New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
Westchester Set
Turns from Election
To Society Events
Leaders Who Had Active Part
in Campaign Return to
Social Program, Which
Occupies Next Few Weeks
gpeoial Dispatch to the Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Nov. 12.Now
that election 10 over many .Westches-
ter society women who took an active
part in the campaign in the cities and
towns throughout the county have
turned their attention to social affairs
and from now until Thanksgiving there
will be many society events. On
Arnisticc Day there were dances at the
Gedney Farm Hotel, at White Plains,
and the Gran1atan, at Bronxville, while
at the Scarborough and Ardslcy Coun-
| try clubs and the Apawamis Golf Club
there were dinner parties and dances.
A selected company of young dancers
and singers from the Sophie J. Nee
School at Mount Vernon, under the
leadership of Miss Handy, arc now re-
hcarsing an operetta, "The Isle Of
Chance" which will be produced in the
auditorium of the high school on the
, evening of November 18. There will be
a special orchestra of students from
the Nee School.
Miss Anita Bayliss entertained the
members of Delta Phi at her home, on
Primrose Avenue, Mount Vernon, on
Tuesday evening last.
Among those who gave bridge parties
this week were Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Prickett, Of Oneida Avenue, Mount
Vernon.
Miss George Lionaz, Of South Fourth
Avenue, Mount Vernon, has been ap-
pointed secretary under Sir Arthur
Willett, Of the British section Of the
Washington conference on armaments.
The Rev. William II. Owen, who has
been rector of Trinity Church of Mount
Vernon for fourteen years, has re-
signed to become rector of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, Lenox Avenue,
Manhattan.
A large number of New Yorkers
spent Election Day at White Plains,
where there ~was special golf game
at the Gedney Farm Country Club and a
dance in the evening at the hotel. Mrs.
Joseph H. Choate and Miss Mabel
Choate have been spending several
days at the Gedney Farm Hotel.
Miss Clara Thompson, of North Sixth
Avenue, Mount Vernon, has been
spending a few days at New Canaan,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Everett Brooks, of
Rich Avenue, Mount Vernon, have been
spending few days at Atlantic City.
The Rev. Clarence j. Harris, pastor
of the Universalist Church of Mount
Vernon, has returned from trip to
Worcester, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Holmes, of
Cliff Avenue, Pelham, have returned
from trip to California.
Mrs. H. NJ. Wawter, of Walworth
Avenue, Scarsdale, has been entertain
ing Mrs. William d. Allen, Of Evans
ton, Ill.,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brady and
Miss Betty Brady, of Scarsdale, are
spending several weeks at White Sui
phur Springs.
Westchester Woman's Club
History Department Meets
The history department of the West
chester Woman's Club, of Mount YER
non, held an interesting meeting at
The meeting was in charge of Mrs.
il. M. Mckee, assisted by Mrs. H. E.
Champion and Mrs NJ. II. Traphagen,
of Mount Vernon; Mrs. F. H. Bartlett,
of Seneca Falls and several other
prominent clubwomen. Mrs. Bartlett
gave an interesting talk on Colonial
life and custom. Larchmont Troop 2
has arranged to give minstrel show
in St. Johns Parish House on the even
ing of November 90.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burling, of White
Plains, have been spending few days
in Pike County, Pa.
Miss Georgia Thompson and Mrs. r.
M. Clark. of White Plains, have been
visiting friends at Olean, N. Y.
MIR. and Mrs Edward j. White, of
Cincinnati, have been spending several
weeks with friends in White Plains.
!. A birthday cake, containing seventy
one candles, in commemoration of the
founding Of the Reformed Church at
Bronxville, was cut the other night by
Mrs. A. g. Burtnett. She has been
member of the church since 1857. There
was musical program under the di-
rectios of Miss Miriam D. Waller,
granddaughter of former Governor
Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut, and
Mrs. Warren. C. Whitney. The Rev.
Deane Edwards, pastor, gave history
Of the old church.
The members of the home economic
section Of the Contemporary Club, of
White Plains, had an exhibit of
modern labor savers at the commun-
ity house on November 8. The women
in charge of the affair were Mrs. l.
w. Meyers, Miss Estelle Zuckert, Mrs.
E. c. Beyers, Mrs. A. W. Tidd, Mrs.
e. G. Lounsbury, and Mrs. II. Schnepel.
Miss Edna Prelan, of Bloomingdale
Grounds, White Plains, entertained
several friends at a bridge party.
Prizes were won by Vera Broderick
and Bernice McKibbon.
The authorities of the Orthopaedic
Hospital at White Plains are planning
the erection of nurses home for that
institution, to cost about $4,000. This
institution was founded largely
through the efforts of Mrs Helen
Gould Shepard.
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