Freeport Journal-Standard from Freeport, Illinois • Page 12

Tell Betrothal I Iew6 Of Miss Koon, ig, Small Thanksgiving Dinners Wisconsin to have Thanksgiving dinner with his family is Roger Rubendall, son of Mr. and Mrs. FREEPORf JOURNAL STANDARD PAGE 12 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21,1936 By OLGA GIZE CARLILE Journal-Standard Reporter Family dinners, big and small, and dinners at clubs and in downtown restaurants, are Freeporters for line, 111., will be guests at the Harry Rubendall. home of Dr.

and Mrs. David M. Roe, 1207 W. Logan St. Mrs.

Roe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hum- and her brother and sister- Mr, and Mrs.

Dwight Alan, a student at the University of Colorado, is having dinner with fraternity brother in Denver. Freeporters ior 1 Humphrey, and daughter Lynn are traditional day for family ted gatherings Family Dinners red Hayner and Many will have guests here forj Small am dinners are planned that big meal, while others will by Dr and Mrs. Francis X. Graff, leave Freeport to have Thanks- Mr and -giving dinner in other towns. Dr an( Miss Kay Kling, YWCA executive director, will meet her mother, Mrs.

E. H. Kling of Winona, and they will have dinner with Miss Kling's brother's family in Minneapolis, Minn. Members of the family from Mo- Andrew Near Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Judith Ellen Koon and Andrew L. Near.

A January wedding is' being planned. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. Floyd Kobn, 833 E. Pleasant and the late Mr. Koon.

She the Miss Helen Hamil, 910 Carroll left Tuesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamil of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Weddin Kempert-Ware marriage of Mrs Juliet I. Ware of Palm Beach, Fla.

and Robert William Kempert was solemnized in Grace Lutheran Church, Monroe, Thursday, Nov. 1, at 6 o'clock. The Rev. Clarence Warfel officiated. The bride is a graduate of Con- Verse College at Spartanburg, S.

C. and Gordon Kellar Hospital, School of Nursing at Tampa, Fla During World War II she was em ployed as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is president of the Famise Philadelphia The Kemperts will live at 112 Mason St Applications For Marraige Licenses AT FREEPORT Jesse Meier Davis Margie Brick, Freeport AT CARROLL Lee Polhlll, MllledgevUIe 20 Arden Rhodes, Mount 20 aughter Janet, who will be home rom college. A guest at the lace home for dinner will be rtlss Jean Place of Oak Park, who a house guest of Mr. and Mrs.

mith D. Atkins Cobb. Dr. and Mrs. W.

E. Rideout and aughter, Joan, and Mrs. Lenore lideout Schneider will be Thanks- iving guests of Mr. Rideout's iece, Mrs. James Wood, and amily in Deerfield, 111.

Host at the family Thanksgiving dinner, Dr. C. L. Snyder, is taking is family to the Country Club for dinner. Also having dinner at the club League Members of the Business and Professional League will have a dinner meeting Monday evening at 6:15 at the Mrs.

Ernest Holland will tell 1 and about her tri be rid the Arctic Circle. be Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hartman and their guests.

Here or the holiday are Mrs. Hartman's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Burris of Denver, and her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. James Rice of Bloom- ngton, 111., and their three Make Traditional Dishes A dinner for the family and a ew friends is planned by Dr. and Mrs. Harold W. Born.

Mrs. Born's mother, Mrs. Charles Kozel of Lakeside, is helping' her daughter fix many of the family's traditional dishes for the feast. House guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Reservations are requested Friday evening or before 10 a.m. Monday morning. Employed women are invited to attend. To Mark Anniversary Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Connery, 14 E. Washington will celebrate their silver wedding versary Sunday afternoon and evening from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 o'clock at their home. The Connerys were married Nov. 25, 1931. The hostesses will be Miss Janice Connery and Miss Carol Connery, their daughters, and Mrs.

