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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1920

Page

5

Women and Children of Quincy Attend Card Clubs

Social notes from Quincy detail card club gatherings hosted by J C McConnell on Sixteenth Street with tea after games. Guests include Mrs Frederick Sherman of Philadelphia and Miss Ellen Sinnock returning from the East, plus various hostesses and local attendees at multiple homes and events.

J.C. McConnell Sixteenth Street Howard Bradford J. K. Becker McConnell Rederick Sherman Philadelphia Sinnock Quincy Ellen Sinnock Uincy Miss Sinock Julia Lehman Ortains Emil Halbach East York Street Osborn Russell Osborn Mall Helen Savannah R. Osborn H. Osborn

Women's Club Not a Lowden Republican Group

Mrs. E. J. Parker president of Adams County Women's Republican club issued a statement Friday to correct the impression the club is a Lowden group. The plan recognizes all Republican factions, has no single candidate, and supports the party while promoting understanding of national issues and participation in campaign activities.

E. J. Parker Aviams County Leonard Wood Club Hoover Club Republican Party

McMein Posters Used For YWCA Campaign

Posters by Miss Neysa McMein decorate Quincy store windows announcing the YWCA campaign slated for April 16 to 18. The artist’s work is used nationwide and the city notes pride in her as a local creator as the publicity committee rolls out posters across the city.

Neysa McMein Quincy Miss McMein Young Women’s Christian Association

Parent-Teachers Meetings Held in The City Schools

The City School Parent-Teachers associations held Friday meetings at Emerson Webster and Lincoln schools. Topics covered value of special subjects in the curriculum art athletics music and home education. Programs featured student performances and speeches by R O Gibbons Miss Mary E Beatty Miss Maude Harding and Mrs Gray Braxton.

Parent-Teachers' Association of Washington Mary E. Beatty Maude Harding Emerson School R. H. Malcomson Jefferson School Webster School Gray Braxton Parent-Teachers’ Association of Henry Elflerbusch Lincoln School R. O. Gibbons Parent-Teachers’ Association Gibbons Mildred Bullett Selma Harris Margaret Sidner

Forum Hears Of The Basic Law Questions

The regular Women’s Forum meeting at the Chamber of Commerce featured speakers John Wall and Arthur Roy discussing propositions before the constitutional convention. The audience found the talks helpful and enjoyed an afternoon of community singing led by Ida Hopke and Mrs. Frank Garner, followed by tea and a social hour.

Women’s Forum Chamber of Commerce John Wall Arthur Roy Ida Hopke Frank Garner

Pleasing Program at Dewey Centered on Fairy Tale

A Dewey school auditorium program titled Mid-Summer Eve offered song and verse storytelling about a lithe girl lured into a bog by a will o the wisp and rescued by fairies. The performance featured artistic costumes, effective musical numbers, a wand drill between acts, and a school orchestra, with a large cast including Dorothy Brown and many others.

Dewey School Will O' the Wisp Dorothy Brown Mary Clark Jennie Hicks Marguerite Slater Anna Gibson Fay Wenneker Vera Leckbee Dorothy Hagerbaumer Florence Glascock Lillie Maude Phillips Virginia Miller Matilda Requet Frances Andrews Christine Botts Ruth Thayer Beatrice Chewing Helen Ahern Marcine Gougler Iola Requet Corine McKinney Elizabeth Barre Lucille Douglas Arrill Roth Virginia Bron Hazel Kitsmiller Ruth Shaffner Leo Ryder Byron Stickler Helen Marshall Viola Cate Viola Garner Ray Bowe Richard Haney Mary Jane Marshall Charles Reed Alfred Beer Robert Slater Russel Simms Eugene Blackwood Billy Farr Donald Stickler Wendell Wottman Augusta Wingerter

Fifty Scouts Take Examinations Today in South Park

More than fifty boys have signed up for the examination camp conducted by Chester H. Childs scout executive and scout master of the Quincy council Boy Scouts of America in South Park this afternoon.

Chester H. Childs Quincy Council Boy Scouts of America South Park

Christian Jews To Occupy Pulpits In Quincy Churches Sunday

Christian Jews will occupy church pulpits in Quincy tomorrow as part of a Jewish Field Day led by the Christian Mission to Israel. Rev Frank B Solin of Chicago will supervise events including speakers in city churches and a mass meeting at 3 PM at Vermont Street M E Church. Hebrew Christians will recount conversions amid tale of sacrifice and victory as nationwide observances highlight Gentile debt to Jews and the spread of salvation beyond Jewish believers.

