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Department ClubThe mid-year business meeting of the Department Club was held Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.! After the business was dispensed with the meeting became a patriotic party. Amid flags and decorations of an emblematic character, some time was spent *1 paying tribute to America, the jland of liberty. Mrs. D. W. Ha-zelrigg, chairman of the entertain-ment committee, expressed the j thought that a party must have a ' toastmistress, and asked Mrs. O. G. Miller, president of the club, to act as such. Those who responded to the toastmistress were: Mrs. Silver upon the first Americans, the Indians; Miss Mary Rankin, the Pilgrims; and Mrs. W. E. Lewis, George Washington.-At the suggestion that the Indi-0an stood for America, a group ofIndians appeared seated around a campfire near a wigwam, smoking the pipe of peace. They presentedan Indian wooing, followed by an Indian dance, all in rhythm withIndian music.Following the toast to the Pilgrim, appeared John Alden andPriscilla, well impersonated, entering to the strains of Puritanic music. A home scene was enacted,then to the tones of the churchbell, protected by fire-arms, the Pilgrims went forth to worship.At the announcement thatGeorge Washington stood for America, the veritable George and Martha, as host and hostess, entertained a group of friends at Mount Vernon. Nellie Custissang a solo, and the guests, led bj George and Martha, danced theminuet.The personnel of the colonial party w^re: George Washington,Mrs. C. J. Ely; Martha Washington, Mrs. Charles Howe; Nellie
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 03, 1927
Page 14
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