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was at a Choristers Concert The 26th annual concert of the Catholic Diocesan Choristers will be held at the Academy of Music on Friday, Jan. 21. Mrs. Thomas E. Murray is concert chairman.

Honorary chairmen are Mrs. Edward V. Killeen and Miss Mary J. Delaney. Other chairmen will be: Mrs.

Norbert Cosgrove, subscriptions; Mrs. Harold W. Rambusch, boxholders; Miss Alice J. McCann, reception; Mrs. Arthur C.

Reilly, program girls, and Mrs. Chester A. Beatty publicity. The general committee includes Mrs. Benjamin Bampton, Mrs.

John E. Baxter, Miss May A. Beakey, Mrs. Peter E. Bennett, Mrs.

Richard Bennett, Mrs. Arthur C. Bowie, Mrs. Edward A. Bracken, Miss Emma H.

Bracken, Miss Helen M. Bracken, Miss Josephine G. Bracken, Mrs. Philip A. Brennan, Mrs.

Charles Buchner, Mrs. Edward C. Burke, Mrs. Robert W. Caldwell, Miss Margaret M.

Crowley, Mrs. John M. Delaney, Miss M. Genevieve Devin, Mrs. Daniel A.

Doyle, Mrs. Francis X. Doyle, Mrs. Carl T. Fischer, Mrs.

James Fitzgerald, Miss Elizabeth Gannon. 1. Miss Alice Garvey, Miss Bernadette Garvey, Mrs. William H. Good, Miss Josephine Grilli, Mrs.

James T. Hallinan, Mrs. George R. Holahan, Miss Agnes Huberty, Mrs. Thomas A.

Huddy, Miss T. Augusta Hynes, Miss Mary A. Kennedy, Mrs. Edward F. Kenny, Mrs.

J. Vincent Keogh, Mrs. George, E. Kirby, Mrs. Joseph Lilly, Mrs.

Joseph J. McCann, Mrs. Robert A. McCormack, Mrs. Harold S.

McCormick, Mrs. Francis D. McGarey, Mrs. Frank E. Mallon, Mrs.

Henry Mannix, Mrs. Patrick H. Medler, Mrs. Charles Partridge, Mrs. Frank J.

Prial, Miss Mary L. Riley, Miss Madeleine Walsh Smith, Mrs. Peter P. Smith, Mrs. James A.

Spellman, Mrs. Elena Sodero, Dr. Cecelia A. Trunz, Mrs. Michael F.

Walsh and Mrs. John Walters. This year's concert, the 26th in the Academy series and the fifth under the direction of the Rev. Cornelius C. Toomey, will consist of a program divided between the works of the masters 1 of church music of the 16th Century and numbers in a lighter and more modern style.

The choir consists of 95 men and boys from various parts of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Harold Spencer is the accompanist and the assisting artists will include Hermann Busch, cellist of the Busch Quartet; Miss Asunta Dell Aquila, harpist; Michael Rhodes. baritone; William Hugh Gavigan, organist, and Master Carl Igelbrink, soprano. Miss McGinness, James P. Brady Will Be Married Mr.

and Mrs. Edward J. McGinness of 1484 E. 18th St. any nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Margaret McGinness, to James P.

Brady, son of Mrs. Patrick Brady of 1177 E. 23d St. and the late Mr. Brady.

McGinness is a graduate of St. Joseph's College for Women and the Packard School, Manhattan. She is chairman of the Junior Auxiljary of Anthonian Hall for the Blind, and corresponding secretary of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, Brooklyn Circle. Mr. Brady, al graduate of St.

John's University, is attending Columbia University. The engagement of the couple is heing announced today at a family dinner party given at the home of Miss McGinness. SOCIETY BROOKLYN EAGLE, JAN. 2, 1949 13 DEBUTANTE -Miss Marea Edwina Grace, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Edwin J. Grace of Laurel Lodge, Greenlawn, will be honored by her parents at an eggnog party this afternoon at their home. Miss Grace, who is a graduate of Berkeley Institute, is a freshman at Smith College. Contemporary By RUTH G. DAVIS Society Editor The New Year brings with it promise interesting Winter.

It starts with the announcement of the mid-Winter. teas of the Friends of the Brooklyn Public Library. For several seasons, the informal teas have been so much-enjoyed that the program committee, under the chair. manship of Dr. Miles Kastendieck, again has arranged for a series for this year.

The teas are held in the handsome Trustees Room of the Ingersoll Building, overlooking the Prospect Park Plaza, with a splendid view of the famous New York skyline, so that the setting provides a pleasant background for a chatty afternoon and the enjoyment of. the informal programs presented. THE FIRST TEA will be held on Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 o'clock. Following the serving of tea a on Book Binding" will be presented. The conversation will be carried on by Dr.

