White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
Happenings In
Society Circles

Thanksgiving promised to be very
quiet day owing to the depression the
war has made In society of late. How
ever, the hospitality for which Ely is
30 widely noted was In evidence and
the day proved one of regular enjoy
ment for those demonstrating the
keeping happy hearts at home theory,
and the following homes were made
glad by the presence 0f'Thanksgiving
guests: Messrs and Mesdames Lins-
ley, Hoag, Hoffman, August Riepe.
Gus House, Whiteley, Fred West,
Patrilk, Jake Fulmer, Meyers, Nc
Knight. Kinney, Doull, Lindsay Dun
can and Pomeroy.
Lieutenant and Mrs. John Cleve-
land McGill arrived In the district on
Thanksgiving, where they will spend
a fortnight with relatives before
Lieutenant McGill reports at Camp
Fremont on December 18th.
A pleasant occasion of the mid
week was a delightful little sewing
party at the home of Mrs. Osmond
George Bates. which occupied the
hours of Wednesday afternoon, when
Mrs. Mcknight was the charming
guest of honor After an hour of
needlework the guests attention was
diverted to an unique mode of en-
tertainment In which each lady was
requested to act in pantomime some
phase of the daily routine of life and
many mirth-provoking features were
enacted, Mrs. Mcknight receiving
the first prize for the most correct
answers and Mrs. House receiving the
BOBBY. Mrs. Mcknight was also pre-
sented with a guest prize. as was Miss
Walden, who was a house guest OF
Mrs. Bates during the week. Those
sharing Mrs. Bates hospitality were
Mrs. Mcknight, Miss Walden, Mes
danes Dan Sullivan. BARLEY, Swartz,
Chaplin, Millard. Patrick. Roper,
Dickinson. House, Hall and Gala
han.
Mrs. r. II. Hoffman will be the
hostess of the Pirate Bridge Club on
Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Knight were
numbered among the dinner enter
tainers or the week.
Mr.. C. q. Lakenan and Mr.. c. s
Chandler were dinner guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. William Neil McGill or
Monday evening.
Mrs. Charles Vernon Jenkins gave
an enjoyable dancing party in honor
of the soldiers stationed at McGill
on Thursday, Misses Agnes Fox, Lois
Lockhart, Maud and Madge Smith
and Lillian Moore motoring from Ely
to participate in the occasion.
Mrs. Tom Evans entertained the
Ante Club on Saturday night.
The Third Annual Ball given by
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers which has been held in happy
anticipation for a number of weeks
past was given on Thanksgiving eve
and never in its history has this or
ganization enjoyed more popularity
at a dance. Special trains from Me-
Gill and the mines, together with the
crowd from Ely and East Ely, filled
Biio hall to capacity and the merry
throng of dancers that participated
il, the affair outnumbered any pre-
vious ones given, and the committee
in chage is to be congratulated upoh
the response received from their CT
forts to make the affair an un-
precedented success. The dance this
year was given for the benefit of the
Red Cross and about $3.50 Will be
turned over to the local fund of that
organization as result OF this de-
lightful evenings entertainment.
Miss Helen Hoag, Miss Harriet
Grier. Sergeant Koyle and Mr.. Buff
fington composed dinner party at
the Elite last Sunday evening.
The Nevada Consolidated Copper
company planned an enjoyable
Thanksgiving day for the soldiers
stationed at McGiil. A rabbit hunt
occupied the hours of the forenoon
with a Thanksgiving feast following
at the STAFF quarters later in the
day.
Miss Lois Lockhart is entertaining
with a pajama party on Tuesday
evening
Mrs. William Mcknight was the
inspiration of an enjoyable luncheon
on Tuesday, When Mrs. Frank Roper
and Mrs. Dan Sullivan were the
hostesses, covers being laid for Mes
danes Mcknight, Bates, Callahan,
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