Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-18


ant are expected to send delegates
to this party.
About thirty ladies were guests at
the luncheon given yesterday after.
noon for the Congregational Ladies
Auxiliary at l o'clock in the parlors
of the church. The room was beau
tifully decorated in autumn leaves
A delicious twocourse luncheon was
served by the hostesses, Mesdames
Wilbur Lawrence and Charles Beck.
The afternoon was spent in sewing
on articles for the coming bazaar
The next regular meeting of the aux
Hilary will be held Friday, October
9Th, at the home of Mrs. Albert E.
Gilman, 5l4 Congress street A lunch
con will be held Friday, November
End, at which time Mesdames +. W.
Weaver and Charles Miller will be
hostesses.
y -
The ladies of the Deer Park Mis-.
sionary Society will hold cooked
food sale in this city Saturday. This
will be held in the College building
and all sorts of country foods will be
among the good things for sale.
n n 4
Several people were present, from
this city yesterday morning to attend
the wedding of Miss Mary Sheedy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John j.
Sheedy living south of Seneca and
Frank j. Cassidy, prosperous young
business man Of Sunbury. The cere
mony was performed with high
nuptial mass, in st. Patrick's church.
Seneca. by Father c. A. Hausser in
the presence of about sixty-five
guests. The bride was beautifully
gowned in a beautiful gown of duch-
ess satin, trimmed in silver lace, and
wore bridal veil Miss Anna Sheedy.
sister Of the bride, was maid of honor,
and Edward Conner was best man.
After the ceremony wedding break
fast was served at the home of the
brides parents Immediately after
which the couple departed on honey.
moon trip through the east. Upon
their return they will go to Sunbury
where they will make their future
home.
The supper and dance that was to
have been given by the ladies of St
Theresa's church at Earlville tonight
has been postponed indefinitely. The
announcement will be made later of
the date when this supper will take
place.
Rehearsals have been started for
the merchants advertising carnival,
and the young ladies' taking part as
well as the committee in charge of
the affair promises the carnival to
be as entertaining as well as novel as
of the sort ever staged be-
fore in Ottawa. Over $50 young wo-
men dressed to represent the various
firms of the city will advertise the
Cf Of NJ
mercal life. Twenty members of the
Drama Club will exhibit the latest
styles, in suits, dresses, coats, sport
clothes and skating costumes. Other
novel features are to be witnessed at
the carnival, and several prominent
men are to take part in unique fea
ture of the evenings entertainment
The surgical dressing department of
the Ottawa chapter of the Red Cross
shipped .40S gauze dressings this
morning to the division headquarters
in Chicago. These dressings were
made during the past eight days and
break all records for the amount of
dressings turned out in similar
length of time The bulk of this work
was turned out by the high school sur.
gical dressing classes.
+ + 4.
Thirty-fve tables were filled last
night at the card party given by the
Daughters of Isabella in the Knights
of Columbus hall. Euchre and five
hundred were played during the even
ing. Miss Katherine Morrissey won
the first prize in euchre and Mr.
Dougherty won second prize. Mrs
Carl Mick won first prize in five hun
dred and Mrs w. d. Duncan won sec
ond. This was the first Of series OF
delightful card parties to be given b,
the members of the ID. of |. to raise
money for their charity fund, and it Is
hoped by the committee in charge the
next party will be much better at
| I. II