South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. b. r. Vert. S11|
Cleveland av, will celebrate their
5Oth wedding anniversary Wednes-
day, May 3. All friends will be well
come from until 8 and from until
O'Clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Vert are
the parents Of FIVE children. two OF
which 1--we in the city. Mrs J. s.
I.inard, S1I Cleveland av-, and r. l..
AxteI 1921 Portage av. The re-
naming children are Mrs W. p.
Smith OF Carlisle, Ark, Mrs. Charles
s HOller Of Hot Springs. $. D.. and
Mrs. william Eckert Of Chicago. all
of whom expect to be present at the
celebration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Maurer. 211
". Bartlett ST., will entertain with a
u o'clock luncheon saturday honor
ing Mr.. and Mrs ovid Crepeau. 500
y. Michigan St. who will leave i'm
the the evening for French Lick
Springs. Ind, for an extended visit.
Mrs. Anna L. Dome, 127 y. La
fayette St. was pleasantly surprised
Friday evening by members Of the
r. y. OF A. drill team and their hus-
bands. the occasion being her birth
Gay anniversary. The evening was
spent in social diversion with vocal
and instrumental music. Near he
close refreshments were served TO
% guests. Mrs. Lena Smith OF Terre
Haute and Mrs. Laura Hayden OF
Lowell. Ind, were guests from out
OF the city.
A group OF high school girls met
at the home OF Miss Helen Geyer.
737 Lawndale av., Friday evening,
for the purpose Of organizing
club. The election Of officers took
place and are as follows Miss
Kathryn Heilman, president; Miss
Helen Geyer, secretary. and Miss
Dorothy Goss, treasurer. The re-
mainder Of the time was spent So
cially. In two weeks Miss Holman.
y. Main St, will be hostess to the
club.
A dinner was given last evening
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. II.
Harper, 522 w. Colfax av.. for mem
bers OF the Mothers club and their
husbands. The assisting hosts ard
hostesses were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
3 Warner. Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.
Humble. Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Robertson and Dr.. and Mrs j. A
Narier Spring flowers were ar
ranged in the entertaining rooms
and clustered on the dinner tables
where there were places for so
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Wonser OF Benton Harbor. Mich.
who are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Swintz. were among those present.
The Chaplin Park ". C.. T. u. met
at the home of Mrs. c. f. Russ.
40 w. Washington Gv.. Friday af-
ternoon. Devotionals were led by
the president, Mrs. Cornelius T.
Warner. The transaction OF routine
business was followed by a program
given BY Mrs Russ. who read a pa
per on who VIII Get the Money ."
Mr. j. w Woodward. whose sub
ject was a Womar's Argument"
Mrs. r. G. Cotton read an article by
Philip Newton, Mrs. Barnard on
One By One" by Louis Banks: Mrs
Warner on "Canada's Verile Re-
sponse." and by Mrs. c. A Pitcher
on Mothers Council" Refresh
ulents marked the close Of the meet
lne The union will meet May 20
AT the FINAL business meeting OF
secti0n two OF the department of
literature OF the Progress club Fri
day afternoon. Mrs Lawrence Ro-
mine was reelected chairman; Mrs.
Horace Fox was named vice-chair-
man. and Miss Katherine Hull as
secrel airy. a program for the day
was In charge of Miss Margaret
Myers. who gave a review OF the
hrst half Of The Weavers' The
annual tea of the department viii
be held next Friday afternoon at
Mrs s W. NichOlson's new tea room
in the Farmers Trust building. Mrs
~. A. Harris is at the head of
committee to make arrangements
agsthe affair hich will be proceed
by a business meeting In the club
PMS az 8 o'clock.