The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-05
Church socials and Entertain ments.

The annual fair and supper of the Plymouth
| congregation will be held on Friday evening
Fancy articles for holiday gifts will be for sale.
The Womans Auxiliary of Christ P. e.
Church, will meet tomorrow afternoon, with
Mrs. w. p. Bingham. No. $40 North Meridian
street
The ladies of the Southstreet Baptist Church
will give an old New England candy pulling at
the chapel adjoining the church. next Tues
day evening.
The Woman's Aid Society of the English
Lutheran Church will hold apron fair in their
chapel, corner of Pennsylvania and Walnut
Streets on Wednesday evening
The Chautauqua Circle. under the leadership
of Miss j. Seely, will meet at the residence of
Mrs. R. O. Hawkins, No. 376 North Tennessee
street, on Monday afternoon, at o'clock.
The Young Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Second Presbyterian Church will give a supper
at the church on Friday evening An excellent
menu will be provided and served by the young
ladies, who will make 1t as delightful an even
ing as the one given last year.
Miss Emily S. Bingham. the reader. will give
An entertainment tomorrow afternoon at Ply
mouth Church at 3 o'clock Her selections will
include the best from her extensive repertoire,
and she will be assisted musicallv by Mr.. w. T.
Barnes, baritone. and Miss Mckenzie, pianist.
The admission will be 25 cents
The indestructibe rag dolls made by the
Guild of Christ Church are always in demand
just at this season, and rough estimate has
placed the number of dolls made by this society
at three hundred. The work is divided among
the ladies. cutting and sewing the bodies
another the shoes. another the un-bonnets
others the clothes. and the faces are painted by
Mrs. G. B. Ingram, the artist
Rev. G.. L. McNutt thinks every member of his
lcongre cation. both great and small, should do
some work for the church. For this purpose he
| has organized quite a number of societies. each
| having its head and board of managers The
next effort will be toward perfectng mems
| missionary society, ana then the whole congre-
| CATION will be an acting body, working for the
| spread Of good In this and other countries.
After the regular prayer meeting Thursday
evening last at the Fifth Presbyterian Church.
the congregational meeting held for the
| election of officers, which resulted in Messrs
! Wilson and McConauehev being re elected elders,
/ Mr.. David kregeo, deacon, aud Mr.. Will Brown,
| treasurer. Extensive preparations are being
! made for the coming fair on the 18th and 10th
| of December. The proceeds of the fair are to
be applied to lifting the church debt. and an eff
| fort will soon be made to complete the building
| This evening will be devoted to the childrens
meeting. and next Sunday Mr.. Mitchell will be
installed as pastor
At the social given at Mavfower Church on
Tuesday evening. the visitors were most de-
! lightfully entertained by the recitatons of Mrs
| Baughmen. new resident of this city from Ohio
| Her selections were "The Deaeon's Confession
and Christmas at the Quarters" Both were
| given with that finish of elocution and gesture
which tho audience seldom have the pleasure of
hearing and seeing. The spelling match was a
| success, and the overwhelmingly bound
books--were by Mrs. Brown and Mrs
Grover Mr.. Charles Hanson also contributed
| greatly by his music from the organ. Fore
fathers day will be the next celebration by this
congregation.