The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-04-21

last Friday morning. Little Miss
Roess is the fourth granddaughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Anderson, of
Ocala, Mrs. Roess before her mar
rfage having been Miss Mary Ander-
son, of this city.
Two Enjoyable Parties
Two of the most attractive events
of the week were the lovely parties
given Wednesday and Thursday, with
Mrs. Trusten Drake as the hostess.
Just an invitation to come and look
at this lovely home and gaze upon
the beautiful grounds is rare treat,
but with game of auction added it
is doubly appreciated. This, one of
the very prettiest homes in the city.
| is arranged in a most perfect manner
for entertaining, and Mrs. Drake, with
Der sweet cordiality, made these two
parties perfect The home was adorn-
were gathered from the lovely gar
dens of the home The guests were
welcomed by Mrs Drake, who had
cordial greeting for all. The party on
Wednesday afternoon included in it's
invitation list the unmarried and the
real young married lady friends of the
hostess, and the following day the
guests included the older married
friends of Mrs. Drake
| When all the guests had arrived and
had few moments of pleasant con-
versation the pretty TALES were pass
| ed, and soon the guests were deep in
the mysteries of that interesting game,
auction, which the more it is played
the more popular it becomes to all.
These games among such pretty and
pleasant environments proved to be
most entertaining, and the time for
leave-taking came entirely too soon.
|. At the conclusion of the games the
card tables were laid with dainty COW
ers and most delicious course of re-
| freshments was served The hostess
was assisted in her duties by her sis
ters-in-law, Mrs. William Hooker, and
Mrs. Fred Hooker.
These were two of the most enjoy
able parties given in Ocala recently,
and were the more enjoyed as so many
# the guests have been observing
Lent
Mrs. Robert Burford and her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Burford, expect to
leave today for Lynchburg, Va, where
they go to attend the May Day cele-
bration at the Randolph Macon Col
lege. Mrs. Burford's other daughter,
Miss Agnes Burfor6, is to be crowned
the May queen. There could have
been no better selection than in
| choosing Msis Agnes as their queen,
as she is pretty of face and possesses
very attractive manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A Inglis and chill
dren, of Birmingham, Ala, are in Jack
sonville for few months and have
taken house in Riverside for the
summer to be near Mr.. Inglis, who
has the contract for building one of
the new Florida highways. the one
known as the Lake City road Mrs.
Inglis was formerly Miss Kate Living
ston, of this city.
Miss Mary Burford reached home
Thursday night of last week after
delightful round of visits with rela-
tives in Birmingham, Montgomery
and Troy, Ala. Miss Burford was
away for over two months and had
most enjoyable time during her alb
sence.
Mrs. j. E. Chace and her son, Hugh,
have reached home. Mrs. Chace was
called to the bed side of her son
couple Of months ago. and he has
been in the hospital at Baltimore ever
since. His hosts of friends are de-
lighted to see him and to know that
he will soon be entirely well again.
The many friends Of Mr.. Edwin
Gernant will learn with sincere regret
that he expects to leave the first of
May for his former home in N. Y. He
has made many friends since making
his home here. He possesses splen-