Evening star., 1948-04-21

Representative and Mrs. Parke M.
Banta Of Arcadia, Mo-, sannounce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Carol Banta, to Mr.. Scott
Ridge Brewer, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brewer of Bethesda.
Miss Banta attended Underwood
College and was graduated from the
University of Missouri where she
was a mensber of Kappa Alpha
Theta. Mr.. Brewer, who served with
the Army Air Forces during the war,
is a graduate of Hamilton College,
where he was a member of Alpha
Delta Phi Fraternity.
LaVarre-RnddeH
The engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Yvette LaVarre, to Cadet
James Cornelius Ruddell, jr., son Of
Col. and Mrs Ruddell of Washing
ton and Charleston, w. Va, is an
nounced by Mr.. and Mrs. William
LaVarre of Washington and New
York. The wedding will take place
at the United States Military
Academy in June.
Miss LaVarre, who Is descend
ant of Edward Diggs, Colonial Gov
ernor of Virginia; John Haynes, an
early Governor Of both Massachu-
sets and Connecticut, and a COL
lateral descendant Of Patrick Henry,
is a member of the senior class
of the Hewlett School, East Islip,
Long Island.
Cadet Ruddell attended school in
Washington and was appointed to
the Military Academy from West
Virginia. He will graduate with
the Glass of 1948. His father is a
graduate of West Point and now is
Commanding Officer, Augsburg Mill
tary Post, Germany.
Manary-McClary
The engagement Of Miss Helen
Manary to DR.. Dillon R. McClary
has been announced by her mother,
Mrs. Maude C. Manary of Dodge
City. Kans. Her father was the
late Representative j. F. Manary.
Miss Manary has been living in
Washington for 10 years, exclusive
of the two years she served in the
Waves. She was graduated from
Underwood Preparatory School in
St. Charles, Mo. and the University
of Colorado and has been associ.
ated with the Red Cross and the
Air Force Association.
DR.. McClary was graduated from
the University of Louisville Medical
College and practiced medicine for
the subsequent eight years. Now
student of law at George Washing
ton University, he also holds degrees
from Wake Forest College and the
University of Tennessee.
Robin-C0Ilier
Nine. Georges Robin of Algiers,
Algeria, has announced the en-
gagement of her daughter, Mile.
Jaime Louise Robin, to Mr.. Donald
Walter Collier, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Walter Collier Of Washington.
The bride-elect served as trans
lator with the American forces in
North Africa before being sent to
Washington by the French Min
lister of Finance. She was grad
uated from the Lycee de Versailles,
Paris, before receiving her liberal
arts degree from the University
of Algiers.
Mr. Collier received his bachelors
degree from the engineering school
of Catholic University and his
masters and doctors degrees in
chemistry from Princeton Univer-
sity.
The wedding will take place in
early June.
PoHock-CaSe
From Elmira, N. Y, comes word
of the engagement of Miss jose
phine Pharr Stewart Pollock to Mr..
Paul w. Case, which is announced
by her stepfather and mother, MI.
and Mrs. Josiah j. Willard. Mr..
Case is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Case, also of Elmira.
Miss Pollock is the daughter OF
the late Col. Robert E. Pollock
and granddaughter Of the late DR..
and Mrs. Charles Clagett Marbury
of yocbinoton She is a graduate