The Middletown Daily Times Feb. 19, 1896 A Very Attractive Sight will long be remembered as one of the happiest Society events ever held in this city- Middletown's social season of 1895-96 came to a brillent end Tuesday night the last day before the Lenten season which begins to-day with Ash Wednesday. The occasion was a leap year hop at the Casino, given by the young society ladies of this city to the young bachelor gentlemen who have been so gallant during the season just closed. No expence or pains had been spared by the young ladies interested to make the affair a brillant one, and suffice to say their efforts were rewarded by one of the finest society events that have ever occurred in this city; indeed , no social occasion in this city ever seemed to be possessed of the same spirit of happiness as was noticed. The young ladies performed their duties for the leap year occasion in a very creditable fashion and quite as graceful as any of the boys have ever been noted to do as suchevents. The decorations were furnished by Firnhaber and consisted of tropical plants arranged at the footlights of the stage. The music was furnished by Prof. Roescher's orchestra of four pieces. Following is a list of the young ladies present and the gentlemen they escorted: Miss Lou Sloat and Mr. Russell Wiggins "Fannie Rowland and " Charles A.Adams Nellie Billings Royce & Sam Farnum ( of Paterson) Katherine Iseman & Phillip Eilsworth (Bayonue, NJ) Christine Iseman & S.C. Allen (of Bayone) Sadie Grover & Fred McWilliams Percus Nearing & Charles Thompson Lillian Adams & Howard Hagen Jennie Hayes & Claude Crane Grace Crane & Geo. Durland (Slate Hill) Mabel Hayes & Fred S. Rogers Ella Wiggins & J.C.R. Taylor,Esq. Fannie Corwin & Geo. H. Iseman Jeanette Beakes & J.M. Heatherton(NYC) Julia Swaim & Frank Wickham Lillian Wiggins & Ed Beakes (of NY) Lillian J.Cox & Arthur F. Gordon Kate Green & Mr. Marshall Walthall Mame Pronk & Arlington Ambler May Rockerfellow & Tom G. Barber Winfred Pillsbury & David Canfield Marion Rorty & Clifford Owen Belle Wilcox & John M. Houston Emma Walker & Elliot Weed Clara Pie son & John Burt May Harmon & Eugene Harding Josle Halstead & Fred Hoyt (Goshen) Mame O'Neill & W.H. Roosa Miss Howland & Harry C. Horton of NY Mattie Gordon & Will Woodward Sadie Sliter & Murray Beakes Maisy Thompson & Merritt Beers Lixxie Mead & Ed Evens (Westtown) Miss Clark & Dr. Geo. Evens (Westtown) Bertha Morgans & Leon St. John (Port Jervis) Maud Morgans & Phillip Whitlock Nellie Hanford & JOhn S. Haubert Mame Van Duzer & John H. King Nellie Stoddard ( Mt. Dale) & Fred Corwin Among the married Ladies and Gentlemen seeen on the dance floor were Mr.&Mrs. J.D. Wood M&M Geo. M. Millspaugh M&M J.E. Gibbs M&M C.B.Buckley M&M G.A. Swaim jr. M&M W.F. Bailey M&M F.M. Madden M&M E.J. Fuller (Port Jervis) M&Dr. H. Clay McBrair M&M George E. Howell (Philadelphia) The Patronesses were Meadames Edmund Millen William Millspaugh A.V. N. Powelson A.H. Corwin W.H. Rogers W.B.Royce J.A. Beakes J.L. Wiggins The committee was Mrs. H.C. McBrair Miss Mabel Hayes Ella Wiggins Mame O'Neill Jeanette Beakes Fannie Corwin Lou Sloat END yours in genealogy Joanne