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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
4
The Ames campus reports progress with a roof on the new forge shop, a 1000 pound road testing machine, and an engineering lab. Dr Aiken will give the chapel address, the Dutch Band entertained, and the College Lecture Course features the Bostonia Sextette.
November gatherings feature the Bachelor Maids hosted by Miss Ethel Underwood, plus upcoming meetings of the Nonpareil club Cedar Rapids Episcopal deanery in Ames, Priscilla club with Austro Hungarian studies, Marian Rebekah lodge visits to Gilbert, and church auxiliary pledges. Socials include dinners, dances, and readings with members from AMES and Des Moines areas.
Sketch by Minnie Potter and a Dickens versus modern novel study by Elizabeth Maclean are on the program. An illustrated talk by Prof. R. C. Barrett on Yellow Stone Park is set for Nov 20 in the college engineering lecture room. The Nonpareil club hosts city school teachers with a three course supper and performances by Miss Wallace and Mr. Clark, with husbands as guests.
The Ames Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot east of Ames to contest the Times silver cup. About fifteen shooters participated amid high wind, with Loren Young dominating to win the cup by a 22 of 25 showing.
At the Congregational church the pastor preaches morning on When Doctrine Counts and evening on Issacher. This evening opens a new series titled Plain Truths From Obscure Heroes with a focus on clear edification.
The First Baptist Church announces a morning sermon by Pastor Walter I Fowle on Jesus teaching about prayer and a second sermon in the series Religious Truths in Scientific Dress. The subject is Environment or How to Conquer Our Surroundings during the evening service.
The pastor will speak on Spiritual and Material Possessions at 11 a.m. and deliver a 7:30 p.m. sermon titled The Enduring Knighthood. The message emphasizes values and faith in daily life.
The Regular meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E church will be held at the home of Mrs Geo Jones on Tuesday afternoon Nov 13 at 2 30 oclock. The report of the branch meeting held at Indianola will be given. A full attendance is desired.
Herbert A. Wilson presides as rector with morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. on the subject The Value of Tribulation. Sunday school convenes at 10 a.m. and all are welcome to attend.
A sympathy resolution laments the loss of Harriet McElyea from the P E O Sisterhood. It notes her patience energy and endurance and directs copies to friends town papers and chapter minutes. Signed by Etta M Bupp Nina M Bosworth and Sarah A Westerman.
Mrs D Drummond Kelley spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Sills in Ames. Vera and Erma Stevens plan a Sanborn visit with their aunt Mrs Lou Foley. Mrs Geo Person hosts her sister and husband Mr and Mrs David Hammond of Dakota. A group of local youths attended a party at Will McCarthy’s in Ame last Saturday evening.
Eugene Smith and W. W. Talbott left for Solon Springs Wisconsin to hunt deer during Wisconsin's twenty day big game season from November 10 to 30. Each hunter must buy a twenty five dollar license and may bring home up to two deer with a maximum of two shipped from the state. The pair hoped for plentiful game and venison souvenirs of the trip.
At the home of the bride's parents in north Ames the marriage of Clarence C. Cammack and Hazel D White took place with Rev. Andrew M. Shea officiating. About sixty guests attended including relatives from Radcliffe. The Ames band played after a three course luncheon.
The groom is well known and works at the Sammy and Miller harness shop in this city. The TRWXS extend hearty congratulations on the occasion.
Milo Newhard of this city wed Miss Almeda Field last Monday evening at the bride's parents home near Nevada. The groom works at Hamilton grocery and both have lived in the area for years. They will reside in Ames after the ceremony. The notice also advertises cheap broom and coarse feed prices.
The Ames championship bowling team, aided by two younger players, defeated Des Moines Hawkeye with a 34 pin margin in a three game set at Kintzley alleys. Ames totals 864 787 825? The Des Moines scores were 804 811 827. High man was Pader of Ames.
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