Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-06
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been spending some time in New York
City. will return to Virginia next week
Miss Cooke will go to Charlestown. w.
Va. on July ~ to act as bridesmaid at
Campbell. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
william Campbell. to Or. Hugh John.
son Hagan. lieutenant in the United
states Medical Reserve Corps The
ceremony Will take place at $50 o'clock
at Zion Episcopal Church In Charles
town. and a reception will be held i'm
mediately afterward at the homo OF
the brides parents.
Lieutenant Hagan Ia son OF Mrs
Lucian H. Cooke. of Roanoke. and the
late DR.. Hugh Hagan. Of Atlanta and
Richmond.
Guests for Wedding.
Miss Lucille Dodson. who has been
the guest OF her aunt. Mrs. B. T. Petit,
here for the wedding OF her cousin.
MISS Flora Mcclellan. to Lieutenant
Charles Augustus Bayler. U. S. A..
which took place last week. has re-
turned to her home in Norfolk.
Miss Malvine womble, who was a
guest OF SIR. and Mrs. A. L. Mcclellan
at their country place on the Patterson
Road. for the Bayler Mcclellan we'd
ding. has also returned to Norfolk.
At the White.
Mrs James Ransom Branch gave the
hrst large luncheon OF the season at
White sulphur Springs. Mrs. Branch
entertained for those who played auc-
ton at her cottage for the beneft OF
me Red Cross, Tho table. which was
arranged for thirteen in the sun din
'ng-room of the Greenbrier was dec
GRATED in tea roses, with the symbol OF
the Red Cross Of roses forming the
centcrpiecc. Mrs. Thornton Lewis. Of
The Meadows": Mrs. Junius Parker
with her guest, Mrs. Waltor a. Wells;
Mrs Hermann Ellis. Mrs. william c.
Wheatley. Mrs. Ira Leo Bamberger
Mrs Stabo Cate, Mrs. Chauncey Mar
shall Mrs. A. G. Motfatt and Mrs.
James ]. Phillips were those present
with Srs. Branch. Colonel Branch sent
roses from his estate at Branchland
which was an added attraction to the
cottage porch Dir. and Mira. Garrett B.
Wall arrived from Richmond on Sun
day. Mrs. George W. Bagby has ar
and Mrs. Archer Anderson. Miss Sally
Archer Anderson and Miss Martha
Boiling are among Richmond arrivals
this week at the White Sulphur.
At Country Plnce.
Mrs James strother OF Welsh. W
Va. and her young daughter. Miss Mary
Strother. have recently opened their
country place. "Kinloch.'' on the
Orange road. near Culpeper. for the
summer season. Miss Strother attended
the dances at the Virginia Military In
6titu,e and Washington and Lee uni
versity. a, Lexington. I'm juno. coming
later to Richmond. where she spent
some time with Miss Ellen Gordon
Wallace at "Ellerslie." the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wallace.
on the Cary Street Road
Summer Social Register.
The salient feature in this years
summer social register as compared
with last year is an increase of 25
per cent in the number Of marriages
during the three months from April
!. Notwithstanding dire predictions to
the contrary. there seems TO be no
falling of in the number OF residences
by the seaside.
There are noted from April to date
the marriages OF e56 persons, as COM
pared to 7S3 las. year. and the deaths
,of 2ll men and 1sa women. as COM
pared TO lS3 men and III women dur
ing the same period. The departures
for Europe have dwindled TO eighty
two, as compared TO ninety-hve last
year. and the arrivals are negligible
for we'll known reasons. There are
noted si1ty-fve at foreign bankers ad-
dresses. compared TO l43 last year.
and ITO are summering on their yachts
compared TO Isl last year. Forty
nine are in training camps: twenty
two in the United States service: thirty
three in the American ambulance. and
of the yachts twenty-five arc regis
tered as having been offered and &C.
cepted as auxliarIes for the United
States service.
Tho number Of yachts In commits
sion this year is o33. as compared with
a22 last year. divideu as follows. 5I6
steam yachts. ninetyseven schoouers
and $50 sloops