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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs
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Social Notes of Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Capital
Ropers Will Give Reception
This Afternoon to Celebrate
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mrs. Cordell Hull will be among those assisting at the reception
which former Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will give
this afternoon from 5 to 8 o'clock to celebrate their golden wedding an
niversary. Mrs. Roper has recovered from an illness and will receive with
the former cabinet member.
Others who will assist are Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mme. Ertegun,
Senora de Recinos, Mrs. Close, Mme. Munthe de Morgenstierne, Mme.
Fotitch, Mrs. Stanley Reed. Mrs. Hugo L. Black, Mrs. William B. Bank
head, Mrs. William E. Borah, Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mrs. Bennett
Champ Clark. Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. Schuyler
Otis Bland. Mrs. Harry F. Grady. Mrs. Ernest G. Draper, Mrs. Nellie
Tayloe Ross. Mrs. James M. Helm, Mrs. George H. Dern, Mrs. Gilbert
M. Hitchcock, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. Mrs. Augustin Lonergan, Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose. Mrs. Bernard B. Jones, Mrs. Bruce Kremer, Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty and Miss Mabel Boardman.
The Acting Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Edison are spend
ing Christmas in West Orange, N. J. They expect to return to their
apartment in the Hay-Adams House the latter part of the week.
Mrs. H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, wife of the United States Minister to
Finland, who is in Washington this season, has been joined at the Ward
man Park Hotel bv her two sons, Mr. Douglas Schoenfeld, a student at
Princeton, and Mr. Derek Schoenfeld, who is attending St. Albans. The two
younger children. Aida. 10. and Scott, 3. also are with her at the Wardman
Park.
Representative and Mrs. John C. Schafer of Wisconsin have returned
to their home on Capitol Hill to spend the holidays with their daughters,
Shirley, Lorraine and Leslie.
The Attache of the French Embassy and the Countess de Gramont
are entertaining the former's mother, Mme. Victor Hugo, who has been
living in New York. Count and Countess de Gramont, who make their
home at 2230 Decatur place, will return to their home in France early
next year. Mme. Hugo is staying at Wardman Park Hotel.
Lt. Baxter L. Russell, U. S. N.; Mrs. Russell and their daughter, Miss
Patricia Russell, have come from Norfolk, where Lt. Russell is on duty,
and are guests of Mrs. Russell s mother, Mrs. I. Cameron Foley, in her
apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Lt. Ccmdr. A. W. Barnes. U. S. N., and Mrs. Barnes have with them
their daughter. Miss Frances Barnes of San Diego.
Mr., Mrs. Shouse
Give ‘Brunch’ Party
P'or Miss Dodd
Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse
gave an unusual party yesU^-v
for the latter’s daughter, .
Joan Dodd, when they were host =
at a midday breakfast—which
thev designated on their invita
tions as a "brunch” party. The
house was decorated with pine
trees, holly and a bit of mistle
toe and a pavillion with pine trees
about the exterior was used for
dancing. The guests were all
young people and were asked for
12:30 o'clock.
Miss Griswold
Engaged to Wed
Col. Oscar W. Griswold. U. S.
A., and Mrs. Griswold of Fort
Benning, Ga., announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Matile Griswold, to Cadet Wil
liam Lyon Porte, United States
Military Academy, class of 1940.
son of Mr. and Mrs. 'William S.
Porte of Washington.
Miss Griswold is the grand
daughter of the late Gen. Leon
A. Matile and attended South
ern Seminary, Buena Vista. Va.,
and George Washington Uni
versity.
Birth of Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. R. Roderick Shehyr
announce the birth of a daughter
Marielle Marian, Saturday, Decem
ber 9, in Columbia Hospital.
Col., Mrs. Ramsey
Give a Tea for
Miss Buchanan
Miss Rosalyn Buchanan, who
will be presented this afternoon
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Wesley Buchanan, was
the guest in whose honor Col.
Frederick Ramsey, U. S. M. C.,
and Mrs. Ramsey entertained at
tea yesterday afternoon. Col.
and Mrs. Ramsey arranged the
party for the latter's daughter,
Miss Nancy Williard, who re
ceived with the hosts and the
guest of honor. Miss Buchanan
wore a gown of powder blue moire
and had a bouquet of red and
j white carnations. The hostess
was dressed in long black velvet
skirt with a lame blouse and her
daughter had a frock of black
silk brocade sent from China to
Miss Williard by her aunt, Mrs.
William Orr. The skirt was very
full and she wore the short jacket
made with short puffed sleeves,
and had a shoulder bouquet of
orchids.
Miss Fleishell
To Become Bride
Mr. and Mrs. William S.
