Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 6

PAOB SIX TELEGRAPH Society. Mtaa Crystal Mathte Weds Mr. and Mrs. John MatMs of 904 East Sixth street are announcing the of their daughter. Miss Crystal Mathts, to Hodge of Anna, III.

The wedding occurred in Anna Sunday, April 11, and Clinton Cooley and Miss Hanie Keller of Anna, witnessed the ceremony. Mrs. Hodge Is the guest of her parents this week, but plans to leave shortly to join Mr. Hodge. The marriage of the young couple was a surprise to relatives and friends.

OES Covered Utah Dinner Order of Eastern Star will give a covered dish dinner Wednesday night at 6 o'clock at Plasa Masonic Temple on Staff street, for members, their husbands and wives. Following dinner an entertainment will be presented. Initiation at Bethalto Mr. and Mrs. R.

S. Atterberry, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Scan, Mrs.

Mabel Aldinger, Mrs. Fredn Parker, Mrs. Sylvia Gent and Mrs. Mnrlon Streeper attended a stated meeting of Bethaito chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and witnessed the Initiation of a class of candidates Monday night. Atterberry is worthy matron and R.

S. Atterberry Is worthy patron of the Alton chapler of the Star. Club With Mlw Thomas of State street was hostess to a two-table bridge party Monday night, enter- tnlning members of her club. After club prizes were awarded to Miss Thomas, Miss Eugenia Strickland and Mrs. Robert Koehne, delicious refreshments were enjoyed.

Next meeting of the elub will be held with Miss Mary Lee Wendt, in two weeks. Miss Marcella File, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. N.

File of Bethalto, became the bride of Melvin Senh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Senn of Edwardsville, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Julius Oesch, at the Presbyterian manse In Staunton, and the couple's attendants were Kenneth File, brother of Mr.

Senn, Miss Eryth Knecht of Edwardsvllie and Miss Gayle Davenport of Alton. Miss File wore a gown of St. James blue lace, with matching accessories and a corsage of gardenias. Miss Davenport was In coral pink crepe, and Miss Knecht was attired In a frock of light blue. Miss Davenport and Miss Knecht wore corsages of sunburst roses.

A wedding dinner was served to 14 guests at the File home In Bethalto. Pink and white were colors used In the decorative scheme, and a miniature bride and groom ornamented a two-tier wedding cake, which graced the bride's table. Mr. and Mrs. Senn will veslde In Edwardsvllie, where Mr.

Senn is associated in the contracting business, with his father. Mrs. Senn Is a graduate of the Alton High School, and well- known In Alton and vicinity. Benefit Party at Mftton School Room Mothers of Milton School will sponsor a progressive party Friday afternoon, April 30, at 2 o'clock, and pinochle, bridge and bunco will be played. The party will be given at Milton school, and the proceeds will be used In purchasing uniforms for the Milton band.

Robertson-Fox Wedding The marriage of Miss Margaret Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fox of Wood River, to Harry Robertson of Alton occurred at the parsonage of St. Bernard's Church in Wood River Saturday afternoon nt 4:18 o'clock, with the Rev. Edward J.

Douglas officiating. Ptul Fox, brother of Miss Fox, and Miss Mayme Robertson, sister of Mr. Robertson, served as the couple's attendants. Following the wedding a porty was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs.

Robertson, at the home of the bride's slater, Mrs. Lynda Green, in East Alton, Mr. and Mm. Robertson have token up Ihelr residence on Marguerite avenue In Wood River. Mr.

Robertson, son of Mr. und Mrs. James Robertson of Powhntnn street, Is employed by the Western Cartridge Company. Breltwrlwr Reunion Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Breilwclsvr were host and hostess to family reunion Sunday, entertaining at their home, 399 Jennings avenue Wood River. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leo Broltweiser and family, Robert Brcitwelser, and Man rice Callahan of Wood River; Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur Brcitwelser and son, Gary, Mr.

and Mrs. Aldun Colston and daughter, Sharon, and Jerome Brcitwelser of Alton; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanallakan and Miss Alma Breltwelser of Jcrsey- ville; Miss Katie Breltwelser and. Thomas Harrison of Godfrey.

