Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-25
SOCIETY ITEMS.
Social Gatherings of the Past
Week in Wausau.

at the ,sau Country club. Tues
day of each week has been set aside
/ for ladies' day, for which occasions
there will be special arrangements
made by committee of ladies. Last
Tuesday there was p luncheon served
and bridge game during the after
noon. There will be at least one club
dinner week, and special dinners
will be arranged for all who may or
der same in advance.
| "Goat golf" is now engaging the
interest Of the men. A goat can be
purchased for 10 cents. One M mber
challenges another member fer his
goat and it requires the playing of
eighteen holes to determine which
one wins. Handicaps are arranged to
even up with the good players and
row, on Saturdays, the expert and
/ the one who can not hit the side of a
barn, can be seen contending for each
others goats. At the close of the
| season the winner of the largest
number of goats will be awarded the
prize and given to him with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
| Last SATURDAY, evening dinner was
served for the members of the club, a
| putting contest followed, with Mrs
l.. A. Pradt and Mrs. G. c. Yawkey
heading the sides. 1t was a spirited
contest and was won by the former.
The following account of a recep-
tion rendered to Rev. and Mrs. T. b.
Fisher, at La Crosse, is taken from
| the La Crosse Leader:
"In honor of Rev. and Mrs. T. B.
| Fisher, who will soon leave for Madi-
son, where they will spend the sum-
/ mer at the lake, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Ross Drake and Mrs. G. w. Doty en-
| tertained yesterday at a most delight
full farewell gathering. In the after
noon the ladies were invited to the
home of Mrs. Drake, 129 South Sew
enth street, where the afternoon was
enjoyably spent with needlework and
| light refreshments were served. At
6:30 the husbands of the ladies joined
| the party and they repaired to the
home Of Mrs. Doty, 139 South Seventh,
where dinner was served. The guests
| were seated at one large table CEN
tered by great vase of crimson car
nations. Covers were laid for nine
teen. Rev. and Mrs. Fisher will leave
Friday for their summer outing
which will be spent at Lake Mendoza,
where they will occupy the cottage of
Prof. Sharde until October, when
they will return to La Crosse and DIR.
Fisher will resume the work of North
western Superintendent of the Uni
versalist church. DR.. and Mrs. Fish
er viii be greatly missed during the
summer months, as they are popular
with large number of people, both
in their own church circles and among
other denominations.
Miss Florence Gilbert was hostess
alta seven o'clock dinner given at tire
club house on Wednesday evening, in
honor of Miss Helen Winton of Min
neapolis, and Mrs. A. p. Woodson of
Kansas City, Mo. Twenty-Five guests
were seated at one dining table,
which was handsomely decorated
with ferns and flowers. A five-course
menu was served. At the close of the
dinner the guests we're surprised with
beautiful cake, decorated with
tweDty-one lighted candles, which
was placed before the hostess, an
nouncing the fact that the day was
Miss Florence's birthday anniversary
and the dinner a birthday celebration.
The young hostess received many con-
CALCULATIONS. Later the party was
conveyed in autos to the pavilion,
where delightful evening was spent
in dancing.
On Wednesday afternoon the mar
riage of Miss Margaret Meta Manning,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Manning of the town of Easton, to
Mr.. Harry G. SINNERS of Merrill, was
solemnized in this city. The groom
is a graduate of the Merrill high
school and has been holding the posi-
ton of bookkeeper of the Wright
Lumber Co.
Wednesday the annual picnic of the
| Presbyterian Sunday school and con-
gregation was held at the fair grounds.
The children were taken over in
'busses about $50, while the older
people went over at later hour for
dinner. The day was in every way
favorable for the event, games were
played and a most delightful time
had by all who attended.
Mrs. L. E. Spencer entertained the
Thursday Bridge club and a number
of other lady friends on Thursday
afternoon, in honor of Mrs. A. w.
Mumm. Four tables of bridge were
played and the highest score was
made by Mrs. Agnes Murray. Mrs.
Mumm received guest prize. A de-
licious supper was served at five
| O'Clock.
|
Miss Emma A. Meuret, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Meuret, will bt
united in marriage TO Mr.. John L
Sullivan tomorrow morning at
O'Clock at st. James church. A re
ception will follow in the Afternoon
at the Meuret home in the town o
Weston.
The bridge whist party given b!
Mrs. Frank Kelly, in honor of Mrs
A. w. Mumm and Mrs. p. P. Col
grove on Tuesday evening, was very
charming affair in every way. Mrs
+. III. Pardoe was awarded the prizs
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