Fleishell announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss
Jean Fleishell, to Mr. Albert J.
Hammer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Hammer of this city.
The wedding will take place
Saturday, February 3 in the
rectory of the Church of the
Nativity.
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MISS ALICE KING LEAKE,
The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Payton Leake, who an
nounce her engagement to Mr. Fred S. Lawless, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin B. Lawless of this city.
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Suburban Social Notes
Mrs. Decker of Bethesda Is Visiting
Her Sister in Etchison, Md.
Mrs. Peter L. Decker of Bethesda,
Md„ has gone to Etchison, Md„ to
spend several days with her sister,
Mrs. George Moyer.
Mrs. Decker entertained at a din
ner yesterday for the members of
her family and a few close friends
and on Friday she gave her annual
Christmas tree - trimming party,
having as her guests four young
children who live near her home in
Bethesda, including Lauriston Tay
lor, Francis Kershner, Jean Myers
and George Myrick, jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tallman W. Peel
entertained at an old-fashioned
tree-trimming party last evening at
their home in Sligo Park Hills, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Neale Miller
and daughter Nancy of Kensington,
Md., are spending the holidays with
Mrs. Miller's parents in Evansville,
Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laufer, with
their children, June and Arthur
Laufer, will return tomorrow from
New’ York City, w’here they went
for the holiday.
Mrs. Will H. Williams of Takoma
Park has gone to California to visit
her daughter, Miss Gertrude Wil
liams, head supervisor of the pedi
atric department of the clinic at
the White Memorial Hospital in Los
Angeles.
Later Mrs. Williams w’ill visit her
i son-in-law’ and daughter, Dr. and
j Mrs. Leon Harrop, and their small
daughter Marlene in Raymondsville.
Tex. She will return in March.
Mrs. R. L. Reading of Colonial
Village has as her guest for an in
definite stay Miss Lora Glascock of
Prince William County, Va.
Mrs. 'Vernon Brewster will give a
luncheon Wednesday in honor of
her sister, Miss Aline Wharton, who
is here from Bennington College,
Bennington, Vt., to spend the holi
days with her mother. Mrs. George
Wharton, in Washington and her
sister-in-law. Mrs. George Wharton,
jr., of New York, who is the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Edward Ver
million.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chase Bauer
are occupying their new home.
Bauerlee, in Lanham, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Pleasants
and Mrs. Pleasants' sister. Miss
Loraine Crager, are entertaining Mr.
Ivan Crowder of Lacombe, Alberta,
Canada. Mr. Crowder is dean of
men at the Canadian Junior College.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Aitken oi
Arlington. Va., have gone to Tampa
Fla., for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Ayres
have as their guests for Christmas
Mr. Ayres’ parents. Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Ayres of Batavia, N. Y.
Prof. John Neff joined Mrs. Nefl
last week in Bardstown. Ky„ where
they are with their son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamii:
Poor. They will return to theii
home in Takoma Park after Christ
; mas.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hemlinger ol
Arlington Village are spending a few
days in Newcomertown, Ohio.
Miss Huntington’s
Parents Give Tea
In Her Honor
Mr. and Mrs. William Chapin
Huntington gave a tea yesterday
afternoon for their daughter,
Miss Joanna Huntington, who
was presented in June at a large
tea. The party yesterday after
noon was for young people and
the several hundred guests were
asked “after 5 o’clock” and many
lingered well into the evening
hours.
Mrs. Huntington wore a pale
green crepe gown after a Greek
mode, and her daughter was in
black velvet, made with long and
full skirt and fitted bodice which
had a square neckline and short,
puffed sleeves edged with point
de Venice lace. Miss Edith
Huntington, younger sister of the
debutante, assisted, and was
dressed in blue crepe trimmed
about the neck and down the
front with bands of silver.
Mrs. Huntington was assisted
during the afternoon by Mrs. Ru
dolph Max Kauffmann, Mrs. Levi
Cooke and Mrs. John Carruthers,
who presided at the tea table.
Serving punch were Mrs, Her
bert Fales, Miss Alice Gudger,
Miss Mary Dora Thompson, Miss
Virginia Cooke, Miss Julie Camp,
Miss Louise Burke, Miss Chris
i tine Gawne, Miss Elizabeth Sa
bine, Miss Anne Sterrett and
Miss Diana Rowland.
Miss Virginia Koons
Hostess at Supper
Miss Virginia Elizabeth Koons,
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Lovel
Koons, was hostess at a buffet sup
per Friday for Miss Jean Fugitt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Fugitt. Miss Fugitt will leave
Washington very shortly to accept
a position in Greensboro, N. C.
