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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
4
Ames society pages report a busy week with college events. Descriptions cover meetings at Alumni hall, Pi Phi sorority gatherings, and plans for Tilden store openings. Attendees include Misses Ricker Peck and Nichols, plus Mr. Best Gleim and Tilden.
The Senior Mechanical department held its first annual banquet at the Chamberlain hotel in Des Moines on Friday evening. Thirty five attended including the M E faculty and Dean Marston. W N Dickey acted as toastmaster and the toasts celebrated Power Admission Cut off Release Compression Efficiency by various professors.
General and Mrs. Lincoln hosted a Monday dinner for General Lincoln’s staff during a military inspection. Attendees included Majors Knapp Lambert Fisher Hadley Stough Smith and Captain Switzer from Fort Crook. Additional events featured social entertainments in Ames and at Mr. Howard’s home with music readings and a presented chair. A Christian church farewell and fraternity dinners followed with hostesses and guests listed.
Miss Edyth Thompson and Charles Lucas Howard married at the Thompsons home with Rev. Wm Minchin officiating. The couple leaves for Des Moines and will reside at 1215 8th Street after April first. Howard runs a jewelry business.
Yesterday at nine o'clock James Jenkins and Mayme Wilson united in marriage at the parsonage with Rev. A. J. Wolfe officiating. Only the bridesmaid and groom's sister attended. The bride, educated locally and a former cashier at Gilbert Savings Bank, plans a home life with carpenter groom at the Howard Sawyer farm. The couple will spend a few days in Moneta and then establish housekeeping after returning.
Mr and Mrs J W Riggs issue invitations to the wedding reception of Mr and Mrs Laurence Riggs on February 24 from 7 to 11 pm. The couple were married February 22 at Gilbert at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Wm Snyder. The ceremony was intimate with only close relatives present. Both are well known in Ames area and will reside on a farm near Ames.
Mr Lawrence Reilly and Miss Nellie Ruth Wilson of Stanhope were married Tuesday morning at eight oclock at St Cecelia Catholic Church with Father F C Renier presiding.
The big YMCA campaign opens with a banquet at Margaret Hall on Tuesday February 28 at 6 30 PM. Tickets are available at the YMCA office.
The listing details quantities and prices for white pearl buttons in multiple sizes on a card, shell and linen inserts, amber glass, silk ribbons, and satin taffeta trims. Also offered are Kilnware like kitchen crash toweling, voile perfumes, talcum, and 24 to 28 inch waists from last season with assorted colors and sizes.
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