Evening star., 1933-03-26
Mother Announces
Miss Lila Palmers
Wedding in February
Southern Maryland Girl
Bride of Billingsley Pogue
p in Virginia Ceremony.
! Mrs. ]. F. Lee Entertains.

LEONARDTOWN. Md. March 25.-
Mrs. Maria Knott Palmer of Palmers.
Nd, announces the marriage of her
daughter Lillia Dent to Mr.. BillingSley
Pogue son of Mrs. Dorothy Garner
Pogue and the late Robert Steele
Pogue, of Maddox, Md. which took
place February 13 at Mclean. Va, in
the St. Johns P. E. rectory. The bride,
who graduated from St. Mary's Female
Seminary in 1927, is a descendant OF
Nehimiah Blackstone OF the early
Maryland settlers. The wedding uniteS
two of the most prominent old families
in Southern Maryland society. Mr..
Pogue was TO" two years student at
Randolph Macon College, at Fort Royal,
Va. They both had ancestors who came
over on the Ark and Dove. which
brought the first Maryland ColonistS
to ST. Marys City, Md, where the first
capital of Maryland was established,
and played prominent role in the set
Ting of the colony The young couple
will make their home in Washington
and New York City. and both are very
popular members of the younger set
here
Mrs. James Fenner y-ee entertained
Monday at luncheon in her home, Lees
Crest, on Washington boulevard. Mrs.
Thomas Mckay, Mrs George T. Hutch
ms of Leonardtown and Mrs. ]. Bern
ard Love of Loveville, Md.
Mrs. LoWndeS Jackson, formerly of
Washington. was hostess at her estate
on the PatuXent River Tuesday evening
to Mr.. and Mrs. johnson r. Morgan OF
Red Hill at Hollywood: Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin B. Nelson of Leonardtown and
Miss Martha Randolph Millholland of
Washington.
Mrs. Rose NJ. Clements will leave this
week to spend month with her
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Clements Ogden,
In Cincinnati, Ohio
Mrs. William Queen and her daugh-
ter. Miss Agnes Mae Queen. and Miss
Catherine Heely have returned to their
Baltimore home after spending few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cecil of Hyatts-
VILE Md, and former residents of
Lecnardtown were guests over Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Frank Dent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Whitman and
Mrs. George GregeriuS Cf Baltimore
spent last week end with Rev Jesse
Nj. B. woodrow at the P. E. rectory
here.
Miss Martha Randolph Millholland of
Warrington is the guest this week Of
ME and Mrs. Edwin B. Nelson at Box
wood Inn.
Mrs, Joseph Burch and her children
of. Baltimore re spending this week
with her parents D.. F. F. Greenwel,
mav0r of LeCnardtoWn, and Mrs. Green
well.
Miss Nora Duke of Baltimore is the
guest this week of her brother, Mr..
John Duke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stanley Van
Deyanter of La Plata. Md, are spending
this week with the latter's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen M. Jones. Before
her marriage October /. Mrs. Van De-
venter was Miss Adele Jones of Leonard
town.
Mrs. Harry Scot Wherrit of Pitts
buIgh is at her estate. Sunsetvilla, which
Is Cne Of the show places of st. MaryS.
She has with her her brother, Mr..
Harry Spro gg. MIS-. Wherrit will re-
turn the middle of April and open her
home for the Summer season here.
Mrs. Nell Morgan of Mechanicsville
Nd, who spent some time with her
son, Ntr. Henry Morgan OF New York,
is visiting in Augusta. Ga.
Mrs. Louis F. Abel entertained at
dinner on Public Tuesday in Court"
The guests were Col. Bruce Bentley and
Mrs. Bentley OF Laurel, Md; Mr.. and
Mrs. George C. Peverly of Mechanics
vile. Md, and DR.. Leonard B. Johnson
and Mrs. Johnson of Mcrganza, Md.
Miss Betty Weiner of st. Inigoes en-
tertained Tuesday evening IA members
of the sophomore class at high school.
of which she is member.
Miss Jane Adams has returned to