|
High
Tea
The
"High Tea" held at the
Lightner House on
Sunday, May 18, was a
huge success. The dining
room table was
attractively arranged
with mouth-watering food
fit for a High Tea menu.
There were fresh
strawberries dipped in
dark and white
chocolate, fresh fruit
on skewers, cheesecake,
Petit fours, meringue
cookies, chocolate
walnut delights,
strawberry scones and a
chocolate topiary at
each end of the table
(You could select the
chocolate pieces of your
choice). There was a
selection of chicken
salad on croissants, ham
salad on rye cocktail
bread and cucumber
open-face sandwiches,
plus a variety of tea
flavors to choose from.
Thirty-six
guests were seated
around the room as the
style show began. Norma
McAfee and Judy Yeater
were dressed in
beautifully made
reproductions of Civil
War era gowns, while a
dozen or more hats
fashioned from that era
and also made by Mrs.
McAfee were on display
and modeled.
Items
of clothing from the
past were shown with
family members
describing them. Cherie
Kenney Geer wore her
Aunt Elizabeth's wedding
dress and hat; Thelma
Hubbard wore her
mother's white, summer
dress, showed a 1924
dress and a wool middy
blouse of her aunt's and
a 1950 navy blue taffeta
dress that she herself
had worn. Virginia
Gaskins Vandervort and
her sister Brenda
Gaskins May displayed
Halloween costumes that
their mother had worn in
her youth. They also had
a complete christening
outfit to exhibit that
was worn by their aunt,
Rebecca Scranton as a
baby, and a baby gown
worn by their
grandfather, Charles
Weller.
|
Betty
Bernard Ardwin, who was
a drum majorette with
the Sabina High School
marching band, had her
uniform and baton to
show and gave a brief
history of her days as a
majorette. She taught
herself to twirl and
later gave lessons. Her
uniform has been donated
to the Sabina Historical
Society.
Susanne
PeelIe Kenney had her
mother's fox furs to
show and Susan Littleton
Kempner showed the
guests her great -
grandmother's Persian
Iamb coat and a jacket
made of skunk fur.
Sharon
Riddle Roberts read a
history of English tea
explaining how the tea
bag was accidentally
invented by a tea
merchant when he decided
to wrap a small amount
of tea in silk bags and
distribute as samples.
It caught on and became
an easy way of making an
individual cup of tea.
An
attractive floral
arrangement by Cathy
Floyd was given as a
door prize with Cathy
Fox the winner.
|
