Evening star., 1948-01-04
Service Circle
Wedding. Dates
Brides-Elect
Name Attendants
By Betty Miliken

Tile USUAL Week-d1CeT-NeW ear s.
Day lull of course and not a perma-
nent state of affairs. Looking ahead
a little, two events are slated that
will attract many from both service
and civilian circles. One, the wed
ding Saturday in All Saints Episco-
pal Church of Mary Elizabeth Mink
and Raymond Cragin Lewis, with a
reception afterward at the Chevy
Chase Club. The other, the marriage
of Cecilia Bell and Lawrence Will
Iams, jr., on January "a at Boiling
Field, with a reception at the Of
f1cers' Club.
Mary is the daughter of Mrs
Owen j. Mink and the late former
Assistant Surgeon General of the
Navy. She's graduate Of Holton
Arms and Smith College and made
her debut at a dinner dance at the
Army Navy Country Club. Her
fiance, who is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. Raymond w. Lewis of River
dale, N. Y, is an alumnus of. Deer
field Academy and Williams College
and served for three years in the
Navy.
Mary's attendants will be her
sister Margot, wife of Marine Capt.
Thomas Benton Tighe, and her
sister -in-law, the former Frances
Baldwin, wife of Navy 1t. Robert
= Owen Mink. Both will be matrons
of honor. The list OF bridesmaids
includes her fiance's sisters, Mary
Willard and Alta Lewis; Louisa
Horton Of New York, formerly of
Washington, with whom she made
her debut; Mrs. Frederick H. Wal
ton, jr, the former Barbara Ram
seyer, daughter of the late Repre-
sentative c. William Ramseyer of
Iowa; Mrs. David C. Wolfe, wife of
Marine 1t. Col Wolfe; and Mrs.
Nickerson Hinckley of Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
Valentine Chamberlain of Buck
ingham, Pa, will serve as best man
and ushering duties will be done by
Capt. Tighe and by Charles Evans
Hughes III, James Colgate Cleve-
land and Grover Connell of New
York, Robert Jordan of Boston and
John Webb of Salisbury, Md.
Vii Be Hosts
Among those entertaining for the
attractive bride and bridegroom to
be are Col. and Mrs. Wolfe, who will
be hosts at cocktails Thursday at
the home of the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Carlton Evans;
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Primm (the
latter formerly Elizabeth Bailey,
daughter of the late Senator
Josiah w. Bailey of North Carolina), J.,
who will give similar party; and
Miss Horton, who will entertain at
a luncheon when she returns from
a trip to California. Mrs. Walton
gave a surprise shower Friday night
for Mary.
The wedding of Cecilia Bell and
Lawrence Williams will be held at
2:30 in the chapel at Boiling Field.
Cecilia" is the daughter of Mrs.
Bertha Bell and the sister of Mrs
Louis H., Brereton, wife of 1t. Gen.
Brereton. She's British and has
lived in Washington with the Brere-
tons for the past eight months.
Her mother, too, has been their
guest since October but will leave in
March to return to England.
Celia's fiance's sister, Julia Will
liams, and Pearson and Meredith
Henry, daughters of Col. and Mrs.
j. D. Henry, will be her only at
tendants. Leonard Williams will
be best man for his brother and
Richard Williams will be head
usher. Jack Brantley and Les Boy
kin also will usher and several
others will be decided upon shortly.
Parties are in the offing for this
popular pair but the dates are still
indefinite. Lawrence is Naval
Academy graduate who served in
the Navy during the war and now
is in the Naval Reserve. In Febru-
,ary he plans to go to M. I. T. to
study electronics.
Cocktail Parties
The Army's Chief of Engineers
and Mrs. Raymond A. Wheeler were
hosts at cocktails yesterday in their
apartment at the wyoming, the Sec
ond gathering they have had since
Christmas Eve when they enter
tanned the office of the chief Of
engineers and their wives. The
Wheelers had a preholiday visit in
Chicago with their daughter, Peg
gy, and her husband, Col. William
Christopher Wilkinson, jr., and
made the acquaintance of their
first grandchild, William Christie
pher, III, who was born November
80. Col. Wilkinson is with the 5th
Army.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Howard M.
Snyder are back from West Point
where they spent the holidays with
their sons and tdaughters-in-law,
Col. and Mrs. Howard M. Snyder,
jr., and Capt. and Mrs. Richard
Snyder.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Floyd L. !
Parks will have with them the
week end Of February 6, the latter's
mother, Mrs. Applebye- Robinson of
Cornwall Hudson, N. Y, and
Mrs. v. A. Mussepp of Cornwall,
formerly of London. Mrs. Parks
will have small party for the
visitors, who will be en- route to
Sebring, Fla, for the remainder
of the winter.
Juliana Wilson, a sophomore at
Hood College, and her brother, John,
student at Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute, will leave today to return
to their studies after spending the
holidays with their parents. Navy |
Capt. and Mrs. Julian D. Wilson.
Juliana and John entertained 10 of
their young friends at dinner Tues
day evening before the dance at
the Sail Loft.
Reception Planned
Bv Mrs. Truman |