Milton James Ferguson, retiring chief librarian of the Brooklyn Library, and J. Howard Atkins of the Bernard Bookbindery. The talk will center around bookbinding as a business, an art and a hobby. The February and March programs, to be held on the 1st and the 3d, respectively, sound equally inviting. At the February tea, Miss Esther Johnston, chief of the circulation department of the New York Public Library, will speak on "Reaching for a Book." HENRYT.

DAVENPORT, president of the board of trus-tees of Public Library, has made a hobby of studying American humorists and will speak about them at the March tea. Miss Harriet F. Righter, chairman of the Friends of the Library, will preside at the tea on Wednesday. Hospitality will be in charge of Mrs. Thomas Gilbert Brown and her committee which includes Mrs.

James F. Fairman, Mrs. Harold Szold, Miss Helen B. Parker and Mrs. William B.

Parker. Mrs. Raymond V. Ingersoll will. pour.

Eagle Staff photo HOLIDAY DANCING Miss Claire James is pictured dancing with John Weeth at the Yuletide Ball held at the Hotel St. George last week. Miss James was a member of the post debutante group. Smith Grad, Engineer Will Marry Mr. and Mrs.

William John. ston of 843 E. 39th St. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Helen Johnston, to Patrick J. Cusick son of Mr.

and Mrs. Patrick J. Cusick of Pittsburgh, and Chicago, Ill. A graduate of Smith College, Northampton, Miss Johnston is an assistant in the Department of Education and Child Study there and is also studying for her master's degree. She is a member of the Hampshire County Smith Club of Massachusetts and the Smith College Club of Brooklyn.

Her fiance is an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a member of Phi Kappa, Sigma Tau and Omicron Delta Kappa. In the war he served as a lieutenant in the Civil Engineering Corps of the navy. He is studying for a master's degree at Harvard University. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Planning officials. Elizabeth May Brown's Engagement Announced To C.

W. Henstenburg Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.

Brown, of 7 E. 10th Manhattan, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth May Brown, to Charles W. Henstenburg son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henstenburg of Scarsdale, N.

Y. Miss Brown is the granddaughter of the late Herbert F. Gunnison, former president of the Brooklyn Eagle. The bride-elect is also the granddaughter of Mrs. Charles H.

Brown of East Orange, and the late Mr. Brown. She is a graduate of the Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, N. and Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. She spent her junior year of college abroad at the University of Geneva.

Mr. Henstenburg was graduated from Scarsdale High School and served in the navy during the war. He is a member of Honors College at Wesleyan Middletown. from which he will be graduated in June. Mrs.

Henry Allen Jr. Weds Jessy Lasky Jr. Miss Estelle Warner McCrossin of Manhattan announces the marriage of her niece, Mrs. Henry Allen Jr. of Manhattan, and formerly of Brooklyn, to Jesse Lasky son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse Lasky of Manhattan and Hollywood, on Friday in Riverside, Cal. Mrs. Allen, the former Betty McCrossin, is the widow of Henry Allen Jr. She is the daughter of the late Edward J.

McCrossin, prominent Brooklyn lawyer, and Mrs. McCrossin, and granddaughter of the late Mrs. Hugh McCrossin. Mr. Lasky, a motion picture writer, served as a captain in the Sig nal Corps in the Pacific area in the war.

Mr. and Mrs. Lasky will live in Hollywood. Cresco Club Members Will Be Entertained Members of Cresco will be the guests of Mrs. Alfred H.

Munkenbeck for luncheon at the Engineering Woman's Club, 2 Fifth Manhattan, on Tuesday before the regular meeting of the Mrs. Charles H. will review "The. Proper Bostonians." Dr. and Mrs.

J. Klippel of Malverne announce the birth of a daughter, Judith Ann Klippel, on Christmas Day at the South Nassau Community Hospital, Oceanside. Mrs. Klippel is the former Dorothy Larsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

H. K. Larsen of 4215 Avenue I. Eagle Staff photo TIME OUT TO CHAT- Miss Charlotte Larsen with her escort Charles Eble enjoy an intermission between dances at the annual Yuletide Ball at which debutantes of the season were presented. Elinor Elliott Engaged to J.

E. Koechley Dr. and Mrs. Frederic E. Elli ott of 122 76th St.

announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Elinor Elliott, to John E. Koechley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Koechley of Bellevue, Ohio, at an open house yesterday.

The wedding will take place next Summer. Miss Elliott is a graduate of the Packer Collegiate Institute, the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and the Katharine Gibbs School. Manhattan. She is a member of the New York Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi, the Dr. White Junior Auxiliary, and the Colony House Junior Guild.

Mr. Koechley is a graduate of Joseph's College, Rensselaer, and received an M. A. degree from Catholic University America School of Social Work, Washington, D.C.. in 1941.