Donald Penticoff. Discuss Verse-Making Verse-making, was discussed by Mrs. Robert Parriott for members of Beta Sigma Phi Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Jean Pashley. A discussion on ballads, lyrics and appreciation of verse-making followed. The nonsense verse and drawings of Edward Lear were also discussed.

Afterward, members tried their hand at writing nonsense verse. was graduated from Freeport High School in 1955 and is employed in the agency department of Bankers Mutual Life Insurance Co. Mr. Near is the son and Mrs. Vernon Near of Dixon.

He is a 1951 graduate of Dixon High School and is employed in the substation maintenance department of the Public Service Co. Widmer Commends GOP Women's Work At Victory Dinner Harold W. Widmer, representative from this district in the 111! nois Legislature, was the speaker at the victory dinner meeting of Stephenson County Woman's Republican Club Tuesday. His talk dealt with loyalty to church, the family, and government, with emphasis on the woman's role In these. 'r He commended the women on their outstanding work in the recent political campaign.

He said one person's effort in the community may seem small, but all these efforts by women in city, state and nation helped greatly to make the campaign a success Free. Country "In bur democracy," he said, "as long as we work to maintain our two-party system, we are Ago- ing to have the privilege of living in a free country. We should be thankful we have the privilege oi voting without fear of coercion; it is one of our blessings. He also touched on the political CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS stored for the past year are unpacked by Chamber of Commerce officials Tuesday afternoon. Workmen are putting up decorations in downtown Freeport today.

A 35-foot Christmas tree 'was erected in front of the courthouse this morning. Shown unpacking decorations are Welby Holt, Fred Gable and Walter Woodcock. Santa will arrive Friday at 10 a.m. by train, and will parade through the downtown photo by Jerry Ambclang. nnouncemen td John Frederick Smith for the holiday, weather permitting, will be 'Mrs.

Smith's mother, Mrs. George H. Lidell, and brother, George Harold Lidell both of Iowa. They will all have Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs.

Frederick G. Smith, Twin Creeks Farm. Mr. and Mrs. R.

Capron. Hunter are in Boston, where they will have dinner with their son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stacy, at the home of Mr. Stacy's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Herman Stacy. They will then go to Portland, Maine, to spend the remainder of the holiday at the Rich- Woman's Relief Corps will meet Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the downtown Am Vets Hall. Refreshments will be served. Women of the Moose will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in Moose Hall, Instead of Thursday, the regular meeting date.

"Checks for election clerks and judges, who served in city and county precincts at the election, Nov. 6, are now available at the ard Stacy home. Mrs. Stacy is the former Barbara Hunter. Guests for Thanksgiving at the Gordon R.

Hunter home will be Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hunter and Mrs.

Gordon Hunter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bauer of Rockford.

Guests From Detroit office of Schulz. County Clerk K. G. Parkview Trustees will Home Board of meet Friday at 4 p. m.

in. the directors' room, First National Bank. Members of the Women's Board are invited. The state driver's license station at the Veterans Memorial Home will be closed Thursday and Fri day, it was announced today. I will open for regular hours Mon Division 3 of the Licensed Prac tical Nurse Assn.

of Illinois wi have its annual meeting and elec tion of officers Tuesday at 7:3 p. m. at the Erlander Museum Rockford. The Christmas party was planned for Dec. 18.

Miss Donna Cheeseman will be hostess to the group. Miss Dorothy Bangasser reported on the penny supper, which the group put on last Saturday. Miscellaneous Shower Miss Jeanne Zimmerman, bride- elect of was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower given Mrs. Galen Dornink, Freeport Route 3. Bunco was played and prizes won by Mrs.

Roy Long, Mrs. Esther Wells and Mrs. Wayne Burd. A lace cloth over a green liner was used on the refreshment table. A low arrangement of white and yellow pompons was used with green and white candles.

A corsage was presented to the guest of honor. Miss Zimmerman and Mr. Wells Main and Michael Savage, Pearl City. Patients At Deaconess Medical patients admitted to Deaconess Hospital are: Fred Altemeier, Hotel Freeport; Floyd Bell, 2 N. Galena Mrs.

