The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-08-15

former home. and to several OF the
lakes. They were gone a week. Dur
ing Miss Leimbachers absence Miss
Eva Freeman has been substituting
as society editor of The Courier
News.
Rev. Fl. z. Stocker and Mrs. Stock
er. who with their son Arthur spent
several weeks here visiting Mrs.
Stocker's parents. DR.. and Mrs. F.
f. Stfatton, S23 Sixth street south,
left Monday evening for their home
in Bethlehem. Pa. where Dr. Stock
er, has charge of the First Morayian
church. A number of social affairs
were given in their honor while they
were in Fargo.
Mrs. L. r. Davis and children,
Mary. Elizabeth and Edwin, of Fifth
avenue south. arrived home Tuesday
evening from the lakes, where they
had been for short sojourns.
N. B. Black will leave this evening
for Grand Forks, to sing Thursday
at the funeral of the late A. p. Cliff
ford. prominent business man of
that city.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the First Methodist church
met Tuesday afternoon in the church
parlors, the early part Of the after
noon being taken up with n program
entitled Oriental Moving" Pictures.
1t took up scenes between given
dates, especially as related to women
of the Orient, and proved of great
interest. Mrs. n. L. Redman was
program leader. The business session
which followed was interrupted by
the approach of the storm. and the
meeting adjourned before. several
routine matters could be taken up.
One feature Of the business session
was a special offering for the love
poses. -.E -.
Mrs: Hershey and two sons, who
have been guests for about month
at the home of the formers aunt,
Mrs. w. H. Barnett, left Tuesday for
their home in Faribault, Mimi, plan
ming to stop en- route at Detroit and
Minneapolis. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnett
entertained company of ten guests
at dinner late Sunday evening in
their honor.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler and daugt-
ter, Miss Mildred Wheeler, of First
avenue south, expect to leave Thurs
day morning for New Rockford,
where they will make their home
indefinitely. They go to join their
son and brother, J. w. Wheeler, who
will take over the business interests
of Capt. C. Leslie Wheeler, while the
latter is in the service with the Sec
ond regiment of North Dakota.
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The Scandinavian w. c. T. u. of
Fargo, met Tuesday morning at the
home of Mrs. A. T. Alison, 209 Sec
ond street north, Moorhead. Rev.
NJ. Felth, the new pastor of the
Swedish Baptist church of Fargo,
led the devotional service, and in a
brief talk summarized the many
of the present opportunity to serve
in various ways. Mrs. Julia Nelson,
president of the union, spoke on the
work of the w. c. T. u. in the past,
and of the various causes to which
the dues were devoted. A collection
of IS was taken last evening, to help
buy material from which to make
comfort bags for the soldiers. Vocal
selections were given by Miss Clara
Hendrickson, Mrs. H. P. Halvorson
and Miss Beatrice Alison, and Mrs.
E. Berntsen gave very interesting
reading. Mrs, Inger Peterson as
sisted the hostess in serving light
refreshments. The meeting was very
largely attended last evening. The
next meeting of the union will be
Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 29, at
the home of Mrs. v. J. Baldwin, 1909
Eighth street south, Fargo.
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Mrs. ]. H. Freeman, of 309 Elev-
enth street south, Moorhead, enter
tained fifteen children at her home
Tuesday afternoon in celebration of
the seventh birthday anniversary of
was a lawn party, and supper was
served outdoors, one of the viands
most appreciated by the children be-
ing a birthday cake decorated with
seven candles. The hostess was as
sisted in serving by Mrs. L. Howard,
of Fargo.
The members OF the Zuki Zan club
will be guesGS of Miss Blanche
Erlanson, 30S Eighth street south,
Thursday evening OF this week. A
musical program is planned. This
club has membership of twelve
young ladies'.
Misses Edna and Alma wiehe, of
723 Bluff street, entertained dozen
young lady friends Tuesday evening
in honor of their guest, Miss Mabel
Benson, of Minneapolis. Another
out of town guest was Miss Lydia
Gilmeyer, of New Salem, N. D. A
very delightful evening was enjoyed
with social chat and music, a num-
Der of the guests furnishing either
vocal or instrumental selections.
Mrs. Harold M. Rudd entertained a
company of friends at a similar af-
fair last Saturday afternoon in
honor of Miss Benson, and Mrs. p.
A. Rudd is entertaining for her this
afternoon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Darrow O'Neill and |
little daughter are spending the |
week in Fargo, but expect to return |
in a day or so to their summer cot
tage at Big Lake Cormorant.
A reunion of the senior girls Of the
Fargo college class of 1917 will be /
enjoyed Thursday afternoon when
Miss Ethel Sanborn will entertain
at her home on Eighth avenue south.
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