Social Affairs and Club Notes Show Civic Gatherings
AS social news lists a Tuesday afternoon 500 club with hostess Carl Bucklo where Mrs Bert Bushman Mrs George Wismann and Mrs Roscoe Butler took prizes. Luncheon followed. Miss Edna Strakeljahn hosted Stawana club. Clara Wilson to entertain Friday Literary club. Mr and Mrs P H W Rickhofel celebrated Mrs Harry Castle’s birthday at Camp Point. Leo Fischer birthday surprise at 625 South Twelfth Street with whist and refreshments. Frances Lubbe returned from Oregon. Mary McCann spoke on The Incas to the Atliins. Vesta Hasson welcomed as new member. Snahpro Dia club to sew at Woodland home for children with a picnic lunch. Mrs Crooks celebrated Jennie Crooks seventy eighth birthday with five children and families. A J Bakers and 60 relatives dined at 643 Hampshire in seven courses. whist prizes won by Virginia Koch Agnes Zimmerman A Ridder Carl Ridder Lawrence Zimmerman Earl Maas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bucklo
Herbert Bushman
George Wismann
Roscoe Butler
Buckle
John Hermann
SSS
Mary McCann
Atliins
Chamber of Commerce
Vesta Hasson
A. J. Bakers
Hampshire Street
Virginia Koch
Agnes Zimmerman
A. Ridder
Carl Ridder
Lawrence Zimmerman
Earl Maas
Letters From A Talkative Correspondent
A lively note on readers who write to share hearing of daily life and typical letters. It contrasts a chatty correspondent who sometimes ignores replies with a methodical writer who plans and repurposes notes into engaging missives. Community notices follow include talks by RS J W Emery, Mrs Emery, and local society events.
Bridge Club Hosts and Entertains Around Town
RS Edward Crawford served as hostess to the What So-Ever club at her home on Tuesday afternoon with bridge. Prizes went to Mrs Chain Wood and Mrs Ford Giefing. Mrs Giefing will host the next meeting in two weeks. Mrs W S McKee entertained her bridge club Monday afternoon and Mrs Jack Ellis will host next week. Miss Gertrude Meyer hosted her club Tuesday evening and guests brought their sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. J. W. Emery
Basil King
The
Friends In Council
John McKeen
North Ninth Street
Edward Crawford
Chain Wood
Ford Giefing
W. S. McKee
Jack Ellis
Gertrude Meyer
Loudermilk Mast Wed in Quincy City Ceremony
Loudermilk and Mast families announce the marriage of Mrs. Henry L. Mast of Quincy and W. M. Loudermilk of Oil City La in Quincy on January 10. Mrs. Mast formerly Alma Johnston, longtime resident here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Mast
Quincy
W. M. Loudermilk
Oil City
Mast
Alma Johnston
Belker Schmelzie couple wed in Payson church
Miss Bertha Schmelzie of Payson and Gerry Belker of Melrose married Tuesday at 9 30 am in St Anthony church with Rev Father Alberts officiating. Attendants were Agnes Schmelzie and Henry Belker. Fifteen relatives attended a wedding breakfast at the Schmelzle home. The couple, daughters and sons of local families, will live with their parents during the winter. Brides in voile and carmed roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belker-Schmelzie
Bertha Schmelzie
Payson
Gerry Belker
Melrose
St. Anthony
Father Alberts
Agnes Schmelzie
Henry Belker
Schmelzle
August Schmelzle
Mr. Belker
John Belker
Bade
Hoppins Gehrt Nuptials In Regina Canada
Miss Amelia Gehrt daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Gehrt 1121 Kentucky street married Harvey Hoppins of Regina Saskatchewan January 11 at 6 pm Rev Dr MacKinnon officiating Mrs W H Parker was matron of honor Bride wore navy blue suit with white georgette crepe blouse and hat Hoppins connected with International Harvester company and has enlisted in the army Bride visited Quincy last summer and plans to remain in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppins-Gehrt
Amelia Gehrt
A. A. Gehrt
Kentucky Street
Harvey Hoppins
Regina
Sask
Canada
MacKinnon
W. H. Parker
Lippencott Strube marriage in Vermont Street church
Mrs Ella Lippencott and Harry Lippencott of Barry were wed at 4 PM Tuesday in the Vermont Street Methodist church parsonage by Rev F A McCarty. Attendant was Mrs Lena Cummingham of Quincy. They will return to their home today. Estella Dix and Harry Edward Lear, both of Quincy, married Tuesday at 7 30 PM by Judge Bonney. Mrs Francis Jacobs accompanied them. Lear is a Wabash brakeman and they will begin housekeeping.
