Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1937, Page 8

SUCLIETY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D SATURDAY JULY 24, 1937 SOCIET Y Weddings and Engagements Add to Gayety of Informal Summer Season Informal Festivities Continue in Official Circles in Washington Mrs. Swanson Returns to Camp in Virginia Mountains—Soviet Embassy Scene of Luncheon. RS. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, has returned to the camp on the Rapidan River in Vir- ginia, where she and the secretary are established for the Summer months. Mrs. Swanson came to Washington the first of the week and spent several days. Representative Edward L. O'Neill left this morning for New | Jersey, where he will spend the week end. He will return to his | apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel the first of the week. The Charge d'Affaires of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repuh-‘ les, Mr. Constantine A. Oumansky, gave a luncheon yesterday at | the Soviet Embassy for Mr. Robert H. Kelley of the State Depart- | ment, who is shortly to assume the post of Counselor of the Ameri- i can Embassy in Turkeyv after having served for some years as Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs The guests were the Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Munir Ertegun: the Minister of Finland, Mr. Eero Jarnefelt; the Min- ister of Lithuania, Mr. Povilis Zadeikis; the Minister of Latvia, Dr. Alfred Bilmanis, Representative Sol Bloom, Representative Her- man P. Kopplemann, the Chief of the Division of European Affairs | of the State Department, Mr. J. Pierrepont Moffat: the Chief of the Near Eastern Divsion of the State Department, Mr. Wallace S. Murray: the Chief of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department. Mr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, and the Economic Adviser | of the State Department r. Herbert Feis i Others present were Mr. David A. Rosoff, Chairman of the Amtorg Trading Corporation of New York: the First Secretary of | sy, Mr. Resid Anamur; the Acting Soviet Consul General in New York, Mr. Paul Borovoy; the Military Attache of | the Soviet Embassy, Miltary Engineer Vladimir Begunov; Mr. Orsen N. Nielson of the State Department, Mr. Charles Bohlen of the State Department, the Acting Naval Attache of the Soviet; Embassy, Capt. NikolaiI. Bolotnikov; the Assistant Military Attache, Major Ivan Leontovich Okunev; Mr. Stanley K. Richardson. Mr. Carroll Kenworthy, Mr. Bertram D. Hulen, Mr. Frederic William Wile, Mr. Robert G. Nixon, Mr. Laurence Todd, Mr. Barnet Nover, ' and from the Embassy staff, Mr. Gregory Grigoriev, Mr. L. A. Gashkel and Mr. S. S. Belsk Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,| entertained 14 guests at dinner on the Shoreham Terrace last evening. The Special Assistant to the Attorney General and Mrs. Harry | B. Fleharty were hosts at dinner last evening, entertaining Rep- resentative C. G. Binderup of Nebraska and Mrs. Binderup a!i their home on the Ariington Ridge in Virginia. Additional guests | included Mrs. Leroy Howard and her son, Kenneth Howard, of | Sterling, Ill, who are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fleharty. | Mrs. Howard and M. Fleharty are sisters. Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Layson E. Atkins will entertain at a small dinner party at the Army and Navy Club Sunday evening in honor of Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Edwin C. Kelton, who will | leave shortly for the Philippine Islands. Col. and Mrs. Kelton will be accompanied by their two daughters, Miss Frances and Miss | Florence Kelton, who have just graduated from Junior High School. | Mrs. Burwell and her son, Dave Burwell, have joined Lieut. Col. | H. S. Burwell at Riverside, Calif., where he is stationed, after visit- ing her mother, Mrs. John Brainard Huggins of Brooklyn, N. Y., | and Lieui. Burwell’s mother at Winsted, Conn. Maj. and Mrs. Charles W. Christenberry have as guests at their residence, 1601 Colonial terrace, Arlington, Va. Mrs. Christenberry’s niece, Miss Eunice Broadie of Granite, Okla., and | Miss Pearl Lee Minson of Venita, Okla., both of whom are con- | nected with the Greater University of Tours of Kansas City. Maj. and Mrs. Adam Richmond have as their guest at their | home in Battery Park, Md., Maj. Richmond’s niece, Miss Emily | Richmond of Chicago. Mrs. Richmond's sister, Mrs. A. C. Cahill, | and her daughter, Mrs. A. Bowerman, who have been guests of | Maj. and Mrs. Richmond for the past week, have returned to their [ home in Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Humphrey and Mr. Kenneth N. Hays To Wed in the Fall h"’ R. AND MRS. WILLIAM C.