Vesper Choir Performs Christmas Carols at Chapels
At Parsons College chapel the vesper choir directed by Prof Mountain offered English carols including Noel Sing Noel Shepherds Awake and The Carol of the Flowers. Miss Marjorie Haight and Miss Margaret White sang a double solo from The Messiah. The home oratorical contest to select Parsons State Oratorical Association contestant is tonight at 7 30 in Barhydt Chapel with three entrants Huyett Gaines Dwight Krumholtz and Vincent Keesey. YWCA girls held their annual Christmas party for Fairfield’s poor children in the gym with candy and gifts.
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Vesper Choir
Prof
Mountain
Golden Herald
Parsons
Barhydt Chapel
Huyett Gaines
Dwight Krumholtz
Vincent Keesey
Fairfield
Local notes and farewells in Libertyville area
Libertyville chatter reports Ray Glotfelty and other relatives visiting. Naomi Hughell’s death prompts calls from Oss Shipler and others. A farewell reception for three Hospital Unit A volunteers bound for Ft. McPherson, Ga. plus a Christmas Cantata at the M E church.
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Ray Glotfelty
Waterloo
H. D. Davis
Swanson
Albia
Freda Goehring
Hedrick
Oss Shipler
Pete Potts
Eldon
John Allison
Richland
Frank Helfenstein
Glasgow
Naomi Hughell
Harry Hughell
Carroll
Maude Koentz
M. FE
Ft. McPherson
Paul Ferrell
Bruce Hutton
Warner Glotfelty
Nellie Sennett
Ottumwa
M. E. Church
Camp Dodge Furloughs Restricted By Trolley Radius
The War Department says national army men at Camp Dodge will not receive furloughs for Christmas and New Year unless they live within trolley distance of the cantonment. Fairfield men cannot return unless transport is provided both ways, so counties and citizens with cars plan to bring some soldiers home after Christmas and the rest after New Year.
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War Department
National Army
Camp Dodge
Cantonment
Fairfield
Henry
Des Moines
Patriotic Meeting of Fairfield County Lawyers
The county bar will hold a public meeting in the Court Room in Fairfield at 2 p m on December 24 1917 to reaffirm loyalty by renewing the oath of allegiance. Short addresses will follow and Judge Hunter will preside over an adjourned District Court session. the public is invited.
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Fairfield
Hunter
District Court
Many Students Pledged At Parsons College Societies
The Portfolio lists pledges from Parsons College societies with names across ORIO ELZEVIR ALDINE and EMPYREAN. Pledges include Van Bennett Clarence Blough Lester Brown Maurice Fryer Donald Garber Otto Harlan and others.
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Parsons College
Orio— van Bennett
Clarence Blough
Lester Brown
Maurice Fryer
Donald Garber
Otto Harlan
Robert Israel
Preston Johnson
Raymond Kays
John Keesey
Verne Landers
Ellwood Lindbom
James Nixon Leland Page
Philip Smith
Elzevir
Margaret Ahlin
Edna Alden
Bernice Green
Gail Heflin
Elizabeth Howell
Grace Lease
Elizabeth Leggett
Elizabeth Maasdam
Claribel Roth
Margaret Snyder
Aldine
Leonard Larson
William Nuffziger
Edward Montgomery
Donald Strickler
Merritt Taylor
Harold Wilson
Empyrean
Anna Bole
Areva Connelly
Esther Gilbert
Lucile Helfenstein
Ada Bell Wirtz
Louise Oehlman
Lucy Prentice
Dorothy Towne
Margaret West
A. M. E. Church Choir Plans Evening Concert
The A. M. E. Church Choir will present a concert at the church tomorrow evening starting at eight. The program includes a Red Cross scene and promises an interesting lineup.
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Red Cross
LIVE DUCKS for Christmas or New Years
Christmas and New Year live ducks advertised for sale with contact phone 267 789.
A. M. E. Church Plans Concert and Local News
The church will hold a concert tomorrow evening. Preserve the soldiers pictures in durable frames at Davies Picture Shop 112 W Burling ton. R B Ross veteran shoemaker has joined B H Elliott and will meet old customers there.
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Davies Picture Shop
Burlington
R. B. Ross
B. H. Elliott
Adv
A M E Church Concert Staged Tomorrow Night
A. M. E. church hosts a concert tomorrow night with admission set at fifteen cents.
Red Cross Notes Urge Return of Knitted Goods and Campaign Update
The Red Cross asks knitters to return sweaters socks and wristlets within days to fill a late yarn shipment needed for cold weather. Membership renewals in 1918 rise as rural schools receive literature from Prof. Carter and R B Louden with Miss Chichester assisting. Center township and Fairfield factory workers show strong support with many 100 percent efficient cards in homes.
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Charles Carter
R. B. Louden
Hear the program at the A. I. E. church tomorrow evening
An event notice invites attendees to hear a program at the A. I. E. church tomorrow evening. Details are sparse but indicate a community gathering at the local church venue.
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Ella M. Clark
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County Line
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H. C. Stewart
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Frances Russell
Libertyville
City
Frank H. Pierson
Charlotte White
Clarence Murphy
Maud Murphy
Lockridge
Verle Frazey
Harry Baldiwn
Nebraska
J. C. Campbell
Forest City Lodge
L. C
Bis
Elsie Miller
Birmingham
Clarence Glotfelty
A. V. Frazey
Izora Bishop
Dollie Ebbert
Browning Studio
Thos. Moss
L. C. Ball, Jr
Rock Island
San Francisco
Beckwith School
Nellie Banfield
Council Bluffs
G. P. Anderson
J. E. Bowermaster
Jefferson Street
Pleasant Grove
W. D. Brown
New London
Fred Dahl
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Mrs
Chas. Dahl
Edwin Oliver
Stoughton
Wisconsin
J. W. Oliver
Will Maasdam
College News
A. M. E. Church
I~i
Red Cross Knitters
Geo. Workman
Center Township
H. S. Stark
Brim
Mr. Workman
Center
A. I. E. Church
Lee’s Grocer
South 4Th
Anas
Gaumer Bros
Wiry
Brunswick
Fe " Mayers
Helen Ware
Onar Sister
Fairfield Theatre
Mary Anderson
Sunlight
FORD
Edna Goodrich
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Martha Washington
Rosecraft Art
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