Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-01
SOCIETY ITEMS
Social Gatherings of the Past Week
In Wausau and Vicinity
For Pilot Readers.

! Last Friday evening at o'clock at
the home of Raymond McCrossen, a
marriage ceremony was performed,
uniting the lives of Miss Florence
| Johnson, of Tomah and James Nc
| Crossen of this city. Rev. w. d. Ban
croft of the First Baptist church, Off
ciating, the ceremony taking place in
| the living room.
The brides gown was of blue crepe
| meteor, embroidered and she carried
sweet peas. The bride and groom
were attended by Miss Leota Carpen-
ter of Elton, and Nailus Anderson of
Granite Falls. Only immediate rela-
tives and friends witnessed the cere-
| mony.
A wedding supper was served in the
dining room which was beautifully
decorated in pink and white, as was
also the living ROOM
Mr.. and Mrs. McCrossen left Sat-
urday morning for Valley Junction,
and will be at home after August 18th
at the corner of Sturgeon Eddy road
and Broadway. The out-of-town guests
besides the attendants, were Mr.. and
Mrs, j. w. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs.
John Olson of Granite Falls.
d. P. Bentley and family enjoyed
a reunion on Sunday at the Bentley
home, GIT Jefferson street. The COM
pany included j. P. Bentley and daugh-
ters, Miss Grace and Pearl, of Odanah,
Wis, Miss Pearl Bentley of Chicago,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Bentley and son,
Vernon, of Neopit, Wis, Mrs. c. E.
Huntoon, Bentley Huntoon and Miss
Kate Bentley of Wausau. A dinner
of eleven covers was served at noon,
and the afternoon was spent socially.
Mr.. Bentley, Sr., although greatly ad-
vanced in years, enjoyed the day to
its fullest extent and it was a pleas
ure for the sons and daughters to meet |
with him again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Mathie enter
tanned a number of Wausau friends on |
Friday at their home in Mosinee. Mrs. |
w. B. Scholfield, Mrs. A. V. Gearhart |
and Mrs. F. H. Pardoe and daughter, |
Virginia, of Minneapolis, went down |
on the morning train to visit through |
the day at the Mathie home. In the |
afternoon Miss Virginia Manson and |
Messrs. Scholfield and Gearhart mo-
tored to Mosinee to join the others |
and partake of a delicious dinner |
served by the hostess. The entire |
party motored home in the evening in |
the Scholfield car.
Mrs. A. v Gearhart pleasantly en-
tertained a company of friends on |
Wednesday evening in compliment to |
Mrs. F. H. Pardoe of Minneapolis. |
Dinner was served at seven o'clock, |
followed by auction. The prize for
highest score at the TOUR tables was
won by Mrs. w. B. Scholfield. Mrs |
Pardoe received a guest prize. Mrs.
A. H. Toilet of Menomonie, Wis, was
an out-of-town guest.
The telephone operators of the Wau
sau Telephone company enjoyed pic
mic at the dells of the Eau Claire on |
Sunday. The trip was made in autos |
and the day was spent in boating and
bathing. A delightful picnic lunch
was served at noon. 1t was perfect
picnic weather and the company ar
rived home in the evening from an en-
joyable outing.
Mrs. J. P. Briggs entertained twelve
little people on Saturday afternoon
for her granddaughter, Miss Eleanor
Chase of Oshkosh, who is her guest
during the summer The children
came dressed in costume and the after
noon was pleasantly spent in playing
1oU of llToo ltc,I
were served at five o'clock.
Miss Florence Kelly entertained a
few of her young lady friends at din
ner at the Wausau Country club last
Saturday evening in honor of Miss
Eunice Underwood, who is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. j. A. Underwood.
1t was Ladies day at the Country |
club today. The usual games of auc-
ton took place, also a putting contest |
for the ladies. Mrs. T. H Ryan, Mrs.
w. e. Curtis and Mrs. H. e. Smith
were hostesses.
Mrs. Joe Hildensperger was the |
ternoon. Mrs. Arthur Mcdonald of |
Cleveland, Ohio, received the prize. A |
dainty lunch was served after the
cards.
The engagement of Florence Ann
Simon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. |
Simon of Lacrosse, to James S. Ryan, |
son of Mrs. T. G.. Ryan of this city, |
has been announced.
Mrs. F. B. Fullmer of Schofield, en- |
tertained the members of the En- |
broidery club Thursday afternoon. |
Refreshments were served.
The N. Y. x. Club will give a dan
cling party at Rothschild pavilion on |
Wednesday evening, August 2.
TErNTED EDAM CHINA