| \N INTERESTING addition to th‘ HUMPHREY announce the en : e debutante bouquet 15 Miss Mary gagement of their daughter, Frances, | _ to Mr. Kenneth Newton Hays, son | Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. of Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Clifford Hays | John Scott Parker of Chevy Chase. of Witchita, Kans. The engagement | Miss Parker, however, will only take was announced to & group of e par in gebutante festivities during :::';“:’ oy ;‘"{:; “H:"‘\:':f'fl | the holiday seasons, as she will enter at the Columbia Country Club, Old- | Duke University in September. Miss Tashiones bonuore with tiny caras | PaTker graduated cum laude from : | Holton Arms. She is now visiting Miss nOUnCIR e engagement fommed | Barbara Boliing, debutante daughter s 5 : ‘ of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Bolling S P eceliwas IRk eeplng SRLLLbEN s b R B e Miss Parker also will be presented The guests included Mrs. Neitah : el at the first Monday German in Balti- King, Mrs. Alfred Powers Davis, Mrs. | 1€ T MOTCRy Gefman in Balti | Wilbur R. Garrett, Miss Barbara Gar- rett, Miss Gloria Grosvenor, Miss Bet- 'g:m;m’ Bericolsin, EMI.8J0In &8, | ty Mattingly, Miss Eleanor Matting- |~ Iy, Miss Mariana Grogan, Miss Su- yanne Barrett, Miss Katherine Friant Miss Randolph Richardson, Miss Bet- ty Marsh, Miss Fula Council, Mise Betty Galt, Miss Pauline Whitacre Miss Anne Graham, Miss Laura John- eon and M fachlin The wedding will take piace in the early Fall. Miss Mary Parker Will Make Debut During Holidays| Capt., Mrs. Calhoun | Visit in Virginia and Mrs. Clarence Crittenden | will go into the Virginia | ns this afternoon for a few ] motor trip They, therefore, | | | . will not observe their Sunday after- | noon at home tomorrow Miss Cox Engaged To Mr. W.R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Ju nounce the daughter, Jeane Rodgers W and Wash The wed tember HOUSE UNIT VOTES BILL TO RAISE PAY OF 8,000 McCormack Measure to Increase ; Engaged “V‘")Ef’v"'i‘;y— son of North Carolina 1 take place in Sep- Balaries in Customs Serv: Is Reported ‘The House W mittee Thursd: sored by Represe: Democrat, of Massa: setts, providing salary increases for about 8,000 em- ployes of the Customs Service. The cost for the first year mated at $720.000 The new rates are as follows: 1 y . ] | ers, $1.440 $1500, $1.6 : L | $1.680; clerks, entrance salary 7 clerks having one year's satisfactory s | service, $1.800. clerks having two years satisfactory service, $1.900. clerks hav- Ing three years' satisfactory service $2.000; clerks having four years' satis- factory service, $2.100; clerks having five years' satisfactory service, $2200 clerks having six years' satisfactory service, $2,300. | Inspectors are elassified in 13 grades, sach & $100 step-up in salary, from | $2,100 to $3,300. | and Means Com- ted a bill spor tive McCormack is est Miss Virginia Elizabeth Bal- lard of Country Club Hills, Va., whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent I. Ballard, an- nounce her engagement to Mr. Robert Stuart Bray of this city.—Edmonston Photo. | visit in Rye, N. Debutantes of the Coming Winter Season THE MISSES ELEANOR AND ANNE MEEM, Who are expected to be presented to society this Winter by their parents. Mr.and Mrs. Henry Grant Meem. The Misses Meem will sail next week with their parents for Europe ~-Underwood & Underwood Photo. Residefin‘gfigl Spcial News Functions at Resort of Much Interest in the Capital. ORMER Senator Jesse H. Met- calf will preside at the dinner to be given tonight at Newport by the British Empire Club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. M. Sopwith of England. Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Drummond- Wolff will entertain at dinner this evening at Newport Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, mother of Mrs. Drummond-Wolff, yesterday at- tended the opening tennis matches at Newport between the combined Oxford and Cambridge teams from England against Harvard and Yale for the Bernon S. Prentice Trophy. Mrs. Virginia Warren Puckett has closed her apartment in the Chastle- ton and left for St. Paul, where she will visit her brother, Mr. Charles L. Warren Mrs. Puckett was accom- panied by her niece, Miss Ballie Ann Gillespie of Parksley, Va., who has been visiting her for a fortnight. Mr. Warren, with his sister and niece, will go to Wisconsin and into Canada, making the trip by motor, and will make a number of fishing trips during their several weeks' stay. | Mrs. Puckett and her niece will return | to Washington the end of August. