Halloween social memories fill town gatherings
Society notes recount a 6:30 dinner at Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McElhinney on South Marion Avenue with about forty guests and Halloween touches. Other items include engagements, marriages, and club events such as the Sunshine Community club pumpkin exhibit and various Halloween functions at churches and clubs with ghost stories games and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cille
McElhinney
South Marion Avenue
Marguerite
Julian
Donephine McElhinney
Masters Thomas
Joseph McEihinnet
Hallowe'en
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Egypt
Local clubs plan meetings and social events this week
The New Haven Social Union meets Tuesday afternoon. Nov. Ltd. hosts a work meeting at Mrs. Ruth Sheetz’s home. The Methodist church in West Chester holds a chicken pie supper and bazaar on a Tuesday in November. A box and candy social is set for East Prairie schoolhouse on November 4 with Amalia Schmidt as teacher. The Junior Queen Ryther standard Hearers meet at Opal Barker’s Monday after school, bring money for clues. WFP OT of St James school meets Tuesday November 3. The Fortnightly Child Study group hosts a Y M C A Community room session on Wednesday November 4 at 2 30 with Mrs Yontz speaking on The Need of Knowing Our Children Everyone is invited. Interchurch committee meets at the library Monday at 4 p m. The Wellston Social club gathers with Mrs Jonas Seibert Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Social Union
Nov. Ltd
Ruth Sheetz
the Methodist Church of
West Chester
East Prairie School House
Amelia Schmidt
Methodist Church
Opal Barker
Child Study Department
Yontz
Child Welfare Organization of
Iowa City
Bethel
Mr. Moore
Gven Meaas
Weill
Alaska Letter Chronicles New Home Work And Weather
A Sept 6 1925 letter from Hether Alaska to family details building a large new house in Bethel, daily labor, rain, mud and ground challenges, and progress on plumbing water supply with seventeen men on roof. The writer notes supplies arriving on Moravian ship, a twentieth wedding anniversary dinner with the Moore family, local berries and wild cranberries, dog teams and sleds for winter travel, and plans for a busy season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hether
Alaska
Fred Sehwalba
Moore
Bethel
Bome
Esther
Seattle
Pather
Theoll
Pre Ut
Fred
Sand Hill
Towa
Sadie
Gee
Moores
Knocking as a Rural Industry in Abe Martin Style
ABE MARTIN extols knocking as a pervasive social habit across events from funerals to weddings, noting it thrives without banks or crops. He observes knocker culture in every facet of life, from newspapers to new babies, and across all classes, while acknowledging taxes and other ills accompany it.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society
Dorothy Marie Swickard
Elmer Swickard
Edward W. Aston
Sophia Edwards
M. $. Swisher
Methodist’ Parsonage
Cambridge
Minos
Peterson's
Croom
American Pearl Button Company
East Sixth Street
Louise Bell
Edna Renoux
Irene Paul
Virginia Cruetl
Alice Bell
Laura Matthews
Sunshine Community Club
Myre
Nellie Richards
May Randall
Alfred Johnson
R. A. Dawson
Mary
H. M McKennon
New London
Rebekah Club
Henrice Lee
Lucille Bates
Minnie Elgar
Grace Sehrling
Lucinda Stays
Virginia Elgar
Golda Jack
Jane Witteman
Harmony Club
Malcolm Montgomery
Lloyd Swift
Ida Thompson
Mrs. Montgomery
Jim Swift
Dorothy ‘Thompson
Milfired McCreedy
the Howse
Club
John ‘“McLauchlin
Matilda Stephens
Hida Richardson
Charlies C. Minick
Joliet
Iinois
Sam Richardson
Minick
Washington High Schoo
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Mintek
Town City
Alldnois
Philathea
Baptist Church
Howard Hotle
Southern Mission School
Effie van Sickle
Avis Hites
Fern Leaf Club
Harry Ferguson
WFP
St. James School
Interchurch Committee
Notcom Wellston Social Club
Jonas Seibert
Abe Martin
Bebs
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