Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 42

BOCIETY. Chevy Chase Social Scene Enlivened by Parties Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Bryant, Jr., Among Dinner Hosts; Visitors Lend Additional Interest Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Bryant, Jjr., were hosts to 16 guests at the first of a series of tea parties, followed by bridge last evening. Dr. and Mrs. Gustav Peck gave a dinner party last evening for Benator Holman of Oregon, Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson and Dr. and Mrs. George R. Warrington of Philadelphia. Mrs. Henry O. Patton of West Englewood, N. J., is the week-end guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Pleasanton Bowie. Mr. and Mrs. Lauriston Hannah have as their house guests Mrs, Charles L. Collette of Chicago and Miss Betty Lee Duncan of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs, Warder B. Jenkins were hosts at a supper party and bridge Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Dyer have as their guests the latter’s sister, e Mrs. O. M. Howland of West Hart- ford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Yule en- tertained 12 guests at a supper party, followed by cards, Monday evening. Lt. and Mrs. Fulton Guests of His Parents. Lt. and Mrs. Robert B. Fulton, with their son, William Lawrence Fulton, 2d, of Annapolis, are guests of Lt. Fulton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Willilam Lawrence Fulton. Mrs. Burton Corning entertained 16 guests at luncheon and bridge ‘Tuesday. Mrs. Charles McNabb was hostess at luncheon and bridge Monday. Mrs. S. A. Andretta has returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs. Daniel Gage, in Hartford, Conn. Mrs. James M. Gunning of Ber- wick, Pa., is the guest of her brother- in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. R. Seabury d’Espard have visiting them Mrs. d’Espard’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morgan of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Burton were hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helmuth, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dotterer and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jorolemon at a dinner and bridge party Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morse have as their week-end guests Mrs. Morse’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collins of Scranton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morse were hosts at a dinner party Friday eve- ning in honor of their guests. Mr. and Mrs. Burr Edwards have with them over Sunday their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. Rankin Weisgerber of Grosse Point, Mich, who are en route to Williamsburg, Va. | Mr. and Mrs. Roger Whiteford | have as their guests Mrs. Pearre | Wantz and Mrs. Maurice Unger of | ‘Westminster, Md. Lt. and Mrs. Newton Visit Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins. Lt. and Mrs. W S. Newton, with their son, Spencer Newton, and their daughter, Miss Betty Jane Newton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. ©O. Frank Hopkins. Lt. Newton re- cently was transferred from Manila and will make their home in Chevy Chase. Mr. and Mrs. August Koehler have as their guests the former’s mother and sister, Mrs, L. C. Koehler and Miss Bertha Koehler of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Fred W. Frankie, thé wife of Col. Frankie, was hostess at dinner and bridge Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Gard have returned to their home in Chevy Chase, Md. after spending the winter in Houston, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perley Smith sailed yesterday from San Francisco for a six-week trip to Hawaili. Mrs. Howard Harries returned yesterday from Pasadena, Calif., to join her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Loos, at their home in Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. William Sass entertained at luncheon and bridge Wednesday. Mrs. Lewis Graeves entertained at luncheon and bridge Wednesday at the Congressional Country Club in compliment to her house guest, Miss Edith Reynolds of Rochester, N. Y. Mr, and Mrs. Paul Reiney has as their week end guests Mr. Lowell | Burnelle of Gloucester, Ohio; Mrs. Sidney Noland of Richmond, Ky., and Mrs. Charles White and her three daughters of West Orange, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul Winings, jr., have visiting them Mrs. Winings’ mother, Mrs. Clara A. Hoak of Harrisburg. Mrs. Winings entertained at a tuncheon Friday in honor of Mrs. Hoak., Germany has promised to sup- ply its farmers with 1,000,000 farm hands from Poland. Spring Dance At Manassas Friday Night Mrs. Pickeral and Mrs. Gothwaite Visit in Richmond MANASSAS, Va., April 20.