Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1942, Page 46

Social Events—Clubs TEN — PAGES. [ CAPT. DAVID WAGSTAFF, U.S. A, WITH MRS. WAGSTAFF AND THEIR SON. Capt. Wagstaff and his attractive wife are residing at Fort Myer, where he is on duty. They were photographed recen tly with their son Hunt. —Harris-Ewing Photo. i 3 : Crown Prince of Norway Is in Canada Accompanied by Princess to Christen Bomber Planes; Ambassador Halifax Returns; Other Notes of Diplomats ‘Their Royal Hixhne‘sses the Crown | and Mme. Ostgaard, lady in wait- ) covering from an injury to his leg. Prince and Crown Princess of Nor- |ing to the Crown Princess, who will | Mme. Veniselos and their daughter, way are spending 10 days in Canada where they went to christen a num- | ber of new bomber planes. Theyi inspected the camp of the Nor- wegian Air Force where Norwegiafs are in training. The Crown Prince and his charming wife are remain- | ing through this week to enjoy the winter sports which is one of the great delights of their native land. Adjoining the Norwegian training camp is a recreation camp which, out of compliment to the heirs to the Norwegian throne, has been named Little Skaugum after the original Skaugum, the estate of the royal couple near Oslo. Here the Norwegians in training find rest and relaxation from their duties and here winter sports abound. Accompanying the Crown Prince return with them ‘the end of the week. 2 The Norwegian Minister, M. Wil helm Munthe de Morgenstierne, 1s<‘ in New Orleans, where he went Fri- day to make an address tomorrow. He will join Mme. Munthe de! Morgenstierne the. middle of this| week. Ambassador and Lady Halifax Return From South. His Britannic Majesty's Ambassa- | dor and Lady Halifax returned yes- terday to the Embassy after spend- | ing a week in the South where they went to complete the Ambassador’s | recuperation from his recent illnessvf Another member of the diplomatic | corps who is recuperating from dis- | ability is the Military Attache of the Mile, Veniselos, have joined him | there. en. Pope to Return To Post in Canada. Maj. Gen. Maurice Pope of the Royal Canadian Army has been in ‘Washington for a few days and will return to his post in Canada today. There has been no entertainment in his honor, but he has lunched and dined with various members of the Canadian Legation staff, as well as a number of officers of the United States Army. Another visitor coming to Wash- ington shortly is Senor Estuardo Nunez, well-known writer and lit- erary critit of Peru, who is expected to arrive in this country within the week. Senor Nunez will be in Wash- and Princess are the Prince’s aide | Greek Legation, Col. Sophocles E.|ington for a few days and probably de camp, Lt. Col. N. R. Ostgaard, | Veniselos, who is in New York re- (Continued on Page D-2, Column 3.) WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 25 1942, Social Items Of Interest In Capital Tafts Entertain In Compliment To'R. L. Blacks Senator and Mrs. Robert A. Taft entertained at dinner last eveming in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Black of Cincinnati, who are their guests over Sunday. Mrs. William Howard Taft, mother of the Senator, has with her for some time her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Charles P. Taft of Cin- cinnati, who is here to be near Mr. Taft, now recovering from a serious illness. Mr. Taft will join his mother when he is able to leave the hospital, and will be with her while he is recuperating. Mrs. Charles Taft will remain here until her husband is able to make the trip home, Benator Joseph F. Guffey has with him over the week end his nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. John Guffey Miller, who arrived last week from Puerto Rico. Mr. Miller is an engi- neer and has been superintending steel construction work at naval bases on the island. Mr. Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Miller, who also are with Senator Guffey. The United States Minister to Sweden and Mrs. Prederick A. Ster- ling will be hosts at dinner this evening, entertaining in historic Blair house on Pennsylvania ave- nue which they have leased from Mrs. Gist Blair for the season. ‘The Adviser on Political Affairs to the State Department and Mrs. James Clement Dunn again are in their new house on Hoban road after being at Boca Grande, Fla, for the wedding Saturday, Janu- ary 17, of their daughter, Miss Cynthia Louisa Dunn, and Mr. Alex- ander Lynde Cochrane. Mrs. Dunn was in Florida for some weeks be- fore the wedding and Mr. Dunn went South just a few days before. Mrs. George H. Dern, widow of the former Secretary of War, has joined her daugher, Miss Betsy Dern, in their Washington home after being away for some time in the Far West. Mrs. Dern has been absent nine months and most of that time was in her home in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knowlton have returned from a brief visit in New York, Mrs. Knowlton having been there for 10 days and Mr. Knowlton for a week end. Vincent Sheean Is Entertained Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Houghteling entertained at a gocktail party yesterday after- noon in honor of Mr. Vincent Sheean. Earlier in the after- noon Mr. Sheean gave a lecture on “The War in the Far East” at the Shoreham Hotel to benefit the scholarship fund of the local Bryn Mawr Club. It was uncertain until the last minute whether Mrs. Sheean, the former Diana Forbes Robertson, would accompany her distin- guished husband to the, Cap- «ital to share honors with him at the parties given during his visit. Mrs. Gifford Pinchot enter- tained a number of friends at luncheon before the lecture, with Mr. Sheean as her guest of Comdr. and Mrs. Holcomb home on Connecticut avenue. 12 COMDR. HAROLD HOLCOMB, were pictured recently in their With them are their son, Lowell [ [} U.S.N., AND HIS FAMILY. Holcomb, and their daughter, Cynthia Holcomb. Comdr. Hol- comb is on duty in Washington. ) —Harris-Ewing Photo. a SENORA DE ESPIL WITH HER CHILDREN AND THE EMBASSY PET. he Sy Star An interesting family group is shown in this picture of the wife of the Argentine Ambassador, standing with her son-in-law, Ensign Randall Hagner, jr., U. S. N., left, and her son, Pvt. Homer Army-Navy Page Stillwell, right. Senora de Espil’s daughter, Mrs. Hagner, who is the former Miss Louise Stillwell, is next to Ensign Hagner. —Hessler Photo. Military Air At Wedding Of Miss Smith | Georgetown Church Scene of Marriage To Lt. Gillespie The formality and color of mili- tary uniforms marked the wedding yesterday afternoon of Miss George Ann Smith to Lt. Eugene Pierce | Gillespie of the Edgewood Arsenal, Md., at 4 o'clock in Christ Church, Georgetown, where the Rev. Peyton R. Williams performed the cere-| mony. Lilies and palms decorated the | church. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Watson Smith of Washington, was | Her gown | escorted by her father. was of ivory satin and she wore the traditional over-all veil. The bodice of the dress was cut in an off-the shoulder line, with a yoke of fine net, long fitted sleeves pointed a! the wrists and the basque pointed in the front and fitted to the full skirt that ended in a circular train. Her short lace veil was shrouded in illusion which wds full length in the back and finger-tip length over the face and she carried a prayer book overlaid with white orchids, with more of the same flowers fall- ing from it in a shower effect. Mrs. Alexander Graham Maid of Honor. Mrs. Alexander Graham, cousin of the bride, was matron of honor, wearing peach slipper satin made with a long basque and full skirt,| Mr. three-quarter length sleeves and a heart-shaped neckline. Her bou- quet was a sheaf of gladioluses in peach color. The maid of honor, ‘Miss Mary McLure Smith, sister of the bride, wore blue-green slipper satin made like the dress of the matron of hon- or and carried a sheaf of white gladioluses. Miss Margaret Lyon Smith, an- other sister of the bride, was brides- maid, costumed in ice blue slipper satin and carrying white gladioluses, The bridegroom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Alexander Gillespie of Greenville, Pa., had for his best man his cousin, Mr. Robert Gillespie of Greenville. His ushers included Capt. David Wagstaft, jr., of Fort Myer, Lt. Temple Shaw Ry- land, Lt. Henry P. Carrington, Capt. Edgar A, Clarke, Lt. Joseph D, Har- ris and Lt. Carter S. Vaden, all of the Edgewood Arsenal, Reception Is Held At Washington Club. A reception after the ceremony was held at the Washington Club, where Miss Nancy Jane Gillespie of Greenville presided at the punch bowl. The bride studied at the Corcoran (See SMITH, Page D-7.) Montreal Wedding Has Capital Interest ‘The announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Frances Mc- Lean, daughter of Mrs. C. H. Mc- Lean