The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-12
keokuk Retailers League Take Seven.
ty Members to Up River City
Last Night for Regular Octo-
Dor Meeting.
FINE SUPPER rs SERVED
LadIes Of NJ. e. Church Prepared and
Served Repast Which Was En-
Joyed by Every Member
of the Party.

A big compliment was paid to the
Montrose people, and to the ladies
who served the supper last night,
when the Keokuk Retailers league
took the largest delegation in the his
tory of its organization to Montrose.
And everybody was more than pleased
with the reception accorded the
bunch from here. The supper was
excellent and arrangements for the
meeting were made in most salts
factory manner
There were seventy members Of
the league who enjoyed the bountiful
hospitality of the Montrose people.
The usual number going is between
fifty-five and sixty, but all records
for attendance were broken by the
ioyed himself The supper was high
ly praised and the drive to and from
Montrose could not have been better
had the weather and road conditions
| been made to order. Fourteen auto
mobiles were needed to carry the
crowd.
The Menu.
The Ladies Aid society Of the M. E.
church at Montrose, served the sup
per in the Odd Fellows building. The
menu included the following good
things:
Fried Chicken and Dressing
Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes
t.. Gravy
French Rolls
Cabbage Salad Pickles
Apple Pie a la Mode
Coffee
Those Who Were Responsible.
The officers of the society serving
the supper. were Miss Mary o. Ellis.
president: Mrs. Ed Hancock, vice
president: Mrs. Emil Wahrer, secre-
! tary: Mrs. J.. Ames. treasurer. The
women who assisted in preparing and
serving the supper were: Mrs. Ar
mold Beard. Mrs. Eta Collins, Mrs.
N. Hanson. Mrs. Druse, Mrs. p. w.
Reeves, Mrs. J. Hamilton. Mrs. G..
Skinner. Mrs. VIM. Singer Mrs.
Wagner, Mrs. Wright, Miss Vada
Wahrer. Miss Maude Singer. Miss
Nellie Hurley and Miss Lulu Hurley.
Thanks Extended.
On motion of George Fwers at the
meeting held at the Masonic hall, the
thanks and appreciation Of the Keo-
kuk Retailers league was extended TO
tho ladies who helped to make the
leagues visit a success. The thanks
of the league. on motion OF E. a.
French, was extended to the Masons
for the use Of their hall as a rteeting
place. The Retailers appreciated this
courtsy very much as it gave them
ample room for the session in very
comfortable quarters.
Those Who Were There.
The auto owners who kindly loaned
their cars were: NJ. E. Justice, W. j.
Richards, l. s.. Ackley, Harvey Beach,
G. A. McLoney. B. F. Smith, Harry
Duncan. J. w. Winger. T. N. Conner.
Sam Younker, NJ S. Low1tz. A Nc
Groom, DR.. Armentrout, J. E. Vanatta
and Jacob Schouten.
The members present were:
Harry Dill, DR.. Covell, Theo. j..
Philips. D. E. Linquist, E. A. French.
Frank Ewers, George Ewers, William
Fwers. F. NJ. Bateman, Charles
Schenk, A. E. Beckman. Gillis John
son, George Demple, A. J. Leake,
Theo. Bode. Emile Renaud, c. F. Skir-
vim. J. Ed Peterson, Homer Smith,
George Smith, NJ. S. Ackles. H. c.
Duncan, J. J. Chapman, F. NJ. Jones.
G. Arthur Kiedaisch, DR.. Sohl, W. o.
Elite, Louis Klein. F. P. Rehmeier,
Nick Syngel, Harry e. Mehler, For
rest Conner, John Rovane Jr., J. A.
Pollard, Harry Merrtck, Clifford Hert-
enstein, George Schell, F. o. Adam
son. Albert Schwarz. DR.. F. J. Ar
mold, Dr. r. G. Sinotte, +. D. Morgan,
Frank Bulman, DR.. Christensen. f. G.
Weisman, J. c. Fry, John Rovane Sr.,
Hubert Scho1lten, Chester Schouten,
J. N. Dumenil, Jacob Ludwig, George
Baur Jas. NJ. Fulton.