Evening star., 1948-08-11

Popular and pretty Miss Mary
Stone Posey, who is engaged to Mr..
Robert v. Kelley, son of Representa-
tive and Mrs. Augustine Kelley is
having a gay time before her we'd
ding, come Saturday, August "a.
Several functions already have been
given in honor of the young couple
and almost every day, until the
important event, is chalked by a
party OF some kind.
Tomorrow, Mrs. Francis De Sales
Mudd will entertain at tea from 4
to o'clock at her La Plata home for
the bride-elect and the following
day Mrs David Reeder and Mrs.
Charles McGervey will give bridge
luncheon for Miss Posey at her
home, Mount Victoria, overlooking
the Wicomico River.
Then, on Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Hanlin and Mr. and Mrs.
Brainard Warner will give picnic
for the couple at their place Society
Hill, also on the Wicomico. Sum
day will be marked by a cocktail
party given by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Wills for the bride and groom-elect
Miss Posey will have as her
matron Of honor, her sister, Mrs
Charles Nolan and her bridesmaids
will be the Misses Flossie Magruder,
Therese Kelley, Ann Muse Gillespie
and Margaret Brown. Miss Ma
gruder has planned supper party
for Miss Posey and her attendants
for Thursday, August 19 and on
August %, Miss Magruder is going
to give a cocktail party for the bride
and groom-elect.
August % is set aside for a supper
party which Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
Feeder will give at West Hatton,
their place on the Wicomico.
Aher.Rehearsal Party
Just back from her home in Hous-
ton, Tex, is Miss Jane Elizabeth
Costello. who is getting ready for
her wedding Saturday to Mr.. Or
mand Russell Maisch, also OF
Houston. The prospective bride Is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Courson Costello of Washing
ton and Houston. The marriage
ceremony will take place at 4 o'clock
in st. Adams Church and will be
followed by reception at the
Shoreham.
Friday Miss Costello and her
fance will be the honor guests at
party at the Shoreham Hotel, fol-
lowing their wedding rehearsal:
Hosts will be the grooms uncle ano
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Clifford
Scheer of Houston. Mr.. Scheer, by
the way, is going to be his nepheWS
best man and ushers will INCLUDE
the Messrs. Rollen Joseph WlnoroW,
ir. of Washington, Walter g.
Hitchon of Norwalk, Conn, ana
Walter E. Gay Of Matawan. N. j..
Miss Costello, who is graduate
OF Holton Arms and George WASH
ington University, will have as her
maid OF honor Miss Nancy Jean
Hitchon of Rye. N. Y, and the
bridesmaids will be the Misses sally
Hltchon of Norwalk and Mary Ellen
Doughtery of Washington.
Other Prennbhal Fefes
Notes on the date book also In
clude other parties for brides-to-oe
and their future husbands.
On the last day before the I'M
nortant event this coming Satur-
day, Miss Barbara Stellwagen and
fiance. Mr.. Henry j. Karison, Will
be feted at cocktails and supper
and so will Miss Margaret Lee Bailey
and her prospective bridegroom, Mr..
John Lewis Bowers.
Following the rehearsal on Friday,
Miss Stellwagen, Mr.. Karison, the
members Of the wedding party and
the ut-of-town guests. will be en-
tertained at cocktails by Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Rusher, preceding the
buffet supper which the bride
elects mother. Mrs. Seiford M. Stell-
wagen, will give.
On the same evening Miss Bailey
and Mr.. Bowers will be honored at
a dinner to be given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvah Chappell, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Howerton. r., OF Clarks-
vile, Va. Their rehearsal will come
after dinner and in turn Will be
followed by another party at which
DR.. and Mrs. M. M. Fitzgerald and
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Winfield, Jr..
will be hosts.