Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-23
The Day in Davenport

Girls Pledge Large SUm-The
girls of the Lend-aHand club have
pledged $4,000 to the fund for the
/ building of the new home, on the
river front. At the mass meeting
and lawn party held on the grounds
of the Outing club Friday evening
at which more than one hundred
girls were present, those in at
| tendance pledged the above men
toned amount to the drive, which
is being conducted here. In his ad-
dress to the club members, Judge
James W. BOllinger presented the
statement of the amount already
collected in the present drive, and
asked the club members to respond,
as they had done in the previous
one. Let it not be said" he asked
that you of the Lend-a-Hand, have
not done your share" The determi-
nation OF the club members to more
than do their part was exhibited in
statements made by number OF
the girls present, and there was
general expression of the opinion
that 10000, or even more, could be
raised by the club members, within
the allotted time.
Davenport Resident Dies.-JOsef
A LeClaire. a grand nephew of An
tome LeClaire, founder of the city
of Davenport, and a member OF one
of the oldest families connected
with the pioneer days of Davenport,
passed away at 1880 O'Clock Fri
1av night at St Luke's hospital He
had been in failing health for sew
eral months but had been able to
continue his duties at his office in
the Masonic building until a week
ago. Last Sunday he suffered f. a
stroke and was taken to St. Luke's.
With his death marks the breaking
of one of the last links which con
neCted the old Davenport of the
early 40's with the Davenport of
the present day and his passing
will be mourned by many. He re-
sided at 1921 Brady street.
Send Boys to Camp.-Davenpor
business men will be asked to con
tribute 1915 this week toward a
fund for defraying the expenses of
so members of the Live-Wire club,
an organization composed of Y. M.
C. A. boys, to the state "Y" camp
on the Maquoketa river this sum
mer. The appeal will be made by
the boys work division of the as
sociation headed by r. H. Harmed.
Personal solicitation will be made
OF the business firms Monday and
Tuesday. Plans for sending 80
bOvs. whose parents cannot afford
IS
ton trip, to the camp for 10 days,
were outlined Saturday at a meet
ing of the boys work committee.
The committee decided to raise 1878
among Davenport business men and
firms.
Trinity Holds 0uting-Trinity
Cathedral's annual outing at Forest
Park Saturday proved one of the
most successful in the history of the
church. Two hundred church and
SUNDAY school members attended. !
Special street cars took them from
the parish house at 10 a. m, and ii
was late evening before they re-
turned to Davenport. Basket din<
ners were served at noon and in !
the evening and dancing in the inn
was a feature from TO o'clock. |
Joenke's orchestra furnished the !
music. Athletic contests were a
feature of the day. They were com !
pleted before the rain came. H. E. ]
Moss. assistant superintendent, was (;
in charge of the contests and serv- |
ed as a member of the committee in I
charge. the other members being /
Superintendent George White and (
Mrs. F. J. Parker, teacher of the !
Trinity active class.
Start Survey WOrk.-City Engi- /
neer Roscoe f. Sawistowsky Satur- /
day started the work of surveying !
the land abutting Duck creek. !
where the city plans to establish a /
parkway. The work must be done /
before the Big Four" improvement !
program can be adopted BY the city |
council The report will be ready !
FOR the next meeting. which will be |
held July ,. It has been planned to /
present the resolutions at the last /
council meeting, but the survey !
had not been made and the council /
was forced to lay the action over /
for two weeks.
HOnored in Fome.-Davenpor !
will be interested in the announce J