Evening star., 1941-12-07
Silver Spring
And TakOna
Social Notes
Number of Families
Preparing to Spend
Holidays Away

A number of families IN the Ia
koma Park-Silver Spring area are
planning to spend the Christmas
holidays at distant points with their
relatives and others will observe the
Yuletide with vacations in the far
South. Although several have already
made their departure the majority
are leaving within the next week
or 10 days.
Celebrating at a pre-ChrlStmaS
party before their departure Tor
Memphis, Tenn. to spend the holl-
days with relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben c. Patton entertained a group
of their friends at cocktails last eve
ming at their Silver Spring home.
Mrs, Patton and their three children,
Edna Lois, Mary Lou and Ben, Jr.,
will leave this week for Memphis
to visit her mother, Mrs. j. w. Shep-
herd, and Mr.. Patton will join them
before the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Burke Knapp OF
Takoma Park will leave next week
end for Portland, Greg, where they
will visit Mr.. Knapp's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph B. Knapp. until
after the first of the year. Before
returning here they will spend
short time with his grandmother,
Mrs. l.. H. Pinkham, at Spokane
Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Post OF Ia
koma Park will leave Tuesday for
Mexico. where they will visit Mexico
City and other points until Janu-
sry l.
Mrs. Ralph E. WOmac
Visiting in Memphis.
Mrs. Ralph E. Womac of Silver
Spring has gone to Memphis. Tenn,
to visit her mother, Mrs. G. w. Estes,
until after the holidays. She Will be
Joined for Christmas by her husband.
Mrs. John B. Robins of Crlsfleld.
who has been visiting her son ana
daughter Law, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Douglas Sears of North Woodside,
will leave the latter part OF this
week for the Eastern Shore, where
she will spend Christmas with her
other son. Mr.. Stanley Robins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin l. Harmon
of Silver Spring are planning TO
leave this week for st. Petersburg
and other points in Florida, where
they will spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T, Pickett OF
Silver Spring and their three chill
dren, Tim, Jim and Molly, will spend
the holidays in Baton Rouge. La,
with Mrs. Picketts parents, MI. and
Mrs. Jasper Ewing.
Also planning to spend Christmas
out of town is Mrs. Ernest F. Barnes
of Takoma Park, who will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Clark
of Tampa. Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Horan
of Takoma Park will leave the
middle of this month for Florida.
where they will remain until spring,
Mrs. Bertha n. YearSley
Leaves for California.
Mrs. Bertha N. Yearsley of Ia
koma Park left last week with her
daughter. Mrs. Nelson Murray OF
San Diego, Calf, to spend two
months with Mrs. Murray and her
husband at their home on the West
Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Joseph Carr and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Meyers ell
tertained last evening at the nome
of the former in honor of the Off
GERS of the local chapter Of the
Eastern Star and their husbands.
The party. held in the Cars recrea-
ton room, was attended by about
so guests.
Among those who entertained over
the week end were Mrs. H. E. Alar-
son. who gave a bridge luncheon
Friday; Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Sears,
who were hosts at bridge last eve
ming at their North Woodside home;
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. AXtell, who gave
the second in a series of dessert
bridge parties last evening, and Mr..
and Mrs. r. R. Pailthorp and Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Remsen. who are
giving a series of Saturday evening
bridge parties.
Mrs. Everett Smith Cofran Of Sill
yer Spring left Thursday for New
York, where she is spending 10 days
visiting her sister. Mrs. Cyril Cox
She Will be joined over the ap-
preaching week end by her hus-
band.
Also in New York City are Mr..
and Mrs. Frank J. Hopkins of Ia
koma Park, who left yesterday to
spend a few days there
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mullen and
their family have moved from Wash
ington and are now in residence in
Burnt Mills Hills. They are occupy
ing the former home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Trultt.
Mr.. and Mrs R. L. H Jones are
returning today to their Takoma
Park home from a Today trip TO
Florida.
Guatemala shipped more than o.
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