The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-04-16


Mrs. Paul Simmons Hostess
With pansies, verbenas and nastur
Ntiums to please the eye and with
auction to delight the girls. the card
party given last Saturday afternoon
b. Mrs. Paul Simmons complimenting
her cousin, Miss Fay Lang, of Ashe
vile, N. c. was a delightful affair.
Miss Lang has been visiting Mrs
Paul Simmons for the past ten da s
and the young friends of the hostess
were delighted at this happy oppor
tunity of spending the afternoon with
her and Miss Lang, the guests being
Misses Elizabeth and Kit Davis. Mabel
Meffert, Sue Moore, Louise Spencer
Callie Gissendaner, Ellen Stripping
Onie Chazal, Elizabeth Hooker. Sara
DeHon, Helen Jones. Mrs. Edward
Tucker, Mrs. Harry Walters and Mrs
l.. E. Futch.
Mrs. Simmons was pleasantly as
sisted by her mother, Mrs. Lee, who is
her guest for a few weeks, and by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Futch.
Following the card games supper
was served on the card tables.
Miss Sue Moore won the prize fol
the high score and Miss, Lang was
presented box of stationary as the
guest prize.
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Mary Pickford in More Trouble
A special from Reno says that suit
to set aside the decree of divorce
granted to Mary Pickford, now Mrs
Douglas Fairbanks. will be filed next
week by the attorney general of Ne
vada, according to a statement made
yesterday by Robert Richards. deputy
attorney general, who has been inves
tigating the circumstances under
which the decree was granted
The suit will be based on allegations
that collision and conspiracy were re
sorted to in conducting the case and
that because of the insufficiency of the
residence Of the other party to the
case the court failed to acquire iuris
t1iction.
Mrs. Henry Keidel and her daugh
ter, Miss Daisy Keidel. who have
spent the winter and spring in Ocala
with Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Ak have
returned to their home in Baltimore
Mrs. Albert H. Birdsey, of Savan-
nah, Ga, who has been spending the
past few months in OcaIa with hel
parents and brother, Col and Mrs
John NJ. Martin and Mr. Waldo Mar
tin, will leave this week for home
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Floyd Flippen,
CITY are extremely happy over the ar
rival of fine little son, who was
born in Ocala last week. Mrs Flippen
before her marriage was Miss E0na
Culverhouse, of this city and her
friends and the friends of Mr. Flippen
extend very cordial congratulations
upon the birth of their first son.
Master Charles Floyd Flippen is the
only child of his parents.
Mrs. Richard McConathy has re-
turned home from st. Augustine,
where she spent a week.
Mrs. Max Israelson has gone to
Newport News, Va. to spend some
slime with her mother Mrs. NJ.
Handlesman. who has been quite i'll
for several weeks
Miss Mamie smedley who went TO
Palatka to take the teachers examin-
alton went from there to starke,
where she visited friends last week.
Mrs. T j Nixson came UP from
Tampa last Saturday afternoon for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. George Tay-
los
The marriage Of Miss Fannie Ebbs,
stenographer for the Fruitland Park
Land Company, to Mr.. John Miller, II
Brooklyn. was very quiet event TAX
| ing place at the home OF the bride on
Sunday last.
The Ocaia friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Nash, who have spent several
months I'm Ocala this winter and who
were also here for quite awhile last
summer. will be interested in learn