Evening star., 1937-05-10
Suburban
Residents
IntheNeWs
Mr.. and Mrs. Camp
bell Have House
Guests.

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M CAMPBELL have as house
W. guests in their home in Au-
= rora Hills, Va, Mrs. Camp
bells brother-in-law and sister, Prof.
Kenneth M. Sils, president Of Bow
doin College, and Mrs. Stills Of Bruns-
wick, Me.
Mrs. Sills has been here through
out the week, attending the biennial
council Of the National Society of the
Colonial Danes of America, as a dele
gate from Maine, and was joined
Thursday by Mr.. Sills.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Campbell
will entertain around 20 guests at tea
from 4 to 6 o'clock, in honor of her
sister. Tulips, snapdragons and bridal
wreath were effectively used through
out the home and on the tea table.
Mrs. Juliet Washington, descendant
Of the old Washington family, will
pour tea.
Tomorrow Prof. and Mrs. Stills will
leave for Baltimore, where they will
stop for a few days and visit Mrs.
Sills mother, Mrs. ]. c. Koon, in her
apartment at the Sherwood Hotel
Mrs. Koon will entertain at dinner
tomorrow evening for her son-in-law
and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Benjamin
OF Takoma Park are entertaining MI
Benjamin's brother and skter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrien T. Berjam.sn Of
Grand Rapids, Mich. for few days
Mr.. Benjamin Is also attending
meeting Of the Reserve officers OF the
quartermaster's department OF the
Government.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew P. Anderson
were hosts at a garden party Satur-
day afternoon at their home on North
Adams street, Arlington, entertain
ing for members Of the division OF
management, Bureau Of Public
Roads, who are Mr. Andersons busi-
ness associates, and their wives and
escorts. Old-fashioned games of bean
bag, horseshoes and croquet were
played, and buffet supper was
eerved, with the guests seated at
small tables on the lawn
The hostess was assisted by her
nieces, Miss Mayme Anderson and
Miss Isabelle Dunckel The honor
guests were Mr. T. Warren Allen, a
former chief Of the division Of man.
agement, and Mrs. Allen, and in
oluded among the large guest list
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark, Mr..
and Mrs. o. K. Norman, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. G. Phee. Mr.. and Mrs. D. W.
Loutgenheiser, Miss Dorothy Pearsall,
Miss M. B. Densmore, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. c. Brooks, Mr. S. K. Hitchcock,
Mr.. R. E. Craig, Mr.. P. ]. Flanagan,
Mr.. David M. Beech, Mr.. r. P.
Rogers. Mr.. r. w. Kruser, Mr.. Paul
w. Bawker, Mr.. John Dressel and
MIR. Paul McGaughey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen A. Keen held
open house Wednesday afternoon at
their home on North Pershing drive,
Arlington, Va. for officials of the Post
Office Department, their wives and
families following the ceremonies
marking the corner stone laying OF the
new post office in Arlington.
Lilacs, tulips and other Spring flow-
ers decorated the home, and Mrs. Keen
received her guests wearing dark
blue, sheer chiffon and a corsage bou-
quet OF gardenias. A buffet supper
was served to the more than go guests,
included among whom were the Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General and
Mrs. Harlee Branch, the Fourth As
S1stant Postmaster General and Mrs.
Smith w. Purdum and their daugh-
ters, the Misses Laura and Mildred
Purdun; the city postmaster of Wash
ington and Mrs. Burke and other high
ranking officials of the Post Office De-
partment.