WBA to Meet with Mrs. Keate Mrs. Margaret Keate of Chicago, state field director for the Woman's Benefit Association, will be in Alton Wednesday night, and. at 7:30 o'clock will meet with members of the local branch of the Association, at the Mineral Springs Hotel. Evangelical Daughters' Banquet Evangelical Daughters, of the Evangelical Church, will have a banquet Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock, at the Young Woman's Christian Association.

Owing to the banquet the DaugU ters have cancelled their monthly meeting, scheduled for tonight Card Party ftt Clifton Hill A pinochle and bunco party will be given Clifton School, west of Melville, Tuesday night, April 20. The (lute was changed from Thursday, April 22. Mtos Mildred Harlew a Bride Miss Mildred Harlow became bride of George E. Clarkson In impressive single ring ceremony performed by the Rev. Frank 8.

Williams, pastor of the Park Boulevard Methodist Church, Monday, April 12, at 10:30 a. at the home of the groom's sister, George of 4087 Park Boulevard, San Diego. In the presence of Immediate relatives. The bride was attended by Mrs. George Mentze, and the groom's best man was Mr.

Mentze Immediately after the ceremony a breakfast was served at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clarkson of 4072 Georgia street, after which they Immediately departed for Angeles where they spent a short honeymoon before departing for Alton where they wHl make their home.

The bride Is a daughter of Harry B. Harlow of Oklahoma City, formerly of Alton and is a graduate of Alton High School In the class of '29. Until recently she was employed as a stenographer hi the office of SheM Petroleum Corp, In Roxana. The groom Is a son of Mr. and Mrs.

.1. R. Clarkson of San Diego, and in employed ns linotype operator on the Alton Evening Telegraph. Wedding A marriage was issued In St. to Albert England, manager of the Wood River branch of The Singer Sewing Machine Company, and Miss Melfreda Graper of 2005-A South Jefferson avenue, St.

Louis. Miss Graper hi the daughter of Mrs. Ethel Graper, who was associated with the Alton office of the Singer Company. Miss Black a BrMe Mr. and Mrs.

Orvllle Augen oaugh, whose marriage took place last Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, In the parsonage of the Baptist Church In East Alton, are residing at 200 McCasland avenue In East Alton. Mrs. Augonbaugh Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Black of East Alton, and was before her marriage Miss Frances Black.

Joseph Malley of Wood River and Miss Dorothy Corbin of East Alton witnessed the marriage ceremony which was performed by the Rev. W. F. Bohn, Miss Black was attired in a dark blue suit and wore corresponding accessories, while Miss Corbin was in gray. Both young women wore corsages, the bride's flowers being gardenias and the bridesmaid's roses and sweet peas.

A bridal dinner for the bridal party was served in St. Louis. H. F. Horstman Named Secretary Of School Board Body Reorganize! for New Fiscal Year Vote More Births, Fewer Deaths First Quarter Births In Alton show an increase of 16 percent, deaths a decline ol about 10 percent for the first quarter of 1937 compared to the corresponding period last year.

Births during the first three months of the year aggregated 178 The rate throughout the perlot continued somewhat above normal 61 being recorded in January, In February, and 59 in March Total of 178 for the quarter com pares with 153 for the first three months of 1936, an increase of 25 Deaths in the first quarter of the current year aggregated 124, a de cllne of 14 from the figure of the previous year which was 138. Jan uary had 93 deaths, with a heavy toll from pneumonia; February had 38, and March but 33 deaths. Records at the office of City Clerk Hemphili show that pneu mania caused 20 deaths in the opening quarter of -the year while influenza is charged with three and grip with one. Deaths fron other "reportabie" communictibl maladies were: tuberculosis, al forms, scarlet.fever 2. Chicago Dean to Speak At Shnrtleff Graduation President P.

