The Penn's Grove record., 1919-02-21
Delaware Ordnance Depot Jottings
d. o. d. Winter Dance
ION with the dance
Let joy be unContined."
Ut Ii IL nI.lnnH


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The morrow, never mind.
With the aid of an army jazz band
that could jazz. the courtesy of the du-
Pont club in furnishing the club house
hundred and fifty members and friends,
the second dance and supper of the win
ter of the Delaware Ordnance Depot
was held at the Village Wednesday
The Raritan lay Arsenal orchestra
furnished the music, the club presented
the floor. the girls lent their grace and
beauty and the boys their manly figures
and coin of the realm to make the
affair the great success that everyone,
who attended. deemed it.
The club house had been t~aSteGully
decorated with flags and bunting, which
mingled with reminiscent ornamental
lions allied with St. Valentine. the lat
ter being especially appropriate to sew
pral of the couples.
To the Misses Agnes Justice. of Ped
ricktown road, and Hazel McCIintock,
Of Salem. and captain w NJ. Finn, @.
VI. =. L. :. A., Lieut.. ArmslN, Ordnance
Corps, L. s A., and Lester H. Evans, of
Wildwood, is due a great part of the
credit for the successful result of the
entertainment. They formed a recep-
ton committee and did everything in
THEN power to make everyone feel at
home, with the result that it was not
long before everyone knew one another.
1t finally developed into one big family
gathering with mirth and laughter the
keynote of the occasion.
There were such beauties present as
Miss Agnes SpeideI, of Philadelphia
who made a stunning appearance IN
blue serge, which strikingly set of. her
brunette type of loneliness; then there
were charming Miss Ida Titus, OF
Paulsboro, radiant in a taupe colored
G~ieorgette evening gown, VINO was sell
dom allowed to leave the floor and nm
ally Vfvaci0us Miss Hazel McClintock,
who worked like Helen of Troy to make
he dance a success. She was beWltch-
ing1y pretty in blue Georgette crepe.
Nila,nO- he other Young ladies' from
the D.. @. d. who were conspicuous by
their presence were Miss Justice, Mar
Marguerite Howeth. Anna Cooper
elizabeth Clouser and Carrie New.
Robert Engler. who was in charge OF
The refreshment committee. ana SG4tI
hearing to the festivities, by, station
ing himself at the door. carried off their
part of the honors with eclat.
In addition to Captain Finn the rep
t|utation of the army was upheld by
Captain H.. NJ. Shaul, Commanding
OFFICER Of the detachment Of soldiers
al the Depot; Lieuts. Morris, ArnlsIy;
0Donnell. Diest. Lang and m all
of the Ordnance Corps, L. 5. y.
Frederick ]. Palmer, Secretary; n.
Van Renssellaer Th9rne' G Ge n y p Tr-
chasing Agent and Office Manager;
Thomas Melarkey and J., 5. "AdGnis
Wells. Pay Roll; Messrs. Morgan, MONK
and Cash, of the Supervising engineers
office: w. f. Vernon Adratn Clunn ana
NJ. VI. Reed. of the Material. and
Samuel y. Raymond, c. T. GaskIns, X,
sails and Edward Hamburger, of the
Nuditor's: Peter Mcdonald. OF the Eln-
plovment Departments, and ALVIN stan
ton. of the Arthur McMullen
represented the contractors.
Dean Warner. Harry Woodruff ana
Paul Rudacille appeared fof the 10Y
crnment and We're constantly lshV
HGasdames \. T. Beckett and Petit,
of salem. proved themselves charming
chaperones. Among the other IaGles
there We're Mesdames sails, Mccoy
Macdonald, Woodruff and Gasklns; :
Particular mention must be made OF
the music furnished by the TOUR mem
bers of the Raritan Arsenal oaho, VINO
came here especially for the occasion.
The violin and the ~saXaphone players
Introduced many innovations during the
night and finally came arm dnds +btaHiT9
yav through the crowd of joy makers
1t was with deep regret that the
Misses Mildred Eth. SPARKS % pho-
delphia. were unable to attend, as they
are TWO of the prettiest and most popu-
lar members Of the younger set at the
d. o.. D.
\ rollicking time was had alflSht'
Vt the DUPONT Club
Last Wednesday night
T. S. Early and L. Edward Muir
taugh spent the past weekend at the
sleepy CITY. "Murt" says that while
he finds it hard to arise on these cold
mornings, it is easy to get up Early.
This way, officer.
Adrian Clunn and Bob" Engler are
generally seen at the Friday night
dances at the dupont Club where they
uphold the reputation of the d. y. d.
for lady killers. Oh! you fox trot-
tersi
Miss Edna Semmes, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of Miss Isabel Brooks,
at Carneys Point, for the past week
end. Ask Paul Rudacille, because he
was the envied of the envied last Sun
day evening in this city. How do you
get them, Rudy?
To those who can entertain, there is
a golden opportunity to do some good
work for the soldier boys now station
ed here. 1t is the intention of the Y.
/. NJ. C. A. to give weekly affairs and
they will naturally be forced to rely
on local talent to a great extent. A
new motion picture machine will soor
be installed. Now let us see, who vii
be the first volunteers.
Samuel D. Raymond, Adrian Clunr
and Donald Morgan journeyed to New
Castle last Monday evening to a dance
where they were the guests of Miss
Elizabeth Madden of that city.
Mildred "BilI" Sparks, of Pedrick.
town, the belle of that town, has beer
confined to her home since Monda!
through illness. She was greatly
missed at the dance Wednesday night
as she is one of the best dancers at the
d. O. ID.
Dean Warner has offered a huge re
ward to the person furnishing hin
with the name of the tailor who made
George Schultz's new trousers. What!
the matter, Dean; jealous?