Events and Persons
In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested.
News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night.
Miss Algernon M. Pryor, daughter
of E. W. Pryor, left Monday night
for Washington, D. C., for an indef
inite visit with relatives and friends.
She will spend a few days en route
visiting friends in Chicago.
Men or women wanting work are
requested to register their names
with the Negro Christian Women’s
association, 3027 Pinkney street; tel
ephone Colfax 754. Please state what
kind of work is desired. The associa
tion is endeavoring to establish an
employment agency through which
persons wanting work and people
wanting workers can be accommo
dated.
For sale—2 acres and new 6-room
house. Aristocratic suburb. Easy
payments. Will Johnson, attorney,
Fourteenth and Douglas.
Mrs. Dorris Thornton of 2818 Miami
street had as dinner guests Sunday
afternoon in honor of her mother,
Mrs. Goodlow, of Red Oak, la., Mrs.
Sarah Lewis, Miss Mary L. Goodchild,
Mrs. Spillard, Mrs. Harold Davis, Mrs.
Lottie Cooper and the Misses Beat
rice Bonita and Elizabeth Spillard.
A successful meeting of the Negro
Women’s Christian Association was
held at the Old Folks’ Home Wednes
day afternoon. The president, Mrs.
M. D. Marshall, presided at the busi
ness session. Quite a number of visi
tors were present and a few new
members joined or renewed their
membership. Encouraging letters
were read from Mrs. Frances Jackson,
president of the Sojourner Truth
Home, and Mrs. James Mason, presi
dent of the Phyllis Wheatley Home,
of Buffalo, N. Y., who had learned of
the home here through Mrs. J. W.
Smith’s visit in Buffalo. Each letter
contained a crisp dollar bill as a
tangible token of interest. At this
meeting a payment of $200 was made
on the property and a substantial bal
ance is left in the treasury, as a re
sult of the money raised at or through
the get-together meeting and the As
sociation’s share of the recent collec
tion taken at the “Billy” Sunday tab
ernacle for it and Zion Baptist church.
The association received from this
source $136.40.
After we had gone to press last
week we received advice that the
plans had been changed about bring
ing the remains of the late Mrs.
Hampton A. Watson to Omaha for
burial and that interment would be
made at Sheridan, Wyo.
Miss Mary L. Goodchild of Chicago
left for home Thursday morning after
a pleasant summer, divided between
business and pleasure, spent in this
city. While here Miss Goodchild was
a guest at St. Philip’s rectory. Hav
ing been absent from Omaha for four
years she was astonished at the won
derful growth of the city during that
time.
The Owl Club met at the home of
Mr. Larry Peoples Wednesday night.
Miss Louise Beeks and Miss Beat
rice Kyle of Los Angeles are the
guests of Mrs. J. Sellers of 2320 North
Twenty-eighth avenue. They are
thinking of making Omaha their
home.
The Rev. E. P. McDonald, pastoi
of Memorial Baptist church, St. Paul,
Minn., preached at Zion Baptist
church on Sunday. While here he
was the guest of the Rev. W. F. Botts.
He left for home Thursday morning.
Miss Elrette Smith, of Springfield,
111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Bow
ler, 2711 North Twenty-eighth street.
Dependable dress making. Prices
reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor,
2428 Lake street. Webster 604.
A reception will be held at Mt. Mor
iah Baptist church, Twenty-sixth and
Se’vard streets, next Thursday even
ing, October 28, from 7:30 to 11, in
honor of the Rev. and Mrs. W. M. B.
Scott, who were recently married in
Boston. An interesting program of
addresses and music will be given.
The speakers will be the Rev. W. T.
Osborne, the Rev. W. F. Botts, th»
Rev. J. C. Brown, South Side, the
Rev. J. W. Morton, of Council Bluffs;
the Rev. W. M. B. Scott, the Rev. G.
G. Logan, the Rev. John Albert Will
iams, Will N. Johnson, Mrs. L. Lewis
and Mr. H. L. Anderson. A male
quartette, composed of Vernon Rou
lette, Leroy Kelly, Edward Miller and
E. Roulette will sing: the Misses Vio
la Hibbler and Z. Graham will render
a duet, asd Mrs. W. M. B. Scott will
sing a solo. -
Dependable dress making. Prices
reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor,
2428 Lake street. Webster 604.
The Misses Beulah and Frances
Britton of Twenty-ninth and Lake
streets entertained at dinner Sunday
the Misses Beulah Butler and Aline
Bently and Messrs. Thomas Roulette,
Le Roy Kelly, Edward Miller and Her
bert Glover. The quartet sang several
pleasing selections.
Harrison and Stewart, two popular
colored performers, were at the Em
press this week. They were guests at
the Patton hotel.
The Y. V. P. Circle and the B. Y.
P. U. of the Zion Baptist church will
give a joint entertainment Friday, Oc
tober 29. The feature of the pro
gram will be a comedy sketch by Mr.
Thomas Roulette and Mr. Edward Mil
ler. —
Mrs. R. Dewey Allen, 2215 Charles
street, has been quite ill for several
days.
A HARVEST HOME DINNER.
A Harvest Home dinner will be
served at Holmes hall, formerly called
Peterson’s hall, Twenty-fou»-th and,
Burdette streets Tuesday evening, Oc
tober 26th, from 6 o’clock until 9.
Good music until 12 o’clock. The
proceeds are to be given to St. Phil
ip’s church. The following menu will
be served:
Hicks’ Autumn Leaf Ham with
spinach.
Pickles.
The West Chicken Pie. Mashed po
tatoes, Virginia style.
La Cour Salad.
Dessert: Watson in Surprise with
Smith sauce.
The Wallace home-made rolls.
Coffee.
The committee is as follows: Mrs.
C. H. Hicks, Mrs. J. S. LaCour, Mrs.
George Watson, Mrs. E. R. West.
Admission, including dinner, 35c.—
Adv.
Mrs. Mary Montague, formerly of
Des Moines, but now a resident of
Los Angeles, was a guest last Sunday
of Mrs. Joseph La Cour, 2106 Grace
street.
Saturday
Jewelry Sale
An immense ^tock of watches,
diamonds and high grade
jewelry
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