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Evening star., 1947-12-24
Luncheon Gipen
For DebHtantes

The Chevy Chase Club was very
gay at lunch time yesterday, with
three prominent Washington host
esses, Mrs. Francis w. Hill, jr.; Mrs
Edward L. Hillyer and Miss Anne
Tuohy, entertaining jointly for three
of the seasons debutantes, the
Misses Betty Jeanne Harrell, Nancy
Burdick and Annette Roberts, niece
of Mrs. Hill.
Seated at the table with the
hostesses were Mrs. Rudolph T. Har-
rell, Mrs. William F.. Burdick, Mrs
Edward L. Morrison, Mrs. Sidney
Kent Legare, Mrs. Marshall r
Diggs, Mrs. Harry Merring, Mrs
Francis Winslow, Mrs. William A.
Disque and Mrs. Thomas A. Walden
The debutantes' young contem-
poraries at the party were the
Misses Alberta Legare, Laura Wins
low, Ann fitzpatrick, Patricia Nor
gan, Nancy Smith, Margaret Wiley,
Dudley Nicolson, Louise Leahy, Jane
Walsh, Mary Elizabeth Blakeney,
Jane Hickenlooper, Ann Carter, Pa
tricia Emery, kathleen Rowe, Alice
Diggs, Betsy Mary de Sibour, Joan
Hitchcock, Nancy Dyer, Betty Kline,
Helen and Annie Willard, Mary Lee
Hodge, Mary Pearl Alexander, Bet
tie Warner, Frances Haynes, Sher-
rard Marthinson, Agnes Dunn, Ethel
Van Devanter, Eleanor Townsend,
Jane Merwin, Anne Rogers De-
vereaux, Evelyn Maddox, Margaret
Merriam, Edwina Pou Walden and
Mrs. Robert Brashears, sister of
Miss Roberts.
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ter, Miss Maria Ward Sheerin.
Guests in their home on Tracy
place were drawn from residential
circles, the older group having been
invited from to 6 the younger
crowd from 6 to o'clock.
There was, in fact, hardly time
for the rushed-off -their-feet young
set to change from afternoon to
evening clothes. The Triangle show
started promptly because , it was
teleVized by WMAL, the first time
any stage show in Washington has
been televized in its entirely. In
many cases the younger members of
a family watched the whole pro-
ceedings from within Lisner Audito-
rum while their parents sat at
home and turned on their television
sets.
Because of this too the dance at
the Sulgrave Club was well under
way by II o'clock. The club was as
Christmasy as possible. In addition
to the big trees on each floor, the
decoration motif for this party was
a candy cane against a background
OF Christmas greens. Candy canes
with big red bows on them were
strategically placed everywhere, in
Gliding one six feet high on the
first landing of the stairway! Over
the door to the ballroom hung a
large bunch Of mistletoe inclosed In
q sphere of red and white hoops and
on the dining room table, from
which late supper was served, re-
posed a large cellophane hatbox,
propped open and filled with red
and silver balls.
Mr.. Rapley stood for while In
the receiving line with his wife and
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Warden, Mrs. Harold Cummings,
Mrs. Jacquelin Marshall, Mrs.
Stephen Walter, Mrs. Francis Ayior
of Berryville, Va. and Miss Eliza
beth Durant Terrill of Chattanooga
Tenn, and the Misses Virginia and
Gertrude Lewis of Culpeper, cousins
of the debutante.
Miss Mary Ellen Morris of Buff
falo and Miss Antoinette Mayer of
Pittsburgh, classmates of Miss Du-
rant at Pine Manor, were among
those assisting the bud and her
other assistants were the Misses
Florence Holloman. Ann Carter
Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick, Alice
Diggs. Elizabeth Burbank and Yard
ley MinniX
Miss Durant is the daughter of
Mr.. Oliver Durant II and the
granddaughter of Mr.. John Grif-
fin Durant, both of Culpeper, and
the great granddaughter of Mr.
Oliver Durant, formerly promi-
nent Western mining man.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Miss Edith Roslyn Rotto, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Rotto Of this
city, was married Monday, Decem.
ber Is, to Mr.. Norton Penturn, sor
OF Mrs. John Penturn of Toronto
The ceremony took place in the
Chinese Room of the Mayf1ower
with Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld
officiating.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her father, the bride wore an
ivory satin gown and cap Of old
lace that had been worn by her
mother and her aunt. She carried
the family Bible to which was
fastened two white orchids.
Miss Margery Saks was the maid
of honor wearing lime-color faille
and carrying an old-fashioned bou-
quet of roses and violets. Mr.. Percy
Penturn was best man for his
brother and the ushers were the
Messrs William and Gerald Singer
OF Toronto, cousins of the bride
The bride attended Western Col
lege and was graduated from the
University of Wisconsin. Her hus-
band heads the real estate brokerage
f1rm of John Penturn & Son of
Toronto.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

