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Joliet Socialites Gather For Tea And Charity Events
Joliet society notes report Mrs. John F Carey hosting 150 guests at 806 Cornelia street for a formal tea honoring two recent brides. The piece details outfits, attendees from Chicago and Joliet, club activities, a Junior Woman's Club Christmas party with Chief Evergreen Tree, and other social gatherings around Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Carey
Cornelia Street
Carey
J. Campbell 'Carey
Mary Louise Schuster
Willard Curtis
J. Campbell Carey
Curtis
Joseph Schuster
William Hough
Florida
George B. Woodcock
J. William Faulkner
Martin Kennedy
William E. Fay
James Parks
Chicago
Jack Riley
Jack MacKeever
John J. Donahoe
Joseph Talbot
Madee
Cecile Carey
Bettie Hough
Edna Schuster
LaGrange
Odell
John F. Careys
Charles Massey
Jacksonville
Madeline
Edwin Talbot
Careys
John Francis, Jr
Joliet Riding Club
Louis Joliet Hotel
Saddle
Sirloin Club
George B. Woodcocks
William H. Holmes
John Savages
E. N. Gosselins
John B. Andersons
Thomas Heggie
Ray Pilcher
Charles Nowell
Frank H. Bevans
Doris Nutter
Elizabeth Wheeler
Irene Keenen
Dorothy Westendorp
Lois Delander
Chamber of Commerce
Guardian Angels
Chief Evergreen Tree
Fred Sehring
Richard Vance
James W. Barr
Joseph M. Barr
E. E. Barklow
E. E. Bates
Clifford Deck
Plainfield
Doner Dewey
Theodore Flint
J. W. Faulkner
Paul Holmstrom
Thomas Lauer
John F. Lux
Earl Kaffer
John Krohn
Paul Spangler
Howard Schiunt
Thomas Sprague
Arthur J. Stevens
Robert Woodruff
William Wheeler
E. H. van Dyke