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ANNOUNCEMENTS Weddings 17 (Sat.) -Miss Loretto M. McKee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McKee, to Mr. Daniel A.

Riordan; Church of Our Lady of Refuge. Aug. 20 Elizabeth Ives, daughter of Mrs. Howard Rolin Ives, to Mr. Alger Baldwin Chapman; 2:30 P.

Williston Church, Portland, Me. August 21 Margaret Price, daughter of Mrs. J. Daniel Price, to Mr. Arthur McDonald Baldwin; Piqua, Ohio.

Aug. 22 (Thur.) -Miss Elinor Henrietta Betts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace Newell, to Mr. Percy Arthur Jones; evening, Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush.

Sept. 5 Margaret Schuyler Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Baldwin, to Mr. Asher Atkinson, Jr.

Sept. 7 (Sat.) -Miss Carol Stevenson, daughter of Mrs. Francis B. Thorne, to Mr. Joseph Sears Lovering; St.

Mark's Church, Islip, L. I. Sept. 9 -Miss Mary Alice Langthorn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jacob Langthorn, to Mr. Arthur F. Weston; Grace Church-on-the-Heights. Sept. 14 -Miss Elinor Litchfield Allen, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. George Litchfield Allen, to Mr. John Franklin Cannon; afternoon, White Plains Presbyterian Church. Sept. 18 (Wed.) -Miss Janet Mills, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick L. Mills, to Mr. Frederick Stephen Lutz; evening, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, L. I.

0.t. 15 Adele Rich Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson Howe, to Mr. Presley Neville Wrenshall.

Oct. 16 -Miss Catherine F. Stinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.

Stinson, to Mr. David C. Stutts; evening, Brooklyn Woman's Club. Oct. 22 Kathryn Coverly Fischer, daughter 01 Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick G. Fischer, to Mr. William M. Calder, Grace Church on the Heights.

Nov. 2 Dorothy Wilbert Wilmerding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert F. Wilmerding to Mr.

George E. Hughes; Flushing. Debuts Aug. 10 for Miss Mary H. Beard, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Anson McCook Beard; Southampton Beach Club, Southampton, L. I. Sept. 5 -Dance for Miss Virginia Thaw, by and Mrs.

T. Markoe Robertson; Westbury, L. I. Sept. 10 (Tues.) -Dance for Miss Gwendolyn Roome, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Le Chevalier Roome, "Morewood Westbury, L. I. Sept. 12 -Dance for Miss Janet Stone, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles A. Stone; Locust Valley, L. I. Dec.

20 Dance for Miss Carolyn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Widmann. Dec. 23 Dance for Miss Janet Ross, daughte, of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Ross, Hotel Madison. Dec. 24 dance for Miss Doris Loudor. Murphy, daughter of Mrs.

Arthur Joseph Murphy and Miss Olga Mildred Vreeland, daughter of Mrs. Walter J. Vreeland: afternoon, Hotel Ambassador, Manhattan. Card Parties Aug. 15.

(Thur.) -Card Party of League of Women Voters at home of Mrs. Frank Melville, Stony Brook, L. I. Aug. 20 Party of the St.

Johns College Auxiliary, Oakdale Vanderbilt Hotel, Oakdale, L. I. October 29 Card Party: of Fort Greene Chapter, D. A. for maintenance and: turnishing of Lefferts Homestead.

Nov. 2 Card Party of the Daughters of the Revolution, Long Island State Society; Brooklyn Edison Building. Nov. 7 Card Party given under the dire of Women's Board of Industrial Home for the Blind; Leverich Towers. Nov.

8 Party of the Ladies' Auxiliary for the Jeannie L. Grant Recreation Camp; afternoon, Oppenheim, Collins. Nov. 12. -Annual: Card Party Women's Auxiliary of the Brooklyn Nursery and Infant's Hospital and the Junior Membership of the Brooklyn Woman's Club, for the benefit of the Brooklyn Nursery and Infant's Hospital; Weber Studios, 489 Washington Avenue.

