Social events chronicled in brief continued from seventh page
The record lists numerous society visits and travel plans. Maj. Walty of Switzerland stays at the Shoreham. Alderman Blair of Montgomery returns from Raleigh. Col. and Mrs. Jay F Hoffer host Mrs. Jessie Stiles of Montclair for weeks. Mines Hirsh and sister Mrs. Ruskin return from Hot Springs and plan New York visit then south. Mrs. Brown travels to Southport with Maj. Brown, then to Lake Toxaway. De A L Metz and family from New Orleans visit Washington and stay at the Shoreham. Maj. and Mrs. George Newgarden and Lt. George J Newgarden Jr. head to the New Jersey coast until September. Mrs. George Gordon Asher and Miss Mary Wabb visit Leyton Chesapeake Beach, and Mr. Samuel Burleigh Milton hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A Ray and daughter stay at Ocean City since July for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Blair
Montgomery
Ala
Raleigh
Col
Jay F Hoffer
Lateister
Jessie Stiles
Montclair
N J
Mines Hirsh
Mra Ruskin
Griffen
Hot Springs
New York
South
George Gordon Asher
Alexandria, Va
Mary Wabb
Twomas Sterling
Leyton
Chesapeake Beach
Samuel Burleigh Milton
Frederick A Ray End
Ocean City
Takoma Park and Atlantic City Visits Highlight Summer Guests
A series of summer visits and guest stays are reported across Takoma Park and nearby cities. Mina Ralford Moncrief of Atlanta visits her uncle Dr W H Moncrief in Takoma Park. Mra Jacob Kohner and daughters travel to Wildwood New Jersey for the remainder of summer. Miss Mary E Bond plans Digby Nova Scotia after attending NES sessions in New York and will return to Washington in September. Mra Annie B Gotta and son Robert Bond Gotta vacation in Atlantic City. Mra Jerome Hubbard enjoys summer at Pinecrest Takoma Park and Miss Amelia Williams entertains Miss Mina Painter of Marion Virginia, visiting after stays in Richmond Portsmouth and Norfolk. Miss Margaret Kroll hosts Mildred and Lena Walsh from Cumberland. Ma jol and Mrs Henry Jerry host dinner on the Army and Navy Club roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Jacob Kohner
Louise
Ruth
Janet
Wildwood
N. J
Mary E Bond
Digby
Nova Scotia
Montreal
National Education Association
New York
Bond
Washington
Misa Amelia Wiliama
Williama
Takoma Park
Mina Mary Gertruda Painter
Marion
Painter
Richmond
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Margaret Kroll
William A. Kroll
Mildred and
Lena Walsh
Mberland
Samuel Pannill Fickien
Davietts C. Fickien
Cicken
Belgrads Lake
Howard S&s Nyman
Benjamin
Anna Hempstead
Misa Hempstead
Boston
Cambridge Visitants and Summer Plans Across Regions
A long list of social visits and summer arrangements from Cambridge and beyond. Dorothy May Davis visits her sister at Harvard while Mrs Claxton visits the Tome School in Maryland. Other travelers head to Atlantic City Baltimore Summit Point and Virginia Beach with families at cottages and residences for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy May Davis
Arthur Powell Davis
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth Allen Davis
Harvard
P P Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Clax Tan
Tome School
Port Deposit
Thomas & Baker
Social News of Washington And Nearby Travel
Miss Ellis Lejeans joins aunt Mrs Kennedy at Virginia Beach and plans a visit to Portsmouth. Dr Kennedy serves aboard the U S S Solace while Haith hosts. The Perry family from Detroit return after two weeks with the Millers in Washington. The party travels via Blue Ridge battlefields and Rock Point Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Lejeans
Mrs Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Ts&sn
Virginia Beach
