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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Mir. Ralph Puckett, for the past several weeks, convalescing from his recent ill., ness returned home Saturday much lm- proved in health.
 Dr. Helen M Buchanan of Chicago will arrive in Birmingham Tuesday to spend the Christmas holidays with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Ira w. Broughton and family, of North Highlands.
 MT. and Mrs. George Livingston Martin have returned from their wedding trip and are at home with the brides mother, Mrs. M. l.. Zinszer, 1715 South Tenth ave- nue.
 Mir Rosamond Biggs Malone, who has been the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. N. Malone, for the past 10 days, has returned to the naval hospital in Wash ington.
 Mrs. Oscar Underwood arrived yester- day from Washington to be at the bed side of her father MT. J. H. Woodward, who is critically i'll at his home on High land avenue.
 Friends of Mir. Ernest c. Dillon will be glad to learn that he has passed a sue cessfu1 examination for the aviation corps and will leave tomorrow for Fort Ogle- thorpe to enter the training school.
 
 MT. and Mrs. Robert E. Parker have named their little daughter Eloise Logue. Mrs. o. E. Smith and her daughter, Miss Evelyn Byrd Smith. spent Friday ia this city with Mrs. Smiths niece, Mrs. Hubbert Smith, en route to New York, where they will visit Mrs. Lewis Wood ruff and Mrs. Walter Kobbe Miss Smith will remain all winter with her two sis-' ters. Mrs. Smith returning to her home in Selma after the holidays.
 Mrs. Darlington Semple of New York, who has been in Montgomery, will arrive tomorrow to spend few days with Mrs Culpepper Exum.
 Mrs. w. c. Davis of Chicago will be among the out-of-town guests for the Davis-Judson wedding on Wednesday,
 MT. and Mrs John Milner Caldwell are in New York for two weeks and Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell, who is at Fox croft school in Washington, will return tc Birmingham with them for the holi- days.
 Mrs. Arthur Ellesberry and little son, Arthur, Jr., of Cincinnati are the guests of Mrs. Ellsberry's mother, Mrs. The resa Evans, at the Ridgely.
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RANDOM NOTES

MT. and Mrs. E. Moore McDaniel have returned from their wedding trip and have gone to their home in Selma Mrs. McDaniel was formerly Miss Katherine Mathews of this city.
 Miss Susie Hundley Cunningham and Mrs. Kathleen Hundley Cunningham left yesterday to visit Mrs. Frank Ellis in Birmingham. After spending few days with Mrs. Ellis, Miss Cunningham will return to Montevallo, where she is at tending the Montevallo Technical school this winter.-Anniston Star.
 Mrs. J. H. Sheldon. who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Evans Crump, in Anniston has returned home. Mrs. w. L. Smith has returned from 3 visit to friends in Anniston.
  { Miss Frances Adele Woodrow has re- turned from Talladega, where she at tended the chipman-oliver wedding.
 
 Miss Juliet Wiley has returned to her home in Montgomery after visiting friends in the city;
 Lieut.. Richard Lussier will leave on Wednesday for Columbia, s. C., where he will be stationed. He will be joined later Dy MIS- LusSler ana little daughter
 
 Mrs. Martha Estes Wilson left few days ago for Atlanta. where she will spend the holidays with her mother
 
 Mr. James Franklin is spending the weekend with his parents at Eden. MT. and Mrs. A. J. Hawkins of Bartow, Fla, have named their little son Howard Jonston. Mrs. Hawkins was formerly Miss Bessie Suydam of this city. Mrs. Bellfield Dugger Young of Greens boro Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Towers, Jr, 5l1 Thirty seventh street, Ensley.
 pr. w. w. Caffee, who received his commission as first lieutenant In Sep tember and was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, has passed his examinations success- fully and has now been made captain of his company
 MT. Lawrence Broughton, who has been on Lookout mountain with his friend,
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HATTIE HIGHLANDS TO-DAY WRITES ABOUT
 THE WAR SERVICE AND CHRISTMAS FIRST

