New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

Society in the Oranges
Several Parties Given for Miss Benedict, Who Will
BE Married to MIR. Thomas Potter October
lB; Miss T0oker Bride

daughter, Miss Carolyn Ward MacKain.
TO Mr. Leslie Gage Weldon, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Winfield Weldon, Of Douglas
ten Manor, Long Island. No wedding
date has beeR set.
Miss Irene Brown, daughter Of Mr..
sn9 MRS. William Thayer Brown, of
1i2 Prospect Street, East ORANGE has
sailed to spend the winter in Europe.
Mrs. Brown, who returned durinp fine
summer from an extended STAY in italy.
will remain in East Orange for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Griffiths, of 20
Prospect Terrace, East Orange, will de-
part to-day to visit friends in Louis
vile, after which they will 40 to Chi
cago to make stay Of an indefinite
period with relatives.
Mrs. Lille M. Shiebler, now of wana-
massa, North Asbury Park, and for
merly of Mitchell Place, East Orange,
daughter, Miss Elsie C. SRiebler. to Mr..
Earl M. Whitman, of Newark. Tho
wedding date has not been decided
upon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ri. Taylor and
their son Durand Taylor, of 191 Mid
land Avenues East Orange, are ex-
pected home Sunday, November S. from
Europe, where after touring France,
Germany, Switzerland, Scotland and
italy, they are visiting relatives of
Mr.. Taylor in Warrington, England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. pierson, of
2A6 Turreli Avenue, South Orange,
have returned from an extended stay
at Atlantic City. The announcement
was made recently of the engagement
OF their daughter, Miss Beatrice Pier
lantyne, also of South Orange, who was
last year graduated from West Point.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Merz and
family, of 191 Harrison Street., East
Orange, have returned from Denville,
where they have been occupying their
summer home since early June.
Miss Anna McGrath of 1S5 Holly
wood Avenue, East Orange, has re-
turned after a visit of two months
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Ready, at
Watertown, Wis.
The engagement has been announced
OF Miss Rhoda Merrill Bailey, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bailey, Of
64 Westcott Street, East Orange, to
Mr.. James P. Nielsen, of that city. No
date has been set for the wedding.
A bridge party for the benefit Of
the Radcliff Endowment Fund will be
giver at the Maplewood Club on
Tuesday afternoon, October "a. The
committee in charge is made up of
Mrs. E. G. Raincy, Mrs. w. 7. Meyers
and Mrs. S. P. Belcher.
Mrs. Wilbur K. Potter and AiGs. Ed
ward S. C. May will be the associate
hostesses October 27, at the opening
meeting of the Travellers Club. The
gathering will be at the home of Mrs.
Potter, 432 Lawn Ridge Road, Orange.
Among the members of the organiza-
clair, Glen Ridge and the Oranges. At
a special meeting recently held at the
home OF the president, Mrs. f. 7. Ma
son, of Newark, Mrs. Henry r. Wiles,
of SO Hollywood Avenue, and Mrs. Will
liam M. Dawson, of 1O5 North Eigh-
steepth Street, both of East Orange,
were unanimously elected to member
ship.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson de Baum, Of
Short Hills, formerly of Mt. Pleasant
Avenue, West Orange, will depart dur
ing the coming week for South Pasa-
dena, Calf, where she will visit Mrs.
de Baun's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Murchic, also
former West Orange residents. Her
into &C. {r1 w,
California for about two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ross Brown
ing, parents of Mrs. Murchie and of
Mrs. dc Baum, celebrated their TWEEN
ty-ifth wedding anniversary October 6
with dinner dance at the Brookdale
Club, near Madison. Mr.. and Mrs.
Browning plan to divide their time this
winter between their Lleweilyn Park
home and their New York apartment.
Mrs. Uric Palmedo. of Great Bar
rington, Mass, formerly of Montclair
and East Orange, has announced 1.-The
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Flero~ Uric Palmedo, to Mr.. Lawrence
Hotchkiss Bloedel, of Seattle. Miss
Palmedo is a popular member OF the
Montclair Junior League. Mr.. Bloedel
is graduate Of Williams College. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Miss Iva Fl. Whitmore, daughter Of
Mrs. Albert H. Whitmore, of 81 Harri-
son Street, East Orange, will be mar
ried Friday to Mr.. Sidney X. Hopkins,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Loren L. Hopkins.
Of Brooklyn. The ceremony will be
performed at $3.50 o'clock at the home
of the bride-to-be by the Rev. DR..
Wayerly Baxter, Of Ba- onne. Miss
Laura Haugaard, Of Queens, L. l., will
be the maid Of honor, and Miss Whit
more's brother, Mr.. B. n. Whitmore,
Of East Orange, the best man.
One Of the most interesting engage
ment announcements Of the season to
society In the Oranges Is that of Miss
Sara Heron, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James NJ. Heron, OF Watson Avenue.
East Orange, to Mr.. John Lamberton
King, son Of Mrs. Alexander King, of
North Walnut Street, East Orange.
Both Miss Heron and her fiance have
a wide circle Of friends in the Oranges.
particularly among the younger set Of
Orange society. During the war Mr..
King served as an officer In the United
States Navy. No wedding date has
been set.
The Curtomis Club of the Oranges
held its first meeting Of the season
Friday at the home of the president
Mrs. Carl P. Astrom, Of Chestnut
Street, East Orange. Al unique feat
ure Of the meeting was the follow