Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
Edelen-Owens Wedding
VIII Unite Prominent
Families in Maryland
Ceremony Will Take Place
Saturday Afternoon in Bry-
antOWn.

that OF Miss Frances tOrDeS EQelen, |
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Edward G.
Edelen of BryanUOvn, Charles County, |
to Mr.. G. French Owens, son of Mrs.
Owens and the late DR.. G. French
Owens Of Chaptico in ST. Marys County.
The wedding will take place at the
home OF the brides parents in Bryan
town Saturday afternoon at o'clock,
October "a. She will have as her maid
of honor her sister, Miss Betty Gill Ede-
len. The bridegroom will have as his
best man his younger brother, Mr..
Mackubin T. Owens cadet OF the
Charlotte Hail Military School, this
county.
Miss Edelen is a graduate nurse of
the Mercy Hospital in Baltimore and a
prominent member of the social set in
Southern Maryland.
Mr.. Owens is a graduate of the Char
lotte Hall Military School and has re-
Gently been transferred in his work to
Boston, Mass where the young couple
will make their home.
Col. w. Garland Fay, U. 8. A, re-
tired and Mrs. Fay have as their guests
In their historic old home Mulberry
Fields, South of Leonardtown. Mr.. and
Mrs Frederick jacket of DoyleStown,
Pa. Who remained through this week.
Mrs James F. Coad of Charlotte Hall
recently has returned from visit with
her sister, Mrs. J. j. Forbes Shaw of
Mrs. Coad is prominent member OF
the local Mai. William Thomas Chapter
of the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution.
Announcement is made of the mar
rage of Mr.. Luke Pullman Slye, son o.
the late Mr. and Mrs. George r. Slye
of Maddox Nd. to Miss Pearl L. Maltiy
of Bluemont, Va, which took place Sep
TENDER % at noon, in historic old Christ
P. E. Church, the rector, Rev. J. P. Glib
son of Chaptico. performing the cere-
mony. The young couple are spending
their honeymoon at the bridegroom's old
home in st. Marys ard are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Davis at Chap
tico, Md. They will make their future
home in Washington.
Mrs. Richard H. Sears returned yes
terday to her lovely old home. Society
Hill, en- Breton Bay after spending
the greater part of this week in Wash
ington.
Col. B. F. Crowson, principal of the
Charlotte Hall Military School. and
Mrs CrowSon of Charlotte Hall enter
tanned Thursday evening in homer of
Rev. j. Letcher Shovel. rector Of
Trinity P. E. Parish, and Mrs. Letcher
of Hughesville, Charles County, and
Rev. Franklin Lee Metcah, rector of
the All Saints P E Parish, and Mrs.
Metcalf of Mechanicsville, st. Marys
County.
Miss Sarah Gwynn Bryan ard her
brother, Mr.. Brooke Bryan of Poto-
mac View who spent the last three
weeks with relatives in Washington,
returned Sunday to their home on the
lower Potomac. Miss Bryan will return
to the st. Mary's Female Seminary
from which she was graduated last
June and will take a business course.
Mr.. Robert Wigginton, who spent two
months of the Summer travelling In
Europe with his family, and much of
last month in st. Marys. is a sopho-
more at Georgetown University in
washington and spends many Of his
week ends with his older brother, Mr..
George Wigginton. at his interesting
hunting lodge on Belvedere Plantation
on the Lower Potomac.
Miss Helen Noble and Miss Margaret
Foote, students of the St. Mary's
Female Seminary, ST. Marys City,
were the guests of honor Sunday at a
dinner of their classmate, Miss Ruth
Marie Cooper, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cloyd Cooper, at Breton Bay
Farms, near Leonardtown.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Chaplin of Phila-
delphia were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grit Alexander at their estate
Green Holley on the Patuxent River. |
Mrs. Russell Talbot and Mrs. F.
Brooke Matthews of Calvert County |
and Mrs. Clarence Plummer of La |
Plata, Charles County, were guests at |
dinner Tuesday in whose honor Mr.. |
and Mrs. George H. Harris Of Belve- |
dere Plantation entertained |
Capt. Abel Norris of Pearson, Md, |
visited in Baltimore the first of this |
week and later was in Washington. |
Capt. Norris is one Of the most dis |
tinguished residents of st. Marys !
H.
George of England and given the Vic |
toria Cross for rescuing a British For |
eign Legion from band of bedouins |
in the Sahara Desert. For Is years |
he was foreign correspondent for the !
Associated Press in China, japan and |
Africa, covering the Boxer uprising |
the Boer War and the hunt for Chinese |
Jordcn.
Announcement is made of the mar
rage Of Miss Pearl L. Hayden, daugh- |
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. jenkins Hayden |
of Hurry, Md, to Mr.. Henry L. Nor
gan, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. |
Morgan of Clements, Nd, which took |
place September % in the Sacred Heart |
Roman Catholic Church, the rector, |
Rev. Bernard H. Pohlman, S. j., per- !
forming the ceremony.
Miss Emma Metcalf of Mechanics !,
vile entertained Friday afternoon at !
a supper party on the shores of st. |
Clements Bay in honor of Mr. A. B. |
Holmes of Washington and Miss Phyllis I,
Graves of Laurel Grove. Md
Mrs. S. Paul Hayden of Mount OS- |
borne. near Leonardtown accompanied |
by Mrs. John L. Abel Of Bayside, spent |
most of this week in Washington and |
were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ |
G. Voght.
Mrs. Harry Scott Wheritt of Pitts
burgh is expected to return and spend |
the Fall season on her estate, Sunset |
Villa on st. Marys River at st. Marys |
City. Mrs. Wheritts place is among !
the show places of st. Marys. /
Prominent among those from st. |
Marys attending the pageant at the
fair held in Charles County Saturday
afternoon were Mrs. j. Fenner Lee of
Lees Crest and her brother and sisters,
County Agent G. Frank Wathen, Miss
Mammie Wathen. Miss Alma Wathen
and Miss Rosa Wathen of Loveville;
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Hutchins. Miss
Hope Greenwich, Miss Helene Green
well, Miss Ada Ramsay Bartol and Miss
Violet E. Young, all of LeonardtoWn: |