Evening star., 1943-05-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Remsen are
entertaining at a tea this afternoon.
from 5 until 7 o'clock, al their home
in Takoma Park, Md, in honor of
Miss Genevieve Stever of Windder.
Pa, whose marriage to their son,
Mr.. John M. Remsen, will take place
in August. Miss Stever has come
from GibbstoWn. N. j., where she is
employed with the Du Pont COM
pany, and is spending the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Remsen, who are
taking this opportunity to introduce
their sons fancee to their friends.
The bridegroom-elect is chemical
in Du Pont plant in Terre
Haute, Ind, and is unable to be
present at today's party.
Alternating at the tea table will
be Mrs R. G. Sherburne. Mrs. H. E.
Allanson and Mrs. Charles E. Ferry
of Takoma Park and Mrs. E. C.
Powell of Aspen. Those who have
been asked to assist are Miss Ida
Fisher of Springfield, Mass, who is
spending the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Durward
Fisher, Miss Joan Schearrer, who is
spending the summer vacation at
Penn State with her parents, the
Rev. R. Paul Schearrer and Mrs.
Schearrer and Miss Betty Ann Rich
ards, who is home from the Uni
versity of Richmond.
Graduation exercises at the United
States Military Academy are taking
several families from Takoma Park
and Silver Spring to West Point this
week end. Mrs. Clarence Walter
wife of Col. Richmond,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Emma Ferris and her son, Robert
Richmond, are leaving Silver Spring
today to attend the graduation exer-
clSes on Tuesday at West Point.
when her older son. Cadet Clarence
Walter Richmond, jr.. will be COM
missioned in the Army.
On the following day they will at
tend Cadet Richmonds marriage to
Miss Moreno Devereaux Mccarthy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. NC
Carthy of Larchmont, N. Y, which
will take place in the Holy Trinity
Chapel at West Point. The wedding
date will also mark the 23d birthday
anniversary of Cadet Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G.. Mitchell
of Takoma Park are leaving today
for West Point, where their son,
Cadet Walter G. Mitchell, jr., will
be graduated Tuesday. Cadet
Mitchell, who will receive his COM
mission in the Army, will return to
Takoma Park with his parents Tues
day night and remain here until aft
er his wedding to Miss Jeanne So
renson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Sorenson of Washington,
June l6, at Walter Reed Chapel.
Another Takoma Park family who
will attend the closing exercises at
West Point is Mr. and Mrs. Wall
lace c. Magathan and their daugh-
ter, Miss Barbara Magathan, who
left yesterday for the Military Acad-
emy where Cadet Wallace c. Maga-
than, il, Will be graduated. They
will be joined in New York by an
other daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Magathan, who will come from
Evanston, Ill, where she is sopho-
more at Northwestern University,
and a younger son David. who will
graduate June 9 from Valley Forge
Military Academy.
Returning the early part of this
week to Silver Spring from Florida
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Paul R. MattiX,
who attended the graduation of
their son, Paul R. Mattix, jr., yes
terday from the Administrative Air
Force Officers Candidate School at
Miami Beach. They are accom-
panied on the trip by Miss Ann Lykes
Of Wynnewood Park, Pa. who is at
tending the University of MARYLAND.