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harris and their daughter, will return on Tuesday to their home on Woodland drive after a two months’ wip in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips, accom- panied by their niece, Miss Bernadette Magner, and Miss Alice Jamison, have left for a short sojourn in Atlantic City. Miss Doreen Penn of Wesley Heights leaving Thursday for Princeton is N. J, to attend a house party given | by Miss Edith Pellegrin at the home of her grandfather, Prof. Frederick Wilson, Mrs. Laura Field Cheatham is spending the Summer at Sonora, Mex- ico, with the Misses Julia and Sally | Cheat- | ham and the Misses Kibbey went to | Kibbey on their ranch. Mrs Mexico by motor. Mrs. William J. Peters and Miss | Anita Peters of Cleveland Park left today on & motor trip through the White Mountams. En route they will Ve, Miss Adele Bunker, who is in Mos- cow Visiing her mother, Mme. Roaso, wife of the Italian Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics, will attend Duke University this Winter. Mrs. E. K. Sunday and her son. Courtney Sundav, have just returned from an extended motor tour of the West, visiting Mexico and many of the national parks. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Slye, sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slye left on Tues- day for a three-week motor to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, Canada. They will return by the way of Lake Champlain, the Adirondack Moun- tains, New York City and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Edward George Yon- ker were hosts At dinner on the Shoreham Terrace Wednesday eve- ning in honor of Miss Elzabeth Thornton and Mr. A. Coulter Wells, whose marriage will take place Sat- urday. July 31, in the Foundry Metho- dist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Richard C. Steere, daughter of Mr. H. H. Martin, has just left Washington for California, where she will join her husband, Lieut. Steere, who is stationed on the West Coast in | the U. 8. 8. Porter. The Rev. William Andrew Keese of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Mrs. Keese and their small daughter Ruth are leaving for Lake Chateaugay in the Adirondacks. They will return Miss Aileen Harris, | | to their home in Wesley Heights about | the 1st of September, Mrs. Chester Perschke of Grand Rapids, Mich., returned vesterday | after spending several weeks in Vienna with her grandmother, Mrs. James Allen, and her aunts, Mrs. Frank | Wilcox and Mrs. Bertha Greenwood | Mrs. John Warnock Echols of Vien- | na, accompanied by her guest, Miss | Louisa Huntington, motored last week | | through Maryland, Pennsylvania, New | | York and Southern Canada, where | they visited Mrs. Echols' aunt, Mrs. | | L. M. Emerson, in Binghamton, N. Y., | and relatives in Rochester. } | Mr. Carl Mitman and his two daugh- ! | ters, the Misses Doris and Lois Mit- man, will leave today for the Pocono | Mountains, where they have a cot- | | tage. | | While they are there they will have | as their guests Miss Virginia Walton, | Miss Betty Reed, Miss Tinna Marsh and Miss Sarah Ewing. They will| return to their home in Wesley Heights late in August. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McAdams of Beaumont, Tex. are spending a few days at the Dodge. Mr. | shortiy and Mrs. H. H. Jacobs leave for Linekin lodge, Bayville, | | Me., returning to their home in Wesley | Heights after several weeks of | sailing. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hibbard of War- renton, Va., are spending a brief time | at the Dodge Hotel. Tom Mix's Mother Ill. DUBOIS, Pa. July 24 () —Mrs Elizabeth Mix, 78-year-old mother of | | Tom Mix, cowboy of the movies, was | reported critically 11l today in & Dubois | hospital. l MISS MAR Who will be presented next Winter by her parents, Mr. and Mrs John Scott Parker of Chevy Chase, Md. Miss Parker will attend Duke University this Winter. H { | Y PARKER, —Bachrach Photo. Maryland-Yi{giLlia Notes Mrs. Gordon Tibbitts and Her Sons on Visit in Somerset. R. AND MRS. JAMES E. TIB- BITTS of Somerset, Md.. have with them their daughter-in- law, Mrs. Gordon Tibbitts, who came from her home in Alton, 111, to be their guest for several weeks. Her two sons, Chase Tibbitts and Wil- liam Tibbitts. accompanied her to Somerset. Mrs. Tibbitts will return to Illinois next week, but her two sons will remain with their grandparents until about September 1, The members of Leesburg and the nearby younger society set gave a very delightful dance at the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg last eve- ning. The dance was sponsored by the Misses Clare Briggs, Helen Corbel, | Ada Perry Gibson. Sarah Harrison, Janet Harrison, Lalla Harrison, Emily