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—Photo by Murray Studio MRS. FREDERICK C. TEICH Mrs. Teich was elected president of the Maple Hill Woman's club last week at the annual meeting. Social Activities About “Gown Busy Season at Shuttle Meadow Club — Wonderful Weather Boon to Golf Fans — Important Engagements Announced This Week. 'HE spring season, which has had spurts of liveliness, is now formally launched and under most favorable auspices as far as weather is concerned. A reign of more than unusual gaiety descended upon the | Shuttle Meadow club house this W eek, beginning on Monday, | April 30 when 60 matrons and young gu]s turned out for the opening golf luncheon. On the following day move than 100 \»ere in attendance for the annual May l)a) l)leakf t, . Cooper gave one of the largest parties, arriving with her, guests em]v enough to precede the breakfast with a round of bridge—in most instances the bridge came later. Mrs, Harold T. Sloper was another hostess, as was Mrs. Howard Humphvrey, Miss Florence Trumbull, Miss Flora Humphrey, Mrs. William | towland, Mrs. James H. Robinson, Mrs. Herbert L. Mills, Mrs. | Richard Prichard, Mrs. E. M. Hayden, Mrs. Allred Wright of | Essex and Mrs. Thomas M. Ferguson of New Haven. Another c\ent of importance occurring at the clubhouse | vesterday was the annual meeting of Esther Stanley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. A luncheon, “with Miss | Flora Humphrey, Mrs. John C. Loomis and Mrs. James H. Robinson at the helm, preceded the important business meeting. Golf is always well to the front at this season of the year. The course at Shuttle Meadow is the rendezvous jor society of allages. Youth and the older generation are equally prominent, especially during the week-end. Speaking of this popular syort there is to be a mixed foursome play on June 8 and again on 22nd. It sounds like an interesting match, for the men and women are to take alternate shots and drives. At this date there is some talk of making an all day party of it—finishing; np with a get-together dinner bridge in the evening. The nicest part of this arrangement is—even if you aren’t a golf fan you can come out for dinner and t’lld\ EDDINGS, betrothals and their attendant festivities crowd an already full social calendar. This week, Miss Margaret Peck, youngest daughter of Mrs. Robert N. Peck and the late Mr. Peck, announces her engagement to Nelson C. Peck of Meriden, late Dr. Peck of New York City. Another engagement of wide interest is that Miss Doris Honiss only daughter of Mrs. C. A. Honiss of Berlin and Arthur Benson of East Berlin. JMr. Benson is the voungest son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Benson and is quite prominently connected with activities in the local tennis world. | still another betrothal is that of Miss Mildred Lange of Meviden to Vincent W. McAuliffe of Forest street. These nuplials are all set for early dates and attract the attention of many prominent people in New Britain and the nearby surrounding towns. o 8 ") Saturday for Europe They -\)u(l PERSONALS & e ool ERPhOe ! PR o o Miss Abbe Gllis of this eity is in Visitors Here and There— | fiata bt Several Entertain Wecek- Se e i Find Guests € W, . Kramer and son 1 Mrs. irank Johnson of S - = Plainville were guests of relatives in Long Island City, N. Y., during the Ss . M Nor whter of < Charles Norris of Ten 1 A yad, left yesterday to visit A Joston, Ao, N : ; . Knowles Chapman of | \ rect has returncd from port where she has been | <t conple of werks. Mioand Mrs. Bliss W. rk and ter, deannetic of Trinity he week-end at heir son, who is reshn at Cornell university. PR Hill grandmother, Cue of Pittsfield. Mass., is ¢ t of his son and daughter- v l a4 Mrs. W. P. MeCue ¢ Adin Thompson of New York g a few days at the and Mrs, William J livan of Linwood street. PR Major H. Brown Alders tand, who has been sy prst fow i Mr. and Mrs. Algernor A son | ret ke 1. B Cooper of Vine street 1y from a short stay . tobert Muir of St 1 Mis A C.H Alhins Island, N. Y. have Friste] sail ont New ¥ v the reant house suests of Mr Hill has returned from Boston, Mrs. J. 1 Mr. Peck is a son of Mrs. Charles H. Pack and the, rs of Williman- land Mrs. \l.nn\(ll Hart of Lincoln Road. PR E. Duncan of Brooklyn, N. Y. | nd Edward Hart of New York city | were in town this week. e v v Mrs. Johnstone Vance of Monroe | street was in New York city this| week. PR Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Black