of Montreal, to Mr. Elwood Williams, 34, is of interest in the Capital, where Mr. Williams is on duty with the State Depart- ment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Williams of Albany, N. Y., and New York City. Miss McLean was graduated from Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp’s School in Montreal. Mr. Williams is a graduate of Kent School and attended Yale and Georgetown Universities be- until his transfer here last spring. The wedding Priday in Montreal. Miss Margaret Farr And Hewitt Wells Will Be Married Of much interest here is the announcement of the engage- ment of Miss Margaret Buchanan Farr to Mr. Hewitt Campau Wells, son of Lt. Comdr. Hewitt Lea Wells of Washington and the late Mrs. Wells. The announce- ment was made recently in De- troit by Miss Farr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rothe Farr of that city. Miss Farr attended Grosse Pointe Country Day School and the Concord Academy, near Boston. She is a member of Tau Beta Sorority and of the Junior League of Detroit and was pre- sented to society in Detroit in the fall of 1940, Mr. Wells was graduated from Choate School in Wallingford, Conn,, and from Princeton Uni- versity, class of 1938. He is with an architectural firm in Detroit. No date has been set for the wedding. Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. B. G. Low- rey, with their children, Katherine and Bill Lowrey, who arrived re- cently from Philadelphia, have taken a house at 6024 Lee boule- vard in Arlington. Comdr. Lowrey's former tour of duty was in Colom- bia, where he served with the naval mission. Visiting in Arlington Capt. and Mrs. W. O. B. Hillman of Arlington have as their week- end guest, Capt. Hillman's brother, . F. T. Hillman, an associate engineer with the War Department in Galveston, who now is attending the camouflage school at Fort Belvoir. Miss Claire Cotter Bride Of Dr. Philip A. Tumulty In Colorful Ceremony St. Matthew’s Cathedral Is Scene Of Outstanding Wedding Attracting Attention of Washington Society St. Matthew's Cathedral was the scene of a colorful wedding yes- terday afternoon when Miss Claire Cotter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Cotter of Travilah, Md., became the bride of Dr. Philip Antony Tumulty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty of Washington. The ceremony took place at 4:30 o'clock with the Right Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Buckey officiating. Wearing ivory satin, the bride was lovely as, escorted by her father, she followed the bridal procession to the altar. Her gown was cut on traditicnal lines, with a Point de Venise lace yoke forming a square | neckline and the full skirt ending in a long train. Her veil of tulle fell from a Point de Venise lace cap and she carried a bouguet of white orchids. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Cahill Were Matrons of Honor, rs. John Lewis Smith, jr., and Mrs. Robert Cahill were the matrons of honor, each wearing peach satin made on Colonial lines, with the shirred bodice forming a gathered neckline and a full, bouffant skirt. Each carried a bouquet of blue delphinium. Miss Margaret Cotter, sister of the bride, wearing a similar costume, served as maid of honor. The other attendants were Miss Dorothy Cotter, Mrs. John Donnelly, Miss Katharine Tilghman, Miss Helen Dunigan and Miss Elizabeth Langlais. They were costumed in Arcadia blue velveteen made like the gowns of the maid and matron of honor and carried bouquets of Jo- hanna Hill roses. \ Mr. Tumulty’s father served as his best man, and his ushers were Dr. Edward O'Brien, Dr. Phil Caufield, Dr. William Foote, Mr. John Lewis Smith, jr., and Mr. Robert Cahill of Washington; Mr. John Don- nelly of Boston and Dr. Lewis Rouling and Dr. Paul Higgins of Baltimore. Reception Follows Wedding Ceremony. A reception after the ceremony was held at the Mayflower Hotel. The bride attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Washington and Manhattanville College in New York City. She made her debut in Washington in 1939. Dr. Tumulty attended Georgetown College and (See TUMULTY, Page D-2.) LT. BRUCE S.OLD, U. 8. N, WITH MRS. OLD AND THEIR BABY SON. Popular members of the young service contingent are Lt. and Mrs. Old, who are shown will take place | with their son, Edward Old. They are Arlington, making their home on South. Twenty-seventh street, —Harris-Ewing Photo. A