Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-08
ERIE

George. Washington Hughes son
! OF Robert Hughes and Susan pow
/ ell. who died March ]. was born near
Table Grove. Fulton county. Illinois,
| March % 1851. He was united in
| marriage with Alice Jane Powell of
! Sweetwater, Ill, Jan. @. 1878. To
/ this union there were nve children
! born, Florence Hughes Kellogg of
| Erie, Ill. Loren Thomas of Webb
: Iowa. Theresa Sabeica, passing away
at the age of 3 years, Smithson. bur
! led on his second birthday. Sadie
[ Anise Hughes Coppas of Olin, Iowa
I He also leaves 10 grandchildren. He
! entered the ministry at Newtonia,
/ No. in 1865 following the same call
! ing in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, his
| last pastorate being at Robertson,
Iowa. in 1914. when he retired from
health He spent one year with his
| son L. T. Hughes. at Webb, iowa,
then with his wife came to Erie
where the remaining years of his
The Erie Woman's club met at the
home of Mrs. Sadie Guthrie Tuesday
afternoon, and while the day was
stormy there was a large attendance
and a pleasant afternoon was spent
| The usual business meeting was held
and various matters discussed per-
tanning to club activities; It was de
cided that the annual reception,
which was postponed indefinitely.
should be combined with the annual
soldiers day in May, at which the
war. as well as the soldiers of the
Civil war, will be guests of the club.
The topic for the day was, What
munity?" and Mrs. Blanche Pratt,
who led in the discussion, read an
excellent paper relating to woman's
but throughout the world. Mrs. May
Dean. who was on the program but
was unable to come on account of
the storm. furnished a fine paper,
hi oh, Nv
Mrs. Dean advanced many excellent
ideas regarding the subject. A let
ter was read from r. L. Burchen,
who was out of town, in which he
commended the work already done
by the club. which has benefited the
community unity The program am Giosed
Lillian Young and Boswell, two
teachers from the Erie public
schools. The first number was en-
titled 'Tife's Dream Is Ger" and
given, and the ladies responded by
singing Like the. Lark"
Mrs. George Bolger received word
that her step-son. Milton Bolger.
with tubercular trouble. passed away
sunday in the sanitarium at Las
afternoon for Stuart, Iowa. where
the remains were taken for burial at
his former home. Mr.. Bolger went
to Colorado last week. remaining
young man enlisted in the navy last
March and was sent to Great Lakes
training station, and last May saw
service on transports making trips
across. He was in n hospital at New
York for treatment. and later was
sent to the sanitarium in Colorado
by the government. Tuberculosis of
the throat developed and for several
days he was unable to take nourish-
ment suffering intensely until death
released him. Previous to leaving
for the service he spent some time
at the home of his father in Erie,
going from here to the Great Lakes.
Amelia Maud Tabor of Erie was
four years old Monday. and in honor
of the occasion her mother, Mrs, Ru-
dolph Tabor, entertained a party of
little girls at her home. The hours
were from > to 4. and were passed
in various childish amusements. The
color scheme was, pink and white;
and the same colors were carried
out in the table decorations. The
children were seated by means of
place cards, which were pink and
white. and on each card a photo
graph of the little hostess was
mounted. The cards also served as
favors Miss Amelia was the recip
lent Of a number of pretty gifts from
her little friends as remembrance
of the day. The children present
were Beverly Shortridge. Gladys Nc
Bride. Maxine Francis. Marjorie Jane
Faas and Nellie Roselieb.
Mr. and Mrs. F. i. Francis an
nounce the birth of son Wednes-
Mrs. Lloyd wilkins. who has been
in a hospital at Moline for several
weeks. was brought TO her home in
Erie Wednesday night. She was op
Grated upon for appendicitis at the