The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
Senior Ladies Aid Society to
Commemorate Half Gen.
tury's Work.
MRS. F. w. POTT ONLY
CHARTER MEMBER LEFT
Churches in Cape and Scott
County will Join in Golden
Ceremony.

Elaborate arrangements have been
made by the Latherans of this city
and adjacent towns to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of the Senior Ladies Aid Society
of Trinity church. The celebration
will take place at the church in this
city Sunday, May 2S.
OF the nine ladies who composed
the charter members of the society,
which came into existence May "a,
| 1866, Mrs. F. w. Pott of this city is
the only one still alive. Although 20
years of age, she is Just as active in
the organization as she was when she
helped to start it at the close of the
Civil War.
The Senior Ladies' Aid Society
probably holds the distinction of being
the oldest church organization in the
State. and it has played an important
part in making Trinity Lutheran
church of this city such a fiourishing
and influential congregation. The
Senior Ladies have never permitted
their society members to lose interest
in their work, and it has held its meet
ings regularly since its inception half
century ago.
A program beftting the occasion
has been arranged and the Lutherans
from all parts of Cape Girardeau and
Scott counties will lend their efforts
in making it as Impressive as those
who planned this golden jubilee hope
it will be.
Lutheran churches of Hanover, Cor
donville and Jackson will actively take
part in the exercises, and the Aid So
cieties of these congregations will
work in conjunction with the ladies of
Trinity church. The Scott County
Lutheran churches will also take an
active part in the celebration.
Trinity church will be fittingly dec
Grated on that day. Ribbon of white
and gold, emblematic of the occasion,
will be twined about the altar and the
whole interior of the church will be
made aglow with the colors of the day.
The forty members of the Senior
Ladies' Aid Society will wear cos
tunes of white and gold, and will
occupy space in a special section of
the church. The Rev. August Wilder,
pastor of Trinity church, will deliver
sermon dealing especially with the
church society, its members and the
excellent work they have done.
After the services reception will
be held in Trinity hall, where the
younger ladies of the church will
serve luncheon to all who attend the
jubilee. Several hundred visitors are
expected to be here for the celebration.
The most distinguished person who
will attend the ceremony will be Mrs.
F. w. Fott, because of her remarkable
connection with the society for which
the jubilee is held. Mrs. Pott has a
host of friends who live over this sec
ton of the State and who are making
arrangements to attend the celebration
Just as a compliment to the only char
ter member of the Ladies' Aid Society.
Mrs. Pott was born in Germany 20
years ago. When she was II years of
age she came to the United States
with her parents, locating in st. Louis.
After residence of two years in that
city, she moved to Cape Girardeau and
this city has been her home ever since.
Mrs. Pott was born a Lutheran and
she naturally became affiliated with
the church of that denomination when
she moved to the Cape. Although just
young lady she made herself felt in
the congregation, and was one of the
nine young ladies who formed church
organization and called it the Ladies'
Aid Society. Since then another socie-
ty performing the same functions has
been formed. This has been named
the Junior Ladies Aid Society in order
to distinguish one from the other.
The senior organization served
splendid purpose, and still does for
that matter; and Mrs Pott is the most
influential member, because she has
devoted the longest service to the
society. Mrs. W. H. Willer, wife of
the venerable Judge, is president of
the Senior Ladies' Aid Society.