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New Britain herald., 1926-06-12
Social Activities About Town

June, always favored by brides will this year have it's full quota of marriages. There is scarcely day during the entire months without at least wedding In fact so numerous the marriages and their attendant fesvi ties of varied type that it is hardly possible to plan for anything else. Of course, at this of the year mencement exercises manage to hold the center of the stage for short time but only hatfor June belongs to the bride
 With the tardy arrival of warm weather those more fortunate members of New BrtainS social colony are hur- redF completing summer plans. Whether the shore the mountains or the country is the goal the interest equal Tn the one aim of getting summer homes opened Sports have well to the front this week. due doubt to the wonderful weather Each day the golf course at the Shut tie Meadow club is dotted over with enthusiastic players while the tennis courts at the park and on the club prop erty are almost in constant use.
 Society folk already looking forward to the Yale Harvard regatta which the latter part of the month the Thames. Several people from town make quite holiday of the OccaSiOn motoring sailing New London the preceding day, making rendezvous of the Griswod hotel, meeting old friends and former classmates The occasion indeed one of much evey and gaety the river itself gay with it's countless boats of every size and color cruising up and down.
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'afternoo. June 18th In the Berlin 1 Congregational church. Reveren1 Samuel Fiske. pastor Of the church will 3erform the ceremony. Miss skinner i. the daughter of E. E. skinner, superintendent of the high l way department Of Berlin.
 
 l The wedding Of Miss Polly Marian Brodzik, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. 1 farnlk Brodzik Of Orange street and Lawrence J, Colon, son of Mir. and Mrs. Stanley Colon of Berlin took place Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock al the Sacred Heart church. Miss Stella Colon. sister Of the groom was the maid of honor and John Brodztk. brother of the bride was the best man. Catherine Hig- gins vas the flower girl.
 The bride wore a gown of white satin trimmed with all over lace and . veil caught with wreath of lilies Of the valley. She carried q bridal bouquet Of rose send lilies Of the valley. The maid Of honor wore a gown of orchid trimmed with Chan.illT lace with hat 10 match. Her bouquet was Of roses.
 After the ceremony reception was held al the home Of the brides parents which was prettily decorated in pink and white.
 Mir and Mrs. Colon left on a we'd ding trip 10 New York and Wash irgton, n. C., and upon their re- turn will reside at 54 Orange street.
 Attorney Colon occupies a law of flee with Judge William r. Mangan and Attorney Euts T. Ringrose al @i2 Main street.
 Tentrea A. Clark and Mise Betty A. Jost of Basentt street were mar ried this morning at II o'clock at. he parsonage of inc South Congre- gational church by Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hlll. They were unattended. After q wedding trip, NIT. and Mrs. Clark will live at q Winthrop street.
 announcement is made Of the ap- preaching marriage of Miss Grace Smith, daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. P. W. smith of High street and John Fnrey, son of Mrs. Marie Furey of Wetherst1eld avenue, Hartford. The ceremony will take place July 2s. Miss Smith is a.member Of the fac ulty al St, Mary's school and Mir Furey is district manager for the kleen Fleet oil Burner.
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after spending a few days with Mrs. Johnston Vance of Monroe street.
 Mrs. Franklin Griswold has re- turned to her home in Roscoe, N. Y, after spending few days with Mrs. Allan McKinnie of Forest street.
 Mrs. J. E. Stone and son. William Stone of Ten Acre Road left Thurs day for Holton, Mich, to spend the summer.
 Mrs, Wilbur Gilbert and children of Beaumont, Texas, will spend the summer months in town.
 Henry Pagan, Of California former resident or Berlin is visit ing relatives and friends in that place.
 Herbert Olmslcad, son Of Mrs. II. D. CtlnSttad ol Maple Hill has re- turned from Cornell university for the summer months.
 Mir. ard Yrs. Loren Bancroft of Maple Hill are spending q few days in Atlantic City \. J.
 Mir, and Mrs. Nelson Mann Of Maple Hill have returned from 6 tuate, .ass.
 Mss Aline Root Of Maple Hill spent last weekend in Boston. Mass
 Mrs. Robert ]. Vance of Marle street will leave Monday for Ridge wood Beach 10 spend the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs, John Peterson of 400 Park street have returned home from q trip to New York and Wash ington.
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Of white gcorgette trimmed wit
 pearls over bridal satin. Her vel
 was of duchess lace trimmed wit
 pearl and she carried q shower
 bouquet of roses and lilies of th,
 valley, The maid of honor's eowr
 was of "rchii gcorgctte and the
 bridesmaids wore yellow georcettt
 with picture hats to match. The
 fouqucta of the maid of honor and
 the bridesmaids were of tea roses.
 Following the ceremony q reccp-
 tion was held at which 100 guests
 were present from Easthampton
 Mass" Duryea, Wilkes Barre and
 Wyoming, Pa.
 MT. and Mrs. Sulima left on q we'd ding trip 10 New York and Atlantic City and upon their return will re. side at 164 Grove street. Miss Ethel A. Rosen of this city became the bride of Samuel Mar. snail on Sunday evening at Willi- mantle, The affair took place fol- lowing the wedding of Mrs. Mar shall's sister, Miss Adele Rosen 10 samuel Synder of New Haven. Mir. Marshall is engaged in the insurance business in this city and Mrs Marshall is associated with the Connecticut Furriers, Inc. They will reside in this city.
 on Thursday. June 8. the mar riaSe of Herbert Ralph Wilson of Bedford, Mass. to Miss Dorothea Esther Forbes of Everett. Mass. took place.
 MT, Wilson Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J, Herbert Wilson, former residon S of New Britain and is graduate of the Connecticut Agri cultural college.
 Mir and Mrs. Wilson will reside at Bedford, Mass.
 The wedding Of Lucien F. Leclafr of this city and Miss Yvonne Dus- sault of Manchester, N. II. took place at Manchester, June 1. Rev. A. J. Lcclerc offiriatod.
 
