CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9 192L
THE
SOCIETY NEWS
MISS ADELAIDE PEARSON CALDWELL, Social Etr, FboM ITT t
Mr. and Mrs. Efird
dive Swimming arts.
Mr. and Airs. Joseph B. Efird enter
tained very charmingly with a swimming-party
in their pool at their home
in Myers Park Thursday evening-, in
honor of Dr. and Mrs. . ohn A. Ferrell
o New York, who are returning home
Friday, after a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Efird. Mrs. Ferrell was formerly Miss
Lucille Withers of Charlotte and is a
sister of Mrs. Efird.
The grounds of the Efird home,
which is one of the most elegant in
Charlotte, were lighted for the occa
sion with myriads of Japanese lan
terns. At the edge of the pool, which
is just behind the house, stood a pic
turesque Japanese tea house, garland
ed with grape-vines and wistaria, and
hung with gaily-colored lanterns. Re
freshments were served here.
Those invited to enjoy the delight
ful hospitalitv of Mr. and Mrs. Efird.
beside the honorees. Dr. and Mrs. Fer
rell, were Dr. and Mrs. Heath Xisnet,
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Hoffman, Dr.
and Mrs. Yates V. Faison, Mr. and
Mrs. Dexter 13. McBride, Mr. and Mrs.
Randolph Preston, Dr. and Mrs. R. H.
Lafferty, Mr. and Sirs. Lloyd C. With
ers, Mr. and Mrs. Taul Efird, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. Patton, Mr. and Mrs.
Buford Patterson, Miss Rennio Withers,
Dr. W. M. Scruggs, Dr. Fred Line
bach, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Withers, par
ents of Mrs. F.fird and Mrs. Ferrell.
and Benjamin K. Withers, jr.
'Dance at
the
icad
Miss Elizabeth Keerans
Honored in Greensboro.
The following article, from
("eensboro Daily News, will be
with interest here:
'Mrs. John Watson and Miss Majorie
Faulkner were joint hostesses at a
charming bridge party yesterday after
noon at the home of the former on
Aeheboro street in honor of Miss Eliza
beth Keerans, of Charlotte, the guest
Lr Miss Pearl Humphrey.
" "When the scores were counted it
was found Miss Katherine Keith held
highest, and she was awarded the prize,
a, pretty candy basket. To Miss Keerans
a pair of silk hose was presenter, mir
Country Club '
Th-5 regular Saturday night dance at
the Charlotte Country club, for club
members, their families and house
guests, will be given Saturday nizht,
from 9 till 12, preceded by dinner, from
l:30 till 8. The club has secured the
services of a new naxophone orchestra
for these dances, which are delightful
alfairs of the week in soeiuty .
.Miss McAfee to Honor
Mrs. Thomason
Miss Hilda McAfee will give a miscell
aneous shower at her hon on East
Fourth street Saturday aittinoon from
4 to 6 o'clock, in honor of Mrs. Falls
Thomason. a recent bride, who vas
formerly Miss Clara Adams.
A party of Concord young men mo
tored over Thursday, and spent the
day, enjoying a swiio in the Country
club pool before returning homo Thurs
day night.
The party was composed of Messrs.
Baxter Lentz, John Webb, Jones Yorke.
and Luther Hartsell.
McG bee-Simpson
Announce ments
Cards reading as follows hive been
issued: "Mr. Jack Manning McGhee,
Mrs. Martha Worsham Simpson an
nounce their marriage, August seven
teenth, nineteen twentv-one. Danvilk',
Ya.
"At home, after fintember fifteenth,
201 Pecan avenue. Charlotte. N C."
will- re-enter the State college at Ral
eigh, next week, this being his senior
year there. Mr. Wearn and Mr. Austin
will resume their studies at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Lewis P- Hinton of Wilmington is a
visitor in the city. Mr. Hinton is on hia
way home from Asheville, where he has
been spending sometime.
Bellamy McRae of Wilmington is in
the citv on business.
Master Alex Worth, Jr., little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Worth of YVilming
tcn, who. with his mother is visiting
his grandparents. Mi, and Mrs. R. J
Walker on Park avenue, Dilworth, will
enter St. Peter's hospital the first of
the week, and will have his tonsils removed.
Miss Mary Brevard Alexander is ex
pected to arrive home the last of tf 's
week or the early part of next week,
after an extended absence. First, she
toured the New England states and
lower Canada with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Alexander, and when
tliey returned home, she wont to New
Harmons. Ind-, to visit Miss Martha
Whitehead, who was her room-mate at
Gunston Hall school, Washington, last
winter. Miss Alexander will not re
turn to school this winter.