st. James Catholic Church ir
Mount Rainer was the scene al
$50 o'clock yesterday of the mar
riage of Miss Jean Ann Thompson
to Mr.. George A. McEntee. Father
Brooks officiated and reception
was held in the Presidents Room o1
the Washington National Airport.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon M. Thompson. She
was given in marriage by her father
and she wore white satin gown
designed by her godmother, Mrs
Perry Viands. She had on a white
satin scalloped headpiece, trimmed
with seed pearls and orange olos-
SONS, and an imported illusion veil
She carried prayer book covered
with white orchids.
Miss Annette Smith was maid of
honor. Her gown was aqua taffeta
faille and her old-fashioned bou-
quet was of red roses. The brides
maids were the Misses Norine
Viands, Joyce Cox and Doris
Thompson, cousins of the bride,
and Jayne and Patricia Ann Nc
Entee, sisters of the bridegroom.
They wore American beauty, pea
cock blue, dusty rose, powder blue
and pink gowns and they carried
bouquets of mixed pompons Thomas
Cox was ringbearer.
Mr.. Patrick Goggarty was best
man for the bridegroom, who is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs George w.
McEntee The ushers were the
Messrs. Edward Ponton, William
Davis, Rocco Colandreo, Joseph
Genovese and Warrenn Thompson,
brother of the bride.
After a few days in New York
City, the couple will 60 to Connect
icut to visit. They will reside in
College Park where the bridegroom
is attending the University of Mary
land.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Radcliffe Club Plan,
Holiday Meetmg

Undergraduates of Radcliffe COL
lege who live in the District area
and are at home for the Christmas
season have been invited to join the
alumnae group at the holiday meet
ing of the Radcliffe Club of Wash
ington. The session will be held
at $3.50 pm. Monday in Pierce Hall,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets NV.
A musical program, including
Christmas carols and the singing
of college songs, will be presented
under the direction Of Mrs. Freder-
lex F. Hundley. Mrs. Arcangelo
D'Amore will address the group on
Radcliffe College Today"
Reservations for the meeting
should be made with the hospital
ity chairman, Mrs. Royal C. Bryant,
3301-A South Wakefield street, Ar
linotOn.
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daughter. The latter wore lovely
pale blue faille dress that contrast
ed with her titan hair. 1t was made
with tight bodice, a single diagonal
strap over one shoulder and full
skirt, tufted with silver Sequin bows.
Her only flowers we're wreath OF
white cyclamen across the back of
her head. Mrs. Rapley's gown had
black velvet bodice with long
pointed sleeves and a full, draped
skirt of gold brocade. She carried
orchids pinned to her evening bag.
Some 450 members of the debu-
tante, postdebutante and young
married set had themselves a Whirl.
Sidney and his orchestra were told
to play on until the small hours and
that's how long most people stayed.
Christmas trees and holly enllv-
ened the Sheerin home for their gay
afternoon party. Mrs. Sheerin stood
with her daughter in the drawing
room to receive their guests. The
debutante wore a white net gown,
the off-the- shoulder neckline orna-
mented with border of gold leaves
and gardenias and she carried
bouquet of gardenias. Her mother
wore long -sleeved black velvet
dress with fitted bodice and full
skirt.
Taking turns pouring at the tea
table were Mrs Rozier Dulany, Mrs.
Spencer Cosby, Miss Leila Mcknight,
Mrs. John Graham, Mrs. Leonard
Elstad, Mrs. j. B. Wyckoff, Mrs. T.
o. Wedell, Mrs. Robert Plumb, Mrs.
William Pearson, Mrs. John Stem
house. Mrs. Jean Delattre-Seguy and
Mrs. Arthur FaWcett.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Engaged to We'd