 The First Lutheran church was the scene Of the wedding Monday evening of Miss Mabel Louise Hult- gren. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Joseph F. Hultgren of 2S Wallace street, 10 Edwin W. DanielSon. son Of Mrs. Nellis Daniolson of Chicago. i Rev. Dr, A. A. Ahlquist offciated. | Tho couple was attended by Miss Mildred Erickson of New Britain ! and Miss Corinne Olson of Hart , ford as bridesmaids and Oscar Danielson of Chicago, brother of the . groom, as best man. Clarence Hul- 1, sren, brother of the bride, and Francis Larson, cousin of the groom, acted as ushers. The bride vas given in marriage by her 'ather.
 A reception in the church par ors followed the ceremony.
 Mrs. Danielson is q graduate of he New Britain High school and If the Augustana training school or nurses at Chicago. She had been mployed as night supervisor of lnrses at Mt. Sinai hospital in '""'"o"1 Nrr, n77'oleon ie employ
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Mrs. Pearl Pixley of Vance street is spending few days in New York city.
 Ira Hicks. son of Mrs. Ethel Hicks of West Main street is home from Taft school for the weekend, Mrs Harold c. Wagner of 62 Mon- roe street has returned home from a visit with relatives in Pittsburgh, Pa.
 Miss Anna and Mae Toner bave returned 10 New York city after spending the past two weeks in this city.
 Lawrence A. Smith of Corhin ave .nue was graduated from the Carne- gie Institute Of Technology at inc l9th annual commencement Tues- day with a bachelor Of science de- gree in physics. Mir. Smith was graduated with honors ranking among the first eight members in his class of engineering. He also completed the E. c. r. C. course at the institute and was awarded q commission as second lieutenant in the reserve corps Of the United States Army.
 Miss Dell Daly teacher in the public schools Of New Britain Will leave June 26th for tour of Europe.
 Walter BloSoslowski Of Orange street has returned from the medi- cal school at Georgetown university in Washington. D. c.
 Mrs. William Montague Of Hawley street with her daughter and son-in- law MT. and Mrs. Louis Tryon of Indiana left yesterday for Hamil-
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William H. Judd Of Murray street are attending the international convention Of the Rotarlans.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oscar BengstoD Of Jamestown. N. r, are the house guests Of MT. and Mrs. Albert Carl son of East Berlin.
 Philip Mildrum has returned from Sufield preparatory school 10 spend his summer vacation with his parents at their home In Ser lin.
 Grant T. Wickutre, son of Mrs. Elizabeth WickTtre Of Worthington Ridge, left Thursday on a tour 10 Europe with the American Insti- tute Of Prehistoric Research. He is going on a scholarship offer re- ceived from Wesleyan university Of which school he was graduated this year. He will visit England. Holland. Denmark. Germany, Aug tria, Czechosioyakia. Switzerland and France.
 Henry Mildrunl, who has been treasurer Of his class at Worcester Polytechnic, has been awarded an unusual honor by his classmates. that Of permanent treasurer Of tbe class of 1926. He vas recently elected to the national society Tau Beta Pi, the honorary society among technical schools similar 10 the Phi Beta Kappa in the aca- demic schools. He is member Of the Alpha Chi Omega fraternity.
 Mir, and Mrs. John Loomis Of 1jn- coin street left today for Windsor to attend the graduation exercises at Loomts Institute. Their son Kenyon Loomis is a member Of the class, ranking seventh.
 Gordon Robinson Of Chicago. Ill. will spend next Tuesday with hIs parents. MT. and Mrs. James Robin. son Of Harrison street. Mfr. Robin. son has come east 10 attend his class reunion at Middlebury college. |
 Mrs. Ella Adsit and daughter Elsie Of Virginia. are the house guests Of Mrs. Frank White of Pennington avenue.
 Miss Sarah Shurberg. daughter of i MT. and Mrs. Solomon shurberg Of | Columbia street. has won the essay contest conducted by the Colonial : Danes of America taking the prize . of 5000. Miss Shurberg Is a mem ger or the graduating class Of the New Britain High school and com oeted In the contest with pupils rom every high school in the state.
 Mrs. Peter IT. Peterson or Com avenue and Mrs. Oscar Noberg and her son of Glen street tailed Thursday for Europe.
 
