Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
TOPLIFFs IN VIRGINIA.
Visit the Navy Yard and Other
Points of Interest-LuncheOn
at Beautiful Home of Ports
mouth Elks Lodge,


Dr. and Mrs. c. L. Topliff, who
left DEBORAH July to attend the
Elks grand lodge meeting at Balti-
more, which was held last Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, are en-
joying fine trip. They were mem
bers of party of the Cincinnati
Elks on trip to Norfolk, Virginia.
after the meeting at Baltimore, and
the doctor writes that the weather is
no so hot there as at Baltimore, and
that they were enjoying a most de-
lightful trip. From Norfolk DR..
Topliff and wife go to New York
City, making the trip on an ocean
liner, and will visit various places
of interest in New York before they
return. We take the following from
the Portsmouth Star concerning
their trip to Virginia:
Visiting the navy yard and 9TH
er points of interest, renewing old
acquaintance and having a good
time in general members of Cincin-
natl Lodge No. 5, B. P. o. Elks, are
in Portsmouth today. The party is
returning home from the grand
lodge meeting At Baltimore, and de,
cided to spend the day in this city.
When they returned to the Elks'
Home, at Court and North streets.
in the early AFTERNOON, they all de-
clared themselves already more than
delighted with their stopover. They
had seen enough sights to talk about
for the next six months. Visits
aboard the uperdreadnaugh Penn
sylvania and other navy vessels Mad
been followed by trip to the in
termed German cruisers and the
Teutonic sailors detained at this
station. In fact, they wondered why
the advantages CT Portsmouth as a
show place had not become known
everywhere.
Arriving on the Old Bay Line, the
party breakfasted at the Monticello
Hotel, having been met in Norfolk
by Rev. w. Ambrose Brown, exalted
grand ruler of the local Elks The
visitors came across the ferries at 10
o'clock and were met by local
delegation with a number of auto
mobiles.
A buffet luncheon was served a.
the local home, and the visitors are
spending the remainder of the af-
ternoon in sightseeing around the
city proper. They are visiting the
naval hospital and other points Of
interest and will remain in Ports
mouth until time to take a train back
to their homes in the Middle West.
Those on the reception committee
having the visitors in charge are:
Rev. w. A. Brown, Messrs. William
dy, George f. Gwynne and John Ty.
Ter.
Those who loaned automobiles for
the visitors were Messrs. Oscie Das-
HELL, T. A. Birmingham, John T.
Keville, w. K. Hodges, E. B. Hawkes..
J, & E. Mahoney, C. R. Welton,
Frank r. Welton, r. E. Glover,
Isaac Fass, Mrs. Clifford KeviJe,
and Mrs. A. A. Cragin.
The members of the party were
as follows: Charles T. Miller and
wife, of Carthage, Mo-; DR.. c. L.
Topliff and wife, of DEBORAH, Ia. B..
E. Smith and wife, of Three Rivers,
Mich; George Becker, wife and
daughter of Sterling, ILL.,; Albert
Frank and wife, of Sterling, ILL.,;
Miss Schroeder, of Cincinnati, o.;
Harry E. Croner and wife, Of Pick
way, o.; Hugh Hunter and wife, Of
Lincoln, H.. Mrs. Holmes, of Lin
coin, ILL.,; John Fahey and wife, Of
Columbus, Ind; William E. Lucas
and wife, of Springfield, O.; joseph
Tombagel and wife, of Covington,
KY; Alfred j. Myer and Theodore
Heck, of Winona, Mimi. G. G. John
son, Thief River Falls, Mimi; w. j.
Hatfield and William Robinson, of
Frankfort, Ind. Joseph Gysie AMI
| William Kollmeyer, of Columbus,
Ind; E. Stewart. of Clinton, ILL.,; w.
7. Crossthwaite and Ben Marshall
Lexington, KY; c. j. Parsons, OF
Elwood, Ind; John j. Arps, of Fort
Wayne, Ind; NJ. c. Earhart, of Ne
vada, Mo-. E. G. Hill of Wichita
Falls, Tex; NJ. j. Barns and William
Swanson, of Megaunee, Mich; Frank
l. ling, of greensboro, KY; U. f.
Buckley, of Hamilton, o.; John p.
Brennan, William j. Brennan, of
Cincinnati, o.