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Evening star., 1939-08-23

A reception for the wedding party
and guests was held later at the
Hamilton Hotel, after which the
couple left to motor to Central
Canada on their wedding trip. The
brides going-away costume was a
slate blue dress with burgundy-co
accessories and a corsage of orchids.
Miss Ellen Trotter and Mr.. Francis
Married in Aurora Hills.
A simple and attractively ar
ranged wedding was that of Miss
Ellen Trotter of Cincinnati and Mr..
Richard R. Francis of Washington
which took place Saturday evening
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. T. w.
Cole in Aurora Hills, Arlington, Va.
The bride wore a powder-blue
dress of georgette crepe, with blue
bandeau of the same material, and
carried corsage bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Valerie B. Mandt of Bir-
mingham, Ala, was bridesmaid,
wearing an orchid-color crepe gown
with bandeau Of pink sweetheart
roses.
Mr.. Andrew J. Sharp was best
man.
DR.. Cole escorted the bride to the
altar, which was improvised in front
Continued on Page B-4D
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Notes From the Social Calendar Of Washington
By the Way
Beth BI1ine=

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elor) retired
cigarettes his side began
before long was fast asleep But cigarette which
xnguis quietly soderng away bed
and before long hero awoke to find himself unusually
for night Washington He tossed of the drank
some ice water turned over and went back to sleep
Time passed and things became and until
finally our hero awoke dripping ppraon to the realization
that Washington
climate-bu to the fact that his bed fire!
diplomats andlady for many years and which she
valued above all other worldly possessions She had left in the
diplomats -admonishing him to guard it with his ALL
In something of department
and with great changing bells the engines promptly arrived
The heretofore peaceful galvanized sudden acon
Children scrambled out of bed excitedly from vndowswhe
their elders in various they thought
the burning structure
The stawart hremen locating the flames decided the
quickest and best method extingushng
offending bed large
to be hacked into little before Meanwhile
diplomat whose only idea the place had
the bed stood while
men made kndlng wood of the precious treasure.
The remen eventually departed flushed with their
Everv one was o ono din1oat M h IL @ uuding
all his time helping cabinet maker the bed
from the pieces
The beach
ing One only has to lie still and little
and comedies
ste nearby Every the beach sublime confidence
the theory that his beyond the shade Of his
Perhaps lady talking day
loud and high about people who
When her that the friends under discussion
not deaf she replied Don't dear father always told
people never hear talk
It's
what say"
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versaion" hold However,
grateful for amusing
ashamed because in noWise eaves-droppng.
instance there college
dates One of them very girl
feet of clay
attractive school girl entertained
umbrella by TALL ank handsome
giving delightfully."- glowing
on land and for hundreds Of
When finally imagination
this attitude Tmdy
interesting haven't such ustous eighth
cousin of James"
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Americas noted contemporary writer's.
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Social Notes of Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Capital
Sonora de Espil Entertains for
Children at Hot Springs;
Henry w. Tafts Are Hosts

Argentine Ambassador
the Hot entertained the
during the daughter stlweu
Marjorie
Miss Susie Ingalls, Carolyn Philn
oulH MI justin stevenson MI waiter watson 3D. Mr. Trevor
Wright, Ewing Philbn
Miss swe brother guests party
which Miss Polly ingalls, Saturday
dinner and an oldfashioned square dance.
The japanese the ranking
guests dinner
many years Mi TAFT is brother OF the late former President William
Howard Taft.
The Ambassador went to White SULPHUR
Springs the latter part OF July to remain until
The Minister of Rumania Mr. Radu 1rmescu is returning dv
to Washington after stay in New York While there
at the Ritz-Carton
The Assistant Secretary Johnson was among
those the party yesterday saona
Mathau arrived stopping
the Wardman Park Hotel With Harry
Athens and Maj Benjamin T. Anukewicz
abroad recently to accompany the
Representative Joseph E. Casey has returned to his anrmnt at
the Shoreham in
adjournment Congress Repntatve and Mrs. baus e
their nome in
Helverng wife of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has Washington
Midwest and accompanied
Marysvl Kans who will be her guests At the
Mayower while Helver-
ing made the trip West with his
in advance of her arrival yesterday
Mrs Koesers who Mr. and
Mrs Delivering at the Myower has been abroad
will New
Secretary of War Harry H Woodrng
r and their son. Samuel r are
now in residence the Colesvie Spring Capt
Harris with his family his Washington recently
from Montgomery, Ala
Mrs James " Bennett Prisons
with their daughter Miss Ann Bennett
have returned Washington spent touring
the West Coast and the national
Bennett also has returned after spending camp
Virginia mountains.
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Weddings of Interest
Miss Betty Jane Malcolm Is Bride
Of William Franklin Mills, Jr.

