Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-11
CHAIN OF PARTIES
FOR HOSPITAL UNIT
Twelve Guests at Roxborough
Tea Invite Eight Others, Who,
in Turn, Entertain Four

Some time at the beginning OF tho new year
the base hospital unit from the University
of Pennsylvania will leave for france. The
nurses. doctors and all members of the unit
must be provided with sweaters. muffiers and
many other comforts To aid in this work
"A number of tho young women students have
arranged TO give a chain of entertainments
Miss Rheva OFT. of 375 Green lane. Roxbor-
ough, gave tea at her home on Saturday
afternoon to start the movement. Her guests
included Mrs. Albert jackson. Mrs Oliver
Dill. Miss Helen Goshow. Miss Margaret War
rington. Miss Myrtle Sherwood. Miss Edna
Sykes. Miss Caroline Greaves. Miss Dorothy
Thomas, Miss Helen Thomas. Miss Vita Jones,
Miss Margaret Pennock and Miss Mabel Nc
Claim. The novel idea will be carried out by
each of the twelve guests giving party of
eight; then each Of the eight, party Of four
and so on until the chain Is completed. Each
guest at each party gives the same amount
to the general fund.
Miss Elizabeth Simpson. of Green lane.
daughter of Mr.. Il. Mitchell Simpson, who Is
prominent in the city's musical circles. has
completed course in surgical dressing work
at the Red Cross headquarters and organized
a group of workers in Mount Zion Methodist
Episcopal Church last week. This will be
group 1 of Auxiliary No. eco. The meetings
will be held in the class rooms of the church
on Thursdays from to o'clock In tho after
noon. and FROM to 10 In the evening. Sur
gical dressings. hospital garments and knitted
apparel will be the work Of the group.
At the first meeting 500 surgical dressings.
all up to the standard of the Red Crossers.
were completed. Miss Simpson is chairman
Mrs. Clarence G. keever, vice chairman. and
Miss Marian Dodgson. secretary and treas
urer. The members include Mrs. Arthur Sheb
ley. Miss Ida Woodhead. Mrs. Annie Shoe
maker. Mrs. V. Shoesmith. Mrs. James Turtle,
Mrs. George Littlewood. Mrs. Jean Wright.
Mrs. George Hardman, Mrs. Richard Emit
wisle, Mrs. Charleton Cade, Mrs. George Tag
CART, Mrs. Charles Langheim. Mrs. Frederick
Simpson. Mrs. Clarence Turner. Mrs. Oscar
Lloyd. Miss Bessie Lewis. Miss Marian Stout.
Miss Edith Hain Miss Myra Ham, Miss Irma
Clegg. Miss Anna Lawton. Miss Elizabeth
Hardman. Mrs Edward ChappelI. Miss Flor
ence Holdsworth. Miss Jessie Priest. Miss
Lila Calhoun, Miss Harriet Forney. Mrs.
Wood, Mrs. Robert Hetherington Mrs. Kuhn.
Mrs. johnson. Mrs. James Hardman, Mrs.
Katharine Dodgson, Mrs. Milligan. Miss Nellie
Schofield. Mrs, Cornman, Mrs. NJ. Mae Clena-
CHAN, Mrs. w. Clugston, Mrs. II. Hahn, Mrs
Charles Simpson, Mrs Erwin Simpson, Mrs.
w. Walmsley. Mrs. j. b. Lewis Mrs. Yarnall.
Mrs, G. Hammond, Mrs. J. Whiteman. Miss
Marian Westerman Mrs. Law. Mrs Charles
Jordan. Mrs Robert Hahn and Miss Miriam
Eastwood.
The members Of the alumnae OF st. Johns
School have organized dancing class and
will give a series Of dances on Friday eve
niDgs during the winter In the parish hail.
At last Friday evenings enjoyable affair the
guests were received by the officers Of the
>61umnae, Miss isabel McDevitt. president;
Miss Marie Rogers. vice president; Miss
Elizabeth Bowe, financial secretary: Miss
Marie Cosgrove, recording secretary, and
Miss May Quigley, treasurer. Among othefs
present were Miss Marie Gresham, Miss
Eleanor Nowlan, Miss Mary O'Brien. Miss
Nellie Cunnie, Miss Mario Mccormick, Miss
Regina Walsh Miss Phyllis McHugh. Miss
Loretta McMann, Miss Beatrice Martin. Miss
Marie Gallagher Miss Ella Rogers. Mr.. Ray
mond Treacy. Mr.. John Rogers, Mr.. Leo
Mckernan, Mr.. John Lenahan. Mr.. Raymond
Schaeffer, Mr.. Leo Boyce Mr.. James Nawn.
Mr.. John Fitzpatrick. Mr.. James Burgess.
Mr.. William Everly. Mr.. James Travis and
|. Mr.. John O'Donnell.
The Boys Friendly Club Of Roxborough
meets on Thursday evenings at the home OF
Mrs -E. C. Moore, 61l9 Ridge avenue. Tho
membership is limited to twenty and at the
present time includes sixteen boys. To pro-
mote friendship and neral uplift among
toys" is the object of the club. This club
has contributed to the war work fund of
the Y. NJ C. A. and similar organizations
Mr.. Walter Donald is president; Mr. Harold
Uttley, vice president: Mr.. Herbert Fitzroy.
secretary, and Mr. Harry Wagner. treasurer.
Red Cross group No. 3 of Auxiliary No. III
has completed stacks of work for the society
and not article has been rejected for
not being up to the standard. This group
meets every Tuesday from o'clock to 10 IN
the social hall of the Fourth Reformed
Church. Mrs. William ]. Beatty, is chair
man; Mrs Francis Ehly. vice chairman:
Mrs. Robert Ehly. secretary, and Miss
Blanche Taylor. treasurer, Mrs. George
Fleming. who is graduate Of the surgical
dressings course of the Red Cross Society.
has charge Of that work In the group. Miss
Mabel Lessng directs the kntters. and Mrs.
Christopher Odelhelm, the hospital garment
workers Mrs. Samuel +. Ehly has charge
Of the comfort kits, slings and towels and
Mrs Hamilton Beatty the ambulance pillows.
Under the direction CT Miss Anna +,
Beatty a quantity of oakum pads have been
made. As 1t takes so long 70 pick the oakum.
II occurred to the president of the group to
form a class of boys and girls who work
on Tuesdays from 4 to o'clock getting tho
oakum ready fer the pads. They used to
stay In the work rooms and beg for some
thing to do; now they are happy becadse
they are regular workers for the Red Cross
While much of thswork is requisitoned from
the society, the group purchases Its own wool
for the knitted garments. Among recent
gifts for this work was $25 from Mr.. George
Auman treasurer OF the Wawatam Tribe
of Red Men, for the tribe.
Miss Ethel Il. Lush. of 426 Green lane.
entertained the members of her Bible class
en- Thursday evening at her home. Her
guests were Miss Edythe Everett. Miss Iva
Daley Miss Ruth Firth. Miss Doris Deni-
son, Miss Marian Layre, Miss Grace Prediger.
Mias. Myrtle stlverwood and Miss HsnristtA
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