Social Life in Quincy Hosts and Gatherings Featured
Dorothy Rehm hosted a Friday gathering for Miss Marie Menke and Miss Margaret Padovic soon to be married. Numerous clubs held meetings and dinners with Bunco and card games. excursions and visits to Chicago and Springfield appear alongside bridal showers and social visits featuring many named residents and local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rehm
Dorothy Rehm
Ninth and Broadway
Marie Menke
Margaret Padovic
Civil War Veterans Honor Service At First Unser Church
More than one hundred Civil War veterans are expected to attend a Sunday evening Mental Day service at the First Unser Congregational church. The Battle of Gettysburg will be shown on screen as part of the program titled The Call From Gettysburg. Chaddock school bands will sing three selections and a speaker will address the audience. Reserved seating will be provided for veterans and the service is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Unser Congregational Church
Battle of Gettyeburg
Chaddock School
Gettysburg
Final Meetings Of Year At Webster School Pta
Webster and Dewey and Jackson school Parent-Teachers associations held year end events on campus and in South Park. Programs featured pupil drills and dances including Maypole, Dor othy three step, and Pop Goes the Weasel with refreshments served. Officers for Jefferson P T A were elected, with Mrs. Schott as refreshment chair. Dewey plans a June 4 picnic with cars and committees named. Jackson staged a minstrel show with a large cast and music then election of officers to follow at 4 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster School
Parent
Elizabeth Balthrope
Dorothy
Jefferson School
R. Fuller
Jefferson Parent-Teachers' Association
George Gimmer
A. V. Fetter
Jacob Schwartz
Dewey School
Dewey Parent- Teachers’ Association
South Park
Park
J. W. Hart
Lawrence Thayer
Harry Goodapple
John Worthman
van Meter
Terril Glascock
Jackson School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
FE. G. Bredeweg
E. W. Meyer
Rastus Jones
J. ©. Whitefield
Liza Ann Bones
T. Smith
Mirandy
E. A. Welsch
Liza
F. P. Brockschmidt
Pansy
Sophie
Frank Smith
Lucy
Jessie Caldwell
W. S. Maymiller
Jem
Miss Sarah Luhrs Wins High School Declamatory Honors
Miss Sarah Luhrs won first honors in the Ace Hypathia declamatory contest held in the high school auditorium Friday evening. Theresa Parsons took second place and Mary Hedges third. Luhrs belongs to the Hypathia society while Parsons and Hedges belong to Ace. Judges were Miss Grace Stuckey and Mrs Edwin Menke. A reception and dance followed, with Annalodia Hall and Julia Van Doorn in charge. Orations included titles by Ringter, Hale, Luhrs, Dowd, Kampheide, Parsons, Ebert, and Hedges. Music between orations came from Thelma McDele, Roxanna McNeall, and Olga Sander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Luhrs
Theresa Parsons
Mary Hedges
Miss Luhrs
Hypathia Society
Miss Parsons
Miss Hedges
Ace Society
Grace Stuckey
Edwin Menke
Annalodia Hall
Julia van Doorn
Margaret Tean Ringter
Mildred Hale
la Rue
Eleanor Dowd
Marjorie Kampheide
Qcteroom
Marion Ebert
Thelma McDele
Roxanna McNeall
Olga Sander
High School Picnic With Games Planned In South Park
The annual Parent-Teacher Association picnic will be held today in South Park Saturday afternoon. A program of games and contests has been arranged and will be directed by R A Resst and H J Bock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Southpark
R.A. Resst
H. J. Bock
Big Day at the Country Club Memorial Day Events
Members enjoy entertainment all day at the Country Club for Memorial Day. A golfers luncheon is planned in the afternoon followed by a Memorial Day dinner at 7 pm. A women's schedule features one club tournament on nine holes. men play all day.
King's Heralds Meet at Kentucky Street M E Church
The King's Heralds of the Kentucky Street M E church will hold a regular meeting Sunday at 6 45 PM. All members urged to attend due to business of special importance. Mrs C S Irwin hosted Section B of the Ladies' Social Union at 2100 Grove Ave with helpers Mrs George Malone and Mrs Wilton White. R E Duncan led the program. Memorial Day program at First Union Congregational Church features the two reel film The Kingdom of Hope with Mary McAllister, plus Fishing in New Brunswick and St Louis Sketch Book, followed by Musty Suffer. The morning service will include music from the oratorio The Holy City by Gaul.