Other guests included Miss Jane
Ramseyer, Miss Frances Brainerd,
Mrs. Lee D. Sinclair, Mrs. Daniel
Andersen, Mrs. Benjamin Plotnicki,
Mrs. Maurice Ager, Mrs. John E.
Peurifoy, Mrs. A. P. Burgess, Mrs.
David Thomas Clements and the
mother of the hostess.
Dr. and Mrs. Cajigas
Give Yule Party
Dr. and Mrs. Tomas Cajigas gave
their annual Christmas Eve party
yesterday when they were at home
from 5 to 9 o'clock and many of
their guests lingered well after the
hours designated. The hostess,
wearing an orchid lame gown, was
assisted by her daughter. Miss Anita
Cajigas, and in the dining room
Senora de Fernandez, wife of the
new Minister of Paraguay; Mrs.
! Charles McEnerney, Mrs. L. B. Nor
ris, Mrs. W. L. Bruckhart and Mrs.
Neitah King assisted.
Miss Mariana Fagan
To Wed Mr. Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mervin
Fagan of this city announce the
engagement of their daughter, Mips
Mariana Louise Fagan to Mr. Cor
nelius Rector Newton, jr., son of
Mrs. Newton and the late Mr. New
ton of Arlington, Va.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
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Weddings of Interest Here
Miss Watkins and Mr. Schumaker
Wed in Somerset, Md.
Miss Mary Lee Watkins and Mr.
Willard George Schumaker were
married Saturday afternoon in the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard R. Watkins, In
Somerset, Md.
The bride did her undergraduate
work at George Washington Uni
versity, where she was an active
member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She
also has done graduate work at the
University of Maryland and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Since grad
uating from college she has taught
in the Montgomery County (Md.)
schools at Damascus and for the last
two years at Montgomery Hills.
Mr. Schumaker has done grad
uate work in mathematics at the
University of Wisconsin. He is on
the teaching staff of the Bay Village
(Ohio) High School.
The wedding ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Dr. J. Hillman
Hollister, pastor of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church.
Both the bride and her sister.
Miss Louise Stewart Watkins, who
was her only attendant, wore street
length dresses of wool crepe. The
bride’s dress was of a soft shade of
rose and with it she wore accesso
ries of dubonnet color. The dress
was made with a round “little girl”
neckline and short sleeves. The
bridesmaid’s dress was of powder
blue wool made with a short jacket
and her accessories were of the
same shade as the bride’s.
Both the bride and bridesmaid
carried muffs of dubonnet color
satin. The bride’s muff was trinlmed
with a cluster bouquet of Johanna
Hill roses and lilies of the valley.
The bridesmaid's flowers were a
corsage of deep red roses, which
were fastened to her muff.
Mr. Elmer Zabor of Cleveland,
was the best man and there were
no other attendants.
After the wedding the bride’s par
ents entertained at a tea in honor
of the bride and bridegroom and the
relatives and close friends who at
tended the wedding. Mrs. Watkins
wore an afternoon dress of black
velvet with a corsage of deep lav
ender-color sweet peas.
Poinsettias and Christmas greens
were used in the dining room similar
to those in the living room, where
the ceremony took place. Bowls of
cut flowers were used on the tea
table. Mrs. David Meade Lea pre
sided at the tea table.
Later in the afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Schumaker left for a short
wedding trip, the bride wearing a
teal blue coat trimmed with fur and
a hat of the same color. After Jan
uary they will make their home in
Cleveland.
Out-of-town guests who came for
the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Schumaker of Cincinnati, parents
of the bridegroom, and his two
sisters. Miss Verna Schumaker and
Miss Mildred Schumaker: Mr. and
Mrs. Robert N. Allen and Mr. Robert
Brown of Bridgeport, Conn., and Mr.
Elmer Zabor of Cleveland.
Davis-Hornbeck Wedding
In Newburgh Church.
The wedding of Miss Barbara
Cameron Hornbeck, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Bingham Horn
beck of Newburgh, N. Y., and Lt.
De Atley Ingalls Davis, U. S. N„ re
tired, of Washington, took place in
the First Presbyterian Church at
Newburgh Saturday evening at 6
o’clock. The bride was given in
marriage by her father and the
Rev. Dr. Charles K. Imbrie, rector,
officiated. A reception for the im
mediate members of the families
followed in the home of the bride.
Christmas trees, evergreens and
madonna lilies decorated the church
and chancel and bunches of lilies
and evergreens marked the pews
which were roped off with ropes of
ground pine. As the guests assem
bled Mrs. Le Roy Carnright sang
and Mr. Robert Williams played the
piano.
