The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-23
NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

1 ports. Please notify all members O. | your unit to be present. 1 Having served the chapter as sec retary continuously for 10 years, shall, under no circumstances, aecep reelection this time.
 This action, in no way, means a ces sation of my activity in Red Cros. work, but instead. is for the purpos, of allowing me more time to continue | it in a broader way.
 1T wish to thank you and your uni ] for your consideration and co-opera | tion throughout the time of our work together, and to wish for your con. tinued success. Very truly yours, Mrs J. A. RountEee, Secretary" 1 Mrs. James Garber will entertain the Young Matrons' club on Thursday aft 1 ernoon at her home on South Thir- teenth street.
 Miss Lucille Hill will entertain the Mcdonald Hill bridal party this even- ing at her home on Underwood avenue, East Lake, following the rehearsal for the wedding.
 Mrs. Cecil Gaston will entertain the Tuesday Bridge club this afternoon at the Country club.
 Judge and Mrs. Edmund H. Dryer will entertain at a buffet supper this evening at their home on Avalon street following the rehearsal for the we'd ding of their daughter, Miss Minnie Dryer. and Mir. E. R. Taylor. which will take place tomorrow afternoon at the Southside Baptist church. The guests will include the wedding party and rel- taives of both families
 
 Miss Mary Lee Broderick entertained at a Lyric party Saturday afternoon. complimenting Miss Neva Bell, who will be married tomorrow to MT. J. D. oli- yer. The guests included Miss Bell, Mrs. James Chumley of Collinsville, Mrs. Perry Harrison, Miss Leila Cole, Miss Grace Geohegan and Miss Alice Stock mar.
 Miss Sarah Dryer entertained at a thea Ire party on Saturday afternoon at the Jefferson, complimenting Miss Minnie Dryer, bride-elect, who will be mar ried tomorrow to MT. Taylor. The guests
 included Miss Minnie Dryer, Mrs. Ed CraWford, Mrs. Ralph Barrow, Mrs. G. l.. Davidson, Mrs T. B. Dryer, Mrs. John Crockett, Mrs. Frank Spain, Miss Della Dryer and Miss Nettie Dryer
 Friends in the city will be interested to learn that the engagement of MT Fred Wiegand of this city has been an- nounced to Miss Bettie Kuck of Savan- nah, Ga., the date of the wedding to be announced later. Mir. Wiegand is well known musician, being director of the Iutwiler orchestra and concertmeister of the Philharmonic orchestra of this city.
 It will be of interest to many friends in the city to learn that Mrs. Mable Ford Leake of this city was recently elected superintendent of the press department of the Woman's Christian Temperance union at the convention recently held in Montgomery. Mrs. Leake has been in charge of the Jefferson County Press de- partment for sometime and this new honor comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with her splendid work ir this department.
 One of the lovely parties of yesterday was the handkerchief shower given by Miss Anna Johnston for lovely Miss Stella Dowell, who will be married this week to pr. Massey. The house wa: thrown open and most attractively ant artistically decorated with autumn bios l soms and evergreens.
 /! Miss Johnston was assisted in receivin, by her mother, Mrs. Jesse Johnston, Mis-. l Dowell Miss Olivia Massey, and Mis- Emily Malone. Later in the afternoon | delightful salad course was served There were about 50 guests. Miss Estelle Sheffield will entertain lat an informal dance next Thursday evening at the Piquik club rooms 1T honor of Mir. Bynum Waters. who i! in the city for few days MT Waters was formerly president of thu l Piquik club, and has a large number 1 of friends in Birmingham. About 15t
 of the younger set have been invited
 and an enjoyable evening is antici pated The dance will begin about | o'clock and last till 12.