Rev Fr Hoff man urges Frauer Bund work and female aid
Rev Father Simon Hoffman, former Quincy resident and spiritual director of the Frauer Bund, spoke at St Johns school hall on Catholic women’s role in supporting soldiers and youth. He outlined the group’s aims, likened it to Distrikt Verband, and urged local adoption. The event followed the Bund’s state conference in St Louis with new officers installed. Local church groups also held meetings and officer elections, shaping interchurch evangelical activity in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Simon Hoffman
Quincy
Frauer Bund
Catholic Union of Ilinois
St. John's School
Hell
Father Hoffman
Europe
Tony Tofall
St. Louis
Hoffman
Distrikt Verband
August Dierkes
John Hummert
Joseph Postner
St. John’s School
Chicago students join armed forces impact on enrollment
In Chicago on January 16, more than 1,009 University of Chicago students are under arms. The current year's enrollment is reduced by at least 12.5 percent as students enter national military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Chicago
University of Chicago
Senior class plans small scale football banquet at Webster school
High School notes report a senior class meeting in room 11 Tuesday afternoon. They voted to hold the annual football banquet February 8 in Webster school domestic science rooms, with the whole senior class, football team and faculty attending. Dinner by the cooking class, followed by dancing. Miss Florinda Uccke to arrange the dinner. Committees named for program, invitations, place cards, decorations, and orchestra with multiple students and a faculty member listed. A start meeting for preliminary debates set for January 2 and 22, with new banks received on Government Ownership of Railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster School
Florinda Uccke
Alvin Gieperich
Dorothy Werner
Schuler P Hall
Elmer Wilson
Charmand
Ethai Ebert
Edna Collins
Daisy Frank
Virginia Pry Thhairman
Y W C A Notes On Staff Changes
Miss Lois Hewes, longtime office secretary, will leave the YWCA this year to pursue studies at Lombard. Miss Mildred Tarles will assume the secretarial duties in her stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Hewes
Association
Lombared
Mildred Tarles
Personal news from the Quincy camp and city
Roman Horbelt, part of the Quincy group at Camp Dodge, is hospitalized with inflammatory rheumatism after nine days. George Mills of 81 Vinestreet shows significant improvement, with daughters Edith Williams and Carrie Cook visiting from Chicago. Ben Collins, injured two weeks ago at Fourth and Vine, also improves as officials prepare for January grand jury reports and upcoming city meetings including police, health, and fire boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman Horbelt
Quincy
Camp Dodge
Cantonment
Ed Horbelt
Moose Lodge
George Mills
Vinestreet
Edith Willams
Carrie Cook
Chicago
Mins
Ben Collins
South Eighth Street
Fourth and Vine Streets
Circuit Court
Albert Akers
Board of Health and Fire Commissioners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edna Strakeljahn
Stawana Club
Eighth and
Jefferson Streets
Clara Wilson
P. HW. Rickhofel
Camp Point
Harry Castle
Leo Fischer
South Twelfth Street
Fischer
Frances Lubbe
Oregon
B. A. Lubbe
Snahpro Dia Club
Woodland
Ruth Cameron
Ing
Ming
Ocregen
Iver
Charles Williamson
Mire
Francis Suddeth
North Fitth Street
Jessie Caldwell
M. L. Dines
John Bramel
North Fourth Street
L. M. E. Society
First Christian Church
Frances Wallace
Macon
John Smart
Willis Gardner
Gardner
Robert Gardner Botsford
Alfred Botsford
M. Edward Fawcett
Botsford
Little Son
New York
Bread and Coal Commission
A. J. Driscoll
Hyatt
Dean Cone
Rev
H. J. Leemhuis
What Is
Castoria
Tabaraes
Odd IM
Samlelius Umphin
Fiat
Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eisengraeber
St. Paul
Minn
E. J. Dennis
3. A. Duchanan
Philadelphia
J.T. Simpson
R. E. Eskildson
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardes
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
Epworth League of the Grace M. E. Church
John Rollington
North Sixth Avenue
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Grace M. E. Church
J. C. Whitefield
State Street
United Men’s League of the Three Evangelical Churches of
H. Warma
Herman Stormer
Elmer Lampe
R. Charles Rasche
William Straklejohn
A.H. Mester
Quincy Evangelical Churches
Evangelical Brotherhood
John Bader
Eugene Schell
Lawrentemmons
Tillie Egan
Dewey Clark
Josepine Porsthove
Ruth Enlow
John Ingi
Dorothea King
Maria Bowen
Anna Fitzgerald
James Potter
Harry Schaberg
Deerrating
Ralph Weidbreder
Isabelle Grant
Henry Wurst
Albert Dickhut
Annabel Ligon
Edith Stabenau
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Orser
Imnad Sr
Seley
Old Ben Franklin Co
Springfield
W. Riverside Coal Co
L. Frese
Irk
Buset
Impresers
Chandts Sea
Dex
Arroy Kenda
Soc
Rmieyer
Wilms Co
Maine and
Sixth Streets
Ava
Separejty
Dour
Arouy
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