Women Miss Beckwith Tells of Schools As Social Centers
Miss Emma Beckwith, principal of Washington school, spoke at the Alliance meeting on Schools as Social Centers. She described playground work, social programs, and proposed activities for summer. Also announced officer elections and various social events of local clubs and schools.
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Miss Beckwith
Emma Beckwith
Washington School
Alliance of the Unitarian Church
Beckwith
F. A. Blasland
Lyman Greenman
John Wheeler
A. W. Werner
S. W. Eldred
Two Kinds of Workmanship in a Railroad Tale
A railway fireman who inspires punctual trains is praised as an artist at work while other trains lag. The piece compares mechanical versus artistic effort, noting the on time arrival and questioning whether employers reward high quality service. It argues for work for work's sake and employee recognition.
Quincey High to Miss 35 Students for Farm Work
Quincey High School will be minus thirty five pupils today as they are excused to take up farm duties. A special assembly featured a five item musical program under Miss Maude Harding with solos duets and a vocal quartet. Principal J F Wellemeyer read the names leaving and certificates were issued. Lawrence Emmons announced the big Q annual will sell for 25 cents with 160 pages and a heavy binding including snapshots and class pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey High School
Maude Harding
Ross Dickson
Frank Majlabri
Letha Butler
Miss Jackson
Stillwell
Irl Huns
Lawrence Emmons
High School May Calendar Features Keen Debates
The May schedule includes a triangle debate with Keokuk and Macomb on the question of whether the United States should own and operate railways. Quincy High will debate at home against Keokuk’s negative team with Lawrence Emmons, Robert Bunting, and Lucille Dudley. Keokuk travels to Macomb with Virginia Fry, Manuel Schwartz, and Isabelle Grant. Admission is fifteen cents. A reception for the visiting Keokuk team will follow at Webster School, with punch and a meet-and-greet for debaters. Committee: Maria Bowen chair, Edna Collins, Erma Gerdes, Lettie Gay, Ruth Calow. faculty advisors Miss Edna Heidbreder and Miss Pauline Marshall.
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Keokuk
Macomb
United States
Quincy High School
Lawrence Emmons
Robert Bunting
Lucille Dudley
Virginia Fry
Manuel Schwartz
Isabelle Grant
Webster School
Punch
Maria Bowen
Edna Collins
Erma Gerdes
Lettie Gay
Ruth Calow
Edna Heidbreder
Pauline Marshall
Senior Class to Present Hurry Hurry Hurry Comedy
On May 10 the senior class will present the light comedy Hurry Hurry Hurry Tickets go on sale today with matinee fifteen cents evening twenty five cents and reserved seats thirty five cents The class also sets May 14 for the annual senior excursion and May 24 the junior class presents The Comedy of Errors as their class play
Leifhelm Wins May Flower Basket at Mooseheart Dance
Carl Leifhelm won the May basket of flowers during the first May dance by the Mooseheart Legion held in the armory Wednesday night. More than 500 attended the event with O'Farrell's orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Leifhelm
Mooseheart Legion
Armory
O'Farrell
Moose
Moose Soldiers
George Schubert
J. P. Chandler
Tony Sibbing
May Wellman
Fred Becker
Grace Sherman
Frank Little
Bailey
Lecture on The Battlefields of Europe at Armory
Dr Charles T Baylis a Red Cross speaker will discuss conditions in the battlefields of France based on his Europe experience when World War I began. The May 8 lecture promises vivid scenes, humorous anecdotes, and a powerful account of Red Cross workers in Europe.
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Charles T. Baylis
Europe
Armory
Red Cross Campaign Committee
Red Cross
France
Palmyra Doctor Joins American Army To France
Dr. P. T. Chadwell former Palmyra Whig correspondent departs for New York City to sail for France on May 6 joining the American army He was chosen for his professional ability to serve near the front caring for wounded at a hut near the first line trenches His Quincy visit with family at 1410 North Fourth Street marks his readiness for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Chadwell
Palmyra
New York City
France
Quincy
North Fourth Street
Chadwell
April Bank Clearings Jump for Quincy Banks
Quincy bank clearings in April rose sharply to 6,176,628 dollars, up from 4,775,602 dollars in April 1917 and 1,401,026 dollars higher than April last year, signaling a strong year over year business increase.
