Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 47

SOCIETY Engagements Announced Recently Meredith Haines To Be Bride of Mr. Taylor. T. COL. AND MRS. EDGAR FREMONT HAINES of Gov- ernors Island, N. Y., formerly of Washington, announced the engagement of their daughter Mere- dith to Mr. Dongld Frederick Taylor 8t a dance givén in her honor last night at the Governors Island Club. Miss Haines was graduated from the Spence School in New York City in 1936. She is at present a student at the New York Schoo} of Fine and Applied Arts. Mr. Taylor is the son of Mr. H. Frederick Taylor and Mrs, Taylor of Medford, Mass. He was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the class of 1935. Miss Phoebe Hinman Engaged to Wed. MAJ. BURRITT HAVILAH -HIN- MAN, U. S. A, and Mrs. Hinman, formerly of Boston, announce the en- gagement of their daughter Phoebe to Mr. Rand Newman Stowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Newton Stow- ell of Dixfield, Me. Miss Hinman is & graduate of the Erskine School and attended the Gar- land School in Boston. Mr. Stowell was graduated from | Dartmouth College in 1935. He is & | member of Phi Gamma Delta and Casque and Gauntlet. There are no definite plans for the wedding. Miss Anne Britton Engaged to Marry. R. AND MRS. JOHN BRITTON of Washington and Radnor, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter Anne to Mr. Gilbert Megar- | gee of Gynwyd, Pa., son of the \au‘l Mr. and Mrs. George A. Megargee. Miss Louise Hersperger To Wed Mr. Lloyd Jones. R. ELMER CLAYTON HERSPER- | GER of Poolesville, Md., an-| nounces the engagement of his daugh- | ter Louise to Mr. Lloyd James Jones, §r., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd James | Jones of Dickerson, Md. ! The wedding will take place in De- | eember. Miss Catherine Mary Foley Engaged to Mr. Edwin Conner. R. AND MRS. T. JOSEPH FOLEY | ot Providence, R. I., announce the engagement of their daughter | Catherine Mary, formerly of Wash-| ington, to Mr. Edwin Lyne Connor, | gon of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Connor of Providence. Miss Foley was for- merly connected with the Government in Washington and was then trais- ferred to Providence and New York City. Miss Catherine Hughes Engaged to Marry. . R. AND MRS. MAURICE WIL- LIAM HUGHES of Laurel, Md,, announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine Sellman to Mr. William Latta Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Clarence Welsh of Silver Spring. The wedding will take place the latter part of February. Miss Eleanor Bithop Engaged to Wed Lt. Powell. AJ. AND MRS. HARRY A. BISHOP of Fort Sam Houston, Tex., announce the engagement of their daughter Fleanor to Lt. Beverley Evans Powell, U. S. A. The wedding will take place in the late winter. Miss Bishop attended St. Mary’s Academy in Denver, the Chevy Chase Bchool in Bethesda and William and Mary College in Williamsburg. . She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. Lt. Powell is the grandson of Mrs. Thomas Dudley Evans of Russellville, | Ky. He was graduated from Mercers- burg Academy and later attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating from there in 1936. He is on duty with the 12th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston and will leave in November for his new station at Fort Knox, Ky. | | Miss Byrd Engaged To Ensign Maurer. LT. COMDR. AND MRS. ORVILLE F. BYRD announce the engage- | ment of their daughter Billie to En- | sign John H. Maurer, U. 8. N., son of | Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Maurer of | | 1] 00, 00, at00n, VS0, coe0 T e L M SANDALS for cocktails for evening ne, S A TR T OO AR the instep, or latticed with T LR e ragee e | Miss Ellen Fishback The sculptured mode in shoes ... molded high over to reveal every line of your lovely foot. Two beautiful shoes, done in the I. Miller quality manner 1222 F St. NW. MISS BARBARA Whose mother, Mrs. Thomas A. nounces her engagement to Mr. Anthony Louis Palmeri of New Haven, Conn. Miss Gillis is the Gillis, who was assistant secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 31, 1937—PART_ THREE. LOUISE GILLIS, Gillis of Chevy Chase, Md., an- daughter of the late Thomas A. —Ritz Photo. Washington. The wedding will take place in December. Miss Byrd attended Sweet Briar College and Ensign Maurer is a grad- uate of the United States Naval Acad- emy, class of 1935, and is now attached to the U. S. S. Colorado. Miss Anita Lamar Engaged to Mr. Schiey. MRA AND MRS. GEORGE H. LA- MAR of Rockville, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter Anita to Mr. Charles