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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 11

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ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH PAGE ELEVEN Alton News pten on ,1 salem Presbyterian ot th 1annng to get started the new parion- he 'hUh where thelf Some of the te where they heard i would soon be buildings are. to presen time no suitable mate- bee taken from The present plan the building at once and hte it during the earning to ff The Salem church pastor in the house. ni at Fnrm Home Tj S. Dorsey in at the Dorsey farm "fit of More 'where she 1. "Kherson.

Mrs. Dorsey had er A at the home of her law and daughter, Mr. and Elliott, 3211 College her condition be- was taken, to the on the farm. Her so Elliott and Mrs. a chorus of men Ltheorganlaztion.

There are Than twenty voices In the and the members hope to It si 111 more. The singers their first public appearance night when they sang at the Mount Olive Baptist church east ofThe city where a special meet- "fhe men's chorus Is to be a spe- ,1,1 feature on Sunday, Nov. 7, Calvary church is be dedi- "sjfe'clal Meetlnff at.Fosterburgr There will be a meeting of of 'Foster township this eve! 1 at 8 o'clock in Memorial Hall In Fosterburg for the purpose of making plant to erect an "honor board" in the burg. Residents of (he township are requested to attend the meeting and to take the names of all service men In the township to the meeting. Fourth Baptismal Service The Upper Alton Baptist church will hold tL special baptismal service Sunday evening when the pastor, Rev.

Amos Barton, will baptize four The church has had baptismal tervlces each Sunday evening during October, baptising 20 candidates in all. Rev. Barton'i lubject of dig- cusslon Sunday evening will be- ''Confused Confession." Funeral Mrs. A. E.

Dletlker Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred King Dletlker, wife of Alson E. Dletlker of 2301 Crawford were conducted at 10 a. m. today at Streeper funeral home by the' Rev.

C. V. Tolley, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church. Burial was In Oakwood Cemetery. A 15-mlnute program of hymn meditations was played by Carl F.

Jessen, organist, at the beginning of the service. Pallbearers were Charles Harris, S. L. Wets, Thomas Rlley, Norman, Samuel and Harry Dorsey. Patient In Toledo Hospital J.

D. Laird, of Owens-Illinois, Is a patient in Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, where he underwent a dangerous throat operation Tuesday morning at 7:30. Because of his serious condition a second operation was performed Tuesday Jilght. His wife telephoned Alton relatives last night that her husband's condition Is believed to be Improved. Laird is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank 'Laird, of Cottage Hills. He was with the Illinois Glass Company before the consolidation and went with the office force to Toledo at that time when the main office was moved from Alton to Toledo 12 years ago. Will' Observe Temperance Sunday The Upper Alton WCTU voted yesterday afternoon at their regular meeting to observe temperance Sunday on Oct. The organization will furnish speakers to be sent Into all Sunday schools In the city to give talks of several each on the subject of temperance.

The WCTU met at noon yesterday In the Upper Alton Baptist Church and enjoyed a noon luncheon. The program was In the afternoon. A memorial was held for the three' members who died In the past 10 months, Mrs. Arch Kortkamp having charge of the memorial program. Mrs.

J. P. Bosley sang. The Rev. Paul Abbott gave an address.

The recently elected officers for the coming year were Installed, no hay of this variety in the neighborhood. Killing off of the alfalfa has resulted in making all hay high priced. There Is a great demand also for any varieties and the prices are the highest known in this Iflcallty in thirty years. An Unusual Bouquet Mrs. William F.

Lancaster, of 1634 Jersey street," had an unusual bouquet of flowers in her home today. It Is made up of purple lilacs hnrt rust colored chrysanthemums; a mixture of spring; and fall flowers. Mrs. Lancaster visited her sister, Mrs. G.

H. Deffenbaugh, 11. A-rtrikdluauKll, mpbe Mrvln 8 In-Uerday at her farm home north of stalling officer. Four small children, Sallie, Robert, Richard and John Barton, were received Into the white ribbon group of the organization. Mrs.

