Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-08-22
In the Social Realm
DEPARTMENT EDITORS: Miss HawIey
Miss Maud HawIey. Miss Vivian Greer.


Mrs. ]. A. Bish entertained a few
guests at II o'clock dinner, Monday,
in honor of the birthday of her
mother, Mrs. A. H. Peachey.
Misses Gala Beigel. Grace Milan,
Rose Thomas, Bessie Carpenter, Min
ME and Nellie Beaver formed a pic
mic crowd who took in" the Colestin
excursion Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Dean. Mrs.
Dibell and Mrs. w. l.. Churchill and
children, Evelyn and Glenn, formed
a jolly picnic crowd who spent the
day at Buckhorn Lodge, Wednesday.
A bunch of merry matrons who
formed a hiking party" and jour
neyed to Lambs mine, where they
spent the day, Friday, was composed
of Mesdames Myra Mcneil, C. W.
Banta, Frank Moore, j. C. Coburn,
J. Rowland and G. c. Gard.
Two out-of-town groups who pic
nicked in the park today were Mes
danes |. j. Purkeypile, John e.
Ross and Stidham, Pat Stidham and
the Misses Edith Ross and Cuma De-
Ford of Central Point, and Mrs. e. ID.
Maddox, Rupert and Joyce Maddox,
and the Misses Ethel, Ina and
Blanche White, of Medford.
Tuesday evening as per schedule
the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Christian
church Tor, rather, part of the Y.
PSI met up the canyon and stewed
their savory Irish stew over a blaZ-
ing fire. While the kettle boiled the
time was spent in story telling and
song, and when the moon was down
the merry party retraced their steps
to town.
One of the pleasant outings of the
week was the little canyon picnic
given Monday by a number of the
Ladies of the Maccabees, in honor
~ of Mrs. l.. M. Goodwin of Eugene,
whose membership is still retained
in the local hive. Mrs. Goodwin left
this morning for Eugene, after a two
weeks visit with her mother, Mrs.
r. Hargrove.
A small party of her little friends
ebrate her seventh birthday, at her
home on Walker avenue, Monday af-
ternoon. Many games were played
upon the lawn, and a dainty lunch
was served at o'clock The small
guests were Evelyn Russell, Dorothy
Hodgson, Lucille Wright and Ray
mond Bowers
A crowd of Ashland young people
to the number of twenty, made an
auto trip to Helman Baths at
O'Clock last night and spent several
hours in the cooling waters of that
popular resort. The little outing
was in honor of DR.. Edwards, daugh-
ter, Miss Effie, and son, David W.
Jr., of Los Angeles, who are in Ash
land as guests of the Il. ID. Briggs
family.
When Mrs. A. H. Peachey returned
to her home on Lincoln street Mon
day evening, after an afternoon spent
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
). A. Bish. what was her surprise tC
find herself greeted by a number o
friends and relatives who had gath
cred there in her absence to partakt
of bounteous dinner prepared il
honor of her birthday. So carefully
had the plans been made and carried
out that not an inkling of the intend
ed surprise had reached her TIL,
guests of the evening were Mr.. anC
Mrs. r. M. Hedges, j. d. Mckinney
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Bish, Willie anC
Arthur Bish. d. Davis, V. v. Hawley
and Miss Maud Hawley.
That a few of our well-knowr
Ashland people can take disappoint
ment philosophically was proven b!
them last Tuesday, when through
misunderstanding and for various
other reasons group of Ashlandites
who had expected to join the party
of Equal Suffrage Club members
who were bound for the reception in
Grants Pass, found themselves stand
ing upon the platform at the depot
after the train had left the station
Not to be deprived of the days out.
ing, those who remained behind
formed dinner party at the Hote
Oregon at noon, and later repaired
10 the park, where a quiet and rest
full afternoon was spent. Those il
the party were Mesdames f. d
Briggs, j. J McNair, Lucy Wilson
+. w. Moore and George Taverner;
the Misses Nellie Briggs and Victoria
Taverner, and DIS. Boslough anC
Swedenburg.
BaptistS Picnic Tomorrow.