Submitted by:
Kay Cunningham
MARLIN DEMOCRAT
SEPTEMBER 1947
MRS. Z. I. HARLAN HONORED WITH PARTY ON HER 80th
BIRTHDAY
Honoring her mother, Mrs. Z. I. Harlan, on
her eightieth birthday anniversary, Mrs. Tom Bartlett, Sr., entertained Friday
afternoon, Sept. 5, with an informal lawn party.
She was assisted in receiving by Mrs. F. H.
Shaw, Mrs. A. L. Connor and Mrs. T. B. Bartlett, Jr. The guest book was in
charge of Miss Nancy Bartlett.
The focus of decorations for the
refreshment table was the birthday cake, elaborately embossed with pink roses
and green foliage, and bearing the legend in silver: 1867-1947. Punch was served
by Mrs. Hammond Norton of Calvert, with Miss Ann Bartlett, Mrs. Frank Sehon and
Mrs. Mabel Dunagin assisting.
Mrs. Harlan was born September 5, 1867, in
Alvarado, Texas, the only daughter of Nancy Elizabeth and Thad Graves, who were
also the parents of six sons. The family moved later to Mansfield, Texas, and in
1884 Mrs. Harlan graduated from the old Mansfield College, and institution whose
president was the late John Collier who figured prominently in the history of
early education in Texas.
She married in September 1884, to the late
Z. I. Harlan, a leader in the Falls County bar until his death in 1911. She came
to Marlin as a bride, and has lived here since that time.
Mrs. Harlan has been active until recent
years in the Methodist church organizations, and helped to organize the society
formerly known as the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of this
city. She is also a charter member of the Delphian Club, now know as the Sesame
Club, and though no longer and active member, follows the study course of the
club in her reading.
Mrs. Harlan's children are Mrs. T. B.
Bartlett Sr., and Mrs. F. H. Shaw of Marlin; and Mrs. A. L. Connor, of Longview,
Texas.
Among the
guests registering in the guest book the following were from out- of- town: Mrs.
Lynn Norton, Mrs. Hammond Norton, Mrs. Fannie Hammond, Calvert; Mrs. Van Harris,
San Antonio; Mrs. A. Barganier, Miss Maggie Rogers, Lott; Mrs. A. E. Rutter,
Houston; Mrs. A. L. Connor, Longview; little Misses Ann Walraven, Dallas, and
Donna Beard of Eagle Pass.
NOTE: Mrs. Z. I. Harlan (Zill
Isaiah) also known as Maude (Graves) Harlan.
Mrs. A. L. (Arthur Lee)
Connor also known as Carlie (Harlan) Connor.
Mrs. F. H. (Frank Hawthorne)
Shaw also known as Contance Alberta (Harlan) Shaw.
Mrs. T. B. (Thomas Battle)
Bartlett, Sr., also known as Elizabeth Graves (Harlan) Bartlett -kc
