Evening star., 1926-06-20
New York Being Deserted
For the Sea and Mountain
Society Leaving Metropolis for Aquatic Contests
Between Collescs-Many Weddings
and Engagements.
and ENGAGEMENTS.

| for the reception which is to follow
the wedding
Mrs. r. A. Dickinson will be matron
of honor and Miss Helen Leeming,
Miss Annalel ID on. Mrs. Malcolm
Scott and Mrs. Edward Quinn will be
her other attendants.
Leonard LeeminG will be best man
for his brother and the usherS Henry
and Eugene Matalene. Joseph Eodrey
and Daniel Jackson. jr.
Mr.. Leeming is the son of Thomas
l.. Leeming of Brooklyn and Glen
Cove. Ions Island, and was gradu-
ated from Princeton this year.
Following the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Marion Hood
Post to Mcclure Peters, comes the
news that the marriage is to take
place July 10. Miss Post is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stone
Post of $50 East Fifty.second street
and BernardsVille. n. }. She is also
granddaughter of the late George
E. Post and on her mothers side Of
the late Gen. John Bell Hood of the
Confederate Army.
Mr.. Peters, who is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Richmond Peters,
is a graduate of Yale, class of 1912.
He is a member of the Downtown,
University, Yale and City Clubs, and
an eX-member of Squadron \. He is
now living in Arizona, Whe.'e he has
cattle ranch,
The Spring season has attained
record in the number of really i'm
portant engagements which have
been announced. Several of the most
prominent families in New York
have made betrothals with scions of
other houses of equal Importance both
IN this country and abroad.
Among the latest of the engage
mentS to attract Il great amount of
attention was that of Miss katherine
NJ. Murchison, daugher of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth NJ Murchison Of 49
East SiXty-third street. She is to be
married next Winter to Ashbel Green,
ir.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ashbel Green
OF New York and Mount Kisco.
Miss Murchison, who made her de-
but about year ago and is u member
of the Junior League. is a graduate of
Miss Porter's School in Pennington
and studied in Paris. She is very
popular with the younger set. eXcels
In outdoor sports and has taken part
In many of the fashionable enter.
tainments for charity. Mr.. Murchi-
son, her father. has won fame as an
architect, and the family belongs to
the Summer colony at Narragansett
Pier, where their villa has been open
ed for the season.
Mr.. Green attended the Taft School
and was in the class of 1926 at Yale
where he was a member of Zota Pal
Fraternity. He has two brothers now
at Yale and a sister. Miss Agnes
Green. at Pennington. The New York
nome of the Greens is at ii East
Tenth street. The family has been
identified with society here for years
One Of the most brilliant parties of
the year was given recently in honor
of Miss Virginia Lucille Goodwin.
whose engagement to Edward Finch
Beddall, I'd, has been announced. The
host for the dinner and dance. which
was held on the roof of the RitZ-Cari-
ton, was Joseph J. Keon. The guests
included Miss June Hess, Miss MaN
Brannon, Miss Rosalie Evans, Miss
Florence Kip Clarke. Miss EIilles Nor
rlS, Miss Iris Sellar and Mrs. Robert
Henning Goodwin. mother of the
bride and host. Also Charles Adams,
Jr.: Martin Morris, j. Norris Williams,
John r. Dane. John Mackie and James
Butler.