Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
Bests Spend
Short Time.
In Clarendon
Naval Officer Goes to
Norfolk as Wife
Starts West.

Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. William A.
Best. formerly of Arlington County,
spent q few days this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Leferts In Clarendon.
Lieut.. Comdr. Best left yesterday
for Norfolk for assignment with the
midshipmen cruise fleet, while Mrs.
Best started for San Francisco for an
extended visit. They have leased their
home in Clarendon.
Mrs. Rosa Laddon Hanna is spend
ing the month of May in Somerset,
Nd, as the guest of her brother-in-
law and sister, DR.. and Mrs. Sidney
8. Jaffe. Mrs. Hanna has been living
in New York for two years, where she
has been acting as secretary of the
American Russian Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bracket are
visiting Mrs. Brackets brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. I'm
tiedt, in their home in Randolph, VT,
and other relatives in Bennington.
On their way to New England they
were the guests of Mr.. Brackets
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Willston, in Cohoes, N. Y.
Mrs. Thomas Putnam Chapman, jr.,
and her small daughter, Elizabeth
Ramsay Chapman, of Fairfax, Va,
will leave tomorrow by boat for Nor
folk, Va, where they will pass few
days with their uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Guy Dudley.
Mia Mo- EI;,ohotl, rr>,Lo~,oa
whose engagement to Mr.. Wyatt Mapp
OF Belle Haven. Va, was recently an
nounced, was the guest in whose honor
Miss Ienore Thomas gave an attrac-
tive miscellaneous shower in the home
OF Mrs. N. A. Rees in Clarendon, Va,
last evening.
Miss Henderson, whose home Is IN
BridgetoWn, Va. is teacher in the
Cherrydale School at Cherrydale. Va,
and since her finances name Is Mapp.
q treasure hunt with booklet of
maps as guides provided the unique
form of presentation of the gifts.
Guests included Miss Sheila Bryan.
Miss Elizabeth Rees, Miss Olivita
Thomas. Miss Ellen Warren Hopkins,
Miss Alma Hickox, Miss Georgia
Rucker, Miss Kathryn Pierce, Miss
Louise Shaull, Miss Mary Jess Rich
mond, Miss Marjorie Powlen, Miss
Jane Elliott, Miss Frances Smither.
Mrs. Roy Knox and Mrs. Florence
Baldwin.
Mrs. c. w. Weaver entertained at
. party last night at her home in Sill
yer Spring, Md. in honor of Mrs. C..
c. Sanders of Washington. Tall vel
low taperS in silver candelabra with
. centerpiece of pansies formed the
centerpiece on the dining room table,
from which buffet supper was served
at midnight, and Spring flowers were
used in the living room. The guests
included Mrs. A. Curley of Takoma
Park, Md; Mrs. Harry Heflin, Mrs. J..
W. Lockyer, Mrs. A. E. Anderson, Mrs.
e. L. Edwards, Mrs L. Mills, Mrs F.
L. Moreland, Mrs. Fred Ehlers, Mrs.
w. w. Oliff, Miss Helen Oliff. Mrs.
c. F. Barber, Mrs Mason, Mrs P.
Camponella, Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Earl
Nagle. Mrs. F. D. Lapp and Mrs. John
Wharton of Washington and Mrs.
Fred Witherspoon of Silver Spring.
MIR. and Mrs Weaver will leave Satur-
day for Foneswood, Va, where they
will visit until Tuesday.
Mrs. John M. Bryan of Cherrydale
Va, was hostess to a COMPANY of
eight at contract bridge last evening,
when her guests included Mrs Thomas
c. Hendricks and her cousin, Mrs.
Henry Rood of Pleasantville, N. Y,
who is her house guest; Mrs. j. H.
Walton, Mrs. E. H. Handy, Mrs. H. K.
Gibson of Arlington County, Miss May
Walters of Mclean, Va, and her
house guest, Mrs. Ernest Trice of
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Schneiter of Sill
yer Spring, Md, are receiving congrat-
ulationS on the birth of a son, Robert
Christian, at Garfield Hospital Sun
day.
Miss Lavinia Engle will return today
TO her home in Forest Glen, Md, from
Albany, N. Y, where she spoke at the
Northeastern Regional Conference of
Democratic Women. Miss Engle is di-
rector OF the League of Woman Voters.
Mrs Marion Bourdeau of Cleveland,
Ohio, has returned to her home after
q week spent with her parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Stevens in Ia
koma Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Friedrich
OF Silver Spring, Md, have with them
Mrs. Friedrich's father, Mr.. John
Friedrich of New York.