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one said a half-pint was going to
be sold to the highest bidder. The
traffic became so congested that it
was necessary TO turn around and
drive into the city by another route
At one downtown club, where pc
lice in charge said the evening was
fair example" of the old times,
guests slept on the floor and in the
lounge. When an effort was made
to raise one young fellow he said
"Shay, I've been at thish game
| long enough to know thash itsh New
Years"
The Monument was sold and re
sold. At 2:30 Il. m. three couples
| stood on the north side of the Circle
and admired its architecture and de-
clared they should buy and take it
home to the old man"
AT the Columbia Club more than
| l 500 persons were served dinner on
the second, third and fourth floors.
The affair started shortly after Z
p. m. and from then on more than
1000 additional guests drifted in.
Dancing began in the main lobby
and ballroom at 10 p. m. These
places were a yiot of color and five
| orchestras held forth, during the
evening.
Three dining rooms and three
bathrooms took care of the crowd
at the indianapolis Athletic Club,
which was entirely decorated in
holiday colors. In the dining rooms
huge bells, hanging from the. cell
igs, shot forth hundreds of toy bal
looms when the clock struck twelve.
Guests and members of the Elks
Club and Hoosier Athletic Club en-
joyed hour after hour of entertain
ment. The evening at the Hoosier
began at 1880 p. m. and closed with
breakfast at a. M, which marked
the clubs forty-eighth anniversary.
The biggest party at the Claypool
Hotel was the Cupid party" of the
Sahara Grotto, in honor of the
prophets who have taken brides in
the last year. Thirteen hundred
reservations We're filled for this en-
tertainment, and two orchestras
played throughout the evening.
A New Years cabaret review and
the admittance of Miss 1927, were
high points in the special entertain
ment at the Grotto party.
-Four hundred persons attended
the Hotel SEVERN dance and dinner
in the Rainbow room. Paper hats,
horns and other New Years souve-
Mrs, were distributed.
Tomlinson hail was packed with
guests at the dance of Irvington post
No. SO, Of the American Legion, the
proceeds of which went to the post
relief fund.
Winners of the old time fiddlers
contest at the Legion dance were:
Joseph Lawson, $40 S. West ST., first;
Paul Burton, 1437 Remington ST.,
second, and Frank Hanson, 22S. E.
Washington ST., third.
A fancy dress ball marked the New
Year at Ft. Harrison. Three hundred
dancers, including fifty guests from
Indianapolis, and many from out of
town, participated in the festivities.
The Athenaeum was the scene of
gay festivities. Three hundred per-
sons danced there. Dinner was
served from 9 until IL p. m.
Chimes OF the Second Presbyterian
Church tolled out the last minute
Of the old year and then pealed
forth the Creation hymn at the
stroke of -. A reglar chimes pro-
gram followed. At st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, the New Years eve
midnight holy mass was observed
under the direction Of the Rev.
Lewis Brown.
Young persons of the Irvington
M. e. Church were hosts to about
200 persons at a watch party in the
church. Members Of the Hillcrest
Baptist church We're guests Of the
Friendly Bible class at watch party
at the church.
A New Years eve service was
held at the Second Moravian Epis-
copal Church, with the Rev. Vernon
w. Couillard in charge.