Entertaining Friends and Visitors Across Town
Social notes list several gatherings and guests: Harry Loomis hosts friends at 435 1 2 Hampshire, Perry Ellis visits Platteburg with his mother and brother, Spencer Canby joins from St. Joseph for a weekend at Ernest Shoemaker’s country place, Miss Dorothy Dayton entertains twenty five at Counry club lunch in honor of Miss Lucy Ludington, Miss Frances Moss and Miss Elizabeth Plourney among guests, Mrs Souders hosts club with sisters Mrs Allen and Mrs Duker, prize won by Mrs Rome Kroner, Louis Nebe visits from Charlestown, and Miss Harriet Berkson honored at a porch party hosted by Mr and Mrs Cohen.
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Perry Ellis
Platteburg
Quincy
Spencer Canby
St. Joseph
France
Ernest Shoemaker
Miss Dayton
Dorothy Dayton
Counry Club
Lucy Ludington
St. Louis
Frances Moss
Kansas City
Carlene Mohrenstecher
Elizabeth Plourney
Lillian Pierson
Souders
Ben Souders
Charles Allen
Alton
John Duker
Rome Kroner
Mis
Bertha Gehring
Berkson
J. A. Cohen
Harriet Berkson
Clinton
W. Karp
P. J. Tobin
Catherine
Philip
Pekin
South Park
Theodore Cornelius
Mary Cornelius
Charley Bowers
M. R. Lehman
Leila Sullivan
E. R. Hess
Emil Cornelius
Arnold
Rome Arnold
George Hild
Will Sinnock
Hal Frazier
Robert Halbach
Weiler Guests and Social Gatherings Sweep Quincy
Miss Helen Weiler of Columbus Ohio visits uncles Charles and Joseph Weiler and families while Nancy and Mary Virginia Weems of Chicago come for a visit with their aunt and uncle Frank Weems. The town hosts multiple card clubs luncheons picnics and a camp for girls with Mrs Inghram as camp mother and Miss Beverly planning activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Weiler
Helen Weiler
Columbus
Ohio
Charles
Joseph Weiler
Charles Weiler
Weems
Nancy
Mary Virginia Weems
Chicago
Bette Weems
Frank Weems
Kerwin Hore
E. J. Kerwin
Margaret Kirby
Margaret Effen
Mary Virginia
Anna Isabel
Esther Marion
Helen
South Twelfth Street
Pine Bluffs
Ark
Chrenois
George Chrenois
Baby Gon, Junior
F. Hug
Freda Hug
Mildred Hug
How easy your husband is to please and why
A reader recalls a dining misadventure where a husband cheers a modest meal despite lackluster food, while his wife reveals he is hard to please at home. The piece explores how people may “make a point of liking” or disliking others, affecting perceptions and behavior in relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finic
Girl who sold a doughnut for a thousand visits Quincy
Miss Helen Terrill Hawker, a relative of aviator Harry Hawker, will spend a month in Quincy with Mrs. M. J. Lightfoot after selling a doughnut for one thousand dollars to grain broker W. T. Hill. Hawker, from St. Louis, gained wide publicity during Salvation Army drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Terrill Hawker
Harry Hawker
Quincy
M. J. Lightfoot
Vermont Street
Miss Hawker
William Hawker
Hamilton Avenue
St. Louis
Salvation Army
Mound City
W. T. Hill
Hill
Pearce
Board of Trade
W C T U Celebrates Dry Spell Closing of Saloons
The W C T U marks the closing of saloons with a July 15 ratification meeting and shifts focus to reducing narcotics. They awarded eight hundred essay prizes on narcotics and tobacco at both high school and grade school levels, with Daisy Higgins and James Davidson among top winners. Franklin Bennett and Susan Piggott won grade school prizes. Mrs. W N Brazelton led the effort, with school board sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Higgins
James Davidson
Franklin Bennett
Susan Piggott
W. N. Brazelton
First Hike of the Y W Outing Club
Members of the rookie Y W C A outing club and other girls are invited to join the first hike on Thursday evening. Call Miss Birdie Otte at 1628-W or the Y W C A before Thursday noon. They will meet at the Y building at 6:30 and walk to the daisy field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Otte
Y. Building
Daisy Field
Seibert Duesdieker Wedding Today at St Peter Church
Miss Elsia Duesdieker daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Duesdieker of 717 Van Buren street will wed Leo Seibert this morning at 9 o'clock in St Peter Catholic church. Attendants Miss Helen Hell ake and Anthony Koetters will attend. A reception follows at the home of his mother Mrs A Seibert 2024 Lind street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seibert Duesdieker
Elsia Duesdieker
Herman Duesdieker
van Buren Street
Leo Seibert
St. Peter Catholic Church
Helen Hellake
Anthony Koetters
A. Seibert
Lind Street
Kresge Clerks Picnic in South Park
Young women employed at the Kresge Ten Cent store enjoyed a basket luncheon in South Park after closing hours Tuesday. Clara Rummenie chaired the organizing committee with L. A. Drury and Mrs. Drury invited as chaperones. A larger employee picnic is planned later this season. Convoluted note: Ferguson of Pleasantville, Iowa came to Quincy to claim a car tied to A. L. Swanson of Buxton, Iowa. Swanson was arrested for theft in Knoxville. Ferguson, accompanied by Knoxville sheriff, took possession of the car Swanson had sold to the Ford Inn and paid $100 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Clem
Emil Mast
Burlington
William Becker
Deb Swanson
Galesburg
Knox College
Keokuk
Keokuk Country Club
Phi Gama Deltas
Swanson
Phi Gama Delta
Quincy
D. L. Musselman
Kresge Ten Cent
South Park
Clara Rummenie
L. A. Drury
Ferguson
Pleasantville
A. L. Swanson
Buxton
Knoxville
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Nocieix
Harry Loomis
Hampshire Street
Camp Wyaconda
Inghram
Beverly
Ruth
Naomi
Thomas Johns
S. T. Rice
Ruth and
The
First Christian Church
McAdams
Chauncey McAdams
George McAdams
Thad W. Gore
Lillian Peters
Gore
Springfield
Mobile
Ala
Mr. Gore
New Orleans
Ball
Macomb
Elizabeth Ball
McDonough County Medical Association
E. S. Miner
Joe Freund
Joel Futter
Donald
Buddie
Alfred
Dorothy Heidbreder
Charles Heidbreder
Washington, D. C
Snahpro Dias
Emmett Howard
Dorothy Mast
C. H. Meiner
Kewanee
C. H. Wood
Laura Robison
Helen Calkins
Maria Bowen
Mrs. Bowen
Calkins
Sophie Wavering
Anna Gray
Los Angeles
Wall
John Wall
Reed Whipple
H. L. Wapple
Ruth Appleton
C. C. Center
C. C. Spencer
Miss Crawford
Iowa
Elma Crawford
Cantril
Helen Harding
M. Lester
Payson
Berry
Ellis
Mildred Morris
Hannibal
Eleanor Lis
Grace Whipple
C. C. McCormick
Ruth Cameron
Highland Park
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Rialto Jazz
Illinois State Band
Rialto
Y. W. Outing Club
Kresge
Bohn Syphon
Icyco
Bohn Company
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