L. Thompson oil' nounced late yesterday the en gngement of Dr. Charles W. Gil' key, denn of the chapel of Chicago University as commencemen speaker at Shurtlcff College this spring. The commencement cxer rises will be held on the college campus at 10 o'clock on the morn ing of June 7.

Tic Vote, Candidates Will Divide Income EDWARDSVILLE, April 13 tie between Mrs. Bertha Biaha and Edwin Kunz, candidates for tax collector of St. Jacob township who received 248 votes in the election Tuesday of last week, has been settled, It was announced yesterday. The agreement reached provides that Kunz will serve an coliecvtor but one-third of the commissions of the office will go to Mrs. Bluhu.

The office of collector In St. Jnsob township earns slightly more than $400 in commissions annually. Following canvass of the vote at the Alton school district eleo- tlon of last Saturday, the Board of Education reorganised Monday evening for the new year. With Ollson Brown, reelected pretldent, In the chair, the board named H. Horstman to the office of eeo- retary.

President Brown then appointed standing M. W. Acker named chairman of the Inttructlon committee; J. J. Beeby of the building and ground! committee; and H.

F. Hontman of the finance commit- Canvass of Saturday'! vote showed, In addition to reelection of the president, the reelection of Dr. H. E. Mlddlcton a member, and election of L.

J. Mlse- gades a new member. Mlse- due to a previous business engagement, was unable to attend the organization session lait evening, and will take his chair at the May teuton of the board. The meeting of the expiring board, at which result of the election waa declared, the valedictory lor H. J.

A. Gerard who did not seek reelection after seven yean a member. As a token 9f esteem members of the old board presented to Gerard a fine fishing rod, and In connection with some short talks turning on his valued service added wishes for his enjoyment of the hobby of angling when the summer vacation period comes. Last night's meeting saw retirement of George McKlnney as secretary after several terms hi that office by election of fellow members. McKinney was nominated when organization of the new board was undertaken, but won in appeal to have his name withdrawn from consideration, suggesting he had served long enough In the post and that should be handed to a successor.

The meetings for canvass of the vote and organization of the new board following a dinner for board members and officials and their wives which, in accord with custom of some 16 years, was served by a group from the high school domestic science department headed by Miss Jane Henry. The dinner was served in a room adjacent to the high school home science laboratories. A program of games had been arranged for diversion of Ihe wives hi the after-dinner period while their husbands attended to the official business of the evening. Mrs. Anna Ruff Dies at Medora Mrs.

Anna Ruyle Ruff, 76, grandmother of Mrs. Robert Gaddis of 40S Alton street, died at 8:30 a. today at the farm home of her son, Orson Ruff, near Medora. Mrs. Ruff was born on the Ruyle homestead, near Medora, Jan.

7, 1860, and had spent her entire life in that area. She was married Sept. 6, 1883 to V. J. Ruff of Pennsylvania, who died 17 years ago.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Ruff made her home with her son. She hod been in falling health for several months and for the last five weeks had been bedfast. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p. at the Ruff residence with the Rev.

W. M. Greer of Bethel Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be In Maplewood cemetery, near Medora. Besides her son and granddaugh ter, Mrs.

Gaddis. she is survived by sister, Mrs. Laura Johnson, of Medora. Twelfth St. Brotherhood Names MJ.flerbPresident More than 100 men attended a meeting of the Brotherhood of the Twelfth St.

Presbyterian Church, and heard Grady Cantrell, KWK, St. Louis. W. J. Herb was elected president; George McCoy, vice president; Dr.

Charles J. Hemphili, secretary, and Ray Farls, treasurer. Ralph Ranks High at Illinois U. Ralph Herzler, son of Mr. and Mrs.

