Social Items Prompt Readers to Call for Society Editor
Readers are told friends like to know what you are doing and social items always interest. The notice invites calling 74 to ask for the Society Editor.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
5
Readers are told friends like to know what you are doing and social items always interest. The notice invites calling 74 to ask for the Society Editor.
Mr and Mrs Mack McKenzie were hosts at a beautifully appointed dinner Sunday January 1 at their home near Winchester Those present were Mrs Samuel Wheeler Mr and Mrs B George Mr and Mrs Ben McDonald Courtney Govedon Oscar Caskey Cartells Nelson Robert McDonald Misses Elsie Mac George Nellie McDonald and Ethel Swango A most enjoyable day was spent by all.
A most enjoyable day was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B with good company and warm hospitality. The gathering featured light refreshments and friendly conversation reflecting a pleasant social event.
Miss Bess Shackelford hosted a Saturday card club at her sister Mrs. M. W. Bridges home on North Maysville Street. The high score earned by Mrs. H. G. Hoffman awarded a prize set of nut picks. Guests included Mrs. Jack Owings Mrs. John Winn Mrs. Pierce Winn Mrs. John Barnes Mrs. A. C. Bogie Mrs. C. A. Lindsay Mrs. John Speer Mrs. Patty J. Riley Miss Suzette Johnson Mrs. Josh Owings Mrs. Clayton Howell Mrs. C. W. Kirkpatrick Mrs. W. P. Huntington Mrs. John Stofer and Miss Lizzie P. Coleman.
The sick Dan Welsh McDonald son of Mrs James McDonald is ill with mumps at home on North Syc amore street. Dr J F Lockhart formerly seriously ill has been moved to Mary Chiles Hospital for treatment and may undergo an operation.
The wife of Frank Kirkland gives birth to a fine eight pound son named Jack Rollie. An old-fashioned grandmother once spanked her son for stealing cigarettes and now spanks her granddaughter for the same reason.
The Baptist church holds afternoon services at 2 30 with a strong Sunday School at 9 30 led by Lewis Mitchell. Morning worship at 10 45 features Bought With a Price and evening sermon False and True Riches. Presbyterian pastor J Gray McAllister preaches Sunday at 11 00 and 19 00. Methodist Sunday School at 9 30, morning worship 10 45, Epworth League 6 15, evening worship 7 00 with The Issues of Life. Turn over a new leaf and worship the Lord.
Serious illness befalls T. J. Tomkin and his wife as their 12 year old son battles pneumonia while visiting relatives in Frankfort, where they are staying with T. J. Tomkin Sr.
Local society notes record numerous Saturday and Sunday gatherings hosted by Plum Lick residents including Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Mrs. Fletcher and families at Donaldson and Sharpsburg. A New Year dinner, watch party, friendly visits, and a brief medical update accompany a birth announcement for Jane Crouch at Hopkinsville.
Grassy Lick residents report guests including Mr and Mrs H F Kirk and Mr and Mrs O M Kirk with Milton Kirk’s family. Dervices note Mrs Dudley Hedger and daughter Ethel from Sewell Shop with Lowe Beam family. Emma and Carrie Pie rratt visit Mrs Sam Vice near Thompson Station. Milton Kirk and Brynne Kin attend a party for Agnes and Verna Oliver near Winchester. Bruce Robbing returns to college to teach after holidays with his parents Dr and Mrs A H Robbins. Jeff Norris rushed to Mary Chiles Hospital for throat wound from a tobacco stick. The fragment ends with unreadable text.
Mr and Mrs Vernon McKarny have moved to Grassy Lick. Oliver Wills and Miss Lula Hardin, newly married last week, are wished a long and happy life. Charles and Ralph King visited Lexington. Thornton Hedger spent Sunday in Owingsville. Miss Westi Heath and Albert Kirk attended the Oliver sisters party in Winchester. Church services planned at Donaldson Saturday and Sunday.
A nostalgic Christmas 1921 message from D B Garrison Tacoma Washington to a former muse, recalling editor judge and journalist colleagues. It blends thanks friendship and reflection on days long past with phrases about Muse and time. The note closes with N Webster’s quip about the Muse and a playful personal sign off.
The Mt Sterling Laundry Co. runs a community circulation scheme with 26 workers, each representing a letter of the alphabet, creating a chain of payments as money circulates through the town. The piece invites readers to join the scheme, noting Mt Sterling’s business volume governs its scope.
A concise proverb-like statement noting wit and strategy in outsmarting a perilous risk. It frames ingenuity as necessary when facing looming danger at home. The line evokes caution and clever planning amid threats to security.
Observers note a change in public attitude as a intoxicated man is pressed for information about the source of alcohol. The shift moves from sympathetic labels to active questioning of his knowledge and whereabouts.
After a man feels worn out his neighbors stop gossiping about him. The change suggests a quiet social shift where fatigue signals withdraw from local chatter.
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