Evening star., 1939-11-25

the large company. Among others
whose names are prominently iden-
titled with the District for many
years we: Mr. Randall Hagner, Mr..
Stephen Elkins, Mr. Frank Holcomb,
Mr. Richard Boiling. Mr.. Christie
pher Rogers. Mr. Winthrop Crane,
Mr.. Charles A. McKenney and Mr..
Jock Merriam. Among the daugh-
ters who were there were Miss Jane
Acheson, Miss Alice Barry, Miss
Patricia Prochnik, Miss Joan Nc
Kenna. Miss Marilynn Hines, Miss
Helen Davis, Miss Ann Wilkinson,
Miss Eleanor Flood Miss Anne
Morehead and Miss Nancy Weller.
The large number of out-of town
guests at the party included Miss
Elizabeth HARRISON of Tulsa, Okla,
who is visiting Miss Hurley, and Mr.
Charles du Pont, law student at
the University of Pennsylvania, who
was off this morning for the football
game.
Thanksgiving Ball
Is Colorful Affair.
The high point in the Thanksgiv-
ing ball was the grand march, when
all the debutantes present circled
the room with their escorts and Miss
Patricia Prochnik, daughter of the
former Austrian Minister and Nine.
Prochnik, was chosen to lead the
debutante cotillion. Judges were
Representative Jennings Randolph,
Miss Genevieve Hendricks and Dean
Elmer L. Kayser. Representative
Randolph was presented large
bouquet of beautiful red roses to
Miss Prochnik, who wore gold bro
cade gown trimmed at the neckline
and sleeves with fur. Her tiny muff,
of the same material as her gown
and trimmed with fur, had a corsage
of orchids pinned to it.
Many an older sister watched the
debutante of the family with pride
as she circled the floor, and most
notable was Miss Kay Pearson,
whose younger sister, Edith, made
her bow on Thanksgiving day. Miss
Pearson had circle of young men
surrounding her and each time the
debutante passed this group a loud
cheer would arise-much to the de-
light of the spectators and the an
noyance of the younger Miss Pear
son.
Miss Mary Morris Wright, chair
man of the Ball Committee, was
here, there and everywhere, eff
GENTLY seeing that all angles of the
ball were being taken care of. She
wore red crepe dress, the jacket
of which was trimmed with gold
braid.
The ballroom. decorated entirely
with greens, was a pretty scene,
with many of the guests seated at
tiny tables in the boxes which en-
circled the floor, and with the COL
orful debutantes taking the spot
light on the dance floor.
Cotillion Begins Shortly
After IL O'Clock.
The cotillion began soon after II
o'clock. and among those taking part
were Miss Yolanda Alfaro, Miss
Rosalynn Buchanan, Miss Nancy
Davis, Miss Dita Davis, Miss Achsah
Dorsey, Miss Margaret Gordon, Miss
Marilynn Hines, Miss Patricia Hill,
Miss Louisa Horton, Miss Edith Hood,
Miss Joanna Huntington, Miss
Nancy Lawrence, Miss Berenice
Merchant, Miss Joan McKenna,
Misses Mary and Suzanne Morsell,
Misses Margo and Mary Mink, Miss
Prochnik, Miss Pearson, Miss Vir-
ginia Pennington, Miss Barbara
Ramseyer, Miss Charlotte Riddick,
Miss Anne Sperry, Miss May Byrne
Simpson, Miss Molly Stonestreet,
Miss Billie Byrd West and Miss
Nancy Weller.
Among the guests who entertained
at dinner before the ball were the
Misses Laura Belle and Jane Wyatt.
Miss Irene Wright, Mrs. Edward
Flood, Mr.. Gregorio Marquee, Mr..
Carlton Ayres, Mr.. John Pearne
and the Misses Jane Ramseyer,
Mary Kay Spinks and Betty Burton.
On the Ball Committee with Miss
Wright were Miss Betty Wright,
Miss Martha Talley, Miss Kearsley
Caldwell, Miss Suzanne Happier
Miss Bambie McKenna, Miss Jean
Howard Miss Alice Blair, Miss Doris
Cunningham, Miss Janice Punch.
Miss Alleen Wrightson and Miss
Gertrude Pearson
Chairman of the Floor Committee
was Mr.. Josef Blair, and others on
the committee were Mr.. Donald
Brooks, Mr.. Corwin Lockwood, Mr..
Preston Davis, Mr.. Thomas B. Tigh,
Mr.. Charles Koester, Mr.. Jack Por-
ter, 1t. Carroll K. Bagby, Mr.. Alex
Schnee, Mr.. Andre Simonpietri, Mr..
Hugh Hutchinson, Mr.. Charles
Smott, Mr.. Frank Durrance, Mr..
Jack Wolcott, Mr.. Murray Sands,
Mr.. Morrell Mckenzie, MIR. Craw-
ford Brooks, Mr.. Snowden Conkey,
Mr.. Cecil Beasley, Mr.. Wilmer
Mechlin, Mr.. Ernest Mechlin, Mr..
Paul Haney, Mr.. John Hamilton
and Mr.. Stanley Pearson.
Lady Rutter was one of the most
popular bellies last evening, and,
wearing her green organdy gown
with enormous puffed sleeves and
very full skirt, she whirled about
the ballroom with the stag line at
her heels,