 Miss Lois Powell, daughter of Mir. Ind mrs. James T. Powell Of New ngton Is visiting Dr. Holster and Mrs. Holster in Summit, x. J.
 MT. and Mrs. F.. F. Proudman of Maple Hill have returned from Bridgeport where they spent few lays with Mir and Mrs. S. W. Proud- nan who celebrated their 25th wed !, ling anniversary with a reception ast Saturday evening.
 Wallace R. Pond and Mrs. Ralph f Sonnet Of Providence, R. L, have cen the recent house guests Of Mir. nd Mrs. William Pond Of Newing- on.
 Mir. and Mr.. r. ". Porter and auehter Jane Of Ten Acre Road . re spending the week end in Proyi- ! ence. F. l.. With Mir. and Mrs William Appleton.
 Mrs. Gardner Weld Of Corbin , , enue returned from New York lty today.
 Mrs. John Olaf Todahl returned ; { ) her home In Milford on Thursday |
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Mfr. and Mrs. Wilson Killough Of i Chicago, Ills. arrive early In July to spend several days with Mrs. Kilioughs parents, Mir. and Mrs. James Robinson Of Harrison street
 Mir. and Mrs. Ruebcn TwltcheN of Forest street are attending the commencement exercises at Middle bury college. Their son, Edward Twitchell, is a member of the class. 1 Mrs. R. N. Peck and daughter. Miss Louise Peck. Of Park place. with Mrs. I. D. Russell of Grove Hill, attended the graduation cxer- cises at Kent school, Kent, Conn, this week.
 Mrs Clarence r, Bennett and daughters, Miss Helen Bennett and Miss Marion Bennett of Pores, street, will spend spend the sum- mer abroad.
 Miss Elizabeth Cooley will return next week from the Walnut Hill school to spend her summer vaca- ton with her father. pr. George Cooley of Lincoln road.
 Mrs. Joshua Larson of Mime apolis, Minn.. is the house guest Of Mrs. D. S. Ohman of Stanley street.
 
