Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-31
BELFAST
Miss Laddey Entertained
Informally At Luncheon

The Belfast delegation of the B. p.
w. Club which attended the convention
lin Bangor last week entertained Miss
Paula Laddcy, treasurer of the Nation
al Federation and special guest of the
State Federation. at luncheon. a very
informal affair. on Monday ut 1890 at
the clubroom. The invitation to Miss
Laddey was the result Of a pleasant
breakfast party at the Bangor House
Sunday morning. the Belfast women
desiring the visitors from New Jersey
to see beautiful Penobscot Bay and
the Biggest Little City in Maine. On
her way to Portland she was persuad-
ed to go by way of Belfast and stop
over for brief visit. This she con-
sented to do and with her the State
Federation president. Miss Mary A.
enney, who had already been enter
tanned with great pleasure by the local
club. Miss Ruby c. Jackson Of ort-
land. the Federation corresponding sec
rotary, was the third and very impor-
tant member of the party. for this
little lady was the means OF transpor-
taticn. bringing the others in her car.
The Belfast delegates arrived home
late Sunday night and made arrange
ments for the entertainment Of the
guests, hoping that the weather would
be all that Bangor weather had been,
which was pretty nearly perfect. The
weather man was good and Monday
dawned 'brite and fare" A special
delegation met the visitors mile out
or the city. nearly soaring the life out
OF them by holding them up with a
small national flag. Miss Laddey. be-
ing lawyer and having first of all a
legal mind, instantly thought that some
one OF the party and failed to pay her
income tax and a federal officer WAS on
the job. 1t was soon discovered to be
friendly enemy, however. and in less
than no time the guests and escort ar
rived at the 3. =. w. clubroom in
Ihoenix Row. There they were greet
ed by Mrs. Sara Latin Hammons. pres
ident; Mrs. Joseph W. Blaisdell. the
club god-mother; Mrs. Essie p. Garlic,
MIS- Ella L. Mowry, Mrs. Lydia Chase.
Mrs. Grace Pilsbury. Mrs. Lillian n.
Pattee. Mrs. Hazel r. Fernald, Miss
Tavern Written. Mrs. Leota Ronquist,
Mrs. Ellen Smith, Mrs. Therese South
ard and Miss Anne NJ. Kittredge After
very brief reception, guests and
hostesses were seated at a large square
table with covers for IL, Mrs. Mercy,
Mrs. Pattee and Miss KittredEe serv-
ing. The table was sentered with vases
OF forset-me-nots and these same elo-
Quent little mowers were on the place
cards. At the plates were patriotic
"crickets" for noisemakers. and the nut
boxes were tiny musical instruments.
At the places of the guests Of honor
were photographs Of Georgian Hall,
the home OF Mrs. Blaisdell. one Of the
show places of Belfast; Of the Wind
sor Hotel. headquarters for the FEEDER
alton in 1924. and Of the Memorial
bridge, the approach to the city.
The visitors were delighted with
Belfast and the B. p. w. clubroonl,
which makes no pretentions to ele-
gance but Is homelike, convenient
and beloved by its members. Miss
Laddey was on her first visit to
Maine and perfectly delighted with
Penobscot Bay, which she hopes to
return to again in the not very dis
tant future. Miss Laddey is of
Dutch Scotch parentage, and her
name is Scotch. She is we'll known
attorney in Newark, n. j., a member
Of the same bar association to which
her brother belongs. The visit to
Belfast was very informal and i'm
promptu and not in her official ca
pacity. Miss Penney. the Fedora
ton president, reelected for the
third term, hopes to visit the local
club later in the season.