The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-08

association held It's Thrill quarterly
meeting at Carthage, Friday. July
Z, in the assembly room of the court
house Mr.. Phillip Dallam Of War.
saw being president and. Mr.. Pres
ley e. Ewing. secretary and treas
uror. There was short business
session In the morning, after which
twenty-seven association members
enjoyed . banquet at the Hotel Cut
Ter, the menu being:
Bullion, chicken pie, creamed
peas. creamed now potatoes, escal-
loped corn, tomato salad. hot bis
cults and butter, strawberry pre-
serves, coffee, ice cream and cake.
A picture of the members was
taken at the north entrance to the
court house. during the noon hour.
At the Afternoon session It was
decided to hold q picnic Friday,
August Is, and Hamilton and Maui
VOC both offered their cities as plea
SAINT places for the picnic but vote
was taken and Hamilton was chosen
as the place. inasmuch as there are
SO many beautiful spots for picnic
grounds, AMI also rs an honor to the
secretary, Mr.. Ewing, for his efficient
services rendered the association
during the year.
Matters of Importance to the
newspaper business were discussed,
and the members are making an ,ef.
fort to secure for the public better
official information in city, county,
township and school matters. The
association realizes that it's occupa-
ton 10 one OF service to the public,
the aim of the organization being to
make that service as efficient as pos
stble. and the large representation
shows that newspaper men through
out the county are interested in max
ing their work successful and salts
factory to their individual commune
ties. Those present were:
Miss Mary Davidson OF the Garth
age Republican, Mr. and Mrs. J. p.
Beckman and Miss Helen Elder OF
the Carthage Journal, VIII o. Sharp
of the Carthage Gazette, Harold john
son of the Bowen Chronicle, Rolla
Zumwalt of the West Point Enter
prise, J. c. Coulson and Mrs. Clarence
L. fowler of the LaHarper. Edward
Martin of the LaHarpe Times. Pres
ley X. Ewing Of the Hamilton Press.
Michael Baumert of the Nauvoo In
dependent, w. NJ Argast und Fred
w. Walther Of the Nauvoo Rustler,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Naftzger and Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. Butler of the Dallas
Review. Will Tapp, representing the
Irwin Paper company Of Quincy.
James Cohoon, the Graham Paper
Co., OF Galesburg: Bert Piu.kerton, thu
Monmouth Atlas, and Mr.. Clarence
Buck, also of Monmouth, were pres
ent Carl Martin of LaHarpe. accom-
panied his brother to the city AMI
attended the association meeting.
The regular meeting will be held
in Dallas City on Friday, Oct. 6, at
which time there will be the annua,
election Of officers. A ash fry Is
planned for the fall meeting.
Mr. J. B. johnson. county presi-
dent; Mr.. C. A. James, v'ue presI-
dent; Mrs. L. w. Berry, secretary;
Mrs. J. l. Hendricks, treasurer, and
Mrs. M. p. Frazier, county elemen
tary worker, who comprise the off,
GERS of the Hancock County Sunday
School association. are promised
rare treat at the Warsaw township
Sunday school convention, to be held
they have . special invitation, and all
are planning to attend. Mrs. Berry
will visit with her brother Chas. c.
Crawford and family while in War
saw.
Mr.. Hugh Cork, state secretary, OF
Chicago, will be present at this con.
vention.
There will be an all day session,
being three different meetings. In
the morning they have two SUNDAY
schools, which Mr.. Cork viii address.
in the morning there will be union
service at IL o'clock q. M, at tho
German M. e. church, and In the AFT
ernoon there will also be o union
service, at which time thero will be
given delightful program Miss
Gertrude Powell, Teenage worker Of
Bowen, will address the audience and
Mr.. Cork will show about one hun
bred stereopticon pictures Of the great
world convention, which met in
Zurich, Switzerland, in 1913. Mr..
Cork, who was in attendance at this
convention will speak Of the trip to
Zurich, and also Of the convention
held there, as none other than an eye
witness could speak, and he Is de-
lixhtful talker and the convention is
to be so attractive as to draw large
crowd from all parts Of the county.
Mr.. Cork was to have appeared at
Warsaw q year ago, but being de-
tanned from keeping his engagement,
now comes to fulnll his promise. He
appeared at the Hancock county Sun
day school convention held at Den
yer, Ill, some time ago, and many
have heard his lectures and are an
ticipating masking the trip in order to
hear Mr.. Cork.
Mrs. L. W. Berry of, this city, in
company with her sister Miss Cora
Crawford, then of Warsaw, now locat-
ed In Chicago, were also in attend
ance at the world convention in
Zurich and met Mr.. Cork on that trip.
Miss nellie Culkin who IL at hone
for Ter summer vacation from Daver.
port, Ia, where she has been teach
ing kindergarten, had quite an acct
dent Thursday when she vas coming
the square with her fatae:'"
car. Miss Nellie came along
the west side OF the square and in
to make the turn around
the traf1c post at the southwest cor
;nto fhA nrn entail HYhf !