Local social clubs hold meetings and charity work
Social affairs notes cover Up to Date Reading club reviews, Bird's Christmas Carol reading, music numbers, quilting for Belgian babies, and sewing for Woodland home. Other items include W C T U day, birthday parties, knitting circles, and Red Cross nursing assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Hayes
Reading Club
L. L. Woodruff
Bird
Hayes
Roy Johnson
LeRoy Adair
Roxie Stewart
Margaret Wagner
E. G. Bredeweg
Fashions for Americans Spring and Summer Gingham Styles
Readers learn that checked silk gingham resurges for spring and summer wear. The piece notes gingham dresses priced from thirty five to sixty dollars, gained popularity for mothers then, and returns as resort and ready to wear options advance. It highlights organdy trims, narrow necklines, and practical yet stylish designs reflecting wartime influence. The article emphasizes economy, practicality, and rising female social participation shaping fashion choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suk Pushin
Sharon
Koothaay
Just Wanted To See Causes Illicit Love Fallout
A married woman seeks advice after entangling with another woman’s husband. She admits no real affection for the man, only curiosity to see if she could force his attention. The piece warns of countless unhappy illicit affairs begun from similar motives and excuses.
Fatigue and Temptation Discussed in Public Talk
A well known woman recalls near collapse from night care of children and fear of illness. She credits Phosphated Iron capsules from Owl Drug Store for restoring sleep and appetite after ten days of use. The piece also warns against romance and temptation, urging self knowledge and humor to discard harmful desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
East
Parent-Teacher meeting set with pupil advisers talk
Teachers will be in their rooms this afternoon before the Parent-Teacher association meet. Parents of pupils may visit to become acquainted as new students enter at the start of the new semester. William Schlagenhaus will speak on Advising the Pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Binger
North Twenty-fourth Street
Woodland
John Arrowsmith
Parent
William Schlagenhaus
Four Downtown Churches Plan Four Union Services for Coal Saving
Four downtown churches unite for four Sunday union services to conserve coal. Central Baptist cannot attend first service. Jan 27 Vermont Street Methodist with Rev. Hartley. Feb 3 First Christian with Rev. Shank. Feb 10 Vermont Street Baptist with Rev. McCarty. Feb 17 Presbyterian with Rev. Endres. Glee club from Luther Memorial to sing. St Agnes St Nicholas St Peter’s W C U hold joint installation and social at St Boniface hall with cards and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist
Vermont Street Methodist Church
RN. Hartley
First Christian
W. D. Shank
Vermont Street Baptist Building
F. A. McCarty
Presbyterian Church
W. D. Endres
St. Agnes
St. Nicholas
St Peter's
St. Boniface
YWCA Notes Pageant Script by Katherine Brown
Miss Katherine Holland Brown writes a clever pageant for the Y W C A annual meeting to be held Tuesday evening at the Masonic Temple. The war centered pageant suits the YW purpose with six to eight roles. L A B A members sell service flags and accept orders for flags with any star count. London air raids prompt dogs to detect distant bomb drops, causing suburban barks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Holland Brown
Quincy
Masonic Temple
Y. W
Fowler items note illness and community events
Lewis Seckman is seriously ill with pneumonia but improving. Mae Worman, once at Colmar, is now in a Macomb hospital with appendicitis. Union Christian Endeavor meets Sunday at the Christian church with Rev. Angel of Canton presiding. Nev. T. O. Tewla will fill Augusta appointment next Sunday. Heatless Monday observed. Wallace and Bernard Uaxel of GC B.O. spent the day at home in Fowler. Rev West reports his daughter is four weeks old. Warren Seckman becomes postmaster with new fixtures and lock boxes. assisted by sister Lavy, formerly a Quinney telephone operator. Orel Viar returns to Dayton-Dick in Quincy after layoffs. Gilmer township spelling contest at Fowler schoolhouse Sunday Feb 8 at 2 pm with three contestants per school. Roy Hobbs and family visit the T. J. Viar home. No M. I. church services for several Sundays due to fuel shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Uaxel
GC. B.O
Fowler
Rev. West
Fowler Christian Church
Pearl, Il
Warren Seckman
Lavy
Quinney
Orel Viar
Dayton-Dick
Quincy
Gilmer Township
Roy Hobbs
T. J. Viar
M. I
Local Social and Death Notices From Quincy Area
Sunday visitors drop in as Adams family hosts near Ursa and Payson relations. Thomas Ferrier funeral held with large attendance as Mason and Odd Fellows processed to cemetery. Quincey residents Grant Wells Kaw Postmaster and Dick Sierly family make calls. Roy Pullman and Mabel Jackson visit home. Wahlman and Attneate deliver hogs. Laerds and Sterly guests share Sunday at Quin cy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey
A. W. Treaster
Kansas City
Kaw
Grant Wells
Roy Pullman
Quincy
Albert Pullman
Mabel Jackson
John Wahlman
Henry Attneate
Patama
Rank Laerds
Larferty
Mro Atu
Dick Sterly
Chicago Sugar Ration Set At 200000 Pounds Daily
Chicago adopts a sugar ration of 200000 pounds per day. Food administrator Harry A. Wheeler says the sugar will be distributed to retailers through a committee. The famine will persist until relief from western supplies reaches the city and eases railway congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
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Edward Boyd
S. M. Spurgeon
Rebecca Vickera
W. N. Brazelton
Mary Edwards
H. B. Dines
Spurgeon
Margaret Birrer
Edith VonderHaar
Miss VonderHaar
Helen Augustine
Esther Stoermer
Clara Landwehr
Agnes Tushaus
Florence Herman
Emmett Zoller
Knox College
J. H. Rice
F. N. Weems
Kenny Erdman
Philadelphia
Will Ellis
California
Wilton Weems
F. H. Weems
Herman Henhoff
Chris Tuffle
Anton Wichmer
Jeff Earel
A. Meyers
F. G. Hopke
William Evert
W. Wichman
John White
Spring Street
Eugene Seger
Garnet Smith
S. J. Rogers
A. R. Sewery
Ruth and Naomi
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First Christian Church
M. R. HH. Club
Red Cross Treasury
Knights of Columbus
O'Farrell
Ladies’ Social Union
Woodland Home
Elma Crawford
North Fifth Street
Sam Crawford
Mason City
Iowa
Grace Miller
Fred Garner
Loris Rottmayer
Glenn Ellis
Vance Williamson
Memphis
Arcade Hall
Queen of the West
O. R. Keefer
Pieper
Duesdieker
Disler
Mary Nickerson
Pearl Gerverler
Frank Hartman
Arthur Larason
Blanche Anderson
Mott
Martha Washington
Friends Club
P. S. James
North Sixth Street
Grace McWilliams
Blessing Hospital
Red Cross
Ciety
Ruth Cameron
Church News
Luther Memorial Church
Maude Wells Dickson
Y. W. C. A. Notes
L. A. B. A. Club
London
Wheeler
Fletcher
Castoria
Store
Avi
Rey Andlewoo
Royal Society
Geit At
Alf Price
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