Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY

Seminary. has returned from brakes
Branch. Va, where he officiated at
the marriage Of his niece. Miss Julia
Elliott Green. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Montford Kinney Green, to Mr..
Daniel Eggleston. Tuesday. August
Bran DR. Green stopped in Rich
mond on his way home to attend the
ceremony installing the Right Rev.
Henry st. George Tucker at Bishop
Coadiutor Of the diocese of Virginia.
! Mrs. !. ". Newell is home from
Earlville. y. V. where she attended
the wedding Wednesday. September
s. of her nephew. Mr.. Sterling Rufiin
Newell. son OF Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
George NJ. Newell. and Miss Esther
Louise Williams. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Eugene Williams.
Mr.. Gilbert Jefferson Cox announces
the engagement and approaching mar
riaCe of his daughter Eliza Bland to
the Rev. Thomas Gibbs Akerley. OF
Fargo. y. Oak. The wedding will take
place Thursday.
Miss Virginia Dare has left for
Massachusetts to enter Wellesley Col
lege for the coming session.
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Harrison an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mary Ellen to Mr.. Court
wedding will take place In October.
Mrs. Lawrence W. Barrett and her
children have gone to their home in
Charleston. s. c.. after a visit 10 her
! brother -in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Vaughan. jr.
| Miss Dorothy Griffith Of Washing
ton was week end guest of her cousin.
Miss Josephine Gregg. on South Alfred
street.
I, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Van Middles
worth and their children have re
turned from Asbury Park, where they
spent the past month.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Birrell an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter Julia Elizabeth TO Mr.. Thomas
! Eugene F;lgin Of Washington, Satur-
day. August IS. i'm their home IN
Rosemont. The ceremony was per
! formed by the Rev. DIR. William s.
Hammond Of the Southern Methodist
Church.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Robert +. Armstrong
nd their infant daughter have left for
their home in Miami. Fla. after a
visit to Mr.. Armstrong parents. Mr..
and Mrs J. NJ. Armstrong, on South
Pitt street.
I Mrs. Emma Swami is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Estes in Sperry
vile. Va.
! Mrs. Henry Gray and Miss Ruth
Gray are spending a month in Eoa
noke.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. F'laherety and
their children are at Long Beach,
Long Island, where they have cot
taGe for the month of September
! Miss Margaret Robinson has re
turned from a visit to her cousins. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Britain. in Norfolk.
Miss Sara Perine Blyol is home
from q visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
i G. Carlin ut the Greenhriar Hotel,
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va. The
engagement of Miss BayOl to MIR
Charles Creighton Carlin, jr.. was an
nounced in the early Summer.
Mr.. James Burroughs, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Burroughs and Miss Rose
Penn have returned from visit In
Tappa ha mock. Va.
Mrs. Barbour Apperson and Miss
Adelyn Apperson are the guests OF
relatives in Sanborn. y. j.
Miss Lillian Fletcher of Herndon
Va. spent the week with her father
Mr. John Fletcher. on North Royal
street.
An announcement of must Interest
here has just been made by Judge
and Mrs. David Gardiner Tyler oi
Sherwood Forest. Charles City County
Va. of the engagement of then
daughter. Mary Lyon. to Mr. George
Peterkin Gamble of Galveston. Tex.
son of the Rev and Mrs. Cary Gam
Bile, formerly of this city now Twin.
in Alabama MIR. Gamble is the
grandson of the late Right Rev. George
Peterkn. Bishop of West Virginia
and great -gra ndson of the late Rev
Joshua Peterkin. for many years rec
tor of st. James Church in Richmond
and one of the leading clerSymen o
the South. Miss Tyler is a grand
daughter of President John Tyler anC
niece of DR.. Lyon Gardiner Tyler
present emeritus of William and
Mary College. The wedding will take
place at Sherwood Forest Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henshaw ano
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Franklin Stew
art have returned from a motor trir
to Ocean City, Md, where they spent
several weeks.
Mrs. A. ID. Davis. Miss Mildred
Davis and Mr.. Archie Davis arc
spending two weeks visiting relative:
in Keswick, Va.
Mr.. Hearsey Holmes of Cazenovia
y. Y. was the guest last week of his
cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis B
Backus. Mr. and Mrs. BaCkus en-
tertained at an informal dance last
evening in honor of Mr.. Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. William X. Griffith
IT.. and their children have returned
from visit to relatives in Franco
mia. Va.
Mrs Thomas V. Morton has gone
to her home in Louisville. KY. after
a visit to her son and dauchter-in- law
City Manager and Mrs. Paul Steele
Morton.
Mrs. A. T. Bruce and Miss Oreor
Bruce are home from visits in Ham
ilton and Hillsboro. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Corbin enter
tanned Friday evening TO celebrate the
birthday anniversary Of their daugh
ter. Miss Avice COrbin. The guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Willett
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Corbin. jr.: Mrs.
Eugene Corbin. Miss Naomi Hopkins
Miss E,leanora Rogers. Miss Annie
Wheeler, Miss Agnes Wheeler. Miss
Lillian Lawler. Miss Flora McCleary
Miss Doris Carter. Miss Mary Walker
Miss Regina Poole. Miss Clyte Brad
ley. Miss Frances LAWYER. Mr.. James
Dodd. Mr.. Steven Polls. Mr.. Pau
Frye. Mr.. Stewart Simms. Mr.. vii
liam Gator. Mr.. George Poole. Mr.
Irwin Wood. Mr.. Melvin Zones. Mr.
Raymond jennings. Mr.. Robert
WEIGH, Mr.. Horace Harlow. Mr.
Moody Harlow. Mr.. Melvin Lyons
Mr. Frank Delp. Mr.. Bernard Corbir
and Mr. Wilfred Corbin.
Mrs. John G.. Hildebrand and Mrs
Edgar Pence spent the week end with
their parents, MIR. and Mrs. Thomas
Pence, in boswell. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. D. Burke. Miss
Mary Ellen Burke, Miss Elaine Burke