Evening star., 1950-06-11
ServiceGirIs
To Be Annonq
Capital Brides
McAuIiffes Feted
By MocArthurs;
Ritchies Hosts
BY Betty Murphy

June is the month for gradua-
tions, for weddings, garden parties
and vacations, and members of
the service set in the Capital area
are taking a prominent part in all
these activities this year.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John K. Rice
have sent out invitations to the
wedding of their daughter, Ruth,
and Maj. Sam Wood Boone of the
Infantry. The ceremony's to be
held next Saturday in the garden
of the Officers Club at Fort Hola-
bird, where Gen. Rice is in COM
mand of the Counter Intelligence
Corps, and the reception will be
Immediately afterward.
Mrs. Benjamin Atcheson'S
daughter Gladys has selected next
Saturday. too. for her wedding
day. Her marriage to Col. John
Owen Colonna will take place at
4 o'clock at her mothers home in
Alexandria and the reception will
be given at the Commonwealth
Club. Gladys will be unattended
and Col. Colonna's son Gary, a
cadet at West Point, will be his
fathers best man.
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Arthur
D. Struble have issued invitations
to the marriage of their daughter,
Elizabeth, and Ensign Ralph E.
Wilson, jr., U. s. N. The cere-
moneys to be held on Saturday,
June "a, at 4::30 o'clock in St.
Mary's Chapel of the Washington
Cathedral and the reception in
the Officers Club at the Army
Medical Center.
Elizabeth's six attendants will
be her sister, Nancy; her sister-i in
law. Mrs. Arthur D. Struble, jr.;
Ralph's sister, Nancy Lee; Mary
Alice Fravel. Noel Truscott, who
graduates with Elizabeth tomor-
row from Goucher College, and
Lois Sessions, Elizabeth's former
claSsmate at Mount Vernon Semi
nary.
Ensign Wilbur Sample will be
best man for Ensign Wilson, who
is the son Of Capt. and Mrs. Viii
son. also of the Navy, and 1t.
Arthur D. Struble. jr., and 1t.
Ralph Leevy. a cousin of the
groom-to-be, will be the head
uSherS.
A week or so after the wedding,
JAly 3 to be exact, Mrs. Struble
and Nancy will sail from Norfolk
to join Admiral Struble in Manila
where he commands the 7th Fleet.
July first is the date chosen by
Carolyn Anderson. daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Webster Anderson,
for her marriage to 1t. Robert
Burnett Hughes. The ceremony
is to be held at 8 o'clock in the
evening in the Falls Church and
the reception In the Officers Club
at Fort Myer.
Farewell Party
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Anthony c.
McAuliffe, who are sailing shortly
for a months stay abroad, were
honor guests at a cocktail party
given yesterday by Col: and Mrs.
John c. Macarthur, who enter
tanned in their garden.
The Commander Of the British
Army STAFF of the British Joint
Services Mission. Gen. Sir Neil
Richie, and Lady Ritchie were
hosts at their first party yester-
day at Prospect Hill, the lovely
old place at Glen Dale. Md, which
they've leased from Maj. Terrill
Brazelton.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles l.
Bolte hardly had unpacked their
bags following a months trip
abroad. when they hurried up to
West Point for their son Philips
graduation. And tomorrow Philir
and his mother will drive out to
Purdue University to bring his
sister Damara home for the sum-
mer. Their older brother David
who was graduated at the Point
last year and Is stationed at Fort
Benning. will sail for duty In
Japan on the l1th Of August.