Quincy Christian Mission To Israel Frank B. Solin Chicago Vermont Street M. E Peter

Easter Program at First Union Congregational Church

The Easter Sunday morning service at the First Union Congregational church will begin at eleven with a reception for a large class of new members and a cross decoration by the primary department. A baptismal service for children is at 10:30 and for adults at 10:45 in the pastor's study.

First Union Congregational Church

Young People to Raise Funds for Wheatridge Sanatorium

Plans outline a financial campaign by the Young People society of St. John Lutheran church to aid Wheatridge Sanatorium in Wheatridge Colorado. A social is set for April 18 with the entertainment committee including Rev. E F Schueler Miss Laura Linz Lawrence Hemme and George Hofman coordinating events for the April 19 drive.

Young People Society of St. John Lutheran Church Wheatridge Colo E. F. Schueler Laura Linz Lawrence Hemme George Hofman

Picture program for children at First Union Church

The juvenile picture program at First Union Congregational Church offers The Boy Who Cried Wolf Wolf Gold Mining in South America a scenic picture and The Dinosaur and the Baboon a comedy. It runs Saturday at 2 30 PM. Last week some children were kept away by the storm and those who did not bring offerings for starving Armenians may do so Saturday afternoon. The programs are free and open to the public.

South America First Union Congregational Church

Church News To Observe Low Sunday In Good Shepherds

Low Sunday will be observed at the Church of the Good Shepherds in the customary manner with Easter music repeated. Kings Daughters of the Unitarian church held an all day meeting at Mrs. Welsh home 1845 Spring street hosted by Mrs Charles Seger and Mrs W Welsh. The King's Heralds society will gather Saturday at 2:30 PM in the Vermont Street Methodist church. Willing Workers class of the Presbyterian Sunday school met at Mrs L R Hazell's North Seventh street home and elected officers led by President Mrs H L Turner and others. Dr Thomas H McMichael of Monmouth college will conduct services at the Presbyterian church and Dr J Frank Young may preach April 18 or 25 at Quincy church.

Hv. W. Club W. W. Club Oscar Eggeson William O'Farrell Ays Irene Bachman Herman Schukneck Charles Allard On's Aid Society Ya R BE. N. Monroe East Maine B. H. Bonfoey Oklahoma City Mer Son L. P. Bonfoey Monroe P. Bonfoey Neal Monroe J. W. Gardner Archer Rogers Georgeha Cottrell Ralph Gardner Royal Jackson Ashmore Anna Ashmore Anna Cobb Maple Street The Grace Sunday School Mesdames G. L. Losh Osborn C. Taylor F. K. Schultze E. Orebaugh M. Holmgren M. Reel A. Tienken L. Cook S. Cook E. Reel T Cobb E. Denniser M. E. Crawford Dwyer James’ Dwyer Vermont Street Frank Rathman Kansas Miss Hartung Dora Cooper Kentucky Street Miss Grace Hartung Selma Recker Joseph Recker George H. Terford Henry G. Telford Oak Street St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church H. Degenhardt Alva Becker Austin Jacobs Mr. Telford St. Louis Louisville North Sixth Street Church of the Good Shepherds Kings Daughters Charles Seger W. Welsh Unitarian Church Welsh Spring Street King’s Heralds King’s Herald Society Vermont Street Methodist Church Presbyterian Sunday School L. R. Hazell North Seventh Street H. L. Turner Zoe Ganz Ada Green Fred Kinsey Hazell George Glasgow Presbyterian Church Thomas H. McMicheal Monmouth College McMichael Quincy J. Frank Young Green Bay Wis

YMCA Open Free Swimming Campaign In Quincy

The YMCA starts a free swimming program for all men and boys in Quincy with life saving instruction. Today’s schedule includes 2:00 to 2:45 for ages 10 to 12, 2:45 for ages 12 to 15, 3:30 to 4:15 for older boys, and evening classes for men at 5:30 to 6:00 and 8:30 to 9:30.

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Personal notes from Quincy and area social rounds

Mrs Hugh Ernst of Hannibal visiting Quincy friends. Mrs J W Ennis and Mrs Anna Schwartz of Edina Mo shopped in Quincy. Mrs Phil Miller and Mrs R C Taylor of Golden spent Friday in town. Dr Stannus handles eye ear nose throat work at 601 Hampshire. Charles F Oertle resigns Swift Co sales role to run Oertle Reidinger Co city sales. Mrs Earl Drakle of Coatsburg in Quincy. Mrs W McNulty and son Orville of Cedar Rapids visiting G Fehlberg. Raymond Heidbrink visiting relatives in Chicago at 829 South Eighth St. Attorney Frank Garner returns from St Louis business trip.

