The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-11

WI S1OSINNys
Mrs. Fl. Thoraldson will entertain
The members of the Young People.
9ociety Of the First Lutheran church
m the church parlors this evening a
s o'clock.
Royal NcighbOrs Install Tonight.
There will be installation Of officer.
at the meeting of the Royal Neighbol
lodge to be held at the Empire hal
at s o'clock this evening and ever,
member is urged to be pres ant.
W. c. Il. L. Postponed.
The meeting of the w. G.. r. u
which was to have been held tomor,
row afternoon has been postponed I'm.
til Friday. January 10 when Mrs. An.
drew Nfetch will he in charge of the
program. The general subject will
be Red Letter Days and each mem
Der at roll call will respond to some
trait or characteristic of Madame VIII.
lard.
Mrs. Eastlund Hostess Today.
Mrs. Gus Isastlund entertained the
l;tdies of the O. q. w. club this after.
noon at her residence on Chestnu,
street and the pleasure was 800
The spirited galne was followed by Il
delicious luncheon service and at the
close Mrs. {. T.. Carl Of Cottonwood
street was chosen hostess FOX next
weeks meeting.
Annual Baptist Aid Meeting.
The annual meeting of tho Baptist
Md society was an event of yesterday
afternoon which brought nut a large
attendance of members and resulted
in the transaction of much importan,
business. The selection of Il president
vas left over until the next meeting
but all Other officers We're elected,
reports OF all retiring officers and
standing committee chairmon were
received and plans for the annual
meeting and banquet on January Ii
were perfected.
Mrs. l., T.. Starkwcather was elected.
hrst vice president: Mrs. Frank Ker-
mott. second vice president; Mrs. ".
W. Randall. third vice president: Mrs.
III. Is. l;eist, secretary. and Mrs. w. S.
Regg. treasurer. Mrs. Il. j. Babcock
presented the report of the social COM
mittee and us one of the chief aims
of the society during the past year
has been TO assist the various other
church organizations to maintain a
healthy social atmosphere her rcport
was Very gratifying. During the year
tn" society gave two %hanqucts for the
church brotherhood. one for the Sum
day school council. assisted -four sun
day school classes with b%anquets or
special social sessions and Joined in
one union social With the b. Y. +. l..
besides assisting with the pastors fare
Well reception and several other af-
fairs. y large number of social calls
We're made upon new members of the
congregation during the Year and sew
eral other activities of the aid were
Tor the promotion of socia bility. Mrs.
Eahrock also reported for the eXecu-
tive board which during the past year
mas held Its monthly meetings in the
nature OF %lnncheons ut the homes of
tn" different members. This plan
proved very pleasant for the members
ana gave them opportunity to consult
one another frequently on all aid mat
tnrS.
Mrs. Sidney Clark reported for the
industrial committee which has not
done a great deal of special work this
Year for the reason that they devoted
their time tn assisting the mission So
cieties. Their biggest work was as
Slstlng III the making of 100 garments
winch were sent in the mission box
to Mrs. Webster in Africa. They also
tied some conforters. held n
sale, q food sale and raised funds by
multiplying dues. The kitchen COM
rhl,tee was too modest to present a
written report but their work has been
most commendable and the treasurer
reported a splendid balance in the
treasury. Mrs. Geist as secretary re-
ported an increased membership and
an increased average attendance al tho
monthly meetings.
1he meeting was concluded with the
service Of a buffet luncheon by the
hostesses, Mrs. r.. b. Griffith, Mrs.
Paul B. Griffith. Mrs. A.. j. AnDyke
and Mrs. Fl. X. Geist.
900
Elk Ball at C~rookston.
The Elk ball at C~rookston last
evening which formally opened the
magnificent new Elk building was a
beautiful function and between 800
and 400 people danced as guests of
Lodge No. 342. r. Z. .. L. Walkers
ten-piece orchestra rendered the en-
evenings patrons and patronesses
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rosenthal,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Misner and Mr.
and Mrs. l.. w. Vance. All the ap-
pointments We're exquisite and though
the spacious ball room in its rich nn-
lshing required little additional dec
Grafton Crookston society has not cast
eyes on a more beautiful party in sew
eral years. All the gentlemen were
IN 1uli n dress and the gowns
OF the ladies'. most OF them new for
TINS occasion, were gorgeous.
h guests began arriving at $
oclock and until 8 o'clock spent the
tlme greeting strangers and visiting
guests and inspecting the new build
ing. The ladies rest room was adorn-
cd with vases of magnificent American
beauty roses and in the ball room the
electric lights were subdued with DUR
pie and frosted globes, CARRYING out
the Elk colors. individual programs
decorated in purple and white and
numbering twenty dances n four
extras made novel souvenirs and the
ball opened with a grand march led
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Murphy. The
dancers were taken through some
beautiful figures during this number
and through the evening several ex-
tremely pretty novelty dances were in
troduced. At II o'clock. Just in the
midst of a dreamy waltz. every light
wills turned out and while a spot light
saone on a plate bearing the phrase,
To Our Absent Brothers" and the
clock with hour hand at eleven. a
gong struck eleven times. Sc impress.
sive was this feature that not a sound
was heard in the great ball room dur
ing those few moments.
Frappe and waters were served all
evening and at the two serving tables
Misses Florence Levins. Cecil Mccall
frey. Beth Evans and Bernice Roemer
presided. II hall was. a splendid
success and the committee to whom
the credit was due was made up of
Messrs. Don Mcdonald, Tom Morten-
son. Ralph Chesterman, Charles Wang
and c.. E. G~ildersleeve.
During the afternoon the building
u,o0 fhrnuvn nronr fo~ n YalS4rs $780,