Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Canada Visit Ended
By Mrs. Dana Hodgdon
| And Mrs. J. Allen Coad
Mr.. Hervy S. Knight, Jr.,
of Leonardtown to Marry
Wisconsin Girl.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, August g.
Mrs. Hodgdon, wife of Mr.. A. Dana
Hodgdon, head Of the visa Office in the
State Department. and her mother, Mrs.
Coad, wife of State Senator j. Allen
Coad. who have been visiting in Toron-
! to, Canada, for the past few weeks, re-
turned to st. Marys County this week.
Mr., and Mrs Justin Sypher, now of
New York and formerly of st. Marys.
will be the house guests of Mrs. Hodg-
don next week at her mothers estate,
Porto Bello, where she and Mr.. Hodg-
don stay during the Summer. Porto
Bello (meaning port of war; was so
named by Edwin Coade when he re-
turned in the early part of the
eighteenth century from his campaign
in the West Indies, having been a mid
shipman in the British navy with
Lawrence Washington, elder brother of
George Washington, and William Hebb,
who. with him, had fought at Porto
Bello, Carthagena, under the command
of Admiral Vernon. Porto Bello was
named for that Central American
stronghold by Coade; Hebb followed his
example and built his place nearby,
calling it Carthagena, and further up
the Potomac Lawrence Washington
built Mount Vernon, naming 1t in honor
of his British commander, Admiral
Vernon. Porto Bello commands nine
mile view across the Potomac at that
particular point.
An engagement Of much interest to
washington as well as Southern Mary
land announced this week was that of
Miss Henrietta Fitch of Madison, Wis,
to Mr.. Hervy Simpson Knight, jr., of
Towns End" on the Washington
boulevard in the west end of Leonard
town.
Mrs. John Gray Lillburn, Maryland
State regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, who has been the
guest of her sister. Mrs. Roland Thomas,
at Checkers Fancy, the second Oldest
| house in Maryland, returned to Balti-
more Monday
Mrs. John Shea of Bridgeport, Conn,
and Mrs. George T. Hutchfns, with her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hutchins,
were the guests in whose honor Mrs. j.
Fenner Lee of Lees Crest, near Leon
| ardtown, entertained at dinner Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. Richard Simpkins, son of Mr..
! Veine Simpkins, assistant to the Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, and Mr..
| John Higdon, both of Washington, were
the guests over Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Philip T. Graves and their daughter,
Miss Phyllis Graves, at their home in
highway. The highway is the Oldest
road in the United States, being an old
Indian trail to Pennsylvania and used
by the early settlers The Maj. william
Thomas Chapter of st. Marys County
D. A. r. is making efforts to have this
road in good condition by 1884, when it
will be used by those attending the ter
centenary celebration at st. Marys City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Nathanson of
Leonardtown entertained Is guests at
dinner Sunday evening.
| Mrs. Robert Schroeder and children
and Mrs. Won Herman, both of Wash
| ington, are the house guests CT Mrs. Ed
! winetta s. Zurhorst, at Charlton Villa,
on Brettons Bay, and will remain there
! for a fortnight.
Mrs. Marie Frisby Allen of Chevy
| Chase and her son, Stanley Allen, we're
the guests of honor at a dinner given
! by Mrs. B. B. Love at Meadow Brooke,
at Morganza, yesterday. They were
the guests of Mrs. William H. Gardner,
| at Chaptico, over the past week end.
Mr.. and Mrs Love held family re-
union at Meadow Brooke Sunday, when
they entertained at dinner in honor Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. McGhan of
Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brent Mickum, End, and their children,
| little Miss 10 Ann and George B., 3rd,
| of Silver Spring, Md; Mr.. and Mrs
b B. Love- IT. and their daughter