Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-05
WI
$ SOCIETY 6
,A & ~ ~
CONTINUED From First Page.)


States entered the war against Ger
many the couple were quietlJ married
AT Rhode Island. Lieutenant Gwynn is
attached to a torpedo-boat destroyer.
At boswell.
An attractive affair Of the past week
was the card party given by Miss Ruth
Wilson Thompson on the lawn of her
summer home. pebble HILL" boswell.
on Thursday afternoon. The function
was given in honor OF Miss Virginia
Allen Smith. of Ginter Park, who is
visiting Miss Thompson.
Miss Capitola Stone is also a guest
OF Misses Helen and Ruth Thompson
at Pebble HILL
Guest at the White.
Among the visitors at the Greenbrier
White sulphur Springs this summer is
Miss Marjorie Pearson, OF Asheville. n.
c., daughter of Richmond Pearson. OF
that place. She is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs Thomas NJ. rutherford. of
this city. who has cottage at the
White for the summer. Miss Pearson
is being extensively entertained at the
White by the Richmond colony.
At Old Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin II. Pilson. Of
Washington left the last Of the week
10 spend the week END at Old Point
and to accompany their daughter, Miss
Marjorie Pilson. back to Washington.
Little Miss Pilson has been the guest
OF Miss Eudora Rose Shipton. daughter
Of Colonel and Nrs. James a. Shipton.
Mr. and Mrs. Pilson and their dauEh-
ters formerly made their home in this
city.
Porch Pnrty mt Ocean View.
Misses Annie Bickerstaf and Virginia
MetzGer. who are sunImering at Ocean
View. entertained a number OF their
friends of Norfolk and Ocean View with
1a1- nj N
Interesting games were played. and re-
freshments were served, followed by
dancing.
Chnpman-Fitchctt.
marriage of much interest to Vir-
ginians was that of Miss Dorothy Ruff
fin Fitchett. of Waverly, TO Irwin Au-
hrey Chapman. of Richmond. Miss
Fitchett is descended from a distin
Guished line OF ancestry among them
being the Rufins, Lees. Wilson's and
Walkers. One OF her ancestors was
Edmund s. Ruffin, writer of note,
who fred the first gun in the War
Between the States. Mr.. Chapman is
well known in Richmond, and has been
associated with the firm OF Charles
". Hardwick & Co. for the past nine
teen years. The marriage took place
in Washington. on July IS. at Sis
o'clock. Rev. J. H. Jeffries. officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman will be at home
in Richmond after September /.
birthday Celebration.
An attractive party was given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude s. Thompson at
their home on Monday evening in honor
OF their daughter. Miss Dorothy
Thompson. who celebrated her third
birthday anniversary. The color
scheme of pink and white was carried
out in the decorations, which were
baskets of Killarney rosebuds. Tho
favors and refreshments were also in
pink. The little hostess's guests in
cluded Misses Anne Bland Carter. Mary
Thomas. Alice Thomas. Ruth Meyer.
Garnette Dickerson. Rose Atkinson.
Eleanor Anne Thompson and Louis
Stoneburner
The marriage of Miss Grace H. Lam
bert and Walter Scott Brown took
place on Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock at the home OF the bride in
Norfolk. The ceremony, which was wit
messed only by few intimate friends,
was performed by Rev. E. P. Minor. as
s!stant rector of st. Luke's Episcopal
Church. The house was prettily deco
rated with American flags and sum-
mer flowers, and the brides only at
tendant was her maid of honor, Miss
Grace Waugh. The bridegroom had as
his best man w. O. Hester. After
Southern wedding trip. Mr.. and Mrs
Brown will reside At 1852 Highland
Avenue. Norfolk. Mr. Brown is petty
officer In the United States Navy