Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-16
VENICE

At special meeting of the Sunshine
society at Venice Wednesday it was
decided to proceed Immediately to build
the rest room" so that it will be ready
at the opening of the season. The use
of a lot on the corner of Horizon ave-
nue. and the ocean front has been do
mated by Mrs. George Sibley, and the
society will put up a building 30x32 feet
in size. This building will contain one
large room, a small kitchen and lava
tory, with wide porch across the
front.
1t is the purpose of the women of the
society to have an old-fashioned rails
ing bee on Friday, May q, and to that
end every man in Ocean Park is asked
TO contribute part or all of a days
work. Of course carpenters are espe-
cially asked, but any man who can
drive a nail or lift a board will be
used.
The lumber win all be on the ground.
all in proper lengths, together with the
necessary hardware, etc. The men are
asked to bring the required tools and
a good appetite.
The last is a special requisite, as the
women will be on hand at noon with
substantial and bounteous dinner, con-
sisting of all the good homemade
things imaginable and plenty of hot
coffee.
Mr.. and Mrs F. H. Lloyd entertained
yesterday in honor of their daughter
Catherine Ellen, whose ninth birthday
anniversary was celebrated. The guests
were young friends from Los Angeles
The dining room of the magnificent
Walgrove home of the Lloyds was
tastefully decorated with red gerani-
ums, with the figure '9' shown con-
spicuously. Streamers ran from each
corner of the room to the center of the
10 NH "a
cake, properly lettered and decorated,
was placed, in which were nine can
dies Place cards representing beach
scenes marked the place of each guest
Miss Mary Rush and Miss Ethel
Spencer of Champaign, H., who have
been passing the winter at the Lloyd
home, and Mrs. George Sibley and
Elizabeth Sibley assisted Mrs. Lloyd
in entertaining the guests.
Guests from Los Angeles chaperoned
by Miss L. 1. Lippincott, Mrs. Burton
and Mrs r NJ Collision, were: Ruth
Collision, Marie Collision Beryl Waters,
Thelma Shickle, Elizabeth Burton, Eva
Toland and Cora Sayers. Those from
Walgrove present were Ruth Lachen-
myer, Florence Mcconnell and Gladys
Chase.
Mrs. ]. G. Macxie of the Rialto has
gone to Alhambra for the summer
months.
s.
Mrs c. Y. Burns of the Affair canal
is visiting relatives and friends at San
Francisco.
L. Bates, formerly of Affair canal,
after passing several months at Spo-
kane. Wash, has returned to Los An
geles, having leased his Venice home
for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Mayer and little
daughter enjoyed an automobile trip up
the coast Sunday morning, returning
Monday evening.
f. F. Hunt, who has large property
interests here. but who is now located
at Redlands. passed Sunday and Mon
day at Venice with his family on Cen
ter street.
Mr.. and Mrs r. H. August left Tues
day morning for an extended stay with
their son at Tcxhoma, Texas county,
Oklahoma. They expect to go by way
OF Seattle, visiting the exposition. 1t
is their intention to remain I'M Oklaho-
ma for one year.
The Venice Country club officers and
managers are preparing plans for the
summer tournament, which the know
ing ones say will be the best i'm the
history of the club
The next i-monthly card party II
the club parlors, under the auspices OF
the club members, will be held Wednes-
day evening, May 10. These parties
are growing in popularity among the
society folk of the beach