The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-11-05

the nospstabic Or. N r. Heck home,
5iS Eighth avenue west. Games were
played, refreshments served and q
joyial good time had in every way.
Several OF the children Of the east
part Of town had what might be
called eRambler,s party They
masked and donned costumes, as
kids So delight to do, and went among
their neighbors and intimate &C.
quaintances, calling. and paying brief
visits. After visiting mere and
there about the town and keeping
folks guessing as to their identity,
the party rounded up at the Will
Phillips home where delightful
lunch was served. The personnel Of
the party was Mr. and Mrs. w T,
Phillips and daughters. Annacortez
and Bette, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kali
bach and daughter Marie, Mrs. D. B.
Fleming. of Des Moines, Miss Carrie
Chapman and Mrs, Carrie Adams,
A pleasant gathering at the w. z.
Hawkins home terminated in the ma
ture of surprise. shower In honor OF
Miss Mary Kinsey, whose marriage
is announced for November IL. The
many gifts were accompanied by
verses and rhymes which were read
by Miss Kinsey for the entertain-
ment Of the company. The writing
of some of the couplets, however,
was so awkward that it was impossi-
Bile to read the complete list. The
company had a delightful evening.
Refreshments were served.
A crowd Of high school folks gath
cred at the Mitchell home on Fourth
avenue east and spent an evening in
a good old-fashioned Halloween eel
ebration. There were all sorts OF
games and the like. Miss Lillian Kill
burn, Miss Mae J. Evans and Miss
Phelps, in costume, offieiated during
the evening as Gypsy fortune tellers
and created much merriment by the
nature of the future forecasted for
many of the young people present.
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The members of the G.. I. w. Y. Y.
spent very pleasant evening in a
| typical Halloween party at the
home of DR.. L. A. Rodgers. The par
ty was held in the attic and the other
parts of the house were darkened.
Guests were shown the way to the
attic by ghostly forms stationed at
the landings. The light shown from
the eyes Of pumpkin heads. The dec
| orations were appropriate to the oc-
casion. Refreshments were served
and the evening was passed in way
that will be pleasantly remembered
for a long time.
! Miss Mabel Dewhirst entertained
thirteen of her friends Saturday even
ing at her home, 1925 avenue east.
Light refreshments were served ana
good time had. Those present were
Harold Mcknight, Harold Morris,
Edith Gabriel, Helen Abrams, Oscar
Jones, Leslie Martin, jerks Ruby,
Frank White, Edith Bennett, Blanche
Taylor, Catharine Coats, Chester
Bradbury.
f. d. Reid entertained a company
of about fifteen old soldiers, members
of the party of excursionists who
went to Washington last year, at a
special dinner party at Green's Sat
urday evening. The occasion was all
that could be desired and was appre-
ciated and enjoyed. Some briel
talks were heard and some stories
passed around to the amusement OIL
the entire company.
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Mr.. and Mrs Carl Link entertained
about twenty of their friends Satur-
day evening at a ghost party. In a
guessing contest Miss Jennie o.
Hearne and Mr.. Frank Porter won
first prize. Miss Faye Miller and Mr..
Clarence Helm were awarded the
BOBBY prize. Light refreshments
were served.
Miss Shirley Brown entertained a
small company of her young lady
friends at her home in the Wightman
block On High avenue east in a man
ner that pleased ell. The entertain
ment was in the nature of Halloween
snort and refreShmentS
Among the many reminders of Hal
lowe'en was a party OF class '05 given
in Thornburg's new barn southeast Oh
the city. The loft was tastefully
decorated with baled straw and
pumpkin pie, intermingled with
streaks of apples, peanuts and milk,
or at least such was the case when
II o'clock was reached. Such was
the excitement and uproar that two
ghosts who appeared upon the scene
of debauchery and destruction Tor
pied pumpkin) were driven into hys-
terics. In order to bring them back
to life, Lucky" Laughlin innocently