Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-15
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

/ SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Eliza Garfield tent, Daughters of
Veterans. No. %. held an enthusiastic
meeting yesterday afternoon in Red
man hall 4 number Of new names
were read for membership and the
society balloted on a number Of ap-
0Ications The tent was pleased TO
have present the secretary, Mrs. Villa
lieer, who has been i'll since May and
unable until yesterday to attend meet
ings. The tent members were graft
fed also to learn of the improved con
dition of two of the members, Mrs.
Lulu Forsythe and Mrs. Hattie White,
who have been i'll in the Moline hOspi
tai. An interesting letter was read
from Mrs. Lucy Grant at Arlington,
Ohio, a member of the local tent, who
told of visiting an SO-year-old veteran
in that city and taking him flowers in
the name of Eliza Garfield tent, Com
rade Sholes addressed the tent and
cOmplimented the Daughters on their
spirit of patriotism.
The tent viii present a flag to the
county inf1rmary through the super
visors at the Rock Island court house
either Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week The time of meeting of the
bazar committee will be announced
Monday The tent will meet in reg
/ ular session Thursday, Sept. IS, at
/ Redman hall
/ Mrs. E c. Root of 2426 Fifth ave
nue. invited members of the Heather
( bell and Birthday clubs to her home
/ Wednesday afternoon to help her Gel
/ citrate her birthday anniversary. The
! ladies enjoyed a delightful afternoon
together over their fancy work and
! their hostess served a delightful re-
past
! Miss Marian Rank viii be a small
| hostess of Saturday afternoon, Cele-
/ brating her eighth birthday anniver-
sary, with a host of small friends as
/ her guests. Miss Marian usually cele-
I brates her natal day with a festive
/ gathering and those who have been
! fortunate to be guests at most of them
! have thought every day of what Sat
urday is to bring.
Mrs. c. r. Stephens and George
/ Bayne have returned from MichnIin-
/ da. Mich, and the rest of the family
| will soon be in Moline again. Mrs.
+ Edith Gaines and small Katherine
/ Lea came from Chicago last night
and Mrs Lea will be home this even
/ ing. George Bayne Stephens, who
/ finished at the Shattuck military
! school at Faribault, Mimi, in the
/ spring will enter Cornell at Ithaca, n.
! Y, this fall the school not opening,
/ however, until October this year.
| Miss Myrtle Carr of Canton, Ill, is
| spending a week or ten days with Miss
/ Nettie Howell at the Iatter's cottage
| on CampbelIs island. Both young
! ladies enjoyed a two weeks visit in
/ Chicago, arriving in Moline yester-
/ day.
! Miss Hazel Rodstrom entertained IS
| young friends at her home Monday
evening in honor of her birthday an
niversary. the time being spent with
music and games. The winners in the
/ contests were Misses Ida Wynes, Paul
/ inc LOhrmann, Dorothy Froden and
| Mrs. StalendahI. Miss Rodstrom was
! presented with a purse Of money and
( delicious refreshments were served at
a late hour.
Moline chapter of the Eastern Star
has planned for a pleasant entertain
I y members
of the Aledo chapter will be honor
guests. There will be initiation with
past matrons and past patrons Of the
/ local chapter as officers putting on the
work. All members are urged to at
tend and cordial invitation is extend
ed to any visiting members Of the
order. The entertainment committee
will serve q nice luncheon and pro-
vide a pleasant social time.
Silvis Baptist aid society met at
the church Wednesday and the mem
bers sewed carpet rags for Priscilla
rugs. Mrs. Bert Wilson and Mrs.
Stttt were hOstesses and served Iun-
cheon. Mrs. Oscar Johnson entertains
in two weeks.
Mrs. G. L. Lawrence Of siIvis left
last night for New York to visit her
son.
Mrs. A. D. Frey OF siIvis returned
last evening from Cedar Rapids
where she spent some time with her
children.
Most enthusiastic was the crowd of
EpwOrth leagUers who met in the par
lOrs Of the Second Methodist church
Monday evening in regular esession.
The boys quartet, all loyal league
members, were heard in several Sc
lectiOns, and Mrs. Harriet Thomson
pleased with some impersonation
sketches. The young people voted to
make the meetings more entertaining
by programs of musical numbers and
readings, the first to be held Monday
evening, Oct. 2. The committee, Misses
Margaret Gamble, Rose and Jessie
Edgar, Mae CoIvin and Ernest Edgar
served lovely refreshments.
Kings Helpers Of the Mission Tab
ernacle met Wednesday evening in the /
church parlors and the program was