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy A. Stickley of
Hyattsville announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Bar
bara Ann Stickley, to Mr.. William
F.. Middleton, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Middleton of Alfalfa, Ala. The
wedding will take place some time
in August.
The bride-elect will be graduated
from Hyattsville High School in
June. Mr. Middleton will be dis
charged from the Navy in March
and will then enter college in the
fall in Alabama.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Young Set Have Whirl at Sulgrave
Mary Rabley Bo1Vs at Dance,
Maria Sbeerin at Debnt Tea
Bv Betty BeaIe

o while before debutane
william
Mary Rapley.
ball followed "An
into all
antes and their the show quietly them
before guests
Immediately preceding all this the delightful debut tea
Evening star., 1947-12-24

At o'clock yesterday afternoon
in the rectory of St. Aloysius
Church, Miss Florence Ramona
Cooley, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Raymond Cooley, became the bride
of Mr.. John Joseph Sullivan, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan
The Rev William Horigan officiated
and a reception was held later at
the home of the bride.
Escorted by her father, the bride
wore a white satin gown and a
fingertip veil. Her flowers we're
poinsettias and baby's breath. Her
only attendant was Miss Gertrude
S. Wiles, who wore peacock blue and
who carried tea roses 1t. James
E. Ingram was best man.
The couple will reside in this city.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Items OF Interest

MI and Mrs. Hollis L. lines en-.
tertained at theater party last
evening at the Princeton Triangle
Club show in honor OF Miss Frances
Dear, debutante daughter of Brig
Gen. and Mrs. w. Richard Dear
and Mrs. Ines postdeb daughter
Miss Mccall Henderson.
Senorita Carmelita Madrid
daughter of the Secretary to the
Mexican Embassy and Sonora de
Madrid, will return today from q
six-month vacation in Mexico
which was a graduation gift to her
from her parents. The senorita wa:
graduated from Holy Gross Academy
and will enter the Georgetown Uni
versity School OF Nursing.
Mrs. Wingrove Bathon, accom-
panied by Miss Louise Alexander
LEFT yesterday to visit the latter's
father, Mr.. Edward R. Alexander, ir
Easthampton, Long Island.
Miss Miriam E. GODDARD, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard S. Godaro
of Lyon Village, Va, returned this
week by plane from San Francisco
Miss GODDARD has been in California
for year, where she was employed
by the Bureau of Entomology anc
Plant Quarantine of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Carroll will
entertain the membership of the
Southeastern University Choral So
ciety at a Christmas party Saturday
evening at o'clock.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Egg N0gPartv

Beta Gamma Chapter of Pi
Omicron Sorority will give its an
nual formal Christmas egg nog par
ty at 8 pm. Saturday at the home
of Mrs. L. Helen Foote, 56l7 New
Hampshire avenue NE. Among the
guests will be members from Alpha
Beta Chapter. Baltimore; Beta
Chapter, Danville, Va, and Alpha
Delta and Eta Chapters in Rich
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Fete Debutante

Mr.. and Mrs. John Price Wether-
ill III entertained at a dinner last
evening at the Chevy Chase Club
in honor of Miss Louise Leahy
daughter of Capt. and Mrs, William
H. Leahy, who will make her bow to
society December 30. The young
people went on to the dance given
for Miss Mary Rapley, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rapley, at the Sulgrave Club.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
W.C.T.U. Meeting

The Northwest Women's Christian
Temperance Union will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting at l:30 pm.
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. M. T.
Todd, 1870 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. The Rev. Thawley L. Holmes
of the Northeast Rescue Mission
will be the guest speaker.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Meeting Postponed

The monthly board meeting of the
Twentieth Century Club, usually
scheduled for the fourth Thursday
of the month, has been postponed
to Monday due to the Christmas
holiday. The meeting will be held
at IL am. at the YWCA.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Club Parties

Members of the United Nation.
Club, many of them far from thell
native lands, will make merry a.
the clubhouse tonight. A specia
Christmas eve dinner will be served
from to 10 o'clock in the Flae
Room and later the club will holc
open house for it's members anc
friends. Baroness Won Schoen viii
be the hostess.
Tomorrow afternoon from 4 to
there's to be an egg nog party, a
lighted Christmas tree and st. Mich
olas to distribute gifts to the staff
and others who will call the club
home" during the holidays.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Miss Haas Married
To Mr.. d. M. KObn

