The Washington times., 1916-01-09
A Chronicle %
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Burton. Of Champaien. Ill.,. and is a
civil engineer by profession. lie II
many years Older than Mr. and Mrs
James Maxwell Durants pretty daugh.
Ter. =. 50 far no definite plans for the
wedding have been made,
When DR.. Henry IL. Jenkins. u. $. N.
was ordered to leave Port ROYAL. s. c..
where he has been stationed for the past
two or three years. Halle Jenkins-shc
was formerly Halle Acknowledgements
that her husband would 20 right TO sea-
and planned to come to Washington for
n visit to DIR. and Mrs, Gatewood. Now.
however II appears that DR.. jenkins
! Ship-the New Hampshire. think IL is
IL at Norfolk. and that ii will be several
months before her crew can be got to-
rether and the date of sailing fixed.
Consequently Halle and little Anne
| Wythe have Joined the doctor at Nor
FOLK. and have a pleasant winter IN pros
pect instead of the separation that is
| the bane OF existence to all young navy
| folk.
! To add TO Hallie's happiness. her sis
ter. Hildreth Gatewood. now Mrs. Toy
| Dixon Savage. makes her home In Nor
folk, and. OF course. Hildreth Is equally
delighted over Hallie's arrival. More
over. Norfolk is but n few hours triu
| from Washington. and | suspect that
| both girls will be coming TO town later
| on. or else we'll see Mrs. Gatewood
spending much of her time a-visitini;
her daughters.
Norfolk Is by way of being a second
home to the Gatewood family. too. for
DIR. Gatewood's father was one OF the
most prominent clerRymen Of that city
for many years. and his mother lived
| there until her death a few years ago.
The girls spent several weeks out OF
| every season there and know everybody
that is worth knowing.
| Mrs, Albert l.. Mills Is out again af-
ter n miserable attack of grip and will
be at home as usual on Monday after
| noon. Last week she was unable to
receive and numerous callers went away
disappointed. Mrs. Mills and the gen
I "ral. he has been under the weather.
too. spent Christmas in Fort Ogle-
| thorpe. Ga. with their son-in-law and
daughter. Lieut.. and Mrs. Emil Z.
| l4urson Their train was delayed two
hours IN startiAg. and on the way from
fhattanooga to the fort, their motor
broke down and they spent an hour
! In the rain. which doubtless helped pre-
| pare II welcome for the grip germs.
However. they managed to keep going
| during their visit, and had a royal good
| time.
| or course the Christmas celebration
pivoted about the little Laurson girl.
On Christmas day the entire family
| were the glests OF Mr.. ana Mrs. Web
ster james al their splendid home on
Lookout Mountain. where they sat
down TO dinner twenty strong. the chill
dren at one end OF the table and their
elders at the other. Afterward there
was a great Christmas tree and all
| sorts of gay doings. Next day they
went to two dinners. two eegnog par
ties and took a long automobile ride
through the country. After that they
came home and I don't wonder Mrs
Mills needed a rest after so strenuous
a time.
Next week General Mills Is going 10
New York to attend the farewell re-
view which is TO be given on Januar r,
II in honor OF Col. Daniel Appleton
who has been in command OF the ia
nous Seventh Regiment OF the New
York National Guard for thirty years
Or more. The colonel is retiring. great.
ly to the regret of the regiment, for h.
Is grand old man and immensel,
popular with his soldier boys. and OF
course. there is TO be a banquet anc
numerous other festivities are in order
Colonel Appleton is the senior member
OF the publishing firm, d. Appleton &
Co. He has done a great deal for the
National Guard OF New York and j.
highly regarded by the military authors.
ties OF the country.
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Governor Osborne--the Assistant Sec.
retary OF State to give him his presen,
proper title-is able to be about again
and goes to his office each day for a
few hours. He was Ill for some tine