Evening star., 1953-11-27

OlOTeIldIu r1OGcl 1dSC evening, Il
young ladies were presented to
society. The event was the fourth
annual Debutante Cotillion and
Thanksgiving Ball. Proceeds
from last nights party are to
be turned over to the Damon
Runyon Memorial Fund for Can
Ger Research.
All of the debutantes-14 Of
whom are from Washington, six
from Baltimore and one from
Wilmington-Will have individual
debut parties given for them by
their families later in the season.
Before the cotillion got un-
derway, Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
DowneS Clogg of Baltimore gave
a dinner dance for their daugh-
ter, Miss Judith DowneS Clogg.
One hundred guests were invited
to the Z o'clock party in the west
ballroom of the Shoreham.
Capitol Group
Washington girls presented at
the Cotillion were the Misses
Mary Osborn Chaffee, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Milton
Chaffee; Jan Kelley Corbett.
daughter of Army Col. and Mrs.
James Bertram Corbett; Sandra
Cowen, daughter of the former
United States Ambassador to
Belgium and Mrs. Myron Cowen;
Joan Elizabeth Crowley, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John William
Crowley, jr.; Barbara Ann Falge,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
rnond L. Falge; Lucille Pierce
Ferguson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. CORTLAND Delos Ferguson,
and Betty Jane Johnson, daugh-
ter of former United States Am
bassador to China and Mrs. Nell
son T.. Johnson.
Others were the Misses Eliza
beth Campen Johnson, niece Of
Army Col. and Mrs. Lawrence
D. Lally; Judith Anne Lund,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wen
dell L. Lund; Carol Vigne Ma
ton, daughter of Navy Capt.
and Mrs. Milton A. Nation; Mar
garet Sampson Parsons, daugh-
ter of Navy Rear Admiral and
Mrs. William S. Parsons; Pa
tricia Ann Priest, daughter of
the Treasurer of the United
States. Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest,
and Mr.. Roy Priest; Virginia
Young Thomas. daughter of
Marine Corps 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
Gerald c. Thomas, and Mar
garet Reybold Yount, daughter
of Army Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Paul F. Yount.
Baltimore Representatives
Baltimore girls in the contin-
gent included the Misses Barbara
Lee Ruark Baker, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. Frank M. Baker;
Emita Mccormick Brady, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Leo Brady;
Penelope Clark, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Kerr Clark;
Anne Hart Lalley. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Hart Lal-
ley; Anastasia Beatty Ludlow,
daughter of retired Navy Capt.
and Mrs William Goodwin Lud-
low, jr., and Miss Clogg. From
Wilmington came Miss Margaret |
Patterson Blackstone, daughter
of Mrs. B. B. G. Blackstone and
the late Mr.. Blackstone.
The presentees all we're gowned
in bouffant white nylon tulle
dresses last evening, with which
they wore long white kid gloves
and carried arm bouquets of
American roses. A note was
placed in one of the bouquets of
a Washington debutante indi-
eating she woulu lead the cotil-
lion figure at midnight.
The receiving line for the CO.
tillion formed at $50. The line
was headed by Miss Mary Stuart
Montague Price and various
sponsors assisted in receiving
throughout the evening. They
included Australian Ambassador
and Lady Spender, Mrs. Priest,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Anthony j.
Drexel Biddle, Mr.. and Mrs. Cow
en-, Miss Constance Bennett, Mrs.
George Barnett, DR.. and Mrs.
Virgil Damon, Mrs. George Dix
on, Mrs. Robert E. Lee III, Mrs.
Ernest E. Norris. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul A. Porter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy st. Lewis.
Three Groups Assist
A group of IL post-debs. all
wearing black gowns and long
white kid gloves, as we'll as 35
Sub-debS, generally assisted
throughout the evening. Phyllis
Woll was chairman of the latter
group. The floor committee did
its share of work, too. Comdr.
Carl F.. Pfeifer. U. S. N, a
White House aide, was chairman
Of this group. They escorted the