The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-24
BIRTHDAY SOCIAL OF
DIXIELAND LADIES IS
DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR

The Dixieland Methodist church was
the scene Thursday evening of one of
the prettiest affairs ever enjoyed by
! this wide'awake congregation. This
entertainment was entirely novel and
unique and the ladies who enterprised
it were given much praise for their
ingenuity in providing an evening of
such rare enjoyment.
An interesting program preceded
the birthday feature, which proved to
be a happy climax to the evenings
fun. The program opened with sever
al selections, rendered in a very happy
manner by the Davis orchestra, and
all regretted that another engagement
prevented them from remaining long
er and taking part in the exercises
Other musical features included a
male quartette, composed of Messrs.
Hodges, Trauger, White and Schock,
with Bruce at the piano; a ladies'
quartet, composed of Mrs. Schock,
Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Right and Mrs.
Trauger, with Mrs. Bruce at the pi-
anO; solo, by Mrs. Schock, accom-
panied by Mrs. Bruce, and a quartet
from the First Methodist church, COM
posed of Mrs c. King, Mrs George
+. Childers, c. H. King and L. w.
Bloom, with Mrs. Bloom at the piano.
Mrs. Howard Maxwell charmed the
audience with some choice readings.
She never fails to please her auditors,
and on this occasion was at her best
The Japanese fan drill was we'll
rendered by twelve girls from the
BUSY Bees" Sunday school class This
showed very careful training, under
direction of Mrs. D. B. Sweat and Mrs.
Thomas d. Contner, Mrs. Sweat at
the piano.
Immediately on concluding the drill
the girls stepped forward to the
twelve boxes, arranged in artistic
manner across the church These box
es were in many instances works of
art, showing that the Dixieland la
dies are artists CT no mean ability.
Everyone in the audience was ex-
tended the privilege of placing in the
box for the month of his birth an
amount equal to penny for each
year Of his age.
The pastor. Dr. Rosenberg,
called the various months, and as they
were called the audience came for
ward, great enthusiasm being mani
tested. 1t was question as to which
month would prove to be the most
popular as to the birthdays. 1t was
finally discovered that February, the
shortest month was in the lead, with
rs. December and January tied. each
one having IL. April box counted out
the largest amount of money. with
December at the foot OF the class. The
total amount of money realized by the
ladies was over $40. There We're regis /
tered about 240 in attendance.
An interesting feature was the
browning of j. r. Mounds with a green
hat, in honor of his birthday, which ;
CHANGED to be on the 23rd of March. :
and the presentation of a lovely birth /
day cake. ornamented with lighted
candles. This came from the ladies |
of the Aid Society.*Mr Monds is chair
man of the Board of Steward and tho. /
husband of the president of the AiG
Society.
Following exercises in the church :
the audience repaired to the social !
hall where delicious ice cream and
cake were served by the ladies. and .
all had delightful social hour to
gether. The social benefit of occasions /
like this are considered of far more
value to the church and to the COM
munity than the financial returns.
1t was clearly demonstrated last
night that this congregation has out
grown its quarters and that a new
church is an absolute necessity Plans /
are already under way for handsome .
$4,000 edifce. and it is hoped that the
auditorium Of the new plant will be .
built the present year.