Evening star., 1934-09-23
Miss Virginia Burch
Engaged to Marry
Leonardtown Man
Wedding Set for October
10, With Baltimore Min
lister, Uncle of Bride, Of
6cia.ing.

LEONARDIOWN, Mo-, Septemper
22.-An engagement Of interest
to Washington and Southern Mary
land is that announced by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest D. Burch of Milestown,
in st. Marys County, Md, Of their
eldest daughter. Virginia Ruth, to Mr.
Robert Combs Loker. jr., son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Combs Loker OF
Leonardtown, Md. The wedding will
take place Wednesday morning, Oc-
tober 10, at 10 O'Clock, in st. Paul's
M. E. Church, in Ieonardtown. The
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. H. A. R. Reck, rector of the
Paterson Memorial M. E. Church in
Baltimore, assisted by Rev. Milton B.
Crist, rector of the church here.
The Rev. Mr.. Reck is an uncle OF
Miss Burch.
Miss Ann Peterson Of Baltimore
will be the maid of honor and Miss
Burchs only attendant.
:, The bride-elect, who makes her
home in Washington, is graduate
of the st. Mary's Female Seminary.
The bridegroom ELECT is graduate OF
the Leonard Hall High School, and
also lives in Washington, where he is
connected with the Carlton Hotel.
Both Miss Burch and Mr.. Loker are
popular members of the younger set
in Southern Maryland, and are de-
scendantS of distinguished ancestors
who landed from the Ark and Dove in
1884 to settle Maryland. Immedi-
ately following the ceremony the
young couple will leave for a wedding
trip. and on their return will make
their home In Cathedral Mansions in
washington Among the guests to
attend the ceremony will be the
brides uncle and aunt, Comdr.
Thomas F. Foxwell U. S. NJ, who is
stationed at Newport, r. l., and Mrs.
Foxwell.
Mrs. GreenwelI to Visit.
Mrs. F. F. Greenwell, wife Of the
mayor of Leonardtown, and her sis
ter, Miss Mary Lenehan, who makes
her home with Mrs. Greenwell, will
leave next week to spend fortnight
with DR.. and Mrs. Charles Greenwell,
in Cincinnati, Ohio
Miss Laura Mae Church, daughter
of Mrs. L. M Church of Washington,
grandfather, Judge william c. Mat
tingly, returned Wednesday to her
home in Washington Miss Church
will enter the Georgetown Visitation
College to continue her studies.
Miss Erva Pardoe, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Hiles o. Pardoe of Washing
ton, spent the first of this week with
her cousin, Miss Louise Jones, in the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
M Jones.
Mrs. L. A. Wilmer entertained at
dinner last evening her cousin, Mrs.
John McVey Regan of Minneapolis,
Mo, and her mother, Mrs. Nettie A.
Morgan of this city, and Miss Helene
Greenwell and her sister, Miss Hope
Greenwell, also of Leonardtown.
Mrs. Holmes Fowler Of Mechanics
vile, Md, gave a miscellaneous shower
Monday evening for Mrs. Leon Hill,
who was married September 4.
Open House Held.
Mrs. Louis F. Abel kept open house
''public Tuesday" of this week, and
entertained large number at din
ner. this being court week here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billingsley Pogue OF
New York City, will spend next week
with Mrs. Pogue's mother. Mrs. Maria
Knott Palmer. Mrs. Palmer. accom-
panied by her son, Mr. Windsor Pal
mer, and Miss Jane Knott and her
brother, Biscoe Knott, recently re.
turned to their home at Palmers, Md,
from a motor trip through New YORK
State.
DR.. William Lennox, professor at
Harvard University, with his daughter,
Miss Margaret Lennox of Boston, who
graduated in June from VasSar COL
lege, have been on a motor tour
through Texas They spent a part
of this week with DR.. Lennox's brother
in-law and sister, Col. and Mrs.
William Garland Fay, at their estate,
Mulberry Fields, on the lower Potomac
River.
Mr. and Mrs James H. Jarboe Of
San Antonio. Tex, who have been
the guests of Mr. Jarboe's brother-in-
law and sister. Capt and Mrs. Archie
Bennett. at Chimberazo. at Leonard
town, returned this week to their home
in Texas.
Mrs. Palmer Entertains.
Mrs. Maria Knott Palmer, enter
tanned at bridge luncheon Saturday
afternoon, September IS, in her home
at Palmers. Bridge honors went to
Mrs. James B. Waring, Mrs. Harvey
Bailey, and Miss Fanny 10 Dent.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l. Smith and Mr..
Allen Bennett, who attended the world
fair, have returned to their home.
Mr. and Mrs. William j. Lyon of
Hughesville. in Charles County, Md,
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Eleanor Evangeline, to Mr..
George I. Gardiner. jr, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George I. Gardiner of Bryantown,
Md. The wedding will take place late
in the Fall in st. Marys Roman
Catholic Church at Bryantown. Both
are members of old and well known
Southern Maryland families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stone of
Dynard, on st. Clements Bay, enter
tanned 16 guests at dinner Sunday.
Bridge was played following the din
ner.
Mrs. J. Allen Coad, wife of State
Senator Coad, who spent the late Sum-
mer months in Europe with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clara Hyatt Hodgdon, we'll
known in foreign service circles, has
returned to her Washington apart
ment. Mrs. Hodgdon remained in
Europe, where her two sons will go
to school, and probably will spend
the Winter near her children. She
is the former wife of Dana Hodg-
don, former head of the visa office in
the Department of State, recently sta
toned at the United States Embassy
in Russia.