—Mr. Sedrick Saunders has been named chairman of a spring dance to be given Friday evening in the high school gymnasium. The affair is sponsored by the Manassas Volun- teer Fire Department and music will be by an orchestra from Char- lottesville. Mrs. H. E. Pickeral and Mrs. E. D. Gothwaite were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Bandix in Richmond this week. Mrs. Stanley Owens will be hostess at bridge Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Love Elliott of Charlotte, N. C., will arrive this week end to spend several days with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Roseberry. Miss Hilda Moser will entertain at a small bridge party Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. E. E. Thompson Makes Stopover. Mrs. E. E. Thompson, who is en route from Florida to her home in Monsan, Mass., arrived Thursday | to spend two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Hynson. Mrs. Warren G. Keith of Rock Hill, S. C, is the guest of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Moser. Mrs. S. P. Senior, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Russell Blanch- ard, and her grandson, Senior Blanchard, came from Bridgeport, Conn., Wednesday to visit relatives in Manassas for a few ddys before continuing on a tour of Southern gardens. Mrs. Betty Davis of San Diego, Calif., came East by plane this week from the West Coast to make an indefinite visit with her sister, Mrs. Ayleene Guthrie. Mrs. Guthrie is in St. Luke’s Hospital, Richmond, where she is recuperating from a serious - eperation, and Mrs, Davis will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunby, near Richmond, before coming to Manassas. Mr. and Mrs. Sedrick Saunders are in Warsaw, Va., this week end. Mrs. C. Wade-Dalton was hostess at bridge last evening. Staunton Visitor Returns to Capital STAUNTON, Va. April 20—Mrs. James de L. Carpenter, who visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barkman, returned this week to her home in Washington. Miss Anne Haile of Tuckahoe, N. Y., who has been visiting Mrs. B. O. Blackford, and spent several days with her grandmother, Mrs. Columbus Haile, now is a guest of Miss Mary Bell, at Stonewold. Her father, Mr. Columbus Haile. was to | arrive today, and will visit at Willoughby during his short stay here. Mrs. Monroe Bonfoey and her small daughter, Katherine Adams, have arrived from Quincy, Ill, and are visiting Mrs. Bonioey's mother, Mrs. Julius L. Witz, at Merrifield, her home on the vailey pike. Mrs. Bonfoey before marriage, was Miss Sara Deen Witz, and attended Gunston Hall in Washington, where she has many friends. Mrs. Arthur B. Anderson of Los Angeles has arrived to be with her mother, Mrs. Wilbur H. Palmer, who is convalescing from a serious opera- tion. Mrs. Anderson was formerly Miss Phyllis Palmer of this city. ! “Superior Care--Longer Wear” ’ At cleaning . ¢ THE SUNDAY § TAR, WASHINGTON, MISS MARGARET FENWICK WETMORE. Her parents, the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Mrs. Alexander Wetmore, announce the engage- ment of their daughter to Mr. John G. Harlan. The wedding will take place in June. Al#ance Francaise Will Hear Final Lecture Tomorrow The members of the Alliance Francaise of Washington will meet for the last lecture of the season at the Sulgrave Club at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow. The speaker will be Mr. Marc Peter, former Minister of Switzer- land at Washington and honor- ary vice president of the Federa- tion of the Alliances Francaises in the United States and Canada. Mr. Peter will speak on “Jean Jacques Rousseau Genevois” to an audience of diplomats, society leaders, university professors and students of the French language. The French Ambassador, Count de Saint Quentin, is honorary president of the Federation of the Alliances and of the Wash- ington group, the- officers of which are: President, Mr. Lynch Luquer; vice presidents, Mrs. John M. Biddle and Dr. H. N. Darton, and honorary secretary, Mr. W. T. Brantly. On the Advisory Council are Mrs. Charles S. Alden, Mrs. George F. Becker, Mrs. Laurence V. Benet, Mrs. Carlos del Mar, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs. W. A. Hayes, Mrs. Hennen Jen- nings, Mrs. Newlands Johnston, Miss Sarah T.ee, Miss Nannie Ma- comb, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. V. R. Tuckerman, Dr. Florian Vulpillot and Miss Har- riet Winslow. Hillyers Home After May 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Allen Voris announce thc marriage of the lat- ter’s sister, Miss Mary Tattnall Cook, to Mr. Curtis Lucius Hillyer on Jan- | uary 27 at Culpepper, Va. Mrs. Hillyer is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry | Cook of Savannah, Ga. | Mr. Hillyer is the