being delightfully."- entertained.
 The following from the New York Evening Telegram will be read by you, I am sure, with much interest. know 1 ing how you felt about the recent New York suffrage victory:
 "The mooted question now in suffrage circles is will Mrs. Norman DeR. White house, like Julius Caesar, refuse a kingly or queenly crown when it is off fered to her?
 Enthusiastic suffragists have been | raising a fund, rumored to total 5000 with which to purchase gold coronet to grace the brow of the chairman of the New York state woman suffrage party as a memorial of the victory at the polls here last election day.
 The diadem Is to be presented to Mrs Whitehouse at the national suffrage con- vcntion in Washington next month when full coronation ceremony is ar- ranged for. The crown is to replace the spurious headpiece which was placed upon Mrs. Whitehouse's head at the re- cent state convention in the Plaza hotel here. It has only recently been learned that this crown was not gold after aall. The new crown of 14-K' is being made by the same goldsmith who made the laurel wreath which was presented to Marshal Joffre.
 "But within the suffrage rangs there has arisen dissention, for some of the new citizens believe that such an ex- penditure is extravaganza. Among these is Miss Mary Garret Hay, city chairman. Miss Hay calls the project absurd and says she will have nothing to do with it. She further calls it 'wasteful.' 'ridicu- lous' and other things"
 The little clipping I am sending you on the sending of gifts to our soldier boys, which is dear to hearts of us all, was sent to me by one of the very dear est of old ladies who has boys in the war and can even remember those dreadful days of the past war She asked me to see that you girls got 1t, so here it IS:
 It is the fact of being thought of by those at home, the personal touch, much more than the material value of the gift, which makes sending to our soldiers and sailors a matter of the most vital inn portance.
 The wants of individual men will vary considerably, not only in accordance with personal taste, but with the con ditions of the situation in which they may be placed. Z
 The surest way of sending what wills be acceptable and useful is to ask the man himself what he would like.
 Remember, too, that our new national army is undoubtedly the nose demo- cratic in the world. Do not embarrass a young man by loading him down with unnecessary gifts or luxuries which will make him conspicuous.
 In sending gifts, make allowance for war conditions. Do not expect a pack age to reach soldier or a sailor abroad
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l TN DEAR BECKY: If the preface 1 llD an indication Of what the remain der of the season will be, ther | surely will be no large affairs fol
 "grown-ups'' without the aid of some wa relief or charity as it's object History apparently will not repeat itself in tn,
 sound of revelry that has come down tt
 rs through all years from a wartime o the long ago.
 But it is quite another story wher, weddings are concerned, for many O these affairs have been truly beautiful events and there are still more to come. It seems the deeper our country gets in war the buster has Cupid-that gay little prodigal-become and the announcements are surely a very considerable part of the daily news budgets.
 From now on until after Christmas all entertainments will have more or less a holiday aspect, as December seems to be the month par excellence in which to ex- tend the hospitality of the home to old and young, rich and poor. The heart seems to mellow and grow warm with love to all mankind, as the festival of the Christ child approaches, for 1t is the season when all sects and nations join in the spirit of Peace on earth, good will toward men,"
 Speaking of Christmas giving, Becky, I have just had a talk with friend of ours whose purse is small and her heart big when it comes to remembering her friends at this joyous season, and whd has told me of her most original plans for this Christmas. She says: T am sending a box of animal cookies to a family of three small boys, homemade candy and stuffed dates to two college boys two individual plum puddings to two old lady friends who keep house by themselves, a loaf of salt rising bread and one of nut bread to bride who is preparing her first Christmas dinner, a basket of cookies to an eastern chap who is in the army, and is spending his first Christmas away from home and simple things she is going to "do up" III tEe prettlest style 10 pc ulspatcned III plenty of time to be enjoyed to the fullest extent.
 There are many visitors here just now which adds much to the social life of the city. Among the most admired is Miss Emily Semple of New York, the guest of MT. and Mrs Culpepper Exum. Miss semple has many friends in the city who are delighted to welcome her on her very own account and also for her lovely mothers sake, who Is one of Alabama's most poular and prominent daughters. She was formerly Miss Rose Gunter of Montgomery and sister of Mrs. Kirk man Jackson of this city, who was Miss Helen Gunter. And, by the way, she is being most cordially received here and is
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in five or six days Not infrequently 1t will take as many weeks, owing not only to the tremendous pressure for shipping space, but also because of most severe congestion on the railways of France.
 It will be well to restrict your sending to men abroad; 100000 people, sending without thinking, might easily fill ship ping space needed more for carrying food or coal to our allies.
 Be careful about packing, particularly when sending to men abroad. Send nothing abroad in glass jars. Food prod ucts, if sent at all, should be packed in wooden boxes or tin boxes. Articles not packed to withstand rough handling may never reach their destination.
 Always place your own return address on letters or packages
 However, remember that the soldier or sailor who is not contributing to the support of some one at home generally has all the money he needs. He has comparatively little need for money ex- cept when on leave of absence.
 Do not forget the fact that the man In the army frequently moves on short mo- tice, and when he moves nearly every thing that he takes with him must go on his back.
 Do not, therefore, load him up with articles which are not of sufficient value to warrant his being willing to add them to his load which seldom weighs less than 40 pounds and often weighs consid- erably more. Otherwise you will be con- tributing to the rubbish barrels.
 We'll, my dear, will write you again ere long. As ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
sHERMAN-GoING WEDDING

