Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
EAST MOLINE

Sheffield basketball team played the
East Moline team last evening at the
high school building. The score was
! q to 16 in favor of East Moline. The
East Moline team will go to Sheffield
Feb. s and play.
Sergeant f. NJ Brown, located at
! Fort LeavenwOrth, writes Silvis
friends that the trucks are loaded and
are in readiness to leave at a mo-
ment's notice for France
The executive board of the Silvis
Woman's club met yesterday at the
home of the president, Mrs. Henry
Schmidt and will continue to meet
at her home in order to save fuel.
Plans were made for the annual char
ity ball and playlet, to be held as
soon as the coal situation permits.
There was good attendance and the
general routine of business taken care
| Of.
Mrs. Charles Young of Silvis has
+ had as her guest her brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Donovan. of To-
ronto, Canada, who returned home
yesterday.
! The girls class, Mrs. Arthur Little
teacher, and boys class, Mrs. w. l.
Taze teacher, of the Baptist Sunday
school enjoyed sleighing party last
night. going to the tri-cities, and on
returning were pleasantly entertained
] with games and lunch at Mrs. Titles
home.
Mrs. Anton Swenson, who has been
ill for some time. is much better and
able to be up Her friends are wish
ing her a speedy recovery.
4 In order to conserve fuel the Wom-
ans club of East Moline has found
it necessary to postpone the meeting
from Monday afternoon to Wednesday
afternoon at the Lyric theatre when
W. II. VanDervoort will lscture on
, Alaska. There will be good musical
program. All members are asked to
tell their friends of the change.
The Entire Nous Card club of Sill
Wis will meet tonight with Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Linthicum.
William PARROT of Owen, Wis, is
greeting old friends here.
Harry Palmer is home on five
day furlough from Camp Dodge.
Harry is looking we'll and has gained
% pounds in weight
The gauze workers met yesterday at
the Red Cross rooms and Is COM
presses were neatly made. The ladies
are much interested in the work and
proved very apt scholars, Mrs. G. L.
Walker was Oh hand as usual teach
ing knitting and distributing yarn.
The rooms will be open Monday to the
, garment workers. And new workers
/, are always welcomed.
. Earl Sarginson leaves today for Col
orado Springs for the benefit of his
health.
Mrs. A. B. Johnson was hostess yes
terday to the Friday Card club. Three
tables were surrounded and high
score fell to Mrs. Arthur Young, a
cut glass mustard jar, while Mrs. Carl
Mitchell drew the consolation prize
small bank The club was invited tC
i. meet in two weeks with Mrs. Car
: Mitchell.
: Mrs. Marshall Aldrich and daughter
Leota, returned yesterday from a two
weeks visit at Dayton, Ohio, where
they visited Mrs. Bessie Birtley..
. Mrs. Lillian Patton of Galesburg is
visitor in East Moline.
/ Merrill BrunsOn, while at work in
the ammunition factory had the mis-.
fortune to drop a 300 pound shell or
his right foot, smashing two toes. DR.
: J. H. Long dressed the wounds.
, Mrs. Haubs and Earl Anseline have
bought out the real estate business OF
: Jesse Tyler.
Miss Albina Bremen of Port Byron
is spending the week end with hel
cousin, Miss Nina Murray.
: Miss Bernice Woodruff has taken a
position in the East Moline Electric
. Co.'S Office. Mrs. Barton Mckenzie
having resigned.
Sergeant William Moore will lecture
Monday evening at the high school
auditorium for the benefit of the Red
Cross fund.