The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-03-26
CLUBS AND SOCIETY
Various Happy Occasions Among
Town and Country Folk.

anniversary of the birth of j. A. Kline
hart, living just north of the city on
the Glendale road, and that he might
be duly informed of the event friends
saw to it that he was given a post
card shower, and in addition thereto
his good wife surprised him by in
viting a number of his old time
friends and acquaintances in to assist
him in celebrating the occasion and
to partake of sumptuous dinner,
and a most enjoyable occasion it was,
too. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Rinehart. Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. e. K.
Hatcher, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Fl. Bacon,
MRS. Henley, Mrs. B. w. Johnson and
Miss Thompson. The combined ages
of the eleven present was 744 years,
the ages of the four men being 292
years and of the seven women 452
years.
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The Philharmonic society met last
evening at the Y. NJ. c. A. and elect
ed officers for the ensuing term i'll
addition to transacting much other
business OIL Importance. Plans were
laid for promoting the future welfare
of the society and making it perm
anent organization. Arrangements
for the coming production Of the ora
torio, Ruth" which will be present
ed during the early spring, were dis
cussed at length. The members OF
the organization plan to make
the club fully as strong as the
old Philharmonic Society of years ago
and they are enthusiastic over the
opportunities offered for splendid
work. Oskaloosa is large enough and
has sufficient musical talent to sup
port society of this kind equal if
not superior to that of any city in
the state. 1t is planned to later fed
crate the society with the State Fed
Grafton of Musical Clubs.
The officers elected last night were
as follows:
President-Mrs. Virginia Knight
Logan.
First ice-Prcsident-Mrs. Stewart
Jameson.
Second ce.President-Miss Leora
Price.
Secretary-Miss Edith Marie Paris,
Treasurer-Mrs. E. r. Rafferty,.
Accompanist-Mis Jennie Fry.
Frederick Knight Logan is musical
director of the Society. The eXecu
tive committee will consist of five &C
tive members to be announced later
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In honor of Mrs. Frank NJ Chap.
man, who is terminating residence in
OSkalOoSa to take up her home in
Albert Lea, Minnesota, members OF
the Ladies Auxiliary of the o. II. c.
of Oskaloosa, rendered her farewell
reception at the home OF Mrs. S. S,
Walton. No. 4Ul Third avenue east
last Thursday evening. SiX-tnirty O.
clock dinner was served and the oc'
casion enjoyed by all present We
are all sorry to lose this friend and
faithful worker from our auxiliary
but the best wishes and love of the
entire membership goes with her to
her new home. Mrs. Chapman has
done so mucn in the two years she
was our president to build up OuI
order and her Christian influence will
be sadly missed Although our hearts
were sad at the parting so near at
hand we all did ample justice to the
delicious supper served by our host
ess, and the time passed all to quick
ly. Our auxiliary is more like a big
family and we certainly enjoy meet
ing together and Mrs. Chapman has
been with us so faithfully that VIC
will miss her at our regular Friday
mectingS.-Prcss Cores.
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Tuesday evening, the Moose Lodge
gave another of their popular dances
More than forty couples enjoyed the
dancing program, from nine until
twelve O'Clock, furnished by Clough's
orchestra of seven pieces, which re
sponded generously to the encores
and when the orchestra played the
much talked of Missouri waltz. which
Is played by only four other orches
tras in the state, the dancers refused
to be content with five encores, but
forced them to respond three more
times and then had the number play
ed again later on in the evening. All
present pronounced the dance the
most enjoyable and pleasant attend
cd.