The marriage of Miss Augusta Going, daughter of MT. John Going, and Lieut.. Paul Wesley Sherman was a lovely event of yesterday afternoon, taking place at the home of the brides sister, Mrs. Her. bert c. Stockham, in Norwood.
 The house was thrown open and made most attractive with beautiful and ar- tistic decorations of ferns, palms and smilax, combined with quantities of chrysanthemums.
 Before the ceremony MT. Owen Gill lespy sang At Dawning," accompanied by Miss Minnie NIcNeil, at the piano.
 The ceremony was performed In the lv- ing room before a beautiful floral altar by the Rev. pr. A. s. Harris, pastor Of the Second Presbyterian church, and was witnessed by number of relatives and few friends.
 Miss Evelyn Going, a sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. and was very lovely in a handsome black velvet afternoon gown with large picture hat of black. She carried Lady Russell roses. The bride was given in marriage by her father, and was never lovelier than in her wedding dress of dark blue cloth, with a smart gray hat. She wore a corsage of orchids and valley lilies Lieu- tenant Sherman was attended by his father as best man.
 After the ceremony an informal recep- ton was held and MT. and Mrs Sher- man were assisted in receiving by Mir. Going Miss Going, MT. and Mrs. Sher- man of Chicago, and Miss Sherman.
 The brides table was most artistic. being adorned in with pink roses.
 After a short wedding trip Lieutenant Sherman and his charming young bride will go to Charlotte N. C., where he will be stationed.
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CHRISTMAS FETE
 AT LAKEVIEW

