Evening star., 1949-10-23
miss Collins.
Miss Schuyler
To Be Brides !
Numerous Parties
On Calendar.
BY Betty Murphy

Wedding plans are. keeping
Gladys Collins, daughter Of tho
Chief of Staff of the Army and
Mrs. j. Lawton Collins, very busy
these days. For she's to be mar.
ried to Jerome Joseph Stenger,
jr., on November 10 at the Shrine
of the Blessed Sacrament. Her
cousin, the Rev. Edmund p. Joyce,
c. S. c., of Notre Dame, Ind, will
ofhciate at the ceremony and
celebrate the nuptial mass at IL
o'clock, and a reception win bs
given In the Fort McNair Of1cers'
Club. /, -.
Mrs. Thomas Fields viii be her
cousins matron Of honor and
Nancy Collins will be maid OF
honor. And to keep things IN tt1S
family, so to speak, John, Richard
Stenger will be his brothers best
man. ~
The bridesmaids chosen BY the
attractive bride-to-be are Mary
Corbett. Barbara Hinrichs and
Alice Thurman. Sally Easter.
brook Of Seattle and Peggy Pirtle.
Among those who have been
asked to perform ushering duties
that day are Gladys brother, lst
1t. Joseph e. Collins, who's sta.
toned at Fort Bragg: Tony Hen
ming and George Edelen Of this
city, William Spencer Of Philadel.
phia and Robert Irons Of Roam
oke.
Mother and Daughter
Gladys will share honors with
Shirley Schuyler, daughter Of
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Cortlandt-
Van r. Schuyler, at a mother.
and-daughter tea which Mrs. VIII
liam H. Arnold and her daughters,
Mrs. Parkman Clancy and Mrs.
James H. Dallman, will give We'd
nesday. And the following day Q
tea will be given in Gladys honor
by Mrs. Mark A. Devine, jr., and
Mrs. John E. Theimer at the
home Of Col. and Mrs. Devine.
Shirley, incidentally, has select
ed the date for her marriage to
1t. Edward s. Saxby. The wed.
ding will be on December 40 at g.
o'clock in Fort Myer Chapel with
the reception in Hop Hall. &c
She and Gladys were honor
guests at a cocktail party given
during the week by Brig. Gen. ana
Mrs. Thomas Timberman and
Gladys was entertained by Mrs.
George F. Wooley at . linen,
shower and tea. -
Yesterday Joan Miller. daughter
Of Col. and Mrs. Charles Miller.
gave a luncheon for Gladys at the
Army and Navy Club. The other
guests were Mrs. Fields, Miss Cor
bett and Miss Hinrichs of the wed.
ding party and Mrs. Craig Sargent,
Mrs. James Bierbower, Mrs. Mel-
win Cox and the Misses, Jane
Simpson. Eleanor Hill, Patriots
Byrne and Mary Ann Culleton.
FoII Season Very Coy
Parties for prospective brides
aren't the only entertainments On
the calendar this week. Startiua :.
with Tuesday, Mai. Gen. and Mrs,
Lewis A. Pick are giving q bu11et
supper in hoDor of Maj. Gen. 4.
D. Campbell, engineer In chief Of =
the British War Office; Wednes-
day Maj. Gen. and Mrs. william
Jennings Wallace Marine Corps) i.
will entertain at cocktails for Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Vernon E. Mcgee.
Friday the Ordnance Department.
Of the Army will bid farewell to-
retiring Chief of Ordnance and,
Mrs. Everett s. Hughes at . res.
ception at Fort McNair and Sat-
urday will find two couples entiC.- :
tanning. Col. and Mrs. Horazs
Smith, whose cocktail party will
honor 1t. Gen. and Mrs. Wade =
Haislip, and Comdr. and MRS.
Steven Kasper, who have labeled
their entertainment q cocktail and i.
smorgasbord party. ~'%
1t. Gen. and Mrs. Edward II.
Brooks will be hosts at cocktails
next Sunday. Maj. Gen. and Mrs.'
Russell Lamonte Maxwell are
coming down from New York and
giving similar party at the Sui:
grave Club on November 3. and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Gerson *.
Heiss have invited friends to meet
the Assistant Secretary. Of the
Army and Mrs. Archibald 8. Alexs
ander at cocktails on Novembeyk