Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11
THE The
SEMI COUNTRY Sassf
YJyEEHT " Paper
WEEALx Of the
AyETI/C West.
Issued Mondays aud Thursday,
and Contains All the Cream Of
the Daily and Saturday News.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Eight Initlatcd--Eight candidate.
were initiated Into Lynd Chapter OF
the order OF Eastern STAR in Masonic
hall Friday evening. y social Will
refreshments followed.
brotherhood saII-The brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. divisions 22G
and II. and c. A. MCLEAN division
1GS of the Ladies' auxiliary to the
engineers. Will give a grand ball In
Che Odcon. Dec. 15.
Harris Home Fund-The fund
established by the Commercial club
for the purpose of purchasing a home
for Mrs. Fisher Harris. widow of the
late secretary of the club. is increas-
ing steadily and has now reached a
total of S4.105-
Bazar is Closcd-St. Marks bazar
closed Friday evening, said TO be the
most successful one ever held there
The merchants lunches were well
patronizcd. while "The Country Store
3 did a land Office business. The fancy
work sable was also center of In
tcrest.
Danish Lutheran Chu%cIi-Thc now
Danish lutheran church VIII be dedi-
Gated at IL a. M. Sunday. II is To-
Gated at the northwest corner of +
street and First avenue. The Luthera2s
have now five churches in this city.
the English, Norwegian. Swedish. Ger
man and Danish.
Musical Recital night-Therc will
be musical recital this evening, in
st. Johns chapel at Ninth East street
and Logan avenue Those participat-
Ing in the program arc Mrs. G. G.
Plummer. George Shelton. Mrs. l.. NJ.
Bailey. Miss Edna Cohn, Miss Edna
Dwyer, and Miss Isabel Osborne.
w. c. t. L. Mccts-The w. C. T. U.
held q specially interesting meeting
Friday afternoon. at the residence of
Mrs G. A. Walker. 500 north Second
West street The principal topic for
discussion was Interest in Scientific
Instruction. followed by paper on
pure food by Mrs. Ensign. and talk
from Mrs. Shepherd on the Omaha
convention. Several new members
were added to the union The jan
uary meeting Will be held at the
residence of Mrs. Shepherd.
Gather TO Honor Vctcran-"Uncle"
Robert F.. Neslen of the Twentieth
ward. WAS tho recipient of very en-
toyable party given him last evening
on the nth anniversary OF his birth.
About so OF his descendants and rel
atives assembled at his home in
Third avenue and spent very pleas
ant evening DIT games ana llStSUl1lR 10
"reminiscences related by the guest of
honor. Uncle" Robert is one of the
early pioneers of Utah, having ar
rived here from Lowcstoft. England
in 1853.
Lectures by NJ. Corydon Hanks-M.
Corydon Hanks. president of the West
ern Association of the Blind, has re-
turned from Provo, where he re-
Gently gave a number of readings at
the B. Y. u. After the middle of
the present month Mr. Hanks VIII de-
liver several lectures in the northern
part of Utah county. and later in the
southern portion An Invitation is eX-
tended to all blind and their escorts
to attend the readings free. and also
to consult with him after the readings
Mr. Hanks was a pupil of DR.. Byron
King. and lost his hands in a mine
accident In this state.
Graduate Nurses Mcet-The second
annual meeting of the Graduate Nurse
association was held Wednesday at the
Y; NJ. c.. A. The object OF the organi-
zaUon is TO raise the standard OF
nurses In the state and the city and
maintain register. Mr. w. c. Howe,
81 east Seventh South street, Is at
present in charge OF the local register
which is open only to graduate nurses
The officers elected at the meeting
we're Rose Korous. PRESIDENT,
Katherine Green. first vice-president;
Vera Fohlen. second vice president:
Irene Blood. secretary and Edith
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