The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

 number of friends in Avondale and in Birmingham for her accomplishments and
 personal charms.
 Miss Margaretta Williams will give her annual Christmas tree at her kindergar- ten on Highland avenue this morning at II o'clock. The parents and friends of
 the little people are invited to be pres ent
 The Growlers will dance th,s evening at
 the Country club
 Rev. and Mrs Luman Sumter Handley
 have issued invitations to the marriage
 of their daughter, Lynda May, to MT.
 Arthur Rudolph Moody on the evening
 of Thursday, January ', st o'clock
 at the Central Presbyterian church.
 Mrs. Grover Thaxton of Nashville, IS
 the guest of her father, Mir Rose Owen
 McDavid. Later she will visit her sister,
 Mrs. Ned Richardson McDavid
 Mrs. Sallie Foshee Mrs. Grace Holland
 and Master Joseph Holland left yesterday morning for Huntsville to spend several days with friends.
 Miss Alma Lide is visiting her mother
 in Columbus, Miss.
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Richardson are in Washington, D. C., for the holidays. Mrs Richard Johnston and Masters Richard and Eugene Johnston will leave
 this morning for a holiday visit to her parents, Mir and Mrs. John E. Miles, who are entertaining at family re-
 union in honor of their son, MT Oliver Jay
 Miles who returned this winter from a sCjourn of eight years in South Africa Mrs Samuel A. Benton and her little sons, S. A. Benton Jr., and John Miles
 Benton, are also among the guests MT.
 and Mrs Miles are giving the house
 party at their country home in Colum- Llama.
 Dr. c. c. Jones is passing the holidays
 in Jacksonville, Fla.
 MT. John Byrd of Cleveland Ohio, for 1aerly of Birmingham, will arrive today
 to be the guest of his mother and sis
 ters
 MT. and Mrs Ed Cohen of New Or leans are spending the holidays with MT. and Mrs. A. B. Loveman on Fair view Circle.
 MT. Newton Whitfield will return
 from Auburn tomorrow to spend the holidays with his parents, Dr. and Mrs O. Whitfield, 1026 North Four | teenth street.
 Miss Carrie Calame will entertain a | few of her young friends Friday even | ing at her home on South Highlands. | MT. and Mrs. William H. Kettig have | eli to Tn T. | cago.
 MT. Clayton Crossland of Nashville, | formerly of Birmingham, spent yester- | day in the city en route to Montgomery | where he goes to spend the holidays with relatives.
 | Miss Milton West is spending the holidays, with her parents, Rev. and ! Mrs. s. P. West.
 | Mrs. Sheehan of Eufaula was award | ed the dolls house which was sold by the Little Workers society of St. Paurs s | Catholic church for the benefit of the East Lake Orphans home. Mrs. Shee- han held ticket No. 19. A wedding beautiful in it's simplicity was celebrated Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of MT. and
 Mrs W. F. Skinner in Norwood, when
 Mrs. II. F. Carr recently of Hatties- burg, Miss, and cousin of MT. Skin ner, was married to Mir. F. B. Wash ington of Gulfport, Miss. The cere-
 mony was performed by Rev. L. S. 1 Handley In the presence of a few rel atives and friends. The decorations of ferns, palms and holly were very pret- ty indeed and the color scheme of red and green suggested the season. It was further carried out by the rosy glow of the electric lights through crimson shades.
 The bride wore a handsome going away gown of heavily braided broad cloth, catawba shade, with hat to match and black suede gloves and shoes. Her bouquet was of bride roses and ferns. MT. and Mrs. Washington left on an afternoon train for Gulf port, their future home. where MT. , Washington Is manager of the Great Southern hotel of that place and also of Hotel Hattiesburg of Hattiesburg, Miss. Mrs. Washington had only been in Birmingham two weeks but made many