The bride wore an empire gown
of ivory satin, which was made with
heart-shaped neck, lonj fitted
sleeves and a court train. Her veil,
a family heirloom, was of rose point
lace, which formed a coronet for her
hair and fell to the end of the train.
The face veil was of tulle and was
caught to the coronet on either side
with clusters of orange blossoms.
She carried calla lilies.
Miss Marjorie Hornbeck, the
bride’s younge" sister, was maid of
honor and Mrs. Edwin Mayne Smith
of East Orange, N. J., was matron
of honor. The bride’s other at
tendants were Mrs. John Albon
Hornbeck of Balmville, Mrs. Ells
worth Davis of West Point and the
Misses Phyllis Cassedy of Newburgh
and Emmie Langer of Bismarck.
N. Dak.; Mary Maloney of Phillips
burg, N. J., and Eleanor Chasteney
of Summit, N. J. The maid and
matron of honor wore gowns ol
cerise velvet, made with V necks,
puffed sleeves and short trains.
Their bandeaux of velvet leaves and
shoulder-length veils matched their
gowns. The bridesmaids wore holly
green velvet gowns, with matching
bandeaux. All the attendants car
ried white snapdragons.
Lt. Ellsworth Ingalls Davis, U. S.
A. of West Point, was his brother’s
best man. Ushers were Mr. John
Albon Hornbeck, jr., of Balmville,
brother of the bride; Lt. Russell
Broshaus and Capt. James Grier of
West Point, Mr. David Ingalls of
Elizabeth. N. J., cousin of the bride
groom; Mr. Chester W. Pursell of
Phillipsburg, N. J., and Mr. J. Harris
Broiderick of Orange, N. J.
The bride attended Quassaick
Hall School and Mount St. Mary’s
Academy in Newburgh and is a
member of the senior class at Bar
nard College, where she will resume
her studies following the Christmas
recess. She is a member of the
Newburgh Junior League and the
Powelton Club.
Lt. Davis prepared at the Colum
bian Preparatory School in Wash
ington and was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy in
1931. He is the son of Mrs. Muriel
Ingalls Davis of Washington and
the late Col. Arthur James Davis
and is a grandson of the late United
States Senator John James Ingalls
i of Kansas.
Lt. and Mrs. Davis will make
their home in St. Petersburg after
February.
Miss Eakin Married
To Mr. Emile Despres.
Mr. and Mrs. Emile Despres will
make their home at 412 Edgewood
avenue. Silver Spring, Md„ after
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Residential
Social
Notes
Mrs. Richard Byrd
And Daughter
Visit Mrs. Flood
Mrs. Henry D. Flood is entertain
ing in her apartment in the Shore
ham for the holidays Mrs. Richard
E. Byrd of Winchester, Va., and her
daughter, Miss Margaret Byrd, and
Mrs. Flood's nephew, Mr. Robert
Portner of New York.
Mrs. T. Septimus Austin and her
daughter, Miss Madeleine Austin,
who recently returned from six
month motor trip in South America,
have taken an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
Miss Ella Harllee, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. W. C. Harllee, enter
tained at a dinner dance at the
Chevy Chase Club Saturday night.
closed her apartment in the Shore
close dher apartment in the Shore
ham and gone to her former home
at Dallas, Tex., to spend Christmas
and the holidays.
Dean and Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle have with them for the holi
days their daughter, Miss Marion
Wade Doyle of the 1940 class at
Radcliffe College, and their sons,
Mr. Robert Carr Doyle of Harvard,
class of '42, and Mr. Henry Grattan
Doyle, jr., a senior at Harvard.
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Dr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Silver and
their daughter, Miss Bettie Silver,
left Saturday for a vacation trip to
Mexico City. They expect to return
about January 10.
niCAfluucr UOiUmDUS IS
spending the week in St. Petersburg,
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lippold
of Pelham Manor. N. Y.. are visiting
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs
Charles W. Lippold.
Mr., Mrs. Richberg
Give Reception
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Richberg
gave an afternoon reception yes
terday which was a housewarming
and also celebrated the anni
versary of their marriage. Their
new home. Hickory Hill, is hidden
from the road by age-old trees
and stands on a low hill with
ample grounds about, although
the place at 4710 Woodway Lane
is within the city. Their several
hundred guests included officials
and many who. like the hosts,
came to Washington in official
capacities and after retiring chose
the Capital as their home.
Miss Eloise Richberg, who is
home for the holidays, assisted.
The house had a festive at
mosphere with the quantities of
Christmas decorations, the tea
table having a miniature Christ
mas tree lighted by candles in the
center.
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