Evening star., 1932-06-19

ANNAtOl4S, ND, JUNE lit
meeting of the Four Rivers Garden
events of the week in Annapolis. The
club met at the home of Mrs. A. Stuart
Wise, at Dodon, her country home at
Davidsonville, near Annapolis, Tuesday
afternoon The hostesses were Mrs.
Wise and Miss Meta Murray. The
speaker for the afternoon was MIR.
Miller Richardson.
The departure this week of Comdr
Willard Riddick, M. c., U. S. N: Mrs.
Riddick and their family Wednesday
for Honolulu was a source of great re-
gret in Annapolis. This has been the
second tour of duty at the Naval Acad-
emy for Comdr Riddick. Tuesday
afternoon Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs, Don
aid Patterson gave a farewell tea for
them and Tuesday evening Capt. and
Mrs. Edward H. H. Old gave dinner
before their departure. The guests at
dinner were Capt and Mrs. Charles
, NJ. Oman, Capt. and Mrs. John B:
Kaufman, Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan and
Mrs Henry, wife of Comdr. Reginald
B. Henry, spent this week at Char
lottesville, Va, where her brother, Mr..
Ruf1in of Norfolk. Va. graduated at
the University of Virginia.
Miss Margaret HalSey. daughter OF
Capt. and Mrs. William F.. Halsey and
Miss st. Clair Smith, daughter of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Arthur st. Clair
Smith gave a tea Sunday afternoon
in honor of Ensign and Mrs. Lloyd M.
Muslin. whose marriage took place
June 8.
Comdr. and Mrs. John Bowers gave
luncheon Tuesday in honor of Mrs.
Edgar Hunder Scott and Miss Caroline
Dodge of Omaha, Nebr., who are spend
ing some time in Washington. Mrs.
Scott is the mother of Mrs. John T.
Bowers. jr. Lieut.. (Junior Grade
Bowers is now on duty on the Harvey
on the West Coast. Miss Dodge is an
aunt of Mrs. John Bowers. jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester w. Labrot
was hostess at luncheon Wednesday,
June 8, at their home Holly Beach
Farm On the Chesapeake Bay. in honor
OF the Board of Visitors of ST. Johns
College. and the judges of the Court
of Appeals. following the commenor-
ment exercises at the college.
Mrs. McCandless, wife Of Capt
Byron McCandless, has gone to join
Capt. McCandless in California. Ensign
Bruce McCandleSs. who graduated at
signed to sea duty on the West Coast,
and Mrs Oakleigh w. Robinson, for
merly Miss Velma McCandless, will go
to California. The home of Capt.
and Mrs. McCandless is being occupied
by Lieut.. and Mrs George w, Hender-
son during their absence.
Miss Maude M. Neel of Richmond,
Va. spent the week with her brother
in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Berbert
G. Stockwell, in their newly-com-
pleted home, Long Tarry. at Wardour.
Miss Margaret Bullen Of Shreveport,
La. is at Carvel Hall. Miss Bullen in
! Annapolis to visit her twin brothers,
Midshipman Jacob Bullen and Mid
shipnlan George S. Bullen Of the Glass
of 1884.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter N. Walmsley
gave a supper party followed by cards
in their home Dreams Landing. on
| the Severn River. Saturday evening in
honor of their guest, Mrs. Willis OF
| New York.
Mr.. William H. Pierce was host on
board his yacht the Tired Avon Satur-
/ day afternoon for trip to Gibson Is
! land. Mr.. Pierce's guests were his sis
| ter. Mrs. Van Week, Capt. and Mrs.
| William w. Smyth of Washington and
Capt and Mrs. Edward H. H. Old of
Annapolis; .
rear fAUlt4lld dl anu MIS-. al III ui Wan
Smith. will spend this week end in
Norfolk as the guest of Miss Isabelle
Brumby, daughter of Rear Admiral and
Mrs Frank H. Brumby at the Navy
Yard On her return Miss Smith will
| be accompanied by Miss Brumby, who
will come to Annapolis for the Hasey-
Spruance wedding Saturday, June 25.
Miss Smith will be one of the brides
maids for Miss Halsey. The other at
tendants will be Mrs. Lawrence Maxwell
Schmidlapp. formerly Miss Clarinda
Stevenson of Cincinnati. Ohio, as matron
of honor; Miss Elizabeth Woodward of
Norfolk. Va; Miss Deborah Halsey
Turnbull Of Wilmington. daughter of
Mrs. Harlan Scott the latter a sister
of Capt. Halsey; Miss Louisa Spotts-
wood Spruance, a sister Of the bride
COON; Miss Janet G. Patterson of Will
mington and Mrs. Campbell MacPher-
son of St. Johns, Newfoundland. for
merly Miss Faith Villas of New York
The flower girls will be little Margaret
Gearing, a cousin of the bride, and
daughter of Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
Wallis Gearing Of the Great Lakes
Training Station at Chicago; Polly
Peyton, daughter Of Lieut.. COmdr and
of the bride, and Mary Dutton, daugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs. Benjamin Dutton.
Mr.. William Spruance will be his broth
ers best man. The ushers will be Mr..
William F. Halsey, jr., Of Lawrence
Vile School, brother Of the bride, Mr.
Ferdinand La Motto, 3d. Mr.. Clement
Hooper and Mr.. George Hooper of Will
mington, Mr.. Henry Candy of Whining
ton. Mr.. Jack Ranck and Mr.. K.
Vanderlip of New York, Mr.. LIE Roy
Nicoll of Buffalo and Mr.. Mark Balls
of Philadelphia. A reception will fol-
low Immediately after the ceremony at
Ogle Hall, the home Of Mrs. c. Erskine
Clement.
Comdr. and Mrs. D. E. Cummings
have left Annapolis for Charleston
S. c., where Comdr. Cummings will be
in charge Of the Navy Yard.
Miss Mary M. Ransom and Ensign
Robert Tate Simpson were married Fri
day afternoon in the Naval Academy
Chapelby Chaplain Frank H Lash. En-
sign Simpson is from Houston, Tex.
and his bride from Norbett, Pa. After
short wedding trip, during which they
will visit relatives at Norbett, Pa, En-
sign Simpson and his bride will go to
Bremerton, Wash, where Ensign Simp-
son has been ordered for sea duty
Lieut.. Joseph M. Worthington, who
has been living in Annapolis this
Winter with his mother Mrs. Joseph
| Worthington, and his sisters, the Mis-
ses Worthington, has been ordered for
j,ty or bo Arrov industrial Col1aoa