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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
8
Village society columns report meetings and visits across Quincy. Sook Club guests RS E Mer Peters hosts a Tuesday session with contests and music while Mrs C I Smith plans a future luncheon. Visitors include Carl M Thomas and daughter Virginia from Des Moines. others plan trips to Chicago Kansas City and Texas for winter.
A description of a red duveiyn peasant design intended for upcoming skating days mentions a man who spent time in military service and now serves as assistant manager of the mercantile department at Collins Plow Company and head of the automobile department. The couple plans a brief wedding trip before settling at 1464 1-2 Vermont Street.
Jess R. Lorton and Lydia Beamen, both of Kirksville Missouri, were married at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the offices of Justice of the Peace E. J. Bonney.
At 8 90 this morning in St John s Catholic church Herbert Eb bing and Miss Anna Deters will marry with Father Rice officiating. Attendants are Anna Eb bing bridesmaid and Leo Deters best man. After the ceremony a reception at 1720 North Twelfth and an evening platform dance are planned. They will reside at 2019 Oak street in Quincy.
Merle F. Lummis and Dolphina Louise Hapstrum wed at noon Tuesday in the Donovan Methodist church. Relatives and a few friends attended. Lummis, son of H. F. Lummis of 1601 Vermont street, met Hapstrum while he was Milford High School principal and she taught in Milford grade school. Mr. Lummis
Mr and Mrs Henry Linneman of 1409 Spring street Quincy will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. They were married in St Boniface church by Rev Father Schafmeyer and have lived in the parish district, later attending St Francis church. Mr Linneman, 74, is a painter for 56 years. They have seven living children and numerous grandchildren. Relatives from Kansas City will arrive Friday for the family gathering.
Cheerful Home Settlement hosts a white elephant sale at the Armory on October 30 31 and November 1 featuring a Fortune Telling Booth run by Mrs W R Richards. Palm readings cost no fixed fee but expect crossed silvers. Gypsy dance nightly showcases young ladies trained by Miss Margaret Jean Ringier.
A reflective piece contrasts post office gossip and the value of generous friendship. It urges rejecting the habit of weighing love like an account balance and defends loving more than one receives, arguing such generosity feeds the heart and soul.
Mrs Nora Lepper and Golden Mc Kee were married Tuesday at 7 45 in Kentucky Street Methodist Church parsonage by Rev Eitelgeorge. Attendants were Miss Mary Bunte Miss Elsie Bunte and Mrs Belle Beals. They will live at 2000 State street. Mr McKee is a piano salesman for the Weiler company and Mrs McKee formerly worked there.
Miss Millie Neuer daughter of Mr and Mrs William Neuer 2024 State street and J Leo Haupke son of Mr and Mrs F G Hapke of Ellington will be married this evening at 30 o clock in the home of the bride s parents Rev I W Bingaman of the Luther Memorial church will officiate Only immediate relatives and a few close friends will be guests They will make their home in Peoria where Mr Hopke is connected with Holt Manufacturing company Miss Edna Bock will play the wedding march.
The Women’s Relief corps will convene for an all day meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building on Thursday. Mrs Edith Wells from Chicago department president and Mrs Edith Taylor from Elgin department inspector will be in town for the day. A picnic lunch will be served at noon and all corps members are asked to attend.
Church News Services will be held this evening in the Jewish Synagogue at 7 45 oclock to mark the closing of the Feast of the Tabernacle. The Vermont Street M E church Women Foreign Missionary society meets this afternoon at 3 oclock with Mrs H B Dines leading devotions on The First Medical Missionary. Mrs D L Musselman will review the first chapter of Crusade of Compassion The Battalion of Life. Reports from Northwestern branch Decatur and Mt Sterling district meetings will be read. Guild of the Presbyterian church autumn supper set for Oct 24. St Peter Evangelical church members raise funds for a memorial library at Elmhurst College for the boys who died in service. Rev R H Hardy travels to Doddsville to discuss building a new Presbyterian church with Rushville Presbytery.
The Mothers' club of the South Side Mission announces its annual rummage sale for Thursday October 23. Donations of clothing for children and adults are requested to aid Quincy’s poor. Donations accepted at the Mission rooms on South Eighth Street or at the adjacent office if rooms are closed.
Knights of Columbus officers elected at the September 9 meeting were installed Tuesday evening led by installing officer Joseph Freiburg. Grand Knight Dr. Raymond Padberg presided with Paul Weisenhorn as deputy grand knight and Cornelius Klene as chancellor. other posts included John Daniels Advocate and John Maas financial secretary. A smoker and refreshments followed. many knights attended.
In a Dewey school meeting Tuesday night the Dewey Community club elected officers and trustees after an evening of talks and music. W. I. Hoffman named president, R. O. Gibbons vice president, Terrill Glascock secretary, Homer Huggins corresponding secretary, and C. L Sparks treasurer. Trustees elected were Herman Cage E. S. Waggoner and Robert Ames.
Advice on selecting dentifrices warns against powders and creams with harsh grit acids alkalis or coloring that can damage teeth gums or enamel. Recommends Once a Week Tooth Tolish from drug store to cleanse remove stains and prevent tartar decay and gum inflammation.
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