The San Francisco call., 1906-12-28
Society in Cities
Across the Bay

OAKLAND, Dec 27-Many of Oak
lands hostesses are planning New
Years eve parties Among those who
have issued cards is Miss Mabel Ruth
erford. who will entertain coterie of
friends at the Rutherford home on Har-
rison street She will be assisted by
her sisters, Miss Irene Rutherford and
Miss Grace Rutherford.
A large New Years eve party will be
given at the Claremont Country Club,
when members and guests will dance
the old year out and the new year in.
Several hundred invitations have been
issued Supper will be served.
Scores of the younger children of
the Home Club members were the
guests at the Christmas party today
which has become one of the features
of the clubs work. Mrs. H. C. Cap
well planned the affair, assisted by
Miss Gertrude Carleton Miss Margaret
Taylor. Mrs. Walter Starr. Mrs. George
Chambers and Mrs. Wallace Alexander.
Christmas games. a yuletide tree with
a gift for each guest and a supper and
dance made the afternoon one to be
remembered by the children.
MT and MIS-. JOnn OVerDufy, 1Ormer-
ly Miss Martha Chickering, are spend
ing the holidays in Oakland as guests
of Mrs. Overbury's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Chickering.
The illness of Mrs Ernest McCand-
lish. formerly Miss Maud Scott has
made it necessary to cancel the plans
which this young Alameda bride had
made for the housewarming and New
r'c orty ripr
A marriage of interest took place in
Red1ands today, when Arthur Montague
Cooley of Berkeley and Miss anita
Lewis, daughter of the late Colonel and
Mrs. Lewis, were welded. The cere-
mony was witnessed by only the i'm
mediate families of the young people
After a wedding journey Mr.. and Mrs
Cooley will return to Berkeley, where
home awaits them. Cooley is grad
uate of the University of California.
He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Cooley. The Lewis family have been
prominent in Tehama County, where
they have land interests -
Mrs. ]. B. Clifford was a hostess
Tuesday evening, entertaining guests
at dinner. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvanus Farnham, Miss Elsie
Clifford, Douglas Sloan and others.
Mrs. Frederick Mcleod Fenwick left
| this week for an Eastern trip. She
will be gone a month.
ALAMEDA. Dec. 27.-The Christmas
dance of the Alameda Assembly was
held tonight in Harmonic Hall and was
largely attended. The patronesses of
the assembly are Mrs. George H Mas
| tick, Mrs. S. ]. Conger, Mrs. G. H. Muir
dock. Mrs. H. K. Field and Mrs. j. H.
/ Black.
Miss Gertrude Burr, until recently a
teacher in the School Department, be-
came the bride yesterday at noon of
Neils A. Larsen. The ceremony was
performed at the First Baptist Church
| by Rev. William Spence of the First
Baptist Church of Berkeley. The four
| bridesmaids, who also acted as ushers,
were Miss Ray Burdick. Miss Myrtle
Ward, Miss Hattie Lawlor and Miss
Ruth Terpening. After the wedding
the bridal party were guests at a ban
quet at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Burr of Arbor
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Larsen will reside
in San Pedro, where the groom is con-
nected with the First National Bank.
Miss Sarah Innes, daughter of Mrs.
Alexander Innes of 2104 San Jose
avenue, is spending the holidays with
relatives here. Miss Innes is a gradu-
ate of the University of California and
! is a teacher in the San Luis Obispo
! School Department