Hugh Ernst Hannibal Quincy J. W. Ennis Anna Schwartz Edina Phil Miller R. C. Tayloor Golden Stannus Hampshire Charles F. Oertle Swift Co

Marriage Licenses for Frederick Schoenleber and Clifton Hough

Frederick P. C. Schoenleber of Ware House Point Connecticut and Virginia Ware of Quincy plan marriage. Benjamin H. Pinkston of Camden Til and Clara Alice Haistings of Beverly township plan marriage. Clifton L. Hough of Bowen Ii and Nelle M. MacCormick of Bowen plan marriage.

Frederick P. C. Schoenleber Ware House Point Conn Virginia Ware Quincy Benjamin H. Pinkston Camden Til Clara Alice Haistings Beverly Township Clifton L. Hough Bowen Nelle M. MacCormick

Soldiers and Sailors' Home staffing and admissions notes

The Soldiers and Sailors' Home reports routine staff changes and patient movements. Thomas White, chief engineer at Anna State Hospital, visited the home and was summoned to Quincy for his ill child. New night operator Samuel Berry begins at headquarters. Multiple veterans return from pass or furlough, with numerous transfers and new admissions including Daniel A Summers and Patrick Breen to specified rooms.

Thomas White Anna State Hospital Quincy White Soldiers and Sailors Samuel Berry pass—Peter Smith Hospital Elizabeth McAlister Pass Rudolph Frey George A. Trubue J. H. Warris Hugh Owens Wm. A. Cooper Martin Stockman John and Betsey Mages Thurston Lofland Mary A. Baptist Wm. Bernard Tim Regan Valentine B. Sheets Martha A. Turner Martha Swaney John J. and Henrietta V. Ward Wm. T. Granger Albert L. Cusic G. W. McAlister Alexander Howard Thos. W. Scott James C. Kelly Leander Wetmorg Harry Irwin

The Fortune Hunter and Other Theatrical Notes

The Star Theater features Earle Williams in The Fortune Hunter while Belasco presents Mme Nazimova in Revelation. Bijou advertises Robertson Cole’s The Open Door with a big vaudeville act. Char le s Chaplin stars at Gem in The Henpecked Spouse. Dorothy Dalton headlines Savoy with The Flame of the Union. Pauline Frederick headlines Family with Paid in Full and Charles Murray in That Night. Wallace Reid stars at Princess in The Roaring Road. Orpheum shows Gladys Brockwell in The Devil's Riddle plus vaudeville. James J. Corbett performs at Quincy in The Midnight Man and The Tunnels Terror with comedies. Colonial runs The Masked Rider, Great Detective, and The Way of the Red Man. Maeterlinck, visiting America, failed at his poetry and first play writing.

Belasco Theater Mme. Nazimova Family Theater Pauline Frederick Charles Murray Princess Theater Wallace Reid Orpheum Theater Gladys Brockwell Quincy Theater James J. Corbett

Divorce filing amid charges and local notices

Mrs. Mary Miller seeks a divorce from Clarence Miller alleging statutory offense and non support with case to be heard at the April term of the circus court. The column also notes visits, relocations, and social events across families, council rate changes for city water, and a Bucyrus farmer selling a beef hide for 11.70 with a plan to buy shoes.

Mary Miller Clarence Miller Circus Court Anna Ward Evanston Ill Misa Dora Ward Ellen Lovett Spiro Oklo Blankford Long St. Louisx Taylorville Timothy Flood Celia Harder Ey. Hemenway Springfield George Kellar Kay Fone Elgin O. L. Kibler St Lois Ray D. Plattner Versailles W. A. Lidaard Floisa Hess Kattherine Hess St. Louis Alderman Robert Osbert de Witt Th Congregational Church W. FE. Williams Leek Fe Obntit van Meigs Quincy Baptist Church Crawford County Bucyrus

Winners in Y. M. C. A. contest get awards

Winners in the efficiency contest of the Y. M. C. A. were awarded letters at the banquet given in their honor in the association building Friday evening. Covers were laid for 103 and members of the efficiency teams, Maroon basket ball team and officers of the association were present. Charles Eichenauer, president of the Y. M. C. A. gave an address to the boys. H. A. Brewer, formerly physical director of the Quincy association, Carl Merkel, captain of the Maroons, S N. Gabel, physical director and E. T. Manchester boys secretary also gave short talks. Mr. Brewer spoke on Clean sets and Mr. Merkel's subject was eam Work.

Charles Eichenauer H. A. Brewer Quincy Association Carl Merkel Maroons SN. Gabel E. T. Manchester Boys Brewer Merkel

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