Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-17
SOCIETY ITEMS
Social Gatherings of the Past Week
In Wausau and Vicinity
For Pilot Readers.

A special meeting of the loca, coun
Gil of the Knights of Columbus wa.
held at X. c.. hall in the form of
luncheon and smoker, WEDNESDAY
evening, to bid final farewell to Rev
Father Brennan, as pastor of st
James church and spiritual advisor
of said council. More than sevent,
members were present. w. t. Cor
man, Grand Knight of the X. C.'s, act
ed as chairman. Many members pres
emf expressed regrets of Father Bren.
mans severance from their midst anG
all rendering good-by and best wish.
es in his new field of duties al
Schullsburg. Rev. Father O'Toole, st
James new pastor, being present al
the meeting and at the closing gave
an interesting and entertaining brief
address and assured his listeners that
the work begun here by the retiring
| pastor would be continued by the in
coming pastor to the best of his abil-
ity.
A surprise party in the nature of a
farewell was rendered Mrs. Minnie
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| pleasant informal afternoon was
! spent. at the close of which refresh
| ments were served. The compliment
ed guest was presented with a gift
from the ladies of the party Mrs.
Lampert and family will leave Wau-
sau this month for Neenah, where
they will make their future home.
The family has lived here for many
years and it is generally regretted
that they are leaving.
Mrs. G. D. Jones entertained at an
informal afternoon party last Wednes-
day in which Mrs. Fay Marshall of
Rhinelander, and Miss Hester Jones,
who recently graduated from Vassar
college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, shared
honors. Auction was played at six
tables and high scores made by Mrs.
G. K. Gooding and Miss Gale Ross.
The Jones home was beautifully dec
GRATED in wild flowers. Miss Zelda
King of Dyersburg, Tenn, was an
out of town guest.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian church will hold it's an
nual picnic at the fair grounds on
Wednesday, July IS, for the members
and their husbands who are expected
to supper. Ladies attending will pro-
vide their basket lunches and dishes,
but the society will furnish coffee and
cream. Those who have autos will
please arrange for taking others to
and from the grounds.
Misses Jean Gilbert Gretchen Paff,
Louise Rosenberg, Gladys Schilling,
Mary Meadows, Florence Wilson and
Irene Smith have returned home from
an outing at the Neal Brown cottage
on the Plover. On Sunday Alan Pradt,
Charles Manson, Jennings Alexander,
Walter Dana, Myron Duncan and
George Silbernagel spent the day at
the Brown cottage with the young
ladies.
Mrs. R. E. Parcher and Mrs. G.. F.
Dunbar entertained few friends at
the Wausau club Saturday noon at
luncheon. Their guests included the
following old time friends: Mrs. w.
w. Mitchell and Mrs. Cadman of Ste
vens Point; Mrs. Clyte Blair and Mrs.
Richard Powers of Mosinee; Mrs. F.
H. Norman and Mrs. w. w. DeVoe
and Mrs. A. B. Filter of Wausau.
A number of young people from
the Swedish Methodist church of this
city, attended the Luther League con-
vention at Ironwood, Mich, Saturday,
Sunday and yesterday. Following
were the Wausau delegates: Misses
Lillian Wickstrom, Anna Anderson,
Esther Johnson, Sigma and Ida Erick-
son.
The Ladies Aid society of the Ger
man Methodist church enjoyed an in
door picnic Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. j. L. Menu
ner. The ladies had planned to hold
their picnic at the fair grounds, but
owing to inclement weather, it was
found necessary to change their plans.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid So
ciety picnic will be held at the fair
grounds tomorrow for the members,
cllu tICll WIZ are GAp6ClGu
to supper. The ladies attending will
provide their basket lunches, and the
society will furnish coffee and cream.
The Wausau Gun club held it's an
nual picnic Sunday. Picnic dinners
and suppers were enjoyed and a dis
play of fireworks in the evening.
Shooting
ments were carried out.
Wausau branch No. 1, of the Social
ist party had a picnic at the fair
grounds Sunday. John Weller Long,
national secretary of the Farmers
Society of Equity, was the principal
speaker at the picnic.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. English of Will
mar, Minnesota, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Emelie Mar
guerite Stockwell, to Mark M. Schol-
field of Wausau. The wedding will be
an event of this fall.
The Woman's Missionary society Of
the First Presbyterian church has
postponed its meeting until Wednes-
day, July 25th. The program will
be given as published in last weeks
paper:
Mrs. Walter Ladwig entertained a
few friends on Friday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Lawrence Williams.
who is visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. j. A. Underwood.
The members OF the First Presby-
terrain church choir will have a pic
mic at Rcthschild park tomorrow. This
will be the regular monthly social
evening of the choir.