Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

| In the city Friday on her way TO Ames.
Mesdames +. 3. Harmon and w. T.
Alvey. OF Albion, were Friday visitors
In the city.
Mrs. A. I. Richards went Friday eve
| ming to Grinnell to visit her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. !. Pool.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Keepers and chill
dren went this morning to Grinnell
| to visit friends and relatives over Sun
day. Z
Mrs. Charles II. Eckman and daugh-
ter went Friday evening to Hampton
! to visit her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
James Thompson.
Sparks from the chimney set fire to
the roof OF Fred Cards house at 30S
South Center street about 10. 40 this
forenoon. The department extinguished
the blaze with chemicals. and the dam
age was slight. -~a..
Mrs. W. G.. Van Horn, Of Albion, ar
rived in the city Thursday afternoon,
en- route home from Des Moines. where
she has been In attendance at the an
nual convention of the Society OF
! Music Teachers of Iowa. ~" e.
Mr. ana MIS- u. w. OdTbiiiH aiu
! Mrs. Anna r. Smelling entertained the
! Souvenir Club at dinner Friday eve
ming at the Darling home, 4 North
| Second street. A three course dinner
! was served at o'clock by the host
esses, and the evening was spent with
| five hundred.
| Mrs. P. L. Hayzlett and son Paul. OF
Red Oak. arrived in the city Thursday
| to visit their daughter and sister, Mrs.
c. e. Unger., Mr.. Hayzlett Is here for
a meeting of Marshall Oil Company's
statesmen and will remain over Sunday.
| while Mrs. Hayzlett will make visit
of several weeks.
! After the business meeting OF the
Harmony Aid Society, held Thursday
afs ernoon at the home Of Mrs. G. ID.
Sweeney, South Second street, the
members pieced quilts. During the
afternoon the hostess served refresh
ments assisted by Mrs. G. B. Pepper
! and Mrs. Jennie Pepper.
At the Presbyterian church Friday
afternoon Mesdames G. G. Bassett. w.
D. Livingston and Luther Ray were
hostesses to the aid society. Follow
ing the business meeting the members
sewed. and during the afternoon re-
freshments were served by the host
| esses. assisted by Mrs. Bassetts
daughters, Mary and Cora.
Members Of the aid society of the
State street United Evangelical church
were entertained Friday afternoon by
Mrs ]. D. Holiday at her home. 7O4
| East State street. The business meet
ing and sewing for the society occu-
pied the afternoon. Refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs.
L. L. Gregson and Mrs. NJ. o. Ebert.
Members of the Concordia Nahebund
were entertained Thursday afternoon
by Mrs. julius Witt at her home. $40
East Main street. Sewing on comforters
and making quilt blocks was pre-
coded by the regular business meeting.
and later the hostess served two
course lunch, assisted by Mrs. Julia
/ Clemens, Mrs. Jacob Wittel. and Miss
Elsie Niederhauser.
Interesting talks by S. W. Rubee on
! playground decorations. and by Rev.
B. F. Martin on general welfare OF
children, were given to thirty live
members of the Rogers Mothers Club.
(which was held Friday afternoon in
the school building. In the election of
Officers Mrs. c. w. Hughes was elected
| president, Mrs. w. F. lines, vice-presi-
! dent; Mrs. r. w. Stevens, secretary;
| Mrs. Henry NJ. Shove. treasurer. Later
refreshments were served by the social
committee.
J Forty members of the Click Mothers
Club were in attendance at the regu-
lar meeting Of the club, held Friday
afternoon at the school building. Chill
dren of the first and second grades
opened the program with exercises.
| followed by a piano and cello duet by
Misses Elda and Margaret Wardman.
The remainder Of the program con-
sisted Of a vocal solo by Miss Ruth
| Haynes, a reading by Carol Houghton,
a piano solo by Dorothy Taylor and
was concluded with a reading by Nita
Pursel. Following the program a