Nov. 12 Party for the benefit of the Brooklyn Home for Aged Men. Nov. 23 Card Party for the Blind; in Auditorium of the Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 401 State Street. Art Exhibitions All summer- -The Empire Collection of the late Mrs.

Leonard: 10 A. P. Museum of French Art, 20-22 East Sixtieth Street, Manhattan. All Summer -Exhibition of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers: The Barbizon Galleries, 140 East Sixty-third Street, Manhattan. June 1 to Oct.

1 group Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by American and Foreign Artists; Brooklyn Museum. June 11-August 31 Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture; The Neighborhood Club, 104 Clark Street. Dances August 31 -Annual Masquerade Ball of The Quogue Field Club, Quogue, L. I. Aug.

31 -Annual Costume Ball, Maidstone Club, East Hampton. Dec. 27 Dance for Miss Ruth Clark and Miss Mar. garet Means, given by Mrs. John B.

Clark and Mrs. Earl A. Means; Ambassador Hotel, Miscellaneous Aug. 22, 23, 24 Quips of 1929," Quogue, L. I.

Oct. 24, 25, 26 Circus, Mrs. Robert C. Lee, Chairman. Nov.

14, 15, 16 (Thurs. Fri. -Ninety-sixth Anniversary Festival of the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn; noon to 11 P. Masonic Temple, Lafayette and Clermont Avenues. (Mon.) Recital of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, Academy of Music.

Nov. 19 of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, North Garden, Hotel Astor, Manhattan. Nov. 20-21 -Annual Kirmess by the Woman's Board Church Charity Foundation; from 12 noon, Elks' Club, Boerum Place and Livingston Street. Nov.

25 -Recital of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, Academy of Music. Dec. 2 (Mon.) Recital of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, Academy of Music. Dec. 9 of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, Academy of Music.

Dec. 10 -Recital of Miss Elsie Kissam Easton; afternoon, North Garden, Hotel Astor, Manhattan, Feb. 3. 4 -Colony House Capers; Academy of Music. Music Aug.

23 for benefit of Speedwell Society and Fashion Show; 9 P. Maidstone Club, East Hampton, L. I. Nov. 19 -Recital of Mrs.

Mary Thornton McDermott; Renaissance Hall, Brooklyn Museum. Dec. 17 -Recital of Mrs. Mary Thornton McDermott; Renaissance Hall, Brooklyn Museum. Jan.

7 -Recital of Mrs. Mary Thornton McDermott; Renaissance Hall, Brooklyn Museum. Flower Shows Aug 13 (Tues Flower Show of the Bellport Garden Club; Bellport Community House. Sept. 6 -Water Garden Day of the Brooklvn Botanic Garden, leader, Mr.

Charles L. Tricker, specialist in Water Lillies and Water Gardens. Arlington. N. I.

Sept. 18-19 (Wed. -National Dahlia Show; Madison Square Garden, Manhattan. Oct. 25 Day of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

leader, Professor Hugh Findlay, Columbia Univer. sity; 3:30 P. M. Horse Shows Aug. 10 Riding Club; Southampton.

Aug. 13,. 14, 15 Day Horse Show, Montauk, L. I. Ang.

17 Hampton Riding Club. Aug. 23 L. I. Aug.

24 (Sat.) outhampton Riding and Hunt Club. Sept. 14 L. I. Sept.

18-20 Sept. 21 -National Polo Pony. Westbury. L. I.

Sept. 28 Meadow Brook Steeplechase, Westbury, L. I. Nov. 9 Race Meet of West Hills Racing Association, Huntington, L.

I. Dog Shows Aug. 31 North Shore Kennel Club: Smithtown, L. I. Oct.

5 -Westbury Kennel Association; Westbury, L. I. Tennis Aug. 9-10 -Wightman Cup; Forest Hills, L. I.

Aug. 10 (Sat.) -Women's national championship; Forest Hills, L. I. Sept. 7-14 -Men's national championship; Forest Hills, L.

I. Yachting Aug. 5-10 Corry Cup; Great South Bay. Announcements suitable for these columns are desired. Contributions must reach this office by Tuesday morning to appear in the current issue and must be signed to receive attention.

