Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1935, Page 43

SOCIETY. Nearby Residents Entertain at Bridge And Dinner Parties Mr. and Mrs. A, L. Young[ Hosts at Cards, Followed | by Buffet Supper, in Lyon 1 Village Home. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Young were hosts at cards, followed by a buffet qupper, in their home in Lyon Village Friday evening, when their guests were Maj. and Mrs. Allen Jones, Mr. 4nd Mrs. Henry L. Young, Mr. and Mrs. john P. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton C. Moore, Mrs. Andrew An- derson and Miss Mayme Anserson. Mrs. Walter Weidman entertained at her home in Silver Spring Friday at luncheon and cards. Among the guests were Mrs. J. Brooke Hutt, Mrs. J. P. Skehan, Mrs. Wilbur Taylor, Mrs. | Robert Whitney, Mrs. Lloyd Y. Beers, | Mrs. E. M. Sanford, Mrs. Mark M. 8hoemaker and Mrs. Vernon Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blakeslee were | hosts at dinner and bridge Friday evening at their home on Highland | drive in honor of their daughter, Mrs. | | Mr. Gibson, who is a son of Mrs. Mor- Daniel Gearhart of Cleveland Park, who celebrated her birthday anni- versary. Miss Irene Katherine Schmidt en- tertained in her home on Farragut street Thursday evening. The guests included Mrs. Rosa Baer, Miss Lillie B. Dowrick, Miss Violet J. Dowrick, Mrs. Selma Selinger Klein, Mrs. Ruth Barnhart Mayberry, Miss Marian Mitchell, Miss Mildred O'Brien, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien, Mrs. John F. Schmidt, Miss Mary M. Schmidt, Mr. Adolf Torovsky and Mr. Henry Baer. Several numbers were played by Mr. | Torovsky, who is the organist and choir master of the Church of the Epiphany. Mr. and Mrs. Olivier Ragonnet en- tertained at dinner Thursday evening &t their home, Falkland Manor, hav- ing as guests Miss Margaretta von Post, chancellor at the Swedish Lega- tion; the commercial attache at the Polish Embassy and Mme. Langer; Mrs. Charles Piez and Dr. McPherson Crichton of Washington and Mr. Henry Gough of Laurel, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Ragonnet had as recent guests ' Mrs. Ragonnet's mother, Mrs. Annie | daughter of Mrs. Charlotte Phllhp!.‘ . Gough, and Mrs. Henry Scott, both of Laurel. Mrs, W. F. McDonald entertained at & bridge luncheon at her home in | Ashton Heights, Va, Thursday in honor of Mrs. M. K. Osburne and Mrs. L. H. Rehse of Memphis, Tenn., who fre visiting Mrs. F. R. Mitchell of Ballston, Va. Additional guests included Mrs. Golden Dagger, Mrs. C. R. Warner, Mrs. Milton T. Hill, Mrs. James A. Farley, Mrs. Eleanor Gary, Mrs. Charles Bardwell, Mrs. Robert Baldwin, Mrs. J. W. England, Mrs. Raymond Mitchell, Mrs. C. B. Emery and Mrs. George A. Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Dean W. Judd enter- tained a company at dinner Wednes- day night in their home in Takoma Park, Md., honoring Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Carson. Mrs. Virginia Rol and Mr. Charles Godfrey of Phila- delphia, who have been their house guests. Mrs. E. M. Sanford entertained at eards Thursday evening in her home in Silver Spring. Mr. and Mrs. San- ford had as week end guests Mr. Lawrence Keeton of East Orange, N. J, and Mr. Rudolph Noro of Long dsland, N, Y. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bryarly gave a party in their home at 1328 North Carolina avenue northeast to celebrate the 18th birthday anniversary of their daughter, Miss Mary E. Bryarly, Wed- nesday. The home was decorated with beautiful Spring flowers. The guests ‘were Miss Ethel Williams, Miss Jean- nette Williams, Miss Louise Williams, Miss K. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. H. Spargo, Miss Dorothy Maier, Miss Agnes Maier, Miss Vivian Kern, Miss Rose Hoffman, Miss Irene Coe, Miss Claire De Marr, Miss Audrey Brown, Miss Martha Dean, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. ‘Walters, Mrs. A. Coe, Mr. William A. Bryarly, jr.; Mr. John Mahenny, Mr. Bernard Williams, Mr. Paul Wilson, Mr. Everette Sweeney, Mr. Martin Bnellings, Mr. Robert Harbaugh, Mr. Benjamin Brown, Mr. John Blanche, Jr.; Mr. Norvel Ball, Mr. T. J. Early, Mr. J. R. Idyle and Mr. Alfred Coe. Mr. and Mrs. David Murray enter- tained at three tables of bridge Wed- nesday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Hanes in Hern- don, Va. Their guests included Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Shull, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Ennis, Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Detwiler, Mr. Granville White, Mr. 8ilas F. Hutchison and Mr. and Mrs. Hanes. Mrs. Frank Halliday of Battery Park entertained Tuesday at a lunch: | Mrs. Locke, as Grace McMillan Jarvis, MES. CECIL CHILDRE! Who before her marriage, Satur- day, February 23, was Miss Dorothy Lee Leighty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Leighty of Lyon Vil- lage, Va. Mr. Childress is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Childress of Richmond, Va. They will make their home in New York. —Hessler-Henderson Photo. eon and bridge in honor of her niece, Miss Erma Phillips of Winnipeg, Can- ada, who has been her house guest for two months. Miss Phillips_is the who has visited here several times, and received the decoration, Member of the British Empire, from the King, last Fall. the governor general sub- stituting for the King. Miss Phillips will Boston, Otta- wa and Toronto on her journey home. | Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Weaver enter- tained at a party Tuesday evening at their home in Silver Spring, Md., in | celebration of Mrs. Weaver's birth- day anniversary. Cards and games were played during the evening, and a buffet supper served at midnight. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Anderson, Mrs. J. W. Lockyer, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Lapp, Mr. and Mrs. | Earl Nagle, Mr. and Mrs, William W, Oliss, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. San- ders, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Ehlers, | Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Moreland and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Heflin, all of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Slater of Potomac, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Witherspoon of Silver Spring. Prizes were won by Mrs. Lapp, Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Mr. Nagle. | Miss Mary T. Kramer was the guest in whose honor a surprise party, cele- | brating her birthday anniversary, was given in her home. at 3110 N street Saturday evening, February 23. The decorations were in patriotic colors, and refreshments were served after |an evening of entertainment. The | guests included Mrs. Charles A. Kra- | mer, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Kra- | mer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar A. Kramer, | Miss Helen Kramer, Mr. Louis Kramer, Mr. Maury Kramer, Mr. Jerome B. Lawlor, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward C. Horner and their daughters, Virginia, Mildred and Georgie, of Sil- ver Spring, Md.: Mrs. Margaret Hilton and her son, Mr. Vincent Hilton, and Mr. Warren Cady of Hyattsville, Md. Miss Helen Le Fevre Lyon, violinist, and Miss Dorothy Russell Todd, pia- | nist, will present a program today |at the 5 o'clock hour of music at Friendship House at 324 Virginia ave- nue southeast. The public is invited. A reception was given in honor of Mrs. William B. Covert, the former Miss Dorothy Eleanor Ladd, in her residence at 1502 Meridian place Thursday. Among the guests were Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Se retary of the Interior; Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Husband, Mr. and Mrs. | Jerry Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hirsch, Mr. | Mrs.” Charles M. Flanagan, Mrs. el your 'ceg/ecfiou le PLEASING perfectly grand all in one glovesilk garment that fits without a wrinkle—all the undies the slender girl needs. Made of soft, caressing Pechglo—will not run—and can be laundered with perfect corifid: Back and front view of I THE NEW ence. Low-cut back, clastic binding at leps. 7 top, all elastic straps. Comes in blush or white., “Vanity Fi Section”— Gray Shop— Second Floor. e“e S 1214-1220 F STREET The ceremony took place in Ottawa | Witherspoon and and Mrs. Clyde M. Mills and Mr. and | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MARCH 3, 1935—PART THREE. Covert wore a black and white en-l semble. 1 Mrs. Walter W. Husband was as-i sisted in recelving: by Miss Helen Covert and Miss Ruth Kimball. Mrs. Fannie B, Covert, Mrs. Jean C. Buck and Miss Louise Booth presided at the tea table. —_— Quiet of Lenten Season Is Welcomed in Capital ntinued From First Page.) the “old calendar,” will be celebrated. The celebration will be held in the ! Shoreham Hotel and will be a brilliant | costume ball, planned and carried out by the Russian colony in Washington. The proceeds will be added to the funds for St. Nicholas’ Russian Ortho- dox Church. Yesterday, the last Saturday before | ;Lent, was a popular day for brides, | rand no less than four weddings took i place in families of social prominence. Miss Patience McCormick-Goodhart, daughter of Mr. F. Hamilton McCor- | mick-Goodhart, and Mr. James Mc- ! Millan Gibson, who were married in | the Church of the Epiphany, both | represent resident circles although their forbears came to Washington because of official and diplomatic posts. ris Ernest Locke, is a great-grandson | of the late Senator James McMillan of Michigan, for whom he was named. | was one of the most popular buds of her season in Washington a few years back. Mr. Gibson's bride is a niece of Mr. Leander McCormick-Goodhart, for some years attached to the British Embassy, and her grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McCor- mick-Goodhart, made many friends in ‘Washington, where they came to be near their son on the British Embassy staff. Mrs. Gibson's grandmother, Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart, was before her marriage Miss McCormick of Chi- | cago. The several other weddings of yes- terday also were of much interest. Miss Moss Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buchanan Love, who married Mr. Frederick Walter Wagner, son of Mrs. Frederick Walter Wagner, was the first debutante of the 1934-35 season to wed, the ceremony taking place in the home of her parents. Miss Louise Carrington Hoehling, daugh- ter of Judge and Mrs. Adolph A. Hoeh- ling, and Mr. John Hays Knowles of | Washington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Knowles of Germantown, Pa., and Miss Marie Gorgas Wright- son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William | D. Wrightson, and Mr. Roger Price Gabriel, were married yesterday. their weddings taking place in Chevy Chase — Beer Quenches Blaze. Beer was used to quench a fierce blaze in a brewery at Mainburg, Ba- varia. Foremen found the water pipes in the street frozen and the leader or- ganized a bucket brigade stretching from the brewing vat to the wing in which the fire was raging. The famous beer put out the blaze. a5 Beautiful Red Flow- ered, Potted Plants, Annual Dinner of Local Camp, S. C. U., Saturday The annual dinner of the Bull Run Camp, No. 450, Sons of the Con- federate Veterans, will be held Satur- day evening in the La Fayette Hotel at 7:30 o'clock. The guest speakers include Representative John Rankin of Mississippi, who will speak on Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Representa- tive Virgil Chapman of Kentucky has chosen for his subject Gen. Robert ]E. Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson. | Thomas Evans, treasurer; Mr. Robert { Mrs. Elizabeth C. Fred, historian of | L. Longstreet, Dr. A. L. 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