son of Mr. and | Mrs. William Lowe Hillyer of Wash- | ington. | After May 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hillyer will' be at home at 140 Custer road, Battery Park, Md. -Harris & Ewing Photo. Plans Completed For Bryn Mawr Scholarship Benefit Plans for the annual Bryn Mawr scholarship benefit were completed recently at a meeting at the home of Mrs. James Lawrence Houghteling, wife of the commissioner of immigration and a cousin of the President. Mrs. Harry L. Grant, who has turned over her home at 2210 R street for a box office, reported that the sale of tickets is pro- gressing rapidly and the May 1 benefit performance of George Cohan’s “The Return of the Vagabond” at the National is ex- pected to draw one of the year's most brilliant theater audiepces. Among the alumnae attending the meeting at Mrs. Houghtel- ing’s were Mrs. Howell Moor- head, Mrs. Marshall Exnicios, Mrs. Henry L. Abbott, Mrs. Joseph Cotton, jr.; Miss Fran- ces Carter, president of the Washington Bryn Mawr Club, and Mrs. John Vandergrift, who is serving as chairman of the benefit. Ma;. Elihu Church Is Visiting Here Dr. and Mrs. William Thorn- well Davis have visiting them Maj. and Mrs. Elihu Church of New York, who are spending sev- eral days in Washington. Maj. Church is president of the New York Society of the Cincinnati. Last evening he and Mr. Davis, with Mr. Davis’ son and heir to the society, Mr. William J. G. Davis, attended the dinner by the Washington Society of the Cin- cinnati, End Vacation Mr. and Mrs. William B. Wrenn have returned to their home on Forty-seventh street after a two weeks’ vacation at Miami Beach. They were accompanied on the trip by their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. ‘William Wrenn, jr., of Arlington. \ : zW‘.’ "'"/v\.. P W | Frederick Charlesworth of Brant- D. C, APRIL 21, 1940—PART THREE, Miss Barrett BecomesBride Of Mr. Smith Rev. P. D. Bowden Officiates at Rites In Warrenton Of much interest here is the wed- ding of Miss Elizabeth Rice Barrett, daughter of Mrs. Richard Rice Bar- rett and the late Mr. Barrett of Warrenton, Va., and Mr. Douglas Rathbone .Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone Smith of Alexandria, Va. “The ceremony was performed in St. James Church at Warrenton, with the Rev. Paul D. Bowden offi- ciating at 4 o'clock. A setting of Buttrick of Concord, Mass.; the Misses Wheeler of Waltham, Mass., afd Mr. George Thompson of Park- ersburg, W. Va. For traveling the bride chose a navy blue and white outfit, and she wore a corsage of orchids. On their return from their wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Smith will maks their home at 317 South Royal street in Alexandria. Spring Dance ‘The annual spring dance of the Credit Bureau Employes Welfare Association will be held Saturday, May 4, at the Kenwood Country Club. This is the annual affair of the Welfare Association of the Associ- ated Retail Credit Men'of Washing- ton. The Dance Committee includes Mr, Robert Talman, chairman, Miss green cedars, Easter filies and lighted PBernadette Doyle and Miss Doris tapers added to the beauty of the occasion The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Richard Barrett, and “had Mrs. Frederick Charles- worth, sister of the bridegroom, as her matron of honor. Miss Anne Barrett, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss Mary L. Kennedy, Miss Doris Becker, Miss Betsy Charrington, Miss Sarah Warren, Miss Phoebe Spilman and Miss Betty Williams, Bridesmaids Wear Aquamarine Gowns. The bridesmaids wore aquamarine gowns of organdy, made with full skirts and embroidered fitted jackets, and their hats were fashioned of white flowers and aqua ribbons. The matron of honor, who pre- ceded the bride, wore pale yellow organdy, made like the bridesmaids’ gowns, and hats of white flowers and yellow ribbons. All the attend- ants carried spring flowers. | The attractive oride wore a gown | of off-white satin, made with a full | skirt which fell into a circular train | from a fitted bodice. The heart- shaped neckline and wrists of the | gown were edged with Valenciennes | lace, and a long tulle veil fell from | a tiara of orange blossoms. The | bridal bouquet was of white orchids | and lilies of the valley. | Mr. Wilton Greenland Of Alexandria Best Man. | Mr. Wilton Greenland of Alex- | andria was best man and the ushers | were Mr. Walter Smith, Mr. Valen- | tine Smith, Mr. Willlam Smith, | Mr. Charles Barrett, Mr. Edward Alfriend, all of Alexandria; Mr. | ford, Canada, and Mr. William Bar- rett, brother of the bride. | A reception was held at the North | Wales Club after the ceremony. It had first been planned to have the affair at Ridgelea, home of the | Warren. 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