Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-29
ERIE

ERIE
The following officers were. elected
at the meeting Of the Christian
| day: President, Rev. Clara Bah
| cock; first vice president, Mrs. Stella
| Henwood; second vice president, Mrs.
| Lucy Matthew's; third vice president,
| Mrs. Blanche Pratt; secretary, Mrs.
| Myrtle tlorencei treasurer. Mrs.
Anna Hubbart
The church, which has been closed
| for several months, was open Sunday
| for bible school and communion ser
| vice The furnace has been Install
| ed and the church will soon be in
| working order. on Thursday the
| annual business and social meeting
| OF the church Will be held in the
| church parlorS- a o'clock dinner
| will be served, and in the evening
Northwest district. will be present
| and give an address. This meeting
| is for the members and all interest
| ed in the church.
The Erie Methodist church Aid So
| eiety met at the church Thursday
| for an all-day meeting. At noon a
| 10-cent luncheon was served to the
members and families. This was the
first dinner given since the flu cpl
demic and the attendance was I'M
| usually large The afternoon was de-
voted to work, a part tteing COM
| forts and the remainder working on
garments to fill orders from the local
| dry goods stores A pleasant day
was enjoyed and considerable Work
| accomplished
The marriage of Henry Carstenson
| of Erie and Mrs. Bertha Metzgar,
formerly of Lyons, Iowa, is announc-
ed as having taken place at Clinton,
| Iowa, Wednesday. Jan. %. The GER
Learner at the st. Paul Lutheran
church. The bride has made her
home in Erie for some time having
cd hnr IL nTAa ar MT
stenson since the death of his wife
The couple returned to Erie Thurs
day and are now housekeeping at
the Christensen home
Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Rinnier have
for guests Rev. and Mrs George
Cole of Boston, Mass. They arrived
in Erie from Chicago the first of the
week, having been married there the
to Erie to spend a few days. In the
evening Rev. Mir. Cole occupied the
pulpit at the Baptist church, his
wife assisting with the singing.
Mrs. Mabel Sergeant and five chill
dren arrived from Valparaiso, lnd.s
Saturday night and are guests of
Mrs SargeantS parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Potter. The Sergeant family
is moving from Valparaiso to Texas, |
and Mrs Sergeant and children will
remain here until her husband
reaches their destination with their
household goods
a
ed by the Erie Woman's club Sat9r- |
day, resulting in the net profits of
about S42. A much larger sum could |
have been realized had the supply
been equal to the demand, as the en- |
tire stock was sold early in the aft
ernoon
The Erie Bachelor Girls club en-
joyed a social evening Friday at the |
home of Miss Nina PfundSteIn. The
time was spent informally and re- !
freshnents were served by the host |
ess. Those present were the Misses !
Pearl and Ruby Pfundsteib Gladys
Mahana, Helen and Ruth Booth. ia
nette Pfundstein, Meta Perkins. Vera /
James and the hostess
Glenn Olinger of Erie has gone to
North Dakota to attend to the farm |
ing interests of his brother, the late |
Ralph Olinger.
Curtis Hubbart. from Rock Island, |
spent a few days with his mother. |
Mrs. Virginia Hubbart and sister, |
Mrs l. E. Matthews, the last week
Mr.. and Mrs Kirk Thompson
phone business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood received |
a letter from their son Fred, in |
France, Monday morning, stating |
gers, in France, for Brest, France, !
and probably is on his way home
now, although the letter was writ
ten some time ago and changes may
possibly have taken place since then.
He has been in the service for about
a year and half, and in France
Erie boys have written recently,
also. and may be sent home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bolger and
Mt. and Mrs. George Olinger SPENT
the Weekend at Rock Island, where
they were the guests of the Elliott
Slocumb family.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Hazard at
Moline.
Mrs. VIII Matthews has gone to
Kansas to visit her father, who is
Lee Burriss, who has opened a car
pentsr shop here. went to ROCK Is
land to remain oyer sunday with
his wife Mr.. and Mrs. BurriSs NOV
ed to Rock Island several months
ago but Mr.. Burriss has decided to
resume his work at Erie, his wife
present on account of having en-
plOyment there.
4 tag day was conducted in Erie
Saturday to raise funds for the faith
dren, working under Miss Margaret
one OF the committee, secur-
ed $3.50, making with that pre-
Mr. and Mrs. George Cole, who
were guests Of Rev. and Mrs. A D
left Monday morning. for
been attending the Moody Bible in
stitute in Chicago, coming there from
Boston. They have now gone to
New Hampshire to make their home,
Rev Mr.. Cole having a charge there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson of {
Fenton were sunday guests of the :
John Wood family.
Theodore Plummer who makes. his
home with his sister, Mrs. Jane Da-
Wis, suffered a fractured arm last ;
week He was assisting with IN |
loading freight from the Henwood
iray when he lost his balance and
fell OFF the load, breaking his arm.
Mr. and Mrs Lin Lawrence are oc-
,upying the Byron Wait house which
has recently been vacated by them {
The Wait family has moved to 4
Farm near the Erie bridge.
In a game of basketball played IN 6
Erie Friday night between the Erie I
high school team and the st. Mary's :
school team of Sterling the Erie
team was victorious by a score of {
10 to 8.
One-thfrd off all mems, women's
md children's winter underwear, Z