Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-08-14

Gay parties galore have beer
going on for Verna Mae Kelly
whose marriage to Roy j. Murphy
will be solemnized at the Bethesda
Presbyterian Church on August %
at $3.50 pm. Mrs. Helen Rund-
hammer entertained for Miss Kelly
ct the home of Miss Mildred Ward
with a miscellaneous shower; Mrs
Miner Hostetler gave an after
seven party for so guests for Miss
Kelly and Miss Billiard, while Mrs
Marian Atwell was hostess at a
kitchen shower for Miss Kelly.
The staff of the Mayor and Coun-
ell gave a surprise handkerchief
shower for Miss Kelly, and Miss
Rose Dawson gave just about the
cutest-thing-in-town when she en-
tertained at a miscellaneous show
er-but not for Verna Mae. Guest
of honor was the bridegroom and
the gifts were strictly masculine
Some. 35 males attended what must
have been the first male shower
ever to be given and brought along
their wives and friends. "Murph"
was presented with everything
from neckties to cocktail glasses.
Miss Dawson's table decoration
was a shin made from a loaf of
bread-with a banner on it which
read "Pooks Hill or Bust" The
Young couple will reside at Pooks
Hill.
Other parties included dinner
marty in Baltimore given by
Miss Sara Seibert. On Sunday.
Mrs. Dorothy V. Smith, aunt of
Miss Kelly. will give a trousseau
tea at the Kelly home from 4 to 6:
and next Flidav night, the night
before THE DAY. the mother of
the bride-to-be, Mrs. Lamar Kelly.
will entertain at cocktails for the
bridal partv. The cocktail party
viii proceed a dinuer marty which
will be given NV Mrs. w. f. Welt.
10 Anne Hickman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Hickman will
be home August II for months
vacation from her studies at the
University of Rochester School of
Nursing in Rochester, N. Y. She
will be senior this year.
Colonel and Mrs. Jack Buell. are
on months vacation to Texas.
They will stay at their home there.
Colonel Buell. is working at the
Pentagon now and at the end of
his two year stay they plan to re-
turn to Texas.
Mrs. Dudley Ward, formerly of
Rockville and now of Damascus,
viii entertain the WSCS of the
Methodist Church of Rockville AZ
q tea on SATURDAY. from 3 to 5
Her new home will be the scene
of the tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Grav en-
tertained at an alfresco dinner
party on Friday evening at their
home in Bethesda when the guests
included the family of their daugh-
ter's, Barbara Virginia, fiance.
William Slack Nicholson. Guests:
Mrs. Leonard Nicholson, his moth
er; brother, 1t. and Mrs. Leonard
Nicholson of Wood Acres. and his
sister, and her husband, Mrs. Rob-
ert Stabler of Kensington. Miss
GfMy's engagement to Mr.. Nichol-
son has recently been announced
by her parents.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert R. Lee were Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Hodge Smith and their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are from New
castle, Delaware.
To celebrate his 9Th birthday,
Stevie Burt, son of Com. and Mrs.
Ernest Burt of Seven Locks Road,
spent the day at the zoo with sew
eral Of his friends. Stevie and his
guests visited the zoo and enjoyed
a vicente roast there.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. Pyles
and son, Michael, are home, after
a two weeks vacation at Kent's
Island.
In Richmond for a two weeks
stay with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hulcher, is Miss Sa-
bina Hulcher.
Friday marked the return of
Mrs. Albert Bouic, Mrs. Mary
Evans and daughter, Mandy, from
a motor trip to Niagara Falls.
Mr.. Charles w. Pettyman, AS
sistant Manager of the Credit Bur-
eau of Wash, DC, left during the
week for business trip to Boston
after which he will take a course
in Summer School at Yale Univer-
sity.
Miss Rose Dawson, Miss Eliza
Choate and Mrs. Randolph Talbot
were guests last week Of the Miss
es Martha and Catherine Poole at
their home in Southern Maryland.
Guests of Mr.. Walter A. Will
liams are his son-in-law and
daughter, DIR. ard Mrs. William
Armstrong and children, Chris,
David and Mary, Mr.. and Mrs.