Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-25
Interest to Women
Larkin IS
New Secretary

Miss LArkin, who for the past three
months has been doing war work IT
the state campaign office in Fargo,
q been engaged as general secre-
tary blythe local Y. w. C. A. and
will arrive here to take up her work
on October /. For three years Miss
Larkin was connected with the asso-
citation In st. Paul, and the following
two years she was girls and extern
sion secretary at Waterloo. Iowa
Miss Larkin will be the successor
or Miss Estell@s Kading. who recently
resigned her position tsstere and who
Is now nicely settled to her new work
with the, Fargo association.
The executives board Of the local as
ISOLATION, assisted by a committee Of
fifteen women interested-1n this work,
are now making q canvas for funds
with which to carry on the work.
They report that their requests are
being met with the usual generous
response. :
The university officials have asked
the Y. w. c. A. to help them this
year with the problem Of housing the
girls who will come here to attend
the university. The local association
is unable, owing to limited number Of
rooms available there, to accommo-
dat a great number of girls, and
they are asking that all women In
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will get in touch with the association,
and arrangements car be made
through them.
--1Ielp lame Our Ship
A wedding of interest to persons in
all parts of h state is that Of Mrs.
Laura j. Cook and NJ. j. O'Connor,
both of Bismarck. The wedding oc-
Cured on Monday evening, Septem-
Der %, at the St. Georges parish
house at Bismarck, the Rev. George
Buzzelle officiating.
Mr.. O'Connor has been Connected
with the Capital Street railway for a
number of-years. and has also been a
prominent member of the O'Connor
orchestra for many years. Mrs.
OConnor Is a pianiste of unusual
ability, and she has been Connected
with the orchestra since it's organfza7
ton. So
Mr.. and Mrs. o'connor will make
their home in Bismarck, upon their
return from a brief wedding trip.
The Sigma Chi frateraitv entoyed
an Informal dancing party last night
at the Guild hall, following a short
meeting. The guests were the Misses
Maude Griffith, Dorothy Wells, Alice
Hale, Marjorie Cook, Madeline Tur-
ner. Helen Routzan, Lila Warnkin,
Geraldine McNeal, Ruth Dow, Flor
ence johnson and Paul Dubois, Bob
Benner, Ralph Pray, Ralph Stewart,
Milton Swanston, Kenneth Graves,
Elmer Grandson, Louis whalen,
Clarence Robbins and Dick Griffith.
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Word has ~been+received of the safe
arrival overseas Of Miss Sigrid Thor
crimson, who has gone as q Red Cross
nurse. Miss Thorgrimsen is a daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. H! B. Thorgrim-
sen Of this city. They also received
a message from their son, Gudmund
Thorgrimsen that he has reached his
destination. MI. Thorgrimsen is in
the navy.
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Joe Ingram, who leaves this eve
ming for Washington. D. C. to take up
war work, was the honor guest at a
dinner given last evening at the home
of Mrs. c.. Sorenson Of East Grand
Forks. There we're ten guests, and, an
informal evening was enjoyed, follow
ing the dinner.
DR.. and Mrs. &. J.. Gislason have
announced the birth of a son, Sep
@Ie,p Hsms our sb,n-