Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
WILL GIVE A COMEDY

The English comedy entitled
'Straws" will be presented at some
time during commencement week b,
the senior class of the local higt
school. The cast of characters as SO
Iected for the play by the instructor
MISS Harturg, is as follows: Jacl
Straws, Thomas Candor; Mrs. Par
ker Jennings, Francis Hebel; Mr.
Parker Jennings, Edwin Bay; Ethe
Parker Jennings, Edna Merritt; Vim
cent Parker Jennings, Monroe Aim
quist; Lady Wanley, Edith Church;
Bob Holland, Russell Mcfarland
Misses Withers, Fern Hawks and Cora
keilman; Rosie Abbot and Rev. Abbot
Hope Mckinney and Frank Bradford
Count Won Bremen, Lester Dahl; Ser.
10, Harold Nesbitt; Waiter, Joe Hay.
men.
Personal Mention.
Oscar Almquist left Tuesday for q
short stay In Longmont, Col. Mr.. Aim.
Quist will locate there in the near fu-
ture and will remove his family to
that place.
Rev. Dunlop of Chicago came Tues
day for visit with his mother-in-law
Mrs. Kramm.
Rev. Harry L. Smith left Wednes-
day for Chicago, having been ordained
into the gospel ministry Tuesday night
at meeting of the Rock Island Pres
bytery.
Miss Mable Guthrie of near Mather-
Vile was visitor in Aledo Wednes-
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Shick of Arlington
ILL.,, returned home yesterday after
attending the meet.ng of the Rock Is
land presbytery.
Mrs. H. Parkman went to Burgess
yesterday to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Morford.
Mrs. Joe Holgate Of Matherville
was shopper in Aledo, Wednesday.
Harold Dool went to Ottawa yes
terday on a short business trip.
Mrs. H. E. Walters returned to her
home at Woodruff Tuesday after a
visit with relatives here.
Mrs. William Cubbage of Joy was
an Aledo shopper yesterday.
Ephraim Oliver McCreight.
Ephraim Oliver McCreight, oldest
son of James H. and Margaret E. Nc
Creight, was born near Sunbeam, ILL.,,
Augts y, 1857, and died at his home
in Aledo, April 8, 1916, at the age of
5S years, months and ID days. He
was Of family of eight children, three
OF whom, with his parents, preceded
him in death. Mr.. McCreight lived in
this vicinity all his life with the ex-
cepton OF II years spent in Iowa. He
was married Jan. l, 1888. to Miss
Lucy kimel. Their union was blessed
with four children, two sons, James E.
Of Viola, Ill, and Ralph B., of Aledo,
and two daughters, Hettie A. and Ruth
E., of Aledo. He united with the
Methodist church of Morton Mills,
Iowa, in 1890, W transferred his
membership to the United Presbyter-
ian church Of Aledo, q years ago.
Just recently he united with the Meth
odist church of Aledo. Mr.. McCreight
was well known in this community. He
was man of cheerful disposition,
kindhearted, just and upright in his
dealings with his fellow men, con-
scientious in his convictions and a low
er of his home. He was stricken with
paralysis while in public >Service two
years ago, and was an invalid from
that time until his death. Last Satur-
day afternoon at about o'clock he
experienced another stroke and on
Sunday at noon he passed away. Be
sides his wife and four children he
leaves grandchild, two brother, G.
P. and A. L. McCreight of Sunbeam,
and two sisters, Miss Elizabeth and
Miss Josephine, both of Sunbeam.