Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-23
Silver City

The Knights OF Columbus building
just completed at the United States
army general hospital at Fort Bayard,
at an outlay of $4,000, was formally
dedicated today, the exercises being
the most interesting of any held in
some months at the post.
The program began at p M,
opening with an overture by the Fort
Bayard post band, followed by an in
vocation by Father James j. O'Brien.
army chaplain. Hon. Percy Wilson,
mayor of Silver City, presided as
chairman. The building was formally
presented to Fort Bayard by Hon. f.
| p. Davis, of Santa Fe, state deputy
of the Knights of Columbus, and was
accepted by Lieut.. Col. Edward p
Rockhill, commanding officer of
Fort Bayard.
A number of pleasing musical Sc
! lections, both vocal and instrumental
were rendered. There were solos by
Mrs. Ada Pierce Vim. Miss Mar
| guarite Foote, Mrs. j. II. Cargill and
by Miss Isabelle Ward and Prof. An
| drew McCurdy; a reading by Miss
| Beth Sturdivant, and the minuet was
danced by a coterie of little folks,
namely, Dorothy Rudd, Wilma Lusk
Mary Elizabeth Murray. Margaret An
derson, Tom Lowe. Gilbert Warrick,
! Ray Coleman and George Phillips, di-
rected by Miss Margaret Rice of the
state normal school.
The days exercises closed in the
evening, being featured by a recep-
ton and dance from o'clock to Il
midnight.
The coming social event of the
week in Silver City will be the we'd
ding on Wednesday, February 26, of
Miss LYDIA Murray, daughter of State
Senator and Mrs. w. d. Murray, and
Lieut.. James S. Ryan, United States
army. High nuptial mass will be
celebrated at $40 a. M, at the
Church of ST. Vincent de Paul by the
pastor, the Rev. Father Henry Heitz.
Following the wedding, Lieutenant
Ryan and his bride will leave for
Camp Lee, Va, where he will be sta
toned.
The most brilliant social event
since before the war was the annual
ball given tonight at the Elks theater
by Silver City Lodge No. 413, b. p.
o. Elks. Members of the lodge and
their ladies from all over southwest
ern New Mexico were in attendance,
A. feature of the ball was an elab-
crate dinner served at midnight in
the club rooms of the lodge. The
committee in charge of the ball was
composed of II. J. Burgess, J. A.
Shipley and w. ]. Rose.
The valentine cabaret given the
past week by the woman's working
guild of the Church of the Good shep
herd, Episcopal. was a most enjoyable
event. The cabaret party was held in
the Elks club rooms and there were
present many officers and their wives
from Fort Bayard.
A wedding that came as a surprise
to their friends was that celebrated
the past week when Miss Mae Belle
Burris, an attractive girl in the
younger social set, became the bride
of Charles w. Richards, the Rev.
John II. Elder Of the Methodist
church performing the ceremony at
the parsonage. The newly-weds have
returned from a few days honeymoon
trip to FL Paso and have gone to
housekeeping.
hostess at merry "five hundred
party the past week at her home in
the big Chino camp. The guest of
honor was Mrs. Frank Reed. A bunch
OF gorgeous red carnations was
awarded as the guest prize, while the
first prize at cards went to Mrs.
George Armstrong. pair of hand
embroidered pillow cases, and the
consolation to Mrs. l.. A. lesson.