Christmas Frolics and Open House at Phi Kappa Fraternity
The piece describes yuletide gatherings at Phi Kappa fraternity with a festive open house and buffet supper for members home from college. It mentions Miss Vivian Pfister visiting from Tulsa and Mrs J W Swift hosting, while other guests from Cincinnati join in the celebration. A separate child party hosted by Miss O Donnell features a Christmas tree, Santa, games, ice cream, and many generously named attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Fraternity
J. W. Swift
J. C. Grafton
Froy Kennedy
Cincinnati
Ohio
and Swift
Marguerite Warren
Tim Tippitt
Roy Coulter
Charles Coulter
Jack O'Donnell
B. O'Donnell
Agnes Curry
Mary Wallis
Patsy Bryant
Sonny Williams
Larry Fox
Nina Louise Bryan
Newts Moody
Bonnie Ziegan
Kathryn
Louise Rivoire
Dol
Hudgon
Fred Hudson
Rose Mary Hadley
Belen Tippitt
Cornelia Herron
Harriet Tippitt
Hazel Smith
Betty Rhodes
Rowena Pollock
Margaret Long
Jackie Warren
Dancing and dances listed for holiday season at local venues
Saturday December 7 features a dancing party at the Virginia hotel at 10 pm. December 2 offers the annual Christmas dance at the Lotus club at 10 pm. December 3 hosts the Phi Kappa fraternity annual ball at the Virginia hotel at 10 pm. A Women club benefit bridge event is set at their clubhouse. New Year events include Riverside Country club dinner dance and Y M H A dinner dance with Louisiana Serenaders. A Bellroom Virginia hotel New Year’s Eve party with American Legion Barkdale Faulk Post runs 10 30 to 2 30 inviting public attendance.
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Phi Kappa Fraternity
Virginia
Business and Professional Women Club
Riverside Country Club
Louisiana Serenaders
Bellroom
American Legion
Barkdale Faulk Post
Open House Reflects Old Fashioned Christmas Hospitality
The Hodges family home serves as a festive open house on Christmas day, welcoming about two hundred guests from Monroe, Ruston, and Bastrop. Food and drinks flow as Mrs Hodges and her daughters oversee the tea table, embodying warm hospitality and community cheer.
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Monroe
B. Q. Hodges
Hodges
Vernon Marsh
Winston Craig
Ruston and
Bastrop
First Ball of Season Brings Younger Beau Monde Together
The Riverside Country club hosted the Christmas season debutante ball honoring Ruth and Eleanor Lockett Atkins. Guests arrived under holly and lights, with Mrs. Atkins in black Alencon lace and Ruth in white chiffon.
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Beau Monde
Riverside Club
P. M. Atkins
Ruth
Eleanor Lockett Atkins
Riverside Country Club
Cole's Island
Mrs. Atkins
Monroe
Miss Ruth Atkins
Eleanor Atkins
E. Symour
George Weaks
Searing plea to stay faithful in a wavering marriage
The speaker urges a wife to resist temptation and jealousy caused by an old beau. She emphasizes shared effort toward a stable future and questions whether brief, secret meetings are worth the pain they inflict on her husband and their relationship.
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Beau
Keep the Peace by Being Kind at Home
A narrator urges a young man to avoid taking out his anger on his elders. He should go home with good grace and try to be a ray of sunshine for once. Making a real effort to be nice to others has never been in his line.
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Irving S. Cobb
WJZ
Kentucky
Nina Rosa
Miss Vane
Patsy
Te Sart Place
sen _ I
Lere
Mr. Veritzen
Noel
Noe
Mary
Gavetignt
Ty Bensgayes Kentuse Service, Inc
Aileen
Vivienne
Vivenne
Jimmy
Viv
Jim
Bain
Quarrelsome but Close Friends in Childhood
The piece advises that quarrels among devoted friends can stem from adult-like expression habits and jealousy. It suggests exposing children to multiple playmates to find compatible companions, while protecting the weaker child from a dominating peer and teaching fair play.
Coast Guard Aims to Float Grounded British Freighter
The Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw from Savannah arrived at St. Lucie Inlet to attempt to float the British freighter Jameson aground off Gilbert's Bar since Tuesday night. The crew hoped to float at high tide this afternoon as calm seas aided the operation.
Writer's Wife Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, wife of the Nobel laureate, underwent a successful appendicitis operation in Berlin after a sudden illness. The couple had recently arrived from Stockholm where Lewis received the Nobel prize and planned to stay several weeks.
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Berlin
Sinclair Lewis
Lights mystify natives above Los Andes in Chile
Inhabitants of the Andean foothills report great spears of colored lights flashing across the sky for several nights. Some fear a volcanic eruption in unexplored Cordillera regions, but meteorologists attribute the display to weather phenomena.
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Los Andes
Chile
Andean
Cordillera
Love's Reawakening Glances At A Midnight Veranda Confrontation
In a tense scene Mary and her guests linger at a party when two men quarrel outside. The narrator slips away with Mary to intervene as a fierce dispute erupts over a dead mother’s ring. Inside, a calmer conversation hints at a deeper plea to Noel. Continued tomorrow.
Romance in the New York Fashion Scene
Vivienne, a society girl, borrows an evening gown for a photo shoot with Channing after a rain ruined dress. A spoiled romance follows as he offers clothing, then reveals a mural painting contract and asks her to pose. Aileen, his sister, worries Vivienne will abandon modeling for theater.
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Vivienne
New York
Wight Channing
Ortiet
Channing
Aaka Vivienne
Aileen
Ptrtenne
Sudden Misfortune Strikes Aileen in Stormy Night
Aileen, clutching Jimmy in a stormy blackout, confronts fear and growing doubts about love, loyalty, and career. Their closeted moment deepens tensions with Vivienne as Channing helps repair a ruined dress while news of a sudden misfortune hangs over the trio.
Talented Girl Pianist Dies By Her Own Hand
Margaret Davis 20, a gifted pianist, killed herself after a Christmas Eve and Day of family entertainment. She swallowed poison in the bathroom last night before relatives realized her condition. The family previously resided in Thayer, Missouri, where her body will be taken for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Margaret Davis
Thayer, Mo
Monaco Prince Dissolves Councils Sparks Riots
Prince Louis of Monaco issued a decree dissolving the National and Municipal Councils elected last January and suspended some constitutional guarantees. Riots by about seven thousand Monégasques greeted his return from Paris amid public unrest over political developments. Nearby, 500 acres were planted in broom corn on North Carolina farms.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Louis
Paris
North Carolina
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