Evening star., 1937-09-12


North entertained at watermelon
party last evening for about 90 guests
The melon was sent to Mr.. and Mrs.
North by Mr.. Anon Carter Of Fort
Worth, Tex, and weighed over 80
pounds.
Col. Robert N. Harper and his son,
MFR. william jackson Harper, and his
family have returned from the country
home of Col. Harper. near Leesburg,
where they have been spending the
Summer. Col Harper has opened
his apartment in Wardman Park Ho-
tel.
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Harper
have opened their home on West
Bradley lane. Chevy Chase, Md. Their
son, Robert Lewis Harper. will leave
tomorrow to enter his second year at
Culver Military Academy.
Mrs. John J. Axton, wife of the
late Col. Axton, chief of chaplains of
the United States Army for many
years, has visiting her at her home
at 3179 Porter street her son-in-law
and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. Fred
erick r. Pitts and their three small
sons, Frederick, Robert and John
Pitts, who have Just returned from
the Orient and will be here for sew
sral weeks before proceeding to Capt.
Pitts new station at Fort Knox, KY.
Mrs. Pitts was formerly Miss Lily
Jane Axton
Also visiting Mrs. Axton are her
other son-in-law and daughter. Maj.
and Mrs. r. P. Daugherity and their
daughter, Miss Mary Jane Daugher-
ity and their son. Mr.. Richard D.
Daugherity.. jr., of Governors Island.
Miss Daugherity will leave next week
to enter Mary Baldwin College at
Staunton, Va, and Mr. Daugherity is
q student at the Virginia Military
Institute at Lexington.
Mrs Charles o. Corlett, wife of
Col Corlett, will entertain at tea
Tuesday at her home for her nieces,
Miss Mary Corlett Taylor, daughter of
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Colo. and Miss Anne Cornelius,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Quincy Cor
nelius of Monta Vista, Colo Miss
Taylor and Miss Cornelius will at
tend the University of Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Snowden A. Fahne-
stock will arrive in Washington about
September 20 from Ker Avor, their
estate at Newport, R. l. Mrs. Fahne-
stock, the former Beatrice Beck, and
her husband have taken the residence
Of Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Kent Legare are
expected to return to Washington Sep
tember 90 from their farm at Sims
bury, Conn. where, with their chill
dren, they spent the Summer.
Mrs. Richard L. Hoxie and her sis
ter, Mrs. Robert Clay Sheriff., have
returned to their Macomb street home
after spending the Summer in Europe.
The Misses Helen and Ethel Nc
Ilvaine of Washington and Miss Vir-
einis Beall of Capitol Heights, Md.
have returned to their homes from
motor trip to Miami, Fla, where they
took the steamship Florida for Ha-
vans, Cuba. On their return trip they
drove through the Great Smoky
Mountains.
Mrs. George F. Becker and her
niece, Miss Anne Underwood. have
returned to Washington after spend
ing the Summer in Europe. Mrs.
Becker is now at her home in George
town.
Miss Mary Alice White, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Charles Stanley White.
entertained at a buffet supper Friday
In honor OF Miss Mary Owen Lyon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Moncure
Lyon, who made her debut Friday
night at her home, Black Oak Ridge
Farm near Middleburg, Va. The
supper was held at Hillside. the coun-
try place of DR.. and Mrs. White near
Leesburgh, Va, preceding the dancing
party at which Miss Lyon was pre-
sented
Mr.. and Mrs William Hurd Hill
have as their guest, Mrs. j. L. E.
Aspinsn of Foots Cray, Kent England
They also have with them their daugh-
ters, Miss Margaret Hill of Athens.
and the Misses Emiline and Mariana
Hill
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Evans of Beechwood
orlVe. Chevy Chase, is spending the
late Summer at her cottage at Vir-
elnia Beach. She had with her re-
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