The Washington times., 1930-12-23
BUD to Make
Bow at Fort
Myer Today
Col. and Mrs. Harry N.
Cootes Will Introduce
Pretty Daughter at Bril-
liant Tea Dance
BY ANNE PATTEN

mGrOQuCeQ 10 SOCLeGy dG d I0o
dance given by her parents,
Col. Harry N. Cootes, COM
mandant of the post, and Mrs.
Cootes.
Miss Cootes has the distinc-
ton not only Of being one OF
the most popular army girls in
the Capital but her parents,
Colonel and Mrs. CooteS, have
established a reputation for
hospitality at the post which
has seldom been equaled.
Classmates To Assist
Assisting the debutante will
be a group of her classmates
from Smith College, where she
is a student this year. The
girls, who are the housegueSts
of Colonel and Mrs. Cootes
over the holidays, are Miss
Anne Warren, of Boston, and
Manchester; Miss Faith Donald
son, also Of Boston, and Miss
Dorothea Newman of Smith
College.
other guests at the com,
mandant's quarters at the post
over the holidays are Merritt
M. Cootes, a senior at Prince
ton: John Lewis Peyton, Of
Staunton, Va; Iredell jenkins,
Of Richmond; Mr.. and Mrqs. An
drew W. Hull, of Newport, Va;
Miss Margaret Halsey, Of
Sharleston, S. c.: Miss Mary
Dickson Cooke, of Norfolk. and
Miss Emily Magruder Dobee, OF
Norfolk.
Aids to Miss COOteS
Assisting Mrs. Cootes will be
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. Mrs.
Mark L. Bristol, Mrs. w. D.
Connor, Mrs. Guy v. Henry,
Mrs. Charles Treat, Mrs. Her
bert Crosby, Mrs. George s..
SimmondS, Mrs. Herbert j..
Slocum, Mrs. John K. Herr,
Mrs. William Mitchell, Mrs.
George Patton, Mrs. John
Barry, Mrs. John McA. Palmer,
Mrs. Henry T. Bull Mrs. E. r.
Warner McCabe, Mrs. Charles
B. Moore, Mrs. David Sellers.
Mrs. Berkeley Merchant, Mrs.
Waddy B. Woods, Mrs. William
H. White, Mrs. Charles P.
George, Mrs. Alexander Surles,
Mrs. Julian Cunningham and
Miss Charlotte Naylor.
Officials To Dine
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Henry l.. StinSon will be
the guest of honor for whom
the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Patrick J. Hurley will entertain
at. dinner this evening.
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The Assistant Secretary of
War and Mrs. Frederick H.
Payne will be honor guests of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John w.
Gulick at dinner preceding the
second Of the series of Army
dances at the Willard, Friday,
January 2.
Joins Husband Here
Representative Heartslll Ra-
gon, of Gainesville, Ark, has
been Joined by Mrs. Ragon for
the Christmas holidays.
Gen. H. C. Whitehead has
gone to Fort Reno, Okla,
to join his family for Christmas
and will return to his apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel
after the first of the year.
Miss Bonnie Sossamon has
left Washington and has gone
to Peoria, ILL.,, for Christmas.
She will return to her apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel
after the first of the year.
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HOnOrs Mother
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown gave a dinner at their
home in Providence, R. T.,
last evening in honor of Mr..
Browns mother. Mrs. Nicholas
Brown. who is with them for
Christmas. Other guests in
cluded were the Right Rev.
James De Wolf Perry and Mrs.
Perry, former Senator and Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert H. I. Goddard and
Robert H. I. Goddard, jr., and
the Marquise d'Andigne, of
Paris. sister Of Mr.. Goddard;
Mrs. Frank A. Sayles, Mr.. and
Mrs. LauriSton H. Hazard, Mrs.
Wallis E. Howe, Theodore
Francis Green and the Rev.
Arthur L. Washburn.
Midshipman John Weton
Byng, spectacular right end of
the Navy football team, is spend
ing the Christmas holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Byng. at 1920 Upshur st. Mid
Shipman Byng is accompanied
by Midshipman Vernon Hawk,
MldShipman James Davis and
MidShipman Joseph E. Flynn.
Mrs. Byng is arranging several
parties in honor of her house
guests, to which a number of
the girls of the Navy set will be
invited.
Col. and Mrs. Edward Cliff
ford will have with them for
Ehe holidays their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Lambert Clifford. and
their infant daughter, of Cam.