Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
Society Notes

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The Musical History club will hold
meeting Thursday. November s, in
Miss Ida .Chamberlin's studio Misses
Margaret Livingston. Sadie Devaney,
Vida BEEN. Lilah BOwermaster and
Mrs. +. L. Newport will furnish the
program.
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The Westminster Guild OF the
First Presbyterian church will hold
a thimhle party at the church, Thurs
day evening. November s. Articles
for the December exchange will be
made at this time Misses Lillian
Cogdale and Blanche Houston will be
hOstesses.
About forty ladies We're present at
the W. X. c. knitting party held yes
terday at the home of Mrs. T. A. Reed.
on Prospect avenue. Twenty-Five
were present for the luncheon served
at the noon hour and the others
brought their knitting in for the af,
ternoon. Next Thursday the w. r.
c. has been invited to meet with the
members of the PhilanthrOpic depart
ment of the Womans club at the
home of Mrs. Emily Parrot, G3S
Congress street for a knitting party.
The next regular all day knitting
party of the local w. r. c. Chapter
will be held at the home Of Mrs
Moses Stiefel 43l Congress street
A gold medal Oratorical contest
will be held tonight at the Illinois
Avenue Evangelical church. Mes
danes Gertrude Knightbaum. Cora
Schroeder. Florence Nickel and Mr..
Russell Rumme!, of Maple Park, H.,
will be the contestants each having
won silver medal in previous con
tests The church choir of the Hi
nois avenue church will furnish tie
music. Everybody is invited TO at
tend
On account of the great amount of
church and Red Cross work that is on
hand at this time the Monday Club
has adjourned all meetings until the
last week in aJnuary. At this time
the work planned for study this fall
will be started.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thacker en-
tertained with Halloween party last
night for their son Clayburn at their
home on Nebraska street. Fourteen
young people were present at this
time. The ewing was spnt with mu.
sic, dancing and Halloween games.
Stories Of Halloween pranks and
ghost stories also played an important
part in the evenings entertainment.
! Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served by tn hostess. Among
those present were Misses Vera Cor
, rigan, Lucille O'Connor, Dolores Ryan,
Margaret Montgomery. Charlotte Ritz.
ius, Winifred Thacker. We're Dougher-
Ety, Leo Burke. b. O'Connell Robert
Dean. John O'kane. Warfield Ball Ell.
'bradge !.avalle and Clayburn Thacker.
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Thirteen girls met at he home of
Miss Amelia lrion 412 West Jackson
street, last evening and formed So
cial club that will meet one evening
every two weeks for a social evening.
The club will be known as the 'Just
Us club. The meeting last night was
spent with music, games and light re-
treatments were served by the host
eSs. The next meeting of the Just Us
club will be held at the home of Miss
Rose Allen on Main street Thursday.
Noyembe: 18th.
A Halloween social that will be a
very enjoyable affair for all those in.
vited to attend, will be given tonigh.
at the Wedron public school Miss
olive Murphy, of this city and Miss
Bertha Reigel, Of Wedron. are the
teachers in charge Of the entertain
ment. There will be 4 musical pre-.
gram and program of games has al |
so been arranged A cafeteria lunch
VIII be served and a decorating COM
mittce in charge of the decorations /
promises TO turn the building into a
very artisticaly decorated place be.
fore time for the guests to arrive.
The Junior Guild of Christ Episcopal
church will hold cooked food sale .
at Metzler's art store Saturday. Nov |
&c Home baked bread cake and /
cookies will be sold
Misses Agnes and Ellen Miller, of
Champlan street entertained her
knitting club at their home last even (
ing. During the evening the engage
ment of Miss Louise G. Kopp to Mr..
Arthur Frost was announced. The
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