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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1918
Page
11
Captain and Mrs Edward Durell, stationed at the fort, are aiding the post welfare program by hosting informal weekly gatherings. Recent Friday evenings have featured dinner guests including Dr Snyder who is home on furlough.
Miss Marion Ralston of Ava arrived in Cheyenne en route home from wintering in California and stays four days at the Dugald Whitaker home. Mrs Floyd Watson and baby Barbara returned from Iowa and Nebraska visits. Gil returned from Denver and Mrs It went to Colorado capital to meet him. Mrs dagen Macshernoath visits Pine Bluffs for a week with her parents.
Local society briefs report visits and travels from Cheyenne and nearby cities. Names include Mrs Jensen Mr Johnston Miss Beatrice Carroll and Mrs Wedge. Military relatives keep in touch with letters from France and news of spouses in Denver Boulder Douglas and Newport News.
The Queen Mother Circle will meet tomorrow at 2092 P Avenue Mra Fred Kulebt will join with Mrs Ries. Patriotice Club formed by seven young girls in Fast Cheyenne will meet Saturdays to knit for soldiers and donate dues to the Red Cross. Officers were elected including Ruth Kepler president Marjorie Lannen vice president Edna Smalley secretary and treasurer Alice Cappie Esther Scott Elizabeth Capps and Tena Forsby are members.
Thirty women attended a missionary social hosted by the Women's Missionary Society in the church hall. The program included an engaging session and Mrs. W. A. Riper presented a paper titled The War on Missionary Force, prompting afternoon reflections on global outreach.
Misses Loner Stimson and Louise Wolcott played piano solos as light refreshments were served. The Congregational church musical service tonight is postponed likely for a week due to the absence of a principal ringer. The May meeting of the Baptist Willing Workers is moved one week later from Friday. Methodist Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs Pusselle home with hostesses listed.
The column details property improvements on Tenth and Central with new cement sidewalks, and reports residents making moves including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shaffer purchasing the Bonham property at 221 West Tenth Street. It notes several residents traveling or enlisting, hospital visits, births, and social events around Cheyenne with mentions of the Mackay family, L. E. Potter home visits, and local clubs and gatherings.
School notes report the Liberty bond issue being revised with money coming in quickly and full subscription expected soon. Class meetings are frequent as the year ends and seniors pick green and white as colors. A close flower remains undecided, likely to be settled next meeting Monday. The class motto Non est vivere, sed Valere vita means not merely to exist but to be something in life. Miss Florence Blye plans a forthcoming entertainment for the school department benefit. Miss Florence Mlanagan, music supervisor, has charged the music for a patriotic gymnasium meeting Monday evening. Ming Kielon Brace, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brace, tops seniors with an average of four, but was barred from class honors due to entering high school late. Honorable Mention to Ming Brace for her record. saluta torian scholarship honors go to Olive Maxon and Rath Harrington. The track team missed April due to weather but hopes to train for a meet at school end. School was in session Friday and Arbor Day exercises moved to Saturday.
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