The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-21
A PLEASANT EVENING

Mrs. c. L. Bittinger entertained last
night in compliment to Miss Helen
Brown and the members of the grad
uating class of the Ocala High School
of 1910, of which she is member. This
entertainment comes under the head or
social and friendly reciprocity, for Mrs
Jake Brown did a similar kindly act
for Miss Adele Bittinger. graduate
of the Ocala High School of 500 and |
her classmates.
The occasion was very pleasant
one All the boys and girls were at
their best for the strain and pressure
Of the brain was over. The reviewers
had their day and so the examinations
and now there was nothing left but to
anticipate in the full bent OF their
young natures and freed minds, but
the glory and halo of commencement
Monday night at the Temple Theater.
The reader can readily guess the rest.
From to II o'clock they were mas
tiers of the situation. and with their
tour around the world and their in
PRODUCTION to the most charming young
people of the city, including games
and dominoes. social wit ana wisdom,
music and a good appetite for refresh
ments, Of which there was an abund-
ance and decidedly toothsome, they
sure did chase the 1eeting minutes
away.
All of the graduates were present,
including the irregulars, Willie Bull
lock and Miss Margaret Anderson, also
Holmes Walters and Miss Eu1a Owen,
neighbors, who fitted perfectly into
the social scheme. Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Brown, Mrs. Browns mother. Mrs.
Levi of Lincoln, Neb., and Master Ju-
Illus Brown lent their presence and
were a large factor in making the
young people feel they ruled the earth.
Jake Brown, who was born to genial
and social nature, makes every one
feel at home, no matter the occasion
or motive of a gathering, and espe-
cially was this true in serving refresh
ments, Jake ably assisting Miss Owen,
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bittinger in
serving same. AS the hour Of depar-
ture drew night, came an intensely in
teresting episode, drawing for the
prizes, one first prize for the boys and
one for the girls and one BOBBY for
boys and girls. Holmes Walters and
Miss Owen prepared the ballots for the
hats and saw that the drawing was
done per lottery style. Willie Bullock
secured the boys prize and Miss Helen
came to the distribution of the ornate
and valuable BOBBY prizes, interest
was brought up to the fever pitch
Ethel Crosby secured the girls BOBBY
black and yellow co1ored horn, and
Robert Ferguson drew the boys prize
a genuine giraffe squash, with a neck
to correspond to that animal. 1t was
yellow and gold and ornamented with
q black ribbon to carry out in each
case the color scheme of the class
The squash was deliberately done III
in tissue paper and as Mr.. Ferguson
cautiously, and with some nervous
ness, unwound the covering, the colo1
in his face going and coming, pal.
flush and then hetic blush and whe1
the BOBBY did appear to full view, hi
face was flushed with the pride o
possession, even if his comrades di,
have the laugh on him.
1t was a jolly finale to an evening
that the participants said was so en-
joyable to them. Flowers of the elias
colors were in evidence, namely: tn
sunfiower. b1ack-eyed Susans, with lii
les of the valley, with black streaks
bursting magnolia blooms, etc. 1t wa
an evening that will recur to the mind
OF the participants as years roll on.