Evening star., 1943-10-03
Takoma Park.SiIaer Spring
Parties Given for Brides>Elect
AS Wedding Days Draav Near

Nef of Beverly Hills, Calf, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Neff, who have been residents of
Takoma Park for a number of years,
Mrs. Ira r. Devonald of Arlington,
Va, will entertain at a cocktail
party this afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w Vincent Bour on Military
road. Miss Neff came here several
weeks ago for her marriage to Mr..
Nelson G.. Barnhart of Washington
at the Washington Cathedral on
Tuesday. Mrs. Devonald, who is
to be an attendant at the wedding,
was co-hoSteSS earlier in the week
with Mrs. James Haley of Airing
ton at the home of the latter for
the bride-elect.
Tomorrow evening Mrs Thomas
A. Rice, who is to be Miss Nef S
matron of honor, will entertain at
dinner at the WeStcheSter for
members of the bridal party. The
former Miss Ruth McCrory of Ia
koma Park, Mrs. Rice has come here
from Flagstaff, Ariz., where her
husband, Capt. Rice, is stationed,
for the wedding. Prominent in COL
lege, club and musical circles here,
Miss Neff has been sketch artist
with motion picture studio in Cali
fornia for the past five years.
Miss Ozelle Dozier daughter of
Mrs. Nellie K. Dozier of Silver
Spring, whose marriage to 1t. Dom
aid James McNaSsor will take place
October 13. was feted at a surprise
personal shower Friday evening at
the home of Mrs. Horace Peyton
Luckett of Silver Spring. CO.
hosteSses with Mrs. Luckett were
Mrs. Lauman T. Faulconer and Mrs.
Jeanne Bale. More than 40 guests
attended the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Stacy
of Montgomery Hill have gone to
Frederick, Okla, where they are
attending the graduation exercises
of their son, 1t Erie Marshall
Stacy, as bomber pilot. 1t was
originally planned that their sons
flancee, Miss Virginia Myrick, and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Fullilove Myrick of Silver Spring,
would accompany them and that
the marriage Of 1t. Stacy and Miss
Myrick would take place in Fred
erick. Last-minute changes in or
ders, however, indicate that 1t |
Stacy will be granted sufficient leave
to come East for his wedding, so the
bride ELECT and her parents are re-
manning here to make arrangements |
for the wedding in Silver Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c. JAMS and |
their daughter, Miss Joan JAMS, |
have with them over the week end at /
their home in Silver Spring Mr.. |
Donald j. Kennedy of Chicago,
whose marriage to Miss Jams will |
take place this month. Mr.. Ken
nedy is stationed at the amphibian
base at Little Creek. Va. Miss
JAMS was given a shower recently
by employees at the British Air Com
mission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Tasco Davis
have visiting them at their home in
Forest Glen their son, 1t. d. g. Roy
T. Davis, jr, who is on leave after
spending two years in South Amer
ica.
Mrs. w. C. Pruitt of Silver Spring
is spending several days in New
York visiting her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Pvt. and Mrs. William
c. Pruitt
1t. Col. and Mrs Henry B. Hoh-
man and their two children have
moved from Silver Spring to Miami.
Mrs. William Peters of Roscoe, N.
Y, has arrived to visit her sister,
Mrs. J. Maynard Linthicum of Ia
koma Park, and to spend some time
with her father, Mr.. Frank Frisbie,
at his farm, Phar Oaks, near Laurel
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Elkins are
again in their home in Woodside
Park after visiting their son, Yeo-
man Harry B. Elkins, in New York,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Pike in
Katonah, N. Y.
1t. and Mrs. Leslie Hewitt have
moved from Silver Spring to Ocean
View, N j., where 1t. Hewitt will
be stationed.
Mr.. and Mrs. owsley vose of
Park have with them for
the week end the latter's brother,
Cadet Walter P. Maner, jr, of Lam
sing, Mich, who is stationed at the
Officers Training School at Camp
Lee, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald K. Staley en-
tertained at bridge last evening at
their home in Silver Spring in cele-
bration of Mrs. Staley's birthday an
niversary.