The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-03

Visitor Reveals
Miss Whiiworth 70 Wed
Mr.. Seward OF Panama


Complimenting Miss Jeanne
Whitworth who recently ar
rived from the Panama Canal
Zone for q months visit in Ia
coma. her mother. Mrs. O. c.
Whitworth OF Fife. and her
sister. Mrs. ]. u. Ferguson.
entertained Thursday evening
At the latter's home. Mrs.
Lucia Ferguson assisted the
hoStesseS.
Climax Of the evening wss
reached As guests followed =
travel game telling q the trip
taken up from Panama BY Miss
whltworth and Miss Maine
Waters. who IL visiting her par
ents IN Morton. During the game
a gandenia oorsags was given each
guest disclosing the engagement
Of Miss whitworth TO Mr.. George
Savard Of the Canal Zone. Tiny
envelopes tied to the eorssges
with silver ribbon contained q
heart shaped snapshot OF the en-
gagged couple and their names and
the date June" inscribed on the
enclosed card in silver.
Comes ~ Surprise
Announcement came ss a com
plete surprise to the friends who
gathered 70 welcome Miss Whit
worth home. A year ago she left
for a trip to the east coast via
the Panama Canal. During . stop
over in the Canal Zone she re-
oeived a civil service appointment
and has since been employed
there as secretary 10 the district
attorney In the Department OF
Justice. Miss Whitworth and Miss
Waters met in the Canal Zone
shortly thereafter and planned
their vacations together. Sailing
May 4. the girls visited Port au
Prince on the Island Of Haiti be-
fore proceeding to New York
where they remained for one week.
Enroute TO Chicago they stopped
at Dayton, Ohio. to spend several
days with Miss Whitworth's broth
er, Mr.. Don whitworth. who il an
aeronautical engineer employed at
Wright Field there. From Chicago
they continued across the United
States, arriving In Tacoma May
%.
A buffet supper was served from
a beautifully appointed table
covered with a lace cloth and cen
tered with flowers and candles in
pastel shades. Guests were seated
at small tables covered with elabo-
rately embroidered imported Ma
deira cloths which Miss whit
worth brought from Panama.
For her announcement party,
the guest OF honor wore block
printed crepe of white and fuchsia
tones. Mrs. Ferguson was gowned
in blue lace trimmed with net and
Mrs. Whitworth wore navy blue
marquisette figured with white
Attended c. r. q.
Miss Whitworth IL the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Whitworth
of Fife. She attended the College
of Puget Sound where she was
affiliated with Delta Alpha Gam
ma sorority. Prior TO leaving for
the Canal Zone last year she was
employed in Seattle.
Mr.. savard Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. savard Of the
Province Of Quebec. Canada. and
Is In business in the Canal Zone.
The new home will be established
in Panama City
Guests invited for the evening
were the Misses Helen Young.
Mary Westcott, Lois Bergey and
Thelma Hanson. M.sdsmes Donald
Macarthur, Dan Pryds. George
Dague. J. ID. shotwsll. Roy Case.
Roger Greenberg. Driving over
from Seattle were the Misses Lois
Dye. Clara Jones. Helen Rudy.
Esther Stoke. Mabel Hammer
and Mildred Anderson; from Nor
ton. Miss Waters. and from
Olympia, Mrs. James Frear.
During the evening Miss Whit
worth and Miss Waters showed
pictures and souvenirs brought