Local social notes and war era events in Quincy
A busy Friday afternoon at 1s Club hosted prizes and demonstrations by Helen Comstock and Gene Usk. Socials, visits, and travel plans populate the scene from Quincy to Cleveland and Boston, with war work at Lombard College and school concerts.
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Sorbbing
North Éenth Street
C. L,fton
Fischer
Boston
Mast
St. Louis
James Re
Church News 8 8 Teachers Make Caps for Parade
Sunday school teachers from Salem St Peters and St Paul gathered Thursday to craft over 500 caps for a Fourth of July parade in South Park. Odd Fellows plan a large picnic drawing about 2 000 guests, with both events sharing lighting systems. Services July at the Redeemer Church in Chicago and Good Shepherd are listed, along with a note of July chapel service suspension and upcoming entertainments. Pauline Harris hosted Snippers. Dorothy Mick and Sarah Luhrs won prizes. Miss Luhrs to host club gathering Tuesday. Miss Grace Perry to relocate with her grandmother.
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Salem
St. Peter's
St. Paul
South Park
Odd Fellows
Good Shepherd Church
Gamble
Church of the Redeemer
Chicago
Blackstone Ave
the Good Shepherd
Binson
America
William C. Bimson
Charles City
A. V. Francis
Edina
St. Alban
Misa Pauline Harris
Dorothy Mick
Sarah Luhrs
Miss Luhrs
Genius for Fatherhood in daily life and effort
A reflection on true fathers as caring partners in childrearing. The piece praises a man who, despite daily absence, engages with his children through stories, outings, and picnics, earning trust and admiration. It contrasts ideal fatherhood with common faults and notes fathers bear less daily strain yet face other pressures.
YWCA War Council Plans Fall Drive in Chicago Hotel
YWCA notes report the war council met to discuss the fall drive. The Chicago event at Blackstone Hotel closes today with Miss Helen Osborne of Quin cy expected to return tonight or tomorrow. YWCA rookies trained with Company E in South Park Thursday, impressing officers who say they kept pace with the men in formations. Drill led by Lieutenant Campbell and Captain Kelker.
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Miss Warfield
Katherine Warfield
Chicago
J. A
Ehart
Edith Hewitt Baker
Wyaconda River
Y. W. C. A. War Council
Blackstone Hotel
Helen Osborne
Quincy
South Park
Campbell
Kelker
Preparing To Open The Playgrounds At Three Schools
A playground committee met Friday to outline summer plans for Franklin Jeffgreen and Webster schools. Pee supervisors to be chosen. volunteers needed to supervise and settle disputes. Funds sought through Miss Winifred Irwin at the Cheerful Home. An athletic track meet is planned and other activities may accompany the program.
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Lyman Greenman
Franklin
Jeffgreen and Webster
Winifred Irwin
Women Run Inn as Husbands Go to War in Columbus
Three enterprising Columbus women, Mrs. Granville Lummis, Mrs. Frank Thomas, and Miss Nina McNeall, manage a country inn and restaurant once run by men as their husbands serve in the war. Their efforts provide a tidy stop for weary travelers and demonstrate wartime self sufficiency.
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Columbus
Granville Lummis
Frank Thomas
Nina McNeall
Quincy
Local crime round up with arrests on Friday night
Mysterious-Jim Johnson, arrested Friday night, could not explain his actions, pacing between Fifth and Sixth streets as a prowling charge rose. George Miller asked to be arrested and was taken in by Policeman Parker amid liquor intoxication and controversial remarks. Doc Goodgame, listed as a deserter from Camp Dodge, faces release from the workhouse after his vagrancy sentence unless military disposition is clarified. government notification had reached Friday with no reply yet.
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Lombard College
Laura Mirth
Quincy
Jim Johnson
Fifth
Sixth
Johnson
Parker
North End
George Miller
Miller
Doc Goodgame
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Louis Melton
Goodgame
Local Social Notes Highlight Quincy Visitations and Jobs
Mrs. C R Shaw and her son Harold visit in Quincy from Pittsfield over weekend. Banks in Quincy to close daily at 3 pm starting July 1. Adelaide Kiefer visiting from St Louis training at St John’s hospital. Various locals travel to Chicago Fort Wayne and Washington for work and schooling. Crooks Bros and others advertise hats and gowns. several residents entertain guests and plan trips. Col Lee Francis may settle in Quincy. several family visits and motor trips noted. Athletic club and trap shoot planned. service flag features 35 stars. Community notices include appointments, engagements, and school events.
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C. R. Shaw
Harold
Pittsfield
Quincy
Adelaide Kiefer
R. B. Kiefer
Broadway
St. John’s Hospital
St. Louis
Ital
Helen Fisher
Viol Ketzlg
Cornelia Rinert
Milan
Crooks Bros
Helen Kiefer
R. A. Kiefer
Surgeon General
Washington
Emma Ellerman
Western Union Telegraph Office
Chicago
Great Lakes
E. S. Senner
J. Leech
Columbus
H. Anderson
North Seventh Street
Ainetta Eilers
Payson Avenue
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Crooks
John Fitzgerald
Pennsylvania
Will Tapp
Maine Street
Miss Mazelett
Clayton
Frank Bird
Colorado Springs
Denver
Hope Taylor
Vermont Street
E. F. Price
Alcester
S. D
United States
Herman Nelson
Joseph Schmitt
Jerseyville
Gilbert Blocher
Gardner Governor
Stannus
Hampshire St
South Side Boat Club
C. N. Clinkenbeard
North Tenth Street
R. A. Ash
Kesler
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Milans
Bros
Jack Mast
Henry Meiners
Tompkins Nedrick wedding in Detroit today
Clarence Tompkins formerly of Quincy now in Detroit and Edith Nedrick of Salina Kans will marry today in Detroit. Tompkins works at Studebaker and they plan to live in Detroit then visit Niagara Falls and Buffalo before setting up housekeeping. Pontius Watkins and Vera L Watkins Miles E Pontius of Memphis Mo were married Friday at 8 by Judge Bonney. Pontius will join the navy in Peoria.
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Clarence Tompkins
Quincy
Detroit
W. B. Tompkins
South Fourteenth Street
Edith Nedrick
Salina
Kans
Tompkins
Studebaker Company
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Pontius Watkins
Vera L. Watkins
Miles E. Pontius
Memphis
E. J. Bonney
Mr. Pontius
Peoria
Navy
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