The wedding of Miss Betty Jane
Malcolm. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald c. Malcolm of this city, and
Mr. William Franklin Mills, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mills. also of WASH
ington, took place last evening at
7:30 o'clock. The Rev. DR.. Reginald
A. Stone performed the ceremony at
the Lincoln Road Methodist Church,
which was decorated with palms
and ferns and baskets of white glad
ioi, lilies and asters.
Mrs. Margaret Harry was the
organist and Mrs. John l.. Rodgers,
Jr., sang.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a gown of
white satin cut on princess lines with
puffed sleeves. sweetheart neckline
and buttons down the back. The
f1ngertip-length veil was held by a
coronet of orange blossoms, and the
bride carried a shower bouquet of
white roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Marian Wilson of this city
was maid of honor and she wore an
aqua a-color gown of net, made with
pulled sleeves and cut on becoming
lines. She carried an arm bouquet
of roses.
Mr.. Earl Burgess was best man,
and the ushers were Mr.. Edward
Shipley and Mr. Aubrey Burgess,
all of Washington.
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Arthur Ray Cookers
Are Back From
Wedding Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ray Coker,
whose marriage took place July Z,
have returned from their wedding
trip to the New York Worlds Fair
and to the home of the bridegroom's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Coker
at Easley, S. c. The couple are
making their home at 1912 w street
Sc.
Mrs. Coker is the former Miss
Dorothy E. Ohm, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Ohm of this city.
The marriage took place at the
home Of the brides parents and was
performed by the Rev. Boorde. Miss
Nancy May Young played the we'd
ding music.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a white net
dress with long train and a veil
of silk net bordered with rare lace
A tiara of seed pearls held the veil
The bride carried white roses and
gypsophila.
Miss Marian Ohm was her sisters
maid of honor and wore blue net
dress embroidered with pink flowers.
She carried pink gladioli and wore a
halo of the same flowers.
Mr.. G. w. Ohm, jr., the brides
brother, was best man, and the
ushers were Mr.. E. Ohm. another
brother of the bride, and Mr.. j. R.
Wathen of Compton. Md
A reception at the home of the
brides parents followed the cere-
mony, and was attended by about
IS guests, including the bride
groom's mother and his nieces, Miss
Patsy league and Miss Kathleen
league.
For travelling the bride wore a
white silk dress with white acces-
sories and leghorn hat.
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& Underwood Photo.

were Mrs. w. lockwood Gibbs and
Mrs. Edward A. Jones.
Mrs. Hilary P. Jones and Mrs.
John H. Gibbons are at the Asticou
Inn at Northeast Harbor, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F. Cahill are
stopping at the Malvern at Bar Har-
Dor, Me, and at the same hotel is
Mr.. Philip Tumulty.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bean will
leave tomorrow for New York to
spend several days visiting the
Worlds Fair, after which they will
join party of friends in Cleveland
for yachting trip on Lake Erie.
Continued on Page BAD
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Miss Lois Bates
Engaged to
Mr.. Kline

Mr.. George Newcomb Bates
announces the engagement of his
sister, Miss Lois Bates, to Mr..
Philip Sherwood Kline, son of
DR.. and Mrs. Walter L. Kline of
Chevy Chase, Md. Miss Bates Is
the daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. John Edward Bates.
The wedding will take place
September at the Sixth Pres
byterian Church.
Miss Bates attended the Ma
tional Cathedral School for
Girls and Connecticut College,
and is now attending George
Washington University.
Mr.. Kline was graduated from
Cornell University and is now a
medical student at George Wash
lngton University.
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Residential Social News
MIR. and Mrs. Syme Expected
Home Around September l

