The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-13

Preston Gibson has gone TO New
port to be the principal speaker At
the Flag Day exercises tomorrow.
Capt. Benton c. Decker, U. S. N. and
Mrs Decker announce the engage
msnt OF their second daughter, Miss
J Anna Grove Decker, to Capt Alfred
Hall Crossman, coast artillery corps,
U. s. A.
Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan Is visit
| ing her daughter. Mrs. Gabriel A.
O'ReiIly, in New York, and will return
here within a week. DR.. and Mrs.
I Egan will go to Mountin Lake Park.
| Md, next week to spend some time
, with their other daughter, Mrs ].
Elmer Murphy, who has q cottage
! there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dana Hardy
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Dorothy Hardy, TO Al
I fred West Francis, OF Hartford. Conn.
I The wedding will take place in the
home OF the brides parents Wednes-
! day afternoon, June rs.
Mrs. william A. Thompson an
nOunces the engagement Of her daugh-
| ter, Miss Margaret Thompson, to
Lieut. Robert Hnto Ofley, L. S. A.
who graduated from West Point yes
terday. Miss Thompson is the daugh-
ter OF the late Major William Thomp-
son, L. S. 4. The wedding will take
place next Saturday in st. Matthew'S
Church. The Rev. Edward L. Buckley
will perform the ceremony.
Congressman and Mrs. Ira C. Cop
! Icy will be hosts at dinner this even
ing. entertaining in compliment TO
Miss Amy Bennett and Claude Lang
lsis, OF the French High Commission,
whose marriage will take place on
Saturday.
Miss Margaret McChord and her
fance, Lieut.. George Leroy Boyle,
u. S. A., are the guests in whose
honor Miss Adelaide Heath will en-
tertain this evening The brides at
tendantS will be included IN the
party, which will motor into the
country for a picnic supper.
Last evening Mrs. Morgan Shuster
gave a dinner at the Purple Iris Tea
House for Miss McChord and Lieu
tenant Eoyl". Mrs. Shuster, whose
home is IL Montclair. n. j.. is visiting |
her husbands parents. Mr.. and Mrs. |
william VI, Shuster, at their home |
in Q street. She expects to leave |
some timo next week Mr.. and Mrs. |
Morgan Shuster made their home in |
Washington for while following |
their return from Europe, and always |
come here TO visit twice a year, so |
have many friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. PhiIander P ClaKton |
have their
Mrs. Dale Mayo. OF knoxville. Tenn, |
who Will be here FOR some time. Mr.. |
Mayo, who accompanied his wife to |
Washington, returned 10 his home on |
Monday
Miss Helen CIaxton and Miss
Adrienne King, daughter OF Senator
William II. King, returned yesterday
from New York.. where they spent
several DAYS.
Miss Elizabeth CIaxton, who has
been in school at Sweet Briar Col
lege in Virginia, Is at home for the
summer.
Mrs. FTeA s. Hardesty and her
daughter, Miss Eutacia Hardesty,
who spent the past week In Atlantic
City, have returned 70 Washington.
Or. Mary Alice Brossius a. her
guests her niecss. Miss G-ace Bros
sius. or PittsburE. and Miss Eliza
beth Higgins. OF Worcester, Mass.
Ms. Ezra Eoon and her daughter.
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. viii leave town
next Thursday for the summer. They
have given up the visit to Atlantic
City they had planned and will go
direct TO the Berkshires, to remain
until September.
Viscount and Viscountsss J. Henri
de Sibour have taken cottage at
NGhant, Mass, for the summer.
M and Mrs. Levi p. Morton will /
leave EllersIie. their place at Rhine
cliff, n. Y, shortly. having taken a
cottage at Ouoque L. J. for the sum