F. Schley of East Orange, N. J. The marriage will take place next month. Miss Barbara Giliis To Marry Mr. Palmeri. NIRS. THOMAS A. GILLIS of Chevy Chase, Md., has announced the engagement of her daughter Barbara Louise to Mr. Anthony Louis Palmeri of ‘New Haven, Conn. Miss Gillis is the daughter of the late Mr. Thomas A. Gillis, former as- sistant secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. She is a grad- uate of the Wilson Normal School and attended George Washington Univer- sity and the Pennsylvania State Col- lege. She is a member of the Phi Delta Alpha Sorority. Mr. Palmeri is a graduate of George Washington University and is a stu- dent in Hahanamen Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. The wedding will take place No- vember 24 in Chevy Chase, Md. Engaged to Mr. Thorpe, MR. HENRY FISHBACK of Mar-| shall, Va., announces the en- gagement of his daughter Ellen Vir- ginia to Mr. John Carlin Thorpe, also of Marshall. The wedding will take place in January. 4 Miss Nannie Rogers To Wed Mr. Burroughs. | MRS. LAURA ROGERS of Morgan- town, Charles County. Md., an- T Miss Sherman Guest |Of Honor Yesterday | At a Party RS. ELIZABETH NORTHROP and Mrs. D. Verner Smythe en- | tertained at tea yesterday afternoon | from 5 to 7 o'clock at Mrs. Northrop's Eleanor E. Sherman, whose marriage | to Mr. Donn Verner Smythe will take | place Saturday. Among the guests were Mrs. Stanley L. Currier of Cin- cinnati, Mrs. W. G. Schrader of Buf- falo, Mrs. C. H. Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Kilbourne, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sherman, Miss Mildred Reeves, Mr.| and Mrs. Richard S. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Fowler, Judge and Mrs. W. E. Blount, Maj. and Mrs. H. H. Jacobs, Mr. Ernest Covert, Miss Pearl Shock- | ley, Messrs. Clark, Raleigh and Cush- | ing Daniel; Mr. and Mrs. H. Clendon Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Tomalin, Mr. Robert Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Smyth, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gasch, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fulton, | Miss Carrie Roper Fuliton, Mr. W. B. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond H. Parry, jr.. Mrs. B. B. Cain, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gasch, Mr. and Mrs. Ar(hur‘l | Clephane and Dr. and Mrs. Paris Brengle. | The wedding will take place at 4:30 | o'clock in the afternoon in the Fmory | Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Hor- | | ace E. Cronmer performing the cere- | mony, assisted by the Rev. Forest J.‘ Prettyman, former chaplain of th Senate. Mrs. George W. Hill will play the organ. | “Mrs. Stanley L. Currier of Cincin- | nati, sister of the bride, will be the matron of honor, and the bridesmaids will be Miss Gwen Haddock, class- mate of the bride, now of New York, Shoreham Hotel apartment, for Miss | & Young Couples Here For Several Days. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Draddy, whose marriage took place Thursday in the Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Crurch in Larchmont, N. Y,, have ar- rived at the Shoreham to spend sev- eral days. Mrs. Draddy is the former Ruth Gwendolyn Hatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Butler Hatrick of Larchmont, and Dr. Draddy is the son of Mrs. William Draddy. The cere- mony, which was performed by the Rev. Robert Russell, was followed by a large reception at the Westchester Country Club in Rye. The bride's father is vice president | of the Cosmopolitan Productions at Burbank, Calif. After their wedding trip, Mr. and Mr‘!‘.’Druddy will live in New Rochelle, N. Y, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Louis Lambe of Raleigh, N. C,, are at the Shoreham also on their wedding trip, and will spend some time in Williamsburg, Va., before establishing their home in North Carolina. Mrs. Lambe before her marriage Saturday, October 23, was Miss Jen Peay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tenn. Mr. Lambe is the son of Mrs. P. R. Lambe of Winston-Salem, N. C. The wedding took place in the college chapel of the West Raleigh Presbyter- ian Church in Raleigh. Jewish J uniors Plan Dance Next Month. The Council of Jewish Juniors are making plans for a pre-Thanksziving dance to be held at the Wardman Park Hotel, November 20. The proceeds of the dance is used for the council’s many philanthropic projects, one of which is the Dorothy Goldsmith Camp Fund, which provides two weeks at a camp for poor and un- derprivileged children. 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