tormerly of Harrison street are no@ in residence on Park Place. . e s Miss Margaret Peck, daughter of Mrs. Robert Peck of Park Place, was in New York city this week, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Swift who | have been living in Chicago, IIL., for several months have come back ham Manor, N. Y. Mr. Swift © youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Swift of Park Place. ¢ o Miss Mary Whittlesey and Miss Frances Whittlesey of West Main street and Mr. and Mrs. William P. Ielt of West End avenue spent the weel at the Belmont Springs Coun- try club in Belmonf .. Arnold Wallen of is visiting her parents, Mr. and | isle Baldwin of Forest | = DY | Mrs. Douglas Johnston of Maple While there, she was the guest of her parents, Reverend and Mrs. wing. | . e | Mr. and Mrs. Lee A, Seaman and daughter of Garden City, Long| | Island, have returned from Palm | | Beach and are spending u few weeks | !with Mrs. Scaman’s mother, Mrs. | John F. O'Dell of Francis Court. | ‘e Mrs. Frank Cunningham and elil- | dren of Plainville, are spending a | week in Newark, New Jersey, { e o o | 5t ena dus B 5. Huvert ang | daughters, of Maple Hill have been Immdmg the week in Washington, Mrs. Stella Andrews, who has been isiting her sister, Mrs. Jennie Hick- ok of Plainville, during the winter Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bull of Black Rock avenue, entertained Miss Car- olyn Ronaldson of New Haven, Miss Agatha Cantield of Canaan ard Miss Ruth Williams as house guests over last week-end. Miss Bull and her hister, Marjorie Bull entertained at dinner last week Friday. WEDDINGS Marked Increase in Wed- dings—Several Engage- ments Announced. Of interest to New Britain was the announcement of the engagement this week, of Miss Margaret A, Peck, daughter of Mrs. Robert N. Peck of Park Place and the late Robert N, Peck, who was well known in the life of the city, to Nelson C. Peck of Meriden. Miss Peck is a gradu- ate of Vassar college and of the Training Scohol for Nurses at the Presbyterian hospital, New York. Mr. Peck is the son of Mrs, Charles H. Peck and the late Dr. Peck of \.u York, who was a prominent . He is a graduate of the \hc,l[h‘ld Seientific school and of the Graduate school of Yale Uni- versity, The wedding will take place early in June. . .. Announcement of the cngagement and wedding date of Miss Doris A. Honiss, daughtor of Mrs. Cora A. Honiss of Berlin, to Arthur R. Ben- son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sven Ben- son of Eaat Berlin, was made known to a small group of fricnds at a May breakfast, Tuesday morning t the home of Mra. Robert D). Silsby of Worthington Ridge. Berlia Guests were seated at the table decorated with a minature Maypole to which individual baskets of spring flowers were tied. The wedding will iake place Sat- urday afternoon, June 30, at the Berlin Congregational church, Ber- lin. Miss Honiss and her mother re- turned recently from an extended trip to California. The engagement of Vincent Wal- ter MeAuliffe of Forest strcct to Miss Mildred Edna Lange, daughter months, left yseterday for Atlantic W | City to spend the summer with her og xr :n‘t: ‘.\Irn.( R!;:lm\;d !d{. Lax!lg*' | daughter. of West Main street, Meriden has & o s been announced. The wedding will Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hitchcock, - take place in June, Miss Elizabeth Comstock and Miss ¢ o o |Harrlet Comstock of Maple Hill MRS. A. STANLEY DUNCAN The wedding of Miss Hildur I spent last week-cnd in Boston visit- ing Min Agnes Hitcheock, a student | at Boston COH(‘Q“. . e Ulg Eilteabeln iatia aavgliana I3, and M B. Hance of Hart Terrace, is attending the Spring |Today she is in Amhc {houso partics at Wesleyan College in | divities at Amherst C Middletown. . o e | . i Miss Viola Blair of Woodruff iy court, is spending the weck-end with \n, vesterday at her home. | nd Mrs. William H. huttle Meadow Miss Grace Manee of Bridgeport. |from Bradford Wi Mass,, for the wee Richard House, son of Mrs. A. W. | MEeEhalibd G House of West Bnd avenue, is at-| i o tending the prom festivities at Con- |y, =05, necticut College, the guest of Miss Flora Hine, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Albert C. Hino of Clayton road. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rabinow. . u | . | sam Prensky of New York is vis- John Andrews h ]mmL from Yale ‘mluz his sister, Mrs. Harry Rabinow [University to spend the weelend |of Winthrop street. with his parents, Mr, and Mrs A. Andrews of Lincoln road Miss ren Pershing, William Grandey and | from Dana Hall | Philip McConklin, fellow students at | spend the woe Yale, arc the house guests of Mr. |ents, Mr. and M | Andrews. ba1l of Lexington street. | .. PR I Miss Jean Trumbull, younse Mrs. Buell B, Bassette bull and Mrs. Trumbull of Plainville, a student at Bradford Acadel White Shirts Are Always Good Every man has mornings when he digs down through his colored shirts until he finds a white one. They're the old reliables—always refreshing, || always smart, always in perfect harmony with any tie you wear. : $1.95 « $4.50 Collar Attached or Neckband Globe Clothing House COR. MAIN & WEST MAIN STS. —_——— Mrs. Duncan of Lincoln street gave a lalg‘e bridge party t for (le jes- s Jane Rattenbury, daughter ot rtrude Kroner of New ty is the week-end guest of Kathleen Crowley Solomon, prano of this city will make her de- | but as concert soloist at Camp school | UPon their return from a wedding auditorlum Thursday evening, May | triP. i She will be assisted by Edward | M. Beilman is a member of the basso, of Hartford, and |contracting firm of Bellman Sons. fo, Wilfriede Gehrman, violin- LRI r. Gehrman was formerly a| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Caslowitz of | member of the Vienna Grand Opera | Corbin avenue have announced th: Mrs. Solomon has ap-|engagement of their daughter, peared on numerous occasions inlto Dr, David Litchman of Pro: : musicales in this city. zabeth Kimball, is home Wellesley, Mass., to | G k-cnd with her par- Arthur G. Kim- charge daughter of Governor John H. Trum- | ‘ of the dinner reservations for the | dinner gathering sponsored by the I \ r East Relief Com- |Bradford, Mass., attended the prom | mittee. arclay Acheson, Director let confidence be your guide Lantz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Lantz of Arch street and Laurence Beilman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Beilman of Duell strect, took place Wednesday morn- at Wesleyan University last mignt. | General of Overscas Operations and | Ing at 8 o'clock at St. Peter's church. Anne Azgapetian of the Im-| Miss Loretta B w rial Russian Red Cross in the Ar- | honor and William Haggarty was my of the Caucasus are to be the best man. The dinner occurs on| The bride wore a gown of tan May Sth at 6:30 o'clock in | georgette with a hat to match and Iman was maid of rooms of St. Mark's | carried a bouquet of sweet peas and « o or's costume was also of tan geor- Miss Marjorie Bull of Black Rock | gette With hat to match. She carried avenue is attending the spring fes- | sweetspeas. A wedding hreakfast ‘Wesleyan college in | was served at the Burritt hotel after P | families, their home in the Glen Apartments dence, Rhode Island. LR Miss Caslowitz is a graduate of Miss Beatrice Bull, daughter nfithe New Britain State Normal When buying diamonds Confidence in the jeweler—his busi- ness character, his Judgmcnt his quality mndards his experience. Such confidence is indispensible where—as in diamonds—you can- not judge value for yourself. We have t steadily to merit the highest faith of people in this community, That we have succeeded is assured by our large patronage of regular, satisfied customers. FJ%uultz examples of the new mode in diamond rings are pictured above. Wedding rings in platinum and white gold, solitaires in fashionable pierced desi(na—-frm $50. I«oflp | i The Porter & Dyson Co. Manufacturing Jewelers New Britair MISS ANN ZOTTER Miss Zotter, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zotter of Greenwood street, is visiting in New Haven. graduate of the Rhode Island of Pharmacy and Sciencs neellor of the Deit Linden street ment of their daughte ! . son of Mrs. R. Kolodney | spring | lities of the valley. The maid of hon- | the ceremony for the immediate | Mr. and Mrs. Beilman will make ' West Mgin St. '24. Dr. Litchman is a | of West Muin street. llege | mer local people who, are .n present ling in New York ¢ Me-is | The wedding date chaptar, | for the near future. Rho Pi Phi fraternity and is the| \iss Agda Baldwin, daughter of pharmaceutical and | biological laboratory in Providence, | chemist for the | J Island State Board of Health.| Mrs. Frank T. Johnson The date of the wedding has not | yartfor been announded. and 1 yeste noon. 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