The breath of Christmas has al- ready been felt at the I.akeview school and in the homes of Lakeview chil- dren. Already each child has taken home to his pafents a charming 1e- page booklet all gay in the Christi mas green of it's printing and bright with its decorations of holly This booklet carrying into the homes the ''Christmas Greetings from the Lake view School Improvement Association 4 is the programme for the childrcn's yuletide festival to be held at the school at o'clock on the afternoon of next Wednesday and Thursday At the end of the formal programme there will be, of course, regular Christ
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mas party, for everybody agrees that 1 even in war times when grown ups will not exchange presents, the chill 1 dren there just must be given the real l joyousness of the season, howeve CT simp1ified their actual gifts may be. So there will be pine decorations, a sparkling Christmas tree, popcorn balls and Aold Santa Claus himself. but pre- : ceding the party will be formal pYo- gramme of scenes from living his- tory. The children are all a-tiptoe over this part of the entertainment and the committees are working hard not to disappoint them. Many of the tab leaux are living reproductions of the great Raemakers' cartoons. All of pealing.
 The following excerpts are taken from the programme:
 lgium--Posed by William Cobbs Helen Wright, Russell Blount, J. R. Payne Bob Ewing, Margaret Sparks, Fay Harris Baugh, Bill Jemison, Grace Martin Margaret Miller Eleanor Lindy, Truehart Bondurant, Mary Miller Coul- bourne, Lucille Doerr, Annie Louise Morrow, Ruth Tucker.
 Russia-Posed by Alice Olney, Char lotte Rushton, Mary Lelande.
 England: Posed by Anna McLester, William Turner, Donald Gordon, Bob Thames, Edward Glenn.
 The Latin Sisters: Posed by Adele Le- taw, Mamie Trippl.
 France: Posed by Julia Mae Drennen, Josephine Connors, Ida Englehart.
 America: Posed by Augusta Smith, Kenneth Penhallegon, Ed Leake.
 Red Cross Posed by Eliza beth Taylor, Dorothy Westmoreland, Jennie Hood Hunt, Barbara Cohn, Louise Ferguson, Josephine Stewart, Florence Samson, 4I. T T. Brazleton. Catherine Sells, Lillian Bow ron, Louise Nowell, Marjorie Paramore, Mila Shropshire, Margaret Loveman, Eleanor Reed Julia Neil, Harriet Walk CT, Mary Leary Margaret Hundley.
 Drill by Boy Scouts: Nabb Drennen, Clarence Berk. Frank Lynch, Kenneth Penhallegon, Andrew Johnson, Joe ton, Randolph Mcclellan Virgil Davis, Bertram Smith, Roy Abbott. J. D. Ro- senberger Tony Scotch, Vassar Allen, William Cobbs, Jack Reilly. Officers Lakeview School Improvement Association: President, Mrs. William M. Walker; vice president, Mrs. Paul Cor ham; secretary Mrs. j. H. Lehmann; treasurer, MT. Chester Sandman.
 Committee on Yuletide Festival is: Chairman. Mrs. Hill Ferguson; Mrs. Prentiss Reed publicity; Mrs. Samuel Friedman, decorations; Mrs William Leary, Mrs Paul Gorham, feature chair men, Mrs. R. M. Bramlage, Mrs. Sol Lindy, Mrs. J. R. Cohn, Mrs. B. M. Meadow, Mrs. A. s. Loventhal, Mrs Will liam Hood, Mrs. Russell Hunt; Mrs. George Bondurant, Christmas tree and Santa Claus; Mrs. w. J. Penhallegon, tickets; Mrs. Owen Gillespy, popcorn; Mrs. J. l. Blount. Mrs. Henry Dean, Mrs. G. T. Brazleton.
 
 FOR A VISITOR
 Mrs. M. Talk and Mrs. A. Leo Ober- dorfer entertained at tea at the Tut wiler yesterday in honor of Mrs. George Davis of New York. who is the guest of Mrs. Louis Saks.
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MRS. ESTES ENTERTAINs

Among those entertaining yester- day at the Tutwiler at tea was Mrs. Joseph R. Estes. She had table of seven, complimentary to~Mrs. John L. Cobbs of Montgomery, and her cousin Mrs. Fielder Pou of Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Estes guests were Mrs. Charles Elliott Garber Mrs. John l.. Danford. Mrs John l.. Cobbs, Mrs. Fielder Pou, Mrs Eugene Richie and Mrs. Warren Bar nett
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FOR TWO BRIDES