 MT. and Mrs. Fred J. Ward have returned from their wedding trip and will make their home in Belvi- dere.
 Mir, and Mrs. William E. Att wood of Vine street will sail July 8 for Europe.
 Mfr and Mrs. Logan Page of Grove Kill, Mir. and Mrs. 0. F. Parker and Miss Gladys Day of Adams street and Mir. and Mrs
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WEDDINGS
June has full quota of marriages - Tennyson Cook nuptials soon

Henry Floucquct of Forestville and Miss Elsie Mae El-ls, daughter of A'r and Mrs. John Evans of l23 Broad street. plainville, were mar rcd last Monday afternoon at o'clock at the Plainyille Congrega- tional church. The pastor Rev. Charles $. Wyckoff officiated. The maid of hoLor was Miss Isabelle Baldwin of Bristol and the best man was Harry Goodwin of Waterbury.
 The bride was attired in gown of blue georgete with hat to match and her bouquet vas of bridal roses. The maid of Eonor's gown was of peach colored gcorgette and she wore a hat to match.
 A reception followed the cerc- mony at the parish house at which guests were present from Boston, Waterbury, Bristol New Britain, Fornstyille and Plainville.
 MT. and Mrs. Ploucquet left on wedding trip and upon their return will reside in Forestville.
 The marriage Of Miss Gladys Church. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Albert Cl urch of 143 Kensington avenue. and Hiding Foberg Of 50 Arch street, took place Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of the brides parents. Rev. H. I. Bodley. rector emeritus Of St. Marks Episcopal church, officiated. Mrs. Carl Nyreth was matron of honor and Carl Carlson was best man.
 The bride was attired in gown Of powder hiue crepe and carried a bouquet of sweet peas and lillies of the 'alla.'. The matron of honor wore nile green crepe and carried 2 bouquet of yellow sweet peas.
 Following the ceremony a recep- ton was held at tho home of the brides parents at which immediate relatives Of tho couple were present, I
 Mir. and Mrs Toberg left on q wedding trip to Atlantic City and . ,pcn their return will reside in this { city.
 Tuesday morning at the Sacred . Heart church, the wedding of Miss Bertha Marian Domurat. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walenty Domurat of 164 Grove street. and Stanley Ed ward Sulima son of Mir and Mrs. Vincent Sulima Of 257 Oak street. took place. Rev. Walter Kowalczyk 
 The maid of honor was Miss Betty Shimanslli of Easthampton, Mass. and the bridesmaids. the Misses Josephine Deptula of Easthampton. Mass. and Veronica Wnuk of this ( city. William Domurat, brother of in" bride. vas best man and the ( us'"rs were Edward Kuba and B. ' e ''z+'-. e@''-.o '~'i was l''~" '
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MT. and Mrs. Fred J. Ward have returned from their wedding trip and will make their home in Belvi- dere,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-12

Mir. and Mrs. William E. Att wood Of Vine street will sail July 3 for Europe.
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PERSONALS

Many of the school set
 return to toWn-Several leave for summer resorts
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Mir. and Mrs. Logan Page of Grove Hill, Mir. and Mrs. 0. F. Parker and Miss Gladys Day of Adams street and Mir. and Mrs.
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Mrs. Joshua Larson of Mime apolis, Minn.. is the house guest of Mrs. D. S. Ohman Of Stanley street.
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Mir. and Mrs. s. RibbIcoff of East street have announced the engage ment of their daughter Miss Hilda Ribbucoff to Sidney H. Miller of Richmond Hill, L. I. Miss Ribbicoff is graduate of the New Britain High school with the class of 1921 and for the past two years has made her home In New York city.
 
