Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-01
/ Saturnia 10 Sail
MAR. 9 With Brides
OF D. T.. Servicemen

Mrs. Roland Given, an English
girl who married an American SOL
dier and wore wedding dress made
out Of the parachute of a German
he had captured, will be one of the
foreign brides of soldiers from the
Washington area arriving here this
month.
Mrs. Given, the former MARY
Cooper of Acton, met her HUSBAND
at a service dance early in 1914
1t. Given subsequently went tt
France, Belgium and Germany
serving as an intelligence officer
with the 9Th Air Force. During the
Battle of the Bulge, when his unit
was at Fouron st. Pierre, Belgium
a German plane was shot down
nearby.
1t. Given captured the gunner
and his parachute. He turned the
gunner over to authorities. The
parachute he turned over to local
dressmaker and told her to fashion
wedding dress from it for Mary
Cooper. He married Miss Cooper
last June after getting back to Eng
land. He is 81; she, %.
Sails March 8.
Mr.. Given, now released from the
Army, is employed here at the
ticket office of Transcontinental and
Western Air. Inc. His home is at
l419 r street NV.
Mrs. Given will have plenty of
company on her voyage on the
Saturnia, which is reported to be
sailing from England March 9, with
TIA wives and children of American
servicemen. Another among them
headed for Washington is Mrs
Richard N. Bell, whose husband is
a former air corps captain, adjutant
OF a troop carrier squadron. He
served in North Africa, Sicily. Eng
land, France and Germany.
Mrs. Bells first name is Myflda
which is Welsh and pronounced
Mavida. During the war she trained
horses for the British Army, includ.
ing Guards horses for Buckingham
Palace and pack horses for the
Burma and Itali n theaters. Mr.
Bell, who lives at 1891 Twenty.
eighth street NV, hopes that she
will get here for her birthday ami.
versary. March is, when she will be
20.
Not "Horsey" Type.
He says: However it may appea,
to the contrary, my wife is not thu
horsey type" Still he is worried
about how she will feel about beine
restricted to morning canter ir
Rock Creek Park. Mr.. Bell got back
to this country last November. He
has never been on a horse in his life
Other Washington-bound bride.
reported to be on the Saturnia's pas.
senger list are Mrs. Eleanor Cas-.
tagna, wife of Pfc. Dominick S
Castagna of James Greek parkway
S.W.; Mrs. June H. Glover. wife Of
Maj. Joseph A. Glover, 1855 Grant
road NV; Mrs. Jessie M. Goodhue
wife OF Pfc. Leo U. Goodhue, 211s
Thirty second street Sc, and Mrs
Lillian M. Loftin, wife of TIA viii.
liam F. Loftin, 1911 King street
Alexandra, Va.
Bride Bringing Champagne.
Another future Washingtonian
Mrs. Sirnone Ballingsley, %, was re-
ported by the Associated Press to be
among $40 wives and children of
American soldiers who left Paris by
train yesterday for embarkation
ports. Mrs. Ballingsley carried
champagne and cognac for a re-
union celebration with her husband
Corpl. Richard E. Ballingsley. whom
she met outside Orleans on Liberia
ton Day.
Mrs. Ballingsley gave her hus-
bands address as 1853 Columbia
road NV, but check at the apart
ment house there revealed tenant
OF that name had moved away some
time ago and no new address was
available.