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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1921

Page

2

Wa terloo society meets with foreign mission group

Thirtieth annual gathering of the Waterloo district Women’s Foreign Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be held in Charles City Thursday and Friday with about 20 women from oval churches, led by Mary Eva Gregg Wilson of Delhi India and local officers C. W. Brune and Cary Ferguson. Delegates from First M E Linden M E and St Pauls M E attend. events include club meetings, dances, a fairy tale program, and Isabella society treasurer changes.

Waterloo Tea Cary Ferguson WB. Small A. W. Rez E.M. Pierce J. Black A. M. Gleason Grace M. E Marie ‘Cline Lois Neville Young Women’s Auxiliary Anna Beeker W. E. Smiser 3. E. Davis W. J. Richerson A. B. Holt Vern Merers M. E Joe Hoffman C. W. Harrop Linden R. Wilkins J. R. Howard St. Paul's

Beauty Chats And Club Meetings Across Town

A page of local society notes lists a card party by the Business and Professional Women's club with prizes for Edna Cass Alice Wykoit Regina Murphy Lois Cassis Frederick Ross and Myr Branch and refreshments by E C McConpell Nellie Housden Ada Bardeen and Eda Behrens. Other items note a Women’s Christian Temperance Union county institute at La Porte City with speaker Mrs M E Patterson, a picnic lunch, and a move to relocate a Queen Esther circle meeting. Also reported are the Loveland Brown marriage in Charles City with bride Addie Foggy and Howard Brown as witnesses, plus various meetings of church groups and sororities with standby details.

Business & Professional Women's Club Edna Cass Alice Wykoit Regina Murphy Lois Cassis Frederick Ross Myr E. C. McConpell Nellie Housden Ada Bardeen Eda Behrens W. CT Women's Christian Temperance Union County Institute la Porte City United Evangelical Church M. E. Patterson Sioux City

All Fools Party At Mrs Shirles Home And Club Notices

Friendship club plans an all fools party at Mrs Stella Shirles home tomorrow afternoon. F C D club entertained at Mrs Myrtle Ellsworths home last evening. Favors in 500 went to Qwasby and Carl White. The Merrymakers club was honored yesterday by B Marek Joe A Eller and Eugene Brannon. A chicken dinner was served by Mrs Fisher assisted by Mrs Mark Calif and Mrs Brannon. La Lomita club meeting announced for tomorrow has been postponed two weeks. The text then shifts to nonrelated advice on profile deception and hair styling for appearance.

la Lomita Club

Raymond Club Stage Comedy Drama An Arizona Cow-Boy

Raymond Social club will stage a comedy drama at Raymond hall on April 1 and 3. The lively southwest sketch features Fenney Gant R J Carroll Paul Quililan Michael Latgen Duke Blackshear Mat Wingert and others. The program includes a vocational conference tableaux by Girl Reserves and several school group participants from Waterloo with a wedding report from Des Moines and notes on local club events and honors.

Arizona Raymond Social Club Raymond Hall Southwest Fenney Gant R. J. Carroll Paul Quililan Michael Latgen Duke Blackshear Frisco Mat Wingert Hezekiah Buze Grettous Llar Victor O'Connell Yow Kee West Schools Waterloo Zatha Pilson Sete Whitney Marian Bigelow Marjory Banton Nina Anders Hazel Stansbury East High Martha Dawson Bernadette Roemer Frances Glenny Doris Whittle Dorothy Pike Dorothy Clasen West High Lillian Booth Helen Seavy K. of P Ball Aneatha Kenton Mina McClain Betty Herron Ellen Weatherwax Vesta Harper Geraldine Gilchrist Leah Brexelberg

Goblins Ball Delight At Their Fairy Home

The Sandman Story recalls a Goblins Ball where the queen and fairies admire a mossy banquet hall. Bees, slow worms, and squirrels supply honey, dew, and lettuce for a lavish supper. Butterflies signal dessert and guests are treated to a cloud pudding as Madam Summer’s borrowed hues color the feast.

Why Ruth Cameron Was Distant Side Talks

A friend laments the loss of closeness with a confidante after the latter’s return from visits to other friends. She fears she may have offended her friend by not understanding the troubling intimate matter she once shared. The piece centers on perceived distance and guilt over perceived offense.

