Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21

more than busy. With so many home
! from the states II is small wonder
ythat their friends want TO shower
them with attentions. Within the last
two weeks two brides and grooms
of decided local interest have arrived
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Gait and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick A. Schaefer, Jr. Then
Miss Phoebe and Miss Elizabeth Car
ter returned this week and two weeks
ago came Mrs. z. A. Jones and her
three daughters, Misses Helen, Mar
Earet and Kathryn. Miss Ruth Cart
ley was also an arrival so one may
see 1t is the young society element
that has kept the social bee buzzing.
Miss Angela McMmus, who came
70 be maid Of honor at the Richards
Midkiff wedding, has become great
social favortte, being bright, witty and
clever. She leaves for her Eastern
home next week to the regret OF all.
The transport leaving this noon car
ried away a lot OF very popular SER
vice people.
In fact the posts are th1nned con-
siderHbly by this exodus OF officers
and ladies. The next transport may
order lot more away. and so 1t goes;
they come and they 60 with Honolulu
always regrettfng their departure, for
they are In almost every case charm
ing people. Their hope always is that
they may be sent back here some
day, for Honolulu is as dear to the
hearts Of those in'the service as 1t Is
to those Of us who belong In this
beautiful and wonderful land.
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MAUI GIRLS ENGAGEMENT AN
NOUNCED.
Miss Marie Emma Pogue, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Pogue Of Kali
lua ("Pogues"), Maui-whose en-
gagement to Mr.. Edmund A. Pickett
has been announced, Is q surprise to
her many friends. The wedding will
i take place at the home OF her
! aunt, Miss Jane Pogue, In Santa Clara,
Cal, In the spring. After the mar
riage the popular couple will return
TO where their new home Ii being
built at Kailua, Maui. Mr.. Pickett
came to Hawaii about two years ago
and is with the East Maui Irrigation
company. He ID from Fresno, Cal.
CLUB GIVES CARD PARTY.
The EVerwelcome club held card
party and social Wednesday evening
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Isa-
dore A. Scharlin on Kinau street.
A very pleasant evening was en-
ioyed. Mr.. Sweeney won the gentle
mans prize AID Mrs. Scharlin the
lady's prize.
Refreshments were served by the
entertainment c0mmfffaa
Monday evening viii be the next
business meeting of the club, q num-
Der Of new members will join this
evening.
. This club was organized for the
army and navy young men stationed
IN and around Honolulu, and 1t is
meeting with large success. The OBJ
iect OF the club il % promote social
welfare and entertainments, dances,
card parties, picnics, ETC., will be held
weekly.
Mr.. Leon Berry Of the Medical Sup.
ply department, Honolulu. is presi-
dent. Miss Augusta Wiebke is treas
urer and Mrs. Mae e. Scharlin Is sec.
Rotary. Mr.. Horace billiard, Fort
Shafter Engineers company, is chair
man Of the membership committee.
All cards for applications should be
addressed to him, or p. o. box 1875,
city.
FAREWELL GATHERING,
A reluctant farewell is being said
today to Mrs. Alfred M. Hunter, wife
Of Colonel Hunter, who vii return to
Spf Colonel Hunter, who will return to
Ghis city. While here. she has been
the guest Of Mrs. Albert Edward Gil
lespie Of Clay street, her friends TAX
ing advantage Of the opportunity OF
greeting her Informally during the
brief period Of her stay here.
Mrs. Hunter was stationed In this
city for q long time and enjoyed q
social popularity that few attain. Her
departure for Honolulu o year ago
was attended with sincere regret; nor,
IN fact, have her friends here ever
quite reconciled themselves to that
fact. Illness, contracted a few
months after her arrival In the is
lands, necessitated Mrs. Hunters re.
turn to the United States a few
months ago and she visited Mrs. Gil.
, lespie en- route to the East. Rest and
relaxation there have completely re
stored her strength, as her friends
have noted with much satisfaction.
. For the purpose Of saying goodbye
= 10 this attractive woman, o number
Of her close friends gathered yester.
day at the home OF Mrs. Gillespie to
enjoy an informal hour over the tea
cups. Among those who shared in
the afternoons pleasure were:
Major and Mrs. Louis Chappelear,
Major and Mrs. Richard Cravens, Cap
tain and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Captain
and Mrs. Jairus Moore, Mesdames
Hunter Lggett, John Gardner,
Charles H. Holbrook, Elizabeth
Pratt, Harry Davis and Martha Pratt
Donnellan.-San Francisco Chronicle
MRS BENJAMIN J. EDGER's IN
FORMAL TEA
Mrs. BENJAMIN J. Edger was hos
tess at q very small and informal tea
IN Wednesday afternoon. Those en-
: toying this pleasant affair were Mrs.
ARaymond Bliss, Mrs. Eugene Hart
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