New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
Westchester Turns
Eo Yacht t Parties
And Automobiling
Joint Cruise of Larchmona
and Indian Harbor Clubs
Brought Together Notable
Collection of Racing Craft

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Aug. o.
Yachting on Long Island Sound, fol-
lowed by automobile rides TO the coun-
try clubs and beaches in the evening
for dinner, is ail the rage among the
summer set at New Rochelle, Lareh-
mont, orienta Point, Rye and Port
Chester. Never before in the history
of Westehester County has its Sound
beaches been SO crowded The new
beach or Manursing Island, which is
r. he use of the members of the
Westchestr- Biltnore Country Club at
Rye, is patronized by the smart set
The joint cruise arranged by the
Indian Harbor Yacht and Larchmont
Yacht clubs, which began on July so
brought together the greatest coilec-
tion of crack racing yachts, steam
yachts and motor craft seen in Larch-
mont harbor since before the war The
yachts which had their rendezvous in
Larchmont Harbor on the evening of
July 2S came from the western end of
the Sound, as far east as Connecticut
On the evening of that day there was
meeting of the captains at the Larch
mont Yacht Club and on the following
day the squadron started for Newport,
its rendezvous on August /. The
Larchmont squadron was under the
command of Commodore James &,
Ford, OF the Larchmont Yacht Club,
and Commodore Douglas Graham
Smythe, of the Indian Harbor Yacht
Club, and feet captains Frank Bovine
Jones and James D. Sparkman
The Gedney Farms Hotel has been
filled with prominent New Workers,
who have taken part in golf tourna-
ments, polo matches and other sports.
and Mrs. Charles Marbod, Mrs L. A
Ever, Mrs. Robert W Waiford, Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Watson and Mrs. A. l..
Day, of Manhattan.
The engagement has been announced
Of Miss Grace Frame Reed, daughter
of Mr.. N. W. Reed, of Loring Avenue.
Pelham Heights, to Mr. Wilder STRAIT
ton, son of Mr.. Francis A. Stratton, Of
Mount Vernon, president Of the West
chester Lighting Company. Miss Reed
is a graduate of the Mount Vernon
Is living at Tulsa, Okla, where he is
connected with the Shell Union Oil
Company. He is graduate OF Prince
ton University.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church of New
Rochelle presented all outdoor per
fcrmance of Alice in Wonderland"
under the direction of Miss Marguerite
Dumont, in the grounds of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer B. Doolittle, of a. Argyle
Avenue, Highland Park, New Rochelle,
last Tuesday night.
The cast follows: Alice. Miss Dor
cthy Edwards; Caterpillar Mr. Thomas
Nelson; Queen of Hearts, Miss Eliza
beth Perry; Duchess. Miss Jeanette
Ferry; Dormouse, Miss Ellen Johnson;
Cook, Miss Esther McGrath Rabbit,
Miss Margaret Lord; Cheshire Cat,
Miss Marguerite Perry; Frog Foot
@an, Miss Ellen Johnson; Executioner,
Mr.. Thomas Nelson; March Hare, Miss
Victoria Johnson; Halter, Mr.. james
Jackson; King Of Hearts, Mr.. Victor
Johnson; Knave of Hearts, Mr.. James
Ferry; Mock Turtle, Miss Agnes Jack
son; Gryphon, Miss Edna Tillman,
Fish Footman, Miss Marguerite Ferry;
Pages, Bernice Washburne and Beverly
Washburne; Cards, William Nelson
Esther McGrath, James Jackson, Ellen
Johnson, Edna Tillman and Agnes
Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. sinsabaugh, of
Hilltop Avenue, New Rochelle, have
announcement the engagement of their
daughter, Eleanor Marjorie, to Mr..
Marshall Donald Raymond, son of DR..
and Mrs. C. Nelson Raymond, of Cen
ter Avenue, New Rochelle. No date
has been set for the wedding.
The engagement of Miss Doris Wald-
vogel, of Pelham, formerly of New Ro-
chelle, to Mr.. Ralph Raymond Owen
jr., Of Pelham Manor, has been an
nounced.
Mrs. Weston Stowell, of New Ro-
chelle. leaves here soon for the Thou
sand Islands for the balance of the
summer.
Mrs. Wallace Lippencott, of Beacon
Hall, New Rochelle, is in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas flanagan, Of
Trinity Place, New Rochelle, has re-
turned from Lake Mohonk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Morton, Of
Colign Avenue, New Rochelle, are
spending three weeks at Lake George.
Mrs. Kenneth Huntington, of Hamil-
ton Avenue, Rochelle Heights, New
Rochelle, has returned from Allen
hurst, N. J.