The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-23
Social and
oPersonal

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~HE tennis tournament to be given
IL by the Country club. on Sept. b
VSy and 6, promises to be the largest
one ever held in this city. AL
ready entries have been received
from Carbondale, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre and Kingston, and many players
who have not yet entered have signifled
their intention Of doing so.
The Country club desires to state that
all tennis players in this valley are
cordially invited to enter. There Will
be no entrance fee and as the new
club house will be open at that time,
all of it's privileges will be extended to
those who enter and to their friends.
Handsome prizes will be given to the
winner and runner up in singles, and
to the winning team in doubles. Play
will begin promptly at 10 o'clock on
the morning of the 5th, and each noon
a table dhote luncheon Will be served
to all those desiring to spend the day
at the club. Entries will be received
up to p. m. Thursday, Sept. 4, and
should be sent to +. c. Fuller. Board or
Trade building, Scranton, Pa. This
year has seen a revival In tennis, never
before experienced in any game, and 1t
is the wish of the club to make this
tournament the most successful ever
held in this region.
Mr.. Victor r. Loughead, of San
Francisco, Cal, and Miss Kathryn Cal
houn. of Decatur. ILL.,. were quietly
married at Sunbury, Pa, Aug. 16 at
1915 p. m., in the presence of the
brides parents, by the Rev. Robert
O'Boyle, pastor of the Reformed church
of that place. The bride is a daughter
of w. F. Calhoun, now postmaster of
Decatur, Ill., and editor of the Herald
of the same city, and also we'll known
as prominent Illinois politician, hav-
ing served several terms as speaker OF
the Illinois house of representatives.
The groom is employed as tech
nical writer by the international Cor
respondence Schools, and is son OF
Flora Haines Loughead, a we'll known
western newspaper woman, and the au-
thor of number of successful novels
Mr.. and Mrs. Loughead will make their
home in Scr.Sston. The marriage came
as a surprise to the many friends Of
the couple. At the time of it's occur
renee the bride was on her way to
Harrisburg, Pa, with her parents, to
visit friends, and the programme for
the ceremony was prepared and put
through very unexpectedly.
The Excelsior Social club was last
night the scene Of a reception, given in
honor of Mrs. A. S. naspacher, the
newly welded wife of Rev. A. S. Ans
pacher, of the reformed Jewish congre-
cation.
The evening was in charge of the
ladies of the congregation, and Mrs. b.
Moses, Mrs. j. r. Cohen, Mrs. Samuel
Samter, Mrs. Sol Goldsmith and Mrs.
M. Brown, who We're the reception COM
mittee, deserve credit for well pre-
pared, highly enjoyable affair. Men,
bers on Bauer's orchestra furnished
dance music in the ball room, which
was appropriately decorated and pre-
scented a picturesque appearance.
1t has been arranged by many of the
summer guests at Waverly and Glen
burn to give play on the lawn or
G.. A. Fuller's beautiful country place
the last of September. The play Is
called Arlington Hundred Years
Ago." and was written by Mrs. Louise
Palmer Smith, the talented sister or
Congressman Henry w. Palmer. OF
Wilkes Barre. 1t Is to be produced by
local talent and will undoubtedly at
tract more than ordinary attention.
Willard Holabird. jr., of Evanston,
ILL.,, another one of the young men who
contracted typhoid fever at the Potts
town school when four boys became
afflicted with the same disease. died
this week. The young man was n
famous golf player, and 1t was or MIN
that Jarvis predicted wonderful fu-
ture as the greatest golf player in
America. He beat Walter Travis at
West Chester in an open tournament
in 1900 when he was only ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. l.. Wilson are spend
Ing the month of August at their cot
tage at Lake Sheridan, Among the
guests are: Mrs. Charles Wilson, the
Misses Cora Yost, Minnie Gernon, Ger
trude Kennedy, Selma Carlstrum, Cora
Gernon, Susan Morris, Bella Coronway,
Malvina Knapp, Florence Yost, and
Messrs Albert q. Edwards, III. r.. Yew-
ems, Ernest r. Weeks, ii. T. Yost Jas.
A. Wynkoop, Sam Lewis, George Mich
olson, A. j. Chapman, ii, C. Huber and
Wesley Maycock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Christophel. of
North Prescott avenue: Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Harris and children, OF North
Bromley avenue, and Miss Nellie VIII
liams, of North Sumner avenue, will
spend the coming week at Lake Sheri-
dan. Factoryville.
Misses Alice and Helen Matthews,
who have spent the past week as guests
at the country place OF Mr. and Mrs.
| C. s. Weston, at Lake Ariel, returned
home Yesterday.
The many friends of Edward Spald-
| ing Sanderson, eldest son of Colonel
and Mrs George Sanderson, who has
been a resident of Philadelphia for