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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
11
Miss Hatfield leads Cheyenne meeting to form a permanent home board aiding a local home with financial and moral support. Committee chairs named. volunteers pledge monthly book and fund contributions for soldiers. Red Cross yarn drive underway with knitting group and badge recipients noted.
Miss Hatfield traveling secretary of the Crittenden home in Denver returns from Cheyenne plains today. Mrs. B. B. Brooks of Casper, former Wyoming federation president, leaves for the east next week for several weeks. Mrs. Caroline M. Wilbert of Belleville Kan called to Cheyenne by her mother’s death then returns home. Wilbert’s daughter Mrs. Brook of Kansas City accompanied her and has returned home. Mrs. A L Barton travels to San Diego to visit her son Lieut Millar Barton of the Twenty fifth United States Infantry.
The Churchill School Parent-Teacher Association meets at 3 15 this afternoon in the assembly room with Mrs Ray K Olds presiding. The program includes a piano solo by Iris Gaulke an essay Why the Prohibition Amendment Should Be Added to the Constitution by Jack Astle a piano duet by Emmett and Jesse Eckdahl and a song Dear Home by seventh and eighth graders. The event ends with social hour and refreshments chaired by Mrs Harry Davis. The Cheyenne Art Association met at Mrs EB Glafcke’s home with twenty women present and discussed next week’s Carnegie library exhibit and aid to schools. Committees will be appointed. Miss Ream and Rosbaudh performed a vocal duet and Miss Ream played a piano solo. Mrs E J Kelley read Lighting and Bric a Brac which drew lengthy discussion. Light refreshments were served.
A Methodist Social Circle gathering is set for this afternoon at 2514 Central avenue hosted by Mrs. F M Howard with Mesdames Howard Doran Ball and Swedon assisting. St Mark's Guild holds a Lenten meeting at the parish house this afternoon.
P F Hudson announces a new fifty by eighty foot concrete garage to be erected in spring. The existing building will be used for storage and to support heavy work. The facility will house a full line of machines for handling complex jobs.
An executive proclamation from Wyoming Acting Governor Frank L. Houx offers a 500 dollar reward for the arrest and delivery of J B McPherson of Platte County. McPherson, a 35 year old male described as 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, was accused of sodomy in Platte County with prior offenses noted. He is described as very dark complexion, possibly Latin, a former band leader, last seen wearing a blue suit and dark overcoat. The notice is dated March 48, 194% at Cheyenne Capitol with the Great Seal affixed.
A diagram explains how new non-incochetting shells combat U boats. When a periscope is sighted it is necessary to fire short to hit the submarine. Old shells would glance off the water or wander off course by luck. The new shells have a nozzle that keeps them on course through the water.
In SINGLE Wyoming on March 14 the required contracts for city telephone service have been signed, moving toward installation. Superintendent Wicks signed many subscribers Monday, with the rest forwarded to Platte Valley Telephone company Wednesday evening. Some conditions remain, but will be ready when construction starts, and independent business lines will be set up to serve rural patrons as soon as the exchange is operational.
A special meeting of Lady Maccabecs is called for Saturday after noon at 4 o clock in the K. hall. All members are requested to be present for important business. Commander presides.
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American military police now ride all Paris bound trains within the zone of the American army in France. Their duty is to prevent unauthorized travel by American expeditionary forces. Earlier many soldiers slipped away to see Paris, risking punishment upon return. Police claim they now enforce discipline while keeping soldiers from absences without leave.
Stray soldiers are commonly rounded up and detained after paydays, while those remaining away from camps face fewer chances of capture. The practice highlights routine security checks and fluctuating patrols during transition periods.
To our friends especially the M. W. A. and W. O. W. we express sincere thanks for the sympathy and floral offerings extended in our recent bereavement from MFP SEALS BROTHERS and RELATIVES.
SHERIDAN Wyo March 14 Corporal Charles Marks of the local recruiting station has orders to report to Cheyenne and will leave March 20. Corporal Walter F Scott from Cheyenne will relieve him and has arrived to assume duties. Marks has served since June 6 and overseen hundreds of recruits, noted as an efficient and enthusiastic soldier. Graining The Sherman Paint Co.
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