Evening star., 1937-06-20

Miss Rhoda Hills Booth. to Mr.. Bur-
ton Anderson Strait jr, son Of Mrs.
Burton A. Strait and the late Comdr
Strait, U. S. N. of Annapolis. Miss
Booth is the daughter of Mr.. Ed
ward T. Booth OF Canaan. N. Y, and
| granddaughter OF Mr. Edward H.
| Booth and the late Mrs. Booth and
the late Mr. and Mrs James c.
Peck of Plainfleld, N. j. She attend
ed the Hartridge School and the
Masters School at Dobbs Ferry, N.
Y She is a member OF the Plain
field Junior League. Mr. Strait is
| the grandson OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Burton Strait OF San Diego. Calf. =,
and the late Commodore G. L. Dyer.
U. s. NJ. and Mrs. Dyer Of Winter
Park. Fla, He attended Kent School
and is with the Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Co. Of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes and
Mr.. Stokes younger daughter. Miss
Vivi Stokes, have returned to their
home here after visit to Mr. and
Mrs. William Doeller at their home
at Warrenton. Va. Miss Maryl Stokes,
Mr.. Stokes older daughter, is the
guest OF her grandmother, Mrs Glib
son Fahnestock OF Washington, at
her Summer home at Newport, R. l.
Capt. and Mrs Theodore johnson
have given up the apartment at 80
Maryland avenue, where they spent
the Winter, and are leaving for a
fortnight's visit to Judge and Mrs
George Stewart Brown at Altamont,
in Garrett County, Md.
Mr.. Edward ]. Hatfield, jr., is leav-
ing to accept position with the
General Electric Co. in Schenectady
N. Y. After having studied three
years in electrical engineering at
the Johns Hopkins University, Mr..
Hatfield had conferred upon him the
| degree OF bachelor Of arts In physics
| in 1896, the formal announcement
| of which was made at the commence
ment exercises this month. He has
just completed a year of grad
uate work in physics at Johns Hop
kins
Mrs. Jack R. Willsey and little
| daughter, Joan, are returning today
to their home. in Norfolk, Va, after
visit with Mr.. and Mrs Jack Francis
OF Green street.
Lieut.. and Mrs Charles H. Ander-
son are motoring across the conti-
| nent from California to Washington.
Their wedding took place a short
time ago at Long Beach. Mrs. An
derson, before her marriage. was Miss
Anita Tarrant, daughter of Vice Ad-
miral and Mrs. William T. Tarrant.
Lieut.. Anderson has been attached
to the U. S. S. New Orleans.
Prof. and Mrs. Paul Kieffer and
family have sailed on the Merchants
e. Miners Line for a trip to Jack
sonville, Miami and Havana. Prof
Kieffer is attached to the Naval Post
Graduate School.
Lieut.. Joseph A. Farrell, U. S. NJ:
Mrs. Farrell and their young son,
joey Farrell. Sd, have arrived from
Shanghai, China, and are visiting
Lieut.. Farrells parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Farrell Of Southgate avenue
Lieut.. Farrell has been assigned to
duty in the department Of seaman
ship and navigation at the Naval
Academy.
Mrs. Hugh Ridgely Riley has re-
turned to her home here after at
tending the fortieth reunion of her
class at Dickerson Seminary, At Will
Transport, Pa.
| Mr.. Campbell Simpson, student
at the Georgia Institute OF Tech
nology, has returned to spend the
Summer vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Simpson, at their
home. on Monticello avenue. Spa View
Heights. His sister, Miss Ruth Simp-
son, has had as her house guests Mrs.
Robert Basedow and Miss Marguerite
Basedow Of New York.
DR.. and Mrs. Frederic J.. Cotton
gave a luncheon party on Sunday at
the Indian Landing Boat Club, near
Waterbury. ANNE Arundel County.
Their guests included Judge and Mrs.
Henry A. Harland, Mrs. Frank
Hambleton, Judge James Gorter, Mr..
and Mrs. Elliott Baldwin. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Baldwin, all Of Balti-
more; Mr.. and Mrs. c. Columbus
Baldwin of New York, Mrs. A. G..
Cooke, Miss Roberta Hodgers. Mrs.
Richard Whitall, Miss Sally M. D.
Whitall Of Waterbury, Mrs. Richard
Baldwin and Col. Douglas Duval, U.
S. A., retired. Of Annapolis.