Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-30
HOLIDAY PARTY At
BOAT CLUB ONE Of
SEASONS GAyEST
OPENING OF BALL ROOM lNSTRU.
MENTAL IN ATTRACTING A
HAPPY THRONG TO ANNUAL.
EVENT GIVEN AT CLUB LAST
NIGHT.

Two hundred and fifty guests at
tended the opening ball of the Ottawa
Boat club last night in the newly re
modelled club house. The affair was
one of the gayest formal social func-
tions ever held in Ottawa and was a
great success ins every respect. It
was the first occasion upon which the
club house, which was extensively re
modelled and redecorated after the re-
organization in the fall, was thrown
open to the members for a social
event
The handsome building received
great deal of genuine admiration dur
ing the evening. No effort was made
to decorate the ball room, where the
party was held The tables were ar
ranged for the supper in the lounge
and the dining room downstairs The
supper, which was served at 1 / o'clock
by Mrs, James O'Toole Of the Nau.
chusa, was one of the most enjoyable
features of the evenings entertain
ment.
The music in the ball room started
at 8 O'Clock and was not concluded
until 2 a. M A large number of the.
guests had arrived when the opening
number was played and remained
until the last dance was finished
Some very beautiful gowns were
worn, and the ball room floor during
the entire evening presented the as
pect OF a fashion show Probably
never before at an ottawa gathering
were so many beautiful gowns seea
as last night
Among the guests in attendance
were the following
Mcssr6. Melvin French " S. La
Clair, f. H. Van Schoick, Howard
Geiger, C. l.. Hornung. Dale Morahn,
Harold Sanders, A. y. Snow, Fred
Scherer Jr, Walter Scherer. Strawn
Trumbo, Paul Roberts, Paul G. Becht
ner, Harold Buffers, Philip Godfrey, J.
NJ. Mllisan, G. J. Metzger, r, FI
Knott Jr, Porter aylor, A. il. Taylor,
Harry f. Kelly, l.. e. Jordan, l. j..
Woodward.
Misses Sarah Taylor, Rachael Brad
ish, Vera Morley, Elsie Walking,
Katherine Iobst, Margaret Lucey,
Helen Swift, Hattie Green, Margery
Flick, Susanne Swift, Dorothy Merit
ney, Mildred Hinebaugh, Katherine
Lincoln, Ruth GladfeIter, Louise Rob
erts, Dorothy Bassctt. Ina Snow,
Marie Kelly, Florence IIornung, jose
phine Snow, Marion Palmer, Helen
Scherer
Mcsdames B. S, Jordan, Phoebe TIig-
by, Frank Graham, Hugh Leland, H. A. !
Sherwood, w. D. Boyce Walter
StraWn, e. f, Bradford, A. E. May,
A. p. La Clair, George Trimble, |
George Yentzcr Mary Lawrence, !
Helen Lawrence Murdoch
MeSsrs. and Mesdames j. f. Blakes- |
lee, Utica; j. s. Geeu, Utica; George |
NJ. Reynolds, E. c. Swift, L. H. Strawn. |
r. c. Hit, J. NJ. Megafn, c. 3, Sharp, /
n. J. Cary, Utica; c. T.. Hook, j. B. |
Hoxie, l.. M. Bayne, w G. Hahn, E. |
f. Gladfelter, Horace Hull, A. j. Rob |
erts, w F, Stanton, W. S. Blue, n, /
w, Johnson, J w. FIanifen, Gus May !
William H. Osman, Guy A. Karr, G. +. |
Fisher, S, f., Parr, II. G. Cook, G. w. !
Farrar, A J. O'Conor, p. G. SchocE /
George Fisher Y. J. Duncan. Charles .
de Barard, Seth Willis, James Catlin, |
r. G, McDougall, c. f.. Griggs, N. A. |
Guthrie, w II. Hinebaugh, Lee Adams. /
G. B. Chapman, F. S. Knowles, E. Q. !
Haeberle, J. Fl. Pearson. l.. w, Brewer /
Jr., J. J. Hornung, F. r. Sinnott, Sid
noy Stiefel, Moses Stiefel. AL f.
School, George Weiss, Oscar w John !
son, Roy Shakelton, William Johnson
Lothrop Perkins, r. J. Reid, G. T.
Bradford, l. l. Hanna, Charles =. !
Irion, w. NeVoy Strawn, George !
Grover. Charles Brenn, w c. Flick, A.
Z. Gilman, Fred BEEN, G. F. Bissell. |
A. Z. Buffers, J. S. Edgcomb, J. NJ.
Jordan. w l.. Wentz, II. v Petit c. |
P. Taylor, Sellers Peltier. H. c. Lock
wood E. H. Pool, Fred A. Sapp, A. c.
Bradish, C S. Cullen, c. W. Irion,
William Hornung.
The out of town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Duncan of la Sale,
Professor Bach Of Tiflon, Okla, Har-