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bor Cloampied 4d Keaults BROOKLYN EAGLE. SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1939 Telephone 41 4-62001 Island Society Plans for Spring Dances Small Bridges Given Plan Garden City Events Blue-and-Silver Ball to Be Held May 13- Other News of Towns Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Garden City, April 22-The Garden City Assembly will give a "Blue and Silver Ball" in the Georgian Room of the Garden City Hotel on Saturday evening, May 13. Plans were formulated at a meeting of the board of governors held at the home of Gordon Einhaus of Chestnut St. last evening. Attending were Miss Alleyne Grimmer, the president; Miss Roberta King, Miss Virginia Brooks, John Van Siclen and Joseph Slensby.

The floor committee will include Frederick Hainfeld, Ralph T. Schrenkeisen, Radcliff, Frank Dame, Frank McGlynn, William Norris, William Heath, Clayton Marshall, William Meissner, Ernest Marshall, Austin Meissner, Edward Richards, Yvelin Gardner and W. Lincoln Seibert. Dr. and Mrs.

Herbert S. Schofield of Kilburn Road had as dinner guests this evening Mr. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer Brokhahane of Baldwin, Miss Edna Coleman and Wesley Jackson of Brooklyn. "The Ball of Tomorrow," the dance of the Nassau County Republican Recruits given at the Garden City Hotel this evening, was the occasion for a of prefatory parties among Garden City subscribers.

Among those entertaining were Ernest Marshall of Roxbury Road, whose guests were the Misses Nancy Winselman, Mildred Wurthman, Bernice Schultz and the Messrs. Clayton Marshall, Ray Ruffner and William Larzelere. Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Evarts of 7th St. entertained for Mr.

and Mrs. James Daley and Mr. and Mrs. William McComb. Mr.

and Mrs. John S. Tilotson and 1 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baldwin entertained jointly at a predance party.

Among local patrons for the affair were Col. Edward C. O. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas, Dr.

and Mrs. D. Stoddard Dooman, Mr. end Mrs. Charles E.

L. Clark, Mr. ALt Mrs. Franklin S. Koons, Mrs.

Helen St. John and Mr. and Mrs. Northam Warren. The annual Spring dance the younger set was held in the Garden City Casino last evening.

Patronesses included Mrs. Roy B. Anderson, Mrs. William F. Anderson, Mrs.

Milton J. Ayers, Mrs. Leon R. Atwood, Mrs. William M.

Dillmeier, Mrs. John P. Hubbell, Mrs. Robert R. Gillespie, Mrs.

Edna H. T. Johnson, Mrs. Rudolf A. Piel, Mrs.

James McLean, Mrs. Edwin A. Buck, Mrs. Warren W. Carpenter, Mrs.

Thomas A. Shaw, Mrs. William R. Snyder, Mrs. John R.

Strohecker, Mrs. Mead W. Stone, Mrs. Charles Tisch Mrs. Joseph C.

K. Studwell, Mrs. Myles C. Watson and Mrs. French Strother.

Miss Betty McLean of Stewart Ave. entertained at dinner preceding the dance, her guests being the Misses Louise Dillmeier, Virginia Shaw, Adelaide Anderson, Jean Stone and the Messrs. Robert Buck, French Strother, Roger Hubbell, Frank St. John, Stanley Young, Fred Hildebrand Jr. and Dudley Whitney.

Miss Sally Foster of Wellington Road had as her guests the Misses Ruth Dunn, Jacqueline Torney, Carol Munger, Marion Bayer and Donald Anderson, Thomas Rieger, Charles Tisch 3d, Robert Brown and Roy N. Figueroa Jr. Mrs. J. Willard Brainerd of Oxford Boulevard was hostess at bridge luncheon yesterday.

Her guests were Mrs. Albert C. Hugo, Mrs. Hurlbert C. Elmore, Mrs.

John H. Kost, Mrs. Charles J. Bast, Mrs. H.

Clinton Corwin, Mrs. Harry C. Maguire, Mrs. William F. Englis, Mrs.

Frederick Droge, Mrs. Charles E. Jacka, Mrs. Vincent Rey and Mrs. Joseph H.

Wackerman. Mrs. John Muir had as luncheon guests yesterday Mrs. J. Sherman Gordon, Mrs.

Alfred Knapp, Mrs. Robert A. Leighton, Mrs. Charles Bauer and Mrs. Charles Hampson.

Mrs. Charles G. Bishop of Meadow St. gave a luncheon and bridge for 16, her guests including Mrs. Andrew H.

