The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-16
SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. ]. III. MacKerracheT. of -409
Ninth street south, entertained about
twenty five young people Wednesday
evening in honor Of her son-in-law
ad daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Garrett, nee Miss Lillian MacKer-
racher. who were only recently mar
ried. The guests were members Of
Company B, to which Mr.. Garrett
belongs, and about a dozen young
ladies from the Herbst department
store, where Mrs. Garrett is en-
ployed. Two rooms were cleared for
dancing, which was enjoyed to Vic
trola music, and singing was also a
happy feature of the affair. The dec
orations were all of sweet peas,
carrying out a patriotic color
scheme OF red white and blue, and
dainty refreshments were served at
late hour.
Mrs. z. F. Couch was hostess
Wednesday evening at a theater
party at the Garrick, given in COM
pliment to Miss Katherine Litzen-
berg. of Bismarck, who is here visit
ing Mrs. George w. Fanset, of 20
Tenth street north. Ten ladies were
in the party, and following the per-
Torrance at the Garrick Mrs. Couch
took her guests to Prizes for lunch.
Eight girl friends were guests
Wednesday, afternoon of Miss Ethel
Thompson, at her home on Eighth
street north. Needlework and social
chat were the diversions. and lunch
was served later. Sweet peas and
other garden flowers in pink and
white formed the pretty decorations.
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Misses Clara and Alice Larson
are. entertaining this afternoon in
Oak Grove park at a picnic party
for Miss Mabel Benson, of Mime
apolis. The crowd numbers ten, and
plans have been made to serve a
delicious repast about o'clock.
Coffee will be made over a camp
fire. Mrs. P. A. Rudd entertained
about ten guests Wednesday after
noon at an informal thimble bee for
Miss Benson, who leaves Saturday
for her home in Minneapolis, after
a two WEEKS visit here at the liver
Wiehe home. Garden flowers formed
attractive decorations at the party
yesterday.
The party at which Miss Muriel
Hawley, Sixth street south, enter
tanned Wednesday evening in honor
of Miss Fanny Clapp and Miss
Harriet Freeman, both the latter be-
ing graduates last spring from Far
go college, was a very jolly affair,
participated in by nine couples of
young people in all. Miss Clapp
leaves in about three weeks for Bos-
ton, to enter Emerson College Of
Oratory, and Miss Freeman will
have charge of the science and
mathematics department of the
Lansford, N. D., high school this
coming year. Music was one of the
evenings diversions, and at late
hour the hostess served a delicious
chatting dish supper. The young
ladies of the party remained over
night at the Hawley home, and a
daintily served breakfast this morn
ing concluded the slumber party.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pollock have
invited party of twenty to be their
guests Friday evening at their home
on Eighth avenue south. The af-
fair will be in compliment to Mr..
Pollock's brother, Hal Pollock, who
has received an appointment to the
second Ol1lCGGS LIdluAAlS Sdhip dI
Fort Smelling.
The young ladies of the Tau Sig
ma class of the First Methodist
Sunday school, taught by ]. p. Finch,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Finch,
who will be their host and hostess,
left. by automobile Wednesday aft
ernoon for Detroit lake. They will be
at the lake over Sunday at the Finch
cottage, where they will be joined
by Miss Bernice Troyer. of Duluth,
formerly a member of the class.
Miss Florence -Gormley expects to
leave next Saturday morning for a
Pacific coast trip, and to be gone
until the first of September. She
will visit friends, former Grand
Forks residents, in Spokane. Wash,
and at Moscow, Idaho. will be a
guest at the home of her aunt. Mrs.
S. L. Willis. Mrs. r. Jefferson. of
Salt Lake City, another aunt. will be
at Moscow at the same time. From
Moscow Miss Gormley will go to