Evening star., 1935-06-23
Move to Alexandria
Delaplanes Take House Near Belle Haven
Country Club.
Country Club.

where Mrs. May spent the Winter and
Spring.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl w. Shaffer and
Miss Margaret Shaffer have returned
from Atlantic City, where DR.. Shaffer
attended the annual convention of
American and Canadian Medical So
cieties.
Miss Bernice Rogers is visiting her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bastian, in Nanjemoy, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nutter have
given up their home at ll9 Prince
street and sailed for England, where
Mr.. Nutter will be connected with the
London Bureau of the Associated
Press. Mr.. and Mrs. John Emrick
have leased the Nutters' former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. knight and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Clinton Knight have
returned from a motor trip to Lex
ington, where they attended the finals
at the Virginia Military Institute. Mr..
Lewis Courtland Knight, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton knight, was one Of
the graduates.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl Mess gave an in
formal dance Thursday evening for
Miss Anna Mess in honor of the
graduating class of st. Mary's Acad-
emy.
Miss Lyndall Powell Of Atlanta has
arrived to spend a month with her
! mother, Mrs. Nora Parish.
Mr.. John Edward Hamilton of Pan
anna was the week end guest of his
brother and ister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayward Hamilton, who also
have had as their guest the latter's
mother, Mrs. Alice Hubbard of Rice,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stewart
O'Rourke announce the marriage OF
their daughter. Virginia Walker, to
Mr.. John Roy Stafford of Bland. Va,
Saturday, June Is, in Washington. For
several years the bride has been a
member of the faculty of Mount Ver-
non School. Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford
are now on Northern wedding trip
and after July l will live in Bland,
where Mr.. Stafford is in business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Evans an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Pearl Elizabeth, to Mr.. Will
liam T. Sheffield, also of Alexandria.
The wedding will take place next
month.
Mrs. Laura Fiske Evans today cele-
brated her Tooth birthday anniversary
in her home, at 322 South st. Asaph
street. where she has lived for the
past IS years. Her two children, Mrs.
Raymond HulflSh and Capt. George
/ H. Evans; five grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren were pres
! ent, with few of her most intimate
| friends. Mrs. Evans was born in
Wyndham County. Conn. She was
the daughter of Bingham and Lydia
Fiske and a granddaughter of the
Rev. David Avery, a chaplain in
the Revolutionary Army, who was in
timately associated with Gen. Wash
ington through the whole of the
struggle for independence. She was
married to the late Mr.. Edward Jones
Evans at the age of II, and, after
living in New York City for a few
years, came with him to Alexandria
soon after the War Between the States
Three of Mr.. Evans children have pre-
deceased her-MrS. Virginia Evans
O'Brien and Mr.. Edward Avery Evans,
who died several years ago, and Miss
Florence Jones Evans, whose death
occurred during the past year. Until a
short time ago Mrs. Evans was active
in civic affairs and in the parish work
of st. Paul's Episcopal Church. Her
health continues good and her facul-
ties are unimpaired. Mrs. Evans is
the only Alexandrian for many years
to reach the century mark.