The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-10

NUUIUtJ
Miss Rosa Tinsley gave Il most delight
iul entertainment ut her home on Roam
oke street on Thursday evening i'll honor
of her guest, Miss Hanger. OF Staunton
The feature of the occasion was the sing
ing of ''Jonah Swallowed the Whale" by
Il quartette composed of the Messrs.
Woods and Mr.. Hugh Penn. Judge
Woods also sang n solo as only the Judge
can sing. 1t was entitled "Sucking Cider
Through IL Straw" and recalled many
fond recollectious'' to both the young
and the old of those present. -"'The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Hobbe, Rev.
erend Mr.. Carson, the Misses Carson,
Miss Della Kindred, Miss Hancock, Miss
Elva Luck, Miss Kincannon, Miss Lizzie
Fishburne, Miss Claudia Meadows, of
Texas, and Miss Hanger; Messrs. ID. NJ.
Taylor, w. w. Anderson, Judge Jno. w.
Woods, DR.. Oscar Woods. james p
Tnslcy, Willis Tinsley, Laurence Davis,
Hugh Penn, Tinsley kindred and NJ. Il.
Coleman.
Miss Dorney has scntssout cards for
series OF informal teas to he given each
Friday afternoon throughout january at
her home on South Commerce street.
The Wednesday Club, to whose hospi-
tality is due the thanks for u most enjoy
able hay ride to Coyners Springs last
summer, has again commenced it's weekly
meetings. The object Of the club is purely
social. rs members this year are Miss
Pauline Massic, Miss Nellie Rorer, Miss
m fiu-. 4,
Saunders, Miss Stras and Miss Rust.
Professor Ecmenyi WAS greeted by an
audience 10y far the largest and most rep
rescntative OF the season.
There will be an clocution entertain
mcnt at Virginia College some time in
the next ten days. As there are some
elocutonists Mt the college this year
above the avera &c u good programme may
he expected
Mrs. David Dunlap, of Petersburg is
visiting her brother, Nc. Eugene Davis,
on Eleventh avenue W.
Mr. Van Rawn has returned to college
after spending the holidays ut home.
Miss Florence Lcary will leave tonight
for Baltimore TO take up again her course
of music.
The Misses McGrnnn, who have been
stopping at the Hotel Roanoke for the
past week, left for their home in I.nncas-
ter, Pa, on Friday evening.
The ladies' of Petersburg have rescued
the german clubs of that city from almost
total oblivion, and ms Il consequence the
PETERSBURG germans are more brilliant.
enjoyable. and, what is equally important,
more successful chan ever. The germans
are gotten up ana managed entirely by
the ladies, the men being only required to
pay for their cards. Cards are only is
sued to those persons whose names have
been approved by the invitation commit
tee Would not this scheme work in
Roanoke? Surely there is enough material
among those OF our ladies who care for
such things.
Few of us realized that in the fire that
consumed the dwelling Occupied. by Nh
George Huff, on Saturday evening, jan
uary 2d, there persisted one OF these old
homes so dear TO us all, whether we knew
1t ourselves or not. There are many by
whom the news was received with sorrow.
is gone and another link in the ever di-
minishing chain that binds the memories
and affections of our broken and scattered
families one to another has vanished with
it. Built about 1917, it had always been
one OF the most prominent of the many
homes OF its kind in middle Virginia
Architccturally il was mot much to look
upon. Found to he too small for the
needs of IL most hosptablc family, it had
been added to here and there until it be-
came IL large rambling building, each of
its rooms possessing some history of its
own, this one because built for one pur-
pose, that because of another. Until very
recent years, the house was occupied bv
the Watts family. The land surrounding
it was part of tract originally granted
to General Watts, the great grandfather
of Mr.. j. Allen Watts. of Roanoke. 1t
was also for many years the home of Mrs.
Dr. Frank Sorreil. do not know whether
these lines are particularly applicable
Just here, but they have occurred to me
in connection with the loss Of Oakiands:'
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