Social Affairs Notes from Card Club and Local Events
Mrs. Arthur Fischer of Boston visiting her sister Mrs. Carl Mast was honored Monday with Mrs. George McAdams. Thrift stamps were given as club prizes and presented by Mrs. Ed Morton. Margaret McCarl, back from Lombard graduation, will visit Oak Park and Shiperton en route to Wisconsin to visit Mrs. Harry Hale. Charles A. McGrory held a farewell party for son Clarence and friend Roy Huber who leave for naval training, with solos by Eva Reinheimer and William Evers. Mrs. Jessie Caldwell and daughter Mary plan visits to Danville, Ill., to see her father ill. Russell Wells and wife returned from Peoria. Wells enlisted in the navy and heads to Great Lakes. Mrs. Wells remains with her mother. Mrs. Robert Alexander and Mrs. Ray Oakley head to Chicago for a state meeting of chairmen of the women’s committee CND, with Mrs. James Riggs as delegate. Mr. and Mrs. John Tallman marked their Golden Wedding at the Ellis home, with their daughter visiting from Maywood. one son serves in France, three daughters present, and a hip injury to Mrs. Tallman noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fischer
Boston
Carl Mast
Eorge McAdams
Sven
Ed Morton
Will Enere
Fischer
Mast
Obert Gunther
John Pipe
Charles A. McGrory
210
Spring Street
Clarence Mcrory
Roy Huber
Wenty
Tmes
Eva Reinheimer
William Evers
Peoria
Russell Wells
Wells
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
J. H. Wells
South Twelfth Street
Washington, D. C
Mazie Helfrink
Robert Alexander
Ray Oakley
Chicago
Women’s Committee
James Riggs
John Tallman
Gertrude Ellis
Chestnut Street
Ellis
Tallman
Maywood
Hannibal
France
Martha Wickerham
Enthusiasm in a Circus Plan Sparks Parental Reflection
A boy invites a family to a Saturday circus in Phillip and Roger's barn with a cat tiger, a dog trick act, rabbits in a box, and five cent tickets. The mother questions his cleanliness and the piece pivots to a meditation on parental enthusiasm, ambition, and the need to nurture a child’s dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip
Roger
Pete
Dick Jones
Sle
Local Notes from Gem City Personal News Roundup
Miss Lillian Depenbrook returns from Springfield visit. Lloyd Coon leaves for Rantoul to visit father E. G. Coon who will depart for overseas duty next week. Gem City Business college reports 39 new June term enrollees as May summer sessions continue. Joseph Schedel of 1628 Maple Street shows rabbits in East St Louis with seven first prizes and two seconds. W. O. Cook wins Qhell medal with perfect trap score of 15 and Brown trophy. L. M. Rogers takes Basse medal and C. H. Turner claims Stuhrhan trophy in class shoots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Depenbrook
Springfield
Lloyd Coon
Gem City Business College
Rantoul
E. G. Coon
Joseph Schedel
Maple Street
Quincy Rabbitry
East St. Louis
W. O. Cook
South Side
Brown
L. M. Rogers
Basse
C. H. Turner
Stuhrhan
Opening of Baby Welfare Week Brings Family Fun and Demos
The Cheerful home settlement hosted the first day of Baby Welfare Week with music led by Mrs. John Inghram A and songs by Webster schoolchildren. A Red Cross duet, doll songs, and an Egyptian dance entertained mothers and children. Drills on baby care and feeding were shown by Miss Helen Comstock and Miss Genevieve Lusk, while weights and measures for children under six were demonstrated. Mayor John A. Thompson pledged support, and a film titled Tommy's Birth Certificate highlighted the importance of birth records in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Inghram
America
Illinois
Webster School
Katherine Mays
Elizabeth MacKay
Red Cross
Fred Watts
Lawrence Sias
Chaddock School
Gerald Warner
Howard McPhearson
Helen Comstock
Better Baby Committee
Genevieve Lusk
Home Improvement Association
Better Baby
Miss Comstock
Halbach- Schroeder
Tommy
St. Clair Drake
John A. Thompson
Anna Kordsieman
Kordsiemon
Ada Weaver
Florence Schnelle
Lenty
John K. Reticker
H. E. Becker
E. L. Caddick
Pearl Ringland
Weeklong schedule for infantile paralysis clinic events
