Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-06-22
Contribution for Service Workers


W. A. Jack, st. Louis.
Contribution for Service Workers
Under the direction Of Helen Mill
ion and Ross Stallings an entertain
ment will be given in the Hardin
College Auditorium, date to be an
nounced later. The proceeds will be
given to the social service committee
to assist in paying the salary of a Wis
iting nurse. Those taking part in the
playlet-"The Wonder Box" followed
by a chautauqua, are Ross and Doro-
thy S~tallings, Elizabeth Worrell, Rosa
line and Mary Smith, Helen Million,
Margareth Elizabeth and Cyrus Clark
Much interest is taken in this enter
tainment as it is an original idea with
these little girls and I bespeak for
them a large audience.
Miss Isabel Craddock gave a line
party at the Orpheum Monday night
complimentary to Miss Phoebe Randle
of Parsons, Kansas. After the show
dancing was enjoyed at the home of
the hostess. The guests were Misses
Julia Tucker Elaine Silverstein, Louise
Johnson, Wilhelmina Taylor, Janette
Bragg, Katherine Waite, Charolette
Frost Vandalia, Olivia Carter, Jennie
Parker, Nettie F~redendall of Lexing-
ton, Pauline Craddock; Messrs
Sam Locke, Henry Kunkel, Orlando
Worrell, Bryan Atchison, Howard
Wayne, Bush Atchison, Jim Tom Ed
monston, Rodes Jesse, Cave Johnson,
Ryland Rodes, Clark Gibbs, Edwin
Cave, Joy Kistler, Humphreys Grad
dock and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayborn
Jackson.
A delightful tea was given last Sat
urday by Mrs. T. E. Hook and daugh-
ter, Miss Willie complimentary to
their house guest Mrs. Swartz Of
Chadwick and Miss Lena Johnson.
Mrs. W. w. Barth and Mrs. 7. ]. Will
liams greeted the callers at the door
and Mrs. T. H. Winans ushered them
to the receiving line, composed Of
Mrs. Hook, gowned in gray wolfe with
touches of pink, Miss Hook in white
organdie, Mrs. Swartz, in rose silk,
Miss johnson in gray georgette crepe,
Mrs. Rolla Finley, white crepe de
chine with trimmings of gold braid,
Miss Tuna Schultz in pink silk, Mrs,
Edgar Hartzell Of Ohio, in a becoming
decolette gown. Mrs. A. S. Houston
invited the guests to the dining room
where q salad course was served by
Mrs. Fred Llewellyn and Mrs. Chas
Carpenter. The table was artistic
with decorations Of red roses anc
cluster daisies. Misses Marie Rose
Leila Winans, Helen Plunkett, Mrs
Wallace Fry, assisted in serving. II
the coffee room were Misses Corrin'
Barth, Trix Plunkett and Mildred
} johnson. Others making themselve
} agreeable to the guests were, Mrs
C. A. Bast, Mrs. J.. w. Plunkett an
= Miss Gertrude Fry.
: Mrs. William Arthur Sharp ente,
tanned fifty of her friends at the Or
7 pheum Monday afternoon complimen
! tary TO Mrs. Randle of Parsons, Kar
) After the show the guests were aske
! to her lovely home where refreshment
were served. Misses Mable Threlkel
and Phoebe Randle srvd punch. TIL
dining table was centered with dais
les. Assisting them were Misses JUL
Tucker, Anna Fish and Evelyn Threl
9 keld.
, One of the most elaborate function
, given for Miss Lena Johnson vas tn
course buffet lunch given at tn
home Of Judge and Mrs. ]. H. Gutf
= rie when they entertained the weddin
: party Wednesday evening. The Gutf
RE home is one of our prettiest an
: Judge and Mrs. Guthrie are anon
our most charming entertainer
They sat at either end of the dinin
= table and served. A basket of Sy.
:. inges conferred the table and tt
: guests found chairs placed through
> out the house for their use. Had II
y weather man been kind this wou-
\ have been an outdoor affair. II
= cake was shaped in two large hear
and was cut and served by the &c
= br~ide-to-be, assisted by Mr.. Ship
:, After lunch Mr.. Eblen and Miss job
!, son led the way out on the lawn, fo
- lowed by the guests who had be-
:, secretly provided with TARTAN bal
u holding real rose pedals. These we
Il showered on the bride as she sto'
!, under a large tree. She never look
~ handsomer or happier. Those enjo
a. ing this happy occasion were Re
~ and Mrs. II. E. Truck, Judge and Nj
n Alex Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
Shipe of Kansas City, Mr.. and M
ho Eblen, Arkansas City, Kan, Mrs.
E. Eblen of Wellston, Ohio, MI
:, Sarah Painter, Carrollton, Mo-, M
~, Rolla Finley Hickman Mills, Mo-, M
=, es Mildred Wallace, Leila WinaI
Mrs. Xenophon Whitley, st. Lou
tg Messrs. Arlan Lelli, H. Essman,
ho Louis, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Fry.
on A large reception was given Thu
M day afternoon by Mrs. c. A. Mitch
lis and Mrs. B. F. Wells at the pref
he home of the latter. These ladies
ed among our handsomest and v
bv peared at a greater advantage, gov
nd ed becomingly and surrounded by
N profusion of garden roses used in
al coration. On the veranda Miss M
lam Glandon and Polly Miller gre
ed the callers and invited them to
- punch bowl presided over by M
Myrtle Turnage, Dulce Culbertson
Lady Fonville. Just inside the d.
E.z w w Rot+e and Mrs. p, e, {