Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-21
Mostly About People

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| r. Nj. Paynter, w. p. Rheuby. The COM
mittee and post has put through the sale
OF 5000 poppies SO far, and many of the
local merchants are putting on special
foppy-day decorative arrangements.
Gayle Hoskins has painted two heauti-
ful posters for use at the Hotel dI Pont,
and among those who will attend the
800 and dance are Major John lie
fevre of Dover, Governor William Dcnney.
and other notables of Delaware
The women committees includes Mrs w .
| Speakman, Mrs. Joseph Bancroft, Mrs
Robert Richards, Mrs. Willard Hall
Porter, Mrs. Donald Ashbrook.
Miss Marion Gould, who was the
guest of Mrs. Louis IL. Coke, Jr., 1915
| Clayton street, has returned to her
home IN Bfngor, Maine.
Candee Chapter the Westminster Guild
OF young women of the church, has de-
cided upon June 2, for picnic at the
home of Mrs. Harry Bye, at Holly Oak
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Taite, of the
Hotel du Pont, entertained q number of
friends last evening
Mrs. Philip Sharpless of Marion, Pa,
/ who has been the guest of Mrs. Frederick
Blatz, was the honor guest Of an informal
tea gwen by Mrs. Blatz at the VIII
mington Country Club on Wednesday.
The preparation for the presentation
OF the Bohn Ballet and Little symphony
on June ?, at The Playhouse, arc finally
| beng perfected. Most of the house for the
evening performance has been sold, but
there are many good seats for the matinee.
IL IS hoped that the many friends of the
| Homeopathic Hospital viii enjoy this
excellent performance. II is the first
| time these Russian Dancers and little
| symphony have played IN Wilmington
and they no doubt will create fine inn
preston. Homemade candy for which
| the Junior Board candy committee is
famous will be sold. Miss Elizabeth
! Pyle, chairman of the candy committee,
has the following person to ably assist her:
| The aides who viii sell the candy through
! the audience are: Mrs. ". W. pusey, I'd,
| Mrs. VIM. III. Wyatt, Mrs. Edgar Hare,
Mrs. G. Miller Turner, Mrs. Jos. Warfield,
Mrs. JOS Wilson. Mrs. f. ]. Blatz, Mrs.
| Wm. G. Matthews, Miss Edna V. Thomas,
Miss Jessie NJ Seaman, Miss Grace
| Besdenkopf, Miss Anna A. Negendank,
| Miss Esther r. Wilson, Miss Elizabeth
Blanken, Miss Sara r.. Mendinhall, Mrs.
! y. ", Howell, Miss Anna r. Negendank,
Miss Esther Il. Wilson, Miss Elizabeth
Blanken, Miss Marion Belts, Miss Ruth
anna Taylor. Miss Juliet Mace. Miss Mil
! dred Simpson, Miss Ada Withrow. Miss
Elizabeth 5. Boyd, Miss Marion Negen-
dank, Miss Helen Thomson, Miss Eliza
| beth Hastings, Miss Florence Criehton,
Miss Dorothy Pillings, Miss Genevive
Frantz.
MIR. and Mrs. Leonard A. Yerkes and
children, who recently left Wilmington to
live IN Buffalo, Y. Y, write friends here Of
being pleasantly located in that city.
DR. and Mrs. Cosby Bell OF Alexandria.
Va. were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
". w. Laird
Thursday at the Wilmington Country
Club IS proving very popular with many
| peoplewho go out for golf, tennis, cards. or
to enjoy the dinner served at the club
house
The Church Club was out on Thursday
besides many Others inclinded to enjoy
the country air.
Miss Susan Brassingtonl left Wilmington
on Tuesday for New York, to sail for
England where she viii visit relatives
Mrs. j. W. Brassington and MIR. and Mrs
Frank Hughes who accompanied her to
New York. leave the first of June for Port
Arthur, Canada, where they viii spend
the.summer.
Mrs. Thomas J. Laffey entertained in a
very attractive way at her home on West
Seventeenth street, Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Laffey's hospitality was in the
nature of dinner followed by cards.
Twelve guests enjoyed the occasion.
Mrs. Fred E. Bach is entertaining at
cards this afternoon at her home on
Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. P. Hall of Smyrna
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs ". B.
Megear.
AT the annual Injecting of Cooch's Bridge
Chapter of the D. A. r. the following
officers were elected: Regent. Miss
Eleanor Z. Todd; Vice Regent, Mrs. ].
Wilkins Cooch; Secretary, Miss Miriam
p. Alrichs; treasurer, Mrs Ernest Frazer:
registrar, Miss Henrietta Todd; his
torian, Mrs. j. P. Cam; chaplain. Mrs.
Eleanor L. Pennington of Delaware City.
Mr. and Mrs r. b. Ravner of 9o3
Franklin street left on Monday for an
extended trip through the west their
travel itinerary including Chicago Colo
rado Springs, the Grand Canyon. Cali
fornia the Canadian Rockies, the Great
Lakes, and home by way of New England.
They will be gone three months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton p Bardslev will
remove to Philadelphia next fall, to make
their home.
The Union Gardens Century Club held
delightful meeting at Naauan's Tea
house last evening, going out by trolley
and enjoying supper at the interesting
old house.
Next Tuesday afternoon at her beauti-
fpl country home near Harvey Station.
Mrs. William II. Reynolds will entertain
the Delaware Society Of the Daughters of
1872.
Mrs. Alfred H. Gawthrop and children
are at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Willard Hall Porter has been
sepnding few days in New York.
Mrs. K. Lindsay Curtis will entertain
at luncheon on May 81, for Miss Marion
Durham, whose marriage to Charles A
fJiQUfrrx will take plaeq limo u, Meet