El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
CASAD FAMILY b
HAS A REUNION
One Hundredth Anniversary
of Thos. Casad, Sry OBJ
served at Mesilla Park.


Mesiua Park. y NJ, Jan. 27.-At the
home of Mrs. Mandell. near Mesilla
Park, the reunion Of the Casad family
{ was held this week TO commemorate
I the Tooth anniversary of the birth of
the late Thomas Casad, ST. Sixteen
members Of the family were present
and the illness Of Mrs. Darwin Casad,
OF CanutillO, prevented the attendance
was served, presided over by Mrs.
Casad, the aged widow of Thomas
Casad. ST. Vacant chairs were placed
az the table for Thomas Casad, sr., and
I Thomas Casad, jr., the latter having
| only recently died in Mexico.
AFTER the dinner the members OF the
: FAMILY went to the cemetery, where
they were Joined by a number of inti-
mate friends, and the graves Of the de-
parted We're decorated. Following the
decoration of the graves memorial ser
vices were held. Mrs. Mande1 giving
n brief address; Miss Bertha Mandeu
gave reading entitled Life Mrs.
\ D. Lane. of FL Paso. reading extracts
from letter from the only. surviving
sister of Thomas Casad, Mrs. Moore, OF
Globe. Ariz., whose age Is 90; Mrs J.
j. Bennett. of Canutillo, sang Sweet
Dreams and Faces" After these exer-
eises were concluded all went to old
Mesilla to visit the old home Of the
Casad family. where they resided many
years and from which five daughters
became brides.
DR.. and Mrs. r F. Hare have as 4
guest the formers brother, Prof c. l.
Hare. professor OF chemistry in the
Alabama Agricultural college, at Au-
burn, Ala
Lloyd Z. Franzen. of Roswell, n. NJ,
has been at the Park and the college
the past few days on business, and in
cidentally visiting former Pecos valley
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs II. w Carroll and chill
dren. Dale and Annie Katherine, have
lett for Topeka. Kas., and Springfield,
No They expect to be gone three or
we nl- II s-n-rs1N IL "a
Fe railway agent here and during MS
absence E. W. DuvaL Of Hurley, VIII
look after the Santa FEES interests at
Miss Barbara worcester recently had !
as visitor at Mesilla Park her moth
er, Mrs G. H Worcester, Of FL Paso-
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. r. Neff, Of bethany,
No.. after short visit with their
brother and sister. Dr. and Mrs S B.
Neft on College HILL left Tuesday for /
a visit to various California points.
Former Student Bride.
Word has been received here OF the |
marriage OF Miss Anna Sterling. Tor
mer student, and sister Of Stuart Ster- /
ling, to J. A Bell, of FlOydale. Texas
Miss Margaret Buvens was the honor
guest at a surprise party given at the T!
home of DR.. and Mrs George E Ladd, 1
in honor Of her birthday annlversary-
The evening was passed in playing !
games dancing and guessing contests. /
Evan CarOOn won first prize in guess
ing the largest number of the persons /
present from the written descriptions i
that were given Miss Buvens was the
recipient of a token of friendship, pre-
scented by Shaler Ladd. on behalf OF the
assembled friends. Refreshments were
served
The Presbyterian Sunday school
class social was a very enjoyable al
fair. Thirty or more were present
although number from both classes
were not able to attend. The evening
was spent in playing games and music !
Girls Give boys Stroll
4 novel leap year stunt was enjoyed
by q number Of Merle hall young wom-
son being chaperon- The young Wom-
en- invited the young men to take "a
stroll to the Mesilla diversion dam.
distance Of about four miles or more
At the dam. where they arrived at
1880 they were Joined by Miss Conan.
who resides there, ano their appetites
being sharpened by the walk, they were
all ready for their luncheon Of sand
witches, pickles. cake and candy. After
luncheon they made inspection OF ev-
cry part Of the structure of the dam !
they arrived before the sun went down.
Those comprising the party were
Miss Donaldson, chaperon; Misses Ruth
lITeSay, Bernlce Orme. Edna Oberhol-
ser Dorothy Wharton and Celia Marin,
and Messrs. Leslie Briggs, Edward
Wharton, Guy Herbert, Prof. c H
kunSman and Homer Powers.
Talks Of Athletics.
On Tuesday evening coach c W.
Russell gave an address at the Y n 9
A. on the value Of Athletics in Col |
lege" He discussed the subject from |
the viewpoint Of the college, the value
to the college He emphasized the
college spirit created and fOStered by |
clean athletics and showed how that |
spirit would be carried INTO every de-
partment of the college life and the
benefits that would result therefrom- !
But he made a plea for college athlet-
les TO be a regular department of the
college and not left in the hands of the
student body alone He pointed out !
how many OF the evils Of college ath- !
letics and the criticisms against them
can be traced to student control, where I
the athletics are not a regular depart
ment Of the college on the same basis
with other departments He also en-
phasized the value Of athletics 10 the
Individual A large number Of stu !
dents and others were present !
1916 Worlds Almanac, now in Fl
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