The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-02
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Purdy enter
tanned with a watch party at their
home, 900 Fillmore street, New Years
eve. There were eighteen guests and
the evening was spent in dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Torrington. We're
given a surprise celebration of their
fiftieth wedding anniversary at the
home of Ar. and Mrs. George Nc
Entire, 704 Taylor street, yesterday.
They were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. McEntire and in the afternoon
an informal reception was held when
a number of friends called. There
were no invitations.
The guests were received informally
by Mr.. and Mrs. George McEntire,
Mr.. and Mrs Torringtosa and Mrs. L.
L. McEntire. Assisting thru the rooms
were Mrs. E. c: Fable, Mrs. c. D.
Startsman and Miss Jennie Starts
man.
The decorations of the rooms were
Christmas green and a number of
boquets which were gifts of Mr.. and
Mrs. Torrington. A purse of gold
honor by the other guests of the after
noon
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrington are well
known in Topeka, having made their
They came here from Pennsylvania
where they were married fifty years
ago yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Campbell en-
tertained with a dinner party yester-
day at their home S31 Fillmore street.
Those invited were Mr.. and Mrs. P. ].
Clevenger, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kem-
per, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thompson,
Miss Ruth Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. G. Allison and Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Mcclure.
Lieut.. Ernest P. Knudson, of Cedar
Falls, Ia, is the guest of his sister,
Mrs. John Barnes, 1916 Harrison
street. Lieutenant knudSon IS with
the engineers at Fort Benjamin Har-
rison. He received his commission at
Camp Lee, Va. in July:
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An interesting guest at the meeting
of the Woman's club which was held
today at the Elks club building was
Mrs. May BellevilIe Brown of Salina,
who is the house guest of Mrs. w. A.
McCarter, president of the club.
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Among Topeka people asked to be
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lassen,
of. Wichita, at the opening of the Las
sen hotel which was formally cele-
brated with a large banquet New
Years night, were Gov. and Mrs.
Arthur Capper and Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Koontz. Governor-elect and Mrs.
Henry J. Allen were also among the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lassen.
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The dinner dance given last night
by the members of the Phi Delt fra
l. nifty of Washburn was one of the
most elaborate parties of the holiday
$ ason. Dinner was served at o'clock
al Pelletier's tea room, and dancing
followed at the Elks' club.
The dinner was served at quartet
tables decorated in red roses and white
carnations. The favors for the young
ladies were corsage bouquets. The
decorations in the hall were in strands
of papier chenille in lavender and blue,
the room to the chandeliers, forming
a web-Ike effect. -Portiers of the
same material hung in the doorways
and formed coy corners. The orches-
ira was screened from view behind a
lattice of the papier chenille and pink
roses.
Those present were Prof and Mrs
Henry ]. Dotterweich. DR.. and Mrs. A
b. Jeffrey. Miss Ruth Marsh, Miss
Ann Weightman, Miss Helen Lucas
Miss Margaret Sylvan, Miss Georgia
Reeser, Miss Winifred Virgins, Miss
Eva Miller, Miss Pima Edwards Miss
Jane Bower. Miss Mary Paxton, Miss
Nancy Boone, Miss Helen Hawkes.
Miss Alice Morehouse. Miss Forestine
Blank. Mrs. Ed Seely, Miss Muriel
Marsh, Miss Marjora Blank, Miss
Louise MeKown, Miss Irene Miller,
Miss Ethel Chase, Miss Charlotte West
Miss Esther Thomas, Miss Martha
Thompson, Miss Marion Williams, Miss
Doris Rosser, Miss Edna Anton, Miss
Violet Crumbine, Miss Helen Thurston,
Mr.. Ned Fleming, Mr.. John Long, Mr..
Charles Calvert, Mr.. Ward Summer
Vile, Mr.. John Jones, Mr.. Ronald Fin
ney, Mr.. George Greenwood, Mr.. Glen