Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
AvIAToRs DANCE AT RIDLEY PARK
rWWenty-two WE Student Pilots Entertained at Dance
woman 8 Club to Have Harvest Fair in October
Amateur Operetta for Red Cross

| w near ~ aTairN being given ever an
"t'eh 'or the sailors. but sha, sbon, the
avlatorsf Honest to goodneas. aou,, vo,
think they deserve a party onc. in a ,,,u.o |
There are a lot OF them ao,.r :, a..
aviation school at Esslnston ana ~, ,....
so very Tar from Ridley PARK "a nm.
kind person OF the town. Mrs. char.as q.
Hetzel. decided to have dance tor avIa-
tors. and twenty-two Of them we've inv,,ed
over to tire Ridley Park Auditorium last
Tuesday evening. Just that many girls
were there and all ready and waiting 70
dance with the men. They were perfectly
delighted to have such a good time planned
for them. Soon everybody had been In
troduced 10 everybody else and afterwlrd
there was a long evening full of fun. The
young people had several Paul Joneses. and
they always are merry and lively. The hall
was beautifully decorated with nags ans
patriotic lanterns, and red. white and blue
lights gave charming. bright glow &c
the place. The eats. too. were just as
good as they could be-plenty OF lemonade
whenever you wanted II and ice cream and
cakes homemade. " you p'ease) "hetween
the halves"
Some of Mrs. Hetzel's friends were there
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They were Mr. and Mrs. William d. Craven,
DR.. and Mrs Harry D. Winsmore. Mr. and
Mrs George w. Atherholt. Mr.. and MRS.
H. X. Nelson, Mrs. Joseph MacHenry and
Mrs. L. II. Bryant. Altogether. the auair
was lust as successful as 1t could possibly
be. and 1t was such fun giving 1t that Mrs.
Hetzel wants TO have another one some
time soon.
The Woman's Club out in Ridley Park
is going to give the harvest fair In the
-Hfs a md W
seventh Of october. 1t is to be regular
country fair. and the women are much M
terested in getting ready for IT,
The Junior section OF this club Is
mighty fine organization. 1t was one OF
the first ones in Delaware County, and all
the Ridley Park girls are proud IT this fact
Besides the regular club meetings. they
meet every Thursday in the social room OF
the Presbyterian Church and do Red Cross
work.
Mrs f. ]. Michel and Miss Josephine
Michell have returned from Avalon, N. j..
where they have had cottage for the sum-
mer Mr.. Henry Michel is in France.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Proctor are back In
Ridley Park again. They have oeen I'D VI
the Pennsylvania Highlands.
Mr. and Mrs B. c. Hollis and their
daughter Miss Eloise Hollis. have returned
from Lake Champlain VT.
Mrs William c. Segner has returned from |
New York where she spent several days.
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hetzel for |
some time, has returned to Detroit Mich.
Miss M Sweeney is visiting Mrs. Jack |
Crawford in Ridley Park.
Mr.. b. +. Ehing is down at the shore for |
several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Pequiguot and |
Mr. and Mrs. u. b. Coopers are going to |
spend the winter in Philadelphia.
Several Ridley Park girls have gone
away to college. Miss Elizabeth Buse. the |
Henry w. Buses lughter, Is up in New |
York State and Miss Miriam Stell left re- |
Gently for Wellesley.
A very successful operetta was given last |
Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the |
Prospect Park Auditorium for the benefit |
of the Red Cross. There were about thirty
persons in the cast, and they came from
Norwood Gleuolden, Folsom, sharon Hil'
and the different towns around here. a
great many people were at the entertain
ment which was decidedly good for an |
amateur affair
This seems to be the time for the o'd-
fashioned country fair, doesn't 1t? They |
certainly are fun, though, for there is
always such variety of things to see and |
buy. Llanerch had one of these fairs on |
Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings Of |
last week, and everybody in the town |
helped out in one way or another. There |
were tables full of all sorts of things: |
cakes candy. groceries. vegetables and |
fancy articles. Then the funniest mixture |
of things were .rafiled Off There was a |
beautiful big blue-eyed curly haired doll |
that would make her small owner hop |
up and down with excitement; ton of |
coal and a real live pig, who squealed with |
delight at being the object of 80 much
fattering attention. The fair was for the
benefit of the Llanerch Fire Company. They
want to have a new firehouse and new ap-