The former corporation counsel
for the District of Columbia. Mr..
Conrad H. Syme, and Mrs. Syme,
with Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Boles, who
have spent some weeks with Miss
Lilly Hunter of Kentucky at her
cottage at Cotuit. Mass, are ex-
pected home around September l.
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman enter
tanned at luncheon at the South
ampton Beach Club yesterday for
Mrs. William A. Scully, who is spend
ing the summer at Islip, Long Is
land.
Mrs. Charles H. Wright enter
tanned the Richmond Garden Club
yesterday at her summer home in
Pittsheld, Mass. At the tea table
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Alice Elizabeth Kagle, to Mr.. Will
liam ]. Fierstein, jr. son of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Fierstein of Bla-
densburg, Md.
The wedding will take place Sat-
,urday in the Whitfield Methodist
Church at Lanham.
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Miss Aileen Harris
PartY Hostess

Miss Aileen Havlin Harris.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Harris, entertained last evening at a
buffet dinner party for her house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Price of
Phoenix. AriZ
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Miss Alice Kagle
To Be Bride

Mr.. and Mrs John c. Kagle of
Lanham, Md. have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
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brimmed felt off-the-face hat. Her
corsage was of gardenias.
Mr.. Beverly had Mr.. Rixey Smith
secretary to Senator Glass of Vir-
glnia, as his best man.
The Rev. Robert Gamble of the
Christ Episcopal Church of Nor
folk performed the ceremony.
Following the ceremony there
was reception at which Mrs. John
son, mother of the bride, and Mrs
Beverley, mother of the bridegroom
assisted. The suite was decorated
with gladioli, white roses, ferns and
palms.
After returning from their we'd
ding trip around the middle of Au-
gust, Mr. and Mrs. Beverley will live
at Colonial Village, Arlington, Va.
The bride is a graduate of Ar
lington Hall Junior College, Wash
ington.
Mr.. Beverley is a graduate OF
Shenandoah Valley Academy. Win
chester, Va, and attended the
American Institute of Banking at
Washington. He is great-great-
grandson of Chief Justice John
Marshall and related to the Byrd
and Carter families of Virginia He
is now an assistant national bank
examiner under the controller of
the currency with Washington as
his headquarters
The guests attending the wedding
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Simm Johnson
and Miss Clara Louise McWilliams
of Huntington, w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Henry Carter Beverley
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Beverley. jr.
and Mr.. Columbus Beverley of Alex
andria, Va: 1t. and Mrs. Welby
Beverley of Fort Hoyle, Md; Mr. and
Mrs. Rixey Smith of Graceland
Vienna, Va: Col. and Mrs Charles
H. Consolvo of Norfolk, Va Mrs
Nina Carter Tabb of Middleburg
Va; Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. McMullen of
Washington. Mr.. Charles Henry
Smith of Alexandria, Va; Mrs. Mary
Boyd and her daughter, Miss Mary
Boyd. of Virginia Beach, Va; Miss
Frances Proctor of Cincinnati, Miss
Betty johnson of Norfolk, Va; Mr..
A. L. McCardell, jr. of Frederick,
Md: Mr.. Upton S. Martin of Rich
mond, Va; Mr.. John Eddy of VIM
chester, Va; Mr.. Jack Scott of Alex
andria, Va, and Mr.. Harold Fergu-
son of Hllntinpton w Va
After the reception the wedding
party attended dinner party given
by Mrs. Mary Boyd at the Dundee,
Virginia Beach, Va. and after the
dinner party the bride and BRIDE
groom left on their wedding trip.
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Bethesda and Nearby
Residential Activities
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bachrach
ToLeave for Camp in Rockies;
Rev. and Mrs. Williams in Maine

Mr. and Mrs Walter Bcrach of Edgmoor have left
camping trip in the Rockies Their includes
Northern which into the
mountains They will Day.
The Joseph Williams Williams
have Maine August with their
Larson
homestead
Miss Mildred Williams the daughter
Williams will Virginia Beach for her vacation with
Beatrice Williams
Mr. and Mrs j. Fred Barkey have been
Finger Lakes section nearly
correspondent York Times
are their home in
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MIR. and Mrs. Clarv
On Vacation Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clary of
Chevy Chase, Md, left yesterday for
an extended vacation trip to the
New England States. They are
spending the week end with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Freeman Clary, in Philadel-
phia. They will leave tonight to be
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Anderson in Plainfield, N. j., and
after several days there and in New
York they will 60 to Wonalanset, N.
H., for a fortnights stay before re-
turning to Chevy Chase.
En- route to Wonalanset they will
visit relatives in Boston and in
Laconia, N. H.
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Go to Hot SPRINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Littleton
OF Chevy Chase, Md, are in Hot
Springs, Va, for a weeks stay.
Before returning to Chevy Chase,
Mr.. and Mrs. Littleton will motor
to Wisconsin to visit Mrs. Little
tons mother and sister.
Mrs. Paul Gormley motored to
Hot Springs with Mr.. and Mrs.
Littleton and will be their guest
during their stay there.
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On Southern Cruise

