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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1919

Page

8

Entertaining and notices fill Quincy social scene

Miss Sibbing hosts a party for Edith Woltermann and Clara Maas ahead of autumn weddings. Bunko prizes and hand painted celery trays mark the event. Friday night Regina Winking plans a similar gathering. A Wiener roast at South Park includes Lillian Trower and others. Ladies Auxiliary of Good Shepherd church meets this afternoon. Mrs R G VandenBoom and son Ralph return from Chicago. Amelia Breitweiser visits Iowa relatives. Reading clubs, luncheons, and card gatherings populate local social life as families announce marriages and upcoming weddings.

Sibbing Aiss- Leona Sibbing Edith Woltermann William Dollman Clara Maas John Einman West Point Regina Winking Miss. Wolterman

Health warning warns of another flu epidemic

Doctors fear a repeat outbreak of the Spanish Flu as the 1918 pandemic killed hundreds of thousands. The piece urges isolation plans, explains unknown causes, and promotes Reolo as a blood oxygen booster with a money back guarantee, available from Brown & Mays Drug Co. in Quincy.

Kansas State Board of Health Quincy Brown & Mays Drug Co 6Th Ave Hampshire Dr. A. L. Reusing Laboratories Akron Ohio

Mrs Stevenson Entertains and Club News

Mrs Stevenson entertains with cards for Mrs C Henry Folgate leaving for New York. Prizes to Mrs Herman Brown and Mrs Archer Rogers. Luncheon and garden flowers follow. Also notes wedding attendants for Miss Florence Mertens and Joseph Frese, and several local visits and travel plans involving Miss Wolterman, Miss Kordsiemon, Mrs Irwin, and families in Quincy and Wynne Arkansas.

Stevenson W. D. Stevenson C. Henry Folgate New York Herman Brown Archer Rogers

Appointment Of M. E. Ministers In Quincy Dist

The Quincy district list from the Methodist conference assigns Charles M. Duncan of Rantoul as superintendent, succeeding A. S. Flanigan, with ministers named for Astoria through West Point across numerous churches and towns including Grace Church in Quincy and Vermont Street.

Quincy Charleston Charles M. Duncan Rantoul A. S. Flanigan Astoria F. C. Williams Augusta E. L. Jeffries Bartry E. F. Nelson Beardstown R. S. Fairchild Bluff E. E. Palmer Bowen C. H. Davis Camp Point Peter Kittel Chambersburg F. C. Reet Clayton A. H. McConnel Golden O. H. Myers Griggsville J T. Stretton Kinderhook William Haley la Clerc F. J. Talbot Meredosia Fred Reet Mr. Sterling J. C. Enninger New Canton H F. Higgins Paloma

Quincy Baptists Meet in Hull for 77th Anniversary

Central Baptist church members led by Rev. Rob ert Van Meigs attend a Hull two day event marking the Quincy Baptist association of Illinois seventy seventh anniversary. Delegates discuss the plan to raise 100000000 while reports from St Louis BYP U meeting are shared. Two late talks by Rev. J Y Yule and Helen Hudson of Chicago enhance the program as Hull church fills.

Central Baptist Church Robert van Meigs Hull Quincy Baptist Association of Illinois B. Y. P. U. Society St. Louis Quincy J. Y. Yule Helen Hudson Chicago Rev. Meigs E. P. Osgood

St Peter School To Be Opened Oct 1st

The formal opening of the new St Peter Catholic church school and sisters home will be Oct 1 and 2. A dinner and musical program start the first day with a whist party on the second day, plus a bazaar and light refreshments. Mrs Emmett Corcoran is general chairman with Arthur Roy in charge of whist. The Young Ladies Sodality handles refreshments and first evening dinner. Committees include Ticket Kate Fox Mayme Collins Mayme Coyle Kitchen Mrs James Summers Dining room Mrs E J Halligan.

St. Peter Catholic Church Emmett Corcoran Arthur Roy Sodality Kate Fox Mayme Collins Mayme Coyle James Summers E. J. Halligan

Local club booths and student activities noted

Mrs John Ricker leads dessert duties and several hosting committees are listed for a school event. Hypatia girls literary society plans an afternoon meeting with possible hike if weather permits. Fire escape work progresses with wide doors opened. Parent-Teacher groups from Jackson and the High School schedule Friday meetings with J F Wellemeyer speaking at the High School.

