Gowns from the era of frills and furbelows will be worn by members of the Ebell Club and friends at an "Old Times Hard Times" party which will include old-fashioned square and round dances, a spelling bee, elocution in the grand Delsartian manner and recitations from McGuffey's Reader. This photo shows group of members as they will appear at the party, from left to right: Mrs. Charles E. Lord; Mrs. Franklin Rauscher; Mrs. Howard R. Miner, Chairman of the event sponsored by the Ways and Means Committee; Mrs. Joe Crail; Mrs. Frank B. Wheat; and Mrs. H. A. Barre. Anyone wearing a costume more modern than 1925 wil be fined. Photo dated: February 16, 1932.
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