The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-26

The first of the pre-nuptial parties
to be given for Miss Gladys Scott Will
be luncheon Friday of next week,
at which Mrs. George Calvin of Kan
sas City, will be hostess. Mrs. Calvin
will arrive Wednesday and will be
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Banter. The luncheon. which VIII De
given at the BANTER home, will be an
informal affair, and the guests will be
few of Miss SCOTS closest friends
Some other parties will be given for
Miss Scott, but the dates have not yet
been chosen. Miss SCOTS marriage to
Mr.. Russell Frost will be solemnized
Wednesday evening at O'Clock at
Grace Episcopal church. and the
members of the bridal party VIII be;
the brides sister, Miss Dorothy Scott,
Miss Hazel Larkin, of Baruesvllle'
Oklahoma, Betty Frost, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Frost
who will carry the ring, Mr.. John
Hodson of Chicago, Mr.. John Fleish-
man of Oklahoma City. Mr.. Holmes
Meade and Mt Allen McNeal-
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Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Bessie Grace Betz
and Mr.. Philip Brainerd Koontz. The
news was made known to number or
the friends of Miss Betz at an even
ing party at which she was hostess.
Before the serving was done, the an
nouncement was made by means OF
cartoons made by Miss Betz of her
self and her fiance which were given
to the guests. Those who attended
were: Miss Alice Mccoy, DR.. Martha
Mccoy. Miss Jennie Clarkson, Miss
Ethel AIdrich, Miss Anna Banks, Miss
Edna Kincaid. Miss Blanche Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Hepworth, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Turner, Miss Bertha
Reed. Mr.. Earl Cummings and Mr..
Koontz.
Miss Betz is the daughter. Of Mrs
L. c. Betz- She has lived in Topeka
most of her life and has been teach
er in the county and later, the city
schools. She is now teaching in Gar
field school She was educated at the
State Normal school, Emporia.
Mr.. Koontz is in the freight depart
ment of the Santa Fe, and is broth
er of Mr.. J. r. Koontz, general freight
agent of the Santa Fe.
The wedding will be solemnlzed
Wednesday evening, June 4, at the
brides home. The wedding Will be
quietly celebrated on account of the
recent death of the brides mother
and also of Mr.. KoOntz's father. At
ter a short wedding trip they will be
at home at 11S Holman street
The annual spring party of the Sig |
ma Delta Psi sorority was one of the |
important events on the social calen-
dar of the closing days of the school |
term. Some favor dances were plan
ned as surprise to the guests The
hoSteSSeS wore costumes of white with |
green aprons and caps, and for the |
first three dances they wore green
masks. One of the numbers was a
FREELY dance, in which the girls wore
lighted joss sticks in their hair. In
one of the favor dances the men were
given a Sigma Delt skin, leather
mounted with the Sigma Delt mono
gram, and for another favor dance,
flags were given, and the last dance
was a confetti festival. The serving
was done from quartet tables which
were decorated in green, and the pro-
grams were green, which is the soror-
ity color, as well as being significant
of spring.
Those who danced were: Miss jose
phine Tice, Miss Dorothy Gleed, Miss
Ruth Bauer, Miss Juliet Petty1ohn.
Miss Mary Ferguson. Miss Mary Wick
wire. Miss Esther Clark, Miss Helen
Guild, Miss Helen Johnston, Miss AIDE
1aide Johnston. Miss Marguerite
Settler, Miss Margaret Tillotson. Miss
Ruth Raster, Miss Marjorie Rodgers.
Miss Frances Perry, Miss Marie Por
ter, Miss Elizabeth Mills, Miss Maud
Hawley. Miss Julia Ames, Miss Lois
Segar. Miss Erna Zutavern, Miss Mar
Euerite Kiene, Miss Marjorie Lyle, Miss
Mary Parkinson. Miss Clara Daniels,
Miss BesS Renwick, Miss Daisy Mon
roe. Miss Grace Koontz, Miss Rebecca
Welty. Miss Henrietta Alexander, Miss
Bernice Emahizer. Miss Bertha Hull.
Miss Edna Thompson. Miss Charlotte
Lyle, of Augusta, Miss Madeline Whit
ney. Mr.. Tom Jones of Lawrence, Mr..
PericleS Miller, Mr.. Glen Elb1e, Mr..
John Maynard, Mr.. Harold Porter. Mr..
Herbert Heym. Mr.. Howard Searle, {
Mr.. Morris Sandes Mr.. Percy Beggs,
Mr.. Leo johnson, Mr.. Richard Whit {
comb. Mr.. Willard Troxell. Mr.. Willis
Garvey, Mr.. Earl Trobert, Mr.. Jake ]
Mertz. Mr.. Warren Humphreys. Mr..
Herbert Guild, Mr.. Frank Sanders {
Mr.. Carl Smiley. Mr.. Arthur Myers. J
MIR. Arthur Champney, Mr.. Edwin
Seeley, Mr.. Don Welty. Mr.. Morris
Tucker. Mr.. David Ferguson, of Colby. ,
Mr.. Lee Johnson, Mr.. Grover Dunn, ,
Mr.. Roy George. Mr.. Warren Crum-
bine, Mr.. Angelo Alt Mr.. Dick Fritz,
Mr.. Jack Campbell, Mr.. Albert Searle, |
Mr.. Robert Kerr, Mr.. Omer Smith. |
Mr.. George Hogeboom. Mr.. Phil
Gray, Mr.. Bernard Askew, Mr.. Joseph '
Hull. Mr.. Ray Wolfe. Mr.. David Neis {
wanger, Mr.. Ted Close, Mr.. Homer
Going. MIR. Reed Girard Mr. Francis
and Mr.. LELAND Johnson. :
The Washburn Glee club will give 9
their annual banquet Friday evening
at Mills Tea room. =
Mrs. Roland West entertained her =
bridge club Friday afternoon at her :
home. g..
The Nautilus club will meet Tuesday ]
afternoon at three O'Clock with Mrs.
Leavit, on the college campus.
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Miss Helen Hackney. of Atchison. .
arrived today to visit Miss Henrietta