R. E. Herzler of 1307 Washington avenue, was one of 76 freshmen in the College of Engineering University of Illinois, to attain a average or better for the first semester of 1936-1937, according to an announcement by the university. Rufus Eaaton PTA to Meet Tuesday, April 20 Parent-Teacher Association of Rufus Easton School will meet Tuesday night, April 20, instead of tonight. Plans for the remainder of the year will bo outlined.

JITNEY Thursday, April 15, Mm-quctta School by Ursullne Convent Auxiliary. Serving begins p. Upper Alton News At a meeting last night new deaconesses of Avenue Presbyterian Cn B. Smith was elected Mrs. E.

F. Fischer, aer- Mrs. C. H. Sheppard, The board was divided tott four committees: the CominunlOB Committee with Mrs.

Juliltt Tfflnum, chairman; the Charity Committee with Mrs. c. C. Ellison, chairman; the Sick Committee with H. Sheppard, chairman; and the Flower Committee with Mrs.

B. Smith, chairman. Other iniinBirs of the board elected at the Meant annual meeting are: Mrs; P. L. Starburk, Mrs.

F. N. Henderson, Mrs. Harry Sober, Mrs. C.

Money, Mrs. Fred Smalley, Mrs. Marie BeDell and Mlse Ousele Noble. These women are to be ordained and installed by the pastor, Dr. C.

E. Goddard, next Sunday morning. The new deaconesses will also serve as a Hospitality Committee on Sunday mornlng.and for that purpose certain pews In the church sanctuary were assigned to each deaconess last night. The chairman of the board will have charge of the Guest Book in the foyer. A special visitation of the entire membership will be made by the deconesses and the elders before May 16th, which Is Pentecost.

They will deliver to each member a Certificate of Church Membership, and seek to get signatures to a ''Re-consecration Covenant" similar to what they signed when they first joined church. Invitations will also be presented to attend the special Reconsecration Service to be held on May 16, Pentecost, at which time a capacity crowd Is expected. Letters are go- Ing out to all the members ap- prlslnp them of Mils visitation and this special service. Retired Cooper Leaving John Mayford, retired cooper who made barrels for containing flour at the Sparks mill at Intervals over a period of half a century, will leave tonight for Chli- cago. His son, John Mayford, is a resident of Maywood, Chicago suburb, and it Is at the son's home the retired cooper expects to spend several months.

Mr. Mayford has been residing at 1719 Main street. He said today he plans to return to Alton In October to "look around" but indicated he would return to Maywood after a brief visit at that time. The wooden barrel as a container of flour was going out of date a good many years ago but when the cost of making a barrel jumped from forty cents to two dollars during the war the barrel was no longer used the retired cooper said. Buys BaHey Place Harry Roloff has bought the property at 1731 Clawson street formerly owned and occupied by the late Rev.

and Mrs. C. M. Bailey. The deal was handled for the Bailey estate by the administrator, J.

M. Jones, of LHchfield. Roloff has bee'n given possession and Is starting a program of repairs and improvements on the interior of the house that will require about two weeks to complete. Mr. Roloff and family expect to move into the house about the last of the month.

Funeral At Clinton Rev. and Mrs. B. H. Batson left at noon today for Clinton, 111., to attend the funeral of Rev.

Batson's brother, E. E. Batson, whose death occurred early yesterday in the Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago. The brother's home was at Clinton and the funeral will be held there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Rev.

Batson went to Carbondale yesterday and brought his mother, Mrs. I. C. Batson, and sister, Miss Bertha Batson, to Alton. They accompanied him on the trip to Clinton today.

Dress In Cost Addition of a number of children to some of the choruses In Horace Mann operetta has brought the cast up to about two hundred. The operetta will be given Friday evening in Alton High School auditorium. A rehearsal of the full cast was held yesterday afternoon in the auditorium and the final dress rehearsal will be held tomorrow afternoon. Teachers or Horace Mann escorted the pupils on the trip to the high school and will do so again tomorrow so that parents need not be anxious for the children's safety, the committee announced. Miss Sophia Jo Neal, one of the Horace Mann teachers, Is director of the music of the operetta.

