Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-06

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MANY informal parties were given oil
IlaIioWeen' Mrs. J. T.. Limeburner gave a
small dance for her son. Mr. Firnan 7 ir,o.
Durner, that night. The guests were Miss
Virginia Coleman. Miss Ruth Alger Miss
Josephine Alger. Miss Ruth Parsons. Miss
margaret Goodwin. Miss Carol Schatte.
MISS barbara Schatte, Miss Eleanor Coates.
Mr' Conrad Schatte, Mr.. Coates Coleman,
Mr.. Thomas Mcconnell. Mr.. Staunton Nov
ian, Mr.. Harry Lang, Mr.. Eric Ainsworth
and Mr.. Robert Joyce
Mr.. John Fricke entertained the members
OF his class In the Swarthmore High School
at his home on Wednesday evening. OF
course, every one came masked, and there
was lots Of fun
There was jolly dance at Strath Haven
Inn on Halloween. Besides the guests a
number Of outsiders came to the affair
On Sunday morning sixty-seven of the
drafted men from Ridley Park ahd the
neighboring towns left for Camp Meade.
The men gathered at the Ridley Park sta
tion, and there each one was given n most
inviting package of lunch. Some of the
women of the town, with Mrs. Charles G.
Hetzel at their head. had prepared these
lunches. The Sunshine Society also dis
tributed cigarettes in a very generous way.
Certainly these little extra comforting
things do a lot to cheer the men and send
them away with happier hearts
The Sunshine Society met on Thursday
evening at the home of Miss Emma Kane.
Those who attended the meeting were Mrs.
Margaret Young, Mrs. William Erskine
Mrs. Harry winsmore. Mrs. Charles G.
Hetzel and Miss Clara Gregg. These women
are planning TO make Thanksgiving Day a
pleasant one for various 'shut-ins" They
are also going to send Christmas boxes to
the soldier boys from Ridley Park.
A meeting of the Needlework Guild was
held last Friday at the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. 2. T. Hall, who Is chairman OF the
guild, has an apartment in Philadelphia
for the winter.
Mr.. F. B. Limerick, the pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, has gone down to
Camp Beauregard to help organize Young
Mems Christian Association there. He eX-
poets to be away about three months.
Mr.. George w. Atherholt and Mr.. Will
liam Hetzel have returned from Atlantic
City, where they spent several days.
Miss Sarah Hoefecker is visiting Miss
F. Messck Miss Hoefecker was formerly
of Ridley Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Morris visited Mr.
and Mrs. William Weir recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ryder White have
returned from their wedding trip and are
living in Ridley Park. Mrs. White was
Miss Mary Stewart
On Wednesday evening. October 81, Miss
Edith Stull, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Stull, was married to Mr.. John AL
len Mitchell. of Connecticut. The brides
maids were Miss Miriam Stul and Miss
Florence Fighter, and little Miss Eleanor
Stull was flower girl A reception followed
at the brides home, which was decorated
with chrysanthemums. The young couple
will stay with the brides parents for a
while and then will live in Philadelphia.
This evening Miss Martha Pomeroy
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Richard S. Pome-
roy, will be married to Mr.. David Coulter
The Woman's Club OF Media will have
its first meeting next Wednesday in the
clubhouse. There will be a reception to
the new members.
A dance was given at the Springhaven
Country Club in Wallingford on last Satur-
day evening. These affairs will be held
every other Saturday and are quite in
formal.
A subscription dance will be held in the
Ridley Park Auditorium on Saturday eve-
ming, November 10. Mrs. Charles G.. Het-
eel Will have charge of it, and, If II is a
success (and II Is sure to be that, one will
be given every other week