New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 4

Trumbull street. | the “Most Studious” by the student body. i Mr. and Mrs. Albert Corbin of Park place are sailing for Havans next week., e e Mr. and Mrs. Donald Montgomery of Berlin, left Wedneaday for & severa) weeks' trip to Migmi, Flor- i L Mr. and Mrs. Martin Keevers of Brooklyn, New York, were the guesta thig week of Mr. and Mrs, John Keevers of Lincoln atreet. | e Mr. and Mra. E. Allan Moore of Sunnyledge, were amiong the guests at a luncheon given Monday by Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth 8mith of Chicago, Illinols, and Pslm Beach, Florida, at the Miami-Biltmore Hotel, Miami, Florida. o F s . Mr, and Mrs. Henry Donnelly of West Main street who are spending the winter in the south are travel- ing 14 Venezuela. e o0 Mr. and Mrs. James 8. North and Mr. and Mra. Frank Vibberts of Synnyledge spent last week-end in New York ecity. ¢« o0 Mrs. Fred Winkle of Maple stre:t has returned from New York city, where she had been spending the week visiting with relatives. e o o Mrs. M. Siderowfsky and daugh- ter. Anne Ruth, of Stanley street, sail today on the 8. 8. Coronia for Havana, Cuba, where they will spend several weeks. e 0 0 Miss Edith Longebacker of New Jersey is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Btanley Duncan of Lincoln street. 0. R. W. Blanchard of Vine street left yesterday for a business trip to Culifornia. DR Miss Dora Gordon of Stanley street is spending the week-end in New York city. e 00 Mrs, Frank J. Porter of Lexing- ton street was in New York city during the week. . o 0 Mrs. Robert Brown of Russell —Photos by Johnson & Petersos | gtreet is in Orlando, Florida. MISS DOROTHY PAGE Miss Page is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Page of She and Miss Bassford are giving a dinner and dance this evening at the Shuttle Meadow club. Social Activities About Gown Current Events Classes In Limelight With Two Gala Parties—Continual Round of Smaller Affairs Amuse Society Folks—Several Weddings and Anniversaries. EW BRITAIN is. full of variety this -winter. Perfect weather prolongs the outdoor season and society folks are still enjoying the golf course out at the Shuttle Meadow club. An occasional cold spell with a bit of snow has kept happy those Dinner parties continue popular with auction and contract in the foreground. Tuesday night the Knights of Columbus dinner party and dance out at Shuttle Meadow was one of the high lights of the week with some 150 who enjoy the skating ponds. persons in attendance. In addition to these affalrs have| occurréd the usual round of luncheons, teas, theater parties and cinems attractions. . ANOTHER colorful party of the week was that which one of the Monday Current Events classes gave last night in the Howard Hart’s rathskeller on Hart street. The class. including Mrs. William Hart, Jr., Mrs. Stanley Eddy, Mrs. Donald Hart, Mrs. Rodman Chamberlain, Mrs.>Russell Germond, Mrs. Louis Young, Mrs. Charles Stanley,: & Kenneth Searle, Mrs. Harold Hatch, Mrs. E. R, Carter and ¥¥s; Ralph Howe with each mem- ber inviting another couple, 1 e’ a brilliant assemblage at the preceding dinner party which Mrs, Eddy gave at her home on Lincoln road. Si Yaffe played for' the dancing which followed later in the evening. STILL another gay party in’ prospect is the modernistic dinner and dance which a group of New Britain debutantes and young matrons are giving Satyirday, March 2, at Martha Moore’s studio in Kensington. The:party is sponsored by one of the Monday current classes whicir-includes, the hostess, Miss Moore and Mrs. Roger White, Mms. illiam T. Coholan, Mrs. William H. Rattenbury, Mrs. Henry G. Schauffler, Mrs. Gardner Weld, Mrs. Maurice Pease, Mrs. Maxwell Porter, Miss Sally Humason and Miss Virginia Hart. At this date it has all the earmarks of untold gaiety, the invitations which were issued yesterday were unusually novel and original calling the party a 1090 costume affair. You see it has possibilities. Whitstein will play. . * * LANS are rapidly nearing completion for the annual February Ball which is to take place on Saturday night at the Shuttle Meadow club. . Dinner parties are being arranged both with and without hosts—in fact it’s quite the thing nowadays for members to organize “no host” parties or family tables as they are often called. dance promises to be really worthwhi[e. Set this date aside, for the e PERSONALS Here and There With New ’ | Britain