Social And Personal Notes From Ames Area Gatherings
A lengthy society roundup from Ames records numerous visits and events. Mrs. Clay Foster hosted a church ladies gathering raising funds for hymnals with sixty attendees. Several residents and visitors from Des Moines Valparaiso St Paul and other towns were noted through travels, parties, and hosting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Foster
Ladies Society of the Christian Church
College
Flare Foster
St. Paul
Minnesota
Valpariso
Indiana
Church and civic society notes from Ames area
Local church and club groups listed with officers and activities. Women and youth groups meet monthly to raise funds, study missions, and plan events. Several residents are noted traveling, visiting Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Okoboji during recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Bower
Omaha
Margaret Kagnor
Ft. Dodge
Kagnor
Bryant
Mary
Des Moines
Jenson
Will Bates
Robert Dodds
Lake Okiboji
J. D. Sims
Calvert
Englwood California
Levi Thomas
Myrtle Spangler
Lake Okoboji
R. Ball
Washington
Ames
Nina Nichols
Margaret Gray
Joe Stewart
Movill
W. G. Kennedy
Quarry
Clark
Clarrissa
Monroe
Glen Lows
Equality Club of
Boone
Chautauqua
Ruth Axter
Newton
Fred Munn
Work of Clubs in Ames Promotes Civic Window Gardens
Ames civic clubs and church ladies groups outline a broad program of community service and home improvement. They organize parsonage purchases, church repairs, flower displays, and mission support while meeting monthly to plan fundraisers and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid and Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
Hoot
McWilliams
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
City Parks’ Association
Walnut Street
Canterbury
Prince of Wales
Thames
England
Ladies Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Martha Wilson
Goble
Young Peoples Society of the Lutheran Church
Cora Kalsem
May Helgeson
Bible School of the Christian Church
J. B. Arnold
O. J. Brown
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
India
Africa
Cessna
Gibson
M. E. Church
Roadson
Adda Campbell
J. B. Koose
W. T. Smith
W. S. Read
Christian Endeavor Society
Young Peoples
Congregational
Christian Churches
Edith Cairns
J. Merril
Christian Church
Mary Carr
Mattie Allen
Christian Church Endeavor
Queen Esther Circle
Young Ladies Society
Womens
Women Making Careers Across Nations Highlighted In School And Ventures
The article profiles Mme Ogden-Crane’s New York opera school and its American training model, noting many pupils perform operas and join professional companies. It also highlights Mexican and American success stories, including Dona Juana, Widow Perez, a dressmaker-entrepreneur, and Miss Georgia Burns who runs large ranch and oil holdings in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Ogden-Crane
Opera
Chicago
New York
Theodore Thomas
Gilmore
United States
Brooklyn
Sarah Mundell
Barili
Adelina Patti
Mme. Ogden-Crane
Cavalleria Rusticana
Juana
Gulf Coast
Perez
Oklahoma
Georgia Burns
Kansas City
America
Virgil
Burns
Marcia W. Campbell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knapp
Barrett
King
F. R Conaway
Frederick Weitz
A. M. Newens
Fredrick Weitz
Henrich Weitz
Dr. Christ
Orrie
David
Florence Grant of
Rolfe
Laura Whalen
Waterloo
E. W. Stanton
London
Mrs. Stanton
Pennsy
Daisy Brown
Steven
Kendrick Loughran
Ruth Barrett
Dorothy Connor
Evangeline Prouty
Florence Brenneman
State Normal School
City
Ames Public Schools
Samuel Bowers
Bernice
Michigan
Canada
Niagara Falls
Lillie Simmons
Beloit
Wisconsin
Norma Allen
Edna and
Harrett Pammel
Brookings
South Dakota
Cecil Smith
Laura Smith
Mary Loughran
Nettie Rice
Colorado
Bertha Morris
Rathbone Sisters
Iowa City
Norma Lee
Ber
F. Loughman
South Bend
Ruth Cook
Olla Johnson
Grand River
Iowa
Lena
Pauline Potter
Illinois
Nora Persons
Savannah
Ill
F. E. King
Ruth Rebba
Margarie
Molton
Hammer
Parley Sheldon
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Fresno
California
A. L. Walkey
A. L. Coffin
Anna Roland
Jennie Fickinger
Shenandoah
F. L. Rice
Bessie
Dessa Copeland
Council Bluffs
Stella McCormick
Cedar Falls
Harry Cotton
Baby
Cotton
Ethel Woody
Clyde Kintsley
Bernice Pruitt
Webster City
Gertrude
Mildred Herr
Humboldt
Monah Fowler
W. J. Norman
Church Society
Philathea
GO. J. Brown
J. J. Grove
John McDowell
Womens Missionary Auxiliary of the Christian Church
Mary Stevens
Della Stayner
Young Peoples Christian Union of the
UB. Church
Roy Taylor
Sadie Pruitt
Ladies Aid Society of
U. B. Church
M. A. Childs
Hattie Barnard
Lutheran Church
Jacob Jacobs
Egemo
May Jackson
Treasurers
Edith George
Paulina High School
John Donhow
Jennie
Story City
Ole Rouge
L. G. Hardin
Des Moines Press Club
Colfax
Bertha Smith
F. B. King
Allerton
Emma Reding
Prairie City
Electa Gilbert
Mogene Stevens
Dora Rice
Niva Nichols
Eagle Grove
Burnice Akin
Jordan
Bertha Northway
Moville
Etta Budd
Ames Club
Dubuque Times
Ladies Aid Society of Christian Church
St. John’s Guild
Episcopal Church
Pammel
Bosworth
Ladies Aid Society of the
Catholic Church
O'Donnell
John Judge
Berean
Minnie Hunter
Belle Wilson
Laura Storms
Rath Barrett
Epworth League
Young Peoples Society
Methodist Church
Perry
Floyd Williams
Womens Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Robert Cairns
Templeton
Mexico
Republic
Dona Juana
Europe
David Harum
Julius Caesar
Ames Chantanqua
O. J. Kephart
Toledo
Gilbert Eldridge
Albert B. Storms
Iowa State College
Amer Chantauqua
U. S. F. Brand
Sarhe
Jamestowns
Scott
Pearl Street
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