Lewis, Fanny Lyon, Mary Owen Lyon, Mary Metzer, Betty Musgraves, Nancy Rogers, Jane Ru Betsy Rust Rust, Caroline Rust, Hebe Waters, Peg- gy Wilmer, Mary Bouy Wright and Mrs. Prances Patton, Mrs. Woodrow Williams, the Messrs. John Alexander, Billy Bailey, Mervyn Bly, John A Gibson, jr., Sterling Harrison, Powell Harrison, Miles Lefferts, Freddy Lint- ner, Frank Littleton, Fred Maline, Billy Martin, George Martin, Baylor Metzer, Elmon Miller, jr. Francis Patton, W. F. Rust, jr.; Charles S. White, jr., and Winslow Williams, Among those who entertained pre- Engagement MISS FRANCES H Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Humphrey, announce her engagement to Mr. Kenneth Newton Hays, son of Mr. and Announced UMPHREY, Mrs. Oscar Clifford Hays of Wichita, Kans. The engagement was formally announced at a luncheon today.—Harris-Ewing Photo. \ A Mary | | ceding the dance was Miss Hebe Waters, who gave a cocktail party at | her home, Waterford, and Dr. and | Mrs. John A. Gibson, who gave a | dinner, | Mrs. H M. F. Palmer of Legato. near Fairfax, Va. left yesterday on a motor trip through Northern Virginia. | Mrs. Florence Jodzies of Harmony Farm at Vale, Va, will return to | Blacksburg, Va., Monday to take part in the program of the annual con- ference of the Virginia Federation of | | Home Demonstration Clubs. Mrs. ! Jodzies is secretary of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Robert Janeway of Staten Island and Miss Frances Stuart of Plainfield, N. J., Mr. and Mrs, Hickory Hall, residence, near Annandale, Va. Kortright Church at | Mrs. Powell C. Faunt Le Roy of | Washington has arrived in Fairfax, Va, to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Loughborough. Mr. and Mrs, Sydney C. Cross have with them for a visit at their home ington, while Lieut. Bartelt is camp with the District National Guard at Camp Story, Cape Henry. Mrs. Cross’ mother, Mrs, Est. son-in-law and daughter, left this week for Syracuse, N. Y., where she there around the middle of the month by Mr. and Mrs. Cross and Lielt and Mrs. Bartelt. Lieut. Bartelt will | | remain for a few days only, but the | | other members of the family will be gone at least a month. Mrs. F. B. Kaye was hostess Wed- nesday afternoon at her home in | Aurora Hills to & group of members of the Ladies’ Ald Society of the Calvary M. P. Church, who meet| monthly for a social afternoon. Mrs. Kaye, with Mrs. J. Robert | Simmons, Mrs. Walter Cronin of Auro- | ra Hills and Mrs. Ada Heath of Wash- ington, returned to their respective | homes the first of the week from At- | lantic City, where they spent a few | days at the Ritz-Carleton Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shultz of Ta- koma Park entertained Mrs. Shultz's mother, Mrs. Mary Frasier of Colum- | bus, Ohio, for a few days during the | week. i Dr. and Mrs. William Gilbert and Mr. Louis Gilbert of S8an Francisco, Calif., arrived to spend & short vaca- | tion with their parents, the Rev. and | Mrs. F. C. Gilbert, and with Mrs Gilbert’s mother, Mrs. Alice Bourdeau | of Takoma Park. ‘Wednesday, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert, with their mothers, Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Bourdeau, and Mrs. 5. W. Tyme- s0n left for New England, where they will spend two weeks at their cot- tage on Sunapee Lake, N. H. Later they will visit their old home, South Lancaster, Mass., and also spend a short time in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arnold of Ta- koma Park are spending a few days in Cleveland, Ohio, as the guests of Mr. Arnold's parents, Mrs. Edward Daly and her small son, Edward Daly, ir. are in Bethany are the guests of | their Fairfax County | in Virginia Highlands their daugh- | ter, Mrs. John Bartelt, and her small | son, Roger William Bartelt of Wash- | at Jennie | who makes her home with her | | will open her Summer home around | | the first of August. She will be Joined | MISS ROSEMARY NEWMAN, Daughter of Col. and Mrs. Richard D. Newman, who will make her debut during the Winter season—Underwood & Vnderwood Photo. of Mrs. Daly's aunt, Mrs, Pickens of Washingtom James M. ! Miss Maude Henry returned today | | to her home in New York City after | | passing a fortnight with her nieces, | Mrs. J. T. Lewis. jr., and Miss Flor- ence Henry in Country Club Grove, | Va. | | Miss Henry came to Virginia to at- tend the seventy-sixth anniversa celebration of the first Battle of M nassas, which took place Wednesday She is & lineal descendant of Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Henry, on whose farm the battle was fought. The Henry House on the battle fleld, has been made into a museum, Dr. and Mrs. Erle G