The schedule outlines daily sessions at the Cheerful Home settlement with Dr. C W East as a speaker on infantile paralysis, musical solos by Mrs. Roman Arnold and others, children's chorus and polka dances, moving pictures like Summer Babies and Tommy's Birth Certificate, and demonstrations by Miss Lulu Winans and Miss Muriel Brazie. Activities run Tuesday through Saturday with community sings and an automobile baby parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. East
Cheerful Home Settlement
Roman Arnold
Mary V. Alexander
Rebecca Weinstein
Rose Weinstein
Verola Hawley
Ruth Montag
Grace Steavens
Mary Kauffman
Moving Pictures
Springfield
Ill
Ginite
Lulu Winans
Blessing Hospital
Guy Noll
Arvella Cody
Ruth Anderson
Ruth Niehaus
Florine Spindler
Vera Leach
Verna Leach
Florence Meek
Dolores Ahern
Tommy
Raymond J. Padberg
Muriel Brazie
David Shontze
E. G. Boyd
George Reeves
Lyman McCarl
Lusk
Winans
Brazie
River Ripples Steamer Trades Crowd and Freight This Week
The Keokuk carried at least 500 excursionists to Keokuk and back Sunday, returning about 9 pm. It departed Monday afternoon with freight and passengers to Burlington. The Alabama reached Quincy from St. Louis Sunday afternoon and left Monday with a large load for treat, and schedules shifted to Monday afternoon and Thursday morning. Coal Bluff tows several barges of coal and departs Sunday for St. Louis. A conceited young lady remarks that men are covetous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Burlington
Alabama
Quincy
St. Louis
Coal Bluff
la Crosse
Wis
Local Weddings Highlight Quincy Area Nuptials
Miss Ora Ingram daughter of J J Ingram now of Versailles Illinois married Carl Zoller son of David Zoller in the First Christian church parsonage with Miss Bessie Starnes as attendant. Zoller will depart for Great Lakes naval training station after a stay in Peoria. Mrs Zoller to return to Versailles this evening. Edna Wottman and George Gubbins wed at Fort Leavenworth with Gubbins in the signal corps and stationed in Kansas. they married in Leavenworth parsonage as he heads to France. She will keep her work at the Moorman plant in Albion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Ingram
J. J. Ingram
Quincy
Versailles
Ill
Carl Zoller
David Zoller
First Christian Church
W. D. Endres
Bessie Starnes
Paul Ingram
Tieth
Chestnut Streets
George Gubbins
Leavenworth
Kaw
Gubbins
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
France
Electric Wheel Company
Albion
Mr. Dicks
Walker Fusselman Bride Ethel Fusselman Wed at Home
Frank Walker of Polo Missouri and Miss Ethel Fusselman daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Fusselman 2019 Chestnut Street were married in the home of Rev W O Shank 1639 Vermont Street Monday evening The ceremony was held at :30 oclock with the couple unattended The groom has attended Gem City Business College and will finish this week They plan to return to Polo to establish their home Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker-Fusselman
Frank Walker
Polo
Ethel Fusselman
Calvin Fusselman
Chestnut Street
W. O. Shank
Vermont Street
Gem City Business College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret McCarl
Flesburg
Lass
Lombard
Oakark
Dorothy Payne
Shipcton
Arry Hale
Danville
Jessie Caldwell
Mary Caldwell
Ruth Cameron
Robert
Quincy College of Music
Cornelia Wysong
Grace Beeler
Lydia Varnhorst
Gladys Herleman
Illinois Women’s College
Jacksonville
Delegaites
Anne Jarrett Wood
Myrtle Hoffman
Hoffman
Rome Arnold
Mabel Lancaster
Frank Woltman
Miss Lancaster
Texas
Cora Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
Mary Hewson
San Antonio
Montgomery
Martha Granadher
Hotel
Rome Wiskitchen
Harvey Richardson
Ponca City
Okla
E. E. Hollister
Lucretia Harris
Francis E. Bird
Canton
Bird
Eighth
Hampshire Street
Miss Harris
Ray Siepker
B.H. Siepker
Ella Mae Jory
New Orleans
Siepker
Miss Jory
John Williams
Arthur Siepker
R. H. Hartley
Presbyterian Church
Barry
Eatonic
Owl Drug Store
6Th St
Dr. Guy Nations
Jacobs’ Jewelry Store
Mills Chemical Co
Dept. D
Girard
Kas
J. McCracken
Johnson City
Tenn
Aldo Sommers Drug Co
St. Moner
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Company Y
PTO
Franklin Co
Woodside Springiie
Zoller-Ingram
Edna Wottman
Herman Wottman
Ata Nerdarenin
Gentaur Company
New York
Gastoria
Gentaua
Pure Ice Company
Pork Oiff
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