Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-01-06
IN THE WINTER WHIRL

Visitors here for the holiday sea
son played a prominent part in tn
social activities which continued i
rapid sequence throughout the weel
A number of dances claimed the in
terest of the younger crowd. Thei
elders, after the preparatory rus
for Christmas and the full day itseli
relaxed to a week of quiet evening
of bridge in their own and thei
friends homes, decorated witt
Christmas greens and cOlOrfu
Christmas trees-always the mos
charming of settings for parties.
900
On Wednesday evening Mrs. DaviC
Wallace of Philadelphia, who wal
here during the holidays with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William r
Aldred, entertained little group o.
her Milford friends who meet when
ever possible to sew and talk togeth'
er. These were: Mrs. S. NJ. D. Mar
shall, Mrs. C. D. Holzmueller, Mrs
Mia Morris, Miss Edith Simpson
Mrs. 1. D. Short, Mrs. ]. G. Hamilton
of Pittsburgh, Miss Rachel Frame
Mrs. Stanley Deakyne, Miss Eliza
beth Carlisle.
Mrs. A. Donnell Marshall and DON
nell Marshall, guests for the holt
days of Mrs. George w. Marshall, at
tended the debuntante tea and dance
given by Mrs. Edward Cochran for
her daughter, Miss Kitty Cochran in
the Country Club at Wilmington on
Wednesday afternoon.
90
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send entertained two tables of bridge
in their home on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Varney, Mr.. and
Mrs, Edwin P. Messick, Miss Eliza
beth Carlisle and Mrs. Anna V. Car
Isle were the guests. Miss Elizabeth
Carlisle won the ladies' prize and
Edwin P. Messick won the mems.
90
Mr.. and Mrs. Remsen Barnard
were among those present on THURS
day evening at bridge party in Do
yer. at which Miss Margaret Bar
nard was hostess to a number OF
Philadelphia and Wilmington guests
900
At a large tea given by Mrs. James
Hughes introducing two daughters,
Misses Mary Adelaide and Caroline
Hughes, on Thursday afternoon at
the Mapledale Country Club, beeuti-
fully decorated with evergreens and
large bowls and vases of pink rcses'
the following Milford people were
among the guests: Mrs. ]. Lynn
Pratt, Mrs. Frank Grier, Miss Fran
ces Grier, Mrs. William V. Sippie,
Jr., Miss Margaret Layton Grier.
900
Miss Laura Salevan and George
Draper attended the delightful dance
following the tea given by the MISS
es Hughes also at the Country Club.
900
The Rehoboth Country Club, pref
tiIy decorated with holly and ever
greens. was the scene of a large |
dance on the same evening, with |
guests there from all over Delaware.
Among those from Milford were:
Mr.. and Mrs. William v. Sipple, Mr..
and Mrs. S. P. TOadvine, DR.. and
Mrs. Frank Grier, Lieut. and Mrs. j.
Lockwood Pratt, George Grier, Miss
Margaret Layton Grier, George ORA
per and Miss Laura Salevan.
900
On Friday night the New Years
dance given in the Dover Armory
quite a number of Milford
DeoDIe. Cedars covering wires
stretched from one end of the room
to the other made a very pretty dec
oration and George Kelly's orchestra
furnished good music for the affair.
Milford people seen there were: DR..
and Mrs. L. o. Adkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Denney, Lieut.. and Mrs. ].
Lockwood Pratt, Messrs. Howard
Mason, Theodore Hudson, Walter
King, Gene Pratt, Robert Baynum, !
Harold Nutter, George Draper, Dom
hell Marshall, Henry Mettam, the
Misses Laura Salevan, Lily Cook,
Virginia Mason, Virginia Smith,
Anne Grier, Betty Varney, Helen =.
Swain, Lila Hudson, Mrs. Kaiser. :
Preceding this dance Lieut.. and Mrs. :
!. Lockwood Pratt, in Milford during \
he holidays, were the guests at din :
Ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. :
lynch of Dover.
90 a
Mrs. George w. Marshall was hos
ess at lovely bridge party on Fri
lay evening, in honor of her guest, \
Irs. A. Donnell Marshall. The fol-
owing were present: Mrs. C. E. Var v
ley, Mrs. George H. Hall, Mrs. G. n
.ayton Grier, Mrs. Robert P. Davis, N
lrs. Sanders Truitt, Mrs. Anna V.
,arlisle, Mrs. Walter L. Grier, Mrs.
!. M. D. Marshall, Mrs. William V.
jipple, Mrs. John c. Truitt, Misses
laria and Mildred Causey, Misses
lay and Burdella Davis, Mrs. Chas. I
!. Prettyman, Mrs. Harry Grier, "
Irs. John S. Prettyman, Miss Ida
)raper, Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt, Miss
lucy Hall, Mrs. G. Chester Marshall, l
frs. Frank Grier, Mrs. Herman N
Crimson, and Mrs. A. Donnell Mar a
hall. Mrs. Robert P. Davis won the u
rst prize, Miss Mildred Causey the
econd, and Miss Maria Causey the
rize for low score.