Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-11-16
c. E.'S ENTERTAIN.
The Christian ~Endeavorers
Entertain Their Friends In
a De1ightfu1 Manner.

Last thursday evening the members
of the Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor gave a banque,
at the parlors of the Presbyterian
church, which was participated in by
large number of members of the
church as we'll as a number of outside
guests, who had responded to the in.
vitations issued by the society.
From 8 to 9 the guests were received
in the main wing of the church build.
ing by, the reception committee, con-
sisting of Mr.. George Bitterness, DR..
F. E. Twitchell, and Misses Zilpha
Williams and Bessie Ward. AS the
guests arrived they were presented
with flowers, the ladies receiving q
souvenir of pink and white roses and
the gentlemen of pink and red carna-
tions. They were then ushered into
the parlors, which were prettily dec
Grated for the occasion with potted
plants and draperies in bright colors.
Here the time was devoted to
social intercourse until the opening
OF the following musical program:
Song...... .PhilOs
Vocal Solo,. ..................George Bitterness
" ................ Miss Ella Mossberg
..............Miss Zilpha Williams
Plano Solo. F. E. Twitchell
- " ..............Miss Flore nee Porter
Duet-Piano and, Clarinet,
Mrs. A. Crosby and Alex. Williams
Oofno' oolo' ID. L. Otos
At the conclusion of this program
the entire company sat down to par
take of the good things that had been
prepared, and it was a ban, luet in
which the society proved itself to be
composed of Endeavorers in more
than one sense. The tables were ar
ranged to form the letter ."E, +" the
initial letter for the word Endeavor,
and looked. very inviting with their
decorations of flowers and other es-
sentials which 60 towards making the
banquet table tempter to the inner
man: After doing ample justice to the
feast of good things, the pastor, Rev.
c. Harmon Johnson, acting as toast
master, announced the following
toasts, which were responded to in q
most happy vein: ',' :
Watef...:s. .....!.......... ...nasOn Spicer
doroos os--,...,.....-......:- ;. ....E. =. Twftchell
Masks. ..........:..,.......Ge George Qtternesls
Making the Best OF It.. Charles Eddy
Christian Endeavor Motto ''
D. Miss Louise Fancher
The Model Endeavorer. ...., Eugene Case
Loyalty (response in song) .Thos. Scotton
Other speeches were down on the
program, but on account of the ab-
sence of the speakers were not re-
sponded to: They were as follows:
Our Successes and Failures. ......J. r. Otos
Snap Shots from High School Hill
Our bOys....... Campbell
Our Teachers (response by Arthur Harris
with paper on "Education.")
After listening to this enjoyable
part OF the evenings program, the
company arose and joined In singing
the closing hymn, "God be With You
Till We Meet Again." -.
All present expressed themselves as
being royalty entertained. The fol-
lowing were the committees of arrange
ments, who were 80 successful in get
ting up the affair:
Invitations-Alexauder williams,
Geo. Bitterness, Bessie Ward, Flor
ence Porter.
Reception-Geo. Bitterness, Ziipha
Williams, DR.. Twitchell, Bessie Ward.
Program-Zilpha Williams, E. c..
Wellin, Edna Wakeman, J. T. Otos.
Decoration-Misses Haiaes, Wen
nerlund, Porter and Malloy; Messrs.
Frank Stansberrv and Oliver Porter.
Observation-Disclosures Lila Will
Jams, Bertha Potter, Amy Hanscom,
Louise Fancher, Mrs. Case.