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In Their Own Words - Diaries and Letters of our Ancestors
1909 - The Shadow Social at Elk Run

Mildred MUDGE (1895-1925) attended the Shadow Social at
the Elk Run School on 02 APR 1909. Being an incorrigible list keeper, 
a trait she passed on the her only grandchild, she listed the attendees.
People I Saw at the Shadow Social
Township: Elk Run, Sullivan Township, Tioga County
Year: 02 APR 1909
Submitted by: Joyce M. Tice
Written by her grandmother, Mildred Mudge
Souvenir School Booklets
Sullivan Township Page
 
I kept the list with the arrangement and spacing of her original list. Her handwriting is impeccable, a trait she did not pass on to my father or me. Keeping with the tradition of the time, the female and male listings are kept separately.
Joyce,  At a shadow social a sheet is hung up with a light behind it and the girls stand behind the sheet while the boys try to identify their date by their shadow. I never attended such a function but have heard my father tell of them. Much fun according to him.   Creig B. Crippen
Ina Richmond Charley Gray
  Grant Roblyer
Nellie York William Wood (Bill Henry)
  Raymond Rhinebold
Min Feathers George Crippen
Daisy York Rell Richmond
Belonia Wood Archie Wood
  Henry Beardslee
  Lynn Williams
  James Wood
Edith Schofield James McConnell
Martha Wood Galusha York
Nellie Smith Ward Gardner
Helena Smith Hiram Wood
  Guy Roblyer
Besse Sherman Bert Slyter
Edna Williams  
Mildred Mudge John Wood
Nina Richmond David Sherman
Lena Beardslee  
Sadie Richmond Harry Smith
Pearl Wood Ruhl Dann
Berthja Richmond  
Lilian Smith George Soper
  Bert Richmond
Elizabeth McConnell Augustus Welch
Mildred Gray Irvin Wood
  Lee Richmond
Myrtle Calkins Grant Fethers
Carolyn McConnell  
  Clyde Richmond
Minnie York  
The Elk Run School District from the 1875 Atlas