Mr.. A. Sinclair Blackford, jr., of
Arlington, Va, spent several days
at the New York Worlds Fair be-
fore going to Baltimore to sail on
cruise to Savannah, Jacksonville,
st. Augustine and Miami. After
his return he and his sister, Miss
Priscilla Blackford, will spend a
week end with friends in Atlantic
City.
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Return From Beach

Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Wrenn
have returned to their home here
after Today stay in Atlantic City.
They were accompanied by their
daughter, Mrs. Richard G. CAN'T,
and their son and daughter-in law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Wrenn of Colonial
Village, Va,
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Arrive in France

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Feland and
DR.. and Mrs. Wade H. Atkinson
have arrived in Royat, France
where they will be for some time
Mr.. and Mrs. Feland closed their
apartment in the Cordova and with
DR.. and Mrs. Atkinson sailed July
10 on the President Roosevelt tc
spend the midsummer in Europe.
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Francis wore navy blue sheer print
dress with white accessories and an
orchid corsage.
Upon their return they will be at
home at 4515 Burlington place NV.
MIR. and Mrs. Milton Stein
On Wedding Trip.

The marriage of Miss Isabelle Ma
dell, daughter of Mrs. Deborah Ma
dell of New York City. and Mr.. Mil
ton Stein, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Stein of this city. took place Sum
day afternoon. July 30, in the vestry
rooms of the Adas Israel Synagogue
The ceremony was held at 2 o'clock,
followed by reception for the i'm
mediate families Rabbi Solomon
Metz and Cantor Movie oficiated.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother -in-law, Mr..
Aaron Weisel, wore a powder blue
chalk crepe dress trimmed in alencon
lace and steel beads. Her hat was a
turban of royal blue and cyclamen
velvet pansies with long face veil
of royal blue. Accessories of cycla-
men color completed the ensemble
She wore shoulder corsage of pur-
pie orchids.
The bridegroom had for his best
man his brother, Mr.. David B. Stein.
Master Alan Levinson, nephew of
the bridegroom. was ring bearer.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Stein started on their wedding
trip to Asbury Park. N. j.. and the
New York World Fair. The brides
golng-aWay costume was a cycla-
men-color crepe suit with which she
wore matching accessories.
Mrs. Nadell, mother of the bride.
wore a black and white print with
a coat OF marquisette. She wore a
white hat and a corsage of gar
denias.
Mrs. Stein, mother of the BRIDE
groom, wore sheer black costume
trimmed in ashes of roses. with a
large black hat with a veil of ashes
of roses and her corsage was of gar
denias.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stein will be at home
at the La Sale Apartments after
August 20.
Miss Lois Ruth johnson Wed
To Mr.. Marshall ]. Beverley.
The marriage of Miss Lois Ruth
Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simm johnson of Huntington, w.
Va, to Mr.. Marshall Jones Beverley.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Henry
Carter Beverley of Alexandria, Va,
took place at 4 o'clock yesterday at
the Monticello Hotel. Norfolk, Va,
in the suite of Col. Charles H. Con-
solvo.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore dauphine
blue suit trimmed in tipped skunk
on the front of the jacket and pock-
cts. Her corsage was of white
orchids.
Miss Clara Louise McWilliams of
Huntington. W. Va, was the brides
only attendant. She wore a ma
tural wool fitted suit and a wide
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Midsummer
Weddings
OF Interest
Miss Evelyn Ayers
Becomes Bride of
Mr.. Campbell
Continued From First Page. }