 Miss Mae Rose Skinner of Berlin fnd HFrold Eugene Woods of Ken stre,on win be married on Saturday
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Miss Dell Daly teacher in the public schools Of New Britain Rill leave June 26th for a tour of Europe.
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Walter Blogoslowsk Of Orange street has returned from the medi- cal school at Georgetown university in Washington. D. c.
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Mrs. William Montague Of Hawley street with her daughter and son-in- law Mir and Mrs, Louis Tryon of
 Indiana left yesterday for Hamil-
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St. Thomas church. Sonthington, was tho scene Tuesday. Of inc we'd ding of Miss Lillian Appcrti. daugh- ter of Mrs. Anna Apperti 10 Anthony t.acava, son of Mir. and Mrs. John LaCava of 26 Hawkins street. Rev. Robert l., Christopher officiated Miss Evelyn Apperti sister of the bride, was maid of honor and the best man was Paul Lacava, brother Of the groom. The bridesmaids were the Misses Rose Scavillo Of New Britain, Marguerite Discount of Tor rington and Angela Lacava of New Britain. Anthony Terricani, Pros per Lacaya and Louis Leardi, all of New Britain, were ushers.
 The brides gown was of white sa- tin trimmed with pearls. Her veil was of lace caught with orange blos- sons and she carried q shower bo- quet of roses and lilies of the val ley. The maid of honor wore q peach colored georgette gown with picture hat to match. Her boouet was Of tea roses. The bridesmaids gowns were of rea'f m"dn toffe'a with hais trimmed to ua ch. Their
Evening star., 1926-05-02
Liszt Musical Club
Gives First Program

THE first weekly meeting of the
List Musical Club OF Georgetown
was held at the home of Mrs. Shaulter
Vance Trussell. G147 = street north
west, Friday night, April %.
After the business affairs of the cluo
We're attended to, Edward Whisnan.
gave a reading on tho life of List,
which was enjoyed very much.
The president Of tho club then In
troduced two young people who are
prominent in musical circles in George
town-Maria Mantell Dowd. coloratura.
soprano. and Estelle Easterson, con-
cert pianist. The accompaniments
were played by Martin a. Dowd, Off
cial accompanist of the club.
The program included:
Thy Beaning Eyes. ......... .MacDoweu
..v,,,Bac1I., Bse59 iijeTAeous
-''1'' Maria Maanteli Dowd
Prelude, "Raindrop". ........... Chopin
Aa wen is1,
EsteIie Easterson
III.
Arta-"caro Nome" dearest Name) from from
' Maria Manteli Dowd
After the program an appreciation
of thanks was extended TO the per-
formers by the president of the club.
They were re-engaged to give a longer
program.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
'THE MASCOT"-Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Edmund Audran's comic opera, 'The
Mascot" will be presented at Central
all it's extravagant costumes and
trappings Of the fifteenth century.
Picturesque, amusing and with droll
satire Of the period. THE Mascot"
libretto provided Audran with a fine
subject.
So exacting are the vocal demands
Of 1.-THE Mascot" score that in pro-
fessional productions the leading
tenor role IS usually sung by wom-
an, owing to it's high range. AS pre-
sented now by the Washingtonians,
under the direction of Rollin and Cen
evieve F. Bond. this tenor role will
be sung by w. Madison Taylor. soloist
at Yale University for several years.
Harry Myers, who sang the leading
romantic role in Mile. Modiste," will
carry the baritone role Of Pippo as
the shepherd in the first act and as
the masked dancer at the Court of
Lorenzo in the second act. Virginia
Ballard and Eve Friden will head the
Saltarelle dancers. John Mcdonald,
remembered for his work as Little
John in robin Hood" and recently
in the lead in "The Gondoliers," Will
sing the principal comedy role of the
basso. Prince Lorenzo, and the com.
edy foil Of the the farmer, Rocco, will
be sung by Henry Mcdonald.
Inseparable from the Washing
tonians in their presentations Of light
opera in the past six years have been
the Hunt twins" one of whom.
Gladys, will appear in the prima
.. donna role of Bettina. keeper Of the
turkeys. Elsie Schulze, well known
with the organization. will sing the
role of Fiametta, the princess. Rus
sell Conklin and r. P. Luce will sing
the tenor and baritone roles Of the
sergeant and the innkeeper, respec.
lively, and the sextet Of charming
pages will be composed Of Gayle Hunt,
F'reda Krieg. Brycie Bayles, Irrna Won
Iackey, Bessie Doolan and Adelaide
Boyd.
Mary Whelchel, May L. McAninch,
Jane Birkhead. Ruth Perry, Mar
gucrite Maxwell. Reinne Shea, FAM
tab Holloman and Georgia Luce ap-
pear as the ladies' of the court. and
Fred c. Knapp, William Rice, Walter
Cupp. Edward A. Dent, James Sum-
mers. Charles Maxwell, S. 3. Covert.
Russell Conklin ard r. =. Luce are
courtiers. Grace l.. Lawrence will, as
usual, be at the piano and Mr.. Bond
Will conduct. The WashIngt ton1ans
Evening star., 1926-05-02

