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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1919

Page

8

Local social notes highlight Easter visits around Quincy

Mrs. C. A. Fifer hosts a small afternoon in East Maine street for Mrs. Warfield McMein of Hannibal while Mrs. J. A. S. Ehart hosts the guest. Several residents plan Easter visits in Kirksville and Chicago with family. A range of tea parties, sewing, and informal gatherings mark the week in Quincy social circles.

McMein RS. C. A. Fifer East Maine Street Warfield McMein Hannibal J. A. S. Ehart

Masons to Attend Easter Service at Bethel Church

Members of Quincy Commandery No. 77 Masons will attend Easter services Sunday evening at Bethel M E Church and hear an address by Rev Carl Bush, a member. The gathering marks the annual custom of the Commandery attending Easter services together.

Quincy Commandery No. 77 Bethel M. E Carl Bush Commandery

Drew's Will Bequeaths All to His Witty Wife

New York April 19 Sidney Drew famed as a wit and actor is said to have written on paper that he bequeaths all his property to his wife Frida. The estate's value was not disclosed in the reports.

Drew Wile Bae New York Sidney Drew Ador Ed Frida

Easter Sunrise Services Program at Riverview Park

The first annual Easter Sunrise service in Quincy will be held at Riverview Park Sunday at 7 AM led by Rev. Edward A. Thompson with a ten minute sermon The True Meaning of Easter The program includes Hartley Carl Frields and Newton in talks songs and an overture by Hoffmans orchestra The processional features Boy Scouts Sailors Soldiers and Young Peoples Societies followed by closing devotionals and a Star Spangled Banner authority by Newton

Edward A. Thompson Congregational Church Quincy Riverview Park Young People’s Societies of R. H. Hartley George Carl Eva Frields Newton Washington Square George Rogers Clark Monument Hoffman Cees Reuben H. Hartley Seesl Abe Christian Char Geo Carl Song Boy Scouts Sailors Young Peejes Societies Epworth Ague Christian Endeavor Union Young People's Societies Burdette Joseph Chester Poling, Jr Alice M. Fry Carl N. Adams Herold W. Marshall

First Recital by Miss Pearl May King at Quincy College

Miss Pearl May King student of Miss Lulu Felt to perform Monday at 8 15 PM in Quincy College Mu sic program features Mozart Grieg Bach Brahms Chopin Grieg MacDowell Scott Leschetizky Nicolai works with Miss Felt co performing on second piano and accompaniment by Misses King Mollenhauer Jacobs McConnell.

Pearl May King Lulu Felt Quincy College of Music Miss Felt Chopin Grieg Scott the Two Larks Woes Nicolai

Madison and Jefferson School P T A Meetings Report

Madison School P T A heard a talk on child development at home with sixth graders singing and a piano solo by Ruth Einhaus. Jefferson School P T A featured a talk on Birds by T Edgar Musselman, with lower grades performing musical numbers and a Brunswick phonograph concert. Sun Lee, a Korean soldier, spoke on army experiences and his country. Chaddock Boys’ school boys sang. a brief business meeting followed.

Madison School Robert van Meigs Parent- Teacher Association Ruth Einhaus Irving School T. Edgar Musselman Jefferson School Brunswick Sun Lee Adams School Parent-Teacher Association Chaddock Boys’ School

Easter Day Cookies Sent From Vermont Street Class

Cookies baked by the Queen Esther class of Vermont Street Methodist Sunday school sent seventy two dozen cookies to children at the Cunningham home in Urbana as an Easter gift. Fifteen schoolgirls made 32 dozen. Women’s Home Missionary Society contributed forty dozen. The committee included Mary Hendrickson Winifred Potter Albertina Stewart Marguerite Gabriel. Mrs Homer Jackson assisted in packing with Mrs A A Whipple. They also prepared a work basket for a sewing class in Boaz Alabama.

Cunningham Urbana Queen Esther Vermont Street Methodist Sunday School Methodist Institution Women's Home Missionary Society Mary Hendrickson Winifred Potter Albertina Stewart Marguerite Gabriel Homer Jackson A. A. Whipple Boaz Ala Methodist Board

Personal Ads and Local Notices Dense with Names

A dense mix of personals notes and small notices from Quincy listing for sale ice, hospital updates, visits, meetings, moves, and local happenings. Includes Mrs. John Coleman’s pneumonia admission, visits by Ernest Reaugh and family, St Antonius branch meeting, road and medical ads, job and street addresses, and travels of residents such as Ray Stewart and Miss Caroline Dickhut.

Quincy South Tenth Street John Coleman Vine Street St. Mary Hospital St. Mary School Hall Ray Stewart E. Stewart North Sixth Street Clara Rump Payson Ernst Plumbing & Heating Co Hamp Robert Miller Oak Street E. F Stannus Hampshire Street Lizzie Parks Mt. Sterling Judge McCarl Illinois State Bank Caroline Dickhut Jefferson Street Otto Hoggett Palmyra Wil Kem Arnold George Dashwood Chicago Jewell Wile la Belle Stannus Bud Koch Hannibal J. Koch Keokuk Nellie Heinze Arthur Lindblad Lew Mellen

Quincy Woman Attacked by Dog on Ohio Street

Mrs. Carl McKiernan, at 88014 Ohio Street, was badly bitten Friday by a dog owned by Miss Mary Bringate while trying to remove a dead cat. The dog, later killed by Humane Officer John Coens, bit her arm hip and leg in a three inch arm gash. Dr. Pfeiffer said rabies unlikely. Miss Bringate was bitten while trying to separate the animal. Herman Pinkelmann improving after appendicitis surgery at St. Mary hospital.

Carl McKiernan Ohio Street Mary Bringate Itumane John Coens Miss Bringate

Social Session at Gem City Lodge Ends with Ice Cream

Pinkelmann was taken to the hospital from his home at 1717 Broadway at 1 o'clock Friday morning. Has Social Session Gem City lodge No. 387 of the S O O F held a large meeting Friday night after conferring the first degree on one candidate. Gerald G Greenup noble grand, married this week, furnished cigars to the members.

Pinkelmann Broadway Gem City Lodge No Gerald G Greenup Noble Grand

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