Evening star., 1925-01-18
ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY

gate 10 lnG annual congress, 70 bt
held in Washington in April and the
following were elected alteruates:
Mrs. Robert Miller Reese, Mrs Thomas
B. Cochran, Mrs. John NJ. Johnson,
Mrs. Charles Elicit Cabell. Mrs.
Thomas E. Scbrel. Mrs. Gardner l..
Boothe, Mrs. Frank G. odeuheimer,
Mrs. &. William Wattles. Mrs. William
J. Boothe and Miss Margaret MEG.
Ashoy. Other members present were
Ms. William Jackson Morton. Mrs. ].
3tewOrt Jameson, Mrs. Albert Smoot,
Mrs. Charles r. Nicholson, Mrs. Albert
Bryan, Mrs. Frank T. King, Mrs. sam
ueI L. Monroe Mrs. Henry 5. Wattles
Mrs. Mauchliu Niven and Miss jean
nette Cochran. After the business
meeting additional guests came in for
tea, when Mrs. Mcclure was assisted
by Mrs. Caber. Mrs. Gardner L.
Boothe, Mrs. Gardner l.. Boothe, Cd;
Mrs. Albert Smoot and Mrs. Charles u.
Barrett.
Miss AIittie Klipstein and Miss
Mary Ellen Hartman left Friday for
Florida. They will travel for a time
and go to Miami for the remainder of
the Winter.
Mrs. T. Marshall Jones was hostess
At buffet supper followed by bridge
Friday evening.
Mrs John II. Blotter, who visited
Miss Mary Thomson, returned Thurs
day to her home in Baltimore.
Mrs. J. Stewart JaIa:asoR enter
tanned at bridge Saturday afternoon
in honor OF Mrs. Lanier Mckee of Ne<yl
York City, who was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. william J. Boothe. The
others present were Mrs. William
Lloyd, Mrs. Gardner l.. Boothe, Mrs.
". c. Laidlaw, Mrs. Thomas ". Rob
insou, Mrs. Charles Pozer and Mrs.
Frank NJ. billiard.
Invitations have been received here
from Mr.. Lewis c. Williams for the
marriage OF his daughter, Miss Maria
Ward Skelton Williams, to Rev.
Charles Wilford Sheerin, Saturday
evening, January "A, at o'clock, in
Monumental Episcopal Church, Rich
mond. Miss Williams is a niece of
John Shelton Williams, Comptroller
of the Currency in the Wilson admin
iStratiOn, and on the maternal side is
descended in the fifth generation frSm
Betty Washington Lewis, only sister
of the first President, whose old home,
Kenmore, Fredericks burg, has re-
Gently been purchased by the Colonial
Danes of America. Miss Williams
was graduated from the National Ca
thedral School for Girls several years
ago. Mr.. Sheerin was ordained dea-
con at the Virginia Episcopal Semi
nary last June, and since then has
been curate at St. Thomas Church,
New York City. He has recently ac-
cepted the rectorshig OF Trinity
Church, Frederlcks sburg. He is a son
of Rev. James Sheerix of New York
City, who will perform the marriage
ceremony for his 500 and Miss VIII
liams.
Dr.. and Mrs. George Taylor Kip
stein were hosts at an afternoon re-
Ception Thursday, when several hun
dred guests were present. The hosts
were assisted In receiving by Mrs.
Frank NJ. billiard, Mrs. Robert S Bar
rett, Miss Mary Ellen Hartman, niece
OF DR. KiipSteIn; Miss Ellen Douglass
Fawcett and Miss Nancy Lee Fendau
Tackett. Mrs. Sherman Bruce Fowler
Miss Fanny Dixon and Miss Constance
Boush assisted In the dining room
with Miss Margery Arden Hall, Miss
Eliza Bland Cox, Miss Dorothy Taze-
well King, Miss Viola Barrett, Miss
Laura Hulfish, Miss Nancy Wattles,
Miss Frances Cox, Miss Inez Moore,
Miss Esther Lambert, Miss Margaret
EggbOrn. Miss Jeanne Cation, Miss
Courtenay Page Waller, Miss Eliza
beth Smith and Miss Margaret ogden.
Miss Helena Finch has returned to
her home in Strasburg after a visit
to Mrs. Carl Burtsfeld.
Mrs. John Walton Tulloch and Miss
Myrtle Bryant were guests of friends
in Richmond for several days last
week.
Mrs. Flora Young of Butler, Pa. is
the guest of her son and daughter-in-
law, DR.. and Mrs. Albert T. Young.
Announcement Is made OF the mar
riage Of Miss Ruth Bibb of this city
and Mr.. Ernest Suthard OF Catlett,
Va, at the parsonage of the First
Baptist Church, by Rev. P. L. Vernon,
December 81. Mr.. and Mrs. Suthard
are now. the guests of relatives in
Charlotte. N. c.. and on their return
will make their home in Alexandra.
Mrs. Charles Butler entertained in
Formally Monday evening at her home
on Braddock Heights.
Miss Mary z. Carlir and her niece,
Miss Nina Baker Fulton, have return
ed from a visit TO the latter's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fulton, in Eli
cott City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 3. Graves have re-
turned from a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Graves in Charlottesville.
Miss Edna Powell and Miss Edith
Mosmilier, who have been spending
several weeks with Miss Sara Edding-
ton on King street, are again at their
homes IN Richmond.
Mrs. John Gary ana John Gary, jr,
were week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Arnett IN Purcellville.
Mrs. George Wise is at her home in
Rosemont after a visit to Bishop and
Mrs. Thomas Christopher Darst in
Wilmin gton, N. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hale and Miss
Bessie Hale have returned from a
visit TO Mrs. Hale's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. II. Stickley, in North River,
Va.
Mrs. WilIoughby Reade has return
ed to the Episcopal High School after
a visit to relatives in Bedford City,
Va Mrs. Reade was a guest at the
wedding in St. PauTs Church, Lynch
burg, Saturday evening of Miss Caro-
line Elizabeth Hutter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Sixtus Hutter,
to Mr.. Cranston Williams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Williams of Green's
Looro, Ga
8Ir. and Mrs. Henry o'Bannon
Cooper have returned from a visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Eastman in Front
Royal
Mrs. Herbert Mingin and her chill
dren are at home after a visit to their
aunt. Miss Elizabeth Grove, in Stras-
burg, Va.
Mrs. Richard Willingham of Rem
.fngton, Va, Is the guest of her som
sin-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
I. l.. Groves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert NJ Graham
and Miss Ruth Adam were recent
guests cf Mrs. Graham's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Laycock, in Hamilton, Va. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Edwin Graham, who
have been with the formers parents
since their marriage in November,
have moved into their new home on
Russell road.
Mrs. r. S. Critzer, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. w. Bowles,