Evening star., 1948-06-20
official. l.Gronf
N0u Planning
Trips Home
Wedding Bells
To Ring Soon
By Marsaref Germ ond

Home is the place that appeals
most at this season OF the year to
hostesses in the congressional con-
tingent. Monday will find dozens Of
them in Philadelphia for the Re-
publican National Convention, and
three weeks hence scores more will
be in the City Of Brotherly Love
for the National Democratic Con-
vention. Thereu be big times on
both occasions and certainly vast
change of scene from either the
Capital or the home town. But both
events are just happy interludes
between a strenuous six months in
Washington and a nice cool porch
or a shady lawn or garden.
Senator and Mrs. Leverett Salton-
stall have good reason for wanting
to get back to Massachusetts, as there
Is to be a wedding in the family next
month. Their daughter, Miss Emily
Bradley Saltonstall, and Mr. Richard
Evelyn Byrd, tr, whose engagement
recently was announced, will be
married on the last day Of July.
Tomorrow, however, Mrs. Salton-
stall will be In Philadelphia with
the Senator for the big Republican
meeting, after which she will go
Immediately to Dover to complete
plans for the wedding. an event
that will keep her well occupied
between now and then.
A number of small parties have
been given for the bride e-elect by her
friends here and a number Of others
are being arranged for her by friends
In Dover.
Tea Dance Planned
Senator and Mrs. Tom Connally
OF Texas and Representative and
Mrs. George Mahon Of Texas also
have tulle and orange blossoms In
mind as the wedding day Of the
Iatter's daughter draws near. A
week from tomorrow, Miss Daphne
Mahon will be married to Mr.. Dun
can Waldo Holt. jr., and Saturday
afternoon Senator and Mrs. Con-
nally will be hosts at small tea
dance at the Shoreham in honor
Of Miss Mahon.
About the 9th or 9th OF next
month Representative and Mrs,
Mahon will leave for home. and the
same davs will find Senator and
Mrs. Connally preparing to attend
the big Democratic meeting which
opens on the 18th. After the con-
vention they will go home for the
summer. with maybe short vaca-
ton trip en- route.
Representative and Mrs. Stephen
Pace OF Georgia have two fine rea-
sons for wanting to get home. Their
son, 1t. Stephen Pace, jr., docked
Friday at Seattle after serving
nearly three years In Japan and is
en- route to their home In Americus.
They hope to leave Washington to-
morrow to be there In time to greet
him. Then, they have a new
granddaughter. just month old,
with whom they want to get ac-
uuainted. She has been named
Stephanie for her grandfather, and
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Swift Of Columbus.
To Return To Capital
c..tar .nl NJ. r,,na,a n Mil
likin will be back in Washington
after attending the Republican con-
vention to stay until mid-July. If
the Senator is not free to accom-
pany them. Mrs. Millikin and her
mother, Mrs. W. A. Shepard. will
leave then to spend the summer at
their home in Denver.
Mrs. John D. Dingell, wife OF Rep
resentative Dingell OF Michigan, will
not 20 with him to the Democratic
convention but will leave for home
early In July, accompanied by their
young daughter, julie Jane, who
attends the Convent Of the Sacred
Heart. Their two sons, John. jr, a
student at Georgetown University, |
and James. who is at Priory. have
taken positions in the West for the
summer. John is in Colorado and
James is in Montana.
Representative and Mrs. Carter
Manasco of Alabama have no plans
except to go home with their small
son John. Others who will do the
same are Representative and Mrs.
John E. Lyle of Texas and their
daughter. Wando 10, who attends
Immaculate Seminary. Mr.. L. NJ |
Fisher arrived Thursday from their
home town of Corpus Christi to
spend the week end with them.