Evening star., 1934-12-23
Yuletide Visitors
Filling Old Homes
In St. Mary's County
Two Large Balls Will Be
Given During the Holiday
Season.

LEONARDTOWN, Nd. December
22.-Many Of the old homes IN St.
Marys County are filing with Yule-
tide guests from afar, and the younger
folk are arriving daily from prep"
schools and colleges, 1t being their
first long holiday since school
opened TN September.
Two large Christmas balls are to
be given In st. Marys County, the
only ones In Southern Maryland dur
ing the holidays. The first Is plan
ned by the members Of the Leon
ardtown Volunteer Fire Department
and will be given In the Duke Audi
torium Christmas night from 10:15
to o'clock. Those in charge are
Mr.. B. B. Love, chairman, assisted
by Mr.. Prank Latham, Mr.. Louis
Graves and Mr.. Maurice Thrift. The
Ladies Auxiliary Of the department
will assist in the decorating and re-
ceiving the guests.
The second ball will be held the
night after Christmas by members
Of the Women's Auxiliary of the st.
Mary's Hospital in Hotel st. Maryis
from 8 to / O'Clock. For those who
do not dance, cards will be offered
with q prize at each table. Mrs.
A.. s. Gardiner. president Of the
auxiliary, will head the Reception
Committee, and will be assisted by
the other members of the organi-
zation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hancock of
Helen will entertain at dinner Christ
mas day In honor Of their son-in-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Perry, and their house guest.
Miss Christine Ferrel, all Of WASH
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Paul Hayden Of
Mount Osborne on the Washington
Boulevard will be guests Of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis F. Beck, in their new
home In Washington for Christmas
dinner and for several days next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fenner Lee of
Lees Crest will entertain at dinner
Christmas day for their son. Mr..
James Fenner Lee, jr., in compn-
ment to Sergt. Michael Callahan of
Fort Myer, Va. and Miss Elizabeth
Frudenrick of Washington.
Prof. T. r. Johnston. principal of
the Margaret Brent High School,
and Mrs. Johnston and their young
son Daniel Johnston will leave to-
morrow to spend the Christmas
holiday with Prof. Johnston's mother,
Mrs. E. T. Johnston In Newark, N.
]. They also will spend a few days
with Prof. Johnston's uncle and aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Fulpew in
N. J.
Miss Laura Mae Church of Wash
ington arrived Thursday to spend
her Yuletide recess from the George
town Visitation College, where she
is freshman, with her grandfather,
Judge w. C. Mattingly.
Former Legislator P. H. Dorsey, jr.,
and Mrs. Dorsey, accompanied by
their two young sons, left Thursday
by motor to spend the Christmas
season with Mrs Dorsey's parents, DR..
and Mrs. John r. Rule, in st. Louis,
Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Frank Dent of
Dents Terrace will entertain at din
ner Christmas day Capt. Walter H. B.
Wise, Mrs. Edith Markloff of New
York City and Mr. and Mrs. william
Cecil and their family Of Hyattsville,
Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Bond Of Hector
on the Patuxent will have with them
during the holidays their daughter,
Miss Adelaide Bond, and their son-in-
law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Louis
Dippel; their son, Mr. Douglas Bond,
a freshman at the st. Johns College
in Annapolis, and Mr.. Thomas Freer
of Baltimore
Miss Betty Gill Edelen of Wash
ington is spending her Christmas re-
cess with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Edelen, in Bryantown.
Mrs. Margaret Wigginton of Chevy
Chase. Md, will open her home on
the Belvedere Plantation on the
lower Potomac and have with her
her family, Mr.. and Mrs. George P.
Wigginton, Miss Margaret Wigginton,
Mr.. Robert Wigginton and Mr.. Rich
ard Wigginton.
Mrs. Thomas A. Mckay Of Airing
ton, on BrettonS Bay, will entertain
at dinner Christmas day for her chill
dren, Miss Mary Agnes Dixon Of
washington and Mr.. Leonard Dixon
of Laurel Grove.
Miss Miriam Nathanson and her
twin sister, Miss Anna Nathanson, of
Leonardtown and Washington, daugh-
ters of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Nathanson
OF this city, will spend the holidays
with their brother -in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs David Deitz, in their
new home in Trenton, N. j.
Mr.. John Matthews, jr., of New