Pirates of Penzance thrills Waterloo audience again

Waterloo Dram e league revived Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance as a benefit for Presbyterian hospital building fund. The East High School auditorium overflowed with a strong local cast led by Miss Ethel Lawless as Mabel and A. D. Hartson as Frederick. The production featured a 100-strong chorus, lively pirate and police roles, lavish costumes, and a ready audience for a second performance offered tonight. General admission is $1 with 50 cents for grade and high school children. no reserved seats.

Waterloo Lawless Ethel Lawless Mabel Stanley Frederick A. D. Hartson Mr. Hartson Elsie Byyank Ruth C. L. Tarbell Richard Samuel E. A. Pickworth Harold Pratt W. W. White Bis Lesna Wilharm Naneen Davis Cathrine Sedgwick Alice Swanson Kate Edith Isabel Margery Bown Dora Wade O'Keefe Miriam Marsh Florence Clay Knox Marian Grey Couch Gwyneth Sampson Chapman Maybeth Mack George D. Miller

Reflections on Confidences and Family Bonds

A writer muses on how sharing secrets with friends expands then contracts trust, explains why people confide away from family, and offers guidance to readers who may misread their own emotional reactions. Also notes births: twins to Willisner and a daughter to Lauritz Nielson.

Willisiner Bratnober Street Harry Willis Hida May Lauritz Nielson Cezar Falls Leona Carmen

Pattern order notice for Waterloo Courier fashions

Waterloo Evening Courier offers up-to-date patterns from the Fashion Department. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern and a self addressed return envelope. Patterns include seam allowances and orders are filled promptly, with delivery expected about ten days after sending.

Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo

Husband Cannot Take Back Gift Finds Jury Ownership

A six man jury in a municipal court found that a birthday piano gift remains the wife's absolute property, even if given by her husband. Daisy Cotter had sued for replevin to recover a $600 piano after alleging her husband disposed of it to Frank J. Cotter Jr. The Cotters, estranged with a divorce pending, argued over ownership and alimony needs and the trial spanned two days with extensive testimony.

Danny Catter William Cotter Frank P. Cotter, Jr

Taxpayers Besiege County Treasurer Final Day Nears

Crowds throng the office of Ed Madigan county treasurer as tax deadlines loom. Tomorrow carries added penalties for unpaid taxes, with first-half payments due by March 31 to avoid penalties. Motor vehicle tax payments also surge, two dollars monthly penalties escalating to four dollars if unpaid by month end.

Ed Madigan

Legion to Elect New Vice Commander at Memorial Hall

Becker-Chapman post American Legion will meet Friday at 8 pm in Memorial hall to elect a new vice post commander replacing the resigned Gaylen B. Green. A report on the musical comedy All Aboard to be presented, and one member left to be elected to the post executive committee.

Becker-Chapman Post American Eclon Memorial Hall Gaylen B. Green All Aboard The Legion

Women Who Earn Big Wages

A number of talented women win success as playwrights or in play brokerage. Clare Kummer, a leading playwright and broker, has established an enviable position and earns over $25,000 a year. Her writings in the world of make believe command unusual recognition.

Clare Kummer Make Believe

Memorial plans and funeral preparations for Waterloo soldiers

A committee will announce progress on a caisson and a six inch fire for Becker-Chapman post at the state G A R convention in June. Arrangements are under way for the funerals of two Waterloo soldiers killed in France, Leslie J. Bruce and William G. Gillpatrick, with burial likely on the upcoming Sunday if the bodies arrive in time.

G. A.R Becker-Chapman Post U.S Waterloo France Leslie J. Bruce William G. Gillpatrick

Miss Dorothy Bellingham Ill in West

Miss Dorothy Bellingham formerly of Waterloo has been ill at her Los Angeles home for three weeks. Doctors diagnose paralysis from a blood clot carried from the heart. She has long suffered heart trouble and now shows signs of improvement as paralysis abates.

Dorothy Bellingham Waterloo Los Angeles Cal Miss Bellingham

Funeral Directors Organize Northeastern Iowa District

About 25 undertakers gathered in Black's tearoom to organize the Northeastern Iowa Funeral Directors association as a branch of the Iowa State Funeral Directors organization. The district will span 26 counties from Waterloo to Dubuque and northward, completing state boundaries with a fourth district. A follow up general meeting to finalize the setup and discuss professional subjects will be held in early summer.

Northeastern Iowa Funeral Directors Association Iowa State Funeral Directors Association Hileman & Gindt O'Keefe Waterloo Dubuque

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