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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
8
Local social notes list card parties and dinners at homes on Lawndale East Maine and Ken Kentucky streets. Entries include Miss Ruth Appleton and Miss Eleanor Nielsen leaving for Chicago and many visits in Hannibal and Quincy with friends and relatives.
Miss Naomi Newburn recreational specialist at the University of Illinois will address the Quincy unit of the Home Bureau at Webster School tonight on Our Children Begin to Grow Up. The program starts at 7 30 with songs America The Beautiful and a Merry Life led by Mrs John T Inghram. Mrs Arthur Parker will present a musical reading The Happy Prince by Liza Lehmann. The incidental mousie will be played by Mrs Harold Knapheide. Miss Newburn will be a guest of Mrs Inghram while in Quincy.
In Quincy the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hagerbaumer on Twenty-eighth and Monroe streets marked two events. The golden wedding of the Hagerbaumers and the wedding of their son Walter to Miss Gertrude Eichmeyer occurred Saturday evening at Luther Memorial church parsonage. A Sunday noon dinner honored seven children and seventeen grandchildren plus Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eichmeyer. The celebration featured a gold white table and a cake with eleven angels and the number 50. Walter and Gertrude's wedding supper followed. Hagerbaumer, born in 1849 in Kreise Herford, Germany, came to Quincy and entered the dairy business, later passing the business to his sons. Mrs. Hagerbaumer, born 1850 in Norristown, Penn., has spent most of her life in Quincy. Their children include William of Tulsa, Henry and Edward at home, Harrison at Twenty-eighth and Adams, Mrs. W. H. Brakensteck, Walter at home, and Alberta and Sadie with the family.
A Meet of the Playground Association in Washington school discusses funding to operate two playgrounds this summer in Quincy. They aim for 700 dollars, with 300 secured, and seek citywide contributions by June 5 via boxes in department stores. Otto Wurl will supervise, two workers per site at Franklin and Jefferson schools, and manual training may be offered. The school board cannot provide money but will supply equipment and support. A publicity drive will follow.
Miss Mamie Bunch state leader of Home Bureau work will be guest at a 12 o clock luncheon hosted by Mrs John T Inghram at 1017 Hampshire Street Saturday noon All directors of Home Bureau units in Adams County are invited to meet her during her district tour examining the work of different bureaus She arrives from Carthage where she has been advising Hancock County unit before Quincy
Ollie Steinkamp and Emma LeGrand were married Monday at 4 PM in St. Boniface Roman Catholic Parsonage. Rev. Dean H. E. Degenhardt officiated as Frank Steinkamp and Pearl LeGrand served as attendants. The bride wore pink with matching hat. bridesmaid wore blue. A wedding supper followed at the Steinkamps home on State street. Steinkamp, recently returned from France wounded, resumes work in Anderson, Ind., and the couple will live there.
Mrs John Pierce of La Belle Missouri sits in the home of Mr and Mrs Edbery after returning from a business visit to St Louis.
The Centennial debating club will hold a short meeting after school to organize an outing at Harding camp east of Quincy likely Wednesday evening. Members will travel by car and enjoy a lunch there. The Sophomore class plans a hike next week with faculty chaperones.
A special meeting of the High School Parent-Teachers Association is set for this afternoon at four o'clock. The event will include the annual business session with officer elections, reports, and other yearly business. A large attendance is expected.
The Orpheum offers The Fireflingers directed by Rupert Julian with Julian in the lead. A tale of passion jealousy and crime unfolds as a convict impersonates a murdered man and wins the wife’s love. Matinee and evening showtimes listed: 2 3 30 7 15 and 9 pm.
At today’s noon Rotary club meeting seven directors will be elected. After the vote the directors will choose the club officers.
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