FireMensBall30Dec1903n1gp1192
Calgary
Herald
30
Dec 1903
n1gp1192
Firemen's Ball Was a Big Success.
Opera House Beautifully Decorated for the Occasion. Splendid Music and a fine
Supper. Many Enjoy the Evening.
In the past the fireman's ball has always been looked upon as the social
success of the season in Calgary. Each ball given by the firemen seems to outdo
the previous one. This applies particularly to the fourteenth annual ball which
took place in the opera house last night. To say that it was a success is using
a very mild term.
That the ball was the most successful ever given-- and this means a very great
deal-- is beyond doubt. The arrangements were perfect. The only thing to cause
disappointment was the size of the opera house. While it is the largest public
hall in the city it was not capable of accommodating the great number of
guests. But the various committees hustled about and made everything as
pleasant as possible.
Weeks ago when the firemen decided on the date of the ball the fire laddies
determined to have something new in the decorating line. Monday and yesterday
willing hands transformed the ordinary looking interior of the opera house into
a sight of great beauty. "What beautiful decorations!" were words
heard from the lips of scores of people as they entered the theatre. And there
was reason for the exclamation. It was not alone the usual bunting, evergreens,
flags, etc., that composed the decorations, but beautiful designs in electric
bulbs. The incandescent lamps in their multi-colored globes gave a very
brilliant effect.
The galleries were filled with spectators during the entire evening. From the
balcony the scene of the fine gowns of the ladies down below and the gentlemen
in their evening clothes, was one long to be remembered. Excellent music was
provided for the dances. The Fire Brigade band, under the able leadership of
Crispin E. Smith, and the large orchestra discoursed sweet music. The supper
which was served was a splendid one.
Altogether too much credit cannot be given to the firemen for providing such an
excellent ball. The committees who had charge of the affair were as follows:
Reception and floor committee:-- Chief Jas. Smart, Asst. Chief H. McClelland,
Sec. Ev. D. Marshall, Capt. A. Bassett, Capt. W. G. Zeigler, Capt. E. J.
Fletcher, R. A. Bell, J. W. Mitchell, Lieut. F. Tarrant.
Supper committee:-- Engineer James Wilson, W. D. Thornton, H. G. Worden, R. A.
Bell, W. Roswell, F. D. McKay.
Invitation and music committee:-- Chief Jas. Smart, Asst. Chief H. McClelland,
Sec. Ev. Marshall, Capt. A. Bassett, J. W. Mitchell, M. C. Costello, Lieut. D.
J. Lucy, A. L. Augade, H. B. Wilson.
Following were those present whose names were obtained:
Mrs. Glanville. Mrs. Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Allan, Mrs. Reilly, S.
Spafford, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Ramsay, E. Rochon and wife, Mrs. Shera, Mrs.
Marshall, Mrs. Noble, Miss Dinning, Mr. and Mrs. Allan, S. Lee, Miss Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Lee, Misses Powell, Markly, Kerr, Bud Stuart, Miss and Mrs.
Hatfield, Miss Tomlinson, Miss Clark, Mrs. and Miss Edgar, J. A. and Mrs.
Nolan, Mr. Edgar, Miss Jougberg, Miss Larmour, H. L. Paul, Mr. Leonard, Miss
Rawlinson, Miss Burnam, Mr. Young, Miss Bellamy, Miss Massander, Miss Harris,
Mrs. O'Reilly, Mrs. Murphy, G. C. Robinson, J. H. Turner, R. B. Gibson,
Ferguson, Carson, Ferguson, Misses Ferguson, Carson Ferguson, Misses Astel,
Milne, J. Savory, Mr. and Mrs. Tempest, Mr. and Mrs. Morkley, Mrs. Thornton,
Miss Thornton, Misses Smith, Misses Bigger, Baker, Mr. Bigger, Mr. Ramsay, Miss
Henderson, C. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead, Mrs. Magee, Miss Fletcher, H.
Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. King, Miss King, Miss Watts, Miss Wilson,
Mr. Haskins, Mr. Peet, Mrs. Johnson, H. Dixon, G. M. Potts, J. Lee
Johnson, Mrs. Williams, F. H. Wolley-Dod, Mrs. C. W. McMillan, A. Stevens, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Winn, Miss Butts, Mrs. Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. Begley, H. S. and Mrs.
McLeod, Gordon Campbell, Mrs. and Miss Moore, G. R. Smart, K. D. and Mrs.
Johnson, A. B. Jackson, Misses Skipworth, Misses McFarland, Miss Bell, Miss
Scott, Miss Beal, Mrs. Tarrant, Miss Smart, F. W. and Mrs. Tomlinson, Miss
Meyer, Cap. and Mrs. Bagley, D. Alton, Miss Alton, A. C. James, S. V. Brown,
Mrs. Harris, Miss Harris, Mr. Foster, S. R. Hodson, Mr. and Mrs. Rowley, G.
Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Miquelon, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, D. W. and Mrs. Gillies,
Mrs. Stoddard, J. Williamson, A. C. Graham, Miss McCullough, Mr. Willans, Miss
Lee, Mrs. Nolan, G. H. Johnson, Miss Strulans, J. Prince, Mrs. Fraser, E.
Reilly, J. Bickle, R. B. and Mrs. O'Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Reed, J.
Ormston, Mrs. Pratt, Miss Stuart, Miss Mackie, Mr. Edwards, T. S. Burns, Miss
May, Miss Saunders, Miss Hooper, Mrs. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. J. Irwin, Mrs.
