Evening star., 1936-03-22
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~oMDR. JOHN OMALLEY,
A M. c.. U. s. NJ, and Mrs.
O'Malley announce the en-
~ gagement of their daughter
Betty to Lieut.. Robert Hollis Strauss,
u. s. A.
Lieut.. Strauss is the son of Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Harold A. Strauss, Air
Corps, U. S. Army, and graduated
from the United States Military Acad-
emy in the class Of 1885. He Is now
stationed at Fort Riley. Kans.
The wedding will take place In
Washington during the Summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Williams
Horner of Memphis, Tenn, announce
the engagement of their daughter
Elizabeth Paul to Benjamin Jarnigan
Shelton of Washington.
Miss Horner was brought up in
johnson City, Tenn, where her father
and mother were prominently known
in social and civic circles until Mr..
Horner was appointed State director Of
the Federal Housing Administration,
whose headquarters are in Memphis.
Miss Horner attended Randolph
Macon 9woman's College at Lynch
burg, Va, graduating in, music, and
received her A. B. degree. Following
her graduation she spent Sum-
mer in European travel and for the
past two years has lived in Wash
ington, holding a position in the Lii
brary CT Congress.
On her maternal side Miss Horner
Is descended from the well-known
Cooke family of Eastern Virginia.
She is a great niece of Mai. Giles
BucLner Cooke of Mathews, Va, only
living member of the staff Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
Mr.. Shelton is the son of the late
Stephen Shelton Of Mechlenburg
County. Va, who was a direct de.
scendant of Patrick Henry and Caro-
line Matheson, daughter of the late
A. J. Matheson of Bennettsville, S. c.,
one of the outstanding business men
of the State His uncle, who was DR..
Jarnigan, was a major in the Span
an ambassador to Central America.
Mr.. Shelton was born in Bennetts-
vile, S. c., and attended the Univer-
sity of South Carolina, graduating
with a degree in electrical engineer
ing. He Is now connected with the
Potomac Electric Power Co. in Wash
tngton.
Mrs. Ernest j. Cormier of Provi-
dence, r. l., announces the engage
ment of her niece, Miss Lucy Cecilia
Triggs, to Mr.. Robert Stuvyesant Den
Vir of Washington. Mr.. Denvir. who
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Denvir of st. Louis, Mo, has been in
Washington for the past two years
as assistant counsel for the National
Recovery Administration.
After their marriage in st. Matthews
Church wednesday, March 25, at 10
O'Clock, Mr.. Denvir and his bride will
make their home in New York City.
where Mr.. Denvir will enter private
practice.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Rex of Butte,
Mont, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter Louise to Mr..
John A. Walstrom. Miss Rex is a
senior at George Washington Uni
versity, where she is president Of the
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Mr.. Walstrom
Is a native Of Mexico, Mo-, and is at
present employed in the Procurement
Division of the Treasury Department.
Mrs. George Fred Fogle announces
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Constance Doris Fogle, to Mr.. Ray
mond Lee Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry c. Jones of Paeonian Springs,
Va. The wedding will take place in
the Spring.
State Senator and Mrs. Stedman
Prescott of Rockville, Md, announce
the engagement Of their daughter
Edith Calender to Mr.. Thomas Jerome
Offutt, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Ernest Offutt Of Georgetown, D. C.
The wedding will take place in the
Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Wells of
Alexandria, Va, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Virginia Manila
to Mr.. Edwin C. Cappage, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles French Cappage of
Washington. The wedding will take
place In June.