Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-09-20

Gnu III ot. LOUIS.
Miss Virginia Rodgers denartod
Sunday for Columbia, where she will
make her future home.
Miss Jess Morris is home from a de-
lightful visit in Kirksville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wilkins and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Claybrook notored
to st. Louis this week, and spent a
few days shopping.
Miss Edna Armstrong, of Perry
visited Mrs. W. B. Sappington this
week. Miss Armstrong and her
mother will return to Mexico Oeto-
Der the first to reside.
Misses Evelyn Threlkeld and Anna
Dee Fish motored to Bowling Green
Thursday to the dedication services Of
the Court House there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Y. Moore
were host and hostess for an elegant
five-eourse dinner Friday evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Buckley
and two children of Pittsburg, Pa.
Other guests included Mrs. ]. H.,
Buckley, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bick-
ley, Misses Mary and Edna Buckley.
Mr.. Will C. Williams had as his
guest for dinner Saturday night Mr..
Wing, Of Tennessee. After dinner,
MIR. Williams gave a Victrola party
for his guest. Others in the party
were Misses Willie Hook, Bess Cox
of Bristol, Tenn, and Mr.. and Mrs.
]. C. Stoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Blackman en-
tertained at dinner last Saturday ev-
ening at their home on East Bolivar
street. Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Buckley and two children,
of Pittsburg, and Mrs. L. B. Nc
Bride, of Sedalia, Mo.
Mrs. Leo Hanley gave line party
Tuesday afternoon at the Orpheum
for her sister, Mrs. Roy Harris, of
Minneapolis. After the pictures, re-
freshments were enjoyed at Buck
ner's. In line were Misses Laura
Hanly, Harriet Pasqueth, Mary Louise
Jones, Elizabeth Parker, Irene Roden,
Irene and Kathryn Garrett, Mesdames
Leo Ritter and Roy Harris.
Miss Dorothy Holmes invited few
friends in Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
for a matinee dance at her home to
meet Misses Bess and Ruth Cox, of
Bristol, Tenn. Grafanola music made
the dancing all the more enjoyable
and later the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
Mrs. Walter Squires entertained
at dinner Wednesday in honor of Miss
Marjorie French, of st. Louis, and
Mrs. A. D. Hamilton, of Pukwana, S.
d. After dinner, the hostess took her
guests to the Orpheum to see eros
coe Arbuckle" pictures. Others in
the party were, besides those named,
were Misses Vera Rutter, Mesdames
Richard Kidd, and Herman Farris.
Mrs. Cortez Edmonston was hostess
for the Young Married Ladies' Club
Wednesday. Knitting and CONVEX
sation were the main pastimes Of the
afternoon and at five o'clock the hos
tess served an elaborate two-course
lunch The out-of-town guests in
cluded Mesdames Lewis Mcbride, of
Sedalia; Richard Myall, of Liberty;
Roy Mills, Of Duluth, Mimi; Tom
Gill, of California; A. C. Cohn, Of
Texas; Roy Harris, of Minneapolis,
and Mrs. Leo Hanly.
The Beta Sig Alumnae held its first
meeting of the season with Mrs. Nor
ton Nelson on Thursday afternoon.
This was the annual election of Off
GERS, and the following were elected:
President, Miss Mary Buckner; Vice
President, Miss Josephine Wallace;
Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Lester
Miller. 1t was agreed at this time
that the alumnae would take up some
Red Cross work this Winter, and de-
finite plans for this will be more fully
agreed on at the next monthly meet
ing. The hostess served dainty re-
freshments at the close of the meet
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Worrell invited
Mr.. Hagnar and Mr.. johnson of
Louisiana, Mo-, Misses Frances Pearl
and Mabel Threlkeld to dinner on
Monday evening. After the sumptu-
Gus dinner, the evening was spent en-
jcying the Victrola.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Fry gave
buffet supper Saturday evening for
few of the girls who leave soon for
school. After enjoying ghe many
good things, the hostess served, the
party started out in cars with their
ukeleles to serenade. In this party
were Misses Louise and Marcena
johnson, Olivia Carter, Barbara and
India Johnson, Jane Rodgers, and
Tine Cave, of Dallas, Texas.
The Young Peoples Society of the
Methodist Church gave a farewell
party Wednesday evening at the home
of Miss Emma McPheeters for Rev.
and Mrs. S. W. Hayne, who leave
next week for their new home in Co.
lumbia. The house was beautifully
decorated in Fall flowers. Games and
music were the pastimes of the even-
ing. At a late hour dainty refresh
ments were served by Misses Ailene