The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-12

/ mother. Mrs. Bessie zlckefoOse
through the llclidays. The Aiinneapo-
| lis schools closed Friday on accoun
OF an influenza epidemic.
Mrs. J. il. canniff, s6s Ninth strest
| south, returned Wednesday morning
from a ten days visit with her sister
Mrs. =. ]. McAdams. OF Rochester
Friends of Miss Agnes Purfield re-
ceiyed word Wednesday that heI
mother had passed away at her home
at Ann Arbort Mich, on Dec. p Miss
puFheIS a,II 9IsnH was called home by the seri-
weeks ago.
An interesting meeting of the Writ
er5 section of the Fine Arts club was
of Mrs, a. r. ColwelI, of the Blenheim
apartments. Miss Jessie Comstock
| read a story based on the play, The
Twelve Pound Look" by Barrie. which
wa. was wei received. Miss Beuiah Ami.
Banquet" and ''To An Aviator. The
last verse is exceptionally we'll writ
ten, and much praise was given the
author. This was the last meeting of
the club until after the holiday sea
son, as the next meeting will be held
jan Is, with Miss Elizabeth Perley
as the hostess.
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The Woman's club will meet at the
avenue south, at O'Clock Friday aft
ernoon. Mrs. ]. 3. Eaton, and Mrs. r..
w. Pearson vii! have charge of the
program,
"A get acquainted" party for the
women of the First Methodist church
is being held this afternoon at the
home OF Rev. and Mrs. IL ii. Frost, l09
Ninth street south. Informal visiting
and oid-fashtoned games ar are the S,,S d. IL
and musical numbers will be given by
Mrs. w. w. Fuller, Miss Frances TIL
lotson and Professor -Arends. Light
refreshments will be served by the
committee in charge,
The board of trustees and members
of the executive committee of the
Fargo Y. w. c. A. were guests at An
cdgn nf9Fa tndy n99n uRGheoR at the mopri"6
turned turned from the Y. ". &. 4. confer
ence in Minneapolis. gave her report
and the financial affairs of the asso-
citation for the ensuing year were dis
cussed.
The regular meeting of the Girl
Reserves will be held at 4:3Q o'clock
Friday afternoon at the Y, w. G, a.
building. An ofIieer OF the ;. a. II. =.
unit at the A. C, will instruct them in
military drills. This wilR be the last
opportunity for the girls to have this
drill and an especially large attend
ance' is desired.
Miss Marguerite Pinkhan1, who has
been visiting friends at Casselton and
Absaraka for the past few days, is
now the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ?.
Marshall, 1919 Fifth avenue south.
Miss Pinkham expects to leave In q
short time for Aurora, Col, to spend
the winter with her brother, Sefgt.
Ray Pinkham. Sergeant Pinkham was
invalided home from France several
months ago and spent some time IN
New York before going to Aurora.
Mrs. w. J. Morrish, 1914 Broadway,
received a letter this morning from
Mrs. Olaf Gronaas, Fourth street
north, stating that she had undergone
an operation at the Mayo hospital at
Rochester a week ago, and was recoY-
ering as rapidly as could be expected,
but that she would remain at the hos
pital for several weeks. Mrs. Gronaas
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Wegge,
a we'll known nurse of Fargo.
The party given by the faculty OF
the Fargo college conservatory, COM
plimentary to the college faculty, in
the conservatory parlorst was most
affair. Games and stunts
of various kinds were the diversions