The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-04
State WCTU Leaders
Prepare for Session

Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson,
Grafton, state president, will serve
as toaStmiStreSS at the annual ban
quet which will precede the formal
opening of the North Dakota w. G.
T. U. at Valley City, September 18 to
81.
Plans for the meeting are rapidly
being completed, according to Mrs.
Lulu w. Zimmerman, Valley City,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. National speakers
scheduled include Miss Mary B. Erwin,
Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Josephine Siz-
err, st. Paul: and Mrs. Necia Buck,
Salem, Ore.
In addition, the program will fea-
ture addresses by a number of women
prominent in w. G. T. U. work in this
state. Mrs. Fred M. Wanner, James,
town, state vice president will speak
on Conditions in Europe" and Mrs.
F. H. Wilder. Fargo, will discuss the
value and efficiency of institutes.
The gold medal d~eclamatory con-
test will be staged under the direction
of Mrs. George H. Meyer, ,Makoti,
and Mrs. w. B. Simcox, Park River,
will be in charge of a special musical
program.
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Mrs! Sam Meske and daughter
Leontine, TIA Bowen avenue, left to-
day for Toledo, where they plan to
spend three weeks visiting relatives.
They will also spend a few days with
relatives in Minneapolis and Chicago,
en- route.
Miss Rosalind Brown, ia West
Rosser Avenue, will go to Fargo the
latter part Of the week for the we'd
ding of Miss Gretchen Nottingham
and Theodore Smith, which will take
place there Saturday. Miss Brown,
who was a classmate of Miss Totting-
ham at the Dickinson high school,
will be maid of honor.
William Cannon, Underwood,
brother of Clell Cannon Of this city,
left Saturday for Los Angeles, Calf,
where he plans to enter the prepara-
tory medical school at the University
of California. MI. Cannon was grad
uated from the Underwood high
school in June, and was awarded the
Balfour medal, given by the school to
that student making the best record
in scholarship, athletics and school
loyalty.
One of several affairs given for
Mrs. A. G. Alexander, Nashville,
Tenn, who has just left for her
home, was an evening bridge party
given recently by Mrs. Otto Hanson
at Sergeant Hanson's quarters at
Fort Lincoln. Guests were a group of
friends of Mrs. Alexander, who for
merly lived in Bismarck. Bowls Of
garden flowers were used in tie dec
crations.
MI. and Mrs. Walter Render and
two sons. Bismarck. and MI. and Mrs.
E. w. Tobin and children, Dickinson,
have left for Detroit Lakes, Mimi,
for a ten days outing at the Renden
cottage. While away Mr.. Render will
attend the district Kiwanis meeting
at st. Cloud, as a representative Of
the Bismarck club.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Merritt and
niece, Miss Genevra Merritt, arrived
Sunday from Kenmare for a visit with
Mrs. Merritt's brother-in-la and
sister, MI. and MRS. Robert Webb.
Patterson hotel. Mr.. Merritt will at
tend the state optometrists' conven-
ton.
j. A. McConkey. Minneapolis, is
spending a few days in Bismarck
with his son, j. A. McConkey Jr., 7O9
Third street, after an inspection trip
to his ranch in Montana. On his re-
turn to Minneapolis, Mr.. McConkey
will be accompanied by his son, who
win spend a vacation at various Min
uesota lake resorts.
r. T. Challman, manager of the To-
cal Montgomery Ward store, has re-
turned to Bismarck after a two weeks
motor trip to Minneapolis, Chicago,
and Detroit. Mrs. Challman and their
son Bobby, who accompanied him on
the trip. are now visiting with friends
in St. Paul, and are expected to re-
turn this week.
Mrs. A. r. Miesen, 414 Avenue D, is
expected to return today or tomorrow
from st. Paul and Minneapolis, where
she has been spending a few days
with MI. Miesen, former Burleigh
county agent, who is now engaged in
agricultural promotion work for the