The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-09-14
Short News Of City

Conover Expected Back-Chase Con-
over, field secretary of the Friends, Is
expected back from Iowa Tuesday.
Two From England - Walter c.
Woodward, editor Of the American
tary Of the Friends Five Years Meet
ing, are expected to land in New York.
from England, Tuesday, and be in
Richmond by Thursday, according to
information received at the central Of
fices. Sylvester Jones, field secretary
of the American Friends board of
foreign missions, is expected to re-
main in New York short time before
coming to Richmond. He is to be here
srin time for the Forward Movement
conference, which opens Sept. 22 All
three attended the all Friends world
conference, held in London, England,
Aug. IL to 20.
Mrs. Horn Dead-Mrs. Margaret E.
Horn of Dayton, sister Of Mrs. Bar
bara Mason, of Richmond, and John
Leeb, Of Liberty, Ind, is dead at her
home in Dayton.
Tag Day Saturday-Tag Day will be
held for the Mary E. Thomas refuge
home. Saturday. Booths will be estab-
lished along Main street.
Murray Is unprecedented i'm
provement has been noticed in the
condition Of Forrest Murray, who has
been suffering from uremic poisoning
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ira
Swisher, 80 South Eleventh street,
according to a report made Tuesday.
A speedy recovery is expected.
Thompson Announces EnIstments-
- IL -
recruiting station announced Tuesday,
that enlistments for the coast artillery
and cavalry branches for serice in Ha-
waii are to be open October /. Three
years enlistments for the 2, 6. II, IA.
and IS cavalry are also open.
Shannon to Preach-The Rev. J. E.
Shannon, superintendent Of the White
River Conference of United Brethren
churches, will preach at both morning
and evening services at the local
United Brethren church, Sunday, ac-
cording TO an announcement made by
the Rev. H. S. James, pastor, Tues.
Gay.
Celebrate Flag Birthday-The en-.
i ployes of the Richmond Casket COM
pany held an informal song day cele-
bration during the noon hour Monday
R. J. Wigmore was made chairman Of
the meeting. Two minute talks were
made by Frank Ward, John Starr
Ernest Thomas, William Duning and
Mr.. Webb. A talk by Miss Craig on
cooperation was a feature.
Bailey Will TaIk-William NJ. Bail
ev. general manager of the Richmond
Home Telephone company, is on the
program of the state convention OF
telephone men. at Indianapolis. on
Tuesday and Wednesday. He is Il
discuss district association work, as
a representative of the East Indiana
association. The telephone men will
talk over their service troubles and
how to remedy them.
Attend Friends Meetino-Ross Had.
ley, general secretary OF the board
of foreign missions of the Friends
Mrs. S. E. Nicholson, Miss Addie
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Tice
Friends missionaries, and Mr.. and Mrs
Emory J. Rees, Friends missionaries
from Africa, are to attend an all day
meeting of the missionary committee
of Indiana yearly meeting, to be held
in N%icastle, Ind, Wednesday. The
meeting will open at 10 a. m. A free
stereopticon lecture will be given il
the evening.
Miss kitchin Here-Miss Gladys Kit
chin, new head of the cafeteria de-
partment of the Y. M. c. A, said Tues
day that she believed she was going
to like her new surroundings. Miss
Kitchin assumed the duties formerly
cared for by Miss Ruth Ferguson, Mon
day. In Washington, where she man
aged cafeteria before coming here
Miss Kitchin had a much larger de
partment to care for