Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-21
FAREWELL PARTY
AT ARROW ROCK
One Of the Big Events Of the
Season at tho Reclama-
tion Camp.
cCapital News Special Service

Arrow Rock. Sept. 21.-Good times in
Arrow Rock! Well you should have
seen the crowd which assembled last
Wednesday evening in response to the
following ultra cordial and strikingly
informal invitation:
You are cordially invited to attend
a double farewell party in honor Of
Miss Grace McFadden and Claude
Weymouth. who are soon to depart
from our midst. the one to dispense and
the other to receive education. (If you
have a family, bring them. We don't
want to have to write a separate letter
for those with and without.) Let us
see your smiling faces at the Arrow
Rock dance hall at ate pee EN- Wednes-
day evening, Sept. 10. 1912. There will
be eats, dancing, music and unrestrain-
cd mirth. Let all who ever wore the
semblance of smile turn out and
loosen up: Let us demonstrate to our
selves and to all outsiders who happen
to be present that we can have a better
time at Arrow Rock than anywhere on
earth.
"P. s. It is suggested that all ladies
who find 1t convenient add to the JOY
Of nations by bringing a cake.
Another P. S. For the love Of Mike
be reasonable. and be on time"
The committee was composed of the
young men of the Arrow Rock Dancing
club and they were ably assisted by a
number Of young matrons, among
whom were Mrs. Arnont, Mrs. Couen-
hoven, Mrs. Holden, Mrs. Steadman
and Mrs. Butler
The tent sheltered dancing pavilion
erected by the club early in the season.
was gay with flags and bunting and
fragrant with autumn flowers OF every
hue. The piano was banked with brill
liant asters from the camp u own gar
dens and every available spot wreatl d
in natures garlands.
The improvised lights shone over
as brilliant an assemblage as ever
graced the polished floors of an Astor-
bits drawing room. Good fellowship
prevailed, the fun waxed fast and
furious and when Doc Shaw mounted
box to quiet the guests of honor with
a choice collection of superlatives. the
applause fairly reverberated through
the canyon and died away in silvery
echoes up Grouse creek.
AT II o'clock the familiar call of
the welcome announcement Everybody
eat Then Verne Clawson. Joe Mark
ham, Joe Pope, "Mr." Wiese, the sew
eral Smiths, Dave Williams and other
fellows, began to waltz around the
room with great trays of sandwiches.
generous with the most toothsome
deck loading white pitchers Of fragrant
coffee. thick cream and massive cubes
Of sugar followed closely and cake,
such as only the reclamation ladies
know how to bake, disappeared like a
June frost. Then Doc Shaw set his
medicine case conspicuously on the
piano and urged everybody to have
another round at the eats. Following
the disappearance of several crates of
fruit. dancing was resumed to the
music of the best orchestra in the west
Following the forty-second number
"Skcets' and Oscar struck the first
notes of the Home, Sweet Home"
waltz amid the protests of the tired
and happy jewellers and the SWEETEST
occasion of the season was over.
The guests of honor expressed their
appreciation to the hosts and said
goodbye for season to the jolly good
times at Arrow Rock camp
Arrow Rock Notes.
Mr.. Weymouth left Thursday morn
ing for Madison, Wis, where he will
take an engineering course in the state
Miss Mctadden will leave next week
to take charge of school in the west
ern part of the county.
Miss Burgess Of Worthwhile, Mich. is
the guest Of her lifelong friend and
schoolmate, Mrs. G. II. Paul.
X. w. Gets, who has been under the
care Of a physician in Boise, was able
to return home this week
Mrs. n. f. F'ordham came up from
Boise Wednesday for brief visit with
her husband.
Mrs. w. b. Jones is visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Painter, in Caldwell.
Rev. and Mrs. Rhodes of Denver,
Colo, are here to spend some time with
the family of their daughter, Mrs. A.
NJ. Gets.
School opened Monday with an at |
tendance of about 10 pupils. Miss Ida !
Yearian and Miss Ruth McF'adden are
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