Miss Emily Rose Haas and Mr.
Dexter Morton Kohn were married
at noon Monday in the Pan Ameri-
can Room of the Mayf1oWer Hotel
by Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld. A
reception for the immediate families
was held later in the Chinese room
of the hotel.
Given in marriage by DR.. George
Nordlinger, the bride is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Emanuel r. Haas and
the late Mr. Haas. She wore a
green satin dress, with cocoa acces-
sories, and she carried a white or
chid on a Bible.
Miss Thekla r. Haas was her sis
ter's only attendant. Her gown was
periwinkle blue and she carried a
bouquet Of deep red roses. Mr.
Richard Mintz of Cambridge, Mass,
was best man for the bridegroom
who is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
George Kohn of Brookline, Mass.
The couple will reside in Chest
nut Hill, Mass, while Mr.. Kohn is
attending Boston University. Mrs.
Kohn is a graduate of Goucher Col
lege and is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. Her husband received his
A. B. degree from Cornell Univer-
sity and during the war he served
overseas with the Army Air Forces.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
New Yorkers Gladly
Pay for Fresh Air
Intricate Ventilator Eliminates
Poison in Tunnels.

NEW YORK. - Add Imitation"
notes: Fresh air is being cheerfully
bought and paid for by some $1,000
people every day in this haven OF
city slickers.
These folks are not being gypped,
however, for otherwise they would
be overcome by carbon monoxide
poisoning.
These facts were disclosed in an
inspection report by Harrison Wood.
New York district manager OF ski
Industries, Inc, on the intricate ven-
tilation systems that keep the city's
Lincoln and Queens Midtown tunnels
and George Washington bridge ap-
proaches free from motor exhaust
gases left by thick traffic between
Manhattan, New Jersey and Long
Island.
The cost Of keeping the air fresh
is part of the toll paid by the $1,000
motorists passing daily through
these three major traffic arteries.
Ventilation of Lincoln tunnel, 100
feet below the Hudson river, re-
quires Sc giant fans revolving on en-
gineered spherical roller bearings to
minimize chauces of breakdown at
operating speeds necessary dur
ing rush-hour traffic, Wood said. Up
to three million cubic feet of fresh
air per minute is circulated through
the tunnel.
Installed in 1887 under super
vision of Charles w. Murdoch, me-
chanical engineer for the Port Of
New York authority the huge blow
ers are housed in special concrete
structures above the tunnel itself.
Operating "a hours day, they have
never broken down since they went
into operation nine years ago, Muir
dock said.
Fresh air moves so rapidly
through the tunnel that if it could be
channeled into a 10-foot square duct,
running from New York to Albany,
it would arrive in the state capital 10
minutes after leaving this city. it
was pointed out.
Twenty men working in three
shifts stand guard around the clock
over battery Of carbon monoxide
analyzing instruments which register
the amount of gas and smoke con-
stantly collecting in Lincoln tunnel.
Fan speed is regulated according to
varying traffic volumes and, al
though a maximum of four parts
Of carbon monoxide in 10000 parts
of air is considered safe, tunnel au-
thorities keep the count down to
only two parts as double precau-
ton.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Says Chemistry May
Solve Food Problem

BOSTON. - A prediction that
the world some day may feed
it's starving by use of radiation
chemistry was made by DR..
Charles F. Kettering. head scien-
tist of General Motors corpor-
alton, at the convention of the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Radiation chemistry. also
known as photosynthesis, is, he
said, the method nature uses to
make the earth's present food
supply out of carbon dioxide of
the air, and water, and a few
minerals.
I'VE know little of the process
now," he declared, ''but some
day we may be able to reproduce
it in the laboratory"
He said radiation chemistry is
the secret of photography, but
that its principles are used only
to a small extent in industry.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
New Compact Atom-Smasher
Is Developed by Scientists

PHILADELPHIA - Development
of new, compact atom-smasher.
which produces a beam of 10000
000-volt X-rays and presages con-
struction of energy producing ma
chimes many times more powerful
for atomic study, was revealed here.
DR.. Herbert c. Pollock, leader of
a group of scientists which con-
structed the device, said in lecture
at Franklin institute that it was built
as part of a project sponsored by
the Office of naval research at the
General Electric research labora-
tory, Schenectady, N. Y.
The new device, named the SYM
chrotron, indicates the possibility of
producing radiations of much high
er energies for atomic study with
greater economy than with earlier
equipment, DR.. Pollock said.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Ed .[ LI0USEHQ!!LD 10!
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Liquid can be poured from a
narrow-necked bottle faster and
easier by shaking the bottle in a
circular manner.
Teas may be deliciously favored
by adding sprigs of curly mint,
apple mint, orange mint, spear
mint, or lemon balm.
Wax the cupboard shelves or
cover them with oilcloth. Then
dirt and spots wipe off easily.
Save the heavy folding bags in
which gelatin is sold. These are
ideal for transporting pickles or
olives in a lunchbox.
Some of those pictures hanging
on the wall are a sight when you
take them down. Heavy wrapping
paper glued tightly to the back
of the frames will keep out dust
and protect pictures.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21