The committee say Miss Neal has been very successful In training the various choruses and the principal casts in solo work. There is intense interest this week at Horace Mann school as the date of the operetta draws near. To Hear the Bluhop An address this evening at 8 o'clock to be given by Bishop E. Waldorf in St. Paul's Methodist Church, East St.

Louis, will bring to a close the district conference that haa been in session there A number of members of Main Street Methodist church are Ht the meeting today and many more will go this evening. The conference opened this morning at 8:30 with a communion service. At ,9 o'clock there was a discussion of the conference institutions including McKendree college, the home of aged persons, WCTU Play Postponed Due to Illness in Cast 'Her Honor the a three- act comedy which was to hnve been given at the Lancaster Studio next Friday night, has been postponed ol Illness in the cast. Lancaster hopes to present the play two weeks later, and persons who have purchased tickets will be notified. The play is being sponsored by the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union for education purposes, "if orphanage and others.

Mrs. i KUOCJ. cc ver 0 Bethalto, presided over one of the missionary meet- Ings during the forenoon. The conference sermon wag given at 11 o'clock by the Rtv. H.

E. Sor- 'Romance of the Hills' At Lancaster Studio A one-act of the at the Lancaster Studio Saturday night, was well attended and deeply appreciated. The cast showed marked Ability, and the door receipts were sufficient to purchase a new wig for usu in'plays given by I lie Lancaster School. tor. Complete Foundation Work has been completed on the foundation for the new home of Alphonsus Costelli, of Fosterburg, on a tract purchased from the Tine Culp farm on Fosterburg road by Costelli.

Herman Ellis, of Woodburn, had taken 'the contract for erecting the house but It was said today Ellis had turned the lob over to an Alton contractor. Party for Dorcas .1. Everett Martin, of 2714 lilcrrnt avenue, will entertain We members of Dorcas Society, an organization In the Sunday school of Mnln Street Methodist Church at her home Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A program of entertainment Is being arranged for this occasion by Mrs. Martin and by the Dorcas president, Mrs.

Ruth Perry- Conference at Northwestern Mrs. C. E. Goddard and Mrs. Clinton Scott have returned from Evnniton where they attended a conference held in the Interest of church vacation school at Northwestern University.

The conference was sponsored by the Illinois Church Council. Dr. J. S. Boughton nnd a party of Shurtlcff College students were also in attendance.

Adventlftt Pastor Goes to Mollne j. W. Osborn, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventlst church of Alton, has been assigned to the pastorate of the church at Mollne by the Illinois Conference. Pastor Osborn and family who are residing on Park avenue, will leave the first of May for the new field In Mollne. J.

R. Winders who has been serving the Upper Alton church as assisting pastor, now becomes the regular pastor of the Alton church. The church here had no regular pastor up to last summer when Osborn came to Alton and opened a tent meeting on a lot at Main and Grandvlew avenue. R. J.

Winders came with him and assisted with the meetings until they ended last September. When Osborn became ill and was forced to return to his home Washington, D. for several weeks' rest. Winders continued the work and served as acting pastor until Pastor Osborn recovered and returned to Alton a feew weeks ago. The congregation will have a further consider a proposition for jpecial meeting Thursday night to building a church.

Going to PTA Convention Mrs. Walter Relnhart, Mrs. Chas. K. Graves and Mrs.

Ralph Day will go to Bloomington tomorrow to represent Milton school PTA at the state convention to be in session three days In that city. The passion play will be given tomorrow night as the opening event in the entertainment of the visitors. Mrs. W. J.

S. Combs, president of Horace Mann, will represent this school at the state meeting and Mrs. Alex Fox, who was named the delegate by Clara Barton PTA, said at noon today she would leave tomorrow morning for Bloomlng- ton. Mother Singers On Program The mother singers will be a ture of the program this evening when Milton school PTA holds its April meeting in the new auditorium. The singers will present a group of songs.

