The Coconino sun., 1917-11-02
INTERE STING EVENTS IN
 THE LOCAL SOCIAL WORLD
By MRS. FRANK NOBLE

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 Halloween festivities grew apace as Wednesday evening approached. One very elaborate affair was given at the Wheat home with Miss Francis Ormond and Miss Lena Doyle as joint hostesses. ......
 The house was pretty in it's deco rations of autumn leaves and Hallow- cen suggestions, while the garage too, wes vivid in its autumn colorings of leaves and favors and here the barrel of sweet cider furnished ample re- freshment for the dancers as they passed two and fro between the dances. Later the ever welcome pumpkin pie and coffee formed anoth- CT feature of old time hospitality.
 The guests included Mir. and Mrs. Wheat, Mir. and Mrs. Kahl, Dr. and Mrs. Manning, Mir. and Mrs. Gass- man, Mrs. Dolan, the Misses Green law, Watson, Metcalf, Picking, Kelley, Platt, and Messrs, Babbitt, Slipher, Denning, Myers, Rickel, Wilmeth, Asselin, Morse and Covington.
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 The masked ball at Marlar's Hall on Wednesday will be the topic of . conversation for many a day, so de- lightful was the entertainment afford ed. In the afternoon the card party was successfully staged with the re- suit that Mrs. Katherine McMillian bore away the first prize, a huge pumpkin pie. Other prizes were cap turned by Mrs. Hennessey, Mrs. Bi- zinette, and Mrs. Merritt.
 AS night drew near the maskers began to stealthily creep forth to the ball. About fifty couples were in at tendance. Here we found the Scot tish Highlander making love to Red Cross Nurse; again an Irish maid waylaid a tramp on prowling bent, and so they mingled, one with another while hilarity reigned supreme. The spectators enjoyed the affair fully as much as the dancers, so altogether, the compliments seem we'll placed.
 While the members of the Red Cross busily piled their needles, the talk on Food Conservation and pledge cards was most absorbing in its in- terest. First, we would tell of what really was accomplished in the work rooms. Two large boxes were com pleted for shipment-one of operating room linens and the other of patients clothing, these with the Red Cross in- signia on each garment. The comfort bag committee was more than com forted for its troubles had dissolved into thin air. While the financing of them had seemed the biggest propo- sition, here came generous check, first from the Elks for $50, for which thanks are most heartily expressed. Then the Williams chapter, including the Grand Canyon people, responded by a liberal donation of $102. The one hundred and forty bags are now happily on their way to our Co., conino county boys and other bags are being made for the next draft and for any of our boys who have not so far received them.
 The committee made special note of the leaving on Tuesday of Coconi- nos only colored recruit, William Strickland and presenttd him with a nicely equipped bag. The addresses of number of the boys have been se- cured that bags may be sent off this week to them. The hearty response of the many who assited in this en- deavor was greatly appreciated. One gift to the Red Cross was a check for $25 from funds that had been so- licited locally for a Glee Club. Cor nelius Buckley was chairman of this organization and as the war had pre- vented any active organization, an agreement was reached whereby the funds were put into immediate use, $25 going to the Red Cross and $15 to the Sodality Society.
 Thus the good work goes forward.
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 Chairman Johnston of the Food Pledge Committee reports 917 homes visited by the teams in Flagstaff and Williams up to date. 703 of these represent Flagstaff homes. We will tell more fully of the success of the work next week,