Lorenee O'Donnell. 1330 S. Oak and Mrs. Bert Ditzler, Pearl City. In for surgery are: Mrs.

Joyce Maltry, 737 W. Elk Laverne and Mrs. Harry Andrews, Stockton. structure of the government and said people should be informed on how Congress and the state legislature work, and how certain types of legislation will affect them. Women are becoming increasingly potent factors in government and politics, Mr.

Widmer said. A round table discussion followed on qualifications of candidates, for city and county offices, also the part women may play in seeking posts in the political field, locally and statewide. Officers Elected The nominating committee report was given by Mrs. Earle L. Zimmerman.

Officers of the club, elected for two-year terms, were: Secretary, Mrs. Don Laible; treasurer, Mrs. Harold Vore; and auditor, Mrs. William McHugh. Mrs.

William W. Zeiders, president, and Mrs. Odell vice presi- St. Vincent's Band Helps Escort Bishop To Rockford Church Forty members of the band at St. Vincent's Home for Children joined other uniformed bands of the Rockford Diocese to escort Bishop Loras T.

Lane from the Rockford depot to St. James Cathedral. Later in the day they were Out-of-town guests for Thanks- iving dinner at the home of Mr. nd Mrs. Ford N.

Fuller will be Mr. Fuller's brother and sister- n-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fuller of Detroit. Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Ennenga and Oscar Ennenga will have Thanksgiving dinner at the Coun- ry Club. After dinner they will return to the Thomas Ennenga's newly redecorated home in Cedarville, which was at one time the lome of Jane Addams. A small family gathering is planned for the day by Mr. and Mrs.

Al H. Manus Their guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Al H. Manus Jr.

and family and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gray of Rockford, parents of Mrs.

Manus Jr. To Be With Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Philbrook and daughter, Beth Ann, of Champaign, 111., will be Thanksgiving Day guests of Mrs. Philbrook's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Marvin Burt. Home from the University will be married Dec. 29 in the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church in Davis. Hospital News Sharon Roth, 1270 W.

American was admitted for 24 hours for a tonsillectomy. In Other Hospitals Births A son was born Sunday the Rev. and Mrs. Wendell'Davis of Chadwick at Morrison Community Hospital. Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Mau of Evansville, are parents of a son born Saturday. Mrs. Mau, the former Margaret Neff, is the daughter of the Harold Neffs of Apple River. Mr.

Mau is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mau of Warren. Patients Russell Gatz of Polo, is a patient in Dixon Public Hospital. Mrs.

Vernon Thomasson of Chadwick is a surgical patient at Dixon Public Hospital. dent, retain their offices for another year. Plans for the club's part in the spring election here will be out lined at the first meeting of the new year, Jan. 22. luncheon guests of the bishop at the Faust Hotel.

Girls of grades five and six presented a religious playlet, "The Rosary Knight," for members of St. Agnes Sodality at a meeting Friday evening. The little girls are pleased with the "new look" of their parlor. The floor has been covered with linoleum blocks, a partition of knotty pine separates the parlor and dormitory and new drapes have been hung. Eagles Auxiliary Completes Plans For Christmas Party Final plans for the annual Christmas party of Eagles Auxiliary were made at the auxiliary meeting Tuesday evening at Eagles Hall.

The meeting was preceded by a share-a-dish dinner. The party will be Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p. m. at Eagles Hall.

It will include a gift exchange. Reservations are to be made with Miss Alice Downing, State 557. Mrs. Alvin Vbwles was honored as junior past madam president. She was presented with a scroll and a pin.

Other past presidents meeting was held at the Senate Hotel. Club members and guests hearc Chicago He also im T. Larkin, of the Board of Trade speak. presented with gifts are Alfred Raders, Albert F. Mmes.

Miller, E. M. Letmade, Clyde Rowand and J. F. Burns.

