Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-18
Wedding of
St. NJ arys
Girl Sept. 7
Miss GreenWell to Be
Bride of Mr..
Howard.

to Mr.. Russell Howard, son Of Mrs.
Joseph H. Howard and the late Mr..
Howard of Waldorf, Charles County,
Md, September Z in st. Aloysious
Roman Catholic Church, this city,
with the rector, the Rev. Father
Joseph Sheridan Knight, S. j., con-
Quoting the nuptial mass. A large
number of distinguished guests from
Washington and Baltimore and all
sections Of Southern Maryland have
been invited. Following the cere-
mony, a reception will be held at the
home of the bride-elect's mother on
Washington street. Miss Greenwell
is graduate of the st. Marys Acad-
envy here, and the Providence HoSpi-
tai Nurses Training School Of Wash
ington. Mr. Howard is a graduate
of the Leonard Hall High School and
the Mount st. Joseph College Of Bal
timore. and is now sheriff of Charles
County. The young couple are both
well known in Southern Maryland.
Miss Margaret B. Wigginton of Kali
amazoo Mich; West Chester, N. Y;
Washington, and Leonardtown, an
nounces the engagement of her
youngest daughter. Miss Margaret
Belle Wigginton, to Mr.. William Alec
Loker. son of Associate Judge of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of Southern
Maryland and Mrs. William Meverel
Loker of Leonardtown. The wedding
will take place in the late Fall or
early Winter in st. Aloysius Roman
Catholic Church, LeonardoWn. The
engagement was announced following
a buffet supper and dance in the
young couples honor last evening,
given by Mrs Wigginton at her estate,
Belvedere, on the lower Potomac near
here. The bridegroom elects mother,
Mrs. William M. Loker, assisted Mrs.
Wigginton in receiving the guests.
Also in the receiving line were the
brother-in- and sister of the bride
elect, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Mehaf-
fie of Kalamazoo, Mich, and brother
and sister-in-law of the bride-elect.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Wigginton Of
this city. Sixty or more guests were
invited to the announcement party,
coming from various sections of
Southern Maryland and other parts
of the country. Miss Wigginton is
daughter of the late Mr.. George P.
Wigginton. who was president of the
Remington Rand Loose Leaf Note
Book Co., in Kalamazoo, Mich, for a
number Of years. and connected with
the Remington Co. of New York City.
She is a graduate of the National
Cathedral School for Girls in Wash
ington. Mr.. Loker is a graduate Of
the Leonard Hall High School and the
University Of Maryland, and is an at
torney in this city. They will make
their home here following the wedding
and honeymoon. Some years ago Mr..
Loker won The Washington Star Ma
tional Oratorical Contest and the tour
to Europe. A large number of parties
are being arranged in the young
couples honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Hanson of
Chevy Chase, Md, who are at their
cottage, Ballycoe. on the Chesapeake
Bay below here, for the Summer sea-
son, are entertaining as their house
guests over this week end and the
following week Mrs. Hansons brother
in-law and sister, Capt. Arthur F.
Schilt, U. S. M, and Mrs. Schilt and
their two daughters Of Quantico, Va:
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Parsons of
Buffalo, NJ Y, and Miss Helene
Ernst, Montana. Capt. Schilt was
given the Congressional Medal of
Honor for distinguished services dur
ing naval maneuvers off Panama and
saved a number of lives.
Col. William Garland Fay U. S. M,
retired, and Mrs. Fay left Tuesday
for a weeks motor trip to Newton
Center, Mass, where they will be
guests Of Mrs. Fay's brother and sis
ter-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. William
Lennox, who have just returned from
Europe. The Fays will also attend
Old Home week in the Maine woods
near Bangor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Mehaffie of
Kalamazoo, Mich. and their children
have arrived to spend the Summer
with Mrs. Mehaf1e's mother, Mrs.
Margaret Wigginton, at her estate,
Belvedere, on the lower Potomac.
Mrs. William Nottingham Blacki-
stone of Ocean Hall, at Bushwood, is
entertaining this week in honor of
her sister, Mrs. Mary Shuttle, and her
daughter, Miss Mary Shuttle of Balti-
more, Md.
A large surprise birthday ami
verSary bridge party was given to Mrs.
Edward Compton Cryer by her hus-
band and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John c. Cryer, at their Summer cot
tage, The Cedars, on Brettons Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Pogue, Mr..
Biscoe Knott and Mr.. Windsor Palmer
of Palmers, Md, have returned from
a pleasant week at Colonial Beach
as the guests of friends
Miss Betty Gil Edelen, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Edelen of
Bryantown, accompanied by her
house guest, Miss E. Hobbs of Mis-
sissippi, is on vacation aboard the
steamship Duchess Of Atholl for a
two-week cruise to Montreal and
Quebec via the ST. Lawrence seaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Creamer OF
Kilmarnock, Va, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald Farrell, in La Plata.
MIR. and Mrs John Harding of
Alexandria, Va; their two sons, James
Harding and Mr.. Milton Harding;
Miss Elizabeth Ross and Mrs. Annie
Hudson of Washington, and Mrs. Jor-
dan Bird and Mrs. Charles jackson
OF Baltimore, were the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. D. P. Johnson at their home
on South Washington street the first
OF this week. They also were given
cruise on the Sea Bird yacht BY
Mrs. Johnson's son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Latham.
A wedding Of wide interest to
Southern Maryland as well as to
Washington took place August 4 in
the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church, Washington, when Miss Viz
ginia E. Thrall, daughter of Chairman
of the Republican Central Committee