The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-04
THE SPOTLIGHT
BY ALMlRA PARK

brides father and brother of the
contracting firm of De Costa and
De Costa of Charleston, S. C.
Guests are expected from Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington, New
York, New Jersey, Atlanta, jack
sonville and Savannah and
gathering of complete notability
will be present to bid the young
couple health, happiness and pros
perity. THE JOSHUA R.
ROSES (VIRGINIA CRAFT) OF
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA VISIT
NEW YORK-Mr. and Mrs. Joshua
Richard Rose and family, returned
to their Oakland, California, home
after five weeks visit with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry K.
Craft of 27O Convent Ave. They
were welcomed, too, by Mrs.
Roses brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald hammond
of As E. 135th st. The Roses toured
homeward over the mid-western
trail via Pittsburgh, Indianapolis,
st. Louis, Denver, Cheyenne and
Sacramento and were on the road
in the midst of the sudden heat
wave. While in New York Mr..
Rose spent two weeks attending
the Y.MC.A. and the Grand Boule
conventions in Ohio to which he
was delegate from California.
Mrs. Rose spent several days in
Pittsburgh and joined her hus-
band at the Boule conclave where
friends from all over the country
renewed acquaintance and in
many cases discovered relatives
whom they had never met before.
During these absences, the Rose
daughters and son, Virginia Trot-
ter, Mary Elizabeth Ellen and
Richard Craft, enjoyed most
happy days in New York with
their grand parents, their aunts
and uncles, grand aunts and UNI
cles, and especially their cousins
petite Peggie Trotter hammond
and Henry Craft Diamond whose
mother, Mrs. Ellen Craft Dam
mond was a marvellous assisting
hostess to the visitors. Thus they
were taken to see five Columbia
broadcasting programs and one
television entertainment. They
climbed the steps of the statue CT
Liberty, viewed the city from the
Empire State Building and toured
the several museums, and art gal
cries, sailed around the island and
visited air ports. But most of all
they enjoyed the marvellous trip
to Jones Beach and the visit to
their former home in Montclair,
N. ]. Before arriving in New York
on the night of August first they.
had travelled over the Oregon
trail and stopped at National
Park, St. Paul, Detroit, and Buff
falo where a trip under the Falls
of Niagra on the maid of the
Mist had thrilled their enthusiasts
tic hearts to the fullest degree,
The return trip was enlivened
by the prospect of going home to
see the new batch Of kittens which
the family cat had accommodated
to fit the time of the children's
home coming. Their relatives
only told goodbye after extract
ing promise that a return trip
would be made before many
years slipped away. Their mental
notebooks were quite crammed to
overlooking with sights and add
ventures with which to embel-
lish the school compositions of
the coming year. At the emphatic
insistence of Mr.. and Mrs. Rose
the customary at home cards were
omitted on the part of Mr.. and
Mrs. Craft, since the Roses felt
that the varying degrees of under
par health which their parents had
undergone during the past season
precluded the wisdom of social
gestures which had highlighted
visits in former years. (This was
the third visit the California rela-
tives had made to New York in
seven yeers). The trip was made
particularly comfortable and
speedy by the fact that Mr.. Rose
presented his family with a high