Prize for the evening was won by Miss Downing. Mrs. Victor Hart won the November cake walk Thirty-seven members attended. Kiwanis Club Host To 31 Area Farmers On Farm, Home Day The Kiwanis Club was host Tues day noon to 31 farmers in the Free port area at their second annua Farm and Home Day. A luncheo Haffman-Kreer Engagement Births At Deaconess A son was born Tuesday at Deaconess Hospital to Mr.

and Mrs. Gerald Janssen 201 W. Elk St. Patients At St. Francis Surgical patients admitted to St.

Francis Hospital are: Robert Stephens, 1231 S. Carroll Donald Brown, Freeport Route Conrad Wise, Durand; David McWorthy, Apple River; and August Bruehlman, Ridott. Entered as medical patients are: Henry Ackerman, 528 W. Clark Miss Jenny Mahoney, 503 S. Chicago Fred Beckley, 843 W.

Plesant Frank Rodden, Elizabeth; and Raymond Cahill, Stockton. In for 24 hours for tonsillectomies: Margaret Gallagher, 204 E. Fresh Cold Front Drives Temperatures Down In Illinois CHICAGO UP) A fresh cold front drove temperatures down around the freezing mark in Illinois today. Cold jveather was forecast fori Thanksgiving. Welcome rain fell in most of the state before the thermometers began to drop.

The precipitation measured more than a half inch at Springfield, Rockford, Rantoul and Belleville. Lesser amounts dampened fields in other areas. Overnight lows included: Moline 28, Quincy 30, Peoria and Rockford 31, Rantoul 32, Springfield 33, Chicago 34, Belleville 36. MISS VIVIENNE HUFFMAN Mr. and Mrs.

Lester W. Huff man, 1533 S. Blackhawk an nounce the engagement of thei daughter, Vivienne Margaret, John Belshaw Kreer of Champaign 111., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kreer of Bloomfield, N.

J. A 1952 graduate of Freeport Hig School, Miss Huffman received he B.S. degree from the University Illinois last June in home econom ics. At the university she wa to Phi Upsilon Omicron, ihowed a film entitled "After the Harvest," showing the daily activi les of the Board of Trade. The Farm and rfome Day is held each year to create a better under between area farmers and city persons, club officials said.

Free Movie Party Thanksgiving Morning All children of Freeport are in vited to a free movie party to held at the Freeport Theate Thanksgiving morning from 9 to 11:30. The party is sponsored by the Freeport Lions Club. Doors will open at 8:30. Two feature movies and five color cartoons will be shown. Free refreshments will be served to all children attending.

Children of the two local Traffic Committee! Receives Three Bids On 3-Hour Meters The City Council traffic and parking committee "opened three bids for new parking meters Tuesday night at a meeting in city hall. Bids were received for 60 new meters to be installed on West Exchange street between Walnut and Cherry avenues, and on North Walnut avenue between Exchange and Douglas streets. Parking limit on the spaces served by the meters will be three lours, the committee decided. time will be hours for a nickel and 3 hours for a dime. The parking meter will take nickels and dimes only, Harold 3att, committee chairman said.

Will Choose Bid Bids were submitted by the Traffic Parking Meter Duncan arking Meter and the Dual Parking Meter Co. Datt said the jids will be considered by the committee and recommendations made to the City Council. Similar parking meters are under consideration to replace some present two-hour meters, to give added convenience to the downtown shopper, the committee chairman said. The meeting was attended by Mayor Glen F. Kunkle, Chairman Datt, and Aldermen George Reining and Milo Adleman.

Discuss Contract A meeting of the Police and Fire committee was also held Tuesday evening to discuss the city's con- tract with the Freeport Rural Fire District. Also discussed were police and firemen pensions and disability pensions. No action was taken pending a discussion with the city attorney. The Rural Fire District has been without a contract since May 1, pending completion of a numbering system for area farms. Present were Mayor Kunkle, Chairman Reining, Aldermen Datt and Gerald Fox, Fire Chief Ray Pontius, City.

