Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
SOCIETY ITEMS
Social Gatherings of the Past Week
In Wausau and Vicinity
For Pilot Readers.

The Ladies' Literary club held q
most interesting meeting yesterday af-
ternoon at the Wausau club bus
mess meeting was held at three o'clock
At this time Mrs. S. M. Quaw, Mrs
C. H. Hooker and Mrs. c. A. Barwig
gave interesting reports of the meet
| ing of the State Federation of Women's
clubs, which was held in Milwaukee
the club at the convention. 1t will be
interesting to know that at the Mil
waukee meeting it was voted to re-
name the organization, and hereafter
| the name will be "The Federation o.
Clubs" emitting the word "Women's. -
Mems clubs can now federate with
women's clubs, and in working to-
gether gain better results. The presi-
dent announced the names of two new
members: Mrs. Robert Hochtritt and
Mrs. j. NJ. Howarth, also the resigna-
ton of two members: Mrs. R. S.
Dickens and Mrs. P. w. Sawyer. Reso-
lutions on the death of Mrs. H. A.
Frost were read by the secretary.
At AIS o'clock the club adjourned
to the opera house where pictures of
South America were shown on the
I,a
films at the request of the club mem
bers who are making a study of South
America this season. Pictures of the
large cities, the sheep ranches in the
mountains, the mining districts, the
docks, etc., were most interesting.
Also one of the largest dreadnaughts
in the world was shown at the docks
of Valparaiso. This was built by the
Japanese. About $50 people viewed
the pictures. The meeting was in
charge of the Home and Education de-
partment.
Mrs. G. H. Wegner and Mrs Bert
Schwanberg entertained at three de-
lightful parties the past week.
On Tuesday they gave an afternoon
of cards at the home of Mrs. Schwan-
berg. Auction was played and Mrs.
Fred H. Schneider and Mrs. Theodore
Rudberg had high scores. At the
close of the game a dainty lunch was
served
A one o'clock luncheon was given
by the same hostesses at the home of
Mrs. Wegner on Thursday The af-
fortunate prize winners were Mrs.
w. F. Neuling and Mrs. George Pfeifer.
Mrs. John Martini of Stevens Point,
was an out of town guest and received
guest prize.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Wegner
and Mrs. Schwanberg gave an auction
party at the home of the latter. Mrs.
G. H. Hooker and Miss Dorothea Katz
had high scores. Mrs. John Martini
of Stevens Point, was given guest
prize. The guests were served a dain-
ty lunch after the cards.
This afternoon the same ladies are
entertaining at a luncheon and auc-
ton party at the Wegner home.
The marriage of Miss Viola Belize,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
F. Belize, and Otto Lueck of Harburg.
was solemnized at the home of the
brides parents, 935 Grand avenue,
Thursday afternoon at five o'clock by
Rev. E. c. Grauer. The wedding
march was played by Miss Lydia Fehl-
haber, while the bridal party took its
place under an improvised arch of
pink and white carnations and ferns,
where the vows of holy wedlock were
taken. The bride was gowned in
white georgette crepe with a tulle veil
caught up with lilies of the valley. She
carried roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Clarice Lueck, her bridesmaid,
was attired in pink brocaded satin and
carried pink roses. Erwin Belize
acted as best man. Following the
ceremony wedding dinner was served
in the dining room, where color
scheme of pink and white carnations
was used. Mr.. and Mrs. Lueck de-
parted Thursday evening for Chica-
go and other points on honeymoon
trip They will be at home in Ham
burg after December first.
The Woman's Bible class of the
Presbyterian Sunday school had bus
mess and social meeting Saturday
evening. The following officers were
elected:
President-Mrs. Randall Johnson.
Vice President-Mrs. Chris. Lund.
Secretary-Mrs. Frank Charter.
Treasurer-Mrs. Underwood.
Teacher-Brayton Smith.
Committees = Social, Mrs. S. M.
Quaw, chairman; Sewing, Mrs. De-
Voc, chairman; Lookout, Mrs. Frank
Charter, chairman; Reading, Mrs.
Cassandra Thrasher, chairman.
Miss Margaret Barwig entertained
at an auction party last Saturday af-
ternoon honoring Miss Marion Friede,
whose marriage to Albert Wasser-
stein of Green Bay, takes place this
evening. Five tables of cards wsre
in play, and Miss Gertrude Heinemann
had high score Miss Friede received
the guest prize. The decorations were
of a yellow and white color scheme.
At the close of the cards dainty
lunch was served.
An athletic dancing party was given
~ IrltxS, ho11 Friday evening for the