Evening star., 1932-02-21
Leonardtown Parish
Holds Reception for
New Rector and Wife
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Carr
Entertain Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dousdal Of Wash
neton.

IEONARDTOWN, Md, February 20.
Rev. j. M. B. Woodrow, who recently
came to Leonardtown to assume charge
of st. Andrews P. E. Parish. was with
Mrs Woodrow given a reception by
their parishioners Monday evening.
The rectory, which adjoins the church
and which has been newly decorated,
was thronged with guests, and among
those attending from out of town were
Rev and Mrs. Franklin Lee Metcalf OF
Mechanicsville Md; DR.. S. P. Scamell
and Mrs. Scamell of the Trinity P. E.
Church of HugheSville, Md; Rev. Mel
son McConomy of historic P E. Trinity
Church of st. Marys City and Miss
Adele France, principal OF the St.
Mary's Female Seminary
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Marguerite Rosa
nond Hoar, daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Hoar of Chicopee, Mass. to Mr.. Bernard
Freeman Herbert. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Herbert of Dynard, st.
Marys County. The wedding date has
not been set.
Mr.. and Mrs William Dougdal of
Washington, D. c., were the guests in
whose honor Mr. and Mrs. James S.
Carr of Pine Shadows, st. Marys City,
Mo-, entertained at dinner.
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the North End entertained at bridge
dinner Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Grif Alexander of Milestone. Md. and
Mrs. G. French Owens and Mrs. James
Lyonn, both of Chaptico, and Mrs. j.
Roger Richardson and Mrs. Kenneth o.
Wilcox, both of LeonardtoWn.
Miss Dorothy Crane of Cambridge,
Md, an alumna of the St. Mary's
Seminary, was the guest of honor at
party given for her by the Delta Phi
Sigma SORORITY, of which she is
Miss frankie Gorden and Miss Nanon
lie Compile of Cumberland, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt of Waldorf,
Nd, entertained at supper Sunday eve
ming in honor of Mrs. Hunts birthday.
Among the guests attending were Mr..
an6 Mrs. Robert Murray Hunt, jr.;
Mr. and Mrs John Gardiner, Mr.. Will
liam Walker and Mr.. G. Morgan
Knight, sr.. all of Leonardtown, and
MI and Mrs. Robert Murray Hunt, ST.,
Of Cumbersome. Md.
The Womens Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion. Post 81, of St. Marys
County. will hold card party at Tudor
Hall Inn, in Leonardtown, on February
%, at 8 pm, in honor of the bicen-
tennial of George Washington.
Mrs. j. Allen Coad, wife Of State
Senator Coad who has been quite Ill in
a private hospital in Baltimore, is now
very much improved and is spending
few days in Washington with her
daughter, Mrs. A. Dana Hodgdon, wife
of the head of the visa offices in the
Department of State. Mrs. Coad will
soon return to her estate. Chestnut
Hill. at LeonardtoWn. During the
Spring, Summer and Fall the Hodgdons
entertained many distinguished guests
at Porto Bello, on the historic st. Marys
River.
Mrs. A. S. Gardiner of Chaptico on
Monday entertained large number OF
her friends at bridge luncheon at her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs John McVeigh Regan
of Minneapolis, who have been sojourn-
ing in Florida for a few weeks, are ex,
pected to arrive on February q and
spend a few days as the guests OF Mrs.
Regan's mother, Mrs Nettie A. Morgan,
of Leonardtown Before Mrs. ReganS
marriage she was Miss Philo Morgan
and the daughter of the late Oscar
Morgan, prominently known in st.
Marys and Southern Maryland, and
was also very popular member OF the
younger set here. This is the first
time in several years Mrs. Regan has
visited her old home.
Point, on Brettons Bay. is spending a
few weeks as the house guest OF her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H Pardoe, and their two daughters,
Miss Erva and Margaret Pardoe, at their
home in Chevy Chase, Md.
Miss Anna Nathanson and Miss Mir
lam NathanSon, who are making their
home for the school term in Baltimore,
Md, spent the past week end at their
home in LeonardtoWn and were the
house guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis NathanSon of LeonardtoWn.
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Simpson Knight,
IT, of Washington were the guests in
whose honor Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth 0.
Wilcox entertained at dinner at Tudor
Hall Inn on Sunday.
Miss Sue Fleming Of Baltimore, Md,
Is spending a few days as the guest OF
friends at the ST. Mary's Female Semi
nary, Of St. Marys City.
One of the most delightful entertain
ments of the week was that given by
Mr. and Mrs. John Gardiner at their
home on Washington street on Satur-
day evening. Twenty guests, mostly OF
the younger married set, played cards
and enjoyed the midnight supper which
consisted of the specialties for which
Southern Maryland is noted.
On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Abel entertained at bridge
dinner In honor of their seventeenth
wedding anniversary at their Clements
home. Some 40 guests attended the af-
fair and Mr.. and Mrs. Abel were the
recipients of many lovely gifts.
Comdr. Thomas F. FoXWell, U. S. A.,
on the U. S. battleship Wyoming, son
of Mrs. Thomas F. FoXWell of Leonard
town, is now at Galveston Tex
Rev Franklin Lee Metcalf and Mrs.
Metcalf of Mechanicsville, Md. were
among the clergy who attended
luncheon given by Rev. and Mrs. E.
Stokes in Washington on Monday.
Miss Mary Ellicott, who has been
spending several weeks as the house
guest of Mrs. B. B. Love at Meadow
Brook, Morganza, has returned to her
home in Washington.
Miss Mary Blair Lane, daughter OF
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