Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-01-31
KIWANIS LADIES' NIGHT
ENJOYED

Through the kind solicitation of Mr..
G. c. Petty who is not only a Kiwan-
ian committeeman but a school board
official as well, the First Ward P. T.
A. was permitted to furnish the sup
per for the Ladies Night of the XII
wants Club, always gala affair and
one OF special interest at this time as
an anniversary occasion.
This happy event occurred on last
Friday night at the Carnegie Library,
and in every particular has been ac-
claimed as one of the most brill ant
of all the banquets yet enjoyed by the
Kiwanis Club. That it was so, is due
to the splendid cooperation of all the
P. T. A. members together and that
of their special committees as well as
the program committee of the Kiwan-
is Club.
The auditorium with opera chairs
removed and replaced with banquet
tables and chairs for hundred guests
presented festive appearance with
Old Glory gracefully placed across the
center wall as decoration, the
patriotic colors festooned from all the
windows, and the tables resplendent
with snowy linen, crystal and silver
and large inshaded taper of blue and
at intervals cut glass bowls bearing
erect tips of pine boughs and on each
side of these tips the pine cones top
ped with tiny flags. The effect was
very pretty and unique was the work
of the decoration committee compos-
ed of the First Ward teachers and
Mesdames H. A. Mathis and G. w.
Turner Vases of dainty narcissi were
also seen on some of the tables. A
large committee under Mrs. Keim
served sumptuous supper. the inter-
esting Kiwanis program being almost
continuous through out the courses.
The girls basket ball team were spe-
cia1 guests and were greeted with
cheers on their late arrival from an
evening game. Those serving at the
tables were Misses Julia Prentiss, An
ME Thigpen, Zula Hamilton, Irene
Pinkerton, Estelle Waites, Ruth Hawk
es, Venita Cochran, Ruth Lee, Lois
Malcolm and Jean Crandall Just be-
fore the last and sweet course, the
foc4 or +La await ha;oor .O,a &c rom
memoration of the Kiwanis Clubs 9th
birthday anniversary was given a
pleasing demonstration. At this juno
ture the lights were turned off and
Miss Julia Prentiss entered the ban
quet room with huge birthday cake
beautifully embossed by Mrs. L. Keim
and bearing nine large lighted tapers.
This was placed before the president,
Mr.. W. N Smith who then called up
on different members for toasts that
would present some Kiwanis virtue
and each speaker in closing blew out
a candle. Before the room was quite
in darkness again, the sweet course
was brought in, each plate, bearing a
slice of brick cream in blue and white
and an individual cake iced in white
with blue lettering, K. and each top
ped with two tiny lighted tapers to
typify the two years of activity by the
local club AS long as these tapers
glowed they formed the only illum-
ination and as soon as they burned
low the lights were again turned on.
This pleasing feature so pretty and
unique was worked out by Mr.. U. J.
Bennett of the Kiwanis program com
mittee and Miss Prentiss of the PIT.
A.
On leaving the tables the suggestion
was made to auction the birthday cake
and with Col. A. J. Mcdonald as auc-
tioneer this was done and Mr.. w. R.
Bowen was the last bidder at $4.25
This was an appreciated courtesy to
swell the benefit fund which was thus