Evening star., 1946-04-04
June Weddings Are Planned

Nothing is so rare as a day in
June without a wedding. Announce
: ments of engagements are stepped
up as the bridal month approaches
and plans are made known.
One lovely June bride will be
Miss Joan Sayers, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Royd R. Sayers of George
town, who will wed 1t. Raymond N
Brown of the Army Medical Corps
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H.
Brown of Washington. Miss Sayers
is a graduate of st. Agnes Episco-
pal School and William and Mary
College. DR.. Brown finished George
Washington University Medical
= School in November, 1943. and be-
fore entering the Army in March
he was chief resident surgeon at
Garfield Memorial Hospital.
A June Wedding will also take
place for Miss Mary Ann Ferran-
dou and Walter J. Stoessel, jr. Miss
Ferrandou is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Henry Ferrandou
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and Mrs. Walter J. Stoessel of
Beverly Hills, Calf. A graduate
of Holton Arms School, she was in
troduced to Washington society in
l940. She also made a debut in
New Orleans at reception given
by her paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Henry Auguste Ferrandou. During
the war Miss Ferrandou was very
active in the Nurses Aid Corps of
the Red Cross
Mr.. StoesSel attended the Taft
School in Watertown, Conn: Lau-
same University in Switzerland,
and received his degree from STAN
ford University in 1941. Mr.. Stoes-
sci served as third secretary in the
American Embassy at Caracas,
Venezuela, and during the war he
was an officer in the United States
Naval Reserve. He is now on duty
in the Department of State, pend
ing assignment to post abroad.
OF interest in Washington is the
announcement of the engagement
of Miss Virginia Marie Webber,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.
Webber, to 1t. q. g. George F.
Hershey, son of Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, National Selective Service
Director. and Mrs. Hershey of Wash
ington. 1t. Hershey is a graduate of
Merchant Marine Academy at
Kingspoint, Long Island. and has
served SO months in Atlantic and
Pacific war zones. At present he is
on duty in the Pacific as Chief
Engineer of the APA President
Jackson. No date has been set for
the wedding.
The engagement of Ensign June
Meridith Ross to Mr.. John Walter
Hechinger is announced by the bride
elects parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
A. Ross of Jamaica, Long Island
Mr.. Hechinger is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney L. Hechinger of Wash
ington. Miss Ross is a graduate OF
the University of Michigan, and she
received her naval training at Smith
College. Mr. Hechinger graduated ir
the class of 1941 at Yale He re.
Gently served as a major in tn.
Army Air Corps in the C. B. I. thea.
ter. The wedding will take place ir
June, when Miss Ross expects to re-
ceive her discharge from the Navy
The engagement of Miss Frances
Thomas Briscoe to Mr.. John Casper
Schutt is announced by her mother
Mrs. Byron Freeland and Mr.. Free
land, Of Miami, Fla. Mr.. Schutt is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T
Schutt, also of Miami Miss Briscoe
is the daughter of the late DR.. John
Parran Briscoe of Washington and q
grandniece of DR.. William Sinclair
Bowen. She is a graduate of Mount
Vernon Seminary and a member o1
the Miami Junior League. M