Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
SOCIETY NOTES


Among the ORGANIZATIONS of Ottawa
women who have started out to carry
on work which is a material benefit
to the people of the community the
philanthropic department of the OF
tawa Woman's Club ranks second e
no other The organization is not
large one, and there are usually jus
about forty women present AT the
meetings, but they are doing more
work than most organizations com
posed of several times the number Oi
members accomplish. At the annual
meeting of the club, held on Tuesday
OF this week, the report of the depart
ment chairman, Mrs. W. r. Hart
showed surprisingly large amount
OF work completed. Prior to April
1918, the members of the department
had spent $500 hours working for the
Red Cross. During July and Angus
OF the past year the department
turned out 300 bandlges, 900 masks
and 100 pads for the use of the sol
diers In the A. h. +. At the opeI
meeting of the department held in De
cember seventTilVe garments were
donated by the members to be dis
tributed among the poor OF the city
During the year 3G9 articles and gar
ments were made for the pnbll'
health nursing organization. AT tn
card party held by the members OF the
department in February at the FIX
home $1,000 was raised, This none
was used to purchase materials 10
mattress pads, etc, for the kingC
annex OF Ryburn Memorial iosPi'a
Fifty-tive mattress pads have Deer
made for the HOSPITAL. seyenty.ilve eur
tains for hopital screens, 2o5 towel
hemmed and twenty-fOur roller towel
made. The department has adopte
a French orphan, and the bottom
the fund in the treasury has not ye
been reached.
Members of the Summit View Gene
terry Association will be ENTERTAINED
next Tuesday afternoon, May q, at Il
home of Joseph Moore in South o
tawa.
The wedding Of Miss Hazel Scherel
and Harry j. Smedley Of Chicago VII
take place on Monday morning at
O'Clock at st, Francis Church. \.
though the invitations were issued 70
an evening wedding, they were late
recalled on account of the death o.
Mr.. Smedleys father and the weddin
hour changed 10 the morning, INT
ceremony will not be a private ont
as private ceremonies cannot be hel
in Catholic churches. An error wa.
made in this column the other eyenint
in stating that the ceremony was /
be private and would be Witnesse
by only the families OF Miss Schere
and MIR. Smedley.
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The Young Woman's Missionar.
Guild OF the First Congregations
Church will meet in the church paI
lors Monday evening. May >. SupFe
will be served at els O'Clock, and il
the evening mission study will be
conducted with Miss Elma Buttertiel'
as leader. Miss Sylvia Bowermaste
will be the hostess for the meeting.
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The annual class party, held by The
members of the junior class o
the Ottawa Township High schoo
was very successful party The
party was a masquerade, ana tn
guests came attred il some very
clever costumes. Practically every
sort of character imaginable WI
represented Sixty guests. the mem
hers of the class. and the members
the faculty were present. The mrs
entertainment of the evening arrals
ed by the Social committee, was
trlp thru "Hades." This trip had beeL
arranged to take place in the tunnels
under the building. Ghosts ana deNllS
with flash lights, stationed at inter
walls along the dark passage way dc
their part TO make the trip hNeIS
The party returned to the gymnasium
where ii pipS an VI f''''N''-'''
speeches were given by returned sol
diers from the front After the
speeches Heltrich's orchestra start
ed the music, and the entire clas.
Joined in dancing the Virginia reel
The party danced until midnight
when the crowd broke up, everyone
present having spent a most enjoy
able evening.
Thirty-five ladies attended the meet
ing of the ladies of the First Congre
gational church which was held yester
day in the parlors of the church. y
picnic luncheon was served at noon,
adm the day was spent in sewing on
hospital gowns for the new king-City
Annex for Ryburn Memorial Hospital.
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The members of the Young Wo-
mans Auxiliary Of the First Coagre-
gational church will hold a meeting
on next Friday afternoon in the par
lors of the church A luncheon will
be served at l o'clock and the after
noon will be spent in sewing for
charity. The hostesses for the meet
ing will be Mrs. Curt Ayers and Mrs.
Russell O. Hanson