After serving in the army for three years, he joined the staff of Catholic Social Service in San Francisco, where he is now employed as a supervisor. Bradford Bachrach Virginia H. Johnston Elinor Elliott Podell Podell Bette Jane Durham Virginia S. Holden Miss Durham Betrothed To Mr. Giery Mr.

and Mrs. Edward L. Durham of 2701 Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Bette Jane Durham, to. Thomas M. Giery, son of Mr.

and. Mrs. Richard V. Giery of 62-03. 79th Elmhurst.

Miss Durham was graduated from St. Saviour's School and Catherine McCauley High School. She is associated with E. L. Durham Company, Inc.

Her fiance is a graduate of Brooklyn Preparatory School and is studying at Pennsylvania Military College. He served with the 13th Air Force in the Southwest Pacific in the war. Alumnae Bridge Committee Listed Included in the bridge committee for bridge and fashion show of the Alumnae Association of St. Joseph's College for Women, which will take place on Feb. 5 at the Towers Hotel, are the Misses Regina Munz Meyer, Florence Kemp Carberry, Jane McLoughlin, Margaret Callahan, Marcella Canale, Eileen Allen, L.

Germaine Sexton, Mary McGinnis, Catherine Glynn, Mary C. Flanagan, Marjorie Trimble, Ursula Reilly, Roseanne Fitz, Mary Louise MeGrath, Jean Urbank. Rose Prince, Margaret Connors Weigand, Janet Blessing, Eileen Wolfe, Virginia Hughes, Mary Elizabeth Buckley, Margaret Berkery and Rita Steiger. Co-chairmen of the event are the Misses Florence Kennedy and Catherine Allen. Beverly Ann Hogle, Mr.

Rundle Betrothed The Rev. and Mrs. C. Newman Hogle of Freeport and formerly of Brooklyn announce the engagement of their daughter, ter, Miss Beverly Ann Hogle, to Donald Glenn Rundle, son of Mrs. Harlan Rundle of Berea.

Ohio. A June wedding is planned. The prospective bride's father is the pastor of the Freeport Methodist Church and former pastor of the Vander. veer Park Methodist Church. Both the bride-elect and Mr.

Rundle are seniors at Baldwin- Wallace College in Berea. The bridegroom-to-be served in the European theater in the war. Miss Alice Burleigh Will Wed in Spring Miss Ruth B. Abbott of 90 8th Ave. and River- Vue, The Thousand Islands, N.

the betrothal of her cousin, Miss Alice Burleigh, to Thomas Maher of Hempstead and the Bronx. A Spring wedding is planned. Miss Burleigh is an alumna of the Packer Collegiate Institute and Barnard College, class '44. Mr. Maher was lated from Columbia University of Engineering in 1943.

Nadine Archer Coffrain Engaged to H. E. Buck Announcement is made of the engagement of Mrs. Nadine Archer Coffrain of Forest Hills, daughter of Mrs. Curtis A.

McCord of Mobile, and the late Mr. McCord, to Harry E. Buck of Manhattan and Trumansburg, N. son of Mrs. Emmer A.

Buck of Knoxville, and the late Mr. Buck. Mrs. Coffrain attended Mississippi State College for Women and is a member of the Brooklyn Eagle Staff. Mr.

Buck is a graduate of Cornell University and is associated with the National Association of Manufacturers. C. C. F. Woman's Board Will Meet Wednesday The Woman's Board of the Subscribers Listed For Theater Party Benefit Next Tuesday Subscribers for the performance of "Jenny Kissed Me" at the Hudson Theater, Manhattan, to be held on Tuesday for.

the benefit of the South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses, Mrs. George Mrs. Hans Isbrandtsen, Mrs. Christopher Meyer, Mrs. Malcolm Van Zandt, Mrs.

A. Longstreet Read, Mrs. Mary C. Draper, Mrs. Valentine K.

Raymond, Mrs. Robert Burns, Mrs. Herbert Scoville, Mrs. Otis S. Carroll, Mrs.

Richardson Pratt, Mrs. William M. Parke, Mrs. Sumner Ford, Mrs. Darwin R.

James Mrs. Edward M. Fuller, Mrs. John Wells James Mrs. Charles E.

Rogers Mrs. Alanson Fox, Mrs. Charles, L. Babcock Jr. Miss Edith Jarvis.

Mrs. William B. Parker, and Mrs. Raymond V. Also Mrs.

A. Clarke Bedford, Miss Irene Braman, Mrs. Russell V. Cruikshank, Miss Frances Coutts, Mrs. John S.

Roberts, Miss Dorothy Betts, Mrs. Theodore Streibert, Mrs. Harry Spencer, Mrs. Henry C. Eldert, Mrs.

Edwin P. Maynard Mrs. Hollis K. Miss Emily H. Goetze, Mrs.

Dudley D. Campbell, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Barton, Miss Edna Wood, Mrs. Donald Swift, Mrs.

