Social affairs and events of interest in Madison
Social notes describe a Mother's Baby Week with home visits, weighings, and a clinic led by Dr. C. W. East, plus a public library exhibit on food substitutes. Other items cover Red Cross benefits, sewing for relief, a May queen, a vocal recital, and plans for community conservation programs and state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frfst
Cheerul
C. W. East
Uber
State Board of Health
Ing
Conservation and Thrift Ittee
Women's Committee
C. N.eeting
James Riggs
Chicago
Conservation Stree
Helen Comstock
Miss Comstock
Genee Lusk
Memorial Services at Greenmount Cemetery and Local Church News
Memorial services led by Rev H J Leemhuis at Greenmount Cemetery Sunday at 2 PM include Lincoln Gettysburg address Salem quartet and Evangelical Men’s Glee club with Rev Emil Goetz. Long Salem school. Sunrise services Thursday at 7 AM at East End Christian church with Rev L C Mauk in charge. Sunday school at Seventh Day Adventist meets 10 AM at South Side Mission rooms 914 South Eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Leemhuis
Salem Evangelical Church
Greenmount Cemetery
Salem School
Salem Quartet
Evangelical Men's Glee Club
Emil Goetz
Long
Seventh Day Adventist
South Side Mission Rooms
South Eighth Street
East End
Fashions for Americans Art Tub Dress for a Youthful Figure
An illustrated guide outlines a youthful dress using plain and patterned fabrics such as cotton voile chambray or gingham. It notes a center back fullness, decorative ribbon lacing, and a tied ribbon belt. Ready to wear options exist, but individual touches via accessories showcase personal style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tashe
Y W C A Notes Dining Room Closure and Meeting
The dining room will be closed from Monday to Friday while the interior is decorated and furnishings varnished. The building remains open for rest during noon hours with no meals served. Company Y of the women rookies met Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Company Y
Women and direction myths in daily talk
A column rebutting the idea women lack sense of direction. It argues women have long followed men, using intelligence to navigate, and that asking directions is a strength. It notes men once mocked women as drivers, predicting they would never drive, then praises women for asking the way while men often do not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardui
Cardus
Walker’s
St Marys Alumnae aid relief through sewing drive
Members and friends of St Marys Alumnae have since February met on Wednesdays at the academy and Thursdays in Knights of Columbus parlors to sew for the Catholic War Council and Belgian and French relief. Under Misses Helen Heintz and Gertrude Hartley they produced a mass outfit and numerous layettes, with a May 28 exhibition at the academy from 4:30 to 9 p.m. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Alumnae
Academy
Knights of Columbus
Catholic War Council
Helen Heintz
Gertrude Hartley
Relief Commission
War talk and school program at Emerson Fathers Night
J Will Wall spoke on the war's effects and the new order prohibiting idlers during Emerson school's Fathers Night. Demonstrations by manual training and domestic science pupils preceded readings and music. An auction raised funds for war savings stamps. Ice cream and cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Will Wall
Emerson
Jefferson Parents Meet Elects PTA Leaders
Mrs Eli Gray was elected president of the Jefferson school Parent-Teacher association. Officers include Vice president Mrs George Sanders secretary Mrs W L Reynolds treasurer Mrs Jacob Schwartz and representative to the United Parent-Teacher association Mrs John Haverty. The society netted thirty dollars for the Red Cross at a minstrel show and may repeat it in Ursa. It has reduced debts from the new building and supplied gym apparatus pianos shades and related items. Constance Ellis spoke on better baby week. Jackson school PTA to hold a home cooking sale today at 622 Maine Street from 10 AM through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Eli Gray