Mrs. Adolph Veil entertained at dinner party on Friday evening at her home in honor of two brides-elect, Miss Alice Phillips, who will be married to Mir Morton Simpson, and Miss Leona Loveman, who will be married to MT. David Cromheim. The table was adorned with pink and white roses and the guests were Miss Loveman, Miss Phil- lips, Mrs A. B. Loveman, Miss Flora Philips of Chicago, MT. and Mrs. Emile Hirsch. Mir. Simpson, Mir Cromheim and MT. Louis Phillips.
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MIR. HIRSCH AT HOME

Mir Ado1ph Hirsch will. be at home this afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock in honor of his daughter, Miss Julia Ruth Hirsch, and MT. Ike Saks of Gadsden, whose engagement is announced today.
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FOR MISS SHAPIRo

Miss Ida Gingold will entertain at linen shower this afternoon from to 5 o'clock in honor of Miss Annie Shapiro. who will be married on Sun day, December Is. to Mir Benjamin M. Goldgar of Macon Ga.
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MISS PASSENGER ENTERTAINs

Miss Leonora Hassinger will enter tain on Saturday afternoon in honor of Miss Elizabeth Hall of Maryland, who is the guest of Mrs. J. c. Henley, and Miss Leila Darlington of Anniston, who will be her guest at this time.
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FOR MISS SIMPLE

MT. and Mrs Culpepper Exum en- tertained at dinner at the Country club last evening complimenting their guest, Miss Emily Semple of New York. Among the guests were Miss semple, MT. and Mrs. Paschal Shook
 Mr. and Mrs. Kirkham Jackson, MT. and Mrs. P. H. Cabaniss, Mir. and Mrs. w..
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school. The members present at this meeting were honored by a talk from Judge w. F. Fort, his subject being, Service. Rather Than Money, Makes the Man."
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FOR A POPULAR BRIDE-ELECT

Judge and Mrs Nash Broyles of Att lanta entertained at tea at the Pied mont Driving club in honor of their daughter, Miss Louise Broyles, and Capt Thomas Barrett, III, and the guests in the party included: Miss Frances Broyles, Miss Julia Murphy, Miss Isoline Campbell, Miss Blanche Divine, Miss Alice Parks, Miss Eloise Robinson, Miss Helen McCarty. Miss Nellie Phinizy of Athens. Miss Anne Kilby of Anniston Miss Marion Sher- man of Battle Creek, Mich; Capt. and Mrs Horace Howell Foreman. Capt. Clark Howell Capt. Louis Battey, Capt. Boykfn Wright. Lieut.. Hollis Lanier, Lieut. Charles Brown, Lieut.. Jacob Lowery. Lieut. Joseph Cummings, Lieut.. Robert Forester, Lieut.. Robert McWhorter, MT. James Howard Cole, Mir Harry Stearns. IT., MT. Gator Woolford, Mir. Eugene Haynes MT. Norman Cooledge. pr. J. G. Williams, MT. Bowie Martin, Lieut.. Floyd Me- Rae, Capt. Carl Ridley and Lieut.. How ard Conway
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SOCIETY NEWS AND ACTIVITIES LIN TFEE CITY AND SUBURBS

M. Walker, Mir. and Mrs. H Key Miner, Mir. Murray Brown and MT. Erskine Ramsay.
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HaSzs Ng%S4-@

Replying to an inquiry of 8 house. holder as to whether or not he was en- titled to an extra allowance of sugar when entertaining visitors. the British ministry of food advised that "ten- porary guests should bring their sugar with them.''
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A TRIBUTE TO MRS. PEARSON

