there is a Mornlngside reunion, three attending. The trip from Chungking to Kweiyang was more of the flrst lap except that we had back seats in a bus which however bounced more than the truck. Tha' two and a half day trip only took ua three and a half, which was quite good time.

Early morning of the third day we had a broken spring. After Bitting In a Held an hour the four women passengers were put in a truck and sent back to the nearest. town. On the road we had to stop twice for a ching bao, alarm, and it took us three hours to go 25 kilometers. Every night when we stopped we expected all kinds of room visitors during the night, but the only ones wo had any time were two policemen about midnight wanting to see my passport.

Since was in 'a suitcase that was checked and 1 couldn't remember the number, Ytt DJi Ying had to use her best diplomacy and smiles to natter the fellows into passing me fey. site told bow loyal to duty it was fojr them tp come arojind in the middle of the night ana in everyone must serve bis country and, with em- bsrraaied nallea, they accepted my lack of and toqk a card to men Now, leadership Is very limited, of course, with the influx FOR HUSBANDS KITCHtM of people from coastal provinces who know what the YWCA is there was a demand for Its organization. The fact that the present leadership is almost entirely that of outsiders make difficult problems. It Is surprising though how much non-Christian women respect the work of the YWCA and want it to begin work. Kunming is the same way, breakfas oft iBr onmno fo hw oil SHELLANE COOKING GAS own breakfast of coffee, egg; and frulf, euting dinner at the Red Cross residence, and supper at the Y.

The Chinese food here is good but I can't keep filled up on it three meals a day. However it has done one thing In the last month, given me a more nearly sylph-like figure, OB. I weigh a very acceptable 115 pounds instead of 125 which 1 weighed last winter. I hope I can stay at that weight. I bought my clothes for that kind of The Red Cross house is the residence of the workers tn the 'office of the International Red Cross which has Its distributing center here and sends out medical supplies to all west China.

The workers are all. loaned by other agencies. It is a most interesting household. There are two former women teachers of the Disciples of Christ mission who were bombed out of their station In Anhwel, very nice Americana been in China twenty years; Dr. McClure, a Candadlan who was almost drafted by Madame Chiang to travel year ago to raise money for medical relief; and American Pb.

D. in geography from California works for the Salt Gabelle; a young Ceylonsea professor from a Jesuit college in Hongkong; an Austrian who is a world expert on plague and cholera here under the League of Nations Epidemic Service; and then they take in extra people for meals, like tWpA secretaries and people enroute. were two young graduates of Yale going to teach tn Yale-ln-Chlna, a missionary family on Us way out on furlough, and the Price family on its way in to Cbengtu. Ing, drudgery givti mort houu of Irburt A. A.

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