Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
ridge Players Gather all Over City Unique GoBadge Contest
GOLF LINGO SUPPLANTS THAT
OF BRIDGE FOR CLUB PARTY

A golf battle fought over the bridge
tables was the original and clever
idea carried out Friday evening when
23O people played bridge in 20 differ
ent homes for the benefit of the
womars golf fund of the country
club.g
Miss Harriet Shedd, chairman of
the committee on wornan'S golf at
the country club, assisted by Mrs.
George Dave, Mrs. j. L. Hastings and
Mrs. George DrySdale, executed a.
unique bridge party which kept guests
interested throughout more than two
hours of play.
Twenty hOsteSSeS opened their
homes to bridge players. These 20
hostesses were grouped into five flights
as part of the idea to stage the
entire party along golfing lines with
the lingo of the course Supplanting
the language of the bridge table.
In each flight there were four.
hostesses and in each home three
tables. The first house designated in
each flight constituted the driver
stroke in golf match. Winners in
the drive were permitted to go on
to the midiron stroke at the next
home. The same idea was carried
through to mashie and putter stroke,
the latter stroke closing the match
and the 18th hole was held at the
country club where refreshments were
served and prize announcements
made.
Guests gathering for the driver
stroke found golf score cards at a
table with their names written in at
the top. Below that was a place to
score each stroke. The winners at
each table progressed to the next
house designated in that flight,
In this way $50 guests played sim
ultaneously in all of the houses.
Hostesses who gave their homes Fri
day were:
Flight one-Mrs. j. L. Hastings,
Mrs Henry Williams, Mrs. George
jackson, Mrs. Caleb Rice.
Flight two-Niss May Smith at
home of DR.. and Mrs. John Cook,
Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mrs. Merle
Hartley.
Flight three-Mrs. George Dave at
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Palmer,
Mrs. Paul Collins, Mrs. A. B. Pack
ard. Mrs A. H. Key.
Flight four-Nrs. S. P. Applewhite,
Mrs John B. Crowell, Mrs. S. A.
Gardanier, Mrs j. P. Sexton.
Flight five Mrs Mary Calisher,
Mrs. H.. ]. Bishop, Mrs. Gerald Sher-
man and Mrs. George Drysdale.
The same golfy note was used in
designating the prizes. Instead of
the usual high ladies' and mems
prizes there were: ladies' ringer,
which was high prize for women for
the entire party, won by Miss E.
Reed, and mems ringer won by
Henry Williams. The next highest
scores to the ringer scores were given
runner-up prizes which went to Mr..
and Mrs. William Stockha1n, who held
the next highest scores for the entire
play in both the mems and the
women's divisions. Besides the first
four prizes awarded there was a.
prize for men and women in each
flight. They were:
Flight one-MrS. L. A. Herring and
/. c. Gates.
Flight two-Miss May Smith and
Grady Causey.
Flight three H. Fairbanks and
Mrs. A. H. Key.
Flight four-Mrs. E. j. Huxtable
and F. w. Jones.
Flight five-NrS. Carl Weaver and
r. L. Hoyal.
These prizes we're announced at
the "19th hole" which was the main
club room of the Douglas Country
club. In keeping with the tradition
of the "19th hole refreshments were
served and everyone enjoyed social
hour w
This was second progressive
bridge party gwen by Sle woaan's
golf committee of the country club.
The other one was held last october
and this one indicates that a pre-
cedent has been established andf it is
believed that similar progressive
bridge party will be given each year
for the same purpose