Mrs. Margaret Kelly Abernethy re
turned home Friday- morning from
Blowing Rock, where she has spent
the past two weeks as a guest of the
Green Park hotel.
and Cleveland, Ohio, and expect to be
gone about a week.
Miss Rutledge Dudley, second of the
fpur attractive .daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S, Dudley, has entered Queens
Colkge. She graduated from the
Charlotte high school last year. Miss
Dudley expects to enter St. Mary's
Cpllege, Raleigh, after Christmas.
Ed. Denny, of Greensboro, is a vis
itor in the city. Mr. Denny is well
known in the college set here, having
attended Davidson College last year. L.e
is holding? a position in Greensboro at
present.
Miss Anna Stewart, of Laurinbur
stopped over here yesterday and spent
a short while as the guest of Mrs.
Henry Hackney. Miss Stewart was on
route to Forest City, where she will
visit Miss Nell Young. She will spend
two or three days with Mr. Hackney
at her home on East Seventh strett
next week, on her way home.
'
Miss Rosalie Hull, of Savannah, G.i.,
arrived in the city Thursday night .")
spend a week visiting Mr. and Mrj.
Joseph Hull, Jr., at their apartment in
the Guthery.
Jack Frost, of Spartanburg, S. C,
will spend the week-end in the city.
Rev. Dr. William M. Vines, Mrs.
Vines and Miss Mary Vines have re
turned to their home in Norfolk Va.,
after spending some time in Asheville.
Dr. Vines was formerly pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, and
has hundreds of friends here. At
j present, he is pastor of the First
jtsaptist cnurcn in iNorroiK.
Motor to
Mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pharr, Mrs. J.
Mason Wallace and Mrs. Charlie Grif
fith of the county left this morning
for a motor trip to Hillcrest and other
points in the mountains.
inr the afternoon
course was served.
a delicious salad
Mrs. Hunter
Improves.
Mrs- D. F. Hunter of 512 Oakland
avenue, who was operated . on at the
Presbyterian hospital yesterday, is re
ported as doing nicely.
Dr. Henderson
Improving.
Friend of Dr. S. M. Henderson will
be glad "to learn that he ' is steadily
improvi; at the Presbyterian hospital,
where he underwent an operation sev
eral days ago for appendicitis.
Dr. Rea
111.
Dr. H. C. Rea remains ill at the
home of his parents, Mr. and MrB. H.
G. L. Rea in the county, where he
went iome days ago to recuperate
after a few days' indisposition. He
became ouite ill a few days
ward. His condition today was re
garded as somewhat improved over
that of the past few days.
Mrs. Moose Gives Sewing Party
For Mrs. Gardner.
Mrs. J. O. Moose entertained in
fromally at a charming sewing party
at her home in the College Place
apartments Friday afternoon, compli
menting her mother, Mrs. James O.
Gardner of Charlotte, and Sarasota,
Fla., who is visiting her.
Invited to sew with Mrs. Gardner
were a few of her intimate friends
and former neighbors, Mrs. Charles
W. Parker, Mrs. J. H. Ham, Mrs. J. E.
Dye and her mother, Mrs. Matthews,
Mrs. W. N. Thompson, Mrs. C. A.
Misenheimer. Mrs. C. G. Lee.
When sewing was laid aside, Mrs.
Moose served delightful refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner spent last
winter in Sarasota, where they have
purchaser a winter home, and will be
there again this winter. They own a
home on Central avenue, which they
have leased.
Birth
Announcement.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith
at the Mercy hospital, a son, William
Miller Smith, Jr.
Miss Heath Enters
Mary Baldwin.
Miss Lucy Heath, attractive young
daughter of Mrs. Benjamin D. Heath.
after- ! Sr- left several days ago for Staunton,
a., where she has entered Mary Bald
win Seminary- This is Miss Heath's
first year off at school.
Mr. and .Mrs.
Thomason Home
Mr. and Mrs- Falls M. Thomason, re
turned from a bridal trip tc Asheville
Thursday, and for the nexc three or four
months will make their homo wi,ki Mrs.
Thomason's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Adams, 905 South Tryon str-t, af
ter which they expect to begin house
keeping. Mr. and Mrs. Thomason were mirricd
in Gastonia last week. Mre- Thomas
on was formerly Miss Clara Auains.
one of Charlotte's prettiest and most
popular young ladies.
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Coral Baker Music Studios Here.
.Miss Wadsworth
to Entertain.
