Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
MANASSAS
By ELvERE c. cox

By ELvERE C. cox
Fae Golden wedding anniver-
sary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Burton Compton win be cele-
brated this afternoon from 3
until 8 o'clock with q large re-
ception at their home on East
Quarry street where they have
resided for many years. Be-
tween four and five hundred
relatives. and friends have been
invited to share with the Comp
tons the observance Of the
fiftieth year Of their marriage
which took place in 1905 at
Seven Fountains in the Shen-
andoah Valley Of Virginia. Mrs.
Compton's father, the Rev. B. F..
Boyer performed the ceremony
at the brides home. Decorating
the tea table today will be q
homespun linen table cloth
woven by her maternal grand
mother which has been used in
the family for nearly a century.
Receiving with the Comptons
will be their three sons and
MISUNDERSTANDING. Mr.. and Mrs.
C. Lacey Compton, Mr.. Alvin
Compton. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Compton of Miami who
flew up from Florida for the oc-
casion. The Comptons' grand
son and granddaughter. Bert
and Valerie Compton also came
UP from Miami with their par
ents.
Now that the midsummer
months have whizzed by. local
civic and social clubs are re-
Stunning their activities. The
Manassas Woman's Club viii
start the fall season with the
annual banquet on September
26 In Trinity Parish Hall and
the hospitality committee Is busy
with plans for this interesting
occasion.
The members Of the Junior
Women's Club Of Manassas also
will be invited to attend the
event. The Ladies Auxiliary of
Trinity Church will provide the
banquet and the members OF
the hospitality committee viii
serve as hostesses.
The back to school trek started
this week with the opening OF
public and private schools IN
Prince William. Many new teach
ers have arrived in town and
they will be welcomed by the
Osbourn High Shoot and Bennett
School Parent Teacher Associa-
lions with receptions at the first
meetings Of the groups.
Miss Mary fish Kincheloe has
returned from New London.
Conn. where she joined Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Anderson and their
daughter, Miss Julie Anderson Of
Ell Centre, Calf. aboard their
yacht, the Jumage, for a cruise
along the New England Coast.
Miss Kincheloe and Miss Ander-
son are classmates at Sanford
Preparatory School in Hokessin,
Del. and will resume their studies
there on September "a.
Mrs. o. D. Waters is home
from a two-week stay with her
son and daughter-in-law. Comdr.
and Mrs. o. Dabney Waters, jr.
ut Virginia Beach.
Miss Mary Berkeley Nelson Isl
back In Manassas after spending
the summer months with rela-
tives In Richmond and Orange.
sAUc Edwin L. Prudhomne who
b stationed with the 647th AC|
and w Squadron near Manassas
and his bride. the former Miss
Janice Collins whose wedding
took plact last Saturday at Grace
Methodist Church here. are max
ing their home at the Windridge
Apartments on North Main
street.
Among local residents who~are
back from late summer vacations
are Mr.. and Mrs. Garry Willard
and their daughter. Mary Blair
who were on q To-day motor
trip to New York State; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Holt Merchant and
their children who went up toI
Rehoboth and nearby resorts;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Repass who
spent a month with relatives in
Bristol and were accompanied by
their young son; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Rice, jr. who made a
three-week trip to California;
Mrs. L. L. Lehman who visited
her daughter, Mrs. Wiley Maroon
in Smithfield, N. c.; and Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur c. Wineholt and
their children were UP in Long
Island for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert New
man have with them for an In
definite stay the latter's mother,
Mrs. George Bowers Of Bridge
port, Conn. Mrs. Newman re-
Gently received a letter from her
daughter. Mrs. Irving Secord.
who moved from Manassas to
Altadena. Calf. last spring, re-
lating an unique coincidence.
The Secords were on a trip to
Yosemite National Park when
they passed a car with Manassas
tags. They hailed the travellers
down and found that it was Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Cooksey. who are
on tour of several months
through the West and were en-
route from Yosemite to Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Margaret Machand
Brown has returned to hillside
Farm, Greenwich, after a visit
with Mrs. Charles F. Prahman in
Cincinnati.
Miss Patricia Wightman of
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