The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04
News Of Society
Across the Bay
. AKLANp. July s.-Forty friends

I
gathered at an al fresco lunch
~ con this afternoon at Piedmont
park to do honor to Mrs. Mary Met
calf. who today celebrated the eighty
ninth anniversary of her birth. The
guests included her near neighbors and
closest friends each of whom presented
a pretty memento of the occasion to the
venerable woman. Mrs. Metcaf is ex-
ceedingly active and takes an interest
in all the affairs of the day. She has
lived in PIEDMONT seven years and
claims a wide circle of acquaintance.
The guests gathered for the celebration
at the invitation of Mrs Metcalf's son,
John W. Metcalf, composer and must
clan.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eide will spend
the month of July at Castle Crags,
where already there is large repre-
sentation of bay city folk.
! The wedding of Earl Russell and
Miss Marion Hughes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs John c. Hughes, which VIII
take place July IA, is of particular in
terest to a large number of Oakland
friends. After their honeymoon Rus
sell and his bride will live at Burlin-
game. where for the present the BRIDE
groom's business interests are located.
The announcement of the betrothal
of Edward William Cannon and Miss
wiIdridge Corinne Adams of Berkeley
comes as one of the interesting bits
of news of the week. The wedding is
to be celebrated in the early fall. Can
non is an Oakland man whose work as
an architect is demanding attention.
He is connected with one of the well
known firms of the city.
Miss Van Dyke. who is spending
some weeks as the house guest of her
sister, Mrs Franklin Bangs, was the
| inspiration for an al fresco tea this
week, Miss Ethel Moore entertaining
several friends in her honor at the
Moore residence in East Oakland. For
two wears Miss Van Dyke has lived in
| the southern part of the state. The
occasion of her visit is being made the
motif for some happy gathering of
| former friends.
Miss Olive Moody whose betrothal to
Harold Maclise Taggart was an
announcement of last month, will
spend the midsummer in the south
err part of the state. The we'd
ding is to be an event of the
early fall. Miss Moody is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. n. Moody. Her
fance is a graduate of the University
of California and member of the Phi
Chi fraternity.
Another wedding of the early fall
will be that of Alexander Mackie Jr.
and Miss Mabel Barber. The bridal
i couple are planning to make their home
on one of the large ranches near Peta-
luna. Both are well known in the bay
cities. where each has wide circle of
friends.
j DR.. Benjamin Putnam Kurtz is build
/ ing home in Linda Vista. The wedding
Of DR.. Kurtz and Miss Florence Ansley
is set for the later summer, taking
place in Santa Cruz, where the Ansley
family live. DR.. Kurtz is connected
with the English department of the
University of California. He is mem
Der of the University and Bohemian
clubs. AS the grandson of E. p Flint
in the bay cities. Miss Ansley is a
charming girl, who will receive a
cordial welcome to Oakland.
; Signor Antonio de Grassi and Nine
de Grassi are spending the midsummer
in the Yosemite valley where there is
quite party of musical folk of the
bay region located for the season.
A dozen friends have gone up to
Byron to accept of the hospitality of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Risdon Mead over
the weekend, Mrs. Mead entertaining
them at her summer bungalow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Watson Cush-
ing are motoring down to Santa Cruz
for the weekend, planning later in the
season to spend several weeks there.