Mrs. John Lewis Cobbs of Montgom- cry, who has been the very gifted and efficient state. regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the past two years, was made honorary state regent for life by the annual conference of the D. A. R., just held at Birmingham. This merited compliment is the natural result of Mrs. Cobbs splendid work in behalf of the D. A. R. during her term of office.
 Her successor as state regent-just elected at the annual conference-is Mrs. Robert H. Pearson of Birming ham, who enters upon her duties fully equipped and prepared for any emer- gency.
 Mrs. Pearson is an Alabamian, and previous to her marriage was Miss Sal lie Pearson of the southern part of the state, removing to Birmingham few years before her marriage to the late Col. R. H. Pearson of that city. She is a woman of rare mental gifts of de- lightfu1 comaraderie, of tireless en- ergy. a great social favorite, and a de- voted member of the Church of the Ad- vent, Birmingham. Her courage, in- tellect. loyalty and patriotism indicate her right to her lineage. Two such women as Mrs. Cobbs and Mrs Pear son are splendid representatives of the Alabama 9. 4 R.-Montgomery Jour nal.
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CAPTAIN ADAMS ENTERTAINs

Capt Arthur Adams entertained at . dinner party last evening at the Country club in honor of Capt Ebert Jemison and his lovely young bride, who have returned from their wedding trip. Among the guests were Captain and Mrs Jemison, Miss Elizabeth Cald- we'll Locke, Miss Margaret Moore. Capt. Frank Cunningham and MT. Mason Dillard, Jr.
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DINNER FOR BRIDE AND
 GROOM ELECT

MT. and Mrs. Joseph Emerson Brown of Kalamazoo, Mich, entertained at a beautiful dinner party last night at the Piedmont Driving club in compli- ment to Miss Louise Broyles and Cap tain Thomas Barrett whose marriage takes place Saturday evening
 Dinner was served in the main din inS room, which was decorated with palms and blooming plants The table, with covers laid for 30 guests, had picturesque decoration in yellow ard white; yellow daisies, narcissi and val ley lilies were banked about the basin of the fountain, which formed the cen terpiece and baskets of the same flowers were placed at intervals about the table. The place cards were in white apd gold.
 Mrs. Brown wore a handsome cos tune of red velvet, Miss Broyles wore black velvet, and Miss Frances Broyles was gowned in blue char mouse.
 The guests included the members of the wedding party.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Phinizy Calhoun entertained the bridal party, out-of-town guests and family at tea at her home on Fifth street Mrs. Ju- nius c. Og1esby and Mrs Stuart Witham poured tea.-Atlanta Consti- tuition.
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FOR A YISITOR

1 Mrs. M. Talk and Mrs. A. Leo Ober- dorfer entertained at tea at the Tut wiler yesterday in honor of Mrs. George
 Davis of New York. who is the guest of l Mrs Louis Saks
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DAvIs-JUDsON WEDDING PLANS

The marriage of Miss Grace Judson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William H. Judson, and MT. Daniel Davis will be an event of Wednesday evening at g o'clock. taking place at the home of the brides parents in Bessemer Mrs Lee Moody, sister of the bride; Mrs l. D. McCullom and Mrs. Ted Joy will be matrons of honor. Miss Ruby Daley and Miss Elsie Crosby will be the bridesmaids.
 MT. A. B. Haswell of Ensley will be the best man, and MT. w. V. Baxter and MT Fred Todd of Bessemer will be the xroomsmen. An informal reception will follow the wedding.
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MRS. M,INTYRE ENTERTAINs

Mrs. J. N. Mcintyre entertained few friends at luncheon yesterday at her home in honor of Miss Grace Judson, who will be married on Wednesday to MT. Daniel Davis. Among the guests were: Miss Judson, Mrs. w. H. H. Jud- son, Mrs. Lee Moody, Miss Ryding, Mrs c. J. Barr, Mrs. John Marks, Mrs E. H. Andrews, Mrs. w. F. McCrossin, Miss Mcintyre.
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MIR. AND MRS. JOY ENTERTAIN

MT. and Mrs. Ted Joy will entertain few friends informally this even- ing at their home in honor of Miss Grace Judson, who will be married on Wednesday to MT. Daniel Davis.