St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-02-01

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February /, at the Sterling G
returned Veterans Of the Social
club.
Mrs. Courtney HilyRrd, 1902 st.
Anthony Ave-, is improving quite
satisfactorily, after having been III
with the flu since before Christmas.
PinOchle club met Wednesday,
January 20, at the home Of Mrs.
Joseph Vassar, TAB W. Central Ave.
Cpl Jack James arrived in the
city, January 20, on furlough to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
James, 900 Carroll Ave. Cpl. James
re-enlisted for another three years
Of service, after serving SO months
and with his guest, S-Sgt. Vernon
Street, expects TO return to Ger
many in the very near future. Sgt.
Street has also re-enlisted. He IL
formerly Of st. Paul but for the last
several years has made his home In
Kansas. Cpl. James will continue
his study Of music, and Sgt. Street
will continue his medical studies.
Guest Night: Very enjoyable was
the Guest Night Of the Y, W, A,
Of St. James A.M.E. church. The
meeting was held at the Parsonage,
with Mrs. Cora Moore as hostess.
Birthdays Of two members, Mrs.
Rosa Mahan and Mrs. Magdalene
Oliver were observed. Each was
presented a lovely birthday cake.
Games were played and q Quiz con-
test held. Mrs. Aldonia Anderson
won first in the games and Mrs.
Alice Curry won first in the Quiz
contest. The birthday cakes were
cut as the members sang Happy
Birthday" Refreshments were
served to the following guests and
members; Messrs. Roosevelt Har-
mon, orrington Hall, Jr., Clarence
Anderson and Oscar Oliver. Mem
bers included Rev. B. N. Moore,
Mrs. Bernice Duke, ophelia Har-
mon, Aldonia Anderson, Rosa
Mahan, Eva Ball, Alice Curry,
Barbara Hall and Magdalene Oliver.
Oak Leaf Art Club met Monday,
Jan. %, at the home Of Mrs. Lydia
Brown, 500 st. Anthony Ave-, with
0phelia Wooten as hostess. Some
Of the members present were;
Violet Saunders, Gertrude Boldly,
Agnes Wilson, Anna Thomas, lone
Brown, Emily Harris, Alice Jack
son and G. Gutherie.
Thirty-day FurlOugh: Pfc. Homer
D. Briley, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Briley, 618 St. Anthony
Ave, left the city Thursday, Jan.
81, after visiting at home on a
thirty-day furlough. Pfc. Briley
has re-enlisted in the Army and left
for Kearns, Utah.
Announce Engagement: Lillian
L. Sims and George Staten, Y2/c,
to wed. Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Ball,
$50 N. Dale St., announce the en-
gagement and forthcoming mar
rage of Miss Sims to Mr.. George
Staten of North Vernon, Ind. Miss
Sims is a graduate nurse and native
of Baton Rouge, La. She has been
a resident Of st. Paul for moro
than a year. Mr.. Staten Is a radio
technician and electrician, having
finished at Coyne college in Chi
cago. He is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Staten, ST., Of North
Bend, Ind. Mr.. Staten, who is now
on a thirty-day leave, and Miss
Sims, left recently for Indiana,
where the bride-to-be will meet his
parents and family for the first
time. While away they will also
visit in Louisville, KY, and Cleve-
land, Ohio, where Mr.. Staten has
a brother. They plan to be mar
ried upon returning to the city.
Pfc. Thomas Copeland, formerly
Of Duluth, Mimi, is now in St. Paul,
after receiving an Army discharge,
and is making his home with his
mother, Mrs. Birdie Copeland, 9l9
Margaret St.