Officers of the PTA expect this evening's program to be one of the most interesting of the season. Dr. W. Billings, coroner of Madison County, is the speaker, Dr. O.

A. Meyer, president of the PTA, will preside over the meeting and will conduct the annual election when officers for next year will be elected. Dr. Meyer has served as president two years. To Occupy Former Home Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Young moved this forning from the Flory property at 3220 Kendall avenue to the Convery place at 1807 Wash ington avenue vacated last week by Manager M. C. Pigg, of the KToger store. and Mrs.

Robert Flory and Mrs; Amy Flory, owners of the property on Kendall who formerly resided there, will occupy it again, moving next week after a few repairs and improvements will have been made. Mother-Teacher Council The mother-teacher council ol Upper Alton Baptist Church school will have a meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Mrs. Broughton at her home on Leverett avenue. Mrs. E.

E. List is the assisting hostess. Upper Alton Notes Mrs. P. L.

Thompson will lead the discussion of teaching children the use of the Bible. Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, of Rockwell avenue, who has been ill the past two weeks, is Improving and IE able to be up and about the house. Miss Edith Henderson of Salu street returned last evening from Gary, where she spent the weekend with relatives. Miss Pearl Coleman of 2706 Residence street, has returned from a visit with her brother and sister- in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Boker, of Wood River. Mrs. Harry Greenwood, former resident of Washington avenue has returned to her home at Streator after a visit with Alton friends. R.

K. Whiteside, of Jerseyvllle, visited around Upper Alton during the forenoon today greeting his old friends. The former street railway and' electric company employe 'was here to attend the Kiwanis club dinner At Mineral Springs hotel as the guest of his former employers. The aid society of Seventh Day Adventlst church will hold a pastry in the office of Hurt Laundry on College avenue Thursday morning beginning at 10 o'clock. The Delta Sigma class of Main Street Mdthodlst Church while in session last evening at the home of Mrs.

Edgar Rayborn, of Salu street, planned to have a pastry tale Saturday at the Williamson Pharmacy, College and Washing- Drama Festival at Roosevelt Junior Present One-Act An innovation in festival will be presented Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Rooeevelt Junior High School by drama groupi of the city under direction of WPA and NYA of the supplemental recreation program in the city. Five groupi will present one-act plays, Dut the festival will not be corn- petitlve recreation department presenting them as an exhibit rather than a tournament, showing the creative work done in the field by the children of both the white and negro playgrounds. Program each' night will be at 7 o'clock. Three plays will be presented Wednesday evening and two on Thursday, and the program will be completed with musical numbers and dances. To help defray expenses the admission will be a nickel a person.

Each play is under direction of either a WPA or NYA worker. The program tomorrow evening will be started out with a band concert by the Negro Boy Scouts band under direction of Joe Russell. First play on the boards will be at 7:30 p. the "Not Such a Goose" to be presented by Hellrung playground under direction og Miss Virginia Thomas of NYA work and Miss Wilma Wells of WPA; the Hellrung Rythm Band under direction of Aaron Brown of WPA will present several numbers before presentation at 8:15 by the Milton children of "I Grant You Three Wishes," directed by Miss Dorothy Chappee, NYA; following this play the negro children will present a number of tap dances, and the final play of the evening, "Quiet As a Mouse" will be presented by children from the Booker T. Washington Negro Community Center, under direction of Mrs.

Frances Means, WPA. The negro boys band will start the Thursday program off at 7 p. m. as well. Johnson street playground for negro children will present the first play at 7:30 o'clock, "Who's Afraid" under direction of Mrs.