chorus, Like AS the Hart Desireth,"
Wist; tenor solo, 1.-The King Of Love-
Spence; solo and chorus, "Tarry With
Me. o My Savior" Marks: solos and
chorus, "Oh, For a Closer Walk" Gel
bel; solo and chorus. Rejoice in the
Lord" Kotschmar; offertory, baritone
solo, Largo" Handel.
The soloists will be Mrs. G. c. Nc
Donnell, Mrs. William II. Beck. W.
w. Gantz and Richard McCarteney.
Donald 3. Macleod is OrSanist and
Choirmaster.
The Cecilia Singers. katharine
Rich Fielder, soprano: Emile Mar
garet White. meZzo- soprano; Wilbur
c. Fielder. tenor. and G.. \. Johnson,
bass, together with the Lyric Trio.
Lucy Dunwoody Higgins and Mrs.
Florence La Covey, first sopranos. al
ternating; Lorraine Wycoff, second So
prano, and Mrs. Lucille Hastings. con-
tralto (both groups under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Henry White), gave pro-
gram Tuesday evening at the Tuber-
culosis Hospital. Beside the ensemble
work each member of the quartet and
Of the trio gave a group of songs.
Mrs. Will Hutchins and Miss White
were the accompanies.
The Mcdowell Music Club has sent
out cards for a musical and tea for
this afternoon. at which Miss Miller
will be hostess, assisted by members
of the club.
The program of music will be given
by Amelia Suastegui, Eleanoro Col
born, Margaret Loane, Mary Tarbell,
Ruth House, George Cornwell. Flea
nor Glynn, pianists, and Virginia
Trauty, contralto.
Assisting guests will he Leo Bee
tholdt. violinist; William Test, cellist,
and William StadSer, accompanist.
Anna Kennedy and Margaret jamie
son will preside at the table.
The Tuesday Evening Music Club
will present two groups of songs,
which have appeared on early Ameri-
can concert programs at the Arts
Club next Thursday night. They will
be given in the costumes of the pc
riod. Florence Howard is the director
and Alma Partridge the accompanies
of the club.
1.-THE Larks," n group of 10 young
singers from the studio of Florence
Howard, will give "a program of en-
Semble and solo numbers at the
Church of the Incarnation Wednes-
day night. A feature will be the sing
ing of group of Shakespearean
songs, including ''Hark. Hark, the
Lark Grace Stevens is the accom-
panist.
II. Emerson Meyers, pianist. born in
Washington and living here all his
life, appeared in n scholarship recital
at the Peabody Institute of Baltimore.
last Tuesday. This was in recognition
of the completion of three years as
holder of the Peabody alumni scholar
ship. This Washington hoy. who is
| only Is, won this scholarship when L.
years old. He is a student of Nc
lIinley High School and plays the
violin in the school orchestra and the
alto horn in the band. He lives at
1922 Twenty-ninth street northwest
The program in the recital Tuesday
included Saint-Saens' arrangement OF
a Bach 'Bouree in Il Minor"
Beethoven's Sonata in L Minor. Opus
go" a group including nocturne, i'm
promptu and scherzo by Chopin, two
Liszt works and compositions by
DebusSy and MosZkoWSki