St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-03-01
Sioux Falls
Briefs
By MRS. OSCAR BRIDGEwATER

The club groups Of st. Johns
Baptist church, the Rev. L. c. Har-
ris, pastor, continued with enthusi-
asm to try and make a good report
on the first Sunday Of the month,
when Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Harris
will be here to conduct the services.
On February 26, the Willing Work
ers, J. f. Monkey, president, will
serve a dinner at the home of Mrs.
Oscar Bridgewater. On the 28th,
the Smart Set, Mrs. Judson Phillips,
president, will serve a dinner at the
parsonage. On March 2, the Smart
Set will serve a dinner at the home
of Mrs. William Tolson.
The United Missionary Society
met last Sunday at st. Johns. The
afternoon program consisted of
Scripture reading by the Rev. /.
Phillips, pastor Of the Church Of
God; a solo by Mrs. Bea Hamil-
ton; a selection by the Pilgrim Bap-
fist quartet, consisting Of Mrs.
Hamilton, Mrs. Dimple Barger,
Mrs. E. H. Williams, and Mrs. E.
C. Collins; a reading by Mrs. Wal
ter Edgar, and a selection of music
by Mrs. |. Phillips. The sermon was
by the Rev. E. H. Williams.
The Junior Debs have started
paper called "Jabberwocky and
1--WE" Mrs. Daniel Coates is su-
pervisor.
The YWCA Club held its election
Of officers. Mrs. Georgia Lee is
president; Mrs. Bessie Vaughn, vice
president; Mrs. Daniel Coates, sec
rotary; Mrs. NJ. Talbert, assistant
secretary, and Mrs. Helen Haynes,
treasurer.
Sec. c. of SFAAF sponsored a
dance at the Woodman hall on Feb
ruary 16. A group Of hostesses
from Sioux City motored up, with
the assistance of the civilian group,
made the remaining soldiers here
feel like it was home away from
home.
Among the audience in the pack
ed house at the Coliseum at the
Youth for Christ meeting which is
held here every third Saturday Of
the month, were the Rev. E. H.
Williams, Charles Warden, Mrs.
John Turner, and Mrs. Oscar
Bridgewater.
Mrs. Mener Greer, operator and
manager Of Greer's beauty shop,
will move into her home in the
south part of the city about March
/.
Mrs. Robert Haynes, beautician
at the Rytterager beauty shop,
plans to attend the national beauty
convention in Chicago in March.
Among the Out-Of-tOwners here
recently was Carl Clayton, guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton.
The visitor is a brother Of Mr..
Thomas Clayton, and he has just
returned to the States from the
Philippines.
The Young Samaritans Club met
Wednesday, at the home Of Mrs.
Charles Wood, S12 W. Third St.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith are
the proud parents Of baby girl.
The st. Johns Baptist Church
Brotherhood, Melvin Smith, presi-
dent, sponsored the Golden Jubilee
Singers Of Omaha, Nebr., at the
First Methodist church on Febru-
airy %. The Singers presented a
pre-concert program over radio
station KS0o.
Sioux Falls was saddened by the
accidental death of Leonard B. Will
liams Of Mitchell, S. D., on Febru-
airy II. Mr.. Williams, a coal shed
operator, had been a resident of
the state for more than 80 years.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church (white), and
were attended by a large crowd,
as Mr.. Williams was held in high
esteem by all. Among those mo-
toring from Sioux Falls for the
services were: the Rev. and Mrs.
E. II. williams, Mr.. and Mrs. E. C..
Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Bent
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. William Tolson,
Mrs. James Martin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Warden, and Mrs. Bea
Hamilton.
Mrs. Bernice Whitman Of Oma-
ha, Nebr., spent the week here
visiting her mother, Mrs. Dimple
Barger.
The Rev. E. H. Williams, pastor
Of Pilgrim Baptist, and student at
Sioux Falls College, spoke to the
young peoples group at City Tenn
pie, last Sunday evening. This
Sunday, he will speak to the young
people Of the Congregational
church.
Tommy Anderson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Virgil Anderson Of 305 W.
Bailey St., and Donald Smith, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Smith, 2l6
E. Sind St., are two Washington
high school pupils who are making
a name for themselves, and are
also working after school. We will
tell you more about them next week.