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ROSALIE ITEMS The city schools closed here Friday for the summer. The grades and high school all pieniced on Wednesday. Due to the rain the grades were compelled to hold their pienies indoors at the school house. However in the afternoon the High School and eighth grade drove to Lyons to attend the track meet and had their picnie supper there in the park. The teachers have returned to their various homes: Miss Randal to Ponca on Friday evening; Miss Pease to Blair; Miss Jensen to Cordova; Miss Mahaffey to Valparaiso; Karla Hansen to Upland; and Miss Phelps to Preston, Saturday and Miss Lodwig visited at Wayne Saturday and Sunday, leaving for her home at Leavenworth, Kansas, Monday. Miss Belle Twiford and Mr. and Mrs. Abner Peterson were Sioux City shoppers Wednesday. Mrs. H. J. Sherman and daughters Mildred and Mrs. Leonard Myer attended the Jefferson Aid meeting on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. Myer. Miss Alma Lindamood has finished her school term near Laurel and is visiting friends in Rosalie before leaving for Oregon to visit her parents. Miss Ruth Potter returned Monday from Sioux City, where she had been visiting for several days. Mrs. C. O. Shumway entertained the teachers at a three course one o'clock luncheon Friday. Guests were the Misses Pease, Randal, Hansen. Phelps, Jensen, Lodwig, Mrs. Nellis and Mrs. Schroeder. Lawrence Manning left Sunday morning for Hubbard, Iowa, where he will assist with the work on his uncle's farm. His mother, Mrs. Sherman and Frank Sherman accompanied him as far as Sioux City. Miss Charlotte White returned on Wednesday evening from Wayne where she had been visiting for a while. She left Rosalie again Monday for points in California. She expects to be gone until fall. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coolidge were Sioux City visitors Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marava and baby, all of Lincaln were guests at the Dr. Saville home Saturday evening and Sunday. Mrs. J. D. Shumway of LeMars, Iowa, and Miss Mary Shumway of Boston, visited at the C. O. Shumway home Sunday evening. They left on Monday for LeMars by bus. They had been visiting in Lyons before coming here. Postmaster P. J. Johnson accompanied Ralph Evans over the mail route Tuesday to inspect the boxes and condition of the roads. The eighth grade, accompanied by Supt. G. A. Jones and C. J. Aldrich drove to Pender Thursday to attend the county eighth grade graduation exercises, and to receive their diplomas. H. A. Schroeder and Miss Goldie Reed, a sister of Mrs. Schroeder, drove down from Wayne Friday to spend the week end. Mrs. Schroeder returned to Wayne with them Sunday to attend the Commencement week festivities. Miss Phyllis Hansen went to Wayne Monday to spend several days visiting with the Rosalie girls who attend the State Normal. Conrad Kling purchased a new Whippet car in Sioux City Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Peterson drove to Beatrice Monday to accompany their son, who was placed in the Feeble Minded Institute at that place. The doors of the Farmers State Bank which has been operating under state control, were closed Monday morning. Although there has been rumors abroad for some time regarding its closing, none were looking for it quite yet in as much as Mark Shulenberger had been hired to continue operating the bank for another year. Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Aldrich and two daughters Rachael and Dorothy and Mrs. Don Brink were Sioux City visitors Saturday. Miss Lois Greenleaf returned to her home at Homer Saturday evening after having spent the week visiting at the Thomas Hansen home. Mrs. C. A. Lindamood and son Lorin were Bancroft visitors Monday. Miss Leone Elliott had the misfortune of breaking her collar bone Tuesday evening. Dr. Saville was called to set the bone. G. A. Jones drove to Omaha Friday evening. Mrs. John Daggett accompanied him for a visit in the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Parrish. Mr. Jones attended the Missouri Valley Track Meet at Lincoln, while he was gone and made a trip to Red Oak, Iowa. Both returned Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Anderson drove to Wayne Tuesday to accompany Thelma Anderson home, who has been attending the State Normal there the past year. Rosalie has been without city water for over a week, due to the fact that the pump went all to pieces. The town board took immediate steps to buy a new one but it had to be shipped from Pennsylvania so it may be several days more before it arrives and is properly installed. The board hired Noel Shulenberger and Les Peterson to clean and repaint the water tank while it is empty. This water shortage is particularly hard on the barber business and fountain service to say nothing of the home laundry. Folks with soft water can be duly thankful for the same. It is to be hoped there will be no fires break out at this particular time. Commencement Exercises for the Class of 1927 were held at the school auditorium Thursday evening when fourteen young folks were graduated. Miss Bertha Jensen played the incoming march. Invocation by Rev. Mansur, was followed by music by the school orchestra. Belle Twiford gave the class history, she and Mabel Anderson being the only two who started and finished in the Rosalie schools. Hilman Gustin played a piano solo. The address of the evening was made by George B. Warren of Wisner and was one of the best ever heard in Rosalie. His subject was "The Knotted Rope," which he ably handled interspersing it with snatches of his ready wit and humor. Mrs. Thomas Hansen and daughter Phyllis sang a beautiful duet accompanied by Mrs. DeWitt. C. J. Aldrich, president of the school board, presented the diplomas. Supt. G. A. Jones then called the eighth grade to the stage and re-presented their diplomas, which they had received in Pender that afternoon. Rev. Mansur pronounced the benediction. The following young people were graduated: Mabel Anderson, Frances Barsby, Carmen Caster, Eldred Caster, Dorothy Fisher, Walter Fisher, Walter Fransen, Hillman Gustin, Joe Lane, Hans Larson, Charles Reilly, Belle Twiford, Margaret Sailors and Lucille Richardson. Mrs. C. A. Lindamood and son Lorin drove to Wayne Wednesday to accompany Evelyn Lindamood and Phyllis Hansen home. The Misses Alma and Ruby Lindamood were bus passengers to Sioux City Wednesday to spend the day. A fellow who tries to straddle an issue is like one in the middle of a highway, subject to being hit by both lines of traffic.