The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-21
tn Carthage Gate City
Carthage, Ill, June Fl, 1916

Carthage, Ill,
Friends in this city have received
announcements of the graduation of
Mr.. Curtis NJ. Wright, from the
Christian college at Eureka, H., on
June 9Th. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright eX-
poet to move soon to Bethany, H.,
where Mr.. Wright has accepted a call
from the Christian church. He has
been in charge of church near
Eureka while preparing himself for
the ministry, and his many friends at
Carthage feel confident that his work
In Bethany will be successful. Mr..
and Mrs. Wright expect to visit Car
thage friends In August.
& At the regular meeting OF the
Epworth league Of the M. q. church
Sunday evening, delegates were elect
ed to the district convention being
held at Blandinsville, Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week, the following
being elected: Miss Elizabeth Smith,
Gladstone Clark. Arlo Kunkle, Louise
Kunlxle. Helen Geiger. Neal Harper,
Lloyd Shipton. The Rev. j. w. Fer
ris will also attend, the party leaving
Tuesday afternoon via Ferris, for
Blandinsville. Miss Elizabeth Smith
will have charge of conference on
Thursday morning, and the Rev.
Ferris appears on the program.
The Rev. Ferris recently received
the degree OF Doctor of Divinity from
Hedding college, recognition OF his
merits of which Carthage people are
we'll aware He has been much en-
gagged with outside calls, having at
tended the commencement exercises
of Hedding college, and also given
the Memorial day address at Macomb,
for the Joint fraternities Of l. 0. o. F..
Woodmen, X. P.'s and the women's
auxiliaries.
Carthage College Y. N. G. A.
The Y. NJ. G. A. boys of Carthage
college, who have had charge OF Sun
day afternoon religious services at
the county home, during the school
year, have turned the work over to
the various churches of the CITY for
the summer. Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock the Christian congregation
held services at the home, the Rev
E. M. Smith giving an interesting
address to the inmates and visitors
The music was in charge of Mrs
Holmes, quite number Of the choir
being present. About twenty from
| the city attended.
The Baptist church held their chill
dren's day exercises Sunday evening
the church being prettily decorated
| with flowers, there being an hour and
one-half spent very pleasantly by
those in attendance, and every chilc
who took part enjoyed it too. There
were REGULATIONS and songs by the
children, and also two exercises, one
by the junior class, and the other by
the Delta Alpha class, which was q
very interesting missionary play
Miss Helen Griffith sang solo, ant
also Mrs. Julia Bell. VIM. A. Fietch
err is the uperintendent OF the Sun
| day school, and the work OF the diff
| ferent classes showed much training
on the part of the teachers and thos'
Lin charge.
Tuesday afternoon at 2:a0, Mrs
Ezekiel Walton entertained the mem
.bers of the Willing Workers. at he
home on Wabash avenue, Mrs. JONI
Gardner assisting. Light refresh
ments were served.
Hancock County Graduates.
The following Hancock county PEG
pie have been graduated from the
| state. university of Illinois. the "ast
| week:
Carthag e-George Clark, B. S. in
agriculture; Hubert Spangler Hus'
ton, graduate in pharmacy; Mary
Jane Lawless, A. B. in Arts and Let
tiers.
Augusta-AIary Elva Dorset, B.
S. in Household Science.
LaHarpe-John Boyd Lyon, B. S.
in Ceramics; Clair Joel Thomas, b.
S. in agriculture.
Niota-Jasper Kent Webb, B. S. In
agriculture.
Warsaw-Guy Chandler Fulton, B.
S. in architecture.
Miss Ethel Fishery went to Men
don Saturday evening to join her
aunt, Mrs Lizzie F. Hendricks and
daughter, Miss frankie, of Plymouth,
for an over Sunday visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Frank.
Walter Robertson, Of the Quincy
postoffice force, spent the week end
with his father, A. r., and his SIS
tiers, Mrs Edw. Davis and Mrs. ].
Walton Harvest.
Miss Helen Ferris, who has been
teaching in the high school in Okla
homa City, Okla, returned last week,
for the summer vacation with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Chas. L. Ferris.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Bolts and chill
dren of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
arrived Saturday evening for visit
with the lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. A. Fletcher. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bolts went to Colchester Tuesday
morning for brief visit with his
father, Roht. Bolts and family, after
which Mr. Bolts will return to his
home, Mrs. Bolts returning to Car
thage for an extended visit. Mr..
Bolts is assistant attorney for the
Santa Fe Railroad Co.. with head
quarters at Albuquerque.
Mrs. George Holmes and little
daughter, Katharine, who have been
spending the winter with the lady's
sister, Mrs. ]. l.. Shultz, expect to
leave Thursday for their former home
at Beatrice, Neb., where they win
spend the summer. Mrs. Holmes has
been quite an active church worker,
having been In charge of the Chris