Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-23

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Douglas and Addie Goodrich.
The children Of the third. fourth and
fifth grades al the grammar school invited
the patrons of the school 10 be present ut
the entertainment they are giving this aft
ernun at the public school building. The
children have been working for some inc
preparing the program and were anxious
tor their paronte ard Friends ~ attend.
There win aI~o Tx Y demonstration or ti.
1ca Tictrulg recently Installed " th.
school
The program Tor this afternoon was ar
ranged under tho supervision Of Mr..
George Hamilton. Mrs. 7. a. Clearwater.
Ms Floi~a Crvazn~. Mss Addie Lon
Green. MI Biai.'e Custer. Ms Lett.
Eder-. MIS- Anita Kowal-ki and Ms T-a-
PEI Pierce.
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Judge and Mr.. James b. Wells Of
Brownsville and then daughter, Miss Zoe
Wells. spent the day IN the city Tuesday.
Mis- Wells has au Hrt -tldio III Baltimore.
Md. and Viii spend the Christmas holidays
with her parents at their home ia Browns
viii e.-IIou~ton Post.
o.
Beauty aud ~martne-9 and enthusiasm
intcrminglcd to make the Charity ball at
the Ilnklcy auditorium lat evening per-
haI,~ thc most successful social event i'll
Brownsville thu season. In addition the
principal object Of the cvcnt-rharitv-
Will realize neatly from the affair. the pro-
rccd- q" ~ to the Charity Home and Hos
pital Of Brownsville. The Charity a-eocia-
tou. the organization which has under
taken Ia finance the need. ot the hospital
and HON. a~ tar ~ possible. sponsored the
event. and hhcraltN on the pant of the
Fourth United States infantry hand. the
Cash Grocery. the Brownsville Grocery.
and The Brownsville Crcamrry-Dairv com
pauy. a~ well ~ the volunteered Services
OF 4 host of Brownsville people, I'll con
tributed % the social and financial success
ot the affair.
\ decoration scheme appropriate to the
y iif~tiiiAN N'1~bH WIS dttiitl lNf the
roomY auditorium, and those who carried
ont ihi- part Of the work achieved \ nota-
hlc success. Garland~ of evergreen. -ct
with puIn~etta~. were strung along the
walls and over the windows, which also
were hung with garlands and wreath
~howing red and green. The Fourth iu-
t1uirv orchestra. comprising fifteen piece.
occupied the stage, screened with a hedge
ot palms and bay trees. Festoons made Of
e%vcrgreens ran from the four corners ~
the center, dropping to red and green
wreath~. The doors and archways were
decorated IN conformity with the wall and
ceiling decorations, while ut thc main cn-
trance tn thc bali room mi-tlctoc wa- no.
ticcablc.
The grand march. at Q O'Clock. w M,
\ Mr.. and Mr.. Edgar Il. Hicks. ana
troduccd y program NJ twelve dances and
four extras. The program was consider
ably heightened by a series Of extra ex-
tra~.'
Mr.. William =. West ana Mrs.. r. r..
Holland served excellent coffee rnd appe-
tizing sandwiches. Including chicken. pi-
micnto and cheese during the evening. The
sandwiches were prepared IN ihc various
ladies responsible for the affair.
Much credit tor the success of the
event. which netted about 800. j. due to
Mrs. Fred q. Sizelan and the group of
Young people who aided IN the ticket sales.
including Misses Maud White. Ethel Clint.
Rose Thornham. Bernice Graham. Louise
Putrenat, Kathleen Craig. lone Walton.
nnd Butler Webster and fairfield l%lau-cr.
The floor committee included Mc--r~. q.
Mason. .lc~~c bennett. Il. &. Morris and
Carl NlprrHu.
The decorations used M TIE balI were
turned over to ihc soldiers ~ Fort Brown
- be- used iu decorating the recreation
tent where ariuu holiday festivities viii
hr hold.
Nr. ami Mr.. u. Is. Crcagcr have ~ their
guest f"r tht holiday -ra~on Iul-c John