Evening star., 1952-11-30
Scots Hosts;
Many Guests
|For Holiday
By LiIIion Arthur

their rule mo entertaining until
latter Christmas" long enough to
lgive a children's party last Fri
day.
The guest of honor was Pieter
Ivan der Veer who was celebrating
|his birthday anniversary that day.
His father and mother had
planned to entertain for him and
some of his young friends during
|the evening, but when Mrs. Scott
heard about the party she called
1t. Col. and Mrs. Francis w. van
tder Veer and suggested that they
jail come over to Horizon Hill
where there was more room for
the children's games and where
they could see some of the tro-
IphieS the SCOTS had brought back
with them from their recent Afri-
can trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving G. McNayr
also came over to Horizon Hill to
help 1t. Col. and Mrs. van der
Veer in entertaining their guests;
and also assisting during the eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Diamond and Mr.. and Mrs. Wen
dell Turner and Comdr. and Mrs.
Douglas B. Henderson, U. S. C. G.
Mrs. Scott is now busy with her
work as member of the Inagu-
raj Housing Committee and she
has no plans for further enter
tanning at this time. Shortly after
Christmas, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
will leave for Florida to spend
the remainder of the winter at
their home in Miami Beach.
1t. Michael Delehanty and Mrs.
Delehanty. a bride of few
months. drove up from Hampton,
Va. to spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Delehanty's parents. Judge
and Mrs. Henry Schweinhaut. and
they remained over for a short
visit. n
Judge and Mrs. Schweinhaut'sI
younger daughter. Mary Ann, al
sociology major at the University
of Pennsylvania, is also home for
a few days, and with a party here
and party there, the two sisters
have had a busy two days.
Judge and Mrs. Schweinhaut
entertained at dinner Thursday
for their daughters and their SON.
in-law. Other guests at the dinner
were Mrs. Schweinhaut's father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Collins. her brothers, Mr.. Charles
c. Collins and Mr.. Oscar William
Collins and their families and her
two auntS, Mrs. B. H. Newton and
Mrs. Margaret Fitzpatrick. The
dinner was a typical Maryland
occasion. The guests we're long
time Maryland residents, who
could have reminisced interest
ingly about other Thanksgiving
Day dinners in the early history
of Montgomery County.
Mrs. Collins came to Baltimore
from Ireland and she later moved
to Washington and was married
here. Mr.. Collins family were
well known in and around Poto-
mac for many years. And Mrs.
Schweinhaut and her sister Marie
spent many summers with their
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
lCollins-an earlier generation of
the Collins family - who were
among the first families to live at
Great Falls. They built the first
tavern at the Falls for the use Of
fishermen who stopped there after
a day on the river. The present
tavern by the side of the canal
was built at later date and is
part of parcel of land owned by
the United States Park Depart
ment. It is now used as a museum.
Another party at which the
guests were all long time residents
of Washington was Mrs. Ruth
Morgan's dinner last evening. At
the party were Mrs. Charles Nor
gan, Miss Sara Morgan, Miss Ada
Entwisle and her mother, Mrs. I.
H. Entwisle, and Miss Margaret
Ryan. Another guest at the din
ner was Mrs. Bonita Grove, well
known composer and concert
pianist of Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. Grove had been in New
York for a short visit; she had
attended the first night at the
Metropolitan. she said, and she
added with a great deal of pride
that while in New York she had
been made a member of the
Board of Directors Of the Metro
politan Opera Co.
Mrs. Grove will go to her win
ter home in Lake Wales, Fla,
when she leaves Washington. She
will be here long enough, however,
to present a musical program In
Incorporation with Mrs. Morgan. at
the American Association of Uni.
lversity Women, on December 13.
Mr.. Burnet and Mrs. Norman
Ames now have the highest num-
ber Of points.