Boardman, Mrs. Robert R. Gillespie, Mrs. Albert M. Hopper, Mrs.

a Robert J. Dixson, Mrs. Page Northington, Mrs. James R. Duckett, Mrs.

Arthur F. Worden, Mrs. Joseph Ryan and others. Miss Genevieve Phelan of Kilburn Road, who is to be married to Russell Borner of Bronxville in June, was tendered a surprise shower and supper party last evening by Mrs. Ralph Deghuee of Flushing.

Other guests included Mrs. Franklin Phelan, Mrs. Warren P. Doing, Mrs. Elvin N.

Edwards, Mrs. Mahlon Doing, Mrs. John A. Padley, Mrs. Charles E.

McHale, Mrs. Peter Pumyea, Mrs. Mark Hafner, Mrs. Frank Rossiter, Mrs. Samuel Thompson, Miss Betty Phelan and Miss Katherine Hafner.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Shaw 4th St. were dinner hosts this evening.

They entertained for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Halpin, Mr. and Mrs.

Edward J. Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hagerty Mr.

and Mrs. William M. Dillmeier, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T.

Hussey and Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Fleming. Miss Patricia Davidson of Boulevard, whose engagement Nassau, George H.

Guinan, Garden City, was recently announced, honored at a tea and kitchen shower given by Mrs. Chauncey' T. Horton and Mrs. William S. Moore at Horton residence on Rockaway Road this afternoon.

Guests included Mrs. Robert P. Davidson, Mrs. M. Monahan, Mrs.

Matthew P. Guinan, Mrs. John R. Fulton Mrs. John B.

Wolff Mrs. James Woodger, Mrs. Edmund Rowan, Mrs. Finck, Mrs. Byron K.

Callan Mrs. Thomas P. Losee and Misses Betty Wiggins, Jean Whelan and Constance McKenna. Mr. and Mrs.

George B. Holbrook of Brentwood, are spending 8T 028 Miss Grace Margaret Arent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Arent of Valley Stream, is engaged to Lieut.

John B. Colwell, U.S. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G.

Colwell. (Bachrach photo.) weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Barnitz of Whitehall Boulevard.

Mrs. Francis H. Baker of Hilton Ave. is entertaining her sister, Mrs. L.

E. Misener, and her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Hamilton of Niagara Falls, Ontario, as house guests. Mrs. George M.

Simonson of Salisbury Road was a luncheon and bridge fostess yesterday. Her guests were Mrs. Charles H. Hoag, Mrs. Edwin V.

Morrison, Mrs. Warren A. Hall, Mrs. Fred B. Bradley, Mrs.

William Gein, Mrs. Louise G. Leverich and Mrs. William T. Dickerson.

Mrs. Arthur J. Conroy of Nassau Boulevard gave a tea on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. John Kirkman of the Garden City Hotel entertained at dinner Thursday evening for Mr.

and John K. Gurney of Garden City. Mrs. Kirkman also entertained at dinner on Tuesday evening, her guests then being Mr. and Mrs.

Alexander S. Kirkman of Jackson Heights. Mrs. Frederick H. Handsfield and her daughter, Miss Handsfield of 5th are on a two-week southern, trip.

Oakley Lohrke of Kensington Road entertained at luncheon for her bridge club on Wednesday. Her guests were Mrs. baud Behrens and Miss Mary Ryon of Garden City Mrs. Leighton Montgomery of Brooklyn, Mrs. Ross Minor, Mrs.

Howard Norris and Mrs. Cora Carroll of Manhattan, Mrs. George Breckwoldt and Mrs. Kenneth Bevier of Scarsdale, Mrs. Willard Peare of Ridgewood, N.

and Mrs. Willis Knighton of Rye. Mrs. William Tod Campbell Jr. of Wyatt Road was hostess at a dessert bridge party on Wednesday.

Her guests included Mrs. George A. Blasser, Mrs. Jack E. Buckley, Mrs.

Charles P. Bertland, Mrs. Oscar F. Olsen, Mrs. Charles W.

Glew, Mrs. Robie L. Mitchell, Mrs. Charles H. Sandford, Mrs.

John W. McConnell, Mrs. Ellis A. Simmons, Mrs. Jonathan W.

Varty, Mrs. Kenneth Kruchten, Mrs. Norwood Cole, Mrs. George E. McDonald, Mrs.

William K. Allison and Miss Anita Kinley of Garden City, Mrs. C. Herbert Hendrickson, Mrs. William H.

Deale and Mrs. Walter F. Batten of Babylon, Mrs. John Carl Hawkins of Baldwin and Mrs. Robert I.

Wilson of Glen Head. Mrs. Walter L. Schart of Magnolia Ave. gave luncheon and bridge at the Garden City Country Club on Wednesday.