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Quincy
Local Briefs and Personal Notices in Quincy Area
H H Bryson returns to Carrollton Mo after visiting family here. Lieut Pet O'Brien at Armory May 7. Gullions return to Mayo trip apartments at Hotel Quincy then home to Maywood Mo. Dr. Duncan dentist moved to Illinois State Bank building. Gertrude Dickhut heads to Kirksville after her brother Joseph’s funeral in Paloma. Kenneth Steinbeck recovers from elbow fracture. Bywater guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown of San Francisco. Monroe Color and Chemical employees raise a plant flag with Genevieve Allen and E N Monroe speaking. Marriage license issued to Lloyd Wagner and Stella Bowman of Liberty. Rev. R H Hartley to Rushville for installing Rev E T Stillman. Mrs. Sarah Gray to Chicago after brother’s funeral. Mrs. George Selby and daughter Birdie head to Los Angeles. Washington PTA to meet May 9 with Genevieve Lusk speaking. Mrs. Herman Kuhlman returns to Kinderhook. County Judge Lyman McCarl has tonsil surgery. back at desk likely Friday. Dr Stannus ENT clinic ads. P A Lucan banker from Edina visits Quincy. Mrs. William Larimore and Mrs. C Gabriel of Payson in Quincy. John Carroll and Billy Smith to speak at Burton school closing. Elks lunch and smoker after Wednesday meeting. regular business only. Plumbers settle wage rise. 10 cent an hour increase. Teamsters No 80 wage scale in effect. Min $2.75/day. William B and Charles W Munroe turn 60. lifelong Fifth ward residents. William Munroe, bank watchman, with brother Charles, Journal of Industry manager.
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Auto Laundry
South Fourth St
H. H Bryson
Carrollton
Pet O'Brien
Armory
G. Gullion
Quincy
Mayo Institution
Rochester
Duncan
Illinois State Bank
Gertrude Dickhut
Kirksville
Joseph Dickhut
Paloma
Kenneth Steinbeck
Spring Street
William Bywater
North Twelfth Street
Charles Brown
San Francisco
Monroe Color and Chemical Company
Genevieve Allen
E. N. Monroe
Lloyd Wagner
Stella Bowman
Liberty
R. H. Hartley
Rushville
E. T. Stillman
Presbyterian Church
Sarah Gray
Chicago
Joshua Bottorff
Wiskitchen
George Selby
Birdie
Los Angeles
Selby
Miss Selby
Washington Parent-Teacher Association
Genevieve Lusk
Herman Kuhlman
Kinderhook
Charles Kuhlman
Lyman McCarl
Stannus
Hampshire St
P. A. Lucan
Edina
William Larimore
C. Gabriel
Payson
John Carroll
Billy” Smith
Burton School
the Elks
Teamsters’ and Chauffeurs’ Union
William B
Charles W. Munroe
Oak Street
Fifth Ward
William Munroe
Quincy National Bank
Charles
Journal of Industry
Half Sick Hale Well Ad Shows Spring Fever Cure
An old time advertisement warns that spring fatigue signals thin blood and poor health. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Hood's Pills as a three part cure to revive vitality, enrich blood, and restore liver function in the half sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
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Helen Eaton
Charlotte McCarl
Margaret Wisherd
Thelma Onstott
Marie Daugherty
Elizabeth Oakley
Hannah Menke
Betty Wilson
Berrian Mothers’ Club
Adams County Home Improvement Association
Mabel Wilkerson
University of Illinois
Berrian
Siclen Comstock
H. J. Uhlenbrock
Guild of the Congregational Church
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Jackson
Irma Lusk
Entertains
Marion Sheer
Dewey
Dewey School
J. W. Hart
Haz
Dolph Herman Prante
Germany
Jefferson Street
Walter
St. Louis
Gilbert
Kansas City
Albert
Herbert
Freeport
Edith Bridgeman
Pueblo
Colo
Helen Zimmerman
Irene Zelke
Prante
Miss Wisherd
Myrtle Dodt
Anthony Bauman
Jefferson Barracks
Joe Terstegge
Carl Ketzler
Ralph Bauman
Arnold Wiskerchen
Harold Thenhaus
Mary Schroeder
Betha Heim
Adalaide Thenhaus
Selma Adelpohl
Hildegarde Bauman
Elizabeth Schroeder
Mabel Doht
Washington
H. A. Christ
Helen
Washington, D. C
Miss Christ
Irving
Irving School
Flilda Kuchmann
Miss Kuchmann
Flay
Chaddock
Chaddock School
George Hartung
Aete
Alfred Castle
le Roy Little
Emma Holmer
Little
East
Mr. Little
Camp Dix
N. J
Mrs. Little
Ida May Rush
Balzer
John E. Dick
Kentucky Street
Louis Balzer
North Fifth Street
Women's Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Bartlett
Corporation Counsel
Bartlett
Finance Committee
Health Department
Board of Health
General Supplies Committee
the Red Cross
Congregational Church
Miss McMein
Iss Neysa McMein
New York
Ruth Cameron
Fletcher
Castoria
Leifhelm
May
Hale
Uncle Sam
America
Good Luck’ Shoe Co
Heintz & Sons
Hoelscher-Seifert Co
J. Stern & Sons
Crum’s Walk-Over Boot Shop
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