Zeigler, Mr. and Mrs. Borbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Phin, Miss Hind,
Miss Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett, Miss Johnston, Mr. Hind, M. Pinkham, Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Robinson, Mrs. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald, Mr. and Mrs.
Bogt, T. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mitchell, Mrs. Worden, Mrs. Gunn, Miss E.
Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. Leeson, Miss Carson, Mr. Lake, Mr. and Miss
Muckleston, Miss Dawson, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Kettleston, W. Birney, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Cashman, Miss Soper, Mr. T. L. Day, Fred Adams, Mr. McCormack, Mr. and Mrs.
Cardell, Mr. and Mrs. Diamond, Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Gray,
Mr. and Mrs. Creighton, Mr. and Miss Walton, Mrs. Stirrett, Mrs. J. E. Reilly,
Miss D. Reilly, Walter McKay, Mrs. Whitebread, Mrs. Moran, Maude Turner, Mr.
and Mrs. Hodder, Mr. Rathvon, Miss Walton, W. S. Barnard, J. Mather, Miss
McDermid, Miss Jamieson, D. S. Robertson, G. B. Braden, Mrs. Little, Miss Wood,
Miss Braden, A. Evans, E. Marlatt, Dr. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. C. Welting, Mr. and
Mrs. Kerr, Miss Tarrant, Mr. and Mrs. F. McConkey, Mrs. Sinclair, Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Orr, Prof. Mason, E. J. Reinham, K. McLeod, A. Newham, E. Dodd, J.
Swinerton, Mrs. Higgs, Miss Walton, Miss Watt, C. Ferris, Miss Sinclair, H. W.
McCallum, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Jamieson, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Traunweiser, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Young, Mr. and Miss Scott, Mrs. Vauden, J. Donohue, John Burns, P.
Gillis, Mr. O'Brien, Mrs. H. Turner, Miss Ingleson, Dr. Anderson, Misses
Sparrow, Misses Powell, Mr. Monish, G. Walkon, Misses Doughty, Miss King,
Revelstoke; E. Doughty, Hon. J. S. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hollinghead, Mrs.
Bogt, Miss Greenstead, Mrs. Marshall, F. S. Fetterley, Miss Cardell, Joe
Cardell, Miss M. McLay, G. Sales, S Burton, Mrs. Alexander, Misses Christie, N.
J. Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Slingsby, Mr. and Mrs. Tillyard, Mr. and Mrs. P. T.
Bone, J. C. Miller, Mr. Riley, Mrs. Blair, Mr. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stewart,
T. Stuart, L. G. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Jaques, W. Ross, A. Greer,
G. Henderson, G. K. Leeson and wife, C. Knapp, Revelstoke; J. E. Charles, Miss
E. Carson, W. Mayfoot, Revelstoke; J. Wilson, John Smart, Geo. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. Tarrant, N. McLeod, Misses McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kettleson, Mr.
Loverseed, Mr. Stevenson, G. Elliott, Mr. and the Misses Grant, E. Machon, Miss
Skeen, O. H. Turner, E. G. Hall, R. A. Darker, V. Belner, J. Walton, T. M.
Westbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O'Brien, Mr. Cowan, W. G. Bell, T. P. Knight,
Mr., Mrs. and Miss McCullough, Mr. and Mrs. F. Birnie, Mrs. McLean, Miss L.
Craig, Miss McKernan, Geo. Cushing, Mrs. Wright, Mr. Finch, Mrs. Burnie, Mrs.
English, Mr. and Mrs. McKay, Portage la Prairie, Mrs. Roby, Miss English, J. H.
Tomlinson, W. H. Hogg, E. N. Harper, F. Brown, Miss M. Henderson, Mrs.
Matheson, High River, Mr. Branston, Capt. W. B. Barwis, G. Benedict, Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Cross, F. MacBeth, Nurse Butt, Miss Fullerton, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Carley, Mr. and Mrs. O. Copas, D. C. Russell, Mrs. Farrow, Dr. Macdonald, Mr.,
Mrs. and Miss Tarrant, J. D. Baker, Mr. Fraser, Misses Fraser, A. F. McNeill,
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Jackson, H. T. Denham, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Rankin, Mr. and
Mrs. Burtch, Ed. Morton, S. L. Saunders, J. Yates, Miss O'Flynn, Miss
Dean-Freeman, Mrs. Heald, Miss Shimmin, Miss Lesard, H. J. Harkmar, J. E., T.
D. and Mrs. J. A. McKenzie, Miss Creighton, Mrs. Soper, Miss McTavish, Miss
Griffith, T. P. McKnight, Mr. McArthur, Miss McTavish, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Brennon, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, P. Limoges, High River, J. S. Lee, Mrs. and the
Misses McLaughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce N. McKelvie, Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie, A.
Rogers, Mr. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Little, D. H. M. Little, Mr. and
Mrs. Twohey, Miss McDougall, Mrs. F. Hamilton, Mrs. T. A. Wiggins, Miss
Pinkham, Mr. and Mrs. Hornby, I. R. Brigham, E. Duggan, W. Burke, I.
Hewer, Miss Wilde, Miss Crane, J. G. McFarland, P. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Thorold,
Mrs. Creighton, J. F. Glanville, A. C. Bradshaw, Abe Skinner, Mrs. and Miss King.
Extracted by J. Kynman 2009-07-18