Bullock of Rocky Mount, N. c.,
to Mr.. Howard Brock, son of Mrs.
Eulilie Brock of Panama City, Fla,
took place Saturday afternoon. July
Is, at 430 in the Columbia Heights
Christian Church, the Rev. Arthur
P. Wilson officiating Mr.. James
Waldo sang Il Love You Truly" and
20, Promise Me-" accompanied by
Mrs. Lester Barrett, who played the
wedding marches. Palms and can
delabras were used to decorate the
church. Mr.. Dwight Edward Shytle,
cousin of the bride, gave the bride in
marriage.
The bride was becomingly gowned
In an embroidered mouseline de
sole, with square neckline and
puffed sleeves. The full skirt had a
deep founce at the bottom, and her
Illusion veil was held by a wreath
OF orange blossoms. She wore white
lace mits and carried an old-fash-
ioned shower bouquet of white bri-
dal roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Dwight Edward Shytle was
matron of honor. Her dress of Law
ender dotted swiss was fashioned
after the brides. She wore a pink
sash, and her pink shoulder-length
veil was held by tiara of flowers.
She carried an old-fashioned pou-
quet OF white carnations and Law
ender straw flowers.
Miss OZell DoZier of Silver Spring,
Md, and Miss Mary Aline Riley
OF Pittsburgh, Pa, were bridesmaids
They were dressed in similar gowns
of blue dotted swiss, fashioned after
the brides, with pink sashes and
pink shoulder-length wells held by
q tiara of flowers, and their old
fashioned bouquets were of white
carnations and blue straw flowers.
Little Miss Barbara Shytle was the
flower girl. She was dressed in
pink dotted swiss fashioned after
brides, with blue sash, and wore
blue illusion veil held by a wreath
of orange blossoms. She carried
small old-fashioned bouquet of
white roses and blue straw flowers.
Mr.. Robert Price of Washington
was best man. and the ushers in
cluded Mr.. Edward Cash of Silver
Spring; Mr.. Eugene Brees, Mr..
Eustace Fields of Washington, and
Mr.. Raleigh Sheffield of Panama
City, Fla. The reception was held
at the home of Mrs. Shytle,
at Silver Spring. The brides mother
received the guests assisted by the
bridegroom's mother
Mrs. Bulluck's gown was of blue
lace, and her corsage bouquet was
Of pink roses and blue corn flowers.
Mrs. Brock wore an old rose chif-
fon, with corsage bouquet of pink
roses and blue corn flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs Brock left later for
a wedding trip to Capon Springs. w.
Va, the bride wearing a powder
blue congo cloth suit, with white
accessories. After August l they
will be at home in the Keystone
Apartments.
Mrs. Brock is a graduate of Rocky
Mount High School and Business
School. She is a member of the
Beta Chi Sorority and now holds
a position in the Department of
Interior. Mr.. Brock is a student at
Southeastern Law School and is now
employed in the Department of In
terror.
Out-of-town guests included Miss
Patty Bulluck, Miss Edith Smith
and Mrs. Carl Bateman of Rocky
Mount, N. c., and Mrs. C.. B. NASH
burn of Farmville. N. c.
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Miss Mildred Payne
Married to Mr.. James Francis


Miss Mildred Payne. daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. William L. Payne of
Glenelg, Md. and Mr. James Francis
Of this city were married Saturday
June II at o'clock in the Maryland
Avenue Baptist Church, the Rev. w.
A. Emmans officiating.
The church was decorated with
palms as background for assorted
summer flowers. The brides gown
was of white lace, made on princess
lines with long, close fitting sleeves.
Her veil was of tulle and lace, held
by a cluster of orange blossoms
She carried a shower bouquet of
white roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Leroy S. White was matron of
honor for her sister Her pale blue
gown was made with a tight bodice
and long f1aring skirt. She carried
a bouquet of pink roses and wore a
tiara of fresh pink flowers tied with
a pink velvet bow in her hair.
Mrs. Mildred Wilcher and Miss
Eleanor Simone were the other at
tendants. Their gowns were pink.
made like that of the matron of
honor, with tiaras of fresh flowers
and blue velvet bows in their hair,
bouquets of pink roses and blue del
phinium.
Mr.. Eugene L. Payne, brother of
the bride, gave his sister in marriage.
Mr.. William Francis was best man
for his brother. The ushers were
the Messrs. Preston Payne, Ted King
and Al Jarvis.
A reception at the home of the
brides sister followed the ceremony
The bridegroom's aunt, Mrs. Heron
Todd, with whom he lived, wore
white lace and the brides mother
wore blue lace.
When Mr.. Francis and his bride
left for a trip to Canada, Niagara
Falls and the Worlds Fair. Mrs.