The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-23
SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. j.. N. MacGrsgor acting as the
hostssses for the affair. There was an
attendance Of about lsy nsn;. s At Snis
s eaes ans time 1as .hss as oeeoR. the
taken up. as q result Of which the or
Sr Il: d DisySS % Sn. BY
orchestra. The supper hour was II
o'clock. at which hour three-course
repast was served at long tables In the
scheme of yellow was carried out there.
| yellow candles, with shades of the same
hue. adding sreatly to the ATTRACTIVE.
ness OF the tables The next EoyeLrols
time the arrangements will be In
charge of Mrs. +. o. Olson and Mrs. A.
Henry overly, of the Ford Motor Co.
force OF this city. was delightfully."- sur
prised Monday evening &C his home, zoS
Ninth avenue south, Moorhead, by .
there at the invitation of Mrs. OVERLY
to help celebrate his birthday anniver-
sary. jolly evening was spent, with
music and dancing as the diversions
overly. Mr.. overly was presented by
the crowd with q handsome pair of gold
cuff links, as memento OF MS ami
versary.
An interesting mass meeting was
held at Fargo college chapel this morn
Ing. at which Rudolph OVERLY gave 2
trip to various Minnesota points. The
team returned only last Saturday from
its hve days trip, during which IL won
three out Of four games played Re ne.
morning to dispel the heavy atmos-
phere OF gloom that hangs over the
students, incident to the stress OF ex-
aminations.
One of the larger social events of the
week is the Coterie clubs dancing par
ty. which will be held Friday evening
for this PARTY are in the hands of Mrs.
Arthur Nichols and Mrs. r. w. Shelf
feld,
Nearly dozen OF the civil war vet
Grams of this city, who with their wives
are seldom able to get out because OF
their infirmities, have been invited TO
Thursday evening at the concert which
will be given by Nine. VerHaar, the
Swedish singer who has only recently
given so much pleasure abroad by sing
Ing to the soldiers as they lay in their
trenches on the various battleheIds.
The invitation has been accepted with
great pleasure. and II Is planned 20
have the artist sing several OF the
diers abroad, on Thursday evening IL
It Is possible to arrange her program
| thus.
The members of the Red Garter club,
well known social organization of
| this city, will give a theatre party at
the Garrick Thursday afternoon, com.
plimentary to Mrs. C. NJ. Lazier, OF
Knightstown, Ind. who is here visiting
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. II:
H. Wooledge. The theatre party will
the Gardner. and the latter by bridge
party at the home of Mrs. Emma K.
Herbst. on Eighth street south
Mr. and Mrs. H. p Beckwith and two
children. Dorothy and Harold, of sos
Eighth street south. expect to leave
Wednesday afternoon for Los Angeles,
| where they will make their headquar-
ters for the remainder of the winter,
/ taking various trips to other California
points from there. They will go via
| the Grand Canyon, and will probably
not return to Fargo until some time in
| April.
The members of an informal bridge
club were pleasantly entertained at
by Mrs. Charles Bland, of the yelling
ton apartments. Lunch was enjoyed
| following cards. The club meets every
| two weeks.
The sleighing party which was to
have been held by the A1ethian Literary
society of Fargo college Monday eve
ming, was nOSCpOned ln0enn1LSIy, until
more favorable weather for such sport.
A baby boy was born Wednesday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Solem,
of 905 Third street north.
Miss Minnie McCulloch. of Grand
Forks, who has been here as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs II. n. Hatcher for sew
eral days left for her home Monday
evening.
Ivy Rebekah lodge No. will meet
tonight at the Sons Of Norw way, hall "a al at
stallation of officers and after the
meeting the members and their friends
| will participate in a card party, the
orphans at the /. o. o. F. home. A
| buffet lunch will be served by the COM
mittee in charge, Mrs. w. ]. MoChes-
ney, Mrs. w. j. Brust and Mrs. Adams.
Fargo is to have u. c. T. auxiliary,
initial action today the same having
been taken at a meeting of a number
Of ladies eligible. held at the Gardner
| ing at the same place will be held next
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, at
| which a constitution will be adopted.
| In the meantime, all ladies eligible to
membership are asked to send their
names to the temporary secretary, Mrs.
c. D. Blakeslee. Mrs. A. H. Hammerud
was named as Temporary chairman at
l
the q. c. r.. or of past councillors are
eligible to charter membership.
| - 49,
| The annual Illinois banquet next
Thursday evening at the Hotel Annex
owing to the fact that the charming
/ artist, Nine. VerHaar, who gives con-
| cert at the First Methodist church that
| evening, has been invited as guest of
| honor. Nine. VerHaars present home
IL in Chicago, and she is an alumna OF
Rockford college, an Illinois institu-
! ton The concert hour is $3.50 o'clock,
| and that designated for the banquet Is
1 $3.50 o'clock. so it is anticipated that
| the artist will at least be able to go
| over and meet the representatives of
| her own state. Nine. VerHaar, who is
/ of Swedish parentage, has the distinc-
! ton of being the highest paid church
as soloist in the First Presbyterian
church OF Oak Park, a very wealthy
suburb of Chicago.
| %
The annual meeting of the Fort
nightly club OF this city was held Mon
| day afternoon at the home of Mrs. p. l.
| Yocum, on Sixth street south. The cleo
ton of officers resulted In the choice OF
Mrs, J. w. Ince as president; MRS. A. u.
Bestic, hrst vice president: Mrs; z. 4.
A. stevens, recording secretary; Mrs.
i %. G. Guthrie, treasurer; and Mrs j. A.
| Anderson, corresponding secretary. Pa
/ pers were given by Mrs. Sudro. on I'm
ess. on Scenery, both of which were
most Interesting. This club also is
4 planning to give silver tea in the
! near future. the proceeds to go toward
the relief OF Belgian children. The date
| DIR. T. ]. Graham, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, left Monday for a
| ten days sojourn in Chicago.