Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-01-26
SOCIAL EVENTS
OF PAST WEEK
Parties Largely Attended by Both
Old and Young
People.
MANY PRESENT AT
L. @. T. NJ. INSTALLATION
Newly Organized E. O. X. Club
Entertained Friday==Gave
Hop Saturday.

About three hundred people were
hall to witness the installation cere-
mOuy of the Order of the Ladies of the
Maccabees.
The hall had been appropriately
and tastefulIy decorated with their
emblematic crlors, red, white and blue
Lldy Sarah l.. Long, Deputy ST. t
Commander, of LaCroSSe, WdS present
aud acted as installing officer. The
installation ceremony was impressive
and the marching by the guards in
military step was very pretty and
much appreciated by all present.
The following officers were installed:
Lady mmander-IIenrIetta Nat
wick.
Past Lady COMMANDMENTS. Ella
Cochran.
Lieutenant Commander-M Mrs Ida
Lyon.
Record Keeper Mrs. Minnie Palm
alter.
Finance Keeper-Mss Elizabeth
Herschleb.
Chaplain-Mrs Lydia Houston.
Sergeant Mrs. Gertrude ThOmp-
son.
Mist reSS-at arms Mrs. Effie Gothke.
Sentinel-MIs. Ella Favel.
Picket-MrS. Lillian Damon.
MrE il,f. hx 7 n
Ridgman. Installing Chaplain, Lady
Otto, Installing Mistress-at-armS ana
Lady Iofstater, Assistant Sentinel
The reception committee consisted
of Lady McKercher, Lady Long, Lady
Otto, Lady Rockwell, Lady Cochran,
Lady Corriveau and Lady Thompson.
At the conclusion OF the installation
service, the guards consisting of
sixteen ladies, under the leadership of
the captain OF the guards, Lady
Bartholomew, rendered The l.. O. T..
NJ. drill. The guards consisted Of,
Lady Gothke, Lady GettS, Lady Skeel.
Lady Kruger, Lldy Thompson, Lady
Searles, Lady Duncan, Lady Nilsson,
Lady Rockwell, Lady Slusser, Lady
Blown. Lady Kruger, Lady Gill, Lady
Mcfarland, Lady Church, Lady Scott
Lady Long delivered very interest
ing address aJAi he close of the Install
atiUp ceremuny, giving the strangers
prt sent an idea Of the origin, history
and principles OF the order.
Professor Slmons, of Chicago, with
violin, Mrs. Ella Schultz aud Miss
Helen tiiIkey ot1iciated at the piano
aud rendered the following music:
Gavutle ue la Prlncesse, tZibulka:
Petlte Berccuse, uerrmann; Inter-
meZzo, Mascogni.
Frappe and cake were served and
all present voted the evenings euteI-
talnment very instructive as we'll -as
entertaining.
Miss Bessie Huntington entertaint
the members OF the E. Q. *. club auu
some of their friends at her home in
the first ward Friday evening. Pre-.
gressive Pit was the feature Of tue
evening, all entering INTO this very
expressive game with d vim that would
have caused the envy of trained
board of trade member. AT the Clio, e
OF the contest il Was found that VII
Nash had made enough corners t.
entitle him to 2020 points aud was
awarded the head prize. Miss Mary
Brahany, having been unfortunate in
receiving too many false market re-
ports, carried off the consolation prize
The pit closed at about III o'clock
Market reports and other board OF
trade paraphernalia were then removed
from the tables and the guests par
took of dainty refreshments
Those present were; The Misses
Ethel Kelley. Rebecca Shapiro, Belle
Thorne, Mathilda Bunge, Mary Brah-
any, Eva Jones, Maude Whaley, Daisy
Wakefield, Grace Dillingham;, Kate
Parrish and Fannie Burrows, of Port
Edwards, and MeSSrs. Richard Wipper-
man, +. W. Bopp. Guy Wood, James
Hamilton, w. l.. Oswald. Henry
Demitz, +. q. Gilkey, L. j. Paetow
Will Nash, Herman Wippei man anC
A. Z. Falch.
Friday evening j. Lutz, Geo. Davis,
j. Cohen, w. Little, n. Church, l.
Schroeder. Ed. Young, G. Schumar
and K. Beadle took a sleighi ide tt
NekooSa To surprise the |. 0. O. +,
brothers there. Although the visit
was unexpected, il did not take the
NekOosa brothers long to arrange al
elegant spread The visiting brothers
report good time and Say that Ne
koosa knows how to entertain. The
NekooSa lodge has the advantage o
having many good musicians and ais,
buck and wing dancer. The musi,
given by brothers Nj. Lynn aud Chas
Parker was very much appreciated
The visitors enjoyed both the ride ant
the visit and hope th at the time vii
soon come when they may again visit