Mrs. Scharf's guests were committee members assisting her in conducting the Woman's Club bridge tournaments during the year. They included Mrs. Russell W. Zebold, Mrs.

Bernard W. Rorke, Mrs. William Gein, Mrs. Louis C. Hurnung, Mrs.

Edward Nash, Mrs. William H. Cordes and Mrs. Warren W. Carpenter.

Virginia Durand of Cherry Valley Road was a luncheon hostess on Wednesday to Mrs. John J. Bradley, Mrs. Howard S. Mott, Mrs.

George Cook 3d, Mrs. Abbott L. Dibblee, Mrs. William R. Nugent, Mrs.

Edward Harvey and Miss Dorothy Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Rhoad Jr.

of Huntington Road entertained for Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Gillespie, Dr. and Mrs.

Charles G. Bishop and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Lee on Wednesday evening.

Betty Ann O'Connor Engaged to Be Wed Mr. and Mrs. Basil O'Connor of 1220 Park Ave. and Westhampton Beach announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Betty Ann O'Connor, to Sidney Culver, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Oliver S. Culver of Westhampton. Miss O'Connor 1s a graduate of the Brearley School and a freshman at the University of Arizona. Mr. Culver has been a special student at the Agricultural College at Cornell University and is engaged in farming on Long Island.

Personal News Concerning Rockville Centreites Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Rockville Centre, April 22-Announcement has reached the village of the birth of a son in Shanghai, China, to Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Kraus, formerly of 62 Linden The baby has been named Jeffrey Clyde Kraus. Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Rickard Dorchester Road were dinner this evening of Mrs. Josephine Brawley of Brooklyn. Mrs. Alfred Fox of Riverside will be a dessert-bridge hostess Thursday. y.

Her guests will be Howard Cooper and Mrs. Kirk of Oceanside, and Mrs. Clarence Barton, Mrs. Arlene Berlinghof, Mrs. Henry Gels, Mrs.

Herman Warnken and Miss Lillian Barton Rockville Centre. Mrs. Peter A. Waddy 1 returned week to her home on Hampshire Road, following short visit Bradley Beach, N. as the of Mrs.

Ethel Meinecke. H. C. Drewes of Pine St. is on trip to Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Gendall of N. Forest Ave.

are attending conference of Boy Scout Workers which is being held this weekend in Utica, N. Y. They have joined by their daughter, Miss Gendall of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.

S. A. Kidder Mrs. Blanche Landers of Medford, are the guests this weekend of Mr. and Mrs.

Edgar B. Ehrgott of N. Forest Ave. George Harrison of Tanglewood Road entertained last evening Miss June Kopp of Rockville tre and Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Lecheleitner of Floral Park. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Deming were hosts at a cocktail party evening at their Roxen Road preceding the Rockville Centre publican Club dance at the ville Country Club.

Among guests were Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Asbury of Manhattan and Mr. Mrs. Byron Gibson, Mr.

and George Storms, Mr. and Mrs. Gallant and John Wappett of ville Centre. George McNeil of Miami, the guest of his son-in-law daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

John Deming. Mrs. William F. Schwalb of lett Road entertained yesterday ernoon at bridge. Her guests Mrs.

Jesse L. Appelgate, Mrs. Walter T. Rather, Mrs. Wheeler B.

Hakes, Mrs. Paul E. Crowley, Mrs. Frank Becker, Mrs. Robert S.

Reiss, Edmond K. Dunham, Mrs. Louis Schuttert, Mrs. Bertis E. Nelson, Mrs.

Charles S. Eppel and Mrs. bert E. Daniels. Mr.

and Mrs. Keith Macomber were bridge hosts this evening. guests, at their home on Andover Road, were Mr. and Mrs. Schutte, Mr.

and Mrs. Hugo Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hyman, and Mrs. Robert Polsgrove and and Mrs.

Monteath Dayton. Mrs. Gerard Thomson of Harvard Ave. will entertain at luncheon cards on Monday. Mrs.

Earle Laughlin will tain the members of her Duplicate Bridge Club at her Shepherd home on Wednesday afternoon, April 26. Several Rockville Centreites be among the guests of Mrs. Thomas Cole of Freeport at a dessert-bridge at her home on Friday, April 28. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Ketcham, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Alfred Miss Janice Alfred returned week to Eastport, after a visit Mr. and Mrs. A.

