The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-05
lkeokuk VIII Make the Heroes OF
the Famous Regiment OF Iowa
Men RENEE ber Having stopped
Here Two Hours.
HOMEMADE PIES GALORE
Women of keokuk Are Asked to Pro-
vide About Eight Hundred, GOOD,
Homemade Pies for Distri-
button to the Men Here.

III G and H, of the famous lbSth III
Ifantry will arrive here n stop TWO
hours on their way from New YORK
to Camp Dodge is unknown mere YET.
The acknowledgement OF the army
will telegraph Mayor Lotion from
Washington. as soon as tnelr
schedule Of travel is fixed, n the
people of Keokuk and the
ing country will nave several days
in which to prepare to see the world
famous men and do them homo IN a
big celebration here.
As soon as the official information
fs received. it will be published, SO
hat all concerned will know 1t. II
probably will be the last Of this
week.. or the first of next week.
EIGHT Hundred Pies to Be Baked.
Home made pies and plenty OF
them for the soldiers. Eight hun
bred,
The Red Cross chapter, to whom
the committee of arrangements as
signed the duty of furnishing 200
for the 16Sth regiment men Whiie
they are here on parade. held a meet
ing and decided that pies are the
thing.
subcommittee as follows were
appointed: On girls to serve the pies
Mrs. Frank j. Weber and MRS. ). b
We'll. To pack the pies each IN an
individual box, Miss Nettie founKer
and the rest of the Red Cross. Com
mfttee on printing a suitable wrap
per for each box with decorations
and legend, Miss Laura Alton. Com
mittee on taking the pies to he
train, Mrs. C. M. Rich,
Solicitors for Pies.
Committees to get Keokuk women
to bake homemade pies:
First ward-Miss Anne Davis,
Miss Agnes Trimble, Mrs. G. M.
Rich, Mrs. j. B. We'll, Mrs. J. Albert
iKiedaisch, Mrs, Minnie Delaplaine,
Mrs. B. B. Hobbs.
Second ward-Mrs. Hugh McKen-
zie. Miss Ufa Buss, Mrs. Edward
kennedy, Mrs. Clay Bryant, Mrs.
Jerry Stack, Mrs. Thomas w. Agnew,
Mrs. William Donnavan, Mrs. Charles
H, Fegers.
Third ward-Mrs. Frank ]. Weber,
Mrs. ]. J.. Chapman, Mrs. c. R. Joy,
Mrs. A. H. Rich, Mrs. G. W. Heller.
Fourth ward-Miss Myrta Mitchell,
Mrs. S. E. Hancock, Mrs. B. F. Ward,
Mrs. Henry Nelson, Mrs. Harry
Movers, Mrs, w. L. Allen.
Fifth ward-Mrs. James S. u
rows. Mrs NJ. f. King, Mrs. James
Noble. Mrs. J. N. D. Dickinson. Mrs,
10. W. %Sandberg, Miss Marguerite
Belts.
sixth and seventh wards-Mrs.
Joseph O'Brien, Mrs. Grace Swan
Wirth, Mrs. Oscar Swanson, Mrs.
James Joyce, Mrs. w, f. Guiss. Mrs.
Peter Ayers.
If Omitted, Use the Telephone.
These ward committees will solicit
h~ousekeepers to bake pies, I'M II
any pie baker is missed, h is re-
uuested to telephone her willingness
to bake a pie as follows by wards:
First-Miss Anne Davis, No. rs.
Second-Miss Frances Mccarthy,
Black $50.
Third-Mrs. A. H. Rich, No. is.
Fourth Miss Myrta Mitchell,
Black 1916.
Fifth-Mrs, James S. Burrows, Red
l1044.
Sixth and seventh-Mrs. James
Joyce, Red 743.
Everybody baking a pie is askei 10
tie it up in the colors of the rain
bow, if possible.
From EIks' Club to Train.
j. Albert Kiedaisch was given 'he
easy duty of obtaining the Elks' club
house as a warehouse for the pies
-I..o tha,- vril1 ha acEpr1hip1 FIRM
! all over the city that morning.
He also undertook the task, not
easy, of having on hand plenty Of
candy for the three companies of
soldiers of the 16Sth infantry when
they arrive here.
The pies and candy will be aiken
from the Elks' club to the union
station and distributed to the men
there.
At the Red Cross meeting which
arranged all this were Very Rev.
James w. Gillespie, vice-chairman;
u. Albert Kiedaisch, Miss Net-ie
IYounker, Mrs. Frank J, Weber Mrs.
u. B. We'll. Miss Agnes Trimble, Mrs.
Hugh Mckenzie, Mrs. c, M. Rich,
Miss Anne Davis and Miss Laura
Alton
Prettiest Sight In keokuk.
The bevy of Keokuk girls who will
be at the foot of Main street when
the men of the three companies re-
turn to their train after the parade, to
hand a pie to each soldier, will be as
follows, the committee announces:
Miss Marie Weber, Miss Beatrice
Weissenberger, Miss Virginia Dunlap,
Mrs. Mary Bell Wilcox, Miss Florence
Talbot, Miss Coral Inskeep, Miss
Mary Hollingsworth, Miss Corrine
Weber, Miss Florence Little, Miss
Louisa Harrison, Miss Louise Sterne,
Miss Dorothy Norton, Miss Margaret
Mckenzie, Miss Madeline Murphy,
Miss Anna Mckenzie, Miss Florence
ISansone. Miss Nellie Joyce, Miss Flor
ence Donovan, Miss Nellie Rovane,
Mas Inez Royane Mfss Anna Conway.