Locals part 2 July 19, 1945 Charles McCroskey of Decatur was in Leon Tuesday of this week. G. M. Russell of Garden Grove was in Leon last Saturday on Business. Cal Price of Van Wert was a Leon visitor last Saturday afternoon. H. L. Northrup of Garden Grove was in Leon Tuesday. Mrs. Roy Wood of Shenandoah arrived Monday and visited until Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Jack Johnston and husband of Leon. Mrs. Howard C. Worley, of Des Moines came Sunday to Leon and accompanied Mr. and Mrs. a. B. Worley to Lineville where they spent the day with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tuller and son Francis of Glendale, California arrived last week for a visit with relatives and friends back in the old home community. Billy Kindred, who has been visiting with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Spence Dickering, departed Saturday for Des Moines where he will visit before returning to his home near Iowa City. Mrs. Doris Kirkman, who has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Charles Brown, of Van Wert and with other relatives, left for her home in Detroit Monday. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Steve Akes accompanied her to Des Moines and returned of the bus Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Lewis, of Independence, Kansas, were visiting in Leon at the home of Mrs. Lewis' Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Downey and with Mrs. Lewis' son Jimmy Lyle last Thursday and Friday. Jimmy Lyle returned home with them Friday for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Harris and Non Norborne returned Tuesday from Rochester, Minn., where Mr. Harris had been receiving treatment at the Mayo clinic. Their daughter, Lt. Irene Harris, who had been in Chicago, went by plane to Rochester last Saturday and was with them until the following day. Elmer is considerably improved. Howard F. Harden of St. Paul, Minnesota formerly of Leon is now associated with Mithy-Sather Co. in charge of floor decoration. Mr. harden who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harden of Leon has had seventeen years experience at Chittenden & Eastman company in St. Paul. He formerly worked for the F. S. Stewart Furniture store. Edith F. Metier who is employed in Washington, D. C. in writing the Journal-Reporter about a recent change in addresses says it has been terribly hot in Washington but the past few days have been nice. "The humidity is so terrible here. I will stick to good old Iowa weather. I expect things are pretty in Iowa now. A Person doesn't fully realize the beauty of the home state until they are away from it for a while. Washington is pretty too, but too crowded at the present time.