North Highland street will have as guests Dr. Brown's and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Wade Brown of Greensboro, N. C., who will arrive tomorrow en route to New York Cit and from there they will sail Thursday for a trip abroad. Dr. Wade Brown was formerly dean of music at the ‘Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Miss Elinor Rowe Sullivan has ar- rived from her home in Fredericks- burg, Va, for a few days' visit in Arlington, and is dividing her time between visits with her aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ellis of Thrifton Village and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bates of Livingstone Heights. She will also visit her cousin, Miss Frances Finn at the home of her parents in ‘Takoma Park, Md. | Miss>Hu]l .tor “'ed Mr. Sowards Monday Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Eugene Hull of | Takoma Park announce the approach- ing marriage of their daughter, Mary }R\lth, to Mr. William Vinton Sow- M ards of Takoma Park, son of Mrs Forest Montgomery of Schroon Lake, N.Y. The wedding will take place in | the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Takoma Park Monday evening. "1 iy Miller-Built surprise as you make We design and them Mill Investment with N Motor out 45th St day from 10 AM. until W.C.G A 1119 17th St. Beach, where they are the guests Massachusetts turning into Cathedral Ave. passing to Foxhall right ha!f a square to the home Weddings Of Interest In&pital Miss Jean Ulman Bride of Mr. 52 Friendly. ISS JEAN ULMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ulman of 1929 Nineteenth street northwest, was married to Mr. Alfred Friendly of Washington, son of Mrs. Edward Rosenbaum, yes- terday afternoon. The ceremony Wi performed by the Rev. Andrew R. Bird at the Church of the Pilgrims The bride, who was given in mare riage by her father, wore a becoming dress of cream satin with short puffed sleeves, a full ¢ lar train and a tulle veil with a garland of lilies of the valley. She also carried a bou- quet of lilies of the valley The maid of honor was Miss Eliza- beth Ulman, the bride's sister., who wore a gown of aquamarine marquis- ette. The best man was Mr, Chalmers Roberts of Pittsburgh Mr. and Mrs. Friendly will reside in Washington. N Lepthien Married © Mr. Sidney W. Bowling. ISS ELLEN MARIE LEPTHIE! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ha J. Lepthien of Ballston, Va, and Mr. Sidney Warren Bowling, son of Mr. ton Presbyterian manse, the v. Dr. L. L. Strock officiating at 8 o'clock The bride wore a gown of powder blue chiffon with a navy blue hat and navy blue accessories, and her flowers yere a corsage bouquet of pink rosebuds and valley Iili She had as her only attendant Miss Mary McQuinn of Baliston and Mr. Irving Randall of Washington acted as best man to Mr. Bowling Following the ceremony there was a small reception at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Bowling are at home to their friends at 927 North Buchanan stre Ballston, Miss Willie Dyer Bride Of Mr. Herbert Helsing. MISS WILLIE M. DYER, daughter of “'% Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cross Dyer, was married to Mr. Herbert R. Helsing, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Helsing, this ing at 9 oclock. at the Church of the Pilgrims. The cere- mony was performed by the Rev. Andrew R. Bird. Afterward thers | was a wedding breakfast at Shore- | ham Hotel The bride wore an all-white cosa tume of crepe and a corsage of gar- denias. The onlv attendants wers Mr. and Mrs. Einar Helsing, the ridegroom’s brother and sister-ine law. Mr. and Mrs. Helsing will go to New England and Canada on their wedding trip and will be at home at the Westchester upon their return. | Miss Gatling to Wed Pierson C. Jones Mr. and Mrs. George Bodie Gat- ling of Orlando. Fla. announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Louisa, to Mr. Pierson Calvin Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edward Jones of Takoma Park. The wedding will take place in Or- lando at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Wednesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock They will make their home in Ta- koma Park. - = Stolen Goods Treaty. MEXICO CITY, July 24 (A —A treaty between the United States and Mexico for the return of stolen vehicles became effective yesterday with its publication in the Official Gazet You'd never think this Home— 3020 Foxhall Rd. Wesley Beights could be bought for any such price as $32,500—FEasily financed ture can provide ~ther petual cont Ave., Road, thence Open for inspection every day including Sun- dark N. Miller Owners and Developers District 4464