The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
TO ENTERTAIN TONIGHT FOR
SONS WEDDING PARTY.

TO ENTERTAIN TONIGHT FOR
SONS WEDDING PARTY.
Mrs. Robert q. Coontz, wife of
Admiral CoontZ,s will entertain at
dinner tonight for her son, Lieu:
tenant Kenneth L.. Coontz, and his
fiancee, Miss Virginia Douglas
Byars,. the party following the re-
hearsal for their wedding which
will take place tomorrow. After
ward MRS. Coontzi and her guests
will attend. the supper dance at
WarxlInan, Park Hotel
! The ceremony will be at $50
O'Clock In the Church, Of the Gov.
enant and will be followed by re-
ceptions at Alcova, the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
y. Clyod ByaFs, at Arlington, Va.
Later in the evening, Miss Byars'
brother, J. Cloyd Byars, jr., viii en-.
terrain the members Of the wedding
party at LIE Paradis.
A number Of PARTIES have been
given for Miss Byars. among them
a supper party last week for which
her uncle and aunt, Judge and Mrs.
John W. Price, were hosts. They en-.
tertained for their son, Ensign John
w. Price, jr., who Is to be- one of
the ushers at the wedding
e. Lee Trfnkie, governor of Vir.
ginia, and Mrs. TrinIxie have ar.
rived in Washington for the, wed,
ding at which Mrs. TrinI1le is to be
matron OF honor and little Miss
Helen Trinlsle, flower girl.
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Mrs. MedilI Mccormick has gone
to New York for short visit, and
Is staying at the Ritz Carlton Hotel
I Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin DENLY will
close their Washington residence
early in June and will go to their
farm near Detroit to spend, the
summer. Meanwhile Mr.. DENLY Is
leaving town ON. Thursday to attend
a Michigan university alumni ban.
quet in Chicago, and will afterward
go to Detroit. He. will be absent
a. week or ten days.
Mrs. Heien n. Gardener. Unified
States Civil Service Commissioner
Will speak at Raleigh, N. c., on
Thursday before the North Caro-.
INA Federated Women'S Clubs, her
subject being, Women in Govern.
iment Work" During her stay in
Raleigh she will be the guest OF
former secretary and Mrs. Josephus
Daniels.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. who is stav.
ing at the willard, has invitations
QUO FOR q luncheon on May 16.
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DINNER PLANNED FOR
NEW YORK VISITORS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish. Of
New York, arrived today to be
the guests Of their son and daugh
ter-in-law, Congressman and. Mrs
Hamilton Fish, jr., who will enter
tain at dinner this evening in their
honor.
Irwin B. LaughIin, newfy-ap.
pointed minister to Greece and Mrs
Laughlin sailed Saturday on the
Leviathan for Athens.
The new Secretary of the Neither.
lands legation and Nine. Louden
have arrived in Washington from
the Argentine, where the secretary
was last stationed, and are the
guests for the time being of the
Netherlands Minister and Nine.
de Graeff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney have purchased the house
at 1870 New Hampshire avenue,
formerly occupied by Senator and
Mrs. George p. Mclean.
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The Assistant Secretary of War,
Dwight F. Davis, has been Joined
by Mrs. Davis in their home at
1920 Eighteenth street, for the
spring. Mrs. Davis is recuperat.
ing from long and serious illness.
The newly appointed attache
Of the Siamese legation, Luang
Lundara Vachana, has arrived here
to succeed Mr.. Bunnag, who has
been transferred to the legation in
London.
The Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, will re.
turn today from a brief business
trip. Mrs. Roosevelt, who has been
in New York for a week, returned
last evening:
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Ham.
mond and their daughter. Miss Ma
talie Hays Hammond, left last night
for New York and will sail Wednes.
day on the Aquitania for England.
Miss Hammond will be presented at
court the last Of May. ~
Miss Lillian Woodward, of New
York, who came to Washington for
the wedding of Miss Elizabeth