Evening star., 1932-10-30
Capital Girl to Wed
Bryantown, Nd, Man
AtSacredH Heart "a
Miss Mary Virginia Groves
Will Become Bride of Mr..
Thomas Blaire Middleton.

LEONARDTOWN. Md. October %
. Mr.. and Mrs. Grim Groves OF Washing
J ton announce the engagement OF their
: daughter. Mary Virginia to Mr.. Thomas
, Blaire Middleton. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry D. Middleton of Bryantown.
. Charles County, Md The wedding will
; take place Thanksgiving morning, NO
, vember "a. at II o'clock in the Church
Of the Sacred Heart in Washington. A
wedding breakfast and reception will
, follow Immediately in the apartment OF
; the brides parents in the Victoria at
1920 Fourteenth street northwest.
The members of the ST MaryS County
Council celebrated the eighth anniver-
. sary of the forming of the council We'd
nesday afternoon in Hotel st. Marys,
luncheon following a business meeting.
! Mrs. German Swami of Piney Point,
Md. was the toastmistress and Mrs
Richard Bullock of Loveville headed the
; Luncheon Committee, aided by the
!. president of the council. Mrs. Alice S.
Gardiner of Chaptico, Md. Nearly a
hundred attended the luncheon. 1t is
, held each year by the council. which
> represents the six Rural Women's Clubs
, in ST Marys County, all under the
supervision of the Extension Service of
College Park. Md.
. DR.. Charles V. Hayden OF Leonard
town has returned after spending a
few days in Washington.
Mrs J. Allen COad, wife of the State
Senator, is spending fortnight with
her daughter, Mrs Anderson Dana
Hodgdon. in Washington.
I. Mrs Roy Guyther of Mechanicsville.
; Md. entertained at bridge luncheon
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Phillip Krammer of Winchester,
Wit CT
. Mrs Louis Nathanson, in Leonardtown,
. has returned to her home.
, Mrs Harry Scot Wherritt of Pitts
t burgh, Pa, who is spending some time
at her estate, Sunset Villa. on the St.
: Marys River at ST Marys City. Md. is
? entertaining over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Clause, Mr. and Mrs H. B. Hig-
gins and Miss Alice Brown of SeWick-
ley, Pa. Miss Brown will remain with
, Mrs Wherrtt for several weeks.
Mrs Mary H. Hancock of Helen. Md,
entertained last week end Miss Marga-
ret Mclaughlin, Mr. John Burnes and
, Mr.. Theodore NeWberger, all of Wash
ington.
) The Maj. William Thomas Chapter,
D. A. R.. of St. Marys County cele
J brated its seventeenth birthday ami
! verSary at luncheon Saturday. October
%, in the St. Marys Female Seminary.
= Their guest speaker was Mrs. Scarf of
Chevy Chase, Md, State chairman for
national defense and patriotic educa-
ton. The other specially invited guests
were Mrs. Richard Williams of Balti-
more Md; Mrs. Nelson McConomy of
st. Marys City. Md; Miss Ida B3rtol
and Miss Ethel Joy of Leonardtown,
Md. and Mrs. j. NJ. Farington and Mrs
Edward Meredith, Mechanicsville. Md
Miss Dorothy Grason. daughter of
former State Senator and Mrs. Charles
Street, GraSon Of historic old Cross
i Manor on St. InigoeS Greek at Beech
vile. Md. recently entertained Gen
; Mrs. Mitchell and Mr. Ramon Ma
varro of Hollywood. Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs, Paul w. Wakeman of
/. OraNlle. Md. entertained last week
! end Judge Harry Ludlan and Mrs. Lud-
: Ian of Oyster Bay. N. Y.
Mrs. A. Mills Heard and Miss Nina
. Heard are visiting Mrs. Heards son-in-
. law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. j. Ran
dolph Brewer, in Bryantown.
Announcement is made of the mar
, rlage of Miss Genevieve Loretta Gardi-
ner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Gardiner Of Waldorf. Md, to Mr. James
Christopher Howard. son of Mr. and
Mrs. John w Howard of Virginia The
, ceremony took place October Is in the
Church Of the Sacred Heart. at Wal
dorf, Nd, the rector. the Rev. c. j.
Hennessy. S. j., officiating. Miss Ell
mena Summers was the maid of honor
; and the best man was Mr.. Edwin
|. Gardiner. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Leo Gardi-
. ner will give a reception in Waldorf,
: Charles County, for the bride and
bridegroom on their return from a we'd
. ding trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Abel of Bayside
. Md. entertained at dinner Wednesday
. evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
: Paul Hayden of Leonardtown and Mr..
, c. M. Voght of Washington.
. Mrs. Rose Loker Raley and her son.
|. Mr.. Loker Raley. who spent two months
. with Town Commissioner and Mrs.
. Louis F. Abel. in Leonardtown, re-
= William Thompson and her son. Mr..
, Reausso Thompson. They will spend
. the Christmas season here
. Mrs. Edward Meredith of Mechanics
. vile, Md. entertained at a flve-table
. card party last evening at Tudor Hall
: Inn, in LeonardtoWn.
t. wedding of much interest to South
= ern Maryland was that of Miss Louise
Callahan of Piscataway, Md, and Mr..
. Donald Kenlon. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
: A. P Kenlon of Accokeek, Md, which
.
. Horschamp, S. j. officiating The bride
.. had as her maid of honor Miss Hila
Blandford and the best man was Mr..
Martin Lessner. both of Piscataway.
+. Md. The young couple spent a brief
wedding trip touring as far south as
; Richmond. Va. and now are making
their home at Piscataway, Md.
E Mrs. Franklin Lee Metcalf of Me-
. chanicsville. Md. attended an executive
. meeting Monday Of the Woman's Aux
; iliary of the Protestant Episcopal
. Church in Washington.
. Mrs James o. Tippett of Maddox,
> Md. is spending this week in Congress
Heights as the guest of her daughter,
. Miss Louise Tippett.
Mr. Alfred R. White of Camden,
. N Y who spent the last month with
: his brotherin-law and sister, Prof. and
Mrs Alfred Lee Jones, in the North
= End. left for his home Monday.
Miss Catherine Chapman Of Wash
. ington spent few days this week with
; Miss Virginia Birch at Milestown, Md.