Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-31
SOCIAL EVENTS OF
THE COMMUNITY
Chronicles of Pleasant Occasions in
and Around Webster City
are Recorded.

The P. e. o. chapter will meet
with Mrs. w. A. Crandall Saturday
evening, Nov. 4th.
The Thursday club will be guests
lof Mrs. G. r. Chamberlin Thursday
afternoon at 2:30.
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The Eltekah Sunday school class
of the Methodist church will enjoy a
Halloween party in the church base
ment Friday evening.
$50
The Thursday Needleworll club
, will be entertained on Thursday af-
ternoon at $3.50 at the home Of Mrs.
H. c. Dudley, 100 Wilson avenue.
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Mrs. G.. M. Teed was hostess and
leader yesterday to the members
of the Home club. An interesting
lesson on CELLS Island featured the
meeting. Mrs. Teed will again be
leader and hostess at the next regu-
lar meeting with the topic, "The I'm
migrant
The members and friends Of the
United Brethren church gave the
new pastor, Rev. J. w. Stiverson and
family, an informal reception at the
parsonage Friday evening. A goodly
number of the congregation were
present and most happy time ensu-
ed. The guests left on their depart
ure generous supply of eatables.
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Miss Marie Garth was hostess at a
charming Halloween party Saturday
evening at her home, corner of Des
Moines and Boone streets. About
twenty young girls were her guests.
The house was festooned with paper
black cats and witches and jack O.
lanterns furnished the light. Games
and fortune telling were the amuse-
ments of the evening and an appro-
pirate Halloween lunch was served
before the guests departed.
So
A party of about thirty young peo-
| pie held delightful Halloween
masquerade at the A. E. Womeldorff
home about two miles southwest of
the city, Friday evening. The home
was decorated in black and yellow
and the lighting effect was from sew
eral grinning jack O lanterns. Among
the maskers were witches, clowns,
ghosts, etc., while games and fortune
telling made the occasion a lively
one. Ice cream, cake and cocoa were
served late in TIL evening.
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The Agoma class of the Baptist
Sunday school held very successful
Halloween party Friday night in the
basement of the church and the re-
ception committee were all masked
for the occasion in suggestive Hal
lowe'en masks. About fifty-five were
present to play the games and try
the stunts offered by the entertain
ment committee. The rooms were
attractively decorated with jack O.
lanterns and other seasonable feat
ures and late in the evening an oys-
ter supper was served.
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Miss Faith Furman entertained a
group of high school friends at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Glide Hall,
one and a half miles southwest of
town, Saturday evening, at a. Hal
lowe'en party. The guests appeared
| in masquerade costume and the
rooms of the Hall home were decor
ated appropriate to the Halloween
season-ghosts, jack O lanterns,
ETC., being greatly in evidence.
Games and contests furnished enter
tainment and dainty refreshments
were served. Miss Cannon of Jewell
was an out of town guest.
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| The Universalist church was the
scene of a pleasant gathering Friday
fevening when about forty members
of the church and congregation gath
cred in the church parlors to enjoy
Halloween social The decorations
of jack o. lanterns and other emb-
lens made an appropriate back
ground for Halloween games and
contests. A fortune teller added to
the fun of the evening. Bobbing for
apples and several other old fashion
ed contests caused much laughter,
while the popping of corn and the
making and pulling of taffy complet-
ed an evening of unusual pleasure.
Mrs. w. F. Hunter was happily
surprised Saturday night by the
members of the Crochet club at her
home on south Des Moines street, the