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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
13
Miss Alita Drew Eames marries Allan Borst at the bride’s mother home in an intimate ceremony read by Rev A Major. The couple, tied to a pioneer Borst lineage, hosted relatives and friends amid seasonal blossoms and soft candlelight.
A fragmented social calendar lists dances and parties from December through January hosted by Seattle residents. Notable events include Sunset Club and Mount Baker gatherings, charity balls, birthday celebrations, masquerade dances, and a benefit dance at Interlaken Gold Club for the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital.
Younger set gathered Thursday at Fort Worden with Colonel Jairus Alphaeus Moore and Mrs Moore hosting a charming dance. Guests included Mins House Miss Klocker Miss Hughes Captain P R Parker Lt Halvor Hegland Myrah Lt Robert William Crichton Jr and Mrs Moore. A small luncheon followed with Mrs RR Ringwall Mrs C H Pink Mr Onecar Klocker Mrs George Davis Adama. Dinner guests included Major F J Applin and Mrs Applin Captain Louis J Bowler and Mrs Bowler.
Debutante Misa House hosts an auction bridge in honor of Mrs. Moore at Fort Flagier. Major Royal Kemp Greene is honored by the Masons at Port Townsend Lodge No. 6. St John’s Day installations will unite Masonic and Eastern Star officers. Musical solos by Mrs. Bowler accompany the events. Major Kelley Benjamin Lemmon and Mrs. Lemmon host a one table auction at Fort Worden. Major Launcelot M. Purcell hosts a Seattle dinner with guests. Major Charles Robert Finley receives congratulations on promotion. Auction bridge hosted by Major Charles Robert Blayley and Mrs. Finley at Fort Worden. Director of Entertainment.
From Seattle Lidobe re selects Fort Worden December films headlined by The Poor Little Rich Girl. Fort Worden prepares balloon company hangars and gun plant with officers and troops to arrive for Christmas season.
At a Saturday meeting at Major Hughes residence Port Townsend and Jefferson County form a Community Service Bureau to aid enlisted men. Honorary presidents include Colonel John L Hayden and Walter Rudy with a wide roster of officers and civic leaders guiding committees on pageants athletics music hostess house and army cooperation.
A trained nurse advises using white vaseline rather than yellow for passages of care. It can be bought in tubes or jars and will not stain towels and bed linen.
Miss Lolita Armour sole heir to J Ogden Armour and John J Mitchell Jr eldest son of banker John J Mitchell announce their engagement in Chicago. Armour fortune is estimated at 40 million dollars and the Armour estate valued at 60 million. Mitchell's father heads several banks and is said to be a man of substantial wealth.
Instructions describe soaking rabbit in salt water overnight then portioning for cooking. Parboil with onion, drain, roll in flour with seasoning, brown in lard and butter, simmer covered in water for an hour, brown in a hot oven, and finish with a gravy aravy from remaining broth.
Tonight in the Fine Arts hall a complimentary program by the Cornish School for building fund subscribers features performances from sections of the school. Grace Barnes and Richard Odlin handle lighting and staging for operatic numbers and dances, with Francie Armstrong directing the Cornish School Symphony Orchestra.
In Meany hall Seattle Symphony presented its fourth season symphony program with Berlioz Carnaval Romain and Borodin On the Steppes of Middle Asia plus Charpentier On Muleback and Sibelius Symphony No 1. Bass baritone Arthur Middleton joined with Largo al factotum and later groups of songs to encore Lungi del Caro Bene.
Senator D B K Lesh returns home after a brief stay with relatives in town and plans to depart December 28 for California with daughter and son in law Walker Morrin. The list notes Mildred Farrar visiting from California, Barrett Herrick heading to Chicago and New York, the Witherspoons sailing December 29 from San Francisco to Honolulu, and several other local residents arranging holidays with family or traveling abroad.
The scene shows a reluctant figure who resists release, replying with two negro spirituals titled Uncle Rom and Standin in Need of Prayer, highlighting a moment of cultural expression amid tension.
On the afternoon of January 10 the Ladies' Musical club stages a concert in the Y W C A auditorium. The chorus directed by Claude Madden will perform a Yuletide themed program.
The Amphion society will hold its annual Christmas party in the rooms of the Fine Arts society on Wednesday evening December 22. Songs appropriate to Christmas and the holidays will be sung after the customary tree each year.
Edward V. Gambier, once vice president of the Atlantic National Bank in New York, is reported dead after leaping from the bank building’s tenth floor. The incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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