Clerk Lueva McHugh orphanages will be special guests of the club. and City Treasurer Brewster. Deaths And Funerals onal home economics honor fra- rnity, and to Mc-Ta-Wa-Si, serv- honor group of McKinley Pres- yterian Foundation, where she as a member of the council. As an active member Of the Illi- ois Home Economics Club, Miss uffman received the Woman's roup System award last year for ie senior giving the most out- tanding service to that organiza- ion. She is employed by the Uni- ersity of Extension Serv- ce as assistant home adviser of Tazewell County at Pekin, 111.

Mr. Kreer graduated from Col- ege High School in Montclair, sj. J. He served in the. Navy two ears.

He received his B.S. de- 5ree in electrical engineering from owa State College and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni- ity of Illinois. Mr.

Kreer is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma, social fraternity; Pi Mu Epsilon, national mathe- JOHN W. MEYERS John W. Meyers, a lifelong resident of Freeport, died early today at the home of his niece, Mrs. Daniel (Mae) De Nure, 860 W. Galena after an extended illness.

He was born in Freeport Feb. 8, 1860, son of John and Elizabeth Meyers, early settlers of this community. He was the last member of his immediate family. Many years ago he was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad and later worked as a moulder for a number of years. Service will be in the Schwarz Funeral Home at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, with a Requiem Mass in St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 9 a.m. The Rev. N. J.

Berg, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. THOMAS J. CATHCART Thomas James Cathcart died in I Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. THOMAS S.

FORD SOUTH BELOIT Thomas S. Ford, 80, former South Beloit city Council member and businessman died Tuesday in a Beloit hospital. He served as commissioner of public property from 1924 to 1932. He formerly owned a foundry here. Ford was born near Afton, the son of Mr.

and Mrs. William Ford. Survivors include an aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gokey of Freeport.

The M. J. Hansen Funeral Home in South Beloit js in charge of arrangements. MISS IDA STICKNEY Ida Stickney, a lifelong resident of Warren, died at Mount Morris April 24, 1948. For the past five years Fager was employed as janitor at Forreston Grade School.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Steven and Michael at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fager of Forreston; one brother, Donald of Forreston; and one sister, Mrs. Harley (Ardis) Motter of Leaf River. He was a member of the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Forreston.

Funeral service will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Faith Lutheran Church. The Rev. F. A.

Heckathorn, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in West Grove Cemetery, southeast of Forreston. Friends matics honor fraternity; Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, national engineering honor fraternities. He was also elected to Mc-Ta-Wa-Si while serving on the McKinley Foundation Council. For the last two years, Mr.

Kreer has been on the University, of Illinois faculty, where he is an assistant professor of electrical engi- a Freeport hospital this morning here he had been a patient for even days. He lived at 225y 2 W. leasant St. He had been a Free- neering. No date wedding.

has been set for the Do You Remember What Charity Ball Styles Were From '21-'23? By Olga Gize Carlile Journal-Standard Reporter Do remember The following tunes were all the rage: "Ain't We Got Fun," "Whispering," I Never Knew," "Tea for Two," "Wang Wang Blues," 'Red Sails in the Waltz You Saved Sunset," "The for Me." Dresses were no fullness, uneven lengths, slinky. Some of the newspaper headlines were about: President Hard- streetcar ran up Stephenson street to Globe avenue, and on to the loop at Krape Park, where it turned around and started back. Yes, that was back in. 1921, '22 and Roaring the flapper era. Big Charity Balls And there were big Amity Charity Balls then too.

They were held in the old Masonic Temple and onlookers would arrive in time to watch the grand march from the balcony. This year's Charity Ball shades were displayed. Judging from the gowns, this season's color seems to be black. A partial list of those worn at Wednesday eve- ing signing a joint resolution of I will be held Saturday at the Free Congress declaring peace with Ger-Port Country Club, with dancing many and Austria; the roof of the Knickerbocker (movie) Theater collapsing in Washington, D. first sound-on-film talking pictures being shown in New York in January 1923.

from 9 to 1. In The Journal-Standard of Nov. 25, 1921, we learn: "The Amity Society was organized in 1882 by Miss Jessie Snyder and Miss Isabel Fry to help care for the deserving The silent stars were William S.iP°° Cltv Hart, Ben Turpin and Charlie! "The charter members besides Chaplin. When everyone was above two ladies were: Mrs. ning's party follow: "Mrs.

