The Washington times., 1915-07-11
JEAN ELIOTcH
LETTER

SUSAN DEAR; Here's news my dear,
which will interest you. know. Vir-
ginia Wheeler Is engaged to Joe Earle
Her mother, Mrs. John Emory Wheeler.
OF Baltimore and Warrington, made
the announcement today-Miss Nir-
ginia Conway Wheeler to Capt. Joseph
Haynesworth Barl Corps of Engineers.
u. q. A., Ito give them their full names
and titles. Tho engagement is the cui-
mination OF q romance which began on
the day when Mary Wheeler Vest. who
Is virginia's niece. though only q few
years younger than her handsome aunt,
ma6s her debut.
The marriage, which will take place
In the fall at the Wheelers' old home
in Green Spring Valley, will unite two
old and interesting families. Virsinia's
father was the Rev. DR.. Wheeler, a
distinguished clergyman OF the Pros
byterian church, who hailed originally
from Alexandria, and her mother was
before her marriage a Miss Conway.
of tho Fredericksburg Conways, who
still own the original grant OF land IN
Stafford county, Va, which was deedoo
by the crown to Sir Edwin Conway IN
granddaughter of Mary Butler Wash
ington, daughter Of Bailey Washington,
one time president of the Virginia.
house of bursesses.
Joe Earle Is q son OF tho Joseph
Haynesworth Earle who was justice
of the supreme court OF North Carolina
and later United States Senator from
North Carolina. His mother was also
an Earle and he Is connected with some
of the most prominent families In the
South. He Is stationed at Washington
Barracks and is likely to be in WASH
ington some three years longer.
Virginia Is now with her mother at
the Roydon, but has spent most of tho
past two winters with her brother-tn-
law and sister, Mr.. end Mrs. William
Burr Harrison, at their residence in
P street She Is a beautiful girl. with
wonderful coloring, Is immensely popu-
lar, sand her friends here will be tickled
to death that she is not to leave WASH
ington after her marriage.
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engagements of interest to the service
would seem to be particularly frequent.
for atop this bit O. news and the an
nouncement of Henrietta Fitch's en-
the elimination Of a long courtship,
comes word of the engagement OF
Gladys Anne Ord, daughter Of Mrs.
James Cresap Ord to Edward schramm,
formerly of New York city. but now
living in Washington Gladys father
was the late Major Ord. U. s. A., and
she is a granddaughter Of the late
Chaplain Davis Wilson, U. 8. A. Ord
Preston Is her cousin.
Mr.. Schramin is a graduate Of Column
bia University, where he took several
degrees. among others Phi. D. He is
at present engaged in research work at
the bureau of Standards. The marriage
will take place about the middle Of Au-
gust at the. attractive colonial house in
Chevy Chase. Md. which Major Ord
purchased a few years before his death,
and where Gladys and her mother make
their home.
1t is an ideal place for wedding.
with its largo rooms. spacious verandas
and stately trees. and there the young
couple will spend the first few months
of their married life. They will 60 to
California on their bridal trip, and will
spend some time at the San Francisco
Exposition
Mrs. Hewitt. Mrs. John r. Williams
mother. who has been her guest for
some time. and who Is recupereting
from an illness, starts today for lal-
mouth Me. where the Williams have a
cottage for the summer, and where
Dorothy McCombs already Is installed.
Mrs. Williams and the colonel will be in
town until about the 1st of August, and
then Mrs. Williams plans to make a
short visit to the Letters on the North
Shore before going on to Falmouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Letter and the babies ex-
pect to so to Edgewater on July %2.
May Adams and Mrs. Merryman, with
Margaret Howard, Wallis Warf1eld, Of