T. Williams Jr. Capitolian Boulevard. Mrs. S.

E. Kirkham, Mr. and E. C. Kirkham and Frank Kirkham returned to the village this They had visited Mr.

and Mrs. A. Smith of Boonton, N. J. Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur B. Van returned this week to their Wachusetts St. home from a short stay Hunns Lake, Bangall, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carstens again at home on Schuyler They sojourned at Southern N. C. Miss Alice Carstens returned this week to Syracuse University.

Mrs. William West, formerly of Forest has moved to Flushing. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Creagen, formerly of N.

Forest have the village and established home in Knickerbocker Village, Manhattan. Mrs. J. P. Ascher, formerly Hampshire Road, and her son, Ascher, have left the village North Carolina.

Miss Ollie Havens of Plains, N. is spending a with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atwood Hebberd of Walnut Ave. Mrs.

berd. luncheon, will entertain Miss on Monday, for Havens and Jacob Nevius and Mrs. Roswell win of Brooklyn, Mrs. Ernest more, Mrs. Arthur North and Edward Trosset.

of Queens Mrs. Arthur Collins of Woodhaven and Mrs. William Lloyd and Willis Blee of Rockville Centre. Harry Atwood Hebberd has been spending some 'time' in' Orleans, is now in Beaumont, Texas. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred B. Kistler rived this week from St. Petersburg, to spend several months their son-in-law and daughter, and Mrs. Alva F.

Myers of Road. Mrs. John L. Guinter Jr. tained Mrs.

John Reilly, Mrs. win Holbrook and Mrs. Jerome at luncheon and bridge at her on Vernon Ave. on Thursday. Mr.

and Mrs. Van Leer Honor Couple at Luncheon Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Lawrence, April 22-Mr. and Mrs. W. Leicester Van Leer will give a luneheon tomorrow at their home at Willow Way in honor of Mrs.

Robert Page Burr and her fiance, Horace Bowker of Manhattan, who will be married in Chestnut Hill, on May 12. Among the guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh C. Gildersleeve, Mr.

and Mrs. W. Lee Gwynne, Dr. and Mrs. Irving H.

Pardee and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Watts. Mr. and Mrs.

James W. Maitland will be hosts at luncheon tomorrow at their home in Club Drive, Lawrence, for Mrs. Augustus Van Courtlandt of Mt. Kisco, their house guest; Mr. and Mrs.

C. Perry Beadleston; the latter's brother-in-law, William L. Gower of England; Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Merritt, Mr.

and Mrs. George T. Purves, Mr. and Mrs. James F.

Burns Mr. and Mrs. Townsend McAlpin and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick F.

Alexandre. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Dimond have returned to their home at Longwood Crossings, here, this week from a short visit in Charleston, S.

with Mrs. Dimond's aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Hatch of Polo Lane have returned from several months' holiday in Bermuda, where they occupied an apartment at Dunbarton, Pembroke.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Shelton Farr are now domiciled at their new home at Narragansett Ave. Mrs.

Farr plans leave on Tuesday for a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. Grosvenor Ball, at Moline, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fried, who have been making their home in Manhattan for the Winter, will reopen their place on Muriel Lawrence.

Mills, music publisher of Broadway, Lawrence, who is in Hollywood, is expected home the end of the month. Zeeck -Doughty Miss Katherine Zeeck, daughter of Charles Zeeck and the late Mrs. Zeeck of Glendale, has completed plans for her marriage on Friday to Norman Doughty, son of Mrs. Mervin P. Doughty and the late Mr.

of Cumberland Place, Lawrence. The ceremony, which will be simple owing to the recent deaths in both families, will take place at 8 p.m. in St. John's Church, Far Rockaway. The Rev.

Francis G. Urbano, rector, will officiate. Miss Emma Doughty, sister of the prospective bridegroom, will serve as maid of honor. Other attendants will include Judith Ann Gibson, niece of the bride, flower girl; the Misses Marie Steler, Glendale, and Louise Pearson, Woodmere, bridesmaids. Mervin Doughty will be his brother's best man, and ushers will include Robert Saunderson, Cedarhurst, and Carleton Mott of Far Rockaway.

There will be no reception. On the following day, April 29, the couple will sail on the Furness liner Queen of Bermuda for a wedding trip. Upon their return they will make their home at Freeport Hall, Freeport. Mr. Doughty is the grandson' of the late G.

Wilbur Doughty, one time Republican leader and Supervisor of Nassau County. The prospective bridegroom is a graduate of Nichols College, Dudley, Mass. Miss Zeeck is a graduate of Adelphi College, 1933. wilder, have and been Mrs. Cortlandt occupying W.

an Handy, apartment at 1000 Park Manhattan, opened their country home at Woodmere, yesterday for the season. Mrs. Barklie McKee Henry of Old Westbury has returned to her Somerset home, Wreck House, Hamilton, Bermuda, accompanied by Mrs. Walter Jacob of Syosset, North Shore Items Mrs. Robert 8.

