Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-05-05

school, which is very valuable to oul
girls and boys.
| The Monday Evening Study club
held a business meeting at the horne
Of the Misses Hoefiinger. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
| ing year.
President-Miss Antoinette Hunt
ington.
Vice-president-M Miss Minnie Smith.
Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. w.
E. Curtis.
The president appointed Miss Bel
Murray member of the program,
committee, to take the place of the
retiring member. The year book
committee appointed consists of the
following members: Miss Nell Sill
verthorn. Miss Nell Dunbar and Miss
Louise Underwood. The club will
hold its annual banquet on next
Monday evening at $50 O'Clock at the
home Of the Misses Silyerthorn after
which the club adjourns for the sum
mer.
The engagement has been announced
in Chicago of Miss Josephine Burton
of Chicago to John G. VanRiper, Jr.,
'13, who was very prominent athlet-
les at the state university, and the
year he graduated was a member OF
the championship foot bali eleven
coached by Bill juneau, which swept
the western conference school grid
iron with their proves. In the
freshmen year VanRiper was captain
of the team He was member of
the varsity 19l2-19l3 team. He was
on the basket ball five of 1913. Miss
Burton is we'll known in Wausau hav-
ing visited Miss Ruth Kreutzer on
several occasions during the past two
years.
The recent rains during the fore
part Of last week, combined with a
few bright sunny days, latterly
caused general awakening of grass,
tree buds, and spring flowers, both in
the city and country. The much
sought after trailing arbutus lifts
dainty and fragrant heads of bloom
through brown leaf mould and with
its sister blossoms heralds the APP
proach of summer. A number of
auto parties have brought punches of
the pretty flowers into town to be
enjoyed by those unable to go TO the
woods. 1t is interesting to know
that many baskets of arbutus are
shipped yearly in season from north
ern Wisconsin to southern points in
the state and other states.
Last Tuesday the district rally of
the Ladies of the Maccabees was held
at Merrill and forty three from the
Lady Wastel Hive and about twenty
five from the 6orthern Star Hive OF
this city were in attendance. The
ladies went up u passenger coach
attached to tie rear end of a freight
train. During the sessions the Lady
Waseel Hive of this city conferred
the first degree on large class OF
candidates and during the evening
the same hive gave an exhibition
drill. The music for this was furn-
ished by Cones orchestra. The rally
was a very successful and pleasant
one.
The members of st. Martha's Guild
Of St. Johns church gave supper on
Wednesday evening in the dining
rooms Of the Y. M. G. A. Their in.
vited guests were the Choir and Altar
Guilds of the church. The tables
were prettily arranged and decorated
with flowers, covers being placed fol
fifty. At half after six an exception.
ally tine four course menu was served
and later the guests adjourned to The
home of Mrs. r. e. Parcher where
cards and music was the pleasant
entertainment for the evening.
The Tuesday Musical club will hold
a meeting at the Wausau club this
afternoon al 4:15. The Misses Bonita
Shatto and Elizabeth Montgomery
have charge of the program which
will be on ssNature" with the follow
ing taking part Miss Slack, Mrs
Barden, Mr.. Schultz, Edison Shatto
Miss Salter, Miss Silverthorn, Miss
Wilson, Mr.. Secor, Miss White, Mrs
Ingraham and Miss Hopp.
The card and dancing party at
Elk's hall last Wednesday. given by
the Wausa.u Lodge No 2I5, was
largely attended and very much of a
success. The committee of arrange.
ments was composed of the following
named: Glen Waller, A. f. Sole
Geo. Drake, VIM. Salzberry and t. c.
Wilke. There was dancing from {
until , O'Clock to the music of the
Columbia orchestra.
The May Circle of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church,
has completed the arrangements fol
the arbutus auto ride on Saturday,
May 9th, to start from the church at
prompt O'Clock. The ride with
lunch at Gardeners Included Will be
tifty cents for each person.
Among the list of guests WHO at
tended the annual prom of Mil.
waukee DoFner College held in that
city on Friday evening the following
Wausau Young people are mentioned;
Miss Jeanette Reid, Louis Pradt,
Laurence johnson and Wells Turner.
A delicious supper was served al
the Underwood Memorial chapel
Thursday eIening by the teachers
and officers of the Sunday school foi
their husbands and gentlemen friends.
Following the supper very enter
tanning program was rendered.
III. g. Flisth celebrates the twenty.
first anniversary of his employment as
cashier of the National German
American Bank, by giving a dinner
TO the employees of that bank sIt his
home on next Friday evening and
hopes to see all present.
In the last issue of the PILOT an
error was made in the announcement
OF the engagement Of Miss Selma
PAT. 1t should have been miss
Selma PAT to Mr. Ross GuentIier OF
Portland, Ore
At the next regular meeting OF