Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-22
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Talks OF Tuo Important Engagements-The
Country Clubs Are Beginning to BE Centers OF Outdoor
Actitities-Ddnce al the PhilodeLphia

WELL. we were quite overwhelmed with
w important engagements this Easter were
We not? Gretchen Clay's Interested every
one very much. Gretchen is 50 popular
and so good looking and her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Clay. and her sister. Mary
Alice, who married Louie Boric. have al
ways been So well liked too that every one
is pleased about it,
The lucky man is lIcuriqucs Crawford,
n son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Try 'raw-
ford and brother Of the innumcrabc
Crawfords of Fox Chase and Florida.
Gretchen is the elder of the two Clay
girls. She came OUT above five years ago
and has been wonderfully active in vari-
ous things. She was one of the first OF the
younger girls to take up the entertainment
p of the girls in the Pennsylvania Association
of Women Workers. aud she entered into
the work of the Emergency Aid Aides with
great zeal, being one of the top officers.
She is also Girl Scout officer and. in
fact, there is very little doing Of a prac-
teal nature in the last four. five or SIX
years that has not seen Gretchen Clay buslly
engaged in helping. She is very popular in
the younger social set and has been brides
maid for several of the recent brides. She
was an attendant at Helen Tower S wedding
and at Molly Sharpless' this year.
Mr.. Crawford has bccn abroad with tho
pxpeditionary forces and was member of
the aviation corps. where he ranked as lieu
tenant. His brother. Stephen X. Crawford,
was in the engineer corps of tho y. II. f.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Try Crawford, the
parents of Lieutenant Crawford, spend most
of their time at their plantation in Florida.
They have also a place in Fox Chase which
they keep open most of the year, Tor the
rest of the family live there or in town,
going out to Fox Chase for week ends. The
sisters are Jean. Alice and the twins. Jessie
and Sarita. and then besides stephen there
are Harry and Joe.
TTHEN Harriet Frazier's engagement to
L Charlie Cheston was announced on
Faster. too. Harriet is the daughter OF
the George Harrison FraAierS and sister
Of Lieutenant George Harrison Frazier. Jr.,
who is engaged to Marys Clark.
The Frazers live at 213i Spruce street
in town and 7their country place is out
,Icnkintown way. Mrs Frazier was Miss
torncia Sibley.
Charlie Chcstou is the son Of DIR. and
Mrs Radcliffe Ghcston of Chestnut Hill.
Hc/is brother of Radcliffe Cheston. Jr.,
and of Bessie. Charlotte. Morris and James
Cheston, 4th His mother was Miss Flu
gcna& Morris and he is a cousin of Hamilton
Chcston who married Cornclia Ieidy. 1t
is altogether a most interesting and suitable
engagement, as is the Crawford Clay
bctrothal.
No date has yet been set for either we'd
ding. but it is rumorcd that the time will
not be long
TNHERE seem to be renewed activities in
L country club circles these days. The st.
Dayids Golf Club has started in with re-
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this year have some great workers on them.
The charman of all the committees is Mrs.
collin II. Wilbur. OF the handicap commit
tee Mrs. Stephen Fuguct is chairman and
has with her Mrs. l.. ID. Peterson. Mrs.
Campbell Carr and Mrs. w. Hayward Myers.
Mrs. Myers intends to keep up her interest
in things at Radnor and st. Davids in spite
of having moved down to Haverford.) The
house committee has Mrs. Wilbur as chair
man. and she will be assisted in that work
by Mrs. Frank Mahan. Mrs. Charles II.
Quinby and Mrs. +. +. HalloweIl. In
charge of tea which will he dispensed every
Friday. which is to be Ladies' Day. will be
Mrs. W. \. Wcidershcim. I'd. chairman,
and Mrs Charles II. Scott. .Jr.. Mrs. Shell
don Catlin, Mrs. Montgomery Forster, Mrs.
George W. Pepper, Jr., and Mrs. Charles
$. Walton, Jr.
The captain of the golf team is Miss \. S.
Hallowcl.
TT WAS rather quiet out at the Phiadel-
L phia Country Club on Saturday. Perhaps
because it was still Holy Week or whether
people were in Atlantic. anyway there were
not more than ten tables. The Edwin Fit
lcrs entertained and the Armitt Browns had
n dinner. too \ number of people went
over from the Marshalls' race meet. which
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