The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-03-18
PEDE CLUB HOST AT
LARGELY ATTENDED PARTY
Village Club Entertains l25 Villagers
at Cards Tuesday Evening. Bad
Weather no Deterrent.

q AT thTus lutsuaf Evening. bdt
Weather no Deterrent.
On Tuesday evening the Pede Clut
Of the Village gave a return care
party and entertainment TO the
ladies' Get-together Club in Hard's
Hall. In spite of the extraordinarily
bad going and the rainy evening 1876
gathered from far and near to enter
into the fun Of the evening which had
been provided by the Pede Club
through its committee consisting of
Messrs. A. f. Martin chairman, G. l..
Towsley and o. G. Felt.
twenty-five tables of bid whist
we're in play and those not wishing to
play cards spent the evening visiting
together and knitting. Mrs. T.. C..
Perkins won first prize at cards for
the ladies with a score of 100, while
c. c. Kinney won the mems first prize
with 12l for his total. Other prizes
at cards went to Miss Sophia Bebee,
Miss Helen Bowen, Mrs. Louisa
Graves, Mrs. Joseph ARGUS, Mrs. Mary
Malone. James c. Gray, J. a. GossIer,
David Lyon, A. A. Brownson, and II.
c. Beobe who succeeded in capturing
the low score of the evening, 43.
About II o'clocI, the cards were laid
aside and the tables spread and a fine
lunch consisting Of ice cream cake
and coffee was served by an efficient
corps Of walters properly bedecked in
green caps and clay pipes in honor of
St. Patriek's Day E. c. Perkins was
in charge Of the kitchen. Need more
be said? After nearly an hour Of
hard work the walters were through
their duties and were able to look to
themselves for little refreshment
Tables we're then cleared away and
the real fun Of the evening commenc-
cd. The first was the awarding Of the
door prize which was won by Miss
Mary Kinney. The prizes for cards
were then awarded to the ladies and
gentlemen already named. Judge
the club poet, was presented
with a fine medal for his untiring
Efforts. /
On entering the hall early in the .
svening. each lady was given a card
Tith a number on It. This entitled
hem 10 a chance on the big prizes Of
he evening. A small carload Of vari-
ms size boxes was Deposited on a
able in the center Of the room and
.ach lady took her choice Of a pack
lge, drawing in the order indicated
N the card they were given. Novel
les Of ali kind. were concealed in the
loxcs and much morriment resulted
rom the opening Of the packages and !
disclosing the contents. 4,
Several original songs, sung to
amiliar tunes by a male quartet IS
aenl drew much applause. The songs
obtained descriptions Of many OF the
aen Of the club. Several original
.oems were read also by some Of the
members Of the Get-together Club,
howing that they also mad some poet
.ai talent amongst them.
while the party was not in the form
{ q birthday celebration the evening
ould not close without The recognition /
Z someone's birthday. Mrs. James c. I
ray and her brother. David Netal,
eere the lucky ones this time. each
oeeiving q remembrance from the
'cie Club. besides nice cake for
aeh. made and presented b. Mrs. r.
. Williams
s. many cakes were sent il Tor the
afreshments that they could rot all be
atcn. So Chairman Martin. auctioued
r those not otherwise disposed o.
~ procac6s 81 this auction sale we9si
srned over 10 TIE ladies club.
In order that 90 one might have 10 !