Evening star., 1935-12-11
Suburban
Residents
In the News
Many Parties Given
in Nearby Virginia
and Maryland.

Mrs. George A. Collier entertained
at luncheon today at her home In Ar
lington, Va, having as guests MRS.
w. B. Gilmore of Ballston, Va, ana
her mother, Mrs. Frank Abbott OF
Richfeld, Idaho, who is on visit IN
the East: also Mrs. j. T. COLON OF
Lyon Park, Va, and Mrs. Roliin Smith
of Glen Carlyn, Va.
A surprise linen shower ana pfloge
partv in honor of Miss Louise Stanley
of Silver Spring, Md, whose marriage
to Mr.. Rudolph Siegrist, jr., OF wash
ington will take place the latter part
of this month, was given last night IN
the home of Mrs. H. K. Bosley at 77Os
Morningside drive, with Miss May
Louise Wood of Silver Spring assisting
as hostess. The guests, most OF whom
were members of the faculty OF the
Takoma-Silver Spring High School,
where Miss Stanley is a teacher, in
cluded Mrs. Fern Schneider and Miss
Louise Fenton of Washington, Mrs.
William B. Marks, Miss Katherine
Funkhouser, Mrs. Lorraine Hatfield
and Mrs. Rose Hranac of Silver
Spring; Miss Gertrude Rodgers, Miss
Mary White, Miss Margaret Elms and
Miss Margaret Hardy of KenSington,
Md; Miss Eleanor Cissel of Colesville,
Md; Miss Betty Smith of Rockville,
Md; Miss Sylvia Stabler of Sandy
Spring, Md; Mrs. Elizabeth Hood of
Chevy Chase, Md; Mrs. Jane Maddox
of Friendship Heights, Md, and Miss
Ruth Martin Simpson of Takoma
Park, Md.
Mrs. Leonard Truman Nordlie en-
tertained at a beautifully-appointed
luncheon in her home in Mclean, Va,
today in compliment to her sister-in-
law and house guest, Miss Dena Nord-
lie of Stoughton, Wis, who arrived
recently for a stay of several weeks.
Guests at the luncheon included Mrs.
T. c. PaulSon, Mrs. F. r.. Paulson,
Mrs. T. Ostrand, Mrs. H. P. Agersburg,
Mrs. Paul johnson, Mrs. E. Felker,
Mrs. S. M. Dahl, all of Washington;
Mrs. Melvin Hobson, Mrs. T. Segrist
of Lewinsville, Va; Mrs. Harry Abel,
Mrs. Palmer Aanstad, Mrs. Rebuen
Akre, Mrs. Philip Akre and the senior
Mrs. Akre, all of Mclean.
Mrs. John Harrison Ruff entertained
at charming bridge luncheon yes
terday at her home, in Oakton, Va.
The rooms were decorated with holly
and red candles. Twelve tiny candy
nlled stockings were hanging at the
fireplace, with the tally cards attached
10 them. The guests included Mrs.
J. Craig Hunter of Vienna, Mrs.
Thomas G. Henderson of Chantilly
and Mrs. B. F. Salisbury, Mrs. George
Raymond Huffard, Mrs. James McC.
Henderson, Mrs. Wilson M. Farr, Mrs.
John Warwick Rust, Mrs. Henry Dud-
ley Ludwig, Mrs. Paul c. Kincheloe,
Mrs. Paul Edmund Brown, Mrs. Henry
Wise Kelly and Mrs. Thomas P. Chap
man, jr, all of Fairfax.
Mrs. E. j. Smith entertained at a
surprise lingerie shower in her home,
in Clarendon, Va, last evening in
compliment to Miss Ivy Bell Santmyer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. SAINT
myer of Clarendon, whose marriage to
Mr.. Frank j. Webb Of Falls Church,
Va, will take place in the home of
the bride on December "a, the Rev.
NJ. r. Japhet officiating.
Mrs. Kathryn Lawrence of Cherry
dale, Va, has as guest her sister,
Mrs. Ellen Burleigh of Philadelphia,
who will remain until after the holi-
days. They will be joined at Christ
mas by Mrs. Burleigh's two sons, Mr..
Robert Burleigh of Philadelphia and
Mr.. Gilbert Burleigh, junior at the
Pennsylvania State College.
Miss Edith Rogers entertained at
bright Monday afternoon in her home,
Blossom Hill, at Floris, Va, when her
guests included Mrs. Ruth Keyes, Mrs.
Bentley Harrison, Miss Matilda
Decker, Mrs. Harvey carlton Hanes,
Mrs. Arthur Hyde Buell., Mrs. Allen
H. Kirk, Mrs. Walter c. Carter, Mrs.
Charles T. Rider, Mrs. William Meyer,
Mrs. CaSsius M. Lawrence and Miss
Catherine Atlee. High scores were
made by Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. KeyeS. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Blake and |
their daughter, Miss Mary Blake, en-
tertained at dinner Sunday evening in |
their home near Fairfax, Va, when |
their guests included Mrs. Lucian |
Schmerhorn and her two sons, Mr. |
Vincent Schmerhorn and Mr.. Ellis
worth Schmerhorn of Silver Spring, |
Md, and Miss Margaret Levin, Mr..
Ernest Levin and Mr.. Carl Levin Of |
Fairfax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Magruder,