Mrs. Ralph Hemingray attended party given by J. H. Smith

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Morning News

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 19, no. 260, p. 1, col. 4-5


SOCIAL EVENTS.


Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith Enter­tain

Over Two Hundred.


Afternoon And Evening Receptions —

Woman’s Athenaeum Celebrates

the Anniversary.


Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. J. H Smith received nearly one hundred ladies at her home on East Main street in a charming manner, and last evening Mr. and Mrs. Smith received more than as many more ladies and gentlemen. The two events were among the most charm­ing of the season in Muncie's gay social circles.

The hours in the afternoon were from 3 to 6 and in the evening after 8. Mrs. Smith was assisted in the afternoon by Mrs. L M. Neely, Misses Cora Emer­son and Maude Neely served punch and Mrs. E. M. Galliher served the souvenirs, daffodils. Misses Louise Anthony and Emily Olcott served coffee.

In the evening Miss Meriman assisted Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who received in the first parlor. Misses Cora Emerson, Maude Neely and Mamie Johnson were at the punch bowl, and Miss Alice Hamilton and Mrs. E. M. Galliher served the coffee The favors in the evening were the same, and the opera house orchestra furnished music.

Mrs. Smith wore a gown of black green changable [sic] changeable silk, trimmed in black and white lace, and all the ladies were handsomely gowned.

The house decorations were a brilliant feature, and added to the lively scene in the elaborate home. The decorations in the wide hall were especially profuse, the stair case being nearly completely hidden in southern smilax, while each mantel in the several rooms were tastefully banked.

Those invited in the afternoon were:

Mesdames —

       W. M Patterson                                                C. Ramsey

       E. M. White                                                     —— Gump

       James Boyce                                                    —— Winder

       James Bingham                                               R. S. Gregory

       William Whitely                                              W. R. Youse

       —— Daily                                                       C. McCulloch

       W. H. Reid                                                       G. Maring

       A. L. Harriott                                                   J. S. Martin

       J. N. Templer                                                   A. Winans

       Mary Sample                                                   A. F. Patterson

       W. W. Orr                                                        S. C. Goshorn

       C. G. Neely                                                     H. Mitchell

       H. S. Maddy                                                    —— Fay

       C. Sampson                                                     E. J. Whiteley

       Kate Wilson                                                    H. C. Klein

       C. Boldt                                                           L. Cassady

       G. Bower                                                        W. S. Richey

       W. F McDowell                                               —— Thomas

       James Love                                                     M. March

       N. Howe                                                          A. Smith

       M. Meeker                                                       C. L. Medsker

       W. Meeker                                                       J. A. Heinsohn

       O. Meeker                                                       J. W. Ryan

       A. E. Whitney                                                  —— Kinert

       A. J. Phinney                                                   C. Wilcoxon

       M. C. Smith                                                     W. Maddy

       J. Riley                                                            G. H. V. Koontz

       G. Jennings                                                      —— Smith

       T. Kirby                                                           H. R. Wysor

       J. A. Wachtell                                                  J. L. Streeter

       S. Hamilton                                                     Ralph Hemingray

       J. V. Gilbert                                                     D. A. McLain

       B. Whiteley                                                     Erville Bishop

       M. Brotherton                                                  C. Prutzman

       E. Tyler                                                            C. A. Kitts

       C. Kilgore                                                        J. A. Goddard

       V. Davis                                                           C. Rich

       G. T. Collins                                                    J. E. Durham

       L. Over                                                            J. M. Long

       S. Streeter                                                        E. J. Wallace

       J. H. McClung                                                 C. Emerson

       J. W. Heath                                                      P. W. Franklin

       W. L. Holmes                                                  W. Bell

       J. Smith                                                            H. A. Cowing

       B. F Bratton                                                     O. W Crabbs

       C. Shaufelberger                                              H. Roads

       J. Shaufelberger                                               M. Keuchmann

       W. R. Moore                                                    J. W. Ream

       H. H. Highlands                                              J. C. Wood

Misses —

       Thomas                                                            Neely

       Gayman                                                           Campbell

Those invited in the evening were:

Messrs. and Mesdames —

       T. K. Heinsohn                                                 L. Shaw

       E. W. Bishop                                                    J. W. Perkins

       G. F. McCulloch                                              F. C Ball

       T. F. Hart                                                         G. Ball

       E. W. Kelly                                                     W. R. Youse

       D. Cammack                                                   G. M. Bard

       W. R. Snyder                                                   A. Meeks

       G. W. H. Kemper                                            K. W. Heath

       Carey Franklin                                                James Hartley

       C. Willard                                                       M. E. Vandercook

       F. R. Thrall                                                      A. E. Lyman

       W. W. Shirg                                                     J. C. Johnson

       C. L. Bender                                                   F. J. Claypool

       J. W. Garner                                                    G. H. Andrews

       Carl Franklin                                                   C. H. Kimbrough

       John Kirby                                                      H. C. Kimbrough

       J. E Haffner                                                    W. H. Hamilton

       T. Morgan                                                       E. Vatet

       A. L. Johnson                                                  E. Olcott

       F. E. Putnam                                                   J. Smith

       H. M. Winans                                                 F. Leon

       C. H. Church                                                  G. True

       E. F. Tyler                                                       L. M. Neely

       T. F. Rose                                                        A. J. Williams

       C. M. Turner                                                   C. F. W. Neely

       R. J. Beatty                                                      W. F. Dickey

       J. R. Marsh                                                      C. H. Anthony

       G. Hartley                                                        L. Ball

       W. Hartley                                                       C. A. Spilker

       T. H. Kirby

Mrs. Harriet Johnston, Misses Love and Merriman, and Messrs. Edward Ball. A. W. Brady, M. Maring and J. O. Adams.

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Keywords:Hemingray
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr
Date completed:July 22, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;