Portsmouth
Valira Kennedy
Kennedy
Haith
Solace
James J Perry
Detroit
Mich
H H Miller
Irving Street
Battlefiels
Blue Ridge Mountains
Washington
Rock Point
Fish Inside Her Bathing Suit Swims Net Next Time
Special to The Washington Fest reports Misa Matthews, resident of 4315 Hazel Avenue, swam at Waveland Beach when a live fish entered her bathing suit. The fish, six inches long, caused panic before dying on land. Matthews vows to wear a net next time she swims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Misa Ethel Matthews
Hazel Avenue
Miss Matthews
Waveland Avenue
Uit
Waveland Evenu
Girl Who Couldn't Swim Saves Boy In River Rescue
Hazel Olsen of Beloit Wisconsin saved 3 year old Alexis Harris from a 16 foot deep river near Middle avenue. She dragged him to shore and performed artificial respiration until help arrived. Harris nearly drowned but both children survived and Olsen recalls no fear, only concern for the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Olsen
St. Hazel
Hiexis Harris
Washington Post
Beloit
Wis
John Olsen
Highth Street
Alexis Harria
Middle Avenue
Bride Wooed and Won by Mail Bets On Love
Miss Lillian Slattery, 19, of St Louis, wed John Stutz, 21, Meridian, in a mail courtship. Daily letters from both sides spurred the marriage after about a year of correspondence. The couple planned a two month honeymoon to the Thousand Islands before settling in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Louta
Lillian Slattery
South Grand Avenue
John State
Meridian
Miss
Stutz
St. Louis
John Stutz
Slattery
Stuta
Misa Slattery
Thousand Islands
St. Leula
Stuts, Jr
John L Slattery
Ratired
Bridge Club and Local Social Notes Update
The Washington Suburban Club hosted a bridge gathering. Miss Carrie Hart and Mr Samuel Hart returned this week from Poland Spring Maine. Mr and Mrs Alvin Newmyer departed Washington on Saturday for Atlantic City.
Evening Holiday Tales Across Atlantic Coast
Mr and Mrs I Block and family linger in Wildwood N J and plan a week in Atlantic City before returning. Mrs William Hahn and daughter Miss Ray Hahn and Miss Beatrice Hahn returned to Washington last week from Atlantic City where they spent 106 weeks. Miss Etta Salmon of Baltimore visits Milas Blanche Levy in this city. Mrs Gus Kleeblett and children left Washington on Wednesday for Bradock Heights Md to spend the rest of summer. Mr and Mrs M Marx and Miss Daisy Marx settle in their new home 1123 Sixth Street NW. Mr Harold Strauss and Mr Georges Beneman returned to Washington Tuesday from vacations in Norfolk and Ocean View Va. Mrs Simon Kann hosted the Wednesday afternoon social last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Nathan
Bessie Nathan
Chicago
Washington
I. Block
Wildwood
N. J
Atlantic City
Wiliam Hahn
Ray Hahn
Beatrice Hahn
Mra
Gus Kleeblett
Braddock Heights
Mad
Harold Strauss
Georges Beneman
Norfolk
Ocean View
Joy Ride in a Wheelbarrow Hitches a Car on St Louis Street
Schuetz roadhouse keeper at 801 Gravois avenue sparked a neighborhood stir by steering a wheelbarrow tied to a car for two joy rides. Spectators debated his wealth, while friends supplied the real car for the stunt at a neighborhood picnic and a lawn fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Lente
Thomas FH. Schuetz
Gravois Avenue
Schuetz
McHihinney’s Grove
Sappington
St. Louis County
Ft Schuetz
Schuets
Hyattsville WCTU Holds At Home Meeting in Parish Hall
The Hyattsville WCTU hosted an at home gathering Monday evening in the parish hall of Pinkney Memorial Church. Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church also attended the community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New Pinkney Memorial Church
