Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-09-26

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the funeral 81 ArA- hoby IN Macon
Mr.. o. L Martin had a. guests for
,rbeon Wednesday noon Mrs. II. 4.
Tueker and Mrs. II. r. Wise.
Misses Margaret and Mary Grim
Iii az Hardin College, were week
IA quests Of Miss airline Squiress
Mrs. Lynn Webb has returned
s,,m a motor trip 10 ST. Louis.
Miss Dorothy Holmes of-St. Louis
.peut a few days this week with Mr..
"a Mrs. p. r. Holmes.
Miss Dorothy Holmes spent Tues
.l,v and Wednesday with Ms. Car
tsr Norris in Fulton.
Mrs. Monroe n EnPoria, Kan, Is
do PUGET Of her RIO her, Mrs. L. 4.
R9h7ctt.
Henry Hampton Of Colorado spent
,he week with Hiss Willie Hook.
Mr.. J. W. B~rifington ana "Bll ~
are guests ef Mrs. Crewdeon in Lou
isiana, Mo.
Earl Bledsoe OF St. Louis spent the
week end here with his mother, Mrs.
A. D. Bledsoe.
Mrs. W. W. Fry and Mrs. WALLACE
FRY spent Tuesday in st. Louis shop
ping.
trip to st. Louis.
Miss Dorothy Holmes will be the
dinner guest of Miss BERTHE Sproul
Sunday.
I'd. V. Williams left Monday night
for Chicago to join a lyceum quar-
tette. with which he will travel for six
weeks and go to st. Louis where he
has an offer with the Aolian Music
Company for the winter.
Miss Dorothy Holmes was a din
ner guest of Misses Elizabeth and
Ruth Harper Sunday noon.
Miss Genevieve Dewitt of Glas-
COW spent the week with Miss Franc
Johnson.
Mrs. B. F. Wells spent several days
in st. Louis this week.
Miss Gertrude Fry had Is guests
Monday evening for a game of cards
Misses Dorothy Holmes, Miss Willie
Hook; Miss Eula Tucker, and. Robert
Hare, Will C. Williams and DR.. D. T.
Moore.
Mrs. Alex Carter and Mrs. Earl
Brown spent several days in st. Louis
this week shopping.
Miss Wilhelmine Taylor has re.
turned from a visit with her sister IL
Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Maggie Smith is again domi.
ciled at H. C. McClure's for the win.
ter.
Miss Lucy Denham spent the week
end with relatives in Centralia.
Mrs. Turner Williams has return
ed from a visit with her mother in Go
lumbia.
Mrs. g. G. Buckner returned Frids'
from Bay View. Mich. where she sp4'
he summer ;she Is domiciled at pres
ent with Mrs. W. r. VII they on S1utl
Jefferson street.
A wedding of much interest to Mes
leo people was on last Saturday at
ing in the Epiphany Episcopal ChurcI
ternoon in the Epiphany Episcopa
Church at Washington, d. c., whe'
Private Harper Elliot Van Ness an
Miss Ethel Slower Of Broad Rur
Va, were married. The Dew. Dl
McKim read the ring ceremony in tn
presence of a few friends and rela
tives. The bride, who is a very prett
girl, wore a dark blue tailored SUI
with large black hat. She wore
corsage of roses and carried her pray
er book. She entered on the arm of he
brother, Corporal Frank Slower, U. s
NJ. c., and was met at the altar by tn
bridegroom, who wore the khaki TN
form of our Army. The bride was a
tended by Miss Ella Keysar and Mis-
Eleanor Osborn, of Charleston, VI
Private julius Alternately of Hici
ory, S. c., acted as best man. II
ushers we're: British Sergeants Pen
berton and Hamilton, instructors
Machine Gun. Mrs. Van Ness hi
been employed as private secretal
to the president of the Southern Raj
way for the last five years, with o
fees at Washington, but recently thu
were moved to Richmond, Va. Nh
Van Ness resigned her position wit
she decided to marry and will take |
wal work in Washington till her hu
band sails. Then it is hoped she W
come to Mexico for a visit. At pre-
ent Private Van Ness is stationed
the U. S. Sales Commissary, O..
Dept, at Washington.
Among the out-of-city guests
the wedding were: Mrs. Ella Leu
are, Of Philadelphia; Misses Elean
0sburn, Cora Thomas, Julia Wy
koop, and Ella Keysar Of CharlestC
West Va, Frederick Slower of Bro
Run, Va, and w. w. Fry, jr., of Nc
leo, Mo. The Ledger joins the ma
friends in extending hearty good wis
es and congratulations.
Miss Elizabeth Parker invited a {
friends in last Saturday afternoon
Miss Dorothy Holmes Of st. Loo
Knitting and conversation were
.ioyed during the afternoon, and a.
o'clock the hostess served dainty
freshments. The guests included M
Willie Hook, Miss Harriet Pasque
Miss Victoria Brooks, Miss Wi
Robnett, Miss Dorothy Holmes
Mrs. L, N. Gordon.
Miss Vera Rutter entertained a
o'clock dinner Saturday evening
Miss Dorothy Holmes of st. Lo'
Covers were laid for the followil
Miss Lena Dickinson, Miss Blan'
Hildebrand and Miss Dorothy Holm
Mrs. Van Ness had al guests
MONDAY dinner Thursday: Mrs. W
Rixey, Mrs. Hardin Rixey, Mrs. M
Harper, Mrs. W. w. Harper and n
y Stella Brown. This was a spend-t
day party and a most delightful !
for the guests were helping Miss I'll
vc Wan NJ. - ~.aLa har uniform