Matilda Nicholson of WPA; tap dancing pupils of Miss Raeola Elliott from Water Tower playground will appear pre- ceeding the final play of the festival to be presented at 8:15 p. "Elmer," by the children from Water Tower playground, under direction of Ray Lane, WPA. Most of the one-act plays are comedies, but varied in nature, so that the program promises to be an interesting one each evening. The purpose in promoting drama work on the playgrounds is for recreational purposes mainly, but also to educate the children and to acquaint them with the field. This is the first time work of the negro and white playgrounds Is being presented together in an activity of this kind.

In the field of athletics the two departments have worked together, and It is the belief of those in charge of the supplemental recreation program of the city, that such combination should work well in presenting the drama festival. tf. Q. Hoffmftfl, who has MM In St Louit, tor five weeks, underwent an operation last Friday. MM.

Hanlon of Oil- oepte spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. W7r. Lancaster, of State street Junior Watson of Wllllamstown, spent the week-end with Ms fatherVc. R. Wateon, of 1004 State street.

Chester Legate of Oklahoma City, will visit Wednesday evening at the home of his cousin, MM. Bertha Bell, Penning avenue, Wood River. Legate, who has many relatives in this area, is traveling auditor for the Rock Island Railroad Co. He is spending thto week In St Louis on business for his company. Mr.

and Mrs. James Rendleman And daughter, Nancy Jane, Wayne Black and Miss Adele of Alta Pass, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Henderson of 518 Mather street Mrs. Leonard Schlldroth of 317 Dry street, accompanied by her Schlldroth, of St.

Louis, left by bus last Thursday for an extended visit In Cleveland, Ohio. Events Crowd Date Calendar Church Events Richard Meibohn, a student at Concordia Seminary, Louis, will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Men of the Congregational Church will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock, In the Congregational Church, and complete plans for a jitney dinner to be served by them Thursday night, April 22. Deacons of the church will meet Wednesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. Sophie Demuth Chapter, World Wide Guild, of Cherry Street Baptist Church will meet this evening at 7:15 o'clock with Miss Wanetta Wallace, at her home, 1121 Brown street.

Mission Circle of the Cherry Street Baptist Church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Eva Brazier, 2414 Edwards street, day at 2 o'clock. Annual congregational meeting oi the Twelfth Street Presbyterian Church will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. After a business session the members ol the church will enjo'y a social hour and refreshments. Women of the Twelfth Street Presbyterian Church will assemble Wednesday at 9 o'clock, to quilt, and in the afternoon will have business session.

Mrs. Woodman, Mrs. A. Apple, Mrs. J.

Ross, Mrs. F. Hack, Mrs. O. Pelten, and Mrs.

J. Bullock will be hostesses. Mary E. Jameson Chapter, World Wide Guild, Cherry Street Baptist Church, will meet with Miss Ruth Evans of 617 East Broadway tonight, and members are asked to return mite boxes. Edwards Wednesday Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.

at the Streeper funeral home for Mrs. Eddie Lee Edwards, 27, negro, who died Sunday at 11:45 a. at her home, 312 Rock street. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. ton avenues.

Mrs. Ann Hubbs, of Spaulding etreet, haj been quite ill yesterday- Mrs. Hubbs fainted while In a dentist's chair where she was having teeth extracted. She was removed from the dentist's office to her home. FOR ALL OCCASIONS FLOWERS From the ol the HOME FLORAL 1808 Milton Phone JUf-W Personal Mri, There is aplenty going on in the city tonight and Wednesday during the day, for the Date Clearing House charts of the recreation office are filled up with meetings, sport events and other activities.

The complete program Is given below: Camp No. 800 of Royal Neighbors of America, banquet for members. ol directors to meet at Y.M.C.A. for dinner meeting and business session. Business Girls club, Industrial Girls club and Older Girls in the health education department of the Y.W.C.A., to meet with Mrs.

Margaret Wells Wood, authority on social hygiene and character education, for supper meeting at Y. W. Lecture at 7:15 p. m. Class of First Presbyterian church to have potluck supper at parish house, to be followed by business session.

