Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-08
SOCIETY MEETS.
Conversational Club Holds Social SEES.
sion at Home Of Mr.. and Mrs. W..
j, Steckel of RloonofieId

conversational Club Holds Social SEES.
sion at Home of MIR. and Mrs. w.
J. Steckel Of Bloomfield.
Bloomfield.-The last regular meet
Ing Of the Conversational club was held
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. ]. Steckel as host and hostess. Fol-
lowing buffet luncheon Of two
courses the evening was devoted to the
discussion of next winters literary
program. A committee was appointed
to arrange a definite outline and each
member of the circle will be assigned
personal work. The season closes in
two weeks with picnic on the s. A..
Lorenz lawn and at that time the pros
gram will be formally presented and
adopted. The club being exclusively
composed Of congenial spirits, the So
ing were very enjoyable and the hour
was late when the members dispersed.
The w. c. T. U.
The regular monthly meeting of the
local w. c. T. U. met Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. j. T. Walton to make
arrangements for the district conven-
ton to be held at Drakeville June II
for public meeting to be held at the
Presbyterian church on June "a, at 8
p. m. The topic will be Character
Building" first from the mothers point
of view; second from the Sunday
school teachers point of view: third.
the Sunday school superintendent;
fourth, the teachers; fifth, the pastors
point Of view. Music will be furnished
by the college quartet. The topics for
the local union at the district conven-
ton are: Floral Mission Work." "Our
| " atchword" Agitation, Education
and Organizatio:l.'' THE Social Side of
the w. c.. T. u" The next regular
meeting will be held at the Baptist
church, Thursday afternoon, June 20,
at o'clock. The business meeting will
| be Immediately followed by a mother
meeting. The union has decided to
meet during the summer at the various
churches in the city, following each
business meeting with mothers meet
ing, which all mothers are urged to at
tend.
Mrs. G. w. Galpin left Thursday for
Des Moines to visit her son, Edwin
who is preparing for the ministry at
| the Baptist university.
| Mrs. John Cecil left Wednesday
evening for Pueblo Colorado, where
she will spend the summer with her
mother Mrs. Wilson. she was accom-
panied as far as Ottumwa by Mr.. Cecil
and Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlap.
Miss Mamie Young left Thursday
for Des Moincs to visit friends for a
short time and attend commencement,
exercises at Drake university.
On Wednesday evening Miss Bessie
! Barnett was hostess to picnic party
who left the city early in the evening
/, with well filled lunch baskets. The
party went out on rhubarb expedi-
ton and upon the return trip luncheon
]. and rhubarb exchanged places, the
baskets being filled with pie plant
for private canning bees. The parties
interested We're Mrs. Blanche Dabney
Mrs. Irene Burchett, Miss Myrtle
i STANDBY, Mrs. Charlotte Wray and
Mrs. Allie Prevo.
Housecleaning has been the order Of
the day at the Presbyterian church
this week.
i Mrs. William Lockman of Minot, N
D.. returned Wednesday from Tldon
where she had been visiting, and join.
ed Mrs. Leighton, also of Minot at thu
i home of Mrs. D. c. Greenleaf.
j Mrs. C. Brassfeld. who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. John Evans, re
4 turned Thursday to her home in I'm
ionville, Mo.
j, Mrs. S. L. Berry and daughter, Ma
4 RE, left Thursday for OttumWa to visi
Il Mrs. Carrie Cassidy.