Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-01-04

AtlE enteH
Itained at luncheon THURSDAY. Tbs
guests seated around the fabse. made
pretty with pink carnatsona we're
Misses Hthe waliaee, Kitty Tur.
ley. Adallna Diessel ana psars
Rector Of Franklin. North Carolina.
Thursday Mrs. vi. L. Reed IN.
vited in about a dozen Of Mrs. Ans.
tin smiths frieaas to snana
the afternoon. The tfme paasea an
too quickly in pleasant Conversation
Mrs. snith has many warn srIanda
who appreciate an opportunity to ID
with her ~ iyT
Miss EAzabefh Marshall enter
taaned her clab Friday afternoon.
The "Wednesday Club viii nsees
nest week with Mrs. Beal.
The ohautauqua Circle met
Wednesday with Mrs. DIR. Moore,
hrs- Geo. clanton led on Checks
and Balances.s r Mrs. Roy Ferris has
the nert meeting.
The d. A. RS win have their
January meeting with airs. j.. n
Johnson Monday at $3.50. The
Board meets the saans afternoon
at lis at the Rest Room.
Miss Elizabeth Gdlrs home wan
the happy place Of reunion Of the
Skespeare Club on "Wednesday ey.
enaaS. Miss CID entertained jim hon.
or Of Misses Martha Shea and Ma
|ry Long. The time was spent In
witty converse and reminiscenc-
ing.
Mrs G. q. Gibbs and Emily ana
IN Paris.
Mrs. D. s. Burroughs gave an
elaborate luncheon Thursday at III
O'clock dn honor a Mrs. Latney
Barnes of Amarillo. Tex. The ta-
bic was a real delight With It's
decorations of Christmas colorS.
Suspended from the chandelier wereI
Christmas bells and red and green
garlands. Upon q giuny piece III
the center OF the table was a hand-
some cut glass vase fi1fed with red
carnations Red candles In crystal
~sconees, the bases entwined with
sprays e tesn= glowed on eEther
side Of the carnations. The place
cards further carried out the Christ
mas idea. Those who enjoyed the
seven course lunch. besides the host
and guest Of honor. were Mes
DANES s. J. Bnckner. q. L. Cass,
Charles Clark. Clarence Barnes, WIN.
Brown, Mary v. Martin. Oscar Ma.
tin, J, H. Minor, Misses Eaish eth
erldge and Anne Lewis.
The Elks will give "a New Years
dance Monday evening.
The young women Of the town.
will give a Leap Year dance We'd
nesday evening at the EllEs Hal,
complimentary to the young men.
Miss Noy Cope Of wellsvillo is
the guest or Mrs. Charles carpen
ter.
Mrs. Charles Carpenter wdld have
for her New Years guests, Mr.. and
Mrs, Thomas Bean. OF Decatnr. Ill.
Dr. and Mrs. Reisa of N0r-I,
Mrs. Bean was formerly
Miss ethel Booth and Mrs. Reise
was Miss Mabel Enslen Of wellsynle,
both Of whom have frequently been
tho guests Of Mrs Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. j.. W. Snyder Of
Marian, KY, are guests OF friends
and relatives here. 4
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Ragsdaie
were the genial host and gracious
hostess at a dinner given at their
home on W. Monroe Sunday to the
In Mr.. Ragsdale's store. Each
guest present was filled with the
holiday spirit which resulted
in a charmingly informal day. The
dining table was prettfly decorated
in the Christmas colors, red pre-
dominating, The dinner was bolntl
full as well as truly delicious and
was served In three courses. There
were present Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Barclay. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Jesse,
Bessie Woods, Edith Butler. L1Ile,
Grace and Leona Armstrong. Ada
Phillips. Mrs. Ragsdale was assist
ed in entertaining by her charming
sister, who was her guess, Miss
Susie Armstrong. 4
The La Faade Club. who always
have good times. met on Wednes-
day evening with Miss Florence
Crosby, AS is their custom, each
guest. brought a contribution to the
which was eaten from a
table made beautiful by the host
ess. A winter scene was portrayed,
representing a snow covered house,
with Santa Claus and his reindeer
approaching. AT each plate was
a basket filled with candies The
entire dining room Was decorated
with red berries and holly. After
dinner Miss Crosby entertained with
a guessing contest, Miss Elizabeth
Parker winning a handpainted
plate.
Miss Mary Virginia Houston en-
tartained three tables of friends
Thursday afternoon with 800" in
honor Of Miss Susie Farris OF Mar
shall, who is the guest Of Miss SUI
sic Houston.
The. clristaiss spirit has iua
riot iii M4ziet for the past %
days, easn id being a d%etishtfia
mixture of fun, good wishes and &C.
t~lvltiss, appropriate TO the 10
tide season.
The. Sunday Schools and chur 5es
Of the t0Sa ttth have furnished