Pike County  Georgia Newspapers - Leap Year Party 1892
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The Pike County Journal
Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia: March 4, 1892

Leap Year Party
A Large and Jolly Crowd
Under Girl Management
The Attendants - Refreshments - Good Music - The Plays - Adjournment.

The fair young ladies of Zebulon and community were very busy the first
part of last week arranging for the Leap Year party which was held last
Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Sallie Maples whose happiness is to
make young people enjoy themselves. Notes were floating promiscuously
over the town for several days from the girls to the boys desiring to
escort them to the party if agreeable. Beforehand the girls had met, and
having the boys' names in a box, each drew a name, agreeing to accompany
the one drawn. Several were lucky to draw exactly who they wished to;
others were not entirely satisfied with their draw and would swap us
off, getting boot, we understand.

Friday evening about 7:30 o'clock, pursuant to agreement, the boys met
at the Slade house, where all the girls had assembled and were patiently
awaiting their coming. And it was from here they marched in couples to
the place of the party, chaperoned as follows:

Misses -
Tonnie Ford with H. Hemphill,
Lillia Malaier with Prof. Brown,
Addie Yarborough with C. Harper,
Lena Blasingame with E. Purefoy,
Blanche Brown with Pink Sullivan,
Willie Sullivan with A. Slade,
Sallie L. Maples with John Lifsey,
Lena Slade with Gordon Purefoy,
May Allen with Jack Sullivan,
Rosa Yarborough with Will Mitchell
Lucia Yarborough with Will Howell,
Maude Allen with Miller Harrison,
Lizzie Slade with Penn Malaier,
Mattie McCord with Sid Lifsey,
Mamie Slade with John Ferguson,
Genie Beckham with B. Slade,
Annie Howell with Ernest Pope,
Leila Pope with Will Childs,
Allie Sullivan with Harry Maples,
Vida Dunn with Robert Lee.

The visitors were Miss Lizzie Thornton of Molena; Addie Yarborough of
Williamson; Ida and Fannie McLendon of Concord; Messrs. Bill Strickland,
Bob and Jim McLendon of Concord; Herbert Hemphill from near Griffin;
John Ferguson of Meansville, and Allie McElvin.

On account of sickness Miss Evelyn Moss was absent. From some unknown
cause, Mr. Clark McGahee left the party in a few minutes after his
arrival. Probably he went to sit up with the sick.

Scarcely had all arrived before the girls had started a game of Stealing
Partners, after a game of Twistification and Snap were played in the
large hall. In the queenly parlor another crowd were playing Rabbi Going
to Jerusalem, Pencil, etc. A comic show was also one of the features of
the evening and highly interesting. It was called "I'm Not to be Sneezed
at," and was managed by Elbert Purifoy. In an adjacent room sat several
couples talking politics, seemingly unconcerned as to what was getting
on in various apartments of the house.

Refreshments of the choicest variety had been obtained in redundancy,
and were served about 11 o'clock. This was by no means an inferior part
of the entertainment.

Excellent violin and harp music was furnished by Messrs. A. Slade, Allie
McElvin, and John Ferguson.

At an early hour Saturday morning some of the boys became sleepy, and by
earnest persuasions, got the girls to adjourn.

(Transcribed 10/23/02 Lynn Cunningham)