Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
Mrs. Howard Davidson
Entertains Guests at
Mansion on patuxent
Mrs. A. Dana Hosdon Is
Spending September at
Porto Bello.

9Os-h1fb. DANiQbOn, vie OF MAJ. t1ON-
ard Davidson, commandant of Boiling
Field, In washington. who Is spending
some time In her mansion Cremona on
the Patuxent entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Prentice and their son Robert
Prentice, Jr. of Buffalo, N. Y, this
week.
MRS. A. Dana Hodgdon of Washing
ton and ST. Marys County, wife OF the
head of the Visa Offices in the DEPART
ment Of STATE, is spending the month OF
September ct Porto Bello on st. Marys
River, overlooking st. Marys City.
Mrs. j. spence Howard and j. Spence
Howard, IT., and Broomc Howard. who
have been at St. Marys Manor, in st.
Marys City, for the Summer months,
returned tins week to their home in
Baltimore.
Mrs. George Harrison of Baltimore,
formerly OF st. Marys, passed a few
days with mrs. j. P. Bell at Charlotte
Hall.
An engaeemeut Of much interest is
that Of Miss Mary Etoyle Burroughs,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Heating
Burroughs OF GRANVILLE, to Mr.. Kenneth
Howard, son of Mr.. Edward Howard OF
Hughesville, Md. The wedding will take
place the early part of the Winter. Miss
burroughs is a graduate of the Mechan-
icsville High School.
Mr.. Robert Payne, of Newark, N. j.,
As spending his vacation with ms
parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Payne, OF
North washington street, LeonardtoWn'
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Reid OF Phil
adelphia, who have been visiting Mr..
and MRS. Grif Alexander, at Green
Holly, on the Patuxent River, left Mon
day for their home. Mr. and Mrs. Alex.
ander will remain at their place instead
of returning 70 Philadelphia.
Miss julia Reddington OF Washing
ton, visited In the North End Sunday
Mr.. Joseph r. crew Of Maddox has
returned 10 his home in st. Marys,
after q tour through the western part
Of bthe United States. He motored to
Dallas, Texas, with his daughter, Mrs.
w. B. Dunkle, and her two children,
who visited him in st. Marys earlier
In the year.
Miss Ann Bond. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. T; Bond. of Hector on the
from the Johns Hopkins School for
Nursing. She will spend several weeks
with her parents.
A pretty wedding and one Of the first
Of the fan season was that OF Miss
Renia Hamfnett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Hammett. of st. Marys
City, and mr.. Tennison Ridgell, son OF
land, Md The ceremony was performed
in the St. Michaels Roman Catholic
Church, at Ridge, Md, Wednesday
morning at B o'clock, followed by nup-
tial mass, celebrated by the rector, Rev.
Gregory Kiehne, S. j., who performed
the ceremony. The bride was given in
marriage by her father. with whom she
entered the church, and the bridesmaid
was Miss Ourlie Lumpkins Of Ridge,
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Immediately following the ceremony
a breakfast was given in the home of
the brides parents for the wedding
party and the immediate families, after
which the young couple left for North
ern wedding trip and on their return
will make their home in st. Marys
County.
Mrs. Pike Cough Of Baltimore
spent this week as the guest Of h0r
brother, State Senator j. Allen Coad
and Mrs. Coad, in their home, Chess
nut Hill, on the Washington-Leonar0e
Mrs. GeofgS Hutchins of the North
End has returned from an interesting
motor trip through the New England
States.
The Major William Thomas Chapter,
D. A. r., Of st. Marys County will cele-
brate the chapters sixteenth birthday
anniversary October "a, in the st. Mary's
Female Seminary.
Miss Erva Pardoe and Miss Elizabeth
Bully of Washington were the guests
of Miss Louise Jones, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen M. Jones, in their
home in Leonardtown. Miss Pardoe re-
Gently returned from a trip to Cali
fornia. where she spent the late Sum-
mer.
Mr.. r johnson Cotton Of Washing
Ton, formerly Of st. Marys, is the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hayden, on
Buffers Cove, for this week.
Judge Walter ]. Dawkins, OF Balti-
more, has returned to his home there
after spending q few days with Legis-
Iator ~and hrs. p. H. Dorsey, in their
home in the North End.
Mrs. Cleveland Bailey, accompanied
BY Miss 0aynell While, Mrs. Herman
Blair, Miss Louise Long and Miss Rosalie
Hewitt, Of Valley Lee, spent last week
end rAotortng in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Long and
their son Theodore, jr., who have
spent some time with Mr.. Longs
parentA Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. E. Long, of
California, returned to their home in
North Carolina, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen OConnor and
their young daughter, Miss Betty O'Con-
nor, who have been summering in their
home across the Bay from Leonard
town, returned to Washington on Sun
day, where Miss O'Connor entered
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bennett, of Bal
tinore, are visiting Mr.. BENEFITS par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bennett,
IN their home in California.
Mrs. Marguerite King Of Jersey City
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen @. King, in Leonardtown, dur
ing the week.
Miss Selma Jones is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. o. Paul Hayden for this week
in their home, Mount Osborne, on the
Washington Boulevard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Cough and their
children, Of Baltimore, were the guests
during the week of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Mattingly, in the North End.
Mr.. George Morgan Knight, jr., of
Leonardtown, was among the dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Grit Alexander,
Of Green Holly on the Patuxent, last
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Taylor, Of Wash
angton, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. julius johnson, in their home in
Brushwood this week.
Mrs. Joseph Burch and her small son
are the guests of Mrs. Burch's parents,
DR.. and Mrs. F. F. Greenwell, in Leon
ardtown.
Mrs. Charlotte B. Fowler of Mechan-
icsyille, and former treasurer of st.
Mary's, has moved to Washington for
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