The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-14
All Kinds Of Pies.

And for variety there were all the
| kinds of pie that man has ever heard
Of There were open faced, closed
| face and bar faced pies of every
description.
| Most of them were wrapped with
| the colors of the rainbow. Some OF
them had rainbow designs and flags
| ingeniously cut into the crusts, to
say nothing of the samples of mer-
ingue artistry, and, as one of the
committee put it, any one OF them
would make glad the heart of a
hungry man.
Some Of them were brought in by
mothers Of boys in the returning regi-
ment, mothers who had waited anx-
iously for two years for the occa-
sion. Some of them We're sisters, and
aunts, and grandmothers, while now
and then girl whose flushed cheeks
and beaming eyes proclaimed her in
terest in one of the returning heroes
that was more than sisterly.
Nine Hundred Pies.
It was soon evident to Miss Nettie
Younker. chairman of the packing
committee, that the problem had
ceased to be that of where to get the
pies and had become one OF what 70
90 with them. The seven hundred
cartons were all in use and the tables
we're still stacked high with the
crusted pastry.
Rev. w. S. D. Lamont was one of
the contributors and was overheard
to make the remark that it was the
most pious occasion he had ever at
tended.
At 8 o'clock, when they We're all in,
the committee had little short OF
nine hundred pies, almost enough for
two to each man.
Each one Of them was placed IN an
individual carton wrapped with the
colors Of the division and labeled with
the insignia Of the Red Cross.
Schoutens bakery and the Sinton
transfer company furnished trucks to
get them to the place of distribution
down on Water street where the COM
nlittee of girls handed them out to
the soldiers as they returned to their
trains.
The PIE Organization.
The Red Cross chapter. to whom
the committee of arrangements as
signed the duty of furnishing food
for the 16Sth regiment men While
they are here on parade, held meet
ing and decided that pies are the
thing.
subcommittee as follows were
appointed: On girls to serve the pies,
Mrs. Frank ]. Weber and Mrs. j. B.
We'll. To pack the pies each In an
individual box, Miss Nettie Younker
ard the rest of the Red Cross. Com
mittee on printing suitable wrap
rer for each box with decorations
and legend, Miss Laura Alton. Com
mittee on taking the pies to the
train, Mrs G. M. Rich.
Solicitors for Pies.
Committees to get Keokuk women
tc bake homemade pies:
First ward--Miss Anne Davis,
Miss Agnes Trimble, Mrs. c. M.
Rich, Mrs. j. B. We'll, Mrs J. Albert
Kiedaisch, 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
II. Fegers.
Third ward-Mrs. Frank ]. Weber,
Mrs. ]. J. Chapman, Mrs. G. 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
Meyers, Mrs. w L. Allen
Fifth ward Mrs. James S. Bur-
rows, Mrs. NJ F. King, Mrs. James
Noble, Mrs J. n. D. Dickinson, Mrs.
c w. Sandberg, Miss Marguerite
Petts.
Sixth and Seventh wards-Mrs.
Joseph O'Brien, Mrs Grace Swan
Wirth, Mrs. Oscar Swanson, Mr.,
James Joyce, Mrs. w. F. Guiss, Mrs.
peteY Ayras