Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1931, Page 47

SOCIETY. WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER _29. 1931—PART "'HREE. Owens-Warman Wedding Of Interest in Annapolis Mrs. Frederick V. McNair Is Hostess at Tea in HOfl Erskine party ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 38. ews has just been received in Annapo- is of the wedding of Miss Anna Owens and Ensign Nathaniel Warman, which took place at Long Beach, Calif., No- vember 6. Ensign Warman was grad- uated from the Naval Academy in June The brice spent the Winter in Annapo- iis last year as the guest of her aunt Mrs. Middleton Semmes Guest. Ensign and Mrs. Warman hate many friends in Annapolis. The bride has been liv- ing with her brother, Ensign Seymour Owens, at Coronado since leaving An- napolis last May. Mrs. Warman comes from a well known naval family. Her mother and father were the late Dr &nd Mrs. William Dunlop Owens Mrs. Frederick V. McNair gave a small tea Tuesday afternoon for Mrs . Erkstine Clement, who is living at Ogle Hall this season, asking to_meet her Mrs. James Bowdoin, Miss Eliza- | beth Nott, Mrs. Howard Morton, Mrs Walton Hopkins, Mrs. Carryl H. Bry: mnd Miss Clara Smith Among the guests who spent the week | end in Annapolis for the dinner given Saturday night at the Annapolis Roads Club by Capt. and Mrs. William F. Halsey, jr, to announcc the engage- ment of their daughter, Miss Margaret H-'sey, to Mr. Preston Lee Spruance of Wilmington, Del.. were Mrs. William F. Halsey of Weshington. Mrs. Frank Grandy of Norfolk and Baltimore and Mrs. Willsm Spruance of W mington, Mrs. Preston Lea, Miss Louisa Spruance, Mr. George Hoopes, Mr. Allan Reese, Mrs. Harlan Scott and her daughter, Miss Deborah Turnbull, and Mr. Spruancd all of Wilmington. Other Buests were Ensign Brady, Lieut. Wright nd Mrs. Charles Keene of Washington. Miss Halsey left Monday for Wil- mington, Del., where she spent the Thanksgiving holidays as the guest of | Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Spruance and their daughter, Miss Louisa Spruance. Capt. and Mrs. Willlam F. Halsey | feft Annapolis Monday for Charleston. | §. C., where they will remain for about three weeks, returning to Annapolis for the Christmas holidays | Rear Admiral Harley H. Christy spent the week end in Annapolis, en route | to New Orleans, where he will relieve Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder. | Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas C.| art gave a dinner Saturday evening t the superintendent’s quarters at the Naval Academy in honor of Rear Ad-| fral and Mrs. Wiliam V. Pratt of | ashington who were the guests of | ar Admiral and Mrs. Hart for the| eek end. | Mrs. Woodward Phelps entertained | the home of her grandmother, Mrs. | or O( Mf!. C. Cl:ment. are invited to meet Mr. and Mrs. Iwflrdeu St. John of Wallingford, Conn., | who are spending this week-end as the | guests of Lieut. and Mrs, Austin, Comdr. and Mrs. Willard Riddick gave a dinner Wednesday evening at their quarters on Upshur road Mrs. Middleton Semmes Guest spent the first of this week visiting her sister- in-law, Mrs. John Guest in Washing- ton. 'Mrs. Guest returned here for Thanksgiving with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walsh, at their home on King George street. | After Thanksgiving Mrs, Guest again will visit in Washington. * | Miss Dulany Claude of Annapolis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Claude, sailed last week on the trans- port Chaumont for China, to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Lieut. Comar, and Mrs. Leonard Doughty, who are now in Tientsin. On board the trans- port also is Lieut. David Claude, who is going to Hawaii. Lieut, Claude will be Joined shortly by his wife Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Valiant gave a dinner at their home at Wardour last | week in honor of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas C. Hart. Other guests were Capt. and Mrs. Henry D. Cooke, Capt. and Mrs. Edward H. H. Old Mrs. Charles Doyen, Mr. and_Mrs. Walter N. Wamseley and Mr. Forbes Colhoun, — Secretary and Mrs. Stimson Have Guests a¢ Dinner | ___(Continued From First Page.) ldition to the members of the Govern- | ing Board, the director general of the | Pan-American Union, Dr. L. S. Rowe, | and the assistant director, Dr. Esteban Gil Borges, were also present. The Commissioner of the District Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, and Mrs. Crosby will entertain at dinner Wed- nesday and again on Friday. Col. Alfred T. Smith, U. S. A, assist- ant chief of staff for military intelli- gence, and Mrs. Smith will entertain a company at a buffet supper this evening in their home on Le Roy place in com- pliment to Mrs. Harn, widow of Col Tiemann N. Harn and daughter of Col. | Daniel Lane Howell, who is thelr house guest. The major general commandant of erick Cotton, at San Rocco, Water- | the Marine Corps will entertain at din- | Al zel, Johnson, on the comr the benefit of the Convent of Perpetual Adoration. Monday Recital Has Montgomer: ittee for the Mrs. Warwick F. s Mrs. R. S lle Sponsors | F tralto, P c the of New Well Known pan.® Qnydcr;Daub Betrothal Mile. Renee Claudel and Miss Mary Louise ard party at the Mayflower December 1 for Harris-Ewing Photo. Woodward, Mrs. George Fiske Dudley, Bowie and Mme. York guest of honor. Louis Thompson will introduce Mr. [Mr. and Mrs. Ranier Are Hosts at Buffet Supper in Quantico Thanksgiving Dance at Offi- cers’ Club Is Event of + Friday Night. QUANTICO, Va.. November 28.—Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ranier entertained at a buffet supper this week at their Their guests included Capt. Martenstrin, Miss Billy y ashington, Miss Helen Mc- Donald, Miss Ann Moncure, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Wall, Licut. William Kelly. Ralph Leach and Lieut. Paul Earle Cempbell, wife of Capt ampbell, and_her daughter Ann are going to New York for the Thanksgiv- ing holidays to visit her sister, Mrs. James P. Hennessy. Capt. Campbell will be in Baltimore with his parents and his son Gordon. Miss Gertrude Brown has been visit- ing her uncle and aunt, Capt. and Mrs Campbell Brown. Capt. and Mrs. William Beattie arc spending a few days in Washington during the Thanksgiving vacation A Thanksgiving dance was given by the Officers’ Club Friday night, at the club. There was little entertaining be- fore it, but a large number of people drifted in during the evening. A Fred- ericksburg orchestra was engaged for the occasion. Capt. and Mrs. John Kaluf were hosts at a dinner before the dance and had as their guests Col. and Mrs, Andrew Drum, Maj. snd Mr James Bain, Capt. and Mrs. E Ames, Capt. and Mrs. Ralph W Capt. and Mrs. Bert Bone and Capt and Ms. Theodore Cartwright. Mrs' Uriel Sebree, widow of Admiral Sebree, is visiting her son and daugh- ter-in-law, Maj. and Mrs. John Sebree Mrs. Sebree has just returned from a six-month trip abroad and will retu to her home in Kansas City after her visit in Quantico, Miss_Kitty del Valle, a student at Notre Dame, in Baltimore. is home for the holidays with her parents, Maj and Mrs. Pedro del Valle. Maj. and Mrs. Charles Barrett are having as their guests for Thanksgiving Mrs. Barrett’s mother and brother, Mrs, Johnson and Mr. Conrad Johnson of Alexandria Gen. and Mrs. John H. Jeussel ar- rived in Quantico this week. Gen. Rus- ¢ sel is the new commanding general of the post. . The traffic department of the federal district of Mexico has been equipped with 55 Ame! r cycle: Heurich J iward Fowler, Mrs t- | nounce the engagement of their daugh- Langenbe: Mrs. Christab Dr ed Pe Mrs. Frank D. E s. Karl | ter of Baltimore, son of Judge and Mrs. Al- bert A. Daub of Cumberland, Md. Announced in Capital and Mrs. Arthur A. Snyder an- ophy Tayloe, to Mr. George Daub White Elephant Sale’ } For Alaskan Hospital | The_annual white elephant sale for the General Hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska, held under the auspices of the | Guild ‘of the Little Flower, will begin on Wednesday, December 2, and close | Saturday, December 5, at 1102 Con- | necticut avenue. | Among the members of the guild in- | terested in the sale are Mrs. J. Davis | Brodhead, Miss Burgoyne, Mrs. Charles | M. Duake, Mrs. J. G. Haskell, Miss| | Joyce, Miss Margaret Loughran, Mrs. | W. E. Montgomery, Mrs. A. E. Murphy, | Mrs. Elmer Murphy, Mrs. B. F. Saul, | Miss Sarah Maher, Mrs. D. K. Me- | Carthy, Miss O'Toole, Miss Redfern |and Miss Reynolds, | | LR . Immaculate Seminary Card party Friday‘ The Alumnae Association of the Im- maculate Seminary will hold a card | party at the seminary on Friday eve- | ning, December 4. Miss Ann Brosman, chairman of the Arrangements Committee, will be assist- ed by Miss Mary Louise Parks, Mrs. J william Stohlman, jr.; Miss Edna Koontz, *Miss Helen Detweiller, Mrs. Frank A. Boberstein, jr, and Miss Vivian Barr. SOCLETY. - ot Piano Manufacturers Factory to Your Home Is all you need! Choose any Piano In the Store - - - Greatest Dra sti P STIEFF PRICE SALE! Reductions Remember! After this GREATEST STIEFF SALE, these prices and terms are positively withdrawn. We deliver free within a radius of sixty miles Think of purchasing your favorite make in a brand new Baby ‘Grand or Upright Pi- ano at only $3.00 down and $1.00 per week to those of approved credit. Your old plano or phono- graph will be accepted in trade at a liberal allowance if you have one. Open every evening—better :ome in tonight. New and Used Upright Pianos Stieff Steinway Knabe Shaw Davies & Sons Bennett-Bretz $3 Down -- $1 a week Chas. M. Stieff, Inc. 1340 G Street N. W. Open Every Evening Until 9 Every PIANO Reduced In NEW Grand Pianos Such Famous Names as Stieff Shaw Bennett-Bretz Davies & Sons 821 Fourteenth Street N.W. Washington’s Leading F urriers , Wednesday at a luncheon follow- | bris by bridge. Mrs. James Cresap gave a card pnrty‘ y evening at her home on Okla- | a terrace in honor of Lieut. and . Hilyer F. Gearing, who are spend- | the Winter with Mrs. Henry Gear- | $ng, mother of Lieut. Gearing, at hl‘l’{ dhome on Southgate avenue. | Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Vincent God- | frey gave a dinner Saturday evening at the Annapolis Roads Club in honor of their guests, Lieut. and Mrs. James M. Shoemaker of Norfolk, Va. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Donald F. Patterson _entertained at dinner t night at their home on Southgate av nue. There were 17 guests. | Comdr. and Mrs. Marry A. Badt had as their guests for the week end Comdr. Badt’s brother-in-law and_sister, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brin of Dallas, Tex. Rev. Michael J. Kippenbrock of Cor- dova, Alaska, was the week end guest of Comdr. and Mrs. Raymond Stone on Murray avenue. Capt. and Mrs. Henry D. Cooke will entertain at dinner Tuesday at the| commandant’s quarters in the Naval Academy. Their guests will be Capt. and Mrs. Lewis B. McBride, Capt. and Mrs. Charles M. Oman, Capt. and Mrs. Edward H. H. Old and Comdr. and Mrs. Albert Penn. | Mrs. Robert Cabaniss gave an in-| formal luncheon Sunday at her home on Maryland avenue. The guests were | Rear Admiral Harley H. Christy, Capt.