A. A. Haas was paper reported. "As always it was the occasion for the appearance of many stunning new gowns which added the watching Hal Roach comedies and Ada Norton Webster, Mrs. Etta j.

Keystone Kops. In the movies the stars threw pies and drove cars backward up the hill. Traveling vaudeville accompanied the show beautifully dressed in canary yellow. "Mrs. B.

C. Trueblood was dressed in a beautiful blue-gray silk gown. "Mrs. F. M.

Gund was in black, the material being beaded. 'Mrs. E. R. Scott was stunning in black satin with jet drapes.

"Mrs. Oscar Ennenga wore an attractive gown of satin, apricot shade with georgette flowing at the sides. Apricot Satin "Mrs. Ferd Gibler was dressed in an apricot shaded satin garment with light beaded lace hung from the shoulders. 4 Mrs.

A. C. Emrich, like many others, wore black, the material be- brillance of contrasting colors to very the scene. "Costumes were most distinctive and beautiful, radiant with sequins, iridescents or flashing brilliant Purinton Dodge, Mrs. Laura Gem-ij ng velvet, mill Drake, Miss Julana Knowlton, "Mrs.

Graydon Miss Arminda Knowlton, Missj jf black beaded lace gown. Jennie Stearns, Miss Elizabeth Hill, I j. s. Clark was very colors. Beaded Dresses children was 5 cents.

DeWalt The speakeasy era when every- It was at the suggestion one-but everyone-received a curved flask as a Christmas gilt. The Silk Shirt Era Beginning of the silk shirt era pongee ing of the movie. Admission Clara Haws and Mrs. Gert- beautiful in span gled gown. The lir jblue feathered fan which she car- Lt -i added just the proper touch.

"Mrs. R. A. Hunter's gown of old rose velvet showed to the best advantage. '22 Dance Reported "Charity Ball of '22 Is Unrivaled in Beauty and Charm" says the headline in the Dec.

2, 1922, Freeport Journal-Standard. "With almost 500 people thronging the dance floor and balcony, the Charity Ball 1922 held last night at the Masonic Temple surpassed even the brilliant tradition established by the annual function or when'the big thing was and silk. The jargon of the Skidoo," "Put an egg in your shoe and beat it," "Get the hook," "Yes, we have no bananas." The speed limit was 25 or miles and people were buying "touring car." locally these were the days Fred Norton of the United States who spent his boyhood days in Freeport, that the name Amity Society was adopted. Becomes Non-Denominational Originally Amity Society was purely a First Presbyterian Church organization. In later years it 30 became a non-denominational society.

Miss Isabel Fry was elected the first president of the organization. The society editor in 1921 re- ofjported on the Charity Ball: "Many the bicycle The shaking 1 beautiful gowns of all styles and "Mrs. Douglas Pattison Black and silver brocade with beaded trimming. "Mrs. W.

L. Karcher chiffon broacaded in velvet with ostrich feather fan to match. "Mrs. H. B.

Nelson Fuchsia brocaded velvet on chiffon. "Mrs. Max Antrim Peacock- blue soft silk trimmed with self- colored lace. "Mrs. W.

L. velvet trimmed in squirrel with diamond crescent pin. "Mrs. W. C.

brocaded Canton crepe with jet ornament. Velvet, Lace "Mrs. John F. Manion Black velvet trimmed in lace. "Miss Katharine velvet and pearls.

"Mrs. L. G. Younglove Black velvet and Spanish lace. "Miss Mayme Summers Silver satin with fur trimming.

"Mrs. A. E. Wheeland taffeta with white lace. "Miss Marguerite McCoy Orange georgette.