NATIVE SON Gov. Earl War
rem of California is among the
states few native sons. He was
born in Los Angeles in 1891. His
law practice in San Francisco and
Oakland was interrupted for service
in World War I. Engaged in poll
tics since 1919, he served as Ala
media county district attorney for
many years. In 1898 he was elected
attorney general and in 1912 was
elected governor, a post to which
he was reelected in 1916.
hunting for treasure-minerals, tim
ber, gas, petroleum, silver, copper,
lead, zinc, platinum, tungsten, mag
nestle, potash, stone, soda, cement
and the soil itself. They harnessed
the water power and put it to work.
They turned to manufacturing and
shipping, and dared to start new ven
lures such as the moving picture
industry. California fired their
imaginations, and gave them seem
cry and a wonderful climate as well.
No Gamble in Farming.
California has been unlike any
other state in development and Sc
quence of agriculture. The first in
dustry was cattle, derived from
herds driven from Mexico by Viceroy
Galvez in 1869 for the Mission estab-
lishments. Crops were planted, but
there was the annual gamble with
drouth. Since 1885, California's
farms have grown smaller in size,
and irrigation has become wide
spread. Farming is no gamble
now!
In 1873 two Seedless orange trees
from Brazil were sent to Riverside.
and from these two has sprung the
modern orange industry Of Califor-
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21

against q background o. snowy
peaks. There is somehow rebirth
of faith in oil wells spouting black
gold, in ships going to the Orient
through the Golden Gate, In air
planes and factories, and in desert
land made to bloom.
The yearning for Ell Dorado, now
known as California fever" has
affected many men of many nations.
California is not one state, one eli
mate, one altitude, one picture, or
one people. It is the second largest
state in the nation It is scorched
and parched desert and cool Lake
Tahoe in the mountains. It is Mt.
Whitney, 1882 feet above sea level
the highest peak in the United
States-and Death Valley, 200 feet
below sea level, both in the same
county. It is bathing beauties and
movie stars as well as cattle
ranches and dairy farms. Fine
sands of sweeping ocean beaches,
rough and rocky mesas, subtropical
areas, frozen Sierra peaks-a1 are
California.
California may mean farm
ing, mining, cattle raising, trap
ping, shipping, fruit growing,
movie making, numbering, man.
ufacturing, fishing, hunting or
hundred other occupations. 1t
may be the lonely life of herd
ing sheep or the gay rounds of
night clubs, society, yachts,
race tracks. Or it may mean
Chinatown, Palm Springs, Holly
wood, big redwood trees or
sagebrush!
The average Californian, whether
he is a native or an adopted son,
may boast-with justifcation-tha
his state has the tallest trees, the
highest mountains, the fastest-grow-
ing population and the most prom
ising future of all the states. And
these aggressive Californians real
" mean it.
State of Progress.
Their energy has built, aqueducts
from the mountains to make great
agricultural areas out of deserts.
they have strung power lines from
mighty dams to bring energy to
cities and factories, dredged great
ha~bors from mud flats and flung the
worlds biggest bridges across
oay. They have developed cotton
plantations below sea level and
drilled slopes for oil and gas. Irri-
cation bitches have turned waste
lands into grain fields and pastures,
truck gardens and orchards. The
forbidding areas of century ago
are green and fertile, with comfort
able homes where families dwell.
Gold was the first natural re.
source to be exploited in California.
the discovery turning Spanish pas
toral country into Yankee land.
And the Yankees haven't stopped
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Alexander Is Selected as
Chief of Britain's Defense

LONDON. - A. v. Alexander,
former first lord of Britain's admir-
atty. assumed the title Of defense
minister, following royal approval
Of legislation creating the new cab
met post which is responsible for
coordinating army, navy and air
forces. The defense title hitherto has
been held by the prime minister.