J. E. Walton tied Bunker Hill. The farm was that of their father, the late William E. Sllfer.

Mrs. Lancaster was surprised to find a lilac bush in the yard at the homestead carrying the ribbons on the four children. many blossoms so she picked a BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS on. DIAMOND ikvt ket a tf It's not top early to iqake yoyr plans to look at diamonds to make sure that you buy wisely. There is a big difference in diamonds.

Some diamonds are much more brilliant, more beautiful than others. We have a suggestion that has helped others: Right now, before you have made up your mind about any diamond, drop in and have a talk with our diamond experts. There is no obligation. This is part of our regular service. A Deposit Will Hold Your Selection Until Christmas.

Registered Jeweler American Gem Society GOULDING'S 206 W. THIRD ST. if Since 1852 Alton's Leading Jewelers Greenville Trio Coming Miss Ola Mae Nlmmo, Miss Orpha Sanders and Mrs. Doris Kees, Greenville College, will sing at ervices during the weekend at the Methodist Church on Main reel. The women constitute the ollege trio.

The Rev. Lee H. Eney, of Greenville, opened a two weeks' revival at this church Monay evening. There will be services onight and tomorrow night. The lev.

Ensey will conduct all regu- ar services Sunday, said the Rev. (endall Mayhew, the pastor. After Operation Miss Nellie Mae Bunt, employe I Owens-Illinois, who makes her ionic with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brown at 2401 Rockwell avenue, inderwent a major operation morning at Alton Memor- al Hospital.

Miss Bunt had been II and away from her work two weeks before entering the hospital Monday evening. Today relatives eported her improving steadily and able to have visitors. Institute at Brookfield Miss Doris Lawrence, teacher of he Seventh Day Adventist school at Main and Bostwick streets, closed the school for the remainder of the week at noon yesterday and eft on the noon train for Brook- ield, 111., to attend the teachers' nstitute. Miss Lawrence will spend Sunday with her mother at Gary, to open the school Monday. Shoulder Dislocated In Fall Mrs.

Lewis E. Horner, of Vlain street, was improving today effects of her left shoulder being dislocated in a fall on the at noon yesterday near the Upper Alton Baptist church. Mrs. Horner was on her way from home to the church, intending to attend a potluck dinner being given by women of the Upper Alton W. U.

She said today she fell on the sidewalk between the J. W. Olmstead residence and the church. A woman walking on the south side of College avenue went to her assistance and an automobile 'was summoned to take Mrs. Horner to her home.

At the residence Dr. Homer Davis found her left shoulder had been dislocated in the fall. Mrs. Horner was removed from her home to Memorial hospital in an ambulance where the shoulder was put back In place. Hay Goes Like Hot Cakes A carload of old fashioned western prairie hay was spotted on the Upper Alton switch of the cut-off yesterday by Vernon Dehner who offered the hay for sale.

Buyers were plentiful and the contents of the car had been sold out before the middle of the afternoon. Last spring after the winter had forced the alfalfa roots out of the ground, many predicted that alfalfa would be worth fifty dollars per ton by next, winter. It was doubtful, however, if those making the prophecy believed it themselves at that Later came the floods. Too much wet weather following the hard winter on the alfalfa killed practically all the fields in this locality. In the last few weeks offers of forty dollars per ton for alfalfa hay have been reported but there is practically bouquet and brought It home.

She said the bush had not been known to bloom in the fall The recent warm days probably brough forth the blossoms. Reports of several lilac bushes blooming around town in the last few days have been heard, so it seems' some of the flowers that bloom in (he have taken it for granted that the warm days of the last week is the spring season. Rev. EHer At Milton Church The Rev. Harold Etter, international leper mission worker, will preach Sunday morning and evening in Milton Heights Baptist Church when the Rev.

R. W. Mayer, the pastor, will be out of town. The Rev. Mayer is conducting, a meeting at Jennings Road Church In St.

Louis County. Mother 111 at Macomb Rev. Paul Smith, pastor'of Jennings Road Baptist church in St. Louis county and well known here, was called to Macomb, 111., this week by the serious illness of his mother. Rev.

