The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-15

in accordance with the presidents
proclamation. .
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Miss Irene Hanson, of Moorhead,
entertained Thursday afternoon in
formally, for Miss Estelle Murphy, of
Hillsboro, who has been her guest this
past week. The pleasant affair was
in the nature of. a o'clock tea.
Mrs. w. F. Sudro entertained about
twenty young ladies Wednesday after
noon for Miss Florence Elford, a
Boucher college student, who left
/ Thursday evening for her home in
/ Seattle, after about a weeks visit in
1 Fargo at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
/ H. Parrot. Miss Marion Merritt, an
other Boucher college student, who
| also stopped, off here to see Mr.. and
Mrs. Parrott left Sunday night, and
stopped in North Yakima, Wash, en-
route home to Seattle.
Master Gordon Bestic, little son of
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bestic, 315 Thir-
teenth street south. celebrated his
ninth birthday anniversary, which oc-
| Cured several days ago, by an in
| formal party Thursday afternoon, half
a dozen little friends being the guests.
| Games entertained them for a time,
aAeCA "hASH SuppCA was SSAFSo ny Mis-
| Bestic.
The members of the Jolly Six club
were entertained Thursday evening by
Miss Mildred Christianson at her home
on Eighth avenue south, this being the
| last meeting of the season. Several
other frolics are planned for the sum-
mer by the club, which has been invit-
| ed by Miss Ethel Hanson to a house
| party at her home the first week in
July. A camping party at one of the
| lakes is also planned for later in the
| season. Two of the members, Misses
! Hazel and Edna Hanson, leave soon
for Nome, N. D., where they make
their home summers.
Miss Evelyn Patterson left this
morning for the Twitchell farm home,
| near Mapleton, where she joins the
house party at which Mics Cha. otte
Iwitchell is entertaining several Far
go high scnool girls this week. Mss
Patterson Gus ret 60 with the rest
of the party becaG:c of participating
in the Dako'd conservatory COM
mencement program Thursday even
ing. The house party will break up
Sunday evening.
Miss Aida Olson, of the Hogan flats,
will entertain the other members of
the Fussers club this evening at
picnic in Oak Grove. The party will
start for the park about 5 o'clock.
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Miss Anna Simonitsch, of 603 Fourth
avenue south, Moorhead, entertained
company of sixteen friends Thursday
afternoon in compliment to Miss Mar
garet McDermott, a Fargo nurse whose
home is at Crete, N, D., and who is to
become the bride of j. Simonitsch, a
brother of the hostess, in st. Paul on
June 81. Mr.. Simonitsch is now located
at Cleveland, N. D., where he is man
ager Of the elevator and of the electric
lighting plant. The bride-e was
given a parcel shower, and the after
noon was spent in hemming towels and
making sachets for her. The living
room decorations were Of bridal wreath
and ferns, while in the dining room
marguerites and ferns were effective
ly employed as table adornments.
Mrs. George Brewer, of 500 Eleventh
street south, was hostess Thursday
afternoon at special meeting of the
Ladies Aid society OF the Evangelical
association, the affair being a fare
Well for Mrs. w. G. Menges. The lat
ter was presented with a handsome
cut glass dish as a token of the es-
TEEN in which she is held by the So
ciety. About twenty-five were pres
ent, and the affair was entirely Of a
social nature. A very delicious lunch
was feature. Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Menges and daughter left Thursday
night for their new home, in Mil
bank, S. d.
The Plymouth Congregational Mis-
sionary society was entertained
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. H. L.
Sherwood, OF Fifth street north. The
speaker of the afternoon was Mrs. ].
F. Dudley, and her subject was the
condition resulting from the war as
regards the foreign missions Of the
Congregational denomination. The
subject was very well presented.
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Mrs. John .Monson. of Thirteenth
street south, was hostess Thursday
afternoon to the Missionary society of
the Christian church, an interesting
program and social hour taking up
the attention Of these ladies'.
An informal social time followed a
routine business session at the meet
ing of the Swedish Baptist Ladies'
Aid society Thursday afternoon, held
at the home of Mrs. Charles Nelson, in
Moorhead. Music added to the pleasure
of the meeting.
Grand Forks Herald: Mrs. F. H.
Haverland is expected to return this
evening from Fargo, where she has
spent several days as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs j. L. Westlund. former resi-
dents of this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Hav-
erland will motor to Maple Lake on
Sunday, where they have leased
cottage for the summer months. Mr..
Haverland will return to the city Sun
day evening. but Mrs. Haverland will
remain at the lake
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Word has been received in Fargo Of