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Minnie Vahle
Thirteenth
State Streets
Laura
Emma Schuette
Edna Achlifman
Elma Kaiser
Mayme Garretts
Lulu Vahle
Wilma Frence
Minnie Vahl
Laura Schuette
Jessie Anderson
Ollie Newland
L. L. Woodworth
Jersey Street
C. A. Fifer
East Maine Street
Croom Beatty
Birmingham
Ala
J. A. S. Ehart
Lawrence Bonfoey
A. B. Rogers
Royal Jackson
Quincy
Charles Smith
Milan
Clover Blossom Circle
Emmett Howard
North Fifth Street
Cushion
Henry Cushion
Riverside
Kuhlman
Cruschow
Chicago
Charles Kaempen
Nerman Whenhoff
Henry Beilstein
Weber
Llewellyn
W. A. Llewellyn
Miss Marian
Frank Llewellyn
East Kentucky Street
Theodore Cobbey
Miss Llewellyn
Miss Daniels
Eugene Brink
Margaret Padivic
Nell Daniels
North Eighth Street
Ethel O'Donnel
King’s Heralds
King's Heralds
Kentucky Street
M. E
C. S Irwin
Ladies’ Social Union
Vermont Street
Grove Avenue
George Malone
Wilton White
R. E. Duncan
First Union Congregational Church
Mary McAllister
New Brunswick
St. Louis
Holy City
Gaul
Central Baptist Church Hosts Quartet and Choir Selections
A social gathering by the Intermediate society of the Central Baptist Church met in the church parlors on Friday evening. The entertainment committee included Frederick Meigs, Lucille Carter, and Mildred Piafte. The program featured a quartet led by Miss Margaret Kuchman singing Seek Ye The Lord by Roberts and Chaddock School boys performing three selections in place of the usual community sung service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kuchman
Roberts
Chaddock School
Intermediate Society of the Central Baptist Church
Frederick Meigs
Lucille Carter
Mildred Piafte
Crawford Rites In Pittsfield Ill News Of Death Of Hon A G Crawford
Hon A G Crawford dies after months of illness at his Pittsfield home. He was a prominent local lawyer and long time central figure in the community. Survived by wife, three sons and three daughters, with services held at the family residence. Attendees included dignitaries from business and civic groups. Several local figures attended lunch in his honor and addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Crawford
Sent Tre
Albert
Ray Bergmin
Perry
Mies Crawford
Uhiselty
Missence Crawford
Bon D
Pittsfinth
Ghaindon
Ky T. Hicks
Pittsfield
Precidint Parks
Hannibal Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Thennital
Morris Anderson
Thernblatt
Lincat
Merrill
Limeheon
Harry Higbee
Pion
WL EL Williams
State Dar Association
Chicago
Wilissa Shastid
Federal Grand Jury
District Court
Springefield
Faye Tippets
Stenver
Colo
John White Ater Dawnshter
Lincoln
Nevon
Salina
Kan
Henry Hassett
University of St. Louis
State Medical Board of Missouri
Edith Taggant
Oqatuew
Edith Rian
Oscar Naes
Wimmeswick
George Beard
Georgy. Weaver
The Woman Who Doesn’t Understand Her Husband
Ruth Cameron discusses why some women overestimate the ease of earning higher salaries than their spouses. She argues many assume they could earn more without facing the long training, limited freedom, and fierce competition men encounter, and compares this to the hidden drudgery of housework.
Local Notables Update from Town Notices
A series of brief items notes Mrs. Fred Graves improving after hospital treatment, Wm. Hasset departing for Clarkdale Arkansas to work with Floyd Whalen on a local damage contract, Miss Esther Kearney visiting her parents Patrick and Mrs. Kearney, and Mrs. Anna Carroll planning a trip to Bloomington for summer studies at the state normal school.
Pictures Today Relaxed Theater Must Be Condensed
Doris stars in a mixed bill of vaudeville and comedy at multiple venues. The program features The Saga Waiters Family Theater and Mary Bickford offerings, with star names like Chaplin and Kerrican tied to different theaters. Local listings mention venues in Garter Garitand and Vinelevilie with various shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Wheater
Gaiies Chaplin
Waiters Family Theater
Joo
Princess
Mary Bickford
Voimb
Squatter
Warren Kerrican
Wow Theater
Aloetar
Orpheum Wheater
In the Garter Garitand
Quincy Theater
Bincotn
Western
Lyons
Moran
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Boesing
Ohio Street
Rose Bessing
Walter Mahoney
William Kettler
Phil Genteman
Ernest Wiesman
State Street
Russell Williams
Effie Sidwell
Nora Maris
C. Rattan
Dan Crumpacker
Unionville
Woodland Home
Ohio
Walter Bennett
Geraldine
Dean Ricketts
Zanesville
Ray Oakley
Evison
Williams Evison
Vine Street
W. Z. Taylor
Charles Gardner
Charles Freelove
Lawrence and
Zackery
H. Wlliamson
Newcomb
Beatrice Mueller Farrell
Margaret Richey
Hotel Newcomb
E. K. Sweet
Dunbar Home
Ht. J. Dunbar
Ed Holmes
Mionmouth
Thieman
R.oon
AL Deligntfialy
Henry ‘Phieman
Elfeventh
Cherry Streets
Thursdas
F. Hartman
TW. J. Stock
Mrs. Rome Wiskitchen
Burlington
Cover Home
Daniel Cover
North Sixth Street
M. W. Laird
Griggoville
City
Burrows
Oakland
Cal
Tom Sterne
Eliington
Kenner Seaton
PL E. QC
R. C. Boger
Springfield
Gemeena Cauttrell
Neek
Mildred Matcher
Johanna Jenkins
Bernard Hellhake
Grace M. FE
Hellhake
Elmo Gibson
Helen Schnack
South Twelfth Street
Irene Horn
Walter Veith
Davenport
Buneo
Myrtle Schatstecx
Esther Schwagmeyer
Morris Adler Co
Heideman Lumber Co
Middendorf Bros. & Co
Moler-VandenBoom Lumber Co
Quincy Lumber Co
Slagheck Bros
Special Services
J. F. C. Schott
Lillian Ives Gardner
Flora Uecka
Pauline Marshall
Alma Swope
Ruth Ferris
E. S. Thomas
T. R. Evans
L. G. Hall
Ella Gilmer
J. W. Westerman
L. G. Cox
Church News
Pittsfield, III
Ruth Cameron
Parker
Hiscox Chem
Hannibal
Majestic
Ebay
Aheaters
Mary Pickford
Savoy
William Farnum
Charles Chaplin
the Jazz Waiter
Hland
Terrace Garden
CAT Tales
Colmbus
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Marconi
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Oswald
Audeville
Res
Creamery Dry Products Co
North Fourth Street
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