Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-14
Society

MFRS. HERMANN H. KERCKHoFF
WI of 1926 West Adams street will
A'A receive informally Saturday af-
ternoon in compliment to Mrs. Frank A.
Gibson, who is leaving Monday even
ing for Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where
she will join her son, Hugh s. Gibson,
recently appointed secretary of the
American legation at that place.
No cards have been issued for the
afternoon, but friends wishing to see
Mrs Gibson before her departure are
invited to CALL
Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage of Miss Maud Lewis OF
San Francisco, and Dr. Fred l.. joyce
of the same place, the ceremony having
taken place at Pottinger sanitarium
the morning of October 6.
The romance which resulted In the
marriage of DR.. Joyce and his bride
dates back to the time of the San
Francisco disaster, when DR.. Joyce
rendered valuable professional service.
Dr. Joyce's health broke down from
overwork and he was obliged to dis
continue his practice.
Mrs. Rollin J. Van Houten and Miss
Alice A. Cullen. entertained at their
home on Orange street yesterday after
noon in compliment to Miss Mary Wild
ney, whose marriage with Sidney Reeve
is to be among the early November
events.
Miss Florence Plumstead assisted in
receiving, and the guests Included
Mines. Paul Pauley, VIII Crippen, Her
bert Howard, Frank Alton, Albert Lee
stephens, March Shelton, Leland Bag
lev, w. w. Widney, M. ]. Cullen, the
Misses Hannah Mcdonald, Julia Hutch
inson, Louis Lohlker, Ethel Shrader,
Kate Widney and Maude Merryweather.
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Mrs. Wesley Clark has issued invita-
tions for supper dance to be given at
her home on Westmoreland place the
evening of October 81, in compliment to
Miss Salley Utley, Miss Marion Mac
Neil and Miss Alice Elliott, three Of
this seasons debutantes Miss Inez
Clark and sisters, the Misses Lucille
and Sarah Clark, are visiting In the
east.
A box party at the Belasoo last even
ing included Mr.. and Mrs. William Cline,
Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Cline, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. ]. Deming, Mr.. and Mrs M. e.
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Cline,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
George Steckel, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Eastman, Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Platt and
Harry Cline.
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One of the elaborately appointed af-
fairs of the week was the five hundred
and bridge with which IRIS. Frank A.
Bowles entertained yesterday as an in
formal house warming at her recently
completed home on Arapahoe street.
Mrs. Bowles was assisted In receiv-
ing by Mrs. Ralph Hagan, Mrs. Harry
G. Car, Mrs. B. F. Blinn, Mrs. Walter
J. Wrenn, Mrs. A. w. Remnitz, Mrs.
Katherine Bowles and Mrs. Will Bowles.
Guests included members of the West
lake Five Hundred club and other
friends.
Mrs Florence Hampton, Mrs. Will
Hands, Miss Fannie Bristor, Miss VIII
lie Kerns and Miss Eleanor Bingham
were among the markers.
Invited guests included Mines. John
Weston Phelps, Thomas w. Phelps, w.
B. Palmer, B. F. Powell, A. J. Prosser,
A. C. Snyder Eugene Rixon, Charles
Skinker, William J. Variel, Charles Van
Voorst, Alma Vaughn, Myron Wells,
]. NJ Kelly, w. J. Slater, Fred Gollum,
C. L. Hubbard, E. Hunter, Rose Ha-
gan, Thomas F. Hayward, William H.
Morris. w. Mackie W; Q: Morton, A.
M. Mallette, Martin, Will Mathews, A.
Nicholson, Charles F. Noyes, c. B.
Nichols, Will F. Orahood, Oran G. Otis,
Charles Leland Bagley, w. c. Brain,
Charles Bonynge, Frank Boswell, VIII
Bowman, e. j. Brent, Harry Belcher,
H. B. Beamer, Marie Baker, Horace
Bingham, F. r. Brearly, c. D. Cheese
man, e. B. Crawder, w. S. Cross,
George Carter, William Doud, M. w.
Everhardy, George II. Freeman, VIII
A. Faust, E. A. Fonda, Misses Grace
Pease, Jessie Pease, Ethel GrahamsfEva
Kerns, Fannie Kerns, Carrie Bruins and
Genevieve Faulkner.
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Mrs and Mrs William l. Hollings-
worth have returned from San Fran
cisco, where they have been passing the
summer and are OCCUPYING apartments
at Hershey Arms.
Mrs. Allan Balch of Hotel Angelus
has issued invitations for tea to be
given at the California club from to
6 o'clock the afternoon of October 29.
The hostess has asked to assist her
Mrs. Adna r. Chaffee, Mrs. Cameron
e. Thorn, Mrs. Fred Bixby, Mrs. E. A.
Bryant, Mrs. w. A. Barker, Mrs. Ro-
land Bishop, Mrs. c. c. Carpenter, Mrs.
Leo Chandler, Mrs. Wesley Clark, Mrs.
r. Craig, Mrs. Albert Crutcher, Mrs.
George ]. Denis, Mrs. William Dunn,
Mrs. Burton E. Green, Mrs. Lynn
Howard E. Huntington, Mrs. William
G. Kerckhoff, Mrs. H. C. Lee, Mrs. w.
W. Lovett, Mrs. John G. Kinney, Mrs.
Walter Newhall, Mrs. 2. 7. Pettigrew,
Mrs. Willoughby Rodman, Mrs. Arthur
G. Wells, Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mrs.
Curtis williams, Miss Sue Carpenter,
Miss Coleman, Miss Helen Chaffee, Miss
Alberta Denis, Miss Helen Newlin, Miss
Florence Silent, Miss Annis Van Nuys
and Miss Kate Van Nuys.
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Mrs. Mary st. Clair Blackburn, who
for years has been employed in the
internal revenue department at Wash
ington, d. c., is spending few weeks
with relatives in Los Angeles, and is
being entertained by Mrs. w. c. Wat
son, 4415 Mettler street.
Mrs Blackburn, who is prominently
identified with the Daughters of the
American Revolution and many social
and educational organizations, is widow
Cincinnati, Ohio, distinguished and
successful lawyer.
The marriage of Miss Jeanette Alice
Dryman and John F. Russell, both of
Fruitvale, Cal, was solemnized Mon
day evening at the home on Council
street of the officiating clergyman,
Rev. Will A. Knighten, pastor of Union
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church.
The young people came from Fruit
vale for the ceremony that they might
be married in the presence of the brides
mother, Mrs. Mary Rowe of Mimosa
street, and they will be her guests for
some time before returning north. They
will live in San Francisco, where the
groom is studying medicine.
The Delta Delta Delta alliance Of
Los Angeles held it's regular bi-month-
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