Racing Sept. 2-16 -Westchester Racing Association; Belmont Park, L. I. Sept. 17-Oct.

1 County Jockey Club; Acqueduct, L. I. Golf Aug. 14 Island, one day; Pomonok Club, Flushing, L. I.

Aug. 26 caddie and caddie masters championships; Hempstead Club, Hempstead, L. Sept. 5, 6 Island senior championship Wheatley Hills Club, East Williston, L. I.

Sept. 18 one day; Lido Country Club, Long Beach, L. Hunt Race Meets Sept. 28 -Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association, Westbury, L. I.

Nov. 9 Hills Racing Association; Huntington, L. I. Polo August-Inter-Circuit Championship. August-T'welve-Goal Championship.

September-Open Championship. Boat Racing August 24 Races for selection of defender for the Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup; on Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay, Sept. 7 for the Seawanhaka International. Challenge Cup; on Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay, Births DURK- Mr. and Mrs.

Francis L. (Marie Edgerton Donnelly) of 546 Third Street, a son, Peter Lammerts, July 25th. MAHER-Mr. and Mrs. Francis L.

(Mary J. O'Sullivan), a daughter, Mary Ann, Harkness Pavilion, Sloan Hospital, July 26th. The baby is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. John J.

'Sullivan of Manhattan Beach. WATERMAN- Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. (Katherine Hull Duncan) of 88 Willett Street, Albany, N.

a son, Albany Hospital, July 31st. The baby is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Hillyer Duncan of 165 Eighty-fourth Street, Bay Ridge. Deaths BURR-Mrs.

Florence Plummer Burr, Marshall House, York Harbor, August 6th. Mrs. Burr, the wife of Mr. Walter C. Burr, died suddenly of heart trouble while spending the summer in Maine.

Mr. and Mrs. Burr had been living at the Bossert Hotel for several years; previously to that, they had made their home in Flatbush. Mrs. Burr was the daughter of the late Jerome S.

Plummer an importer of straw hoods. She was a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, and the Prospect Club. Mrs. Burr attended the Plymouth Congregational Church and was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society of that church. Besides Mr.

Burr, surviving her are three sons, Mr. W. Winthrop Burr, American Vice Consul at Patras, Greece; the Messrs. Clinton S. and Jerome Burr, both of Brooklyn; a brother, Mr.

Jerome H. Plummer, and three sisters, Mrs. Charles S. Burr of Brooklyn, Miss A. L.

Plummer of Long Island, and Miss M. G. Plummer of Sea Girt, N. survive her. Funeral serva es were held Friday afternoon, with Dr.

S. Parkes Cadman officiating. JAMES--Mr. Henry East Hampton, August 1st. Mr.

James had lived in East Hampton every summer since 1891, He built his home there in the same year that he was married to Laura Brevoort Sedgwick; their marriage was on September 21st, 1891. Mrs. James died nearly twenty years ago. Mr. James was in his 76th year, being born on April 24th, 1854, at Baltimore, Md.

His winter home was at 735 Park Avenue, Manhattan. He was a retired lawyer, having graduated from Yale in the Class of 1874. During the years of his residence in East Hampton he made many friends among both the summer and permanent residents, being of the group of old East Hampton residents which included many artists and professional men. Surviving him are a son, Mr. Ellery James of Manhattan and East Hampton, and a daughter, Mrs.

Dorothy Havens of Salisbury, Conn. A sister, Mrs. Francis Newton, is a resident of East Hampton. He had two brothers and three other sisters. A funeral service was conducted from his late residence Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, by the Rev.

William A. Grainger, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. MURPHY-Mr. Michael, 77 Eighty-second Street, August 6th.

Mr. Murphy was vice-president and one of the organizers of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank of Brooklyn, and founder and president of the Ocean Bathing Suit Company. He remained in active charge of his business until two weeks ago. He was prominent in the development of the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, where he lived for more than thirty-five years, coming here from Ireland fifty years ago. (Continued on page 14).