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From: Lisa Perry <>
Subject: [MOMONROE] NBC: Afternoon Reception
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 17:24:30 -0500


Undated article; original source unknown. Extracted from the newspaper
article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison,
Missouri.



(An) Afternoon Reception.



"Mesdames J.W Atterbury and Eugene Atterbury entertained at the home of
the former Tuesday afternoon from three to six in honor of Mrs. R.O.
Aldridge, of Estelle, Mississippi. Those present were Mesdames M.M.
Berry, A.K. Parsons, Sophia Cunningham, J.P. Lobban, W.H. Ragland, H.L.
Armstrong, G.W.Wilcox, Orville Chowning, H.C. Baker, A.E. Curtright,
W.R. Blankenship, I.N. Atterbury, J.W. Atterbury Sr., J.C. Frank, Byron
Philpot, T.M. Bassett, J.S. Chowning, E.J. Dunaway, C.H. Eubank, Arthur
Dry, E.P. Buckner, Misses Nora Waller, Ida Perry, of Kentucky, and Ruth
Aldridge, of Mississippi. The rooms were decorated with nasturtiums,
sweet pease, and roses and presented a very beautiful appearance. The
bay window in the sitting room was banked with flowers and from this
position Misses Perry and Aldridge served punch. After the guests had
all been presented to Mrs. Aldridge, cards for the game of 'progressive
peanuts' were distributed. Each card contained one half of a Mother
Goose rhyme. Whoever possessed a card containing the remaining lines of
the verse was your partner for the first game. 'Progressive peanuts' is
a game entirely new to most of those present, but as the ladies were all
house wives they proved themselves adept at playing it. Perhaps managing
a husband so gently that he is not aware that he is being managed had
something to do with their skill in lifting each peanut from the pile so
carefully that the others were not even disturbed. The one lifting the
greatest number of peanuts during the game was the winner of that game,
and the score was kept by dropping a candy pill in a bottle pinned to
the dress of the player.

Mrs. W.H. Ragland was found to be the champion player having twelve
games to her credit, and was given a handsome picture. Mrs. TN. Bassett
was given the consolation prize, a sack of peanuts. After 5:30
delightful refreshments were served and at six o'clock the guests
departed after having spent one of the most enjoyable afternoons of this
season."



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