Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-12-22
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udy SCdSOll WdS IlldI given Wy
Mrs. S. S. Steele on Tuesday
afternoon, complimentary to her
S ster, Miss Alma Sparger, of
Greensboro, and Miss Eloise
Smith. Rock was the game of
the afternoon, with five tables.
Mrs. Steele's prettily kept home
bore out the Christmas idea with
holly and mistletoe. To Misses
Sparger and Smith were given
Ostrich fans as special favors,
and to the guests were given
Santa Claus favors, boxes filled
with nuts. A frozen salad course
rounded out an altogether pleas
ant afternoon.
Miss Nancy Farley was hostess for her
Bridge Club Friday afternoon from three
to five thirty o'clock, Three tables were
arranged for the game and thoroughly
good time was had. The hostess served
delicious fruit salad with accessories,
andbon bons. Every member was pres
ent; the only guests of the club were
Misses Eloise Smith and Mary V. Linton.
One delightful feature of the after
noon was that when the hostess brought
in waiter of Christmas gifts and much
fun was experienced when each party un-
wrapped her package, and found ball
tiny dolls, horns, and so on.
Mrs. R. S. Cole, who has been
in Baltimore taking REST Cure,
arrived home last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Parsons,
Mrs. Jake Hinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Jones and Kathryn
Mcdonald are going to Charlotte
Thursday to attend the show
Lightning"
Mrs. F. w. Leak was hostess
to the Duplicate Club on Tuesday
evening. Christmas wreathes,
holly and mistletoe were effec-
lively used in the rooms where
the tables were arranged, while
pretty Christmas cards with holi-
day verses directed to the diff
erent tables. Much interest was
manifest in the game, it being
decided that the club was used
as a tournament, each meeting
the two members holding the
highest score playing against
those holding the next highest
and so on. After the boards had
been played one way the hostess
served a delicious fruit salad,
chicken and nut sandwiches, hot
coffee followed by Parfait. At
the last hand a ,arge waiter piled
high with Christmas packages,
was brought in and much fun
was had as each one unWrapped
his package, finding horns, dolls,
balloon and many other surprises
typical of the holiday season.
Friday afternoon at the Rocking,
ham hotel, Mrs. Robert Johnson was
hostess for her Rock club and few
specially invited friends. Three
to six was the hour, and the tables
for the game were arranged in the
reception loom of the hotel where
! the contest was a heated one, and
thoroughly enjoyed. After several
progressions, the game was called
off and the guests were invited tC
the dining room for refreshments
consisting of chicken salad, sand
witches, potato chips, olives, hot but
tered rolls, and nuts, followed witt
Orange ice and cake. At one place
at each of the tables in the napkin
was a souvenir of the occasion
they were a bottle of Mary Garder
perfume, Organdie collar, and {
dainty handkerchief. Guests en-
joying this party were: Mesdames
w. S. Thomas, w. H. Fowlkes, Der
nard Garrett, J. NJ Ledbetter, w. r
Jones, ]. R. McLondon, f. A. Allen
Farley Long, A. R. McPhail, Eugen,
Payne, G. p. Stuart, Misses Mari
Covington, Halle Covington, E. G
Ledbetter, Octabia Scales, Ann;
: Leak Ledbetter, Mary Entwistle
jamie and Lizzie Cole, Mary V. Lin
ton, of Raleigh, Kathryn Mcdonald.
Miss Elizabeth Clouds annua
house party begins December tn
gath, continuing for a week or tel
days, at the Cloud home in Hamlet