The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-17

saws: THE strawberry festival and en-
.tertainment given by the ladies OF the
Episcopal church last evening was one
of the most successful affairs OF the
kind ever undertaken. The musical ana
Evolutionary programme was splendid
ly rendered, although only few hours
had been devoted to its preparation,
and the large audience was liberal with
evidences OF its pleasure and appre-
citation. Quite a neat sum was real
ized and will be devoted to church pur-
poses"
The ladies of the Order of the East
ern Star rendered a grand banquet TO
the Great Falls Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons Thursday evening at the BAN
quet hall in Masonic block. The spread
was very elaborate and gotten up re-
gardless of expense. After the Chapter
adjourned the members were escorted
to the banquet, and after ii was served
w. f. Chamberlain. in the capacity of
toastmaster, started the ball rolling In
a clever little speech in which the Ia
dies received deserved compliments. de
was followed by Judge Hawkins, VINO
favored the assemblage with song,
after which talks" were made on Ma
sonry and kindred topics by Judge
Pomeroy of Kalispell, DR.. Frizzell, II.
e Collins, ]. w. Freeman, Frank E.
I Smith and ]. d. Wolfe of Lewistown,
Judge Race and others. The toast,
"The Ladies'" was responded TO by w.
f. Rand and he paid eloquent tribute
/ to ladies in general and members or the
| Eastern Star in particular. 1t was a
| pleasant social event of the week.
/ Mrs. @. w. Porter of Minneapolis Is
in the city the guest of her sister. Mrs.
| A. f. Dickerman.
Miss Clara Bullard of Helena is the
guest of Miss Bessie and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Charles f. Duer of Fort Benton.
Il and Mrs =. r.
Longeway surrendered their large resi-
/ dence to a happy, jolly crowd of young
friends, who thoroughly enjoyed the
evening and the freedom of the man
/ sion. Dancing was the order or the
| evening and from until IL O'Clock the
visitors enjoyed in lively quadrilles and
| dreamy waltZes to the music or an ex-
| cellent orchestra. Among those pres
ent were: The Misses Lillian, Bessie
and Ophelia Kingsbury, Trigg, Arm
strong, Longeway, Strain, Asseltine,
Cockrill, Baker of White Sulphur
4 Springs, Byrd. Duff. Messrs. Bruce,
| Armstrong, Coleman, Ridgley, Strain.
! Brown, Overfeld, Freeman. Drs. Gels
thorp. Cooper and Jones and Mark
Skinner.
Mrs. c. ]. Gerald, who has been East
for several weeks, is expected TO re-
turn tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Ness entertained the ladies of
the SCANDINAVIAN CnuICn NCuhSoNoJ
afternoon.
The auction sale at the residence of
I Judge and Mrs Hawkins Tuesday
evening under the patronage OF the
ladies of the First Liberal church, was
largely attended and social and finan-
cial success. After the packages mad
been disposed of on a business PROPOSE
ton those present sat down to de-
lightful luncheon prepared by the host
ess. The event was voted an unquali-
fed success.
A delightful social was held In
Crawford's hall last Monday evening
SAYS the Neihart Miner. at which a
large proportion of the young people
of the camp thoroughly enjoyed them
selves. Mrs. j. N. Sturgeon, Miss May
Finnegan and Mrs. Green were the
promoters of the affair. and they are
largely entitled to credit for its sue
cess.
George Doran and family of Bel
have removed to Belt, where they VIII
reside in the future.
h. Miss Rose f. Miller is expected home
from Boston In a few days. She has
been taking a course in the Conserva
tory of Music in that city.