Evening star., 1936-04-12

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Many Easter Parties
in Bethesda and Near
by Communities.

" ASIEh egg-rOlllng pdrtleS nave
l. become almost as much ira
dition in lower Montgomery
A County as they are in Wash
ington, and tomorrow morning chill
dren in many Of the little towns bor-
dering Rockville pike will be trudging
along to some neighborhood party,
each child dressed foY the occasion
and each one holding fast to the
little basket of colored eggs, without
which no Easter party can be sue
cess.
Neighborhood parties will start to-
morrow morning on the Dulin lawn
in Friendship Heights as soon after
breakfast as parents can be persuaded
to allow the children to start and will
last until all the eggs have been
rolled down the hillside in front of
the Dulin home. The first Dulin
party was given some years ago. by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Dulin, jr, when
their daughter Jean. who is now a
student at the University of Mary
land, was a small girl, and the GUS
tom has been continued throughout
the years for all the children of
Friendship Heights. The high spot in
the morning comes about II o'clock
when Mr.. Dulin rolls out big freezer
of homemade ice cream and each
child is given an ice cream cone and
cookies.
Another party, not quite so strenu-
Gus, will be held tomorrow in Ken
wood. at the home of 4-year old Mary
Ann Daubin. Mary AIMS guests will
be the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Somerville of Kenwood,
Martha Ann Smoot Of Wesley Heights,
granddaughter of former Senator
Smoot; Mary Elizabeth Shurtz and
the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs
George Horning of Kenwood.
A party somewhat similar to the
Daubin party was held yesterday by
the director of the National Capital
Park Service and Mrs. Marshall C.
Finnan of Friendship Heights. At
this party were two sets of children,
an older and younger group. An egg
hunt was staged among the shrubbery
on the Finnan lawn, and the older
children helped the little ones to
find the eggs. Children invited to
this party were the sons and daugh-
= ters of staff members associated with
MIR. Finnan in the Park Service.
Miss Ann Shillinger of Somerset
will celebrate Easter Monday with a
breakfast which she will give for a
ri irIe
have been invited to attend the break
fast party.
Bethesda Residents
Take Easter Vacations.
A number of residents of the Be-
thesda neighborhood are taking ad-
vantage of the Easter holiday for
brief vacation trips to other parts of
the country. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Winsor
Offutt of Bradley Hills and their son,
Wlnsor, jr, are in Florida for a visit
with their son-in-law and daughter,
Ensign and Mrs. Charles William For
tune. Ensign Fortune was recently
transferred from California to Pensa-
cola, Fla. where he will be stationed
for an indefinite period; Mrs. Charles
E. Grubb of Edgemoor will leave dur
ing the week for Waverley, Va, where
She will be the guest of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Carr: Mr.. and
Mrs. David R. Starry of Drummond
will leave at the end of the week for
an extended trip to Boston and
through New England States; Mrs.
William E. Lee of Edgemoor and her
two sons, Mr.. Richard Lee and Mr..
Charles Lee, are on a motoring trip
down the Florida Peninsula; they
expect to be away from home about |
10 days; Miss Jean Dulin of Friend |
ship Heights is in New York CITY |
for few days with group of Kappa |
Sorority girls from the University of
Maryland, and Mr.. and Mrs. Mere
dith Daubin of Kenwood are in Florida
for Today vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Richberg were
hosts to 60 guests at cocktail party
yesterday in their home in Kenwood.
Mrs. Charles I. Corby who has
spent the Winter in Florida, plans to
return to her home on Georgetown
road about May l. Miss Mary Ellen
Corby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Corby. who spent two weeks with her
grandmother in Miami has returned
to Ogontz School for Girls, where she
is completing her senior year.
Miss Sara Colby of Friendship
Heights is in Pittsburgh for an in
definite stay. Miss Colby is connected
with the American National Red Cross
and she has been called to Pittsburgh
for duty in connection with the recent
flood disaster in Western Pennsyl-
Vania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Mackenzie
OF Kenwood will have as their
guests during the next few weeks the
formers cousin and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ned Barker of Honolulu. Ha-
wailan Islands. Mr.. and Mrs. Barker
will arrive tomorrow and they will be
In kenwood for about two weeks.
Miss Betty Ann Feiser is spending
her vacation from William and Mary
College at Williamsburg, Va, with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James L.
Feiser, in Edgemoor.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Flint of Los
Angeles announce the birth of a
daughter March 81. Mr. Flint is the