Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-07

Mrs. Edward Alvey Wright will
arrive In Brookdale today from
Richmond, to be the guest Of her
grandson, 1t. Comdr. e. A. Wright,
and Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Wright will be here for sew
eral weeks and during her visit she
will have an opportunity to renew
her acquaintance with some of her
former Richmond friends now nv-
ing in Washington.
Mrs. Wright has lived in Rich
mond during her entire life. She
was small girl at the time ofsthe
Civil War and has many interesting
stories to tell Of the Civil War period.
Comdr. Wright's wife will give q
luncheon for her husbands grand
mother next Wednesday. Among
her guests at the luncheon will be
Mrs. j. M. Furnas who Is leaving
Brookdale soon to make her home
in New York. Mr.. Furnas has been
in New York for some time, having
been transferred there in connection
with his work for the War Depart
ment.
Another party on next weeks So
cial calendar is the dinner Satur-
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold K. Beck on Burning Tree
road, Bradley Hills.
Bradley Hills residents have been
making feature of neighborhood
parties now that they are all SO
far from the main lines of trans
portation and the dinner at the
Beck home is one Of several given
In the community during the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beck are to leave
for their farm near Aide, Va, as
soon as the weather Is favorable
for farm work. Mrs. Beck, who was
a landscape architect In prewar
days. plans to have large vege-
table garden this year and she ex-
poets to spend nearly all her time
at the farm after April /. Mr.. Beck
win also spend part Of the summer
at Aide.
Mrs. Victoria Garrett Cowan has
come from McEwen, Tenn, to stay
with her son, Col. Edward Garrett
Cowan, and Mrs. Cowan in Drum
mond for the late winter and early
spring.
Mrs. Jesse E. Swigart's niece, Mrs.
Richard Eldred, who has been Mrs.
Swigart's guest in Somerset for the
past week has gone to Petersburg,
Va, to stay for the remainder Of
the winter. Although Mrs. Eldred'S
home has been Pacific Grove, Calf. =,
for some time, her mother, Mrs.
w. A. Ough. was one Of the early
residents of Somerset. The former
home of the Ough family on Cum
berland avenue is now occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. william B. Horne.
Mrs. Jerome G. Shear of Battery
Park Is spending few weeks with
her son, Mr.. Jerome G. Shear, IT,,
and Mrs. Shear, in Springfield, Pa.
Mrs. Robert Williams has gone to
Fort Sill, Okla, to join Corp. Will
liams, who is now In the officers
training school there. Corpl. Will
liams IS the son Of Rev. Joseph E.
williams, rector Of st. Johns
Church, Bethesda, and Mrs. Will
liams.
Word has been received from Miss
Bettina Bien, the Bethesda girl, who
went to South America q few weeks
ago, that she has arrived In La
Par, Bolivia. She will serve Is In
terpreter and secretary In the Bo-
Nvian ONCE Of the Board Of Eco
nomic Warfare.
Miss Bien Is the daughter Of Ar
chitect v. T. H. Bien and Mrs. Bien.
Her sister, the former Miss Phillida
Bien, whose marriage to 1t. Landon
D. Walker took place recently in
Yuma, Ariz., has returned to Be-
thesda and IS with her father and
mother at their home on Cedar
lane while 1t. Walker is on duty
with the armed forces.
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