Bridge, Mah Jong, and setback are going to be played at the Country Club next Wednesday night at a party to raise money for chinaware and kitchenware. The charge for each person is 75 cents, and either single or table reservations may be made with Mrs. Connor by telephone.
All who want to come are urged to make their reservations as soon as possible.
Refreshments are to be served under the direction of Mrs. Connor and Mrs. Lear.
Prizes have been offered by Chapel Hill merchants as follows:
A set of Cara Nome perfume and powders by Patterson Brothers; a box of Nunnally’s candy by Eubanks Drug Company; Armande’s face powder by Sutton and Alderman; Fads and Fancies playing cards by the A.A. Kluttz Company; candles by Foister’s Art Store; a silk tie by Pritchard-Patterson; silk socks by the Andrews-Henninger Company; a jar of fig preserves by the J.F. Pickard Company. Patterson Brothers have also given a consolation prize for the committee.
From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 15, 1924
Setback, which is also called Pitch, is and old card game that was popular in England and the American colonies. The object of the game is to be the first team to score 12 pointss, and the game involves bidding and betting.
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