Jefferson School Parent-Teacher Association
George Sanders
W. L. Reynolds
Jacob Schwartz
United Parent- Teacher Association
John Haverty
Red Cross
Ursa
Constance Ellis
Jackson
Jackson School Parent-Teacher Association
Maine Street
Hildebrand Dover Wedding At St Paul Church
Miss Josie Dover and Charles F Hildebrand were married Thursday evening at 4 in the parsonage of St Paul Catholic church by Rev Father J J Driscoll. They were accompanied by Mrs Sadie Giesing and Oscar Ringier. Mr Hildebrand is a stock clerk at Otis Elevator and leaves Monday with the selected service men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Dover
Charles F. Hildebrand
St. Paul Catholic Church
J. J. Driscoll
Sadie Giesing
Oscar Ringier
Hildebrand
Otis Elevator
Army bound Russel Carver to be honored at launch party
Fred Carrier hosted a Thursday gathering for Russel Carver who departs this week for army training. Guests included Mr and Mrs Carver and Miss Grace Snyder. Al Derry, known along the levee, was arrested for vagrancy after another Friday incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carrier
Russel Carver
Mr. Toland
Emma Morton
Quincy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Mary's
Academy Garden
A. le Grand
Vermont Street Baptist Church
Kansas City
Atlantic City
le Grand
Marie Heinze
St. Louis
George Heinze
Mary Musselman
Harriett Musselman
Florida
Musselmans
Bluff Park
Stannus
Hampshire St
F. A. Farmer
M. Browne
National Business College
Fort Worth
Texas
Gem City Business College
G. W. Byington
Western Union
Chicago
Frank Gruenewald
Blessing
Dr. Pendleton
Stern
Emil Goetz
S. Wahl
Victor
Iowa
Ora Rengstorff
South Twelfth Street
J. A. Romick
Plymouth
Earl West
Pittsfield
Philip Hooker
U. S. Army
Michigan
George Peters
Frank Peters
Charles Zook
Logansport
Ind
W. P. Bushnell
R. O. Gibbons
Irving School
Princeton University
England
Army Y. M. C. A
Carl Haller
South
Harold Lewis Receives French Government Certificate
Mrs. Ella Lewis reports her son Harold Lewis has been honored with a French government certificate. The French inscription notes his volunteer service as an ambulance driver and his role with American Sanitary Section No. 31 from June 20 to September 23, 1917, including the Verdun capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Lewis
Harold Lewis
Quincy
France
Harold W. Lewis
United States
Verdun
A. Piatt Andres
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Pern
Interet
Arlene Weis
Orontz
A. W. D. Weis
Miss Weis
Ray Oakley
R. W. Alexander
Chamber of Commerce
Edward Boyd
Evanston
Jas. Riggs
Elizabeth Ball
Dorothy Rehm
St. Mary's Academy Auditorium
P. E. O. Ome
F. C
Ollie Newland
O. E. Johnson
Springfield
E. B Montgomery
First Union Congregational Church
Rheinhold
Henry Clarke
Sigmund Romberg
Edward McDowell
Ruth Appleton
The
Alabieff Ligst
Jean Sibelius
Luella Knollenberg
John W. Metcalf
Dorothy Durant
Irma Chumbley
Thais-Massenet
Badine
Gabriel-Marie
Mary Stone
Dudley Jackson
Whelipley
Wien
Foe
Dvorak
Homer
Eagles
Eleanor Nielson
the Jefferson School
Madison School
the Arcade Hall
Gertrude Frame
Vermont Street
South Park
Miss Crane
Marian Crane
F. W. Crane
Smith College
Post Graduate Hospital
New York City
Smith
Russell Wells
Godfrey
Ill
Monticeli
Margaret
Harriet Wells
Lanters
C. H. Lauter
Kentucky Street
Resz ‘Ves
J. W. Sinnock
J. W. Sinnock & Son Company
Walter Bruenger
Robert Buxman
Charles Hildebrand
Arthur Dunn
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
John
Church News
Christian Endeavor Society
Lyle Jarvis
Broadway
Wiliam Wells
Sunshine
Baptist Church
L. L. Boyer
Colored Quartet
Saeed
Heckenkamp
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Ruth Cameron
Hildebrand-Dover
Gov’t
F. H. Kincaid
Hillsboro
Ohio
M.C
Woven Sea Island
Sea Island
Tissua
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