Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-01-22
Mrs. John Diamond III


Mrs. Dora E. Ward was honored
at a lovely dinner party at Cape
Cod Inn, Sunday, January II, by
her family on her eighty-fifth
birthday. Those who gathered to
celebrate the occasion were Mrs.
Charles M. Webb, Mr.. and Mrs.
Melbourne Ward and their daugh-
ter, Jane, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
Linthicum and their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ashlin, with their children Joyce
and Michael, Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
Fisher, and Mrs. Gilden Wrenn Of
Washington, DC. Four generations
were present at the party-Mrs.
Ward, her daughter, Mrs. Linthi-
cum, Mrs. Linthicum's daughter,
Mrs. Ashlin, and Mrs. Ashlin's
daughter, Joyce.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ste
phen G. Wright of Wilson Lane
was the scene of a lovely party
Sunday afternoon when they en-
tertained from five to seven in
honor of their house guests, Mrs.
Leighton Wall and Mrs. Enid
Craig, of Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Wall
is Mr.. Wright's sister and, with
Mrs. Craig, was here for the week.
end. Among the large group of
guests were two new members of
the United States Congress, and
their wives-the Honorable Richard
Poff of Roanoke, and the Honor
able Dewitt S. Hyde of Montgom-
cry County. The Congressman and
their wives came on to the
Wrights' from the Governors Re-
ception at the Statler held earlier
in the afternoon.
An engagement of great inter-
est is that of Miss Betty Morse and
Sumner Wood, Jr., which was made
known Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
F. Morse of Providence announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Betty Alden Morse, to Sum-
ner Wood, Jr., of Seneca, Md. Miss
Morse was graduated from the
Lincoln School and received her
B.A. degree from Wellesley COL
lege in 1852. Mr.. Wood, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Wood of
Woodbyrne Farm, Seneca, was
graduated from st. Adams School
for Boys in 1947 and from Yale
University in 1851. He is now a
third-year student at the Harvard
Medical School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas D. Carroll
of Arlington were honored on their
recent twenty-ffth wedding ami
versary at a dinner party given at
Normandy Farm by their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
s. Higdon of Willerburn Acres near
Rockville.
Word comes from the Douglas
B. Diamond, Jrs. (probably better
known to most of you as the Tony
Diamonds) that they are finding
life in Moscow very interesting.
They are enjoying the ballet, and
the theater. Martha is especially
enjoying their Russian maid, Tan
va, and the children love the snow
they say there's lots of it. Tony
is with the Department of State
and with Martha, and their two
young sons, left last fall for a
two-year assignment in Russia.
The many friends of Mrs. Lee
Hubbard of South Adams Street
will be glad to know that she is
well on the road to recovery from
a recent operation at Christmas
time.
From New Jersey we hear that
young Chuckie Albert, son of Mr..
and Mrs, Charles Albert, has been
hospitalized due to leg infection.
However, the reports we get are
that he is much improved and will
soon be up and about his busy way
again.
Miss Eliza Choate, who recently
suffered broken wrist in a fall,
is now at her home again on South
Washington Street and well on the
road to recovery. miss Liza" who
is such a familiar figure on the
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