Evening star., 1934-06-03
D. A. R. Invited
To Luncheon in
St. Marys County
Old Estate of Leander Nc
Cormick Goodhart and
Mrs. Goodhart to Be
Scene on June 9.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LEONARDTOWN, Md, June a.
The rs members of the Maj. William
Thomas Chapter, D. A. R, of st.
Marys County have been especially
invited to attend a luncheon June 8
to be given by the social secretary to
the British embassy Leander McCor-
mick Goodhart and Mrs Goodhart,
of Washington. D. c.. at their old
estate De La Brooke, on the Patuxent
River, in St MaryS County. Proceed
ing the buffet luncheon a marker will
be unveiled at De La Brooke. The
old estate was settled in the Summer
of 1850 by Robert Brooke, Esq, and
known as the first seat of the Mid
die Patuxent River, Brooke who came
from Whitchurch. HamShire, England,
was a graduate of Wadham College,
and oxford University. who arrived
in Maryland from overseas June 80,
1850, with his household. He was
appointed commander Of the newly
delimited Charles County and Brooke
later become president Of the Pro-
visional Council of the province. in
1862 acting Governor. Baker Brooke,
an elder son. and lord of the manor,
became surveyor general Of the prov
ince. and married niece of the sec
ond Lord Baltimore Roberts 18th
child. named Basil was born and died
at De La Brooke in 1861. The coun-
Gil of the Province Of Maryland July
10. 1862, met at De La Brooke, and
also at the old manor was born on
March IL, 1885. James Thomas, who
became the 26th Governor of Mary
land from 1885. The British on
their way to Washington in August
1914, sailed past this old manor. In
the year 1885 the original manor
house situated on the opposite hill
was torn down The present house
was built from homemade bricks on
the manor in 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. E. o. Peterson, of
Washington, D c.. and their son, Mr..
Edward Peterson, spent the first OF
the week as the house guests of Mrs.
Petersons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Zack
S Graves, at their estate Keech'S
Rest near MeChaniCSville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert L. Satterlee,
of New York City, Washington, D. c.,
and Bar Harbor. Me, spent last week
at their old estate Sotterly. on the
Patuxent River. They were hosts at
a tea Friday afternoon to the mem
bers of the Colonial Danes Of Amer
lea, branch chapters in Washington,
Baltimore and New York. who made
a pilgrimage proceeding the tea, to
the old Colonial homes in Southern
Maryland and ST. Marys County
Miss Ann Adams, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Adams of Baltimore
and ST. Marys County, is the guest
this week of her aunt and uncle, Mr..
and Mrs Franklin and her brother.
Mr.. Franklin Adams, jr.. of Me-
chanicsville, Nd. Miss Adams was
among those attending the Charlotte
Hall June prom tonight at the Char
lotte Hall School.
Mr.. Jack Spaulding of New York
City, spent the first Of the week with
his mother, Mrs. Lucy Spaulding, in
LeonardtoWn.
Mrs. David DeitZ. of Trenton. N j..
arrived on Monday to spend scme 10
days with her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Louis Nathanson, at their home here.
Miss Anita M Omans, with Miss
Ethel King, and Miss Anita Davis,
and Mrs. Larner, all of Washington,
D. c., were the recent dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Davis of Comp
ton, Md. .--
A wedding of much interest to
Southern Maryland, and especially in
st. Marys County, was that of Miss
Gertrude Dunbar Greenwell, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Elkanah
Greenwell, to Mr. Walton Alfred May,
formerly of Richmond, Va, which
took place on May 81 at 8 pm in
st. Cecelia'S Roman Catholic rectory
in Baltimore, Md The bride is the
great t-granddaughter of the late Fe-
lix and Rebecca Spalding Fenwick of
St. Marys County. Mr. May is a
graduate of the University Of Vir-
ginia. After their Northern honey
moon the young couple will make
their home on Edmonston Ridge road
Catonsville. Md
Mrs John H. T. Briscoe, North
Washington street, entertained this
evening in honor of Miss Frances
Loker daughter of Judge and Mrs.
William Meverell Loker. of Leonard
town, at a dinner party
Mr.. and Mrs. Pen Mlllar OF Call
fornia are house guests of Mrs. Mil
lars parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. w.
Millar, at their place, Pisgah.
Mrs. Charles McGervey of West
Hatton. on the Upper Potomac River.
has as her house guest Miss Ada
McKewen of Pasadena, Calf. who
was given a garden party on Sunday.
While in the East she will visit Mrs.
Gerald Patrick of Washington, D. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Posey enter
tanned at dance and midnight sup
per at their log cabin on Cobb Is
land Saturday evening in honor of
Lieut. Ernest Kruger, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Kruger.
The Rev. and Mrs. Harry Rowe
Bogert of La Plata have had as their
house guest Rev. Theodore B. Foster
of New York City.
Mrs Philip T. Graves, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Phyllis Graves,
and her son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Hensel, of Cleveland,
Ohio, have returned from motor
trip to Norfolk Va, to Mrs. Graves
home at Laurel Grove.
Miss Mary Agnes Dixon Of Wash
ington, D. c., spent Memorial day
with her mother, Mrs. Thomas A.
Mckay, on BrettonS Bay.
Miss Mary Crump Bouldin, daugh-