Evening star., 1933-06-18
Hardwick-Belt
Betrothal Announced
At Leonardtown. Md.
Mrs. Frank J. Parran Is Vis-
itins in St. Marys County.

LEONARDTOWN. Md, June IT.
Mrs. Herbert C. Douglas of Houston.
Tex. Washington and Sandgates, Md,
on the Patuxent River. announces the
engagement Of her daughter. Miss Jean
Beik. to Mr.. william Graves Hardwick,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hardwick
of Memphis. Tenn. The wedding viii
take place this Summer Mr. Hard
wick Is in the United States Marines.
Miss Belk, who has made her home
in st. Marys for the last few years. Is
a junior at the Margaret Brent High
School and a popular member of the
younger set here.
Mrs. ]. Allen Coad of Chestnut Hill
is spending this week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Anderson Dana Hodgdon.
and her children. who are at historic
old Porto Bello, on the st. Marys River.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Spence Howard of
Baltimore are in the latter's ances-
tral home. the old Broome estate, St.
Mary's Manor, St. Marys City. Her
brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. James M. Bennett, will ar
rive this week from Philadelphia for
q few days. st. Mary's Manor was
built on the site where the home Of
the first Lord Baltimore stood, whose
estate was the first settlement in Mary
land. Much of the tercentenary build
ing will be done on land to be given
by Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Bennett,
formerly the Misses Broome. A repro
duction of the old capitol soon will
be erected there.
Mrs. Frank J. Parran of Baltimore,
president of the Southern Maryland
Colonial Danes Society. is visiting in
st. Marys County this week. She was
the guest of former State Senator and
Mrs. Charles Sterrett Grason at their
estate. Cross Manor, the Oldest home
in Maryland now standing. and is
visiting in Leonardtown this week end
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Carr Of Pine
Shadows, in st. Marys City, are
main through next week near New
York They were accompanied by their
niece, Miss Alma Robinson. who spent
some weeks with them Miss Robinson
will attend her class reunion at Welles-
ley College and return with them. The
Rev and Mrs. Alfred Cheetham Of Sill
yer Spring, Md, who lived at the Trim
ity Protestant Episcopal Church rec
tory some years ago, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Carr over last week end
Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. Myers had
with them last week at their home,
Journeys End, on Brettons Bay, Mr..
anu MIS-. JdIilCo oWCCilCy dAl0 Val. dAsA
Mrs. Otto Muller of Bronx, N. Y.
Mrs. Harry Scott Wherritt and her
brother, Mr.. John Sprague Of Pitts
burgh, are spending this week at Sun
set. Mrs. Wherritt's villa on st. Marys
River.
Mrs Roland Thomas Of Baltimore
will arrive this week to spend the
Summer months at her historic old es-
tate, Clocker's Fancy, on the st. Marys
River.
Miss Emma Metcalf, daughter Of the
Rev. and Mrs. Franklin Lee Metcalf
of Mechanicsulle, Md, has returned
from the william and Mary College In
Williamsburg, Va. from where she will
graduate next year. Miss Metcaf is
spending this week end with her class
mate at St. Mary's Female Seminary,
Miss Agnes Hurry. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Hurry Of Clements,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Mehame and
their daughter, Miss Margaret Me-
hattie, and Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Num-
ger and their small son. e. w. Munger,
jr., all Of Kalamazoo, Mich, are
guests Of Mrs. George p. Wigginton at
her estate. Belvedere, on the Potomac.
Mrs John Michael Harrington of
Mechanicsville, Md, is spending this