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The Muncie Sunday Star, December 25, 1904

SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NEWS OF GAS BELT

PORTLAND, IND.

Miss Opal Botkin is home from a short visit with her sister, Mrs. L. N. DeVore, of Muncie.

Misses Mary Anderson and Leona Montgomery, of Bryant, have been the guests of Miss Bessie Moore.

Miss Carrie Metzger is visiting her sister in Hartford City.

Miss Bonnie Elberson, of Bryant, has been visiting Miss Ada Craig.

Mrs. Henry Boltin, of Miamisburg, O., is spending Christmas with her daughters, Roxey and Elma Bolton and Mrs. Jessie Malin.

Miss Maude Spade, who is attending the Metropolitan Conservatory of Music at Indianapolis, is home to spend Christmas with her parents and is accompanied by Miss Alcie and Clarence Thomas, of Marion, and Miss Vera Hibbard, of Richmond.

J. McIntyre, of Dayton, O., is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. F. C. Brownell.

Mrs. Julia Stratton has gone to Six Lakes, Mich., to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. William Murray.

Mrs. George Lawrence has returned to her home in Lima, O., after an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Steele.

Miss Eva Blow, of Ingersoll, O. T., who has been visiting Miss Esther Griffith has gone to Indianapolis to visit relatives before returning home.

C. W. Wiley, of Helena, Mont., has been the guest of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Wiley.

John Sebring, of Indianapolis, is spending Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sebring.

Mrs. A. B. Andrews, of Hamilton, O., is the guest of Mrs. L. D. Jackson.

Mrs. W. L. Ferris and daughter, Margaret, are home from a two weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. Harlow Hakes, at Hornellsville, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Richardson and little daughter have gone to Warren, O., for an extended visit with relatives.

Earl Cartwright is home from Boston to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cartwright.

Mrs. Rose Wilson is home from a visit with her mother at Union City.

Messrs. Harlow and Paul Ferris are home from Oberlin, O., where they are attending school, to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ferris.