Francis H. Bedell, Mrs. H. Haughton Bell, Mrs. Travis Whitney.

Also Mrs. D. Irving Mead, Mrs. James M. Mills, Mrs.

William P. Parke Mrs. Walter Bruchhausen, Mrs. Samuel P. Bailey, Mrs.

Lewis W. Francis, Miss Elizabeth Dutcher, Mrs. John Muma, Mrs. Hugh Cole, Mrs. John F.

Hughes, Mrs. Stewart W. Richards, Mrs. Edmond T. Drewsen, Mrs.

George Brower, Mrs. Alwyn InnesBrown. Miss Louise Goetze. and Miss Elizabeth Simmons. Lillian E.

Swensen, Howard Baldwin to Wed Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swensen of 3003 Glenwood Road announce the engagement of their daughMiss Lillian Edith Swensen, to Howard Livingston Baldwin, R. M. S.

U.S. N. son of Mrs. Herman C. Hennig of 957 E.

37th St. Miss Swensen is a graduate of Midwood High School. Mr. Baldwin also was graduated from Midwood High School. He He is a navy artist stationed with the U.S.

Naval Recruiting Bureau, Baldwin. He attend: Pratt Evening Art School. The couple will be married in the Autumn. Miss Ruth W. Rotting Engaged to Be Wed The engagement of Miss Ruth Wilma Rotting to William Arthur Meincke, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Meincke of 333 81st is announced by the parents of the bride to Mr. and Mrs. Walter of 10120 105th Ozone Roetting Miss Rotting attended the Packer Collegiate Institute and was graduated from Syracuse University. She is studying at Katharine Gibbs School, Mangradu-hattan.

Her fiance was graduated from Fort Hamilton High School and Colgate Will Be Wed Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Miles Holden of Brooklyn and Farmingdale, N. have announced -the engagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Stengle Holden, to John Martin McGuire, son of Dr. and Mrs.

seph McGuire of West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Miss Holden is the granddaughter of the late Dr. Timothy N. Holden and Mrs. Holden of Brooklyn the former Congressman Mrs.

Charles and I. Stengle of Washington, D. C. Colonel Stengle represented the 6th Congressional District of New York. She her education at Adelphi Academy received, and Adelphi College, Garden City, and is a senior in the Kings County Hospital School of Nursing.

McGuire is the grandson of Mrs. John Wesley Doverspike of New Bethlehem, and the late Mr. Doverspike and the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Joseph McGuire of Pittston.

He is an alumnus of Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. He attended the University of Connecticut and. received his pre-medical education at Yale University. He is a senior at the Long Island College of Medicine. During the recent war he served 33 months in the army.

Camr- Arts Catherine H. Lonergan Mrs. John Edward Lonergan of 1820 Cortelyou Road announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Catherine Harden Lonergan, to John Kenny Madigan, son of Captain and Mrs. George J. Madigan of 1109 E.

18th St. Miss Lonergan, daughter of the late John Edward Lonergan, is a graduate of St. Joseph's College for Women and received her master's degree from 1 Columbia University, She is a teacher at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Manhattan. Mr. Madigan is a graduate of St.

John's Preparatory School and spent three years in the during the war. He is completing his studies at Manhattan College. Church Charity Foundation. Mrs. William T.

Simpson presi dent, will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the nurses' residence of St. John's Hospital, Atlantic and Albany Aves. Plans will be made for the annual theater party. Tiny Tim Society Plan for Bridge Party The Tiny Tim Society of the House St.

Giles the Cripple, Mrs. J. Hunter Lack, president will meet on Tuesday afternoon at the hospital, 1316 President Street. The first of a series of card parties, which will be held 01. Jan.

25. will be discussed. Miss Ruth M. Midwinter. daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. William Midwinter of 731 Rugby is the guest of Cadet Thomas F. Fiala of Howells. and her house guest, Miss Dorothy Smith of Yonkers. N.

is the guest of Cadet James J. Michel of Saginaw, at West Point Military Academy for the holiday weekend. They are staying at Hotel Thayer and attending the formal dances and teas. Margaret Benvenuto The engagement of Miss Mar garet Benvenuto to Kenneth J. Scarlett was announced at party given New Year's Eve at the Benvenuto home, 733 515 St.

Miss a Manhat tain Training High School grad nate studied at the Juilliarc School of Music, Manhattan and recently starred in a week radio program Fordhan University. She has been heard as soprano soloist in the choit at St. Agatha's R. C. Church.

Mr. Scarlett, also of Ba: Ridge, is a graduate of Boy' High School. Army service terrupted his attendance Brooklyn College. to which he returned after three to vears receive his B.A. degree.

He vice president of 'Pi Bett Gamma fraternity and is member of the Lt. Anthony L. Gerlach Post, American Le. gion. He is associated with the American Enka Man: hattan..