Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Tablet to Be Unveiled
By Colonial Danes at
Cross Manor Tomorrow
Fall Prom Is Event of This
Evening at Charlotte Hall
Military School.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, November 81.
The Colonial Danes of Southern
Maryland, with a delegation headed
by their president, Mrs. Frank T. Par
ran of Baltimore, will unveil a tablet
at Cross Manor tomorrow The manor
was built in 1912 and is the Oldest house
in Maryland. 1t was built by Sir
Thomas CornwalleyS and has an in
teresting history. 1t is now owned
by former State Senator Charles S.
Grason. Mrs Grason and Miss Dor
othy GraSon will act as hoSteSSes. The
party will form at old Tudor Hall Inn
IN Leonardtown and go to st. Marys
City and then to Cross Manor, which
borders st. Inigoes Greek.
The Charlotte Hall Military School
cadets this evening are holding one of
their Fall promS in the school gym
nasium for the benefit of the annual
school publication, the Sentinel. Many
from all parts of Southern Maryland,
as we'll as from Washington and Bal
timore, are attending The master of
ceremonies Is Mr.. G. w. Taylor, assist
ant master of ceremonies, Mr.. w B.
Bowie, and the Decorating Committee
includes Mr.. w. B. SmitherS and Mr.. c.
Brooks
Mrs. James Whitaker and her young
daughter, Miss Peloma Whitaker of
Hollywood, Calf, and Paris. are spend
ing few weeks as guests of Mrs. Whit
takers father, Mr.. John L. Hargrove
of Washington, at his Cedar Point es-
tate on Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Whit
taker, who is now in New York, will
probably join his family in a few
weeks Count H. A. VaSs of Copen-
hagen, Denmark, also is a guest for a
short stay.
Announcement is made Of the mar
riage Of Miss Nellie Heath Lawson,
daughter of Mr. william Henry Law
son Of Baltimore, to Mr.. Arthur Ed
ward Meredith of Mechanicsville,
Thursday, November IL, in Baltimore.
The couple will be in their new home
built in the old colonial style in Char
lotte Hall, on the Washington Boule-
ward, after January !.
Miss Eleanor Birch and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles McGhann of Washington spent
the week end with Mrs. McGhann's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Love, on
their estate, Meadow Brooke, at Nor
ganZa.
Mrs. Theodore Dent and her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Jones Of Leon
ardtown, have taken an apartment for
the Winter months in the Cavalier in
Washington, and will return to St.
Marys in the Spring
Mr.. Francis Metcalf, who is a student
at tie Theological Seminary at Alex
andria, Va, spent several days this week
with his parents, Rev and Mrs. Franklin
Lee Metcalf, in Mechanicsville.
The attendants at the marriage of Mr..
and Mrs. James Brown Monfort will
celebrate the first wedding anniversary
Washington. Mrs. Monfort was Miss
Anne Tilghman Slingluff, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Truman Cross Slingluff
of Chickohonny. The company will
include Miss Margaret Watkins, Miss
Julia Yates, Miss Mary Ellen Hill
and Miss Jane Blackstone, all of Wash
ington; Miss Frances Loker of Leonard
town, Miss Virginia Birch of Milestown,
Miss Virginia Ballantyne of New Cum
berland, w. Va; Miss Betty Magruder of
Upper Marlboro, Md; Miss Eleanor
Slingluff of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr.. Bill
Kingsley Pogue Of Maddox, Mr. Thomas
WEIGH, Mr.. William Comfy and Mr.. VIII
liam Robinson of Steubenville, Ohio; Mr..
William Ballintyne and Mr.. Scot Brown
of New Cumberland. w. Va; Mr.. West
ly Wood Of Troy, N. Y. Mr.. Eugene
Slingluff of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr..
Truman Cross SlingluffE
DR.. and Mrs. z. H. Rou of Washington
were among those entertaining in their
cottage at Breton Beach Sunday
Mrs. George H. Harris of st. Marys
County has returned to her home at
Cedar Point after a minor operation in
Washington, where she was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice T. Otterback
C Anacostia.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Greenwich, jr, of
Ieonardtown and Mr.. C. B. GreenWell
Of Medley's Neck, spent the first part of
the week visiting Mrs. Greenwell's
family in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Charles S. Myers and her mother,
Mrs. Jennie z. Bremen, who have been
visiting Mrs. q. M. Frazier in Washing
ton for week, returned to their home
Journeys End.
Miss Mary Alexander. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Stanberry of Washington and Mr..
Buddy Watson OF Philadelphia, Pa, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Richard H Sears
on their estate, Society Hill, Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Edith Parish, Mrs. Martha
Stearns, Mr.. George Krouse and Mr..
John T. Pullin of Washington were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F.
Graves of Loveville Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Winters of Dallas, Tex,
arrived yesterday to spend a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. S. Paul Hayden at
Mount Osborne. Today Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayden will entertain at dinner in
honor Of Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Broun Of
Washington.
Mrs. Theodore WOODBURY. and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Walter Cole have returned from
Philadelphia.