The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-08-19

Have Entertained Marriage
of Miss Myra Byrne and Mr..
Duncan McNeill Personals.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs is having quite a
gala week for the past ten days
with parties, hay rides, picnics,
etc.
Misses George and Sallie Pear
sail are entertaining six of their
friends at a house-party at their
fathers palatial home on Main
street. The guests are: Misses
Frances and Ella Rhodes. of
Lynchburg, Va; Mr.. Henry, of
New York City; Mr.. w. M.
Bryan. of Warsaw, Mr.. Horace
PersalI, of Wilmington, and
Mr.. Geo. Hall, of Roseboro.
The numerous entertainments
Of the week have been given in
honor of the house-party guests,
and the visitors seen to be hav-
ing a very jolly time.
On last Friday evening the
spacious verandas and shady
lawns of Mr.. A. B. Persall were
brilliantly lighted with electric
lights and also by the softer glow
of numerous japanese lanterns.
The scene was that of the recep-
ton rendered the guests Of the
house-party that they might
meet the merry young people of
Red Springs. Many games were
indulged in, such as "Proprosals, !"
Fishing" and the like. De-
lightfu! fruit punch was served
to the thirsty ones by Miss
Wyatt McKinnon and Mr.. Jim
Hall, while Miss Eunice Pear
sail and Mr.. Tom de Vane sup
piled the young people with de-
licious cream and cake. 1t was
only after the lights had wink
ed" several times that the merry
crowd dispersed. This was one
of the most delightful social
events of the summer.
Tuesday a crowd of the young
people went-up to Spring Branch
and enjoyed the PICNIC given by
the hospitable Scotch people of
that community. Monday night
Miss Rosa Mcmillan entertain
ed the visitors at beautiful
porch party. Miss Mcmillan is
a charming hostess and the eve
ming was most pleasantly spent.
Wednesday the young men of
the town engaged wagons and
took the house-party and a few
young town ladies out to Phila-
delphus on a picnic. The day
was a very pleasant one and the
picnicefs enjoyed rowing on the
pond and taking turn about with
short rides in a touring car.
Wednesday evening Mr.. A. T.
McCallum gave a six O'Clock
dinner to the house-party anC
after dinner he entertained {
large crowd at a beautiful laWr
party. The guests en- joyed songs
by the house-party and much
rag time" played by the musi
clans present. Mr.. McCallun
showed himself to be an idea
host, and he was assisted in en-
tertaining by Mrs. Edmunsor
and Mrs. Fillmore.
Thursday evening Mr.. George
Hall gave the house-party and {
few others a pleasant time out a
his fathers country home neal
town. The invited ones wen
out in wagons and during the
ride they made the woods rims
with their merry laughter ant
songs. Those enjoying the hos
pitality of Mr.. Hall were: Misses
Frances and EllaRhodes; George
Sallie and Eunice Pearsall; Ros:
Mcmillan, Glennie Graham, Wyatt
McKinnon; Emma Woodward, o:
Wilmington; Clara and Fanni,
de Vane and Genevieve McMil
Ian; Messrs. Henry Hall; McMil
Ian. Bartram and David Robeson
Wetzell, Grantham, Purcell. Cur
rie, Vardell, de Vane, McCallum
. and Jim Hall.
Misses Maude Jones, Vera Blue
Carrie and Mamie McNeill an
Mr.. John ThroWer have returne
from a pleasant weeks visit t
/ Wrightsville Beach. Miss Emm
, Woodward, Of Wilmington,
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Georg
Hall. Mrs. Jennie McAleste
and daughters have returne
from a visit to relatives an
friends in Sampson county. :
1 Miss Attic Marsh is spending
r few weeks in the mountains {
: North Carolina at H;ddenite. :
Miss Carrie Mcqueen, of Fayett,
vile, is visiting Miss Lila Byrn
e Misses Anna Townsend, Ma
n garet McNeill and Melville Gil
d son are spending some time
v the mountains. Miss Almer
- Mcleod is visiting relatives
: Bleinhem, S. C.-Miss Nam
/ Pearsall, who is studying in Be-
e timore to be a trained nurse,
al spending her vacation at HON
n Miss Mamie McKinnon spe
Sunday in Red Springs. She w
accompanied back to her home
is Hope Mills by her sister, Mi
Wyatt McKinnon.
Mrs. J. l.. Mcmillan entertai
II ed the little folks at a par
- ~ Tuesday afternoon in honor
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