People — South Popular Haven For Folks. Of interest to New Britain peo- ple is the progressive house party which Ford Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Coope n of Mr. Cooper and James and Mrs. J. Cooper are attanding the Mrs. James Cooper's weel ancee,” Miss Louise Field is also a member of | the party which started last night in New Haven with a dinner party at Professor Nettleton's home. From thelr the young people went on to the Venetian hall sponsored by the Yale Art school. Tonight they are attending a dinner at Robert Shurles home in Hartford and to- morrow noon Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Cooper will entertain Sunday dinner at their Vine street. . Miss Catherine Clark, daughter. of Dr. youngest rt. Clark and them with | home on | | st. Mrs. Clark of Garden street a stu- nt at Beaver college, Jenkintown, and editor of the Campus Cholr as recently been a guest at the of- fices of the Philadelphia Public Ledger where she witnessed a pub- lication of the paper. P Mrs. Allan McKinnic and little daughter, Ruth, of Forest strect are spending veral weeks with Mra, McKinnie's sister, Mrs. Brossard in Louis, Miss. . and Mrs. Stunley Lonsdale of spent last Lonsdale’s pare and Mrs. Cls .. Mr. Bridgeport with Mrs, Robert Clark Garden street. .. 1. E. Rackliffe, Jr., of Goit street, Maple Hill, is visiting Profes- sor and Mrs. Herber Dunham of New York city over the week-end. .« Miss Joan Cellecz of South Main end Dr. of wee k . Mrs, |street and Miss Rose Hahn of Whit- ing street are spending the week- end in New York city. . One of the traditions each year at Howard Seminary, West Bridge- water, -Mass., is to elect the Howarl '3 e A A -rfi,w s DR Mrs. A. Tyson Hancock of Corbin avenue has hal as her guest Mrs. Fred Peck of Morris, Conn. ¢ o o Miss Louise Little Fennsylvania, and a student at Gateway, New Haven, spent last week-end with Miss Harriet Parker of Vins street. . of Media, . Mrs. Martha Higgins of Detroit, Michigan, is spending a month as the guest of Miss Mary and Miss Catherine Mochan of Wilson street. L Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Camp of || Park place left last Saturday for a motor trip to Florida. ¢ o 0 Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilcox, Miss Elizabeth P. Wiicox and Mias Helen L. Rohm of Berlin are spending the winter at Rockledge, Florida, ¢ o 0 Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge M. Whit- man of Fern street, West Hartfood, formerly of this city, are spending three woeks in St. Augustine, Flor- ida, and Havana, Cuba. L) Mr. and Mra Frank Wheeler of Farmington avénue, Plainville leave today for Pinehurst, South Carolina. ¢« s e Mrs, Philip Engstrom of 8hefficld street returns today from a few days' visit in Boston. e o Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wachter of Park place expect to leave tomor- row for a trio west. Mr. Wachter will go to California on a business trip and Mrs. Wachter will visit relatives in Springfield, Illinols. LR Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnstone of ‘West Main strest with their daugh- ter, Mrs. Clyde Olin Fisher of Port- land sziled on Wednesday last for Bermuda, where they are planning to spend the next two weeks. o s 0 Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Kimball of Lexington street were in New Yorx city this ‘week. . o William 8weeney of Cedar street sailed today for Bermuda where h2 will spend the next two weeks. of Kensington avenue. George Kimball of South Burritt strect wag in New York city and Washington, D. C., this weck. o o0 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Lincoln road and their daughter, Mrs, Lucian 8tevens of Monroe strcet sailed for Bermuda today. Mr. Stevens and Miss Ruby Andrews were 4n New York city tp see them off. ) Harold Mott of Garden street has gone to Bermuda for a short stay. LR Harold M. Parsons of Russcil street and Arthur G. Kimball of Lexington street leave tomorrow on a trip through the west. Mr. Kim- ball going as far as Denver, Colo- rado, while Mr. Parsons will con- tinue on to 8an Antonio, Texas, re- turning home about the middle of March. ¢ o0 Mrs. Gertrude Coombs of Black Rock avenue and her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Par- sons of Liberty strect are leaving the latter part of next week to O Mrs. Frank Porter of Lexington street and Mrs. Maxwell Porter of Lincoln road recently spent a weck in Boston, Mass. « e Mrs. Lewis B. Hill of Mount Vernon, N. Y., Is visiting her daugh- ter, Mrs. Hardy Payor of Lincoln road. ¢ o 0 Miss Martha Moore daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Allan Moore of Sunnyledge was in New York city this week. .. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Corbin of | West Main street have recently purchased a new home on Eilbridge road and arc planning to take up their residence there ecarly in June. ?;lla'uuomn s, Soon Withdrawn— these exseptional terms Think what a joy it will be to you to have the fastest, easiest, most thorough cleaning of your floor coverings! That’s what The Hoover offers you. It removes more dirt per minute than any other cleaner. And now you can have this super- éfficiency for a down-payment much below the usual amount. Can you afford to miss this lim- ited-time offer? Telephone. Liberal allowance for your old cleaner. THE SPRING & BUCKLEY ELECTRIC CO. 77-79 Church St. Tel. 2240 spend several days on Long Island. |} the members of. hee. current even's class with luncheon at her hemo on Lincoln Lane ).u..du'nn. Mrs. Roboert Carter gave a bridge party at her home on Adams street Tuesdsy afternoon, Mrs. Jack Cutte was the t\lfl.'l\.hfl:w. Miss Gloria Flaine Olson, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs; Ferdinand Qlson of Werthington Ridge a party te a fow of her little friends and. relatives in homor of her bth birthday on Valentine Day. T .« e 0 A .shower was given in honor of Mrs. EmW Larson, formerly Miss Jentiie Carison, at the home of Nrs, John Eklund of Sefton Drive, Thure- day evening. About 100 wers pres- ent ‘and Mra. Larson recelved & number of gifts. e . o o Mra. William Daly entertained the members of her bridge club at her home on Hart street Friday after- noon, The prizes went to Mra, Fostor Packard and Mrs. William Grits. * | macher. —Photo by Brown Studio MISS MARJORIE HART Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hart of Kensington announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie Evelyn, to Robert Upham Clifford, son of Mr. and Mrs. A, D. Clifford avenue Mrs. Robert Everett of Wedt Medford, Mass., is.the house guest of Mrs. Stanley Hart of Paurk ]lacs. e . Miss Eleanor Vivian of Wellesley college, Wellesley, Mass., will spend the latter part of next week with her aunt, Mrs, Isaac Black of Park Place. . Mrs, Albert Corbin of Park place is visitihg fricnds fn Boston, Mass. ¢« .. Miss Beatrice Bull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bull of Black Rock avenue, is ending the festivi- ties at Suflicld academy over the week-end. . Mrs. . and Russell strect trip to Lustis, Flovida. e Miss Elsie Gamerdinger of Chest- nut street is spending the week-end in Boston, Mauss, . Mrs. A. C. Hatheway of Taunton, chusetts, has heen a guest of I J. Harding of Maple Hill for several days. .. James E. Buckley ¢ spending the remainder of the winter in Miaml, Florida. Harry Bates of wve Monday for a .. . Dr. Samuel J. Chernaik and Wil- liam J. Farley have returned frow a two weeks' trip to Havana, T Mr. and Mrs. Isracl Lipman and daughter, Julia, of Winthrop street have returncd from IBoston, Mass., where they attended the Rabinow- Romer wedding in Brookline, Mass. . Parker New Britain 1 their ¢ o 0 Mr. and Mrs. George Graulick of Uncas road gave a dinmner party at home Wedneaday night in honor of ‘their daughter, Marion Lois'Graulick whose marriage to Archibald Rice of Westbrook took place Thursday. Among their guests were Dr. and Mrs, Langley and Miss. Edna Graulick of Woonsocket, R. 1. Both' Mrs. Langley and Miss Grau- lick are wisters of the. brid ) Mra, Jaipes Robinson of Harrison streét entertdined her bridge club at luncheon and cards Wednesday afternoon at her home. The prizes went te: Mrs. R, W, Blanchard and Mra Herbert Bwift. . . Mré. Ralph Britton will entertain at supper and bridge tonight at her home on Ten Acre road. . e £ Mrs. E. Clayton Parker of Vine street. entertained her luncheon ani bridge club Wednesdey afternoon. o s Mrs. Gerald W. Walker of Hawley street entertained her bridge club Monday afternoon. Mrs. Jack Whit: taker and Miss Maxine Hart won the prizes. e e 0 Mrs. Edward H. Christ will enter- tain the Alpha alumnae Tu _sday evening at her home on Ten Acre road. ¢ o0 Mrs. Edward J. Woods of Chest- nut street gave a bridge and Valen- tine party Tuesday evening at her home. ‘The prizes were won by Mrs. Edward Hennessey, Misg Mary A. Woods and Miss Honor Egan. L) Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Loomis