Boys club to meet at Hellrung shelter house. Bowling Cartridge league. Relief Corp to present American flag to Daughters of Isabella in special ceremony at K. of C. hall, regular business session of D.

of I. to follow. N.Y.A. workers to meet at Booker T. Washington Center with Dr.

R. M. Cruzat as speaker. Milton Dads club to meet at Milton school, Dr. W.

W. Billings as speaker. McKlnley-Delmar Parent-Teachers Association to meet at Me- Kinley school. Water Tower Dads Club to meet in shelter house. Missionary Society of Main Street Methodist church to have regU' lar meeting with iMrs.

Pau Aulabaugh at her home, 2726 Bostwick. Dunbar P. T. A. meeting at the school.

Junior Philathea Class of First Methodist church to meet with Miss Betty Tonsor at her home on Highland avenue. What-sb-Ever Class of Twelfth Street Presbyterian church' to meet with Mrs. Charles Clevenger, at her home, 810 College avenue. Drum Bugle Corp rehearsal at Roosevelt Junior High School building. Bowling Merchants league.

9 a. p. Auxiliary of Hellrung Dads club to have covered dish luncheon and sewing. Circle No. 2 of Ladies Aid Society, of First Methodist church to meet at home of Mrs.

W. Thompson, 1019 State street 12 meeting of Rotary club at Mineral Springs Hotel. 2 p. Watson meeting at home of Mrs. R.

A. Cosh at 437 Bluff street. Anna D. Sparks Alliance of Unitarian church to meet with Mrs. A.

W. Schneider of 1116 Eastern street. Chit of 310 Mm street Has been seriously in for three weelfr dOI to oompiioa. tlons which tet In after a grlp-coia 4lrs. George Gould of CMcaw the week-end tit Alton vis.

Ittng relatives, MUlaifd C. Wilkey of DSD- forth street will spend the weekend with her mother, Mrs. W. A. Rhoades in Maroa, and will be joinedon Sunday by Mr.

Wilkey and daughter, Betty. Mrs, will be in Bloomlngton, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, attending a PTA convention, and from Bloomlngton will go to Maroa. Robert Dale Sunderland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sunderland of Central avenue confined to hit home with scarlet fever.

Sue 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Ursch, it II with scarlet fever at the family home, 3350 Central avenue. Shell Petroleum quartette, recently organized, will have a practice session this evening at the East Alton Baptist Church.

The quartette Is composed of Leonard Vaughn, bass; Ivy Smith, baritone; Ivan Vlolett, second tenor, and Leonard Schlldroth, first tenor. Harry Scogglns and the Misses Flose Schulz, Dominica Schulz and Sertrude Hesse spent the week-end In Springfield, as of Mr. and Mrs. William Strebel. Mrs.

C. E. Goddard has recovered from injuries sustained in a fall from the stops of the front porch of her home two weeks ago tonight Mrs. Harold Rees, a patient ta St. Joseph's Hospital the past week, was said to be much Improved today.

Hospital Notes Of six patients admitted to hospital for surgical treatment and observation since 5 p. Monday, only one was from Alton. The Alton patient was Mn. Nellie Maberry of East Fourth street, who entered the hospital at 8:50 p. yesterday.

Mrs. Maberry expected to undergo surgical treatment today. Early this morning Leonard Collins was brought from his home in Bethalto an ambulance. Collins was admitted at 6:45 a. and remained there under observation and treatment.

Miss Bonnie Skagg of Decatur Is a patient at the hospital having been admitted last evening for treatment and observation. A major operation was performed this morning on Frank Felser- man of Brussels, Calhoun county. Felserman entered the hospital Monday at 7:55 p. m. O.

F. Johnson of 126 West Forest street, Hartford, was brought to the hospital at 5:15 p. yesterday for diagnosis and Mrs. Frances Piggott, elderly Wood River resident, was admit- ed to the hospital at 6:45 p. Monday and remained there today for treatment.

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