The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-28
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the First Methodist church
will be held Wednesday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. +. A. Brown on East
Main street All members are urged
to be present as matters of import
ance will be considered at this time.
All members and friends of the
Sunday school class taught by Mr..
Charles Williams are invited to attend
the picnic supper to be given at the
church this evening at $50 o'clock at
the Grace M. e. church.
The Mary F. Thomas W. c. T. U.
met Monday afternoon in the dome
room of the Morrisson-Reeves library.
The attendance was unusually large.
In the absence Of the president, Mrs.
Barnard, vice president, presided.
Mrs. Ruth Duke led the devotional
exercises. Reports of the different
superintendent were read at this
time. twenty-five bouquets have
been given to the sick; fifty-six visits
made; seven hundred and thirty
pages of literature distributed and
twentyfour dollars in money given
for philanthropic work. After the
business session, Miss Florence Ben
ner, visiting nurse, gave an interest
ing address, telling of the needs of
the people she visits daily. Miss Ben
ner is doing an excellent work and
many persons she comes in contact
with. The next meeting will be
held in fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Louck were host
and hnStpSS last avapipo for ppt.
ing of the Olive Branch Bible class
of the First English Lutheran church
at their home on East Main street.
Fifty persons attended the meeting.
The standing committees for the year
were named as follows:
Observation-Disclosures. George H.
Eggemeyer, Eben Louck, John F. Bar
tel, Mesdames Henry Knollenberg,
Will Sudhoff and Mrs. Cook.
Mrs. John Eggemeyer was made
chairman of the social committee.
Relief Committee-Messrs. Adam
H. Bartel, Will Fledderjohn and Mrs
| Mary Bedford.
After the business session a social
hour followed. Miss Jeanette Banks
and Miss Florence Bartel played pref
panied by Miss Alice Knollenberg, pi-
ano, and which was composed of
Messrs. Oliver Nusbaum, Henry Bent
lage, Fred Bartel and Clyde Gardner,
sang several beautiful numbers. Pro-
fessorr Pickell, principal of the high
school, was a special guest and made
short address which proved of much
interest Refreshments were served
The next meeting will be held the last
Monday in the month at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Knollenberg on
South Fourth street.
Mrs. John Bartel was hostess yes
terday afternoon for meeting of the
Dorcas society at her home on South
Tenth street. Spring flowers and
ferns were utilized in decorating the
rooms, where the guests were so
charmingly entertained. The hours
| were spent socially and with needle
work. At the close the hostess served
a dainty repast. In a fortnight Mrs
George H. Eggemeyer will entertain
! the society at her home on East Main
street.
The last meeting of the season for
| the Magazine club was held Monday
afternoon at the attractive home of
Mrs. E. G. Hibberd, on North Ninth
street All the members were pres
ent. There we're no guests. Mrs. Sill
fer presented the program for the oc-
casion Later the affair resolved itself
into an informal picnic and a picnic
| luncheon was served. The annual
banquet of the club will be held We'd
nesday evening, May 6, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Brown on East
| Main street. The husbands Of the