, 1906-02-23

The ~twenty-eightb annual ball by
Black Hills lodge Brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Firemen, given at Maenner-
Choir hall last night, in celebration of
the birthday of George Washington,
was a pronounced success from what
ever point of view, the hall being
crowded with enthusiastic members of
the lodge and their friends. More than
100 couples took part in the grand
march, which was led by Will Roth,
general foreman at the shops here, and
his pretty young daughter, Miss Bar
bara, and this number represented on.
.ly a small half of the dancers present.
There We're several hundred people
present, representing three railroad
towns and other communities.
Railroad Colors in Decorations.
The hall was ta%stefully decorated in
the colors used by the signal system of
the railroad company-red, white and
green, the ceiling being festooned with
strips of colored paper, the walls being
covered with designs representing the
various railroad orders and the stage
set for a dining room, where Jewel of
.Eighty-six, Ladies' auxiliary, served an
excellent supper Lanterns and tail
lights lent tint to the white light from
numberless i-ncandescent lamps, and
the waving bands of crepe paper, the
melodious strains of the orchestra, the
handsome dresses of the lady members
of the party and the smiling faces of the
beaux made a pretty and impressive
picture.
The programs used were an unique
innovation upon the conventional OF
such occasions. They were bound in
law sheep, the leather used in binding
law and other valuable books. The
first page bore the title of the entertain
ment, with a picture of Washington,
the last page giving a list of the COM
mittees. The tickets and invitations
were also in law sheep and all were
produced In The Republicans job de-
partment and bindery.
List of Committees.
Following are the committees having
the ball in hand:
Arrangements-H. ]. Nottage, G. W.
McAllister, f. D. Chapman and C. F.
Wallace.
Reception-H. C. Ryan,W. V. Staples,
Al Hansen, E. E. Bowman. j. w. Grail,
Ed Winfield and George Bowman.
Floor-William Roth, Hilary Grail,
Charles Kennedy, H. L. White, j. C.
schley. George Hodgeman and L. w.
Deuel..
Door-A. R. Hook, o. H. Lewis, L. E.
Cook, Max Weick, Charles Williams
and X. B. Gibson.
Dance by Schedule.
The program of dances was in the
form of a train order, No. 81, the most
important order received by trainmen
in the handling of trains. 1t read as
follows:
Form 81. Blank form 1850. Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen. Dance
Order No. 2S, Feb. %. 1906. To all
present. AT Laramie station. b. of L.
+. opr. 9 p. m. No. Sc will run on the
following schedule with right oyer all
trains. Leave Laramie 8 p. m, Bona
and so on through the list, a
dance for each station to Rawlins.
The dancing was somewhat difficult
owing to the large crowd, but there was
the best of humor all through and at
4 o'clock the order" was marked com
plete' and the schedule was cancelled,
Home, Sweet Home" being the run
ming order of those participating in the
splendid affair.
Guests from Out of City.
The following out-of-town guests
were noted as present: Mrs. Frank b.
Draper, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gettis, Mrs.
Kate Patton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Co
rey, Miss Bessie Marks, Charlie B.
Weaver, Mr.. and Mrs. Al Hansen, Miss
Lille Apgard, Mrs. Fred Talbot, George
.Hodgeman, E. McClung, Miss Bessie
Ford and Tom Touhy of Cheyenne, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. F. Reed of Centennial, Ray
White, Fred Rump, Smith Evans, Joe
Cooper, James Friend, Miss Patty Gray,
Miss Louise Gray, Miss Annie Mathi.
son, Miss Frances Mum, James Rich
|ardson and George Phillips of Rawlins,
Miss Ethel Cheney of Lander, Mrs. Will
IThees Of Montpelier, Idaho, Don Nc
Dermott and wife of Lookout, and 9th.
ers. The larger number of guests were
young ladies and gentlemen Of the city.
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