Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Sotterlee
Are Hosts to Pilgrims
At Maryland Estate
Mrs. Spencer Wood Enter
tains at Luncheon for Mrs.
Franklin L. Metcalf.

and Mrs. Herbert L. Sotterlee Of Green
wich, Conn, New York and Bar Harbor,
Me-, were hosts Thursday at their
estate, Sotterly on the Patuxent, to
the pilgrims of the Federated Garden
Clubs of Maryland, who visited six other
historical old homes in st. Marys
County They were personally conduct
ed through the lovely old house and
gardens by Mr.. and Mrs. Sotterlee, who
spent the latter part Of the week in
st. Marys.
Mrs. Franklin Lee Metcalf, wife of
Rev. Franklin Lee Metcalf, rector of All
Faiths P. E. Church of Mechanicsville,
was the guest in whose honor Mrs.
Spencer Wood, wife of Rear Admiral
Wood. U. S. NJ, of Washington, enter
tanned on Tuesday at luncheon at Ar
lington Army and Navy Club. Mrs.
larry of the Washington Diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and Mrs.
Metcalf is president of the st. Marys
County branches of the auxiliary.
Mr.. and>Mrs. Jefferson Stone Combs
of washington and st. Marys County
gave large reception at their estate,
Foxs Point, on Brettons Bay, Tuesday
evening from to IL pm. in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Carter of Troy.
Ohio. Mrs Carter was before her recent
marriage Mrs. H. S. Thompson. She is
a sister of Mrs. Combs. Among the
out-of-town guests attending were Mrs.
Belle Joyce of Washington and Mrs. w.
M. Hayner of Troy, Ohio, mother Of
Mrs. Combs.
Mrs. E. French Owens of Chaptico
entertained at bridge supper Thurs
day evening at her home, Alta Vista,
for company of IL guests, all members
of the Evening Bridge Club
Comdr. Thomas F. Foxwell, u. S. N,
and Mrs. Foxwell, who for the past week
have been the guests of his mother, Mrs.
T. Frank Foxwell, of Foxwells Point,
left on Sunday for Philadelphia. Comdr.
Foxwell, who Is stationed on the U. S. S.
battleship wyoming, will spend the
Summer abroad with class of mids21ip-
men, and this was his last visit home
until his return in the Fall. =
Miss Agnes Waring of Pomonkey. Md,
Is spending few days as the guest of
her brother, Mr.. Edward j. Waring, and
Mrs. Warning at their attractive home in
the North End.
Mrs. Florence Reed Beeton Of Surrey,
England. who has been visiting her
cousin, Mr.. j. Fenner Lee Of Lees Crest
for several weeks. has left for New York
She will sail the latter part of this
month. after visiting relatives in New
York, and spend the Summer In France.
Before paying st. Marys County her
first visit she passed some time with
other relatives in Washington and Bal
timore
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Downes of Wash
ngton we're the guests Saturday and
Sunday of Mrs. Downes' parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Adam T. While Of Avenue, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Amos Ficke and their
attractive young daughters, Miss Eleanor
F1cke and Miss Sarah Ann Ficke, of
Catonsville, Md. were the guests IN
whose honor Mr.. and Mrs. G. Morgan
knight of Leonardtown entertained at
dinner Sunday. Mr.. Ficke is Mrs.
Knights nephew.
Representative J. A. Cochran and
Senator H. B. Halves. both of Missouri,
accompanied by Mrs. Frederick Buck
holtz and her son, Mr.. Frederick Buck
holtZ, of Washington, were recent guests
OF Mr.. C. ]. Ulery Of Fishing Point, on
the Patuxent River.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen O'Connor and
daughter, Miss Betty O'Connor, and Mr..
and Mrs. T. v. O'Connor, all of WASH
1ngton, have opened their country home
opposite Leonardtown On Brettons Bay
for the season. During their stay here
they entertain on their yacht, the East
Wind.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Lanman. MT.
Lewis Howard, Miss Jean Swami and
Miss Helen Swami. all of Washington,
were recent guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. B.
German Swami Of Piney Point.
Capt. Emory S. Land, u. S. N, and
Mrs. Land and Mrs. Dwight Chester of
Washington spent the week end as
house guests of Col and Mrs. William
Garland Fay at Mulberry Fields. few
miles south Of Leonardtown Mulberry
Fields was. on Thursday, one of the
places visited by the members of the
ESnAarMtaI RIO ne
and is noted for its Smile view across
the Potomac River and its picturesque
gardens.
Mr.. Charles s. Myers of New York
is spending this week with his wife,
Mrs. Myers, ct his home, Journeys end,
across the bay from Leonardtown.
Mrs. Leonard B. Johnson and DR.,
johnson of Morganza visited friends in
Washington Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bernard Abel of
Clements spent Mothers day with Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Delahay at their home
at Compton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. McGhan of
Washington on Sunday were the guests
In whose honor Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Love. ST., entertained at their home,
Meadow Brooke, at Morganza, which
they have opened for the season.
Mrs. v. E. Stricken and her daugh-
ters, Miss Martha Stricken and Miss
Lucille Stricken, all of Warrenton, Va.
were the guests over the week end Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Long of
Clements
Mrs. William Kirk of Eagle Lake,
Me, wife of DR. Kirk, who has been
spending some weeks as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. John H. T. Briscoe,
wife Of State Attorney Briscoe, has re-
turned to her Northern home
On Thursday Mrs. Harry Scott Wher-
rift of Pittsburgh, Pa. entertained at
an impromptu house party in compli-
n1ent Of Mrs. z. o. Craig of Washing
ton. in celebration of her thirtieth we'd
ding anniversary. at her Summer place,
Sunset Villa. at st. Marys City
Mrs. H. z. r. Reck, wife of the Rev
DR.. Reck. rector of Patterson Memorial
NJ e. Church, of Baltimore, spent the
latter part Of the week as the house
guest Of her mother, Mrs. r. Frank Fox
well at her home, at Foxwells Point, on
Brettong Bay.
Mrs Frank Latham of the South End
who recently underwent an appendicitis
operation at st. Mary's Hospital, is
much improved and is now at her home
convalescing.
Following the decision OF Netherland
East Indian. tea producers not TO restrict