Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 26

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Miss Lalla Harrison entertained at & small luncheon and linen shower yesterday in honor of Miss Jane Eustis, whose to Mr. George Y. Wheeler, 2d, will take place in June. Mrs. James Denby has come from South Africa to spend a month here visiting her uncle, Mr, George Bond Cochran, at his home on Nine- teenth street. Mrs. Robert H. C. Kelton, who has spent the past four months in Honolulu and California, has re- turned to Washington and has opened her apartment on California street. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Levy, who are celebrating their 50th wedding an- niversary today, will be at home at the residence of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Ilich, at 1616 Varnum street. The reception, which will be from 9 to 11:30 o’clock, will be preceded by a family dinner party at Woodmont Country Club. A banquet in celebration of the i | 48th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Marrs was given Sun- day by their daughter, Miss Ida May Marrs, at Gertrude’s Wishing Well. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clifford i | Burke of the Westchester Aparte ments have had as their guests Mrs, | | Carrie Welles of Clinton and New i | Britain, Conn., with her sister, Mrs. J.A. McCarthy, and daughter Janice, both of New Britain. The visitors have just returned to their homes after a week’s stay here, where they enjoyed sight-seeing in the Capital and being entertained at teas and other parties. South Carolinians To Choose Queen The South Carolina Society will|§ choose a May queen at its final dance and supper of the season Fri- | & day at the Shorenam Hotel. Mr. Charles E. Jackson, commissioner of fisheries, will be chairman of the Committee on Selections, which will choose the six most attractive girls as they arrive at the dance, and from these six, by popular acclaim, will be selected the May queen. The six committee members who will assist Mr. Jackson are Mrs. |3 John L. McMillan, wife of Repre- sentative McMillan, co-chairman; Mr. James A. Hoyt, former speaker of the House of the South Carolina Miss Camp Married To Mr. Spencer in Church Rite ‘The wedding of Miss Harriet Bell Camp, daughter of Mrs. Royal Worth Camp of Silver Spring, Md., and Mr. Willlam fHenry Spencer, jr., son of Mr. and Mra. Bpencer of Washing- ton, took place April 27 in the Mount Vernon Place Church. The Rev. John Rustin performed the cere- mony in & setting of palms and fern and before an altar holding baskets of white gladioll and snapdragons and candelabra. Mrs. George E. Chapman, jr., was the organist, and the soloist was Miss Prudence Jackson, Mr. L. Wolcott Camp gave his sister in marriage. The bride wore a white satin gown with a basque bodice and a flower neckline, and the voluminous skirt fell into & rounded train. Her fingertip circular veil had a shirred longer section falling from the halo, and her bridal bouquet was & shower of white rosebuds and lilies of the valley. The matron of honor was the bride's sister, Mrs. William F, Guyton, who wore a “Gone With the Wind” model gown in Eleanor blue marquisette over taffeta, and she carried yellow rosebuds and del- phinjum. The other attendants were the bridegroom’s sister, Miss Helen Spencer, and the bride’s sister-in- law, Mrs, L. Wolcott Camp, who wore the same type of costume as did the matron of honor, but they carried bouquets of yellow jonquils and delphinium. Mr. Jack Spencer was his brother’s best man, and the ushers were Mr. Delma Smith of Silver Sring, the bride’s brother, Mr. Jack Camp, also of Silver Spring; Mr. Ed Spen- cer, brother of the bridegroom, and Mr. Junius Snoddy, both of ‘Washington. Immediately following the wed- ding a reception was held for the bridal party, members of both fami- | lies and a few intimate friends of the couple at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Wolcott Camp in Silver Spring. The bride is a graduate of Oxford | Mississippi | University and Strayer College in | this city, where she is now em- | (Miss.) High School, ployed. Mr. Spencer is a Lynch- burg (Va.) High School graduate and George Washington Uni- Legislature; Mrs. Monroe Johnson, |§ wife of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Mr. Edward P. Hodges, attorney in the Department of |& Justice; Mrs. Chris Chappell, and Mr. Fielding Hodge, representing the young South Carolina group. The supper dance will start at 9:30 o'clock. The annual meeting for election of officers will be held at § o'clock. Mrs. Calfee Returns To St. Louis Mrs. Joseph S. Calfee, who spent the early spring in Wash- ington at the Carlton Hotel and later with her son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Calfee, in Boston, has returned to her home in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs, Calfee is honorary na- tional president of the Daughters of the American Colonists and president of the National OfM- cers’ Club. She and Mr. Calfee will come to Washington for & brief visit next month before go- ing North for the summer months. to 42. Deferred pay- ments may be ar- ranged to suit ine dividual budgets. For those select women of fashion to whom quality is as important as style, these dresses are of singular significance. Exclusiveness is their hallmark. Tempered elegance their essence. Choose from Navy, black or pastel sheers, bolero and jacket types, crisp, fresh accents in white lingerie, bright prints, heavenly formal gowns, wool jackets over prints, dress and coat costumes. We urge early shopping for best choicel versity student and is connected with & local firm here, Among the out-of-town guests ‘were Mrs. Guyton of Houston, Mr, J. K. Spencer, sr., and Mr. Spencer, Jjr., both of Lynchburg. For traveling the bride chose an Alice blue dress with lingerie touches, a gardenia corsage, and her accessories were of two-tone blue. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer will make their home at the Harvard Hall Apartments in this city. Karigs Entertain Mr. and Mrs. Walter Karig, Semi- nary Hill, Alexandria, entertained Dr. and Mrs. Gray Giving Tea in Honor Of Mr. Groseclose Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. M. Gray are entertaining at tea to- day from 4 to 6 o'clock at the chancellor’s residence on the American University campus in honor of Mr. Elgin Groseclose, author of the prize-winning novel “Ararat,” who received his doc- tor's degree from American Uni~ versity in 1928, At the tea table will be Mrs, Edward 8. Brashears, Mrs. Ed- ward F. Colladay, Mrs. Frederick SOCIETY. Dr. and Mrs. George B. Woods and other members of the faculty Miss Smith Hostess Miss Marion Eleanor Smith, daughter of Representative and Mrs. Martin P, Smith of Washington, was hostess at a dinner party Saturday at the family home at 3515 Legation street. The guests were Miss Joanne Swift, Miss Marjorie Simp- son, Miss Betty Clark, Miss Sylvia Bunting, Miss Helen Dedicott Miss Margaret Louise Smith, Following the dinner the went to the Wardman Park Theater for the presentation of “Peter Pan,” the young hostess being in the cast, LIKE A NICE DRINK? BERKELEY SPRINGS MINERAL WATER for your table the mountaing nearby West . Bottied Only at Berkeley Phone yWhm-h i M. Davenport, Miss Grace Dun- ham Guest, Mrs, Walter A. Jones, Mrs. David Lawrence, Mrs. Ed- gar Morris and Mrs. Robert Rich. Assisting in the dining room will be Mrs. Ralph Starr Fowler, Mrs. Eugene Anderson, Mrs. Al- ton A. Lindsey, Mrs. Stafford Cassell and Mrs. Raymond J. Spaeth. at dinner Monday for Princess Alex-~ andria Kropotkin. Guests were Senator and Mrs. Burton K. Whgeler, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Lewis Compton and Maj. Rich- ard Aldworth. In one day over 2,000 traffic fines were sent to the correctional courts of Havana, Cuba, for collection. 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