Greeman of Munsey Park motored to Rye, N. this week, where she met her daughter, Miss Myrtle Greeman, a student Stonleigh College, who returned with her mother for the Spring recess. St. Ronald Byrne of Great Neck has returned from a short stay at Hollywood, Fla. Mrs.

Allan Reade has returned from a visit in Teaneck, N. to of guests her home in Munsey Park, Mrs. Paul Van Wagner has. returned from a month's vacation at Brodento, to her home at SadDrive die Rock Estates, Great Neck. on Dr.

and Mrs. Benjamin Drummer Mrs. of Governors Court, Great Neck, anDavis nounce the birth of a son, Peter Ian Drummer, at the Lenox Hill Hospital on March 31. of recently resided at Mr. and Mrs.

James J. Welch, who Stonehenge this their home in Road, Manhasset, are now making Southampton. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gregory of in Prospect Great Neck, announce guest the birth of son, Robert Harold Gregory, at the Nassau Hospital on April 9.

Mr, and Mrs. Harold Muneke returned to their home at South a Drive, South Strathmore, from two weeks' vacation in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Benno Hall of Orbeen chard Great Neck, spent several Mary days this past week in Bangor, N.

Y. Mrs. John N. Kelly and children and of. Highland Road, Great Neck, are visiting relatives in Washington, D.

C. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mansfield have returned from a cruise to the West Indies, to their home in South for Strathmore. Cen- Mrs.

Charles Kruse of North Strathmore, accompanied by her children, Carolyn and Derry, are visiting relatives in Richmond, Va. this Mrs. Thomas McKenna of Wathome, kins Glen, N. is the guest of her Re- daughter, Mrs. Thomas Farrell and Rock- Mr.

Farrell of Brookbridge Road, their Great Neck. Mrs. Harry Tinkham of 3d and Great Neck, is in Atlantic City. Mrs. Dr.

and Mrs. John Hewitt rePaul turned this week from Rock- Orleans, to their home at a trip to New South Strathmore. is Mrs. and John Slagel of Chester Hill, Manhasset, will be hostess at bridge F. and tea at her home on Monday afternoon to Mrs.

Joseph Reither, Hew- Mrs. J. J. O'Shaughnessy, Mrs. aft- bur Mellny and WilMrs.

Stewart were Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Doumaux and son of Lakeville Road, Great J. Neck, are the guests of Mr.

DouMrs. maux parents in Wellesboro, Pa. J. Mrs. Robert Kraham and her daughter, Miss Carl Kraham, reAl- turned this week to their home in of North Strathmore, after spending the Winter in Miami.

Their Mr. and Mrs. Norman Riker and Fred hasset, spent the past week in daughter, Miss Joan Riker of ManMr. Mrs. W.

E. Terry of Platte, Washington, D. C. Mr. Gardens, Great Neck, is University visiting friends in Boston, Mass.

William Genner of Great Neck has and returned from an extended trip in Europe. entera St. Port Washington Notes William J. Sherwood returned to his home at Summit Road, Beacon will Hill, today, after spending two weeks at his former home in Greenport. Wilmot Fish, who is now residing in Kingston, N.

is home for the and week with his mother, Mrs. Fredthis erick Sherwood, and Mr. Sherwood, with and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowland of of Brooklyn, also are spending the weekend with Mr.

and Mrs. SherMrs. wood at their Beacon Hill home. Dr. and Mrs.

Winthrop Whitteweek. more of Summit Road, Beacon Hill, P. are spending the weekend at their home near Southold. Delft Mrs. Stewart Richardson of Ivy Way, Port Washington Estates, has at returned from Atlantic City, where she was the guest of her parents, are Colonel and Mrs.

Stephen Berger. Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have Pines, opened their Summer home at Shelter Island, and accompanied by their two daughters, the Misses Mary N.

Elizabeth and Constance Richardson, are spending the weekend also there. left Mrs. John Eaton, accompanied by their her son, Jack, have returned from Atlantic City to their home at Longview Road, Beacon Hill. Jack has of resumed his studies at St. Paul's Peter School in Garden City, for Miss Barbara Cook of Boston, was the guest during the past White week of Mr.

and Mrs. John Merriweek man of Plandome. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lewis and Heb- at con son, Hill, Dickie have of returned Longview from Road, a short Bea- Mrs.

visit with Mrs. Lewis' mother in Cor- Syracuse, N. Y. Dins- Mrs. Thomas Fairbanks of PlanMrs.

dome, has been spending several Village, days in Washington, D. C. Miss Mary Nicholson, daughter of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Nicholson of Port Washington Estates, returned this who week from a visit with relatives in New North Carolina. Mrs. William Blawis has returned to her home in Buffalo, N. after ar- a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Montroville Smith of with Carlton Ave. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward V.