gave a bridge party last Saturday eve- ning at her home on arrison strecet. Mrs, L. W. Gwatkin, Mrs, Arthur 8impson, Henry Boackman and George Curtiss were given the prizes. L. C. Schwartz entertained with feats of magic, D) Miss Martha Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Allan Moore of Sunnyledge with Mrs. Roswell Moore of Lincoln road and Miss Virginia Hart who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hart of Hart street, gave a delightful bridge tea and thower Thursday afternoon at the Moore residence on Bunnyledge. The party was given in honor of Miss Maxine Hart whose marriage to Lieutenant Sanford Chandler of Auburn, Maine, will take place in May. There were ten tables playing and the prizes were awarded to Mrs. Donald McMillan, Mrs. Bret Neece, Mrs, John 8toddard of Meri- den, Mrs. Joseph Walton and Miss Ruth Bassette, Afternoon ‘eca was served in the dining room with Mra, Willilam Hart, Jr., and Mrs. Theo- dore Hart presiding at the flower decked tables. Mrs. Stanley Hart and Mrs. Harold Peck, assisted Miss Moore, Mrs. Moore and Miss Hart with the serving. e . Miss Virginia Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hart of Hart street gave a lunchcon Monday noon for her current events club. LR Y Mrs. Carl Restella of Lynons street entertained a number of girls from the Southern New England ¥ Parker Connectionp Large Sizes DRESSES SPRING COATS ENSEMBLES . Berlin, gave| MISS HAZEL BASSFORD Miss Bassford will be a hostess with Miss Page tonight af a dinner dance at the Shuttle Meadow club. Miss Bassford i the daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bassford, ‘Telephonsé office at a dinner party and bridge at her home Thursday night. Prizes were awarded to Miss Mary Hart, Miss Gladys Putney and Miss Anna Buttner. DE Mrs. Richard White of Corbin ave- nue gave a tea Priday afternoon to the members of her current events class. ¢« o Mrs. Audley Shaw entertained three tablesat bridge at her home on Hamilton' street Thursday night. .« s Mrs. Charles Parsons is giving » dinner party at her home on West Main street tonight. ¢« .0 Beatrice Vining will observe her birthday by cntertaining a number of her friends this afternoon at her home on Pleasant street. The house will be decorated in a color scheme of pink. € o 0 Mrs. C. A. Comstock gave a luncheon and bridge for sixtcen Wednesday afternoon at her home on Lincoln street. Mrs. Joseph Hance, Mrs. Lawrence Humason, Mrs. Eldridge Beccher and M Richard Prichard were given the prizes. . Miss Betty Schrey of South Bur- ritt street entcrtained her bridge club Monday evening. Miss Peg Zimmerman won the prize. e e 0 Little Miss Mary Hick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georg Hick of For- est street, entertained a few friends at a Valentine party Thursday afternoon. ¢« o . Mrs. Harold Peck of Brady ave- nue will entertain the members of her bridge club Monday afternoon at her home. * o . Miss Mary Mechan of Wilson sireet entertained at tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of her aunt, Mrs. Martin E. Higgins of Detreolt} Michigan, formerly of this cit; Mrs. Carl E. Bergendahl poured. e o o Mrs. E. M. Hayden of Lincoll court gav luncheon for eigh last Wednesday, honoring Mrs. Ji scph Hooker of Hartford, the: for er Miss Margaret Eddy of this cl .« o Mrs. Stanley Hart gave a dinnel rarty for eight Wednesday night aj her home on Park place. * .. Mrs. Roger Whitman will entei tain with dinner tonight at hef home on Corbin avenue, . s Mrs. Joseph Williams entertaine the members of her card club witl luncheon Thursday noon at he home on Adams street, . v . Mr. and Mrs, Carl ¥. Neumann B Rock avenue gave a Valentin| bridge party Wednesday evening their home. Mr. and Mrs, Earl Burdick won the prizes. . . Mrs. Raymond McKnerney o Stanley street entertained with . | Valentine bridge Thursday evenin The p: 'S were won hy Mrs, E, Miller, Theodore Anderson, E. Miller and Mrs. J. Tormay, « e Mrs. J. H. Latham entertained h bridge club at dinner and card { Monday night at her home in Mapl| Hill. Mrs, Theodore Wallen, M B. J. Hubert and Mrs. Frederic| Teich won the prizes. ¢ s . The first of a scries of soch ; Herbert E. Anderson Teacher of Violin For appointment call 361-4 Stupio: Arch and Main Sts. Packard Bldg. = !; rid o B You can b ! make your Washington’s Birthday party a real 1 success by using the unusual fav- ors in red, white and blue that we are show- ing.