The Outreach & Fellowship Commission of the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan will be conducting the church's ever-popular Progressive Dinner event. On Saturday evening, 3 May 2014, groups of 6-8 persons will enjoy an appetizer or soup & salad at one home, followed by a main course at the next, finishing up with dessert at a third. The Commission is seeking hosts/participants at the moment. The more, the merrier. Check the church flyer for details.
The 4 Feb 1899 edition of The New York Times contained an article which told of a fancy progressive dinner conducted in Chicago. "They dined, took an appetizing drive, and then dined again. Every time they sat down they were in a different house and different viands tempted them. In this way several residents of Hyde Park, who believed in pleasant variety, assorted their advanced ideas last evening. They were the hosts, entertainment, and guests of a 'progressive dinner'." Their fancy courses included caviar sandwiches and oysters, soup and fish, and fillets of beef and vegetables. The article provided a list of "the persons who planned and attended the novel 'function'."
The 7 Jan 1927 edition of The Matawan Journal reported on a local New Year's Eve progressive dinner involving Mayor and Mrs William H Sutphin, Mr and Mrs John Laird, Mr and Mrs C Knecht, and Mr and Mrs Warren B Hutchinson. The evening finished with a game of bridge.
Rest assured our church's progressive dinners are much less high society, don't require married couples, and are unlikely to make the press. They simply are a great way to get to know fellow members and to have a Saturday evening out.
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