Evening star., 1935-07-21
Miss Thrall
Is Engaged
TOD. c.. Man
Bushwood Girl Will
Marry Lawrence
Boswell.

LEONARDTOWN. Md, July 20.-An
engagement of much interest to Wash
ington, as well as to Southern Mary
land, Is that announced today by Mr..
and Mrs. William S. Thrall of Bush
wood of their daughter, Miss Virginia
Elizabeth Thrall, to Mr.. Lawrence
Boswell of Washington, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Boswell of River Springs.
The wedding will take place at noon
August 4 In the Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic Church, the rector. Rev. S. j.
Rudkte, s. j., ofiiciating at the nuptial
mass. Immediately following the cer-
emony q reception will be held in the
home of the bride-elect's parents at
Bushwood. The young couple, follow
ing their wedding trip, will make their
home in Chevy Chase. Md. Mr..
Thrall, father OF the bride-elect, is
chairman of the st. Marys County
Republican Central Committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Carr Of st.
Marys City have lent their estate, Pine
Shadows, on the St. Marys River. to
the members of the Maj. william
Thomas Chapter. D. A. R., OF st.
Marys County. for Saturday after
noon, July 81. when a benefit card
party will be given on the lawn. Those
in charge of the affair are Mrs.
Charles Lucy Shaw Of Washington,
State historian of the D. A. r. chap
ters, who Is serving as chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. S. West Russell of
Washington, the regent Of the local
afyiA
Blackstone Of Bushwood, Md, and
Miss Adele M. France, principal OF the
st. Mary's Female Seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fenner Lee,
with their family, Miss Augusta Lee.
Mr.. Howard Lee and Miss Peggy Lee
Of Lees Crest. attended the we'd
ding this afternoon Of their cousin,
Miss Cornelia Lee Briscoe, daughter
Of Mrs. James Briscoe, jr., Of Balti-
more, and Lieut.. Harry P. McLain
Conner Of New York and London.
The wedding took place in the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
weems Forbes at Fallton. Md.
Maj Howard S. Davidson, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Davidson, who have opened
their historic old home, Cremona, on
the Patuxent River, for the Summer
will entertain at luncheon tomorrow.
Among those to attend are Mr.. and
Mrs. James S. Carr of st. Marys City
and their niece, Miss Alma Robinson
of Parkers Landing. Pa; Col. William
G.. Fay, u. S. A., retired. and Mrs.
Fay Of Mulberry Fields on the lower
Potomac River.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Davis Young
Of Grand Rapids, Mich. have opened
their estate, Susquehanna, on the
Patuxent River. for the Summer
season. Mr. and Mrs. Young enter
tanned at dinner Sunday evening,
their guests including Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Sears of Society Hill, COL and
Mrs. william Garland Fay of Null
berry Fields, DR.. and Mrs. F. A
Camalier and Mr. and Mrs. James
S. Carr of st. Marys City.
Mrs. Louis Nathanson has gone to
spend the Summer at Briar Cliff,
N. Y.
Mrs. Clara Hyatt Hodgdon of
Washington and Leonardtown has
returned here and is with her mother,
Mrs. J. Allen Coad, wife of the State
Senator. at Porto Nello on st. Marys
River. Mrs. Hodgdon recently re-
turned from tour of the island of
Haiti and Port Au Prince.
Mrs. Alice Blackstone Of Ocean
Hall, on the Wicomico River, has re-
turned TO her home here after spend
ing 10 days with her brother n-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. S. West
Russell of Washington and this
county, who have been vacationing in
Atlantic City.
Mrs. George A. Weschler of Wash
ington, who is spending the Summer
at her historic place, Mattapani, on
the Patuxent River, was hostess to the
members of the St. Marys County
Council at their annual Summer
picnic Wednesday.
Mr.. Arthur w. Dowell, jr., son of
States Attorney of Calvert County
and Mrs. Dowell, is accompanying his
aunt, DR.. Anita S. Dowen, assistant
to the president Of the State Teachers
College, at Towson. Md, on Mediter-
ranean cruise that will take them to
Egypt and the Holy Land. They will
return to New York City by August
70, having sailed Tuesday on the
s. S. Excalibur. States Attorney and
Mrs. Dowell of Prince Frederick ac-
companied them to New York and are
spending few days with Mrs. Rodney
FiSke at her estate at Huntington,
Long Island. Sand later will go for a