R. W. Mayer, of Brown street, had just opened a two weeks' revival in the Jennings church when the pastor was call- ed away. Rev. Mayer Is continuing the meetings.

Women Painters on the Job Two women painters have been on the job the past two days help- Ing to spread lead and oil on a big two-story house on College nve- nue. One of the women painters Is the daughter of the contractor on the job, the other Is his daughter-in-law. The contractor's daughter, of slight stature, climbs over the building "as nimble as a cat." and can work high In the alias well as on the ground, it was said. These women have helped wllh the painting of a number of Alton homes in the last few weeks and are demonstrating much efficiency with the brush and ability to stay with the job as many hours as anyone else. Presbyterian Hayrlde Tonight A hayrlde is being given this evening by the senior young people's organization Avenue Presbyterian of College church.

A team of horses to be attached to a haywagon has been secured for this outing so it will be old-fashioned throughout. The crowd will gather at the church and will leave there at 7 o'clock for a destination at a farm near Godfrey where a wiener roast will be enjoyed around a large bonfire. M. M. Jennings Improving At the M.

M. Jennings residence on Edwards street it was said at noon today "that Mr. Jennings Is "getting along fine" at Alton Memorial hospital where he has been a patient the past week. He underwent a major Friday afternoon. Notes Clark Hart has returned to his home at Minonk, 111., after a visit in Alton with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Peyton Hart, of 1640 Seminary street. Mrs. Florence Thomas, Mrs. John Langacker, Mrs.

Nell Thomas and Mrs. W. C. Landis have returned from Springfield where they attended the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge and Rebekah state assembly. Mrs.

Nell Thomas was the delegate to the state meeting from Alton Rebekah lodgo No. 475. Mr. Mrs. Thomas Bunt, of Shlpman, came to Alton yesterday to be near their daughter, Miss Nellie Mae Bunt, who ft patient if Memorial Hospital.

They visited over night last night with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bunt, of Plalnview avenue. Mrs. R.

H. and daughter, Sue, of Luzerne, are visiting over the weekend with Mrs. Franvis Price at her home, 2707 College avenue. Shortage of Rubber Hits Cycling Irish DUBLIN. Nowadays, the quickest way to an Irish girl's heart is not via a pair of silk stockings, but via a set of cycle tires and tubes, or even one tire.

Rubber shortage has driven most of the tires into the Irish black market. Cycle dealers are supposed to gel a percentage of their normal purchases, but in 12 months only a few have been able to buy a lire from a retailer. Dublin once was described as "the cyclingest city in Europe after Copenhagen." Nearly two-thirds of all the lamb eaten in the United States is consumed in the area north of Washington, D. and east of Pittsburgh. Buy War Bonds and Stamps.

Hartford Church To Start Revival HARTFORD, Oct. series of revival meetings will be launched at the Assembly of God church at 7:30 m. Sunday by Misp Edith Swope of Roodhouse, the Rev. G. A.

Brewer, pastor, has announced. Meetings will be conducted every night for at least two weeks, the Rev. Brewer said. Miss Swope Is pastor of a church at Roodhouse and conducts a weekly radio program. Rev, Bohn Teaching School HARTFORD The Rev.

Ben Bohn, former pastor of the First Baptist Church, now pastor of a Baptist church at Olney, 111., has been pressed into service as school teacher. Having the educational requirements to teach, the Rev. Bohn obtained a teach- certificate with an eye toward helping allay the war-time teacher shortage as a substitute. When he learned that substitutes were not wanted, but that regular teachers were, he took a position In a school near Olney. Girl to Meet Scouts will meet, at 7:30 p.

m. today at the recreation center. David Livingstone, famous African missionary and explorer, had wanted to go to China and was greatly disappointed when assigned to Africa. The black rail Is the tiniest of the rail bird species. Rent Our CAULKING GUN Sel) jolnti win- before wcftthtr BEZDEK Eliotrie and Hardware Phone Bwdelrt Owner BUY MORE WAR BONDS Back in the founders of our business set up a standard of quality that we have adhered to up to the present date and expect to follow that same policy for many years to come.

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