Willis of Roxen Park Port Washington Park, have announced the engagement of enter- their daughter, Miss Margot Willis, Ed- to Lt. Edmund M. Rowan, U. S. Russ son of Mr.

and Mrs. Edmund Rowan home of Manhattan. Miss Willis is a graduate of the Katherine Gibbs School. Lieutenant Rowan, who was Miss a member of the 1932 class at West Point, is stationed at Fort Francis ship E. Warren in Wyoming.

days Mrs. William Gallon of Virginia Plandome are spending several days Fenner, Orleans, La. Their a daughwith ter, Miss Mary Gallon, has been visWood- iting another daughter, Mrs. George of Fawcett, and Mr. Fawcett, at their the home, in Richmond, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson and Hills, infant daughter of Mackey Ave. colony have returned from visiting relaAlfred tives in Canada. Mrs.

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Merkt of Mrs. Longview Road, Beacon Hill, have Mrs. sailed for a European tour, are Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Howell, forMr. merly of Great Neck, are now residing in their new home at Flower Misses Hill. Man- Mr. and Mrs.

Leroy Grumman and their four children have returned 1 Mrs. Macrae Sykes was Miss Jean E. George, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F.

George of Bayside, where she and Mr. Sykes will reside after a trip to from a Bermuda, vacation to their home at Port Washington Estates. Mrs. Adele Hyer of Beacon Hill Road, who sailed for a European vacation several weeks ago, is now in Lausanne, Switzerland. Miss Caroline Baily, daughter of Mrs.

Dorothy Baily of Plandome, has been spending several days in Greenwich, as the guest her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Magruder Kent. Mr. and Mrs.

Bertram Thompson of Webster Ave. have been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Twomley of Troy, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. John Valentine of Fairview Port Washington Park, announce the birth of daughter at the Doctors' Sanitarium, Port Washington, on April 9. Mr. and Mrs.

Irwin Peffley have returned from Florida to their home at Middle Drive, Plandome. Mrs. Walter Rundle of Central Drive, Plandome, has returned from visit with her brother and sisterin-law, the Reverend and Mrs. Arthur Merriman, in Camillus, N. Y.

Mr. Rundle has returned from an extensive cruise to South America. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Birkel and family have returned from a visit at Milbrook, Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whitmore of Plandome have been at Hot Springs, Virginia. Glen Cove Personals Mr. and Mrs.

John Abbott Worthley have returned from a Southern wedding trip and are now residing in the Strathhaven Apartments. Mrs. Worthley is the former Miss Helen Coughlan, daughter of Jeremiah Coughlan and the late Mrs. Helen Clark Coughlan of Glen Cove. Mr.

Worthley is the son of Mrs. George Gillespie Worthley of Brooklyn and the late Mr. Worthley. Mr. and Mrs.

J. H. Dauphinee have been entertaining as their guest, Capt. Edward Clauson of Nova Scotia. Mr.

and Mrs. Stanley Goodwin returned this week from Washington, D. C. Miss Doris Germain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James Germain, spent the past week visiting friends in Forest Hills. Mrs. Olive Auringer returned her home in Sayville, this after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Ray Smith. Mr.

and Mrs. Wyllys R. Betts have returned from Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs.

William H. Barlow of Franklin Ave. announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Grace Lucille Barlow, to Ivan Cross Mandigo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mandigo of Canton, N.

Y. Mrs. Martin Doran of Valley Falls, N. has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Gerghen of Glen St. Mrs. Charles McQuair returned to her home at Margaret this week, after a short trip to Wynyard, Canada. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Carlson and children have been visiting in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Piping Rock have returned from Florida. Miss Edith Doyle will return the end of the week from Miami, Fla.

Miss Elizabeth Barnwell returned to her home in Baltimore, this week. Miss Barnwell has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Titus. Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Guy, formerly of Prospect moved to their new home in East Williston, this week. from attending a house party in Miss a Adalyn Hopkins has returned Brunswick, Maine. The Cedarpoint Golf Club on the westerly terminus of Woodmere Boulevard, Woodmere, will be opened May 1. as a public club under the management of Roy Rutherford of Chatanooga, Tenn.

This was announced this week by James A. Andrews, executive director of the Seawane Club, Hewlett Harbor. Mrs. Howard F. Chappel and Mrs.

