Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-02
SOUTH AMBOY.
A MERRY SURPRISE.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Havens
Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

There was a lively time at Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Ravens house, in
George street, Wednesday night.
Some time ago a committee of ladies
met at the house and Mrs. Ravens
happened to mention that next
Thanksgiving day would be the thi--
tieth anniversary of her weddi
One of the ladies made a re.a
that set Mrs. Havens thinking as the
day drew near that some of her
friends might come to help celebrate
the event Thanksgiving night, so she
boiled a ham and, as was her usual
custom, she made a large fruit cake
for the holidays. In the meantime,
Mrs. Ravens daughter Stella was
having the time of her life purchas-
ing other dainties and hiding them
away in a bureau drawer, and while
her mother as out one day she
made another cake and hid it, too.
There were a number of others in
the secret of course, but Mr.. and
Mrs. Ravens were entirely in the
dark; so when Wednesday night
came Mr.. Ravens went to the NJ. e..
church and Mrs. Ravens sat down
for a good time reading, her daught-
err being out, too. Suddenly there
came a rap on the side door. AS the
engines nearby had been very noisy,
that was the first intimation that she
had of anyone being around.
Being a member of Pocohontas,
Mrs. Ravens wasn't at all frightened
when a real live Indian, with war
feathers, grabbed her as she opened
the door, but when a ghost appeared
and made for her, oh, my. and
when the others piled in she stood in
amazement. They had not been
there very long before Mrs. Ravens
discovered who most of them we're.
In the meantime Mrs. Ravens told
them she had just been getting mar
ried and as Mr.. Ravens had return
ed from the church and stood there
astonished, she introduced him as
the groom and had lots of fun over Il
rip in his coat, which Mrs. Ravens
declared he had got in a struggle in
the church. They finally unmasked
and at 1890 O'Clock refreshments
wer served.
Miss Stella brought out the fruit
and cake she had sneaked away, the
ham was sliced and sandwiches made
of 1t instead of waiting for the next
night and the fruit cake had to be
served with the rest, while delicious
coffee had been made and then-if
that crowd didn't enjoy it all! and
what a time they did have in social
talk while busy eating it.
After that games and some music
was the order of the evening.
There were some swell costumes
there. Among the guests were Mrs.
Charles Bennett, Mrs. William
Adams, Mr.. Versfelt. Mr.. B. c. Hav-
ems, and Mrs. Versfelt, who was a
washerwoman, Mrs. b. G.. Ravens
was a school girl, Mr. John Culver
was a ghost, Mrs. Culver a real live
Indian, Mr.. George LaForge was a
sailor and his wife was a Japanese
lady; Miss Stella Ravens was a
ghost, Mrs. August Behne was a
Quakeress, and they made fine char
acters both in dress and in carrying
out their characters. Then there
was a real nice colored woman, Mr..
e. Giffins, who presented Mrs. Hav-
ems with a beautiful silver fruit dish,
a present from the crowd jointly.
There were some very pretty tumb-
lers and other useful presents be-
sides. Mr.. Havens enjoyed the
event and Mrs. Ravens was delight
ed. They all had a royal good time
and did not disperse until after 1 a.
m.