The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
SOCIETY HAPPENINGS.

The first of the seasons assembly
balls was given Wednesday evening at
the Morris County Golf club and de-
spite the inclement weather there was
large attendance. The ball room
and adjacent rooms OF the club house
were appropriately decorated for the
season, stalks of corn, with pumpkins,
apples, carrots. squashes and other re-
minders of Thanksgiving, being in
cluded in the decorative scheme. The
patronesses included Mrs. George G.
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Robert Dumont
Foote, Mrs. Frederick Winston Mer-
rell, Mrs. Albert Fl. Vernam, Mrs.
David Hunter McAlpin, End; Mrs.
Archibald Forbes. Mrs. Ridley Watts,
Mrs. William Shippen, Mrs. William
Stark Letchford, Mrs. Robert Fl. Nc
Curdy, Mrs. Wynant D. Vanderpool,
Mrs. Robert A. Grannis, Mrs. John /.
Waterbury, Mrs. Henry Shaw, Mrs.
Alexander Torrance and Mrs. Ebert
S. Kip.
Previous to the ball many dinner
parties were given including several
at the club. Among those entertain
ing there we're Mr. and Mrs. William
S. Letchford, who had sixteen guests :
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Phillip H.
Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Tor
rance and Mr. and Mrs. Wynant D..
Vapderpool, each having ten guests ;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shaw and
MIR. and Mrs. Oliver q. Billings.
The annual Children's Christmas
dance has been announced for We'd
nesday evening, December 20. from
five until eight-thirty at the Morris
County Golf club. A feature of the
dance will be cotillion The patron
esses of the affair are Mrs. Robert Du-
mont Foote, Mrs. George Edings CHS
olm, Mrs. George G.. Palmer, Mrs.
John Murray Forbes, Mrs. John 0. H.
Pitney, Mrs. Henry A. Henriques,
Mrs. Mahlon Pitney, Mrs. Ransom H.
Thomas, Mrs. Ridley Watts, Mrs
George G. Fraser and Mrs. Samuel v.
Hoffman. .
The whist tournament at the Morris
County Golf club Is still the center of
interest for the card players at the
club. The competitors are endeavor-
ing to see who can make the largest
aggregate of the scores of ten games
before December lst. Those who have
finished their ten games and their
scores are Miss Marie G. Bryce, 1854 !;
Mrs. Fl. N. Hall, 1884; Mrs. Frederic
r. kellogg, $3.50: Mrs. Dudley Olcott,
End, 1886; Mrs. Ridley Watts, 1858 i;
Miss Elizabeth N. Little, 1858; Mrs.
Howard Coghill, 9,448 Mrs. Charles E.
Clark, 9,S22 Mrs. John Camp Will
lams, 1888 Miss Eleanor Bushnell,
S,S0S Mrs. Lloyd Saltus, 9,09S.
New members Of the golf club are
Richard Hoxie aud Lawrence Brengle.
Mrs, Charles Il. Mellon and children
have gone to New FORK for the season,
closing their mansion on Madison ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gordon Douglas
have taken up their abode at the Plaza
hotel in New York.
Mrs. FL. Ward Ford, who has gone
intO New York for the winter. will
give a reception on December 10Th at
ner home, No. 55 West Eorty-eighth
.tYeet, 70 introduce her daughter, Miss
Rosette Ford.
slr.. George e Daamun has been
enter aiming her moUher, Mrs. Sewer,
9f Philadelphia.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert G. Ropes will
slose their home 0n Morris avenue
his weel, and with Gheir family VIII
40 to New York Tor She winter
A ltef TWO weeks spent ia Jhe south
Mr. aud Mr.. Junlus Parker have re-
gr0ed o Morris 9wE
Tie Rev Paul Erdman, of the PREF
cyterau Board Of Fore'en MBslons,
alth his family, arrived from Syria on
1ulday the z95h insf, Ga q years
jfl0ngh. For the present Ihey are
wifh his parents aRthe home Of Mrs.
6. K. Newell, 81. Cloud, Orange.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward j hall have
removed from Kahdena 10 a HOUSE GA
M'H SireeJ.
Mr. aud Mrs. Il. w. Van Wagenel
are ~ tie Cha oRte, Atlantic oiGy.
A sonC was tN ~ Mr. aad MIS-.
Frcderc !. Ko!ies9 Gu Sunday, Nc
veneer 70 ~.