| and Mrs. H. H. Old, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Lynde McCormick, Capt. and Mrs. | William J. Giles, Mrs. Arthur Ryan,| Capt. and Mrs, Willam W. Smyth of | ner Wednesday evening in honor of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke. Miss Rosa Hayes will entertain at tea from 4:30 to 7 o'clock this afternoon in the home of her mother, Mrs. C. Wil- lard Hayes, in Edgemoor, in compliment to the debutantes of this season. Mrs. Sarah L. Hamner entertained at the dinner dance at the Shoreham last night, having among her guests Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn King, Miss Alice Louise | | Hunter, Mr." Lunford Hamner and Mr. | Roy C. Fred of New York. Col. and Mrs. Donald H. Sawyer en- tertained 20 guests at the dinner dance at Wardman Park Hotel Thanksgiving evening in honor of their house guests, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Wesley Waters, Mrs. M. E. Osborm, Mrs. Sawyer's mother, and Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Smith, of Kew Gardens, Long Island. Mrs. Osborn and Miss Smith will re- main at Wardman, where Col. and Mrs. Snwker make their home, for about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Squire en- tertained at dinner Friday evening for their son, Mr. Charles F. Squire, of Johns Hopkins University and his class- mate, Mr. Peter Cole of New York. Miss Helen Shipman Hammer enter- tained at dinner at her home at 1901 G street Wednesday evening. Music was rendered by Miss Evelyn McIntosh, | contralto, and Mr. Paul Bradbury Walter, pianist. The other guests were Lieut. Carol Richmond. who returned to his post at Boston Friday; Miss Jule Andre, Miss Marjorie Neilan of Seattle, Starts the Final Week of Our 25th Anniversary ‘Sale of FUR COATS GROUP 2 dncorporated For Mariy Reasons—the th Greatest Store-Wide Celebration in Our History! ANNIVERSARY SALE | Washington, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs, ! Archie E. Glann, Capt. and Mrs. Wil- | Mr. Lee Wilson, Jr, and Mr." Leon liam F. Halsey, Mrs. John Pitcher and | Fuqua- Capt. Paul J. Dashiell. \r M EEE L) .' Mink Forme $175 1o 3225 GROUP 3 Hudson Seal Coats "Dyed M NNIVERSARY TIME at H. Zirkin & Sons! An announcement always met with the keenest sense of appreciation by value- minded Washington women. Savings afforded this firm through most advantageous purchases permit us to safely hail this year’s event as THE GREATEST .IN OUR ENTIRE HISTORY. Briefly, it means that the same fine standard of quality that has always been synonymous with the name of ZIRKIN is now offered at prices that appear unbelievable. Among_those entertaining Saturday | at tea after the foot ball game were | Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Hiester Hooge- | [Jj werff. | Lieut. Wallace F. Guitar gave a|ll dinner ‘st _the Annapolis Roads Club|g Saturday evening. ] Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Charles McMorris were hosts at a supper and bridge party at their quarters on |l Rodgers road Friday evening. M Capt. and Mrs. John N. Ferguson were the guests this week of Capt. and | g Mrs, Turner F. Caldwell, at their quar- | ters on Upshur road. Capt. Ferguson B 15 on duty at Charleston, S. C | The Thanksgiving hop given at Your Home Dlhljr:n Hall by the first, second nnd‘ ata third classes of midshipmen, Wednes. & day evening, was one of the largest of | the season. An informal hop was| NOMINAL given Wedneslday afternoon, L Mrs. Samuel S. Payne left Annapolis | Mondsy and went by motor to Chafies: | % COST Our experienced staff of decorators will advise you cor- ton, 8. C., where she will join Comdr. |l Payne. Comdr. and Mrs. Payne' rectly and dress your home artistically. Drapery Shoppe Decorate REMEMBER — Every Coat is taken from Regular Stock —the former prices taken from Regular Price Tickets. FUR COATS A group of the fine quality Fur Coats formenly $125 to $175, including Silver and Golden Muskrat, Lapin, Black Pony, in the newest models. A revelation in value! 300 to A Small Deposit Reserves Your Selection—Ask About Our Budget Plan daughter, Miss Lavinnia Payne, and Mrs, Payne's mother, Mrs. H. C. Ward, | g will remain at Carvel Hail and will be joined in December by Comdr. and B Mrs, Payne for the Christmas holidays. | Capt. and Mrs. Edward H. H. Old entertained at dinner at their quarters @ ook ang s, Berhard & Awsin |8 1202 G St. DI, 3211 n are entertaining at tea this afternoon at their home at Wardour. 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