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)