New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1928, Page 4

~Photo by Bachrac MISS RUTH HITCHCOCK The engagement of Miss Hitchcock of West Hartford, has been announced to J. Dexter Walcott, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Walcott of this city, Social Activities About Gown Shuttle Meadow Club to Have Busy Week — Dinner Dance — Golf Luncheon — May Breakfast and D. A. R. Meeting—Business and Professional Worhen’s Club to Observe May Day, AY DAY next Tuesday—chosen by several brides, by the way—will be celebrated in the usual manner. Bridges, teas and luncheons are well to the front with the traditional breakfast in the lead. Foremost among the semi-private ever ts of the day comes the breakfast at the Business and Pro- fessional Women’s clubhouse on High street, a vearly custom for many seasons, drawing a large attendance of local people. Later in the day comes the annual May Day breakfast at the | simmons college 12 Shuttle Meadow club, This always is a particularly festive occasion at the club, quite informal, since a great n.any of the members come prepared to play golf. Though it is hardly likel that the golf fans will number a great many this year, since, on the preceding day the annual Ladies’ Golf Luncheon occurs, at this time officially opening the season. of tournament play. Withal it promises to be a gala day at the club house—the vernal note is sustained in costumes as el as in decorations. *® Ll * NOTHER interesting party occurs tonight at the Shuttle Meadow club, with a dinner dance taking place in the | rebeautified, redecorated and generally refurbished ballroom of the club house. Si Yaffe is to play and dinner will be served at 7:80 o’clock. Tables have been taken by Mr. and Mrs. Pardon C. Rickey, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bruemmer, Miss Florence Trumbull, Miss Carlotta Sloper and Miss Alice Gaffney. Though the parties are few in number the reservation list totals close to & hundred. ¢ $ & % TILL another event scheduled to take place at the Shuttle Meadow club next week is the annual meeting of the Esther Stanley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Flora Humphrey is completing the details for the luncheon which will be served at noon. Mrs. William H. Booth and Mrs. Harry Bates, delegates to the 37th Continental congress in Washington, will give reports PERSONALS vin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge, Is spending the weck-end at the h e rnor John M. Trumbull and John Coolidge Visiting in | Mrs, Trumball in Plainsille, Plainville — Many Other | House Interesting Items. ¥ for the of Gove is home from Yale week Mrs. A. W. Hol avenue, Richard T N. J., is his house his mother, West End Richard Whits Vaner was in New York city this wee of . e Kirkham &7d Lexington street, York eity tomorrow winter months in Mrs. are Elisha spending arm in Lyme, they ar Mrs, Frank Vib- Mre. J. E Mr. and Vine stree at their tertaining My 1 berts and Mr. a over the duys en- in New or spending Storey of Arlington nding the week- J. Vanes Mrs. Charles wyntor of Dar son fa visiting with daughter-in-law, Mr Tayntor of For and Mrs Harolq | Maple My i Wellesloy Hills 5. were grests Mrs, Sed s parents, Il of H: Sechrest of the . . Miss Constance Twichell is ho from Wellesley collegs week-end with her Mrs. Renben Twiche ~ond, to spend ts, Mr. Drooksid: o o i i of Trumbull faimea nd several Charles Solomon, Frank A. Crowley Clarence J. Calla} Mre. M Hayes nnal spring da try club ron Bates of Rus- fust Monday from 1 Washington, Mrs. Orville dys Day * Miss Ada Scg { James wotor to New 3 Harrison sireet “fiss Day Miss nsive triy &0 on 1o Washingtor they will remain Parker will spend tie York. £ Robiy return to the Pacific " rom an s coust Ak Mr. Wi ior Miss Ella Sloper in the the week-ond and Mrs. Harold strect. She s Alice and Mis; &da and Miss | ton, Mass, is hom. i Donald Parker. PR Mouat heir son, o Pines schoc ieen visi forcer Whyte Harold My Alica T. Rossiire o iy attending the fostiviioe £ k1 Holyoke coll 1 John Coolidge President © Tsane D Bussell of Grove Hill re- visiting NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1928 turned Thursday from Bermuda. S e e Miss Ruby Andrews, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Lincoln street, left yesterdey to| spend a week in Atlantic City and | Washington, D, C. “ e Mrs. Walter P. Crabtree and her caughter, Miss Priscilla Crabtree of Lincoln street, left Wednesday 1o vend the remainder of the week in Portland, Maine. e e Mr. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Lincoln street were in New York city Tuesday Y Philip Corbin of Hackensack, N. J.. was in town during the week. DI Frank Wachter of Park returned Wednesday from a with relatives in Illinois. PR Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kinney of thode Island return to their home teday following a visit with Robhert \ndrews of Stanley Quarter. Mrs. | Kinney was formerly Miss Elizabeth | Andrews. Mrs. Place visit PR | Miss Katherine Swift of Lincoln street returned on Wednesday from Larchmont, New York, where she s been visiting her cousin, Mrs, Harold Herrick, formerly Miss Ircne Swift of this cit | o e o | Miss Beatrice Reynal xington | street will be & bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Dorothea B. Suth- | criand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Sutherland of Madison, and Calvin M. Shepherd of Bronx- ville, New York. The ceremony will | take place on Saturday noon, May at the homée of Mr. and Mrs, | Frank G. P. Barnes of New Haven, | who are relatives of the bride. Miss | Reynal and Miss Sutherland were ! |classmates at Bradford Academy. . e Morris Nordstrom, son of Mrs. M. Vordstrom of Maple Hill, left yes- | {terday on a week's trip to Washing- (ton, D. C. o e Mrs. Flora C. Loomer of Beverly, | Massachusetts, is the guest of Dr. land Mrs. Ralph A.Wooding of Grove | Hill, Kensington, v e e Miss Eleanor Johnston of York is the house guest of Frances Parker of Curtis strect, e e Miss Esther Trumbull of Plainville {has returned to her home following {a two weeks visit in Bridgeport. PR | 7Thomas F. Jackson of South Bur- ritt street was in New York during | the week, New | Miss v e e Miss Daiscy Bennett of Ports- | mouth, New Hampshire, is the guest lof her aunt, Miss Mary Peasc of IPark Place. | DY | Miss Nancy Doane, daughter | Mr. ana Mrs. R. B. Doane of Maple | Hill, attended a house party given by Miss Adeline Mansfield of Spring- field. a classmate of Miss Doanc’s at t week-end, Sl | Mra. €. 3. Morse of Broad strect | has returned from a visit with rela- | |iives in Springfield, Mass. | e of FLORA Mi Brooks. i will be by no means small, sinec Miss Ruth Bassette, daughter of | Miss Humphroy is a descendant of Mr. and Mrs. Buell B. Bassette of lone of New Dritains old familios ¥mmons Place returns today from she is a graduwite of Wellesloy col. Boston, Mass. lege and for several years has been e e i wetively iuterested in local charities | Donald McMillan ind philanthropical only returns from New P Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dempsey of | New York City formerly of New Britain arc the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Farle K. Bishop, | Adams stree of Dover road 4 societies, York City today . viee presi- A tentley, who is general man- of the Parker Shirt 4 former resident of Mount Vernon N. Y. and was for 20 years secr o tary and New York manager of th | Wachusett Shirt Co. | The eng Co., is a WEDDINGS i Wit " I Miss Hum- | phrey, was the entertaining Bentley-Humphrey Nup- i is announced urty at the wttle Meadow club, Brooks, a cousin of host !:4 friends at luncheon and cards. tials Set For Early Sum- || P ‘ | One of the early summer wed- jdings in town, of interest to a large circle, is that of Miss Flora Hum- | of the Swedish Bethany church. The phrey of Grove Hill, to William E. | corcmony will be performed by Jtev- Bentley of Forest street. Miss Hum- | erend « pastor, at 4 phrey, who is an only daughter of ' o’clock. Miss [dith Johnson will be the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Dayton muid of honor and Andrew Duhi- | Humphrey of West Main str et, will bert, brother-in-law of Mr. Hallsten, {be married at her brother's mew | will be hest man, {home on Shuttle Meadow avenue, | The bride will wes sown of tan though the invitations are georgetic crepe with hat to match sued only to relatives and of gardenias and lilies friends, the attendance |of the valloy maid of honor i Niomi Johnson, ¢ ter of Mr. and Mrs, 8. J of Hawkins sireet, and N, Ruben Hallsten of Arch street will be mar- ried this afternoon at the parsons Miss Rutl gh- Johnson and a corsagm | Let Us Help You With Your Floral Problems VOLZ THE FLORIST West Main St. Phone 3700 1 r » nent to William E. Bentley was announced Wedncsday at a luncheon given by Mrs, William will be return will make their home at 62 Hawkins street. « e o The engagement of Miss Rose Kiupinski of Talcott strect and Samuel Wolk of Waterbury is an- nounced. The wedding will take place in the summer, o o 0 Miss Mary Sheehan and Harry Metty were marrisd Wednesday morning at 8t. Mary’s church. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fortin. o v e Mr. and Mrs. John Olson of Pearl | street celebrated their thirtieth wed- ding anniversary with a dinner at the Burritt hotel last Sunday. There | were thirty guests. | Mr. and Mrs. Olson were married in Hartford in 1898 and moved to this city two years after their mar- riage. Mr. Olson i8 prominent in business and politics and an active member of the Swedish Bethany | chureh. They have three children. | o e e | The wedding of Miss Catherine L. | Martin of Whiting street and H. J. Hughes of ‘Boston tok place Wed- nesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at | St. Mark's church. Reverend Samuel Suteliffe, rector of the church, per- formed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. |Lawrence Unwin attended the couple. [ The bride wore a gown of blue | | crepe do chine and a gray hat. She | | carried a bouquet of white roses and | {lilies of the valley. The maid of | | honor wore a gown of tan crepe de chine and hat to match. She carried | a bhouquet of sweet peas, s Mr. and Mrs. Hughes left on an | automobile trip and will reside in Boston, | o . | Mr. and Mrs. James Garrity of | Kensington celebrated the twenty- | ifth anniversary of their marrfage | | Wednesday. | | DR | Mr. and Mrs, Peter Asvestas of | Willow strect announced the en- | 1 gagement of their daughter, Theano, | to Peter Altison at & party given at | their home last Sunday. No date ' has been set for the wedding. “ .0 Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Andrew of | MISS JENNIE V. JOHNSON Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson of Maple Hill, Her engagement to Francis Miglizzi of Lee street has been | announced. | Bristol obscrved in an informal way | yesterday the fiftieth anniversary | their marriage. The in Bristol on April [ erend Delavan DeWolf, pastor lrh» Baptist church at that time. fwith of | of v e s | Miss Hildur Lantz, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Lantz of Arch | street, will become the bride of | Laurence Beilman, son of Mr. and Mra. ‘George T. Bellman of Buell | street, Wednesday, May 2. The cere- {mony will take place at St. Peter {church at § o'clock in the morning. { Miss Lorctta Beilman will be maid |of honor and William Haggarty will | serve as best man. After the ecerc- {mony, a wedding breakfast will he served at the Burritt hotel for the fmmediate families. The couple will make thelr home at the Glen Apartments upon their return from a wedding trip. | Mr. Beilman is a member of th firm of Bellman Sons, contractors. | DY Miss Rose M. Bellinl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Rellini of ssed in yellow georgette | Franklin street, and Angelo Spinelli nd a black hut. She will wear of Bristol were married Monda: of orchid sweet peas and [ morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary yellow marguerites, | church. Rev. Matthew Traynor, pas- IFollowing the cercmony at the|tor, officiated. Miss Beatrice Coronc parsonage, a reception will be held | was maid of honor and the brides- for the immediate families at the |maids were Miss Anna Valenti and home of the bride’s parents, Cut|Missd Pauline Fanelli of Bristol. flowers will be used for decorations. { Philip Cistulle was best man and the Mr. Hallsten and his bride will |ushers were Donato Aurede and leave for a wedding trip by motor | James La Monti. {0 Washington, D. €., and upon their | The bride wore a gown of whitc | with chid Phote Ly HUMPHREY Murray Studle crepe Graduation Watches.. :[ specially chosen for Youth! . For many years, we have provided parents with just the kind of watches their graduates themselves prefer. 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A number of guests were pres- | veil was ¢ p-shaped and trimmed Italian Jace and orange blos- rried a shower Louguet roses and lilies of the The maid of honor wore a ' pink georgette trimmed rhincstones with a picture hat Her hougquet was of pink The hrides- of pink and or- with hats to match and their ent from Northampton, Mas sor Locks, Bristol, Hartford, Penn. sylvania and this city. The couple Will make their home at 48 Frank- lin street upon their return from a wedding trip to Washington, D. €., and New York. PR Mrs. Fred Lenox place have received word of the marriage of their son, Rus Q. Elliot, to Miss Ann W: ter of Mr. and Mrs. of Dallas, Texas. The ¢ Wind. 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