Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-25

charming young woman, is the possess
sor of a beautiful soprano voice, and
is popular with wide circle of friends
not only in her home city, but also i'll
Washington, d. c.
Mr.. Quillian, who came to the local
association four years ago, is grad
uate of Emory college, Oxford. Ga.
After serving the Los Angeles Y. M.
c.. A a little over q year he took a
postgraduate course of two years at
Princeton, returning to Los Angeles
last July.
The son of Methodist minister, who
is located at Cevington. North Georgia
conference, Mr.. Quillian has two
uncles in the ministry, one uncle who
is a lawyer and another a physician.
After visiting friends and relatives in
Alabama and Georgia, the young peo-
pie will return to Los Angeles, and
will be at home after May l at 1926
Orange street.
Miss California Marion Wilson, whose
marriage with Ellis Paul Gray will be
solemnized at high noon Tuesday in the
Hollywood Methodist church, is to be
special guest at a blue and white
kitchen shower to be given Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. T.
Ryland on South Vine street by Mrs.
Ryland, Mrs. L. B. Jorgenson and Mrs.
F. M. Smart.
Mrs. H G.. Gray, mother of the
groom-to-be, was hostess at dinner
party of ten given last evening at her
home on Ell Nido place in compliment
to this popular young couple.
Miss Ruth Gaylord. who will become
the bride of James Nelson Johnson
June II, was special guest at a miscel-
laneous shower given yesterday after
noon by Miss Lillian Grant of South
Pasadena.
The invited guests were Mines.
Harold Dolittle, Henry Meyer, James
A. B. Sherer and the Misses Shirley
Burns, Gladys Bronson, Gladys Barn.
dollar, Laura Bradley, Virginia Bowen,
Lucille Culver, Grace Dickinson, Flor
ence Dolittle, Alice Early Ada Bray
ton. Margaret Clapp, Grace Fisher,
Helene Fitzgerald, Clara Haas Minnie
ris, Harriet Judd, Jessie Hoyt, Flor
ence Kellogg, Frances Kendall, Rose
Lippincott, Winifred .Mackey, Jessie
McCanent, Blanche Meek, Clara Nash,
Marcia Graves, Louise Catch, Helen
Catch, Virginia Pease, Elizabeth Par
ker, Pauline Parker, Wilma Robbins,
Laura Swigart, Kate Smith, Lucy
Smith, Sara Slavin, Virginia Scott,
Helen Sickler, Louise Tantau, Harriet
Tabor, Katherine Wadsworth, Mary
Wadsworth, Winifern Wood, Grace
Wright, Grace Waldron and Bessie
Woodville.
Mrs J. B. Willard of South Alvarado
street was hostess at a five hundred
party given yesterday afternoon.
Those who assisted the hostess were
her mother, Mrs. e. B. Mills. Mrs.
Willitts J. Hole, Mrs. Frank E. Walsh.
Mrs. Spencer Willard, Mrs. B. r. Baum
gardt, Mrs. w. F. Pleas, Mrs. Giles
Hall and the Misses Gertrude Willard
and Marie Nichols.
Invitations for large tea to be given
Wednesday afternoon have been issued
by Mrs. Laurence Roland Sewer, who
has recently moved into her new home
on South Normandie avenue. Mrs
Ralph Heath will assist in receiving,
s.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Wheeler of West
Thirty-seve drive celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of Mr.. Wheeler's
birthday Wednesday evening with a
family reunion. During the evening a
delightful program of music and read
ings was rendered.
The host and hostess were assisted
by Mrs. Nellie Messenger and Mrs. Ora
Cline.
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Mrs. Margaret Hawkins of West
Twenty-ninth street will entertain with
whist Saturday afternoon.
s.
DR.. Stewart Briggs, who has been
visiting his father, D. D. Briggs of
East Second street, has returned to his
home in Portland, Ore.
One of the pleasant pre-nuptials of
the week past was given for Miss
Helen Margaretia Tanner, fiancee of
Orris J. Hedges, for whom Miss Grace
Hedrick entertained Friday night with
a surprise china shower The affair
was given at the Hedrick home on
Michigan avenue and was participated
in by the r. L. E. club of Boyle
Heights, of which both hostess and
special guest are members, and few
friends
The decorations were in the club
colors, green and white, supplemented
with festoons of red hearts, and an en-
joyable program of readings and music
was a feature of the evening.
Those present to enjoy the jolly oc-
cosion were Mrs. w. II. Hedrick,
mother of the hostess; Mrs Robert
Tanner. Mrs William Helpes Mrs.
Harry Hancock, Mrs. Leroy Cleveland;
Miss Laura Wass, Miss Grace Miller,
Miss Ola Grant, Miss Olive Kee, Miss
Carrie Adams. Miss Bessie Bordin,