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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
8
Informal bridge for Miss Helen Rapp at Miss Harriett Wells’s East Maine home featured two tables with prizes won by Miss Wells and Miss Adelaide Richardson. Miss Rapp received a guest prize as guests enjoyed refreshments after the game.
Club members and guests gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. J. L. Thomas home for the Pleasant Hour meeting. They sewed for Woodland homes children and included RS. C. J. McConnell Mrs. Perry Dennison of Decatur Mrs. Moses sister of Mrs. George Cawthorne Mrs. Harold Knapherde and Mrs. John Inghram.
Miss Ella Mabie and John J. Robinson, both of Quincy, were married by Judge P. W. Reardon in his home on a Wednesday afternoon. They were attended by Miss Isabel Chamberlain. Mr. Robinson works as a foreman at Monroe Color and Chemical Company and they plan to live at Third and Locust streets.
London papers in Montreal on April 4 express indignation and bewilderment at the allied stance on Murmansk. They urge immediate peace conference action to shape policy toward Russia and insist no steps be neglected to reinforce the allied force.
Denials from the Romanian minister in Vienna Monday contradict circulating reports that Romania evacuated Hessarabia. The official also rejects rumors of the Bratianu cabinet's resignation as false.
Taken at Sendleius Risk, New York, April 6. Cable messages for inhabitants of German territory on the left bank of the Rhine occupied by allied forces will be accepted at the sender's risk, the Commercial Cable company has announced.
The Grace and Vermont Street Methodist churches will unite for a union revival starting Sunday night at the Vermont Street church, continuing through Easter. Rev. F. L. A. McCarty and Rev. G. L. Losh will preach nightly with a chorus choir leading singing. A vesper program at Congregational church Sunday at 4:50 includes Parsifal pieces, the cantata The Triumph of the Cross by H. A. Matthews, multiple quartets and solos, scenes from Gethsemane to Calvary, and an Epworth League series set for April 8 to 11 in the Quincy district with meetings across several towns.
A list of locations for gatherings from Huntsville to Neho on April 9 10 and 11 outlines a Workers' conference Round Table discussions a banquet and multiple lectures. The program features speakers A F Cole Dr Jeffers Rev P R Booth and others with district officers presiding and a life services segment included.
A real carnival hosted by the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church featured baboons cream cones and hot dogs, with many shows in the building sunrooms. Many youths attended and enjoyed the supper and program, including a speech by William Sehlagenhaus. Special music and patriotic numbers were performed by the crowd.
William Schlagenhaut gave the address at the Friday afternoon meeting of the Dewey School Parent-Teacher association. The gathering was well attended and attendees enjoyed the talk. The pupils performed a delightful program of music and other features.
Miss Ethel Irwin spoke at the Berrian school Parent-Teacher association meeting Friday afternoon on the subject Sure Meaning of Education. Her main point was that education rests not on book knowledge but on fitness for living.
Mrs. Clara Schatsick of the Irving school district spoke on the need for a new school building. Third grade children sang several songs as the meeting was well attended and enjoyed by all.
Irving school welcomed returned soldiers as special guests at a Friday evening patriotic meeting. Capt. Otto Wurl gave the principal address and a service flag was presented by Mrs. C. C. McCormick and E. E. Squires. Music by Elmer Meyer Louis Becker and Clarence Lohr complemented readings by Miss Hajena Ryan and others. A star on the flag honors former principal Prof. R Gibbons who joined MCA work in England. Refreshments followed. committees were announced.
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