The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-08-03
Chat Of People ano
Events


and hospitality of an especially
pretty party.
Pink and green were the colors
everywhere in favor, with quantities
of old fashioned crepe myrtle EN-
ployed in artistic decorative effects,
and the chosen color motif again in
troduced in the service OF an elegant
ice course after games of euchre. In
the card contest, partners were des-
ignated by a clever return to the
"Great Lovers of History" remem-
brances of romantic pages enabling
the guests to find their way Alright.
The prizes for skill at euchre were.
a set of individual salt stands in cut
glass. silk hose, and as consolation,
a deck of playing cards.
The committee arranging this note
worthy pleasure were: Miss Mary
Glenn McGaul, Chairman, Miss Elise
Lipscomb, Miss Lucy Banks, Miss
Thankful Howell and Mrs. Henry
Pope Sherrod.
Meeting of the Columbus Chapter
Red Cross.
The Columbus Chapter of the Red
Cross met at headquarters in the
City Hall Friday afternoon, and
heard the most interesting and COM
prehensive report of its Executive
Secretary, Mrs. George A. Wilkin-
son, who has just returned from New
Orleans, where she completed with
honors the course of study at Tulane
required in civilian relief.
For the present, Mrs. Wilkinson's
offices will be in the City Hall. Her
plans are far-reaching, practical and
of great community value. Cordial
cooperation will be given her not
only by the chapter, but also by a
wider circle which recognizes the
real need that exists and Mrs. Will
kinson's splendid qualifications for
the work upon which she enters
Send Food Supplies.
Food supplies were sent into the
negro sections today by cooperation
of the Wholesale Grocers Association
tn police and the TROOPS The black
belt remained a barred zone where
white persons might not enter, and
even the guarded truck of groceries,
were driven only to the dead line"
by white chauffers, who then were
relieved by negro drivers under po-
lice escort.
Miss Rachel Newly, who is at Fort
Mcpherson, Ga, and is doing most
efficient work in the Government De-
partment of Occupational Therapy,
will arrive today for fortnight's
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Newly. Mr. and Mrs. Newly also
have as their guest their daughter,
Mrs J. II. Atkinson, of Iowa, re-
membered so pleasantly as Miss vi
Newly.
Col. William Stone Fitzgerald, of
the well known Fitzgerald Clarke
Military School, Tullahoma, Tenn,
was a visitor last week. Col Fitz-
gerald is a son of the lamented Bis
hop Fitzgerald of the Methodist
church, a pioneer Bishop of Califor-
MIA whose delightful "reminiscences
of the West of an earlier time are
at once of historical and literary
value
Mrs. LESSEE Williams Geise, of
Greenville, was warmly welcomed
during a brief stay in Columbus last
Sunday Mrs. Geise was enrOute to
Birmingham, then to Memphis to
confer with architects and select
plans for home for which contract
will be let this summer. Later, she
goes to Battle Creek, Michigan to
spend several weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. E. 7. Lawrence, with
their daughters, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Mayfield on We'd
nesday. DIR. Lawrence has been a
Missionary in foreign fields for six
teen years, having been assigned
duty in Persia. With his family, he
is spending his vacation with rela-
tives in Caledonia.
Mrs. W. w. HUMPHREYS has re-
turned from Memphis, where she was
called by the illness of her son, Mr..
Edward HUMPHREYS, who is now i'm
proving. She was accompanied
home by her little granddaughter,
Julia Coleman HUMPHREYS.
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