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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1927)
- PERSONALS Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Pe ters Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or Harney 2166. Furnished House For Rent A six-room furnished house with ; piano, all modern. — 2881 Miami Street. $30 a month. Call Web. 1931 after 9 p. m. Mr. Silas Kellis went to Keokuk, la., to spend New Years with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kellis. He returned Monday morning. - . Mr. \yulter P. Ervin, an employee at the Federal building, who has been confined to his home, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street, for the past three weeks by sickness, is convalesc ing. Mr. Jesse C. Hutten, who has been spending his vacation with his moth er, Mrs. Grace M. Hutten, 2414 Ma ple street, left Friday for Washing ton, D. C., to resume his studies at Howard University. Miss Constance B. Singleton enter tained at a delightful dancing party Saturday night at the home of her ' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton, 2866 Corby street. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large ex perience. Handles all law caBes. 2310 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. The Misses Thelma and Madeline Shipman were the charming hostesses of a most enjoyable dancing party for the younger set, at their home, 2724 North Thirtieth street, New Years Eve. Mrs Otis Shipman entertained at a tea Saturday afternoon at her home, 2724 North Thirtieth street, from 3 to 6 o’clock, complimentary to 1 Mesdames Mary Burns, Anna Burns and Edison Spears of Battle Creek, ; Mich., sisters and niece of Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt, of whom they were holi day guests. The Rev. John Albert Williams re turned Monday morning from Keo kuk, la., where he delivered an ad dress New Years night at the Eman cipation celebration, under the aus- | pices of the N. A. A. C. P., celebrat- j ed early Mass and preached at the late service at the Church of St. Mary : the Virgin, of which the Rev. Elmer , M. M. Wright is rector, Sunday morn- j ing. FOR RENT—Seven room house, all modern. Hot water, heat. Half- j block from carline. $26.00 per month. WE. 4810. tf.-12-10-26. Miss Maxine Holmes, who was the holiday guest of Miss lone Pfnkett, ! left for her home at Lincoln, Friday morning. Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt was at home | Sunday evening from 5 to 10, com plimentary to her sisters, Mesdames Burns and Burns, and her niece, Mx-s. Edessa Spears, of Battle Creek, Mich., her holiday house guests. Messrs. John and Harold Adams, | sons of the Rev. und Mrs. John Ad- j urns, students at Nebraska Universi ty, after spending their vacation with their parents, have returned to Lin- i coin. FOR RENT — Properly furnished warm rooms. Web. 4641. T. Trago Mac-Williams, jr., of Lin coln, Neb., was a holiday visitor in Omaha. _ The Rev. George W. Day, pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, Twenty fourth and Ohio streets, leaves this week for Fort Madison, la., to con duct a revival. John Chinn, the blind man mho sells pencils and shoestrings on Six teenth and Farnam streets, and who was run down and injured by an au- j tomobile some weeks ago, has recov- ! ered from his injuries and is able to be out again. Miss Ireta Walker, 3124 Muple street, has returned home after a six months’ visit with her aunt in St. Louis, Mo. FOR RENT—Furnished and unfur nished rooms. Web. 1177. The Misses Hilda May and Esther Woods, eldest daughters of Mr. James Woods, were hostesses at a Dutch luncheon at their home, 3212 Emmett street, Saturday evening, January 1. Twenty guests were pres ent. — Mrs. Bessie Prestage, who has been quite ill at the Nicholas Senn hospi tal for a month, has been removed to her home on Pinkney street. She is very little improved. FOR RENT—All modern neatly fur nished room. Webster 6498. Mrs. Lottie Wade has returned to Atchison, Kan., after spending the I holidays with her daughter, Mrs. J. | C. Jones, 2123 Clark street. Mrs. W. Wade, 2640 Binney street, ! has returned home after a very pleas I ane three months’ visit with relatives 'and friends in Fort Smith, Ark. Mrs. Georgia E. White, 2317 Charles street, has been confined to her home the past week with the grip. Mrs. Jasper E. Brown was hostess for the Elite Whist club at her resi dence, 2883 Miami street, Monday, January 3. Mesdames William j Burns, David Burns, Clarence Spears, of Battle Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Bert Johnson of Omaha were guests of the club. A delightful afternoon was enjfiyed by all. Mrs. Russel Taylor, wife of the Rev. Russel Taylor, has been ill the past week. Mr. Hallowed of Chicago is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Newman, 2436 Grant street, for the holidays. — Mrs. Josephine Metcalfe passed | away December 30 in Lincoln, Neb. | She was buried Monday afternoon from the J. D. Lewis new funeral home. Mrs. James Bed, 2622 Grant street, who was quite id during the holidays, is somewhat improved. Mrs. J. C. Jones, who has been quite id at her home, 2123 Clark street, is able to be out again. Mrs. Frankie Redd entertained at a dinner party at her residence, 6613 Railroad avenue, Saturday, Decem ber 26, when her guests were Mr. and Mrs. Rose and Mr. and Mrs. An ders. Miss Ollie Redd entertained at a j dinner party Sunday, December 26, at her home, 6613 Railroad avenue, in honor of Miss Gladys Reynolds, Messrs. John and Harold Adams and Jesse Hutten, students who were spending their Christmas holidays at home. Miss Corinne Ferguson of Lincoln was un out-of-town guest. I Fourteen other guests were present. Mr. Perry Johnson is on the sick’ list. — Mrs. Aquila Wilson, who has been quite ill, is able to be out again. Mrs. Idola Stallworth has return ed to her home in Minneapolis after