"Mrs. Preston and white tulle and sequins. "Mrs. George W. lace over black.

"Miss Persis cloth and gold lace with gold bandeau. "Mrs. J. F. Riordan of the Amity Society," the news-, blue velvet.

"Mrs. Howard Rice se- tal. quins over black. "Mrs. R.

W. Hyatt blue chiffon velvet." Luxurious Headdresses At the 10th annual Charity Ball on Dec. 1, 1923, 200 couples attended the affair and "striking simplicity and brilliant colors distinguished the gowns worn." "Lines practically straight from shoulder to hem were characteristic of the majority of the frocks, although a number of tight- bodiced full-skirted costumes represented the ever popular 'Robe de style'." That year the ever-popular black was pressed hard by rich reds, bright tangerines, pale yellows and soft orchids. "Beads of every color and sort and rhinestone trimmings added to the richness of the costumes. And for every gown there was a headdress, equally luxurious and sparkling.

Fancy Dresses Some of the dresses described then: "Mrs. Edward crepe encrusted with crystal beads, with under panel of jade green silk. "Mrs. A. J.

Stukenberg An imported gown of gold cloth and rhinestones, draped in the wraparound effect favored by Paris, with a train, completed with a headdress of rhinestones and gold slippers and worn with diamonds. "Mrs. Karl F. lined gold lace with a richly traced design in coral, green and purple beads with gold headband and gold slippers. "Mrs.

H. A. Black lace and chiffon over black silk. "Mrs. I.

P. pink crepe elaborately beaded in crys- Georgette Gowns "Mrs. Mentor geor gette with metal lace trimmed lounces on sides. Miss Henrietta Hill Black beaded lace over black silk. "Mrs.

Harry Moogk Beaded robe in crystal and' jet. "Miss Emma tal feta bodice on silver-metal clot! skirt. "Mrs. Clark J. beaded silk.

"Mrs. Alex H. quoise-blue pan velvet, draped. "Mrs. N.

A. ed robe of black and crystal. "Mrs. Ferguson able taffeta in shades of blue an silver. Others At Dance "Mrs.

Douglas Grant Blac luxiella. "Mrs. Fred E. brocaded georgette. "Mrs.

W. N. velve of modish simplicity. "Mrs. Kenneth H.

Knowlton Rose georgette tinted with laven der combined with white lace an girdled with silver. Flower clus ters worn in her hair reflecte color note. "Mrs. Clarence lace over pink silk with bouffan skirt. "Miss Honor vel vela with iridescent trimming the cloth with gold and brillian trimming.

Those were the good old we've been told. Now we have Elvis Presley, th rock 'n' roll dance, TV, slinkj foreign sports cars, sheath dres es But have times really change much? may call at the DeGraff-Roe Fu- ort resident for 45 years. Cathcart was bom August 31, 881 in Sparta. He was a retired onductor on the Illinois Central lailroad, retiring in 1952 after 45 ears of service. He was married to Pearl Leonard in 1907 in Pellston, Mich.

Service will be Saturday at 1:30 at Walker's Mortuary. The lev. Anthony P. Landgraf, pastor Second Presbyterian Church, will fficiate. Survivors include his wife, Pearl; 4 o'clock this morning in an Apple River nursing home after a long illness.

She was born Oct. 19, 1878 at Nora, daughter of Walter and Nora Stiekney. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Irma Spensley of Warren; and one brother, David of Gridley, Calif. Funeral service will be Friday at 2 p.m.

in the Bartell Funeral Home. The Rev. Jay F. Davenport, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Thursday. MRS. WILLIAM 'OVERSTREET ELIZABETH Funeral service neral Home. MRS.

CARL E. BALLUFF OREGON Mrs. Carl E. Balluff died last night in an Oregon clinic. She moved here with her husband about a year ago from Hamilton, Ind.

ne daughter, Mrs. Virginia Calkins of New York one sister, Vlrs. Leanorah Huston, West vlound, three brothers, Lyle E. of Phoenix, Earl of DeLand, and William of Danville; and one granddaughter. Cremation will take place in the Greenwood crematorium in Rock- 'ord.

