Evening star., 1923-12-23
ALEXANDRIA.

A subscription dance was held at
the Old Dominion Boat Club house
Friday evening" The chaperons
were Mrs. Biaine Elkins of Atlantic
City. Mrs ]. Sidney Douglas. Mrs.
William j. Morton. Mrs. Charles NJ.
Shepperson and Miss Cora Cochran.
Those dancing were Miss Eleanor Orr
of Leesburg, Miss Nancy Jackson,
Miss Virginia Byrd, Miss Mary Tay-
lor, Miss Margaret Garrett, Messrs.
Edward Williams, James Pugh, Guy
Hollifeld. Jack Childress, Paul
Brown, Barbour Thornton and john
Harper of Washington. Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Roberts. Miss Nancy King, MISS
Josephine Gregg, Miss Genevieve
Peyton Shepperson. Hiss Louise
Thomas. Miss Dorothy Morton, MISS
Laura Hulfish. Miss Mary Hunt foo.
erts. Miss lnez Moore, MISS MarsH Mtes
Moore Miss Elizabeth Warwick, MISS
Margaret Warwick, Miss Jeannette
West, Miss Carolyn Burgess. Messrs
Cameron. Jack Roberts. Cecil Brown'
Carroll, Pierce, jr., Charles NJ Snep-
person, jr., Stanleigh and Everette
Swan. Stanley King, Clarence Dyson,
Moncure Morton, Arthur Rector, Jonn
Hughes, Brouse Burke. Robert Whit-
ton, Boothe Pullman, e. NJ. knlsnt,
Chester and Edwin Pierce, Turner
Henley, Grafton Cockey, vincent
Young and James Smith.
Two subscription dances VIII pe
given at the boat house this week,
one the evening of Christmas oay
and one Friday evening. Decemper 90.
Miss Helen Cannon has issued IN
yitatlons for a card party at her
home in Rosemont Monday evening
December 81. III,
The young ladies of the town Viii
he hostesses at dance at EMS
home Thursday evening, DeceinpeI
81 and the young men VIII retuI Ii
the favor with dance at .ne SANE
! place Tuesday evening. January /. .,
Miss Katherine Leadbeater anu
Miss Margaret French have arrived
| from St. AIMS school, CharlottesVllie,
! to spend the holidays at their MONIES
Mrs, Thomas Serey has returned
to her home in Richmond atter
visit to DR.. and Mrs. Frank M. Dii-
| lard on North Alfred street.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert ). barrett anu
the formers mosheT, NJ Dr. ya1h hh'e city afe for
the marriage yesterday Of Mr.; Tuppsr
barrett. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert 3
Barrett, and Miss Marie Thorp OF De
triot. Young Mr.. Barrett is a native ~
OF this city and is graduate ~ 81 tbe
, University of Virginia. He now Is en-
gagged in the banking business In New
York Mr.. and Mrs. h. 5. Barrett ano
DIR. Barrett will return home lodaH
and Mr.. and Mrs. Upper Barre!' s Wi,
arrive tomorrow to spend several DAYS
here. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Will give
an afternoon reception Christmas DaS
for their son and his bride at thelf
home, 404 Duke street. .
An announcement of much interest
| here is that recently made by MRS,
Blanche n. Noland Of Newport News OF
the engagement of her daughter, MISS
| E;leanon L. Noland, to Pierre r i-i;henS;
| jr, of Nutley. y. J. The wedding viii
occur during the corning summer. Miss
Noland is the granddaughter OF the
late Capt. Charles Fl. Dimmock OF
Richmond and is we'll known here
where she has visited many times;
Nancy Wattles have returned from a
visit to their brother and sister -in-law,
Lieut.. Thomas l.. Wattles. United
States Navy, and Mrs. Wattles, In New
Miss Annette Ashford of Washington.
Miss Nancy Wattles spent the past
week end with her cousins. Commander
and Mrs. John Downes, at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis.
Stuart Snow has returned from a
visit tc Thomas Brent in Heathsville,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ Brill and Mrs.
Bessie Whitlocl< have returned from a
visit to relatives in Strasburg, Va.
Miss Katherine Gichrist of Boston
is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard S. Ely, on Seminary
Hill.
Mrs Worthington Stultz of Cations
vile, Md, is the guest Of her sister,
Mrs Margaret V. Claxton.
Mrs. Thomas H. Jones, who spent
several months in Nevada and Arizona.
arrived last week from Asheville, n.
c., and will spend the winter with her
daughter. Mrs. Walter Garrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Gregg and Mrs.
Richard +. Acton were among the
Alexandrians attending the diplomatic
reception at the White House.
Miss Alice Ratcliffe of this city and
Mr.. William Churchens of Ballston,