Ladiss’ Ala Society
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
California Bridge Whist and Gambling Laws Confusing Test
A historical note discusses California gambling statutes, arguing that straight poker for money is not gambling while bridge whist for money is prohibited. It explains penalties, list of prohibited games, and that police enforce laws without overstepping them, though public opinion can push broader interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiet
Polles
Walter J. Petercer
California
Petersen
Pedro
Amib Bage
Pan-Dinkey
Razgle-Daszie
Local Social Notes Blend with Neighboring Towns
Last week Hall received a note of appointment while arrangement committees included Masera Hoffman Smith and Hall. Marguerite and Helena Meyers of Riverdale are on vacation in Rossland Virginia with Mr. and Mrs John Ktevengan and children from Kevner West Virginia visiting Walter Latimer Buver Hill. George Drewett and Mollie visit Seaboard while Mr and Mrs William Mandsey of Seabrook and Miss Cora Lanham of Selbrooke attend a surprise party hosted by young Cortiten on ninth page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Oc
Visting
William G Mandsiey
Seabrooke
Cora Lanham
Selbrooke
Young Cortiten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maj
Walty
Switzerland
Shoreham
Mra. Brown
R. H Brown
Southport
Maj Brown
Lake Toxaway
N.C
de A L. Metz
New Orleans
George Newgarden
George J Newgarden
US A
New Jersey
Dr. Moncrief
Mina Ralford Moncrief
Atlanta, Ga
Dr W
H Moncrief
Annie B Gotta
Robert Bond Gotta
Oregon Avenue
Mra Jerome Hubbard
Pinecrest
New Brunswick
Jol
Henry Jerry
Army and Navy Club
Theresa Huban
W J Martin
Kanaas Avenue
Mra Martin
van Auken Mills
Blue Ridge Summit
Sone
George Metcalf
Soyicia Metcalf
Baltmore
Eaglesmere
Charles HO Lyman
A & M Oc
Huntington Lyman
Alien Cottage
Jamestown
Foi
Klein
Toronto
Margaret Breckinridge
John ¢ Breckinridge
North Hatley
Canada
Blanche Wilmot
Narbeth
P. L. Reed
Doris Wilmot
Henry White
Emilie Margaret White
Summit Point
McHenry McChord
Bar Harbor
Chester Whiting
In Musicale
G Street
Connecticut Avenas
Whit‘Ing
James Westly Whiting
Barytone
H. Howell
Gore
Edna Howell
Temaquid Point
Howell
John Hampton Howell
Frank Norris Jones
Far Rockaway Beach
Jones
Henry McNett
Isaac Pearson
Berkeley Springs
B.C. Wallich
Basii Co
Horace Ellsworth Wallich
Paul Elwing
Victoria
B.C
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Jaquelin A. Moncure
Moncure
Misa Gwendolin Fairfax
the Crag
Markham
Maine
Frank T. Hows
Mary Helen Howe
Annie Laurie
Paul Hines
Lewis A. Potter
Edward Donovan
Miss Howe
Brookland
Pen
I. H. Hepter
Leon Adlert
Pen Mar
Mrs
Emanuel Simon
Nake
Philadelphia
Roscoe C. Bulmer
Charles H. Poor
Bulmer
Army and Navy
Fort Washington
James Gillespie
Lieut. Gillespie
Capital
THE
Louvre
St. N. W
Niewera
Breriye
Inna
Simon
George de Leon
Diamond Street
Bridge Club
Washington Suburban
Carrie Hart
Samuel Hart
Poland Springs
Alvin Newmryer
Atlantic
Etta Salmon
Baltimore
Milas Blanche Levy
Mr. and
Mra. M Marx
Misa Daisy Marx
Sixth Street
Simon Kann
Sorosis
Sorosis Boot Shop
F Street
Maryland
Eleanor Prendel
Cumberland
Erins
City
Herbert Rich
Sem
Harry Hahn
Sidney Strausen
Dr. Engie
Aldie Memund
Tuesaday
Eugene Fishel
Brooklyn
A. M Fishel
John B. Tucker
Ladles’ Aid Society
Pinkney Memorial Church
Episcopal Bar, Eve and Throat Hospital
Mary Kertland
Margaret Kertland
Hoopes
B. Pool
Ralph
Elizabethtown
N. C
Ambrosa O'Keefe
Torat Southern Methodist Church
Marshall
Hyattsville Society
Rich
de Fe
Terone
Cor
Nice
Steinway
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
Ianos
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