The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-21
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ernoon in the Post room at the Court
House. The attendance was good and
after the business session a program
was presented.
An important meeting of the aid
society of the East Main Street
Friends church was held Thursday
afternoon. The work of the past year
was reviewed and plans made for the
coming years work. The society will
not meet again until after Yearly meet
ing.
At the Boyd home. northeast of the
city a pleasant social event was given
Wednesday evening by Misses Halca
Reid, Olive and Ruth Boyd in honor
of their cousin Mr.. Paul Little of
Columbus, Ohio. The affair was in
the nature of lawn party. The lawn
was attractively decorated with Jap
anese lanterns and the house was ar
ranged with garden flowers. Games
contests and various amusemcnts
featured the evening Delicious re-
freshments were served in the dining
room. Mr.. Ralph Little sang several
numbers with piano accompaniment
by Mrs. Ralph Little. The guests
were Misses Marie Buckhoffer, Nellie
Buckhoffer, Cora Alexander, Iris Alex.
ander, Gladys Jordan, Miriam Jordan,
lzira Little, Winifred Little, Bernice
Little, Olive Boyd. Esther Boyd, Ruth
Boyd, Halca Reid, Messrs. William
Buckhoffer Walter Alexander. Reid
Jordan. Earl Bunker, Ralph Pyle,
George Little, Robert Reid, Lowell
Little, Mr., and Mrs. A. o. Boyd, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Little, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herschel Little and R. Boyd
The aid society of the Second Pres
byterian church will give a market
Saturday in the Conkey Drug store.
The public is invited to attend.
The North Side section of the Won
ans Character Builders class OF the
Central Christian church met yester-
day afternoon with Mrs. Louis Mind
ling. Twenty members were present.
During the business session plans
were made for parcel post social to
be given at the home Of Mrs. Ray
Howell, South Ninth street, the date
to be announced later. Mrs. Mindling
was assisted in entertaining by Mrs.
Lashier. Refreshments were served.
Miss Mary Mather is leaving Satur-
day for Rochester, New York, where
she will spend the week with friends
and relatives.
The Joy Bearers of the Trinity
Lutheran church will meet this even
ing with Mrs. Robert Stauber, North
Twentieth street All members are in
vited as there will be matters OF I'M
portance.
Miss Letha Phillips entertained
members of card club yesterday at
her home near Boston. After an
afternoon spent socially and with
needlework refreshments were served,
The hostess for the next meeting Will
be announced later.
The West Richmond w. c. t. U. met
at the Friends community house on
West Main street on Thursday alter
noon. It was decided to offer a prize
of one dollar to the Sunday school
scholar in the West Richmond Friends,
school presenting the best original
temperance poster on next temperance
Sunday
Some interesting articles were read,
among them one by Emma Unthank,
who read an article from The Literary
Digest on The Cost of Drink" IN
which it was demonstrated from sta
tistics that every drink shortens life
by twenty-five minutes. Mrs. Mans
field read copy Of a poster that is
put up in every post office of France,
which asserts among other things that
drink has cost France more lives and
money since 1870 than the present
war Mrs. Wolford presented a copy
of health book mark" which is dis
tributed in great numbers by the New
York board of health. This board
sounds further warning in recently
published booklet in which it says:
Don't muddle your brain by drinking
beer, whisky or other alcoholic drinks.
They always harm you Mrs. LiLd-
ley read from the Union Signal, show
ing the part drink plays in the down.
fall of Chicago girls. The union will
held it's regular business meeting on
the first Thursday in August.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hirsch are
rejoicing over the arrival of a nine
pound boy at their home, South Elev-
enth street, last evening.
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A dance will be given Saturday ev-
ening in the Beallview park pavilion
by Messrs. Kellum and Crouch. There
will be special music. The public is
invited.
Mrs. L. o. Reed of Middletown, Ind,
is the guest of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bond of North D street for
few days.
A picnic party was held Thursday
at the Thistlethwaite falls. The in
vited guests we're Misses Lula Sum-
merson, Dorothy Simpson, Odena OAR
nell, Ruth Grove, Doris Pickett,
Geraldine Pettibone, Ruth Cox, Gwen
dolen Splitter, Sarah Deem, Lucille
Rosa, Helen Mann, Marie Weber,
Ethel Thomas, Juanita Wicket, Inez
Hough, Helen Eubank, Roberta We