Evening star., 1943-01-17

Mr.. and Mrs. G, Russell Shetterly
were hosts last evening at their
Silver Spring home at delightfully."-
arranged buffet dinner party. Guests
arrived by streetcar and bus and to
accommodate those who came from
Arlington, Va, and would find it
difficult to get home late at night
under the present pleasure driving
restriction arrangements were made
to have them remain for the week
end at the Shetterly home. During
the evening colored pictures of
Colorado. which is the home State
of the hosts and most of those
present. were shown.
Mrs. Fred H. Leake, mother Of the
hostess, who makes her home with
the Shetterlys, assisted in enter
tanning the guests. They included
the Assistant Secretary Of the In
terror and Mrs. Oscar l.. Chapman,
Senator and It. Edwin c. john
son, Miss Pauline Sullivan, Miss
Eleanor Dennison and Miss Hildreth
Bond, all of Washington; 1t. Ray
Sawyer, u. S. A, and Mrs. Sawyer,
Miss Irene Barr and Mrs. Virginia
Pearson of Arlington; Mr., and Mrs.
Richard C. Palmer and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Shetterly of Silver
Spring and Miss Pauline Hardy and
Mr.. Neal Hathaway of College Park.
Another interesting affair given in
Silver Spring last evening was a
welcome-home party at which Mr..
and Mrs. Milton J. Pike entertained
in honor of their son, MI. John
Robert Pike, who is home on a short
furlough from the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station. Young Mr.,
Pike is yeoman, third class.
The party was attended by about
rs friends and relatives, among
whom was Miss Edith Benneche of
New York, aunt of the honor guest,
who came here for the occasion.
Also among the guests were mem
bers of Boy Scout Troop 2l2, of
which Mr.. Pike was a former men,
ber. He also was assistant Scout
commissioner for Montgomery
County, the youngest Scout ever to
hold that honor. A buffet supper
was served at the close Of the eve
ning's festivities.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Russell Andrus
and their three children have moved |
from Woodside and are now in resi- |
dence at COZ Woodside parkway in
Silver Spring Formerly in mis- !
sionary work in Burma, DR.. Andrus |
taught for u years in Judson Col |
lege and at Rangoon University
there. After Pearl Harbor he and |
his family returned to Washington |
and he now is with the United !
States Government as an economist. |
DR.. and Mrs Andrus have with |
them Maj Richard Buker of the
u. S. Medical Corps, an old friend |
with whom they were associated in |
their missionary activities in |
Burma. Maj. Andrus is stationed at
the Walter Reed Medical Center at
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Rykerd of
Wheaton are leaving today for St.
Petersburg. Fla, where they will
spend three months.
Among those who left during the
past week for vacations in the sunny
South are Mrs. John Dietz and her
two children, Brian and Brenda, of
Silver Spring, who will spend six
weeks in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, and
Mrs. George Harrington and her
mother, Mrs. Joseph j. Mawhinney
of Takoma Park, who have gone to
Miami. They also plan to spend
some time in Atlanta, where Capt. |
Harrington, U. S. A, Is stationed,
before returning here in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Thompson,
accompanied by their four children,
have returned from New York,
where they had been residing about |
q year. and are in residence again in !
their former home at 8608 Cedar !
street, Silver Spring. Mr.. Thompson
was transferred to New York with |
the HOLC.
Mrs. Ralph A. Wells of Silver |
Spring is spending much of her time |
in Annapolis, where she is attending
the biennial session of the Mary
land Legislature, to which she was
elected member of the House of
Delegates last fall. She is spending
week ends in Silver Spring with her
husband and son David.
Mrs. E. G. Vannoy will entertain
at luncheon and bridge Wednesday
at her home in Takoma Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Lucas
are now making their home at the
Piney Branch Apartments in Silver
Spring.
Miss Anne Kacy of Wynnewood