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members. Music was enjoyed thru-out the evening and a daintily ap-. pointed two course luncheon was served. Little Miss Elizabeth Denman as an attractive cupid entered the room with the gifts in a rainature wheelbarrow and made the presentation to the bride-to-be. These were the guests of the evening. Misses Florence Ey-, man, Elizabeth Towt, and guest Mar- \ ian Sawyer of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, j Katherine Schmidt, Nannie Watson,' Ruth and Helen Sharp, Mary Peet, Jeanette and N'eita Elder, Marjorie Pierce and the hostess.DINNER FOR GUESTSMrs. Thos. Dennison, Mr. Frank Dennison, Somerset, O.; Mrs. Sadie Moel-chert; Mr. and Mrs. Lou Moelchert, Mrs. Martha Brink, Columbus, 0.Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Danison apd family, Columbus, 0., Mrs. Rose Palmerston, Columbus, O.; Mrs. Rachel Connely, Athens, 0.; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Colvin, Columbus, 0 ; Mrs. Barbara Hilles, Thurston, 0.; Mr. Edgar Colvin, ChilHcothe, Miss Edith Colvin, Chillicothe, 0.; W. Goodline, Junction City, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Terrel, Junction City. J. Goodline, Junction City, Mr. and Mrs, Ad. Houser, Junction City; Mrs, Blanche Johnson, Baltimore, Md.; and Mrs. S. L. Spees, Pittsburg, Pa.Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Van Gundy en-i tertained with a dinner Sunday in* honor of their guests Mrs. Raymond1 Hagen of Reading, Pa., Mrs. Susan; Cave and Mrs. R. J. Parkhurst of Cir- j s'jeleville. fCovers were placed for the follow-1Jl^,ing: Mrs. A. B Yoder and Mrs. Ray-IC ’mond Hangen of Reading, Pa., Mrs/ 1 | Susan Cave, Mrs, R, J. Parkhurst, i s* Mr. and Mrs. William Moyst, Mr. and'{Mrs. Harvey McCrum of Circleville, ‘IMrs. Bertha Ward of Cleveland, Mr f/and Mrs. Roy Cave, Lloyd and Evelyn Cave and the host and hostess.THEATRE GUESTSMisses Isabel and Ethel Harris,Botany Bay.Sir Joseph Banks was the man who Invented the once familiar phrase '‘Botany Bay.” He was the botanist attached to the expedition of Captain Cook, the “Australian Columbus.” landing at this bay. dose to the present city of Sydney, be found such an abundance of strange plants and flowers that he associated the word “botany with it for all time. For a long time Botany Bay and Australia were synonymous in England. Sydney has spread out to the historic bay, and you can travel by tram car to Botany.” It was Sir Joseph Banks who made the kangaroo hod other Australian animals known to science. —• London Graphic.Messers Walter Ritter and Russell; IJoyd motored to Columbus Wednes-1 day where they attended the State Fair and witnessed the matinee pro-duction of ‘‘Experience” at the Southern Theatre.MOTORED TO COLUMBUSMr. and Mrs. G. F. Riegel of N. Broad St. their daughter Miss Myr-telle and Mr. Floyd Rittgers left Wednesday morning for an automobile trip to Columbus where they will attend the State Fair and remain un-|til Thursday. They were accompanied by Miss Florence Shank who returned to her home in Columbus after a visit at the Riegel home in this city. On returning to Lancaster Thursday they will be accompanied by Mr. Rieg-el’s sister Mrs. L. R. Griffith of El-wood, Ind., and her two granddaughters Mildred and -Pauline Duggins of Kokomof. Ind., who will make a lengthy visit with Mr. and Mrs, Riegel and daughter.Startled tha Nativ**.Herrara. the Spanish historian, say* that Pizarro when he landed In South America owed his life and those of his companions to the fact that one of the party fell off his horse by accident. The natives had succeeded in cutting off the retreat of rhe Spaniards to their ships, when one of the riders was thrown. The Indians were so astonished at the dissolution of partnership that they took flight at once. They had supposed horse and man to be one oui-mal.SUNDAY GUESTSMisses Nelle and Anna Maher entertained as their guests on Sunday Attorney and Mrs. James Judge of Columbus and their guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles LaVere of Seattle Wash. Mr. and Mrs, John McBride of Columbus and Mrs. Howard Martin of Columbus.DANIS0N-C0LV1N REUNIONThe Tenth Annual Reunion of the Danison-Colvin families was held Tuesday at Rising Park, with about runty representatives of the families present This is the first time for the reunion to be held in Lancaster and through the efforts of the officers and committee in charge the day was a pleasurable-one for all.A delicious picnic dinner was spread at the noon hour. Following the business meeting an interesting and entertaining program was given. The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to playing games, a trip over the rocks and other soiftces of enjoyment, making the day one long to be remembered.The guests from a distance who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Hilles, Thurston, 0. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jr. Danison, Junction City, 0.; Mrs. O. D. Myers, North Lewisburg, 0. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Danison and family, New Lexington, Ohio; Mr. andRsprimind For Tennyton.On one occasion when Tennyson was on a visit in Ireland with Aubrey de Vere a sullen mood overtook him. and be sought out uts hostess And began to inveigh against the inanity of dancing, but the lady rut him short, saying: How would tbe world get on if others weut about growling at its amusements in a voice as deep as a lions? I request that you will go up-gtairs.^piit on an evening coat and come down and ask juy daughter So phia to dance.” *Longevity of Scientist*.The longevity of scientists Is quit* as remarkable as that of artists. Che-vreul was 103 at tlie time of his death, Rnd both Sir Joseph Hooker and Alfred Russel Wallace were over ninety. Lord Lister was eigbty-four, while Lord Kelvin, Herbert Spencer, Virchow and Berthelot were likewise octogenarians. ‘ Evidently, as Sir Sidney Lee maintains, “sustained intellectual effort Is no liar to longevity. He finds that seventy years of age forms the iverage life of the 1.GG5 men and women commemorated in the second supplement to the Dictionary of National Biography. Nearly 400 of these died after tbelr eightieth year, four of them being centenarians.—London Mirror.London’s Squares.The square as a residential quarter Is essentially British, being, analogous neither to the French piace nor the Italian piano nor to the German plats. Nowhere on the continent do we find any assemblage of private bouses the inhabitants of which have « prescriptive right to the ground on which their residences abut Tbe London squares, according to their historian, E. B. Chancellor, “number about 200, and their characteristics are curiously diverse. Hardly any of them are In form square at all. There are some which are triangles, some with only three and many with unequal sides and a few meire wedges and excrescences from adjoining streets.’—London Tlt-BIU.
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Lancaster Daily Gazette
Lancaster, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 30, 1916
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