Jeannette C. Hitchcock of Glen Head are at Homestead. Hot Springs, Va. Mary Bissell Wed Yesterday St. Thomas' Church Scene of Marriage to Captain Christie Miss Mary Sackett Bissell, daughter of President Justice and Mrs.

Pelham St. George Bissell of 270 Park Manhattan, and Freeport, was married yesterday afternoon to Captain James J. Christie, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael J.

Christie of Riverdale. The wedding took place in St. Thomas Church, the Rev. Dr. Roelif H.

Brooks officiating. The church was decorated with cybotium ferns and forsythia with white stock and white gladoli. Following the ceremony a reception for intimate friends was held at the Bissell home. The bridal party received in the drawing room, the rooms being decorated with cybotium ferns and Spring flowers. Joe Moss' orchestra furnished the music and played for dancing after the reception.

President Justice Bissell gave his daughter in marriage. She wore gown of ivory satin of medieval style with a train and an antique rose point lace veil worn by her paternal grandmother, Helen Alsop French, and her great-grandmother, Helen Alsop Bailey, of Dr. Montgomery, Jones Bailey. She wore a semi-circular spray of orange blossoms holding the veil and carried a shower bouquet of liliesof-the-valley and white sweet peas. Miss Nancy Wemple Bissell, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and wore frock of chiffon of delicate lavender and a small hat of chiffon and tulle to match.

She carried a bouquet of yellow roses and delphinium. The bridesmaids were Miss Adria Joline Freedman, Miss Anita Gerard Gallagher and Miss Ruth Mason Bissell and Miss Ophelia Louise Bissell, sisters of the bride. They wore gowns of yellow chiffon with small hats of yellow chiffon and tulle to match and carried delphinium and yellow roses. Lieut. Colonel Walter G.

Sheard, United States Marine Corps, was best man. The ushers were Major George W. Bettex, Lieut, Michael J. Davidowitch, Lieut. Murray T.

Decker and Lieut, Ramon M. Lopez, all officers of the Marine Corps Branch of the New York Naval Militia, in which the bridegroom is captain of Company D. The bride attended the Spence and Gardner Schools and made her debut on Dec. 22, 1934, at a dinnerdance at the Waldorf-Astoria. She is a descendant of Captain John Bissell, who came to America in 1628 and was a member of the Connecticut Legislature from Windsor.

She is also a descendant of Simon Sackett, who came to America on the ship Lyon on Feb. 5, 1631, whose family settled at Newtown. On the maternal side she is a descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower and of Thomas Yale, whose brother founded Yale University. Captain Christie is a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and is employed by the Board of Transportation New York City. He is captain of Company Marine Corps Branch of the New York Naval Militia.

Ballantine -Smith Wedding to Be June 3 Miss Helen Ridgely Ballantine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Holme Ballantine of 943 Lexington Manhattan; Ballamoor Farm, Southbury, and Woodmere, will be married to Wentworth Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart Smith of Lexington and Chatham, June 3, in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan.

The Rt. Rev. Ernest M. Stires, Bishop of Long Island, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Dr.

Henry Darlington, the rector. A reception at the Junior League clubhouse will follow. Mrs. James Stuart Smith sister-in-law of Mr. Smith, will be matron of honor.

The bridesmads will be the Misses Virginia Danforth, Leonore Shiland and Ethel Sloan and Mrs. Williams Holmes of Manhattan; Miss Anne Osborne, Rochester, and Miss Marjorie V. White, Philadelphia. Mr. Smith's brother, James Stuart Smith will be best man, and ushers will be John Holme Ballantine F.

Morgan Brookfield, Edward B. Hanson, George H. Tryon 3d, all of Manhattan; Hans W. Gateke, Cambridge, Alfred H. Freeman, Moylan, S.

Wooster, Albany, and H. Lawrence Whittemore New Canaan, Conn. Malverne Socials Malverne, April 22-Mrs. James Buckley and her children, Carol Ann Buckley an and James Buckley, returned this week to their home following a visit in Farmington, where they were the guests of Mrs. Walter Gorenflo.

Mrs. Edgerley Schmich of Drake St. will be the dessert-bridge guest on Tuesday of Mrs. Arthur Moran of Bellaire. Other guests will be Mrs.

Flora Stone, Mrs. John McGillen, Mrs. Walter Heaney and Mrs. James McLoughlin of Hollis, Mrs. Julius Molzer and Mrs.

Philip O'Brien of Bellaire and Mrs. Henry Larson of Hempstead. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long returned to their Manhattan home this week.

They had been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Corbitt of Park Boulevard. Mrs. William J.

