The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-27
0CALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS


/ est than the engagement of Miss
Esther Marion Weathers to Mr.. George
Horace Ford. owing to the popularity
of both young pSopte The announce
ment has been the occasion of many
bvauTTfuf parties being given but none
have surpassed 94Tg-Brilliant dance last
Ievening at the Ocala Country Club.
where Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Camp,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Lloyd and
Mrs. Violet Powers entertained nearly
an hundred of their friends in compli-
nent TO Miss Weathers.
The Country Club, which almost
centers one Of the prettiest golf
| courses in the state was for the oc-
casion brilliantly lighted and charm
IingIy decorated with Christmas col
bells were effectively used and in the
ball room, card rooms and dining
room garlands of green and red were
festooned gracefully TO the walls and
ceilings. Red saliva in large bowls
lent additional beauty all of which
made a most fitting background for
the many beautiful gowns worn by the
ladies.
The host and hostesses greeted their
guests most cordially and informally.
Receiving with Miss Weathers was Mr..
Ford. Mrs. Camp was charmingly
gowned in black silk charmeuse satin,
made deconete and en- train, trimmed
with black velvet, white lace and jet.
With this costume was worn a dia-
mond necklace
Mrs. Lloyd wore a acco dian plated
pale yellow chiffon, with a yellow
gird1e. which was offset by a pretty
poinsettia. In her coiffure was Per-
sian band.
Mrs. Powers was lovely in white
charmeuse with trimmings of pearls
and shadow and gold lace. In her
couture was a green and silver orna-
ment
The honeree was radiant in a hand
some gown of brocaded chiffon over
: pink charmeuse made en- train and on
a draped model with trimmings of
blue and exquisite lace Pearl en-
broidery adorned the corsage. She
carried an armfu1 of pink carnations.
On arriving the guests were served
to delicious punch in the dining room
in the basement by Misses Stella and
Nina Camp. Misses Nettie and Clareta
Camp and Louise Rentz were also as-
sisting in the basement. Dance pro-
grams including sixteen dances and
four extras were given out Prof.
Carl Hoffman furnished the gay and
festive music for the merry dancers.
!. In the card rooms tables were arrang-
ed for bridge, which was greatly en-
joyed by a large number. During the
intermissions the spacious veranda,
which extends the entire length of the
club house, was a most popular rem
devious for the young people, the
lights being turned out so that full
enjoyment of the moon in its gor-
geous beauty could be had. Never was
a night more perfect for a dance nor a
gayer crowd who enjoyed one.
In the dining room a most tempting
salad course, including chicken salad,
olives, pickles and waters, was served,
, the card players going down first and
l then the dancers.
Those present at this most brilliant
affair were Miss Esther Weathers, Mr..
and Mrs B. A. Weathers, Mrs vernie
stevens, Mrs Frank Harris. Mr.. and
; Mrs. L. R. ChazaI Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
: Gerig and the latter's cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. r. Ross from Indiana, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Gerig, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Camp, Mr.. and Mrs Claude Kreger,
Mrs. ]. c. B. Koonce, Mrs. B. N.
Looney, Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Woodrow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Birdsey of Macon,
Ga. Mr.. and Mrs George Bitch, Mr..
r and Mrs. w K. Zewadski of Tampa
Mr.. and Mrs z. T. Brown of Baltimore
D Md, DR.. and Mrs. ]. E. Chace, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fitch of Chicago, Misses janet
U Weathers. Edna Cushing of East Or-
= ange, N J., Matilda Haynsworyh OF
Union, Ala. Matte Lee Stroud Of Bir-
C mingham. Ala. frankie Smith Of Plant
City. Leila Wood of Birmingham, Ala.
C Eugenia Fuller, Adele Btttinger
Fanny and Rosebud Robinson, Bessie
I MacKay. Clara Johnson. Annie Davis
. Sara Davis, Dorothy Schreibsr, Annie
Laurie Perry. Marie Won Engelken
c Alice Bullock. Josie Bullock Ophelis
Sawtell, Annie Atkinson, Ethel Harrel
C Of Roanoke. Va. Rita Oliverps of Sa-
vannah, Mary Burford. GLADYS Drake
Z Lydie McDougald. Messrs. GeoFge Ford
. Mel A Weathers of New York. Hib-
bert, Brantley and Paul Weathers
C William Camp, Tom and Frank N1arris
Ralph and Phil Robinson, Clarence
c Meffert, Ben Todd, Carlisle IzIar, " B
Gallagher, Harry and Whit Palmer
:" Olaf Zewadski, Holmes Walters, w. D
r Taylor. Ernest Crook o. B. Howse
Leslie Anderson, Joseph Walker o.
C Atlanta, Henry Spencer, D. S. Will
iams Tom Pasteur, Wiley Burford, L
C \. Sheppard, r. NJ Custis, W. V. New.
. som. Jr., Bert Dosh, Charlie and JohI
Chazal, c. B. Aver and J. H Workman
Miss Schreiber TO Give Dance
y On the evening of January second