Girls’ Literary Society Hypatia

Weddings Schmitt Bunte and Klattenhoff Enrow in Quincy

Miss Dora Bunte and Ray Schmitt wed at St Francis Church with plans for a Chicago and Peoria trip and then residence with his mother. Henry Klattenhoff and Etta Enlow married in Hannibal with a Palmyra stop and wedding supper back in Quincy. Klattenhoff works as a molder at Quincy Casting.

Schmitt-Bunte Dora Bunte William Bunte Monroe Street Ray Schmitt Frances Schmitt Vermont Street Optatus St. Francis Catholic Church Chicago Peoria Mr. Klattenhoff Quincy Casting Company

Webster School PTA Meeting Friday Afternoon

The Webster school Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday afternoon at 3 30 in the school building. Mothers are asked to bring their sewing and participate in the afternoon session.

Parent-Teacher Association of Webster School

High school auditorium to be redesigned for gym and assembly use

Work will convert the big room for gymnasia and weekly chapel and plays. Movable chairs replace fixed seating enabling basketball games to move from the Y to the school building. Gym classes for girls and boys will begin. Senior class officers for the coming year were elected: president Donald Kesler, vice president Neva Schallenberg, secretary Florence Ringler, treasurer Charles Francis, with William Gerdeg presiding.

William Gerdeg Donald Kesler Neva Schallenberg Florence Ringler Charles Francis

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South Park Lillian Trower Marion Cunane Melvina Hall Genevieve Rasswag Helen Ernst Clarence Brock Serena Boil Women’s Auxiliary the Good Sheperd Church Harry Sullivan Maine Street R. G. VandenBoom Ralph Gerry Vandenboom Breittweiser Iowa Amelia Breitweiser Reading Club Reading Thomas Hayes Snahpro Dia Snahpro Dia Club F. M. Jackson Charles Popence Syracuse N. Y Jeanette Wells Edward Wells Broadwell Thomas Popence George Wells City Jackson R. L. Emmerson Rockford G. M. Jackson North Eighth Street Emmerson Ruth Jackson Miss Tripp Mayme Tripp Louis Schroeder J. Murphy Harry Gage Murphy Schroeder George Wall D. L. Musselman South Twentieth Street Billerich Mass The Mitchell’s School For Boys Pittsfield Alma Rayburn Ill C. W. Waters Miss Mertens Florence Mertens Joseph Frese Dorothy Besling Oak Street W. E. Morehead Dorothy Art Institute Helen Koch G. E. Koch Harry Hauter Caroline Hayter South Twelfth Street James Murphy Emery Lancaster Ed Cameron North Eighteenth Street Lancaster Albert Ste Marie Stahl Will. Simnock East Mary Curry Palo Alton New Haven Conn Robert Williams Will Eater University John Woovart Aurora Marie Wessels State Street Miss Wessels University of Chicago A. L. Reusing Dr. Reusing Reolo A. Q. Lindsay Dave Davidson Merten-Frese H. W. Mertens Maiden Lane A. Frese Lind Street St. Peter’s Father Driscoll Fort Madison Des Moines Helen Bloom E. Carl White Women's Auxiliary Church of the Good Shepherd Wolterman Edith Wolterman William Doellman Colletta Hummert Herbert Buschman Kordsiemon Anna Kordsiemon Washington Street Emma Diers Pasadena Cal Diers New York City Wil Stephen Irwin Keokuk Hamil Bridgman Baker Irwin Country Club Elsie Kordsiemon Dr. Kordsiemon South Thomas Tushaus Charles Wynne, Ark M. E Quincy Dist Quincy Baptists Meeting H. W. Trueblood United Brethren Church Winona Missionary Union St. Peter School Cutigura John Ricker William O’farrell James Moore Jack Connell Adolfs Edward Dowd James Albright William Royer George Stahl Stephen Ryan Sarah McGirr Susie Sheridan Margaret Malone Jack Flynn A. H. Einhaus William and Bernard Coyle Thomas Moore John Adolfs Thomas Gillispie Ness J. F. Wellemeyer Pdison Vicks Miller-Hethake’s Miller-Hethake Miller-Hethake Shoe Co the House of Satisfactory Shoes Crooks Bros. Millinery Co
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