spending the holidays with her moth- ' or, Mrs. Hattie Brewer. Mrs. M. C. Sands, 2122 ' North j j Twenty-fifth street, was hostess at a | New Years Eve party in honor of members of Friendship Temple. ‘ About thirty-five members were pres- j ent and enjoyed one of the most ! beautiful parties of the holidays. A 1 [three-course luncheon was served. Mrs. Sands was assisted by Mrs. j Josephine Merritt. At a late hour j all exchanged best wishes with each | other and then went to church to j help usher in the new year. Ernest Matthews of Missouri Val | ley, la., was the week-end guest of j William Peebles, jr. His brother, Frank, also came to attend several of ' the holiday parties. INTERDENOMINATIONAL S. S. The Interdenominational Sunday School Association held its last monthly meeting at the North Side Y. W. C. A. December 10. The As sociation’s door is open to all de nominations. All are welcome. The next meeting will be held on January 14, at the regular meeting place, at 7:30 p. m., with the follow ing program: Devotions, Rev. F. S. Goodlett. Duet, the Misses Zenobia Walker I and Florence Mosely, of Mount Mor j iah Baptist church. Address, Rev. Mr. Hamlin of Cleve Temple. Trio, Mrs. C. W. Woodson, L. A. Crumbly and Viola Wright, of Mount Moriah church. Summary of the Lesson, Mr. J. C. Parker. OLD FOLKS HOME Open doors New Years Day was largely attended. Many thanks to those who came and made the day so pleasant. We also wish to thank Mr. Thomas for entertuining the inmates with old-time melodics. Mrs. Simpson, our president, who fell and injured her arm, is improv ing nicely, we are glad to state. The donations during the month were: Mrs. Vawter, one jar fruit jelly. Mrs. Lawry, one jar fruit-spaghetti jelly. Mrs. Anderson, 23 jars tomatoes. Mr. S. H. Dorsey, $6.00. Lincoln, Nebr. The Shady Rest club held a wild game dinner New Years day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Dean, 1018 Rose street. Covers were laid for seventeen. The evening was spent playing bridge and five hun dred. CULTURAL CENTER 2915 R Street The work at the Center is mak ing excellent progress. Volunteer workers from South and North Oma ha are giving much of their time and experienced leadership to make the work a success. All of the clubs and classes have done good work for the last three weeks, leading up to Christmas, the attendance was 1,036 for the three days. Clubi and Clashes The eleven music pupils who are given piano lessons once each week by Misses Dorothy Allen and Elaine Smith are making rapid progress and expect to give a recital before the class the first of January. The Boys’ Civic club has as its director Lawyer Oliver who finds it quite interesting in organizing all the boys of the center into cities and states. Mr. George Payne’s toy-making classes, with their newly awakened interest, made magazine stands, book racks, bird houses, ice wagons, aero planes and several other toys which were displayed at the Camp Fire girls’ bazaar Monday, December 20. Some of the toys were sold and pro ceeds went to the Camp Fire treas urer. Sewing and cooking classes and Camp Fire groups were kept busy making Christmas candies, dressing dolls, doing embroidery work, etc., for the bazaar. Miss Mitchell of the domestic science department finds pleasure in preparing and serv ing meals with her class of eight. The night school which was open ed recently is meeting each Monday and Wednesday evenings. Dr. Craig Morris and Mrs. Grace Hutten, who have charge of the school of 28, see the need of more volunteer workers. Boys’ tumbling classes have as in tructor Mr. T. Dixon, a student of Technical High school. The Jolly Ten Cooking club found it impossible to pull the icy hills %♦ »j» **• «*• y *i**i**i**t**r* ••**«**»**I* New LAKE! | THEATRE 24th AND LAKE STS. £ i Always in the Lead t | --1 •j* Sunday, Monday, January 9-10 *5* X $ "The Return of £ Peter Grimm” a £ £ With Janet Gaynor £ *s‘ Alec B. Francis £ £ X X Critics say this is one of the £ £ ten best of the year. I _-_ l SUNDAY ONLY £ X X £ Added Attraction £ RANDALL’S $ £ Kidfand Follies of 1927 £ £ i X 14 Clever Kiddies in a £ £ Jazz-Mad Revue £ ¥-; £ TUESDAY ONI.Y £ % . . ¥ £ Lila Lee I '» I "The Midnight Girl” | £-£ Wednesday, Thursday i. X x Marie Prevost I /» | "His Jazz Bride” £ J ¥ £ Adapted from the famous y £ Omaha Daily News serial £ X "The Flapper Wife.” X ? _ X 4 £ Friday, Saturday y ¥ X X Lon Chaney £ I - | £ "The Phantom of £ •j* the Opera” £ £ NO ADVANCE IN PRICE ¥ y V ■ .. v j* v £ BUSINESS IS GREAT! X £ THANK YOU % X Bill Bergmann £ £ Manager. £ from Albright and asked to drop their club until spring. Special Functions A rummage sale was given by the parents and teachers which was quite successful. The bazaar given by the Camp Fire group was very successful and closed with the feeling that next Christmas will find them prepared to give a much larger and better ex hibit. Christmas trees and parties were given for all groups, an excellent program was rendered at each party which included Christmas carols, stories, vocal and instrumental mu sic, folk dancing, etc. Gifts were given to all children present. Each Friday evening all the older groups of the center meet for chorus singing under the direction of Rev. Russel Taylor. Neighborhood Contacts Toys, condies, dolls, books, etc., were sent from clubs and Camp Fire groups to bring sunshine and glad ness to the hearts of the poor chil dren of the community. These gifts were distributed to the houses on Christmas morning by Parent-Teach ers and Camp Fire girls. We extend to all citizens of Oma ha an invitation to visit clubs and classes any afternoon or evening, at the hours of 3:30 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 10:00. “Come and receive a cord ial welcome.” L. L. Patrick, Director. WASHINGTON PASTOR DIES Washington, D. C.—The Rev. M W. D. 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