FRANK J. RYCHTER Services for Frank J. Rychter will be in the Schwarz Funeral Home at- 9 a.m. Friday, with a Requiem Mass in St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m.

The Rev. N. J. Berg, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in St.

Joseph's Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. MARTIN WELSH Welsh, a lifelong Durand area resident, died Tuesday at 11 a.m. in his home after a brief illness.

He was born in Avon Township, Rock County, May 29, 1873, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Welsh. He married Mae Walsh Nov. 16, 1916 in Durand.

Welsh farmed in the Durand area for many years. Surviving are his wife; one son, John at home; two daughters, Mary Ellen and Irene at home; two sis ters, Sister Mary Agnes of Chicago and Miss Sarah Welsh of Chicago; one Rev. Thomas Welsh of St. Charles, 111. He was a member of St.

Mary's Catholic Church of Durand and of for Mrs. William (Cora) Overstreet, who died Sunday at the home of a daughter in Clearwater, will be in the Nadig Funeral Home here Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Bernard C. Wahl pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Elizabeth Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday. The body is expected to arrive here from Florida late Thursday. J. FLEMING GOSSARD LANARK J.

Fleming Gossard, formerly of Lanark, died about 6:30 p. m. Tuesday in a Clinton hospital after a stroke Sunday night. He was born near Hagerstown, March 2, 1876, son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Gossard. He married Zola Renner at Cher- She was born in Paulding, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1891. She was married to Carl E. Balluff in Angola, Sept.

24, 1955. Surviving are her husband; four stepsons, Edwin, Franklin and Calvin all of Mount Morris and Lyle of Sturgis, three stepdaughters, Mrs. Walter Schelling of Mount Morris, Mrs. W. E.

Poley of Freejport and Mrs. Robert Ward of California; one brother, Dale Segar of Jackson, two sisters, Mrs. Clara Shrider of Hamilton, and Mrs. Nina Schiva- berry of Inkster, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral service will be Friday at 2 p.

m. in the Farrell Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul R. Bollman, pastor of St.

Paul's Lutheran Church will officiate. FUNERAL DIRECTORY BURKE-TUBBS FUNERAL HOME 440 West Stephenson Street Main 117 the Winnebago Bureau. Funeral services will be Friday at 9 a.m. in the Chapin Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. hi the St.

Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. A. Driicoll, pastor, will officiate. ry Grove in 1901.

are three sons, Wales of Lanark, Robert of Fulton with whom Gossard "has made his home of late and Donald of Baltimore; two daughters, Mrs. Royal (Verva) Renner of Clinton and Mrs. Clarence (Vala) Chase, of Savanna; three brothers, Robert and David both of Hagerstown, and Harry of La Crescenta, two sisters, Mrs. Urilla Beeler of West Liberty, Iowa, and Mrs. Mike Plum of Savanna.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. GLENN R. FAGER FORRESTON Glenn Richard Fager died at 5 o'clock this morn- County Farm ing in a Freeport hospital after a three-week illness. He suffered from acute, leukemia. He was born in Adeline June 21, 1924, son of Harry and Millie Blair SCHWARZ FUNERAL HOME 010 South Galena Ave.

Phone Main MM FRIDAY RYCHTER, Frank I a.m. at Funeral Home: a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Rosary, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at the Funeral Home. Friends may call at the Funeral Home Wednesday and after 2 p.m. on Thursday. SATURDAY MEYERS, John 8:30 a.m. at the Funeral Home; a.m.

at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Rosary, 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Funeral Home. Friends may call at the Funeral Home after 7 p.m.

Thursday. Fager, He married Noiene Muller of WALKER MORTUARY Phone Mala 810 121 West Main Street SATURDAY CATHCART, Thomas James; p.m. at the Chapel. Friends may call at the Mortuary after 4 p.m. Friday..