The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-24

June l4-Rock Island high school
! alumni banquet.
ERIE
Mesdames Maud Robinson, Rose
Thompson, Lora Perkins and Pearl
| Stoudt. motored to Mt. Carroll. ILL.,,
Thursday and attended the Pythi-
an Sisters convention, as repre-
sentatives Of the Erie Pythian Sis
tiers 10 -e. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Worthy Matthews
and children of Erie, left Tuesday
for Iowa, where Mr.. Matthews is
assisting the Matthews brothers
dredging crew with a d.tching con-
tract near Muscatine. They have
rented small cottage and will re-
main there for the summer.
MIR. and Mrs. AL Eddy arrived in
Erie from Kansas the first Of the
week. and are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs Clate Seger and 9TH
er relatives here.
A tree dedication" service will
be held at the large park in Erie,
Tuesday, May rs. under the aus
pices of the Woman's club, when
! the memorial trees which h we re-
Gently been planted there, will be
dedicated. The trees were placed
in homo. of the dead soldiers Of
| Erie and vicinity. and were bought
by the Womans club. An appro-
pirate program will be given I'M
der the supervision of Miss Anna
Adams. assisted by Miss Pearl
Pfundstein, and the speaker for
the afternoon will be Rev. c. c..
Babcock The public is invited and
a special invitation is extende' the
American Legion Of Erie.
! The Friendly circle class CT the
Erie Methodist Sunday school. met
at the home of Mrs. Paul Carlson
Friday afternoon. There was a
good attendance and pleasant aft
ernoon enjoyed. In response to
roll call, hints on flowers and gar
dents were given by the members.
The graduating class of the Erie
high school numbers sey n, and is
composed of the following: Kirk
Guthrie; George Besse. Harold
Miller. Glenn Arnett, Roland Egg
gleston, Frances Earl and Grace
Vanfleet. The commencement ex-
ercises will be held June 4, and
the closing weeks program will
open May 81 and close me 4.
Mir. and Mrs. Willis Thompson
and children of Rock Isllnd, spent
the week end at the Arthur James
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph James an.
nounce the birth of a son Thurs.
day, May 10. The boy has beer
named William Ralph, in honor Of
his grandfather and father.
The East SandrNge school
taught by Miss Helen Newton. clos.
ed last week with picnic dinner
and special program by the pupils
There was a large crowd present
to enjoy the day. and = fine time
and good program is reported.
| Mrs. Nina Slocum of Albany, Ill.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Glen
,Olinger and family, and other rel.
atives in the vicinity Of Erie.
Mrs. Isaac Wohrle died at her
home in Erie last Sunday night
after a long illness. resulting from
a fractured hip. Funeral services
weer held at the house Wednesday
afternoon, conducted. by Rev. A. C.
Lille, pastor of the Baptist church,
and interment made in the Erie
cemetery. Deceased was about IS
years Of age, and is survived by
her. husband. three children, one
living in Pennsylvania and the
others near Erie, besides num-
Der Of other relatives.
! Mesdames Bernice Seiben and
Margaret Muesse attended the dis
tfict federation of. Women's clubs
at Milledgeville, ILL.,, Wednesday
and Thursday, as delegates from
the Erie Woman's club.
The remains OF Mrs. Byron Bur-
ridge, who died at Dyer, Tenn,
Tuesday. reached Erie Friday
morning. and were taken to the
homo Of her daughter. Mrs. Harold
Rollo at Spring Hill, across Rock
river from Erie. Funeral services
were held Friday afternoon at the
home. conducted by Rev. Clara Bah
cock Of Erie, and burial made in the
Erie cemetery. The body was &C.
companied to Erie by the husband,
his brother, E. H, Burridge of New
ton, ILL.,, John Dix Of Dyer. a
brother of the deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Kirkland went
to Medora, ILL.,. Friday night to
spend the week end with friends.
Kirk Thompson. manager Of the
Erie branch Of the Crescent Tele-
phone company. IL building . &C.
ment block garage on his lot hack
| OF the telephone exchange building.
Tho garage win b used BY the line
mon for autos and supplied.
Charles Lathe, who has been con-
fined It homo through the winter
on account Of . stroke Of paralysis.
| IL reported to BE- slowly resainins
his strength, and although very
feeble, q able 70 b ahoat the house
part Of the tine. # -