Evening star., 1947-05-05
Engagement announcements
OF fInterest to Cabital Society

II ~
OF interest to washington i the
announcement by Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert s. Burgess, formerly OF Bos-
ton and this city, Of the engagement
Of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Burgess. She win be married To-
DR.. Roman SmoIuchowsH Of Pitts
burgh early In June. The wedding
will take place In Charlottesville
where the Burgesses now mako their
home.
Miss Burgess attended Winsor
School In Boston and Holton-Arm
School in Washington and was
graduated from Smith College in
1943. She afterwards did graduate
study at the New York School Of
Social Work and the School OF So
cial Service Administration at the
University OF Chicago.
DR.. Smoluchowsh received his
N. A. degree from the University OF
Warsaw in 1888 and his Phi. d. from
Croningen University in Holland in
1885. He was a member Of the
Institute for Advanced Study In
Princeton and later head Of the
section Of physics at the Institute
Of Metals in Warsaw. During the
war he was associated with the Gen.
eral Electric Research Laboratories.
Draks-Davis
The engagement OF Miss Ruth
Drake to Mr.. Wilbur G. Davis Is an
nounced by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan L. Drake Of College
Heights. Mr.. Davis Is the son Of
MIR. and Mrs. w. P. Davis Of Rock
vile.
The bride-elect Is a senior at the
University OF Maryland where her
fiance is also q student. He re-
sumed his studies last year after
serving more than two years In the
armed forces.
DriscolT-Cobbsdes
MIR. and Mrs. Percy Raymond
Driscou Of Alexandra announce the
engagement OF their daughter, Miss
Ann Elizabeth Driscoll, to Ensign
John Oliver Coppedge, o. 8. N, son
Of MIR. and Mrs. Shelby Coppedge
Of Blytheyille. Ark.
Miss Driscol is senior at Mary
Washington College Of the Univer-
sity Of Virginia. Her fiance, q gradu-
ate Of the United States Naval
Academy, Is stationed at San Diego,
Calf.
Beasley-Dapis
Down Maryland way the engage
ment of Miss Shirley Mae Beasley
to Mr.. Charles w. Davis Is an
nounced by Miss Beasley's mother,
Mrs. James P. Allen Of Charlotte
Hall.
Mr.. Davis is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry c. Davis Of Mechanics
vile.
Garber-Shif
Also in Maryland plans are being
made for the wedding June 81 of
Miss Jacqueline CARRIER and Mr..
Morton r. Shift, whose engagement
Is announced by Miss CARRIERS par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M. CARRIER
OF Cheverly.
The bridegroom elect is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shift OF Colum-.
bus, Ohio.
The wedding will take place in
the Cheverly Community Church.
Beane-Taylor
A future bride is Miss Jeannette
Frances Beane. Her engagement to
Corpl. Warren II. Taylor, Marine
Corps Is announced by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson w. Beane Of
this city.
Miss Beane Is q graduate of Gen.
trail High Schsol and attended
George Washington University.
Corpl. Taylor, a native OF Fort
Worth, Is with the Marine Corps
magazine, The Leatherneck. He also
attended George Washington Uni
versity.
G0od-Nnnex
The engagement Of Miss Clara
Llewellyn Good to Mr.. Vasco Emilio
Nunez, jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nunez of Andover, Mass, Is an
nounced by her father. DR.. William
D. Good of this city.
The wedding will take place June
l8 in st. Adams Church.
Miss Good, who Is the daughter
Of the late Mrs. Good, was grad
uated from the Cathedral School
for Girls and now Is attending
Sullins College. Mr.. Nunez, who
served for two years as a junior grade
lieutenant in the Navy, is taking a
premedical course at Swarthmore
College preparatory to entering Har-
ward Medical School in the fall.
Ferrens-Rafaat
Mr.. and Mrs. Tirrell j. Ferrenz of
this city announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Martha Jane
Ferrenz to Mr.. Mansoor Rafaat of
New York, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ayoub Rafaat Of Teheran, Iran.
The bride-to-be attended San
ford Preparatory School In Whining
ton, Del, and will receive her degree
from Wheelock College In Boston in
June.
Mr.. Rafaat attended Teheran Uni
versity and was graduated from
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
Simtson-Frere
Announcement Is made by MIR.
and Mrs. George r. Simpson OF
Newport, Md, of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Mary Louise
Carmel Simpson, to Mr.. William j.
Frere, son of Mrs. Phyllis Frere Of
Tompkinsville, Md, and the late
Mr.. John E. Frere.
Miss Simpson. who is the grand
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Preston Tppett, was graduated
from the Notre Dame Business
School II, WASHINGTON