Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Rockville and Vicinity
Mrs. John Diamond Ill Poplar 223I2

Saturday night found nearly
400 Countians gathered at Con-
gressional Country Club for the
Potomac Hunt Ball. Supper was
served at midnight. Always
colorful and spectacular, this
years ball was unusually so. 1t
was truly a technicolor ball, with
many of the fox hunters CARRIED
IN scarlet coats bearing symbols
of their VI rious clubs - and the
ladies in heir prettiest frockS.
The club, itself, took on an air
of hunt country - it was cleverly
decorated by two accomplished
artists - Mrs. Fred ]. Hughes,
Jr., and Mrs. Newbold Noyes,
assisted by Mrs. Richard Duckett.
Mrs. Dorothy Knutti and Mrs.
Lyttleton B. P. Gould. A mum.
Der of preball parties were given.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mackey enter
tanned a group of twenty from
Rockville. Others who had par
ties were Mr.. and Mrs. George
DeFranceauX, who entertained
$50 at cocktails, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyttleton B. P. Gould, Vice Ad-
miral and Mrs. Ralph S. Riggs
and DR.. and Mrs. John A. Kneipp
who entertained at dinner par
ties.
Mrs. Harold c. Smith, ST.,
knows what mother hen with
little chicks feels like for over
the weekend Mrs. Smith was in
New York and had twenty-odd
some little chicks" under her
wings. 1t seems that Mrs. Smith
is chairman of the Foreign Rela-
lions Committee of the Rockville
Woman's Club and several weeks
r ago she proposed a trip to New
York to visit the United Nations
as project for the club. A spe-
cial trip was being sponsored by
the Montgomery County Fedora
ton of Women'S Clubs for this
weekend. AS the weeks passed,
Mrs. Smith gathered together
enough people to go. (They
needed 25) She was in charge
of all arrangements and for
days on end was planning every
moment of the trip. They left
at noon on Friday and returned
Sunday afternoon. Most of the
ladies land there was one mani
were members of the Women's
Club. The Hotel New Yorker
was their headquarters.
Friday they visited Radio City
Music Hall and the Steve Allen
Show. On Saturday morning
they made the tour OF the United
Nations Buildings. Following
luncheon at the Radio City, they
divided into groups. Some went
sightseeing, while Others went to
matineeS - some to see "SeVen
Year Itch, others to see the new
movies showing in New York.
Sunday they attended the
churches of their choice and left
at 1:30 for home. In apprecia-
ton for all she had done to make
their trip such a pleasant one,
''the little chicks" presented Mrs.
Smith with lovely pin. Upon
her arrival home, she received a
box of red roses.
Those who made the trip were:
Mrs. Rose Dawson, Mrs. Barnard
Welsh, ST., Mrs. William R. Tai
bolt, Mrs. John Mcdonald, Mrs.
Bradford Headley, Miss Edith
Magruder and Mrs. A. L. Russell
all of Rockville. From Gathers
burg there was Mrs. Louis Reed,
Mrs. Lawrence Darby and Mrs.
Forrest Walker. Others from
Rockville were Miss Nandine
Clendening, Miss Julia Foley,
Mrs. Adolph Guide, ST., Mrs. Por-
ter Ward, Mrs. Donald deLaSh-
mutt and Mrs. Daniel A. Bowers.
Still others in the group besides
Mrs. Smith were Mrs. Dorothy
Bou of Washington, Mrs. George
Allnutt, Mr.. and Mrs. Bache
Albert, Miss Lucy Smith, Miss