Evening star., 1944-01-30
Announcements
Engagements
Of Interest
In Capital

Society circles in a number of
communities will be interested in
the announcements today of en-
gagements that give promise of
weddings in the not too distant fu-
ture.
OF particular interest to Wash
ingtonians is the announcement
made today by Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Galiher of the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Kathryn May Cali
her, to 1t. q. g. Edward Turner,
who returned recently from two
years of duty in the Pacific war
theater and Is now stationed in
New York. The wedding is set for
February 19 and will take place in
the Walter Reed Memorial Chapel.
Miss Galiher is direct descend
ant of George Clymer, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and also of Peter Van
Woert, who was a prominent figure
in the days of the American Revolu-
ton.
The bride-elect was awarded the
Bachelor of Arts degree from Trim
ity College and has been registrar
of the school of law Of Columbus
University for the past two years.
1t. Turner is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bedford Hackett Turner of
Centreville, Md, and attended
Washington College at Chester
town, Md. He was graduated from
the Washington College of Law and
before entering the Navy was asso-
ciated with his brother, Capt. Bed
ford Hackett Turner, jr., who is
now with the Army Air Forces and
was formerly states attorney for
Queen Anne's County, and Associate
Judge William R. Horney of the I'd
judicial circuit of Maryland.
No date has been selected for the
wedding of Miss Marion Lovewell
Saunders and Aviation Cadet David
Harrington, u. S. NJ, whose engage
ment is announced by her parents,
Capt. Harold E. Saunders, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Saunders.
Cadet Harrington is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Harrington
of Highland Park, Ill, and a nephew
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Compton of
this city. He attended Yale Uni
versity and is at present training
at the Naval Air Station at Glen
view. Ill
Miss Saunders attended the Col
lege of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio,
and is now attending the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The engagement of Miss Florence
Carroll to DR.. Lawrence A. Pyle, jr.,
also attracts interest here as he is
a native of this city and the son of
Examiner Pyle of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and Mrs.
William Bradley.
Announcement of the engagement
Is made by the bride-elect's mother,
Mrs. Catherine Carroll of Boston.
She attended school in that city
and for the past three years has
made her home in Washington,
where her father, Mr.. Lewis Carroll,
is engaged in publicity work.
Dr. Pyle took his pre-medical
training at the University of Mary
land and received his degree at
Duke University, which was followed
by postgraduate work in surgery at
Emergency Hospital, where he re-
Gently was the resident surgeon.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
The engagement Of Miss Hilda
Irene Thomas to Mr.. Alfred Simp-
son Norton, U. S. N. R., is announced
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Watson Thomas
Miss Thomas received her edu-
cation in King George, Va, later
Strayer Business College,
and she is at present in the Office
of the Chief of Staff of the War
Mr.. Norton is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. William A. Norton and is a.
graduate of the University of Mary
land. He is now attending the
School of Medicine of the University
in Baltimore.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.