Miss Marion Wadsw'orth will give a
cubical hearts party at her home on
East Seventh street Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock, in honor of Miss Rose
Bud Chamberlain, of Roanoke. Va.,
who is visiting her. Miss Chamber
lain formerly lived here.
Personals
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Ferrell and at
tractive children, John A. jr., Ben
Withers and Bettina, who have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. p:fird,
the latter a sister of Mrs. Ferrell, at
their home in Myers Park, will return
to their home in New York Friday
night. Mrs. Ferrell and children have
been here some time. Dr. Ferrell join
ing them recently to aceompnay them
home. Mrs. Ferrell's visits are always
anticipated with much pleasure by her
many friends here.
Mrs. James O. Gardner and son,
James O. Gardner, Jr., of Charlotte and
Sarasota, Fla., are spending several
days here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Moose at their apartment in the
College Place apartments. Mr. Gard
ner will enter Mount Pleasant Colle
giate Institute, near Concord, the firs;
of the week.
Miss Sallie Zimmerman of Wash
ington is visiting Miss Mamie Zim
merman at her home on South Boule
vard, Dilworth.
E. G. Buchanan returned home last
night, after accompanying his daugh
ter, Miss Alice Buchanan, to Staun
ton, Va., where she entered Mary
Baldwin seminary. Mrs. Buchanan is
spending two weeks in Atlanta City.
Mr. and Mrs. George Craig, of Ashe
ville, have been visiting Mrs. Craig's
mother, Mrs. Wralter S. Taylor, in
Hickory for a few days, and have
returned home. Mrs. Craig, who is
a recent bride, was formerly Miss
Kathryn Taylor, and is delightfully
kown here. She graduated from
Queens College, and has often visited
Mrs. David Clark and Mis3 Sara
Mellon.
Miss Wayne Dudley will entertain at
cubical hearts at her home on East
Fourth street Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock, in honor of Miss Rosalie Hull,
of Savannah, Ga., who arrived in the
city Thursday night to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hull, Jr., at their home
in the Guthery apartments.
Miss Evelyn Gallant has returned to
High oint, where she teaches in the
city schools, after spending the sum
mer vacation here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Gallant. She
taught there last winter.
Miss Jennie Gallant leaves shortly
for Key West, S. C, where she will
resume hen studies at the Woman's
College.
Miss Elizabeth Brown, charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton S.
Brown, will leave Monday for Spartan
burg, S. C, where she will re-enter
Converse College. This is Miss Brown's
second year there.
O
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Heath, Jr., left
Tuesday night for a northern trio.
They will visit Washington, Baltimore
Miss Fannie Davidson, of Moores
ville, will arrive in the city Friday
night to spend the week-end with Miss
Julia Alexander at her home on West
Trade street. Miss Davidson will go
from here to Greensboro, where she
will re-enter the North Carolina Col
lege for Women. Miss Davidson has
many friends here, having gone to
school in the city for a number of
years. 1
Miss Sallie-Asbury has returned to
her home in Washington, after spend
ing several days here writh Misses Ju
lia and Violet Alexander at their home
on .West Trade street. Prior to vis
iting the Misses Alexander, Miss As
bury visited extensively in North Car
olina' and Georgia. She came here
from Gaston county, where she has
been visiting friends.
DEMANDS OF LONGSHOREMEN.
New York, Sept. 9. Demands cf
longshoremen for an eight-hour day
'ere taken up today at a meeting here
of representatives of steamship lines
handling foreign freight. The present
working agreement expires September
30. The longshoremen have demanded
a wage rate of 72 cents an hour with
$1.08 for overtime. This the owners
have met with an offer of 65 cents a:i
hour with $1 for overtime.
Paper flour bags are being tied ty
an electric machine at the rate of 100
bags a minute.
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New
Miss Mary Alys Lindsay of Wades
boro has arrived in the city, and has
entered Queen's College. Miss Lindsay
is delightfully known here, having of
ten visited Miss Terry Bland and "Miss
Rutledge Dudley. She attended St.
Genevieve-of-the-Pines, at Asheville,
i last winter.
O
Mrs. T. J. Wright of Norfolk, Va.,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. C. Por
ter, at her home on Kingston avenue.
She has been here about a week, and
will remain for another week. She was
formerly Miss Ruth Porter of this city.
Edwin O. Clarkson and guests, Rob
ert Wearn and James Austin, are ex
pected to arrive home Friday from Lit
tle Switzerland, where they have been
spending a week at the Clarkson's sum
mer home. They are making the trip
in Mr. Austin's car. Mr. Clarkson
Three
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