Evening star., 1952-07-06
Some Socio|ites Are
By-Possing Chicago
Urge for Vacations and Seeing Fomilies
Is Greater Lure Than the Convention
By Doisy Sheridon

! Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lewis Mac
Cracken are sitting peacefully In
their attractive Arlington resi-
dence still gloating over their new
son while other members of their
families are in the throes Of trip
plans.
The first Of the month (the ad-
Ijournment Of Congress permit
Iting) proud grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. William p. MacCracken. jr..
!. will leave for their summer place
i'm Aurora, N. Y. The other grand
mother. Mrs. Francis Whitten has
Europe on her mind. If plans
work out as she hopes she will
forsake her place. Three Valleys,
in White Sulphur Springs and sail
on July 20 on the Liberte.
Jumping the gun on the whole
family is Miss Nell MacCracken,
daughter of the senior MacCrack-
ems, who has already left for Mex
leo where she is taking some spe-
cial courses at the University Of
Mexico. She will be back the end
of August but not for long. The
first part of September she will
leave for Europe and plans to
spend next winter in Paris. study
ing at The Sorbonne.
No Unpoeking for Martins
Also off to Europe sometime in
the next six weeks are Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Martin who will be in
France for flying trip on busi-
ness. They have just gotten back
from a trip west, were in town for
a couple Of days the early part of
the week and are now spending
the holiday at their country place,
Kings Lodge in Seager. N. Y.
Pretty Mrs. Martin is the for
mer Edith Kingdom Gould. She
was bemoaning the condition of
the roads and bridges near their
place. It seems the success of
the rain makers last year to help
New York City's water shortage
raised havoc in their part of the
state. The storm came and the
bridges and roads went. Possibly
the best mode of travel up there
now is pogo stick.
The Martins place adjoins that
Of Mrs. Martins mother, Mrs.
Kingdom Gould. who is also sum-
mering in the Empire state. To
add to the Washington contingent
on the same estate is the wife Of
the italian Counselor, Signora
Luciolli. She rented the house of
Mrs. Ernst Hoefer, jr., another
Gould daughter.
ScoviIIes in Portugal
Now basking in Portugal are
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Scoville,
having deserted their lovely old
house in Mclean. They took
with them their three sons and
are visiting Mr.. Scoville's mother,
also Mrs. Herbert Scoville. Her
address for the summer is Quinta
Polacio da Bacalhoa Azeitao. The
youngest member of Ann and Pete
Scoville's family, daughter Molly,
was left behind.
Jomoico Visitors
One young Capital couple who
have en1many heavenly vacations
behind them and more In the fu-
ture are Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling
Pile. jr. Right this minute they
are in the process of leaving for
two weeks in Jamaica.
i The process is a bit complicated
as they must get the three young
ones up to their grandmother's
Iplace on Long Island before they
Igo. Leaving on Friday the FIVE
some motored up to Mrs. Piles
mothers summer residence at
Glen Head. The Al baby sitter
is Mrs. Thomas L. Chadbourn.
The Piles have made excursions
to Bermuda. Mexico, the Virgin
Islands and just last winter they
went of to the Barbados.
HERE AND THERE: Mrs.
Theodore Ayers and petite daugh-
ter Sally are cooling off in New
Hampshire while Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Smith with their children
will spend two months in Bay
Head. Mrs. Wilson Prichett, jr.,
will be back and forth between
here and Bridgehampton. Long
Island. The two youngest men,
bers Of this clan will stay in the
cool for the summer with Mrs.
Prichett's parents.
Mrs. John Alexander Stewart,
daughter Of Mrs. Hiram Bingham
will be down from her present
residence in Darlington, r. L,
about the first of the month. She
will divide her time between her
two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Sutten-
field and Mrs. Phillips H. Clarke.
Mr.. Stewart will miss this trip
and do his yearly stint in the
Army. Some people come to face
the Washington heat!
Mr.. and Mrs. George Breed will
be off on their yawl almost every
week end this summer. Named
the Hayhap, this craft claims IS
feet according to the lady of the
house but more exacting George
Breed says it is a mere "a. Who
is the Captain of the ship?
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