Farnan and her son, Gerard Farnan, returned to their home on Rolling St. this week following a stay at Neversink in the Catskill Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frampton of Wicks Lane, with their children, Dorothy Frampton and Frampton, are at home again after a.

visit with Mr. and Mrs. William E. Heron of Andover, Conn. Hempstead Personals Mrs.

Rosa Lee MacFarlane of St. Petersburg, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown of Henry St. Mrs.

Donald Joy of Goodrich St. and her daughter, Marianne Joy, returned this week from a three weeks motor trip through the southern States. Miss Dolores Kiernan of Clinton Ave. entertained friends at a birthday party at her home on Wednesday evening. The engagement of Miss Edith Adelaide Checkley, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Checkley of 109 Decatur to John J. Beckerich of Nassau Road, was announced this week. Miss Janet Potter of 1431 E. 22d St.

gave a miscellaneous shower recently in honor of Miss Marjorie Throckmorton of Chestnut HIll, formerly Rockville Centre. Miss Throckmorton's wedding will take place May 12 to Robert Schoelle of Brooklyn. Those present were Mrs. Walter Gano, Mrs. George McNiff Mrs.

Henry Hoth, Mrs. George Conover, Mrs. Lester Prink, Mrs. Baron Throckmorton, Mrs. Lyman Potter, Mrs.

Elizabeth Clarke, Mrs. George McNiff, the Misses Doris Hanabergh, Margaret Pidgeon, Cora Smith, Janet Waters, Jeanette Case, Peggy Parkinson, Patty O'Neill, Jeanette Bell, Mae Connery and Janet Potter. Hewlett Personals Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Hewlett, April 22-Mr. and Mrs. Foye Stanford of Hewlett Bay Park are the guests this weekend of Prince and Princess Pontiatine of Albany.

Mrs. Auguste Richard returned from Boston to her home in Hewlett Bay Park yesterday with her daughter, Miss Harriett L. Richard, whose engagement to Lindsay C. Herkness Jr. of Meadowbrook, Pa.

They visited with Mrs. Richard's mother, Mrs. Augustus Hemenway, who gave a tea at her home in honor of the prospective bride. Miss Joan Nicoll, daughter of Mrs. Hayde Nicoll of Three Acres, Hewlett, and of DeLancey Nicoll of Virginia, who was graduated two years ago from Vassar College, is planning to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons next Fall.

She has just associated with Museum of Natural History in the dissecting department. Lido Golf Club Officers Elected The annual election of golf club officers of the Lido Country CI, was held last night at a stag din in the clubhouse. This was thi of a series of Spring reunion! next to be that of women mer at a luncheon to be held short. John J. Burke and J.

1. Luman were retained as general chairn and secretary, respectively, of golf committees. Other chairm include Dr. Joseph F. McCarthy Guy C.

Peterson, Willard A. Mitchell, Ralph W. Remont and Fred W. Worrall. The personnel of the various committees include Eugene F.

Moran, maker, Mark M. Biddison, John G. Martin J. McHale, Edward E. ShuLethbridge, Edward C.

Polley, Benjamin F. Stephens, Albert E. Thiele, Harry Fowler, Lester C. Klein, Arthur A. Fogarty, Lester Van Brunt, W.

Dengler, John Confort, Hobson Miller, Col. R. F. Kernan John J. Burke Edward H.

Smith, Charles H. Bailey and John T. Gibbs. Miss Frances Dalzell and Hannorah L. Smith of Flushing, who are on a Mid South cruise, are guests for several at the Cavalier.

Hotel, Beach. Mrs. Adelaide B. Flushing, is at the Cavalier Mrs. George Harry Smith of side.

Miss Laura McCarthy, also Flushing, is a recent arrival at hotel. Mrs. John J. Fields, Forest has recently joined the resort at the Cavalier, as has Mrs. I.

Long, Forest Hills. Mr. and Clarence B. Millard, Mr. and J.

J. O'Rourke and Mr. and C. C. Clarke, all of Great Neck, arrivals at the Cavalier, as are and Mrs.

Benjamin S. Blanchard, Jackson Heights, and and and the Virginia Sutton and Virginia ton, Ozone Park, Benefit Luncheon Members of the Lillian R. Spector League of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases will hold a luncheon and card party on Wednesday, May 10, at Longchamps, City Hall, Manhattan. Proceeds of the event will go towards maintaining the Children's ward of the hospital. Mrs.

Estelle Langs is president of the league. Serving on the luncheon committee are Mrs. Etta Shulman, Mrs. Frances Brody and Mrs. Hattie Topping..

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