Evening star., 1936-09-28
NJ a ryl a n d
And Virginia
In the News
Mrs. Barden Visiting:
Parents in Friend
ship Heights.

M Bliss, Tex, is spending sew
V eral weeks with her parents,
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Roesch in Friendship Heights, Md
Mrs. Barden is the wife of Capt. Bar
den Of the 82d Field Artillery at Fort
Bliss.
Mr.. and Mrs John T. Lucker of Ia
koma Park, Md, entertained at a
bridge supper Saturday night in their
home in honor of their house guest,
Miss Dorothy jackson of Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Whitley Miller
of Sligo Park Hills. Md, entertained
at dance and buffet supper Saturday
night for their son, Mr.. Robert Miller
in celebration of his 18th birthday an
niversary.
The guests we're Miss Vesta Cassidy
Miss Mary Denham, Miss Jean
McCandlish, Miss Virginia Webster
Miss Loretta Yost Miss Barbara Smith,
Miss Pauline Hardy, Mr.. Claude Ward,
Mr.. Robert Clark, Mr.. John Page, Mr..
Thomas Hunter, Mr.. John Lewis and
Mr. Curtis Cecil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Prescott
Blount of Country Club Hills, Va, an
nounce the birth of a son, Charles
Walter Blount, September Is at Co.
lumbia Hospital Mrs. Blount was, be-
fore her marriage, Miss Alice Craw-
ford.
Miss Blanche Wootton, who has
recently moved into an apartment on
Eastern avenue in Silver Spring, Md,
was given q surprise housewarming
by a group of friends Wednesday
night. The guests included Mrs.
Alma Jones, Mrs. Norman Wootton.
jr.; Mrs. Turner Wootton, Mrs. Jean
Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Mrs,
Evelyn Ellis and Miss Edith Wootton.
Miss Lorraine Lincoln, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lincoln, will
return this week to her home In
Silver Spring, Md, from Litchfleld.
Conn, where she spent the Summer
with her aunt, Mrs Cudworth Beye.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Brannan
of Wynnewood Park, Silver Spring,
Md, have visiting them during this
week end, Mr.. Brannan's sister, Mrs.
Blair Boisseau; her daughter, Miss
Blair Boisseau, and her nephew, Mr..
Hunter Ferratt, jr.. Of Richmond, Va.
They are also visiting Mrs. Boisseau's
niece, Miss Marie Ferratt, who is in
training at Georgetown Hospital.
Mrs. Frederick w. Poos, Country
Club Hills. Va, has left for a two
week stay at Fort Myers, Fla, where
she will visit relatives.
Mrs. Vance H. Largent of Silver
Spring, Md, entertained Friday
at a surprise tea for Mrs. A. j.
Higgins of Silver Spring who cele-
brated her birthday anniversary.
The guests were Mrs. Edward Sher-
man, Mrs. w. MacShane, both of Sill
yer Spring; Mrs. William Early Of
Birmingham, Ala: Miss Doris Hook
man of Shanesville, W. Va; Mrs.
Herman Halstrick of Takoma Park,
Md; Mrs. Walter Pettus, Mrs. Roy
L. Knight, Mrs. S. L. English and Mrs.
NJ Dobrin, all of Washington.
Mrs Edwin r. Palmer is entertain
ing her daughter, Mrs. X. p. Walton
and her children, Miss Dorothy Louise
Walton, and Miss Alice Ann and Paul
Edwin. Prof. Walton, who for some
time was principal of the Greater New
York Academy, has gone to Atlanta
where he has entered the Atlanta
Southern Dental College. His family
will join him soon.
Mr. and Mrs A. M. Fury and two
children of Panama are spending three
months in this country, dividing their
time between Washington where they
visit Mrs. Fury's mother, and Langley
Va, where they are the guests of Mrs
Fury's brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs Charles Edgar Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Farr and Miss
Jessie Williams Of Philadelphia are
the guests of Mr.. Farr's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson M.
farr, IN Falr1aX.
Fairfax County Clerk of the Court
and Mrs. John NJ Whalen and their
daughter and Mr.. Whalens mother
returned today to their home In Fair
fax after spending the week end with
relatives at The Plains, Va.
Mrs. Joseph Campbell, who has
passed some time with her brother in
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
c. Henderson. at Chantilly, Va, re-
turned today to her home in
Salem, Va.
Mr.. Charles Ramsdell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse ]. Ramsdell of Takoma
Park, D. c., was the house guest over
the week end of Mr.. and Mrs. George
c. Breitenback of Germantown, Phil
adelphia.