Midsummer social life shifts with war driven activity in capital
Washington society adjusts to war related movements with many departures and arrivals. Visitors rush between Fort Myer Old Point Point Clear and Allentown while aviation training and ocean fleets draw attention. Women knit and prepare trench candles from old newspapers as porch and garden parties energize North Shore horse shows and the White Sulphur Springs event. Saratoga racing and Red Cross fundraisers highlight a season of patriotic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Virginia
Washington
Fort Myer
Old Point
Allentown
Ati Ol
Ing
Peter Gerry
William Hitt
Julia Meyer
White Sulphur
Thornton Lewis
Lewis
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Laurence Lewis
Bingham
H. H. Flagler
Saratoga
Prides
Washington Social Roundup: Weddings and Weekends
The piece details a weekend trip by President and Mrs. Wilson aboard the Mayflower, Navy Secretary and Mrs. Daniels aboard the Sylph, and Interior Secretary and Mrs. Lane on a motor trip. It covers Reserve Officers' Training Club events hosted by Mrs. Hugh Scott and Miss Mabel Boardman, a nuptial at Florida Avenue home, and a formal wedding for Frances Effinger and Lieut. Shackelford Miller Jr. with attendees from Louisville, Mobile, and Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
John Randolph Bolling
Julian Bolling
Secretary of the Navy
Mra. Tanters
Potomac
Hugh Scott
U.S A
Mabel Boardman
Reserve Officers’ Training Camp
Sixteenth
K Streets
W T S Boardman
Richmond and New York social ties mark early fall engagements
The notice lists engagement of Emma Aten Wash ington to Chester C Baxter of Lima Ohio, with families from Richmond Staunton and New York. It then details a wedding at the Wallis residence where Helen Virginia Wallis wed Joseph Gaillard Martin, with attendants and guests, a reception, and a brief wedding trip. Additional social plans mention Mrs Hoge’s September travels for ties to Admiral Boush and Miss Boush’s Boston wedding, with guests from Pass Christian and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushrod Corbin Washington
Emma Aten
Chester. C. Baxter
Lima
Ohio
Samuel Wallis
Helen Virginia Wallis
Joseph Gaillard Martin
Eugene Martin
New Orleans
Pasa Christian
Father Mackin
Misa Anna Martin
Pass Christian
Hogs
William S. Hoge
Washington
Boston
Marbie Head
Geraldine Boush
Clifford J. Boush
Glenn Burrell
Marjorie MacNab Weds Edwin Ballinger In Quick City Ceremony
A wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs John F MacNab united their daughter Miss Marjorie MacNab to Edwin Ray Ballinger formerly of Denver. Rev Robert W Coe officiated in the absence of Dr Gordon with a small reception and music from Mrs John A Chamberlain. The bride wore white georgette crepe and will live with her parents temporarily before an apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Archibald Hopkins
Williamstown
Mass
Chauncey Depew
United States
France
Henry White
New York
Katherine Effinger
Neville Miller
Louisville
Lieut. Miller
Atlantic City
Mra. Miller
T. L Jefferson
Taylor Worth Adams
T. J. Jefferson
Taylor Adams
Grafton
Archibald §. Hall
Mobile
Ala
Carter Hall
Fairfax
John F. MacNab
Misa Marjorie MacNab
Edwin Ray Ballinger
Denver
Colo
Gordon
First Congregational Church
Robert W. Coe
John A. Chamberlain
Paul Martin
Alma Banker
Misa Elveril
William Ballinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Cross
T. White Mountains
Wilsons
Secretary of the Interior
Mrs. Lane
John B. Pitney
Joseph Leiter
John
R Williams
Frances Ef- Anger
J. Frederick Effnger
Shackelford Miller
R.C
Louisville, Ky
Florida Avenue
Charles Wood
Church of the
Congress
Helen Leseure
Miss LeSeure
Representative Cannon
Illinois
Mr. Cannon
Miss Helen Cannon
The
Steinway
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
St. Pisyer
Spottswood Carter
Richmond
Robert Craig Effinger
Herbert Smith
Columbus Halle
Staunton
Mr. Burrell
Guam
Miss Boush
Admiral
Mra. Boush
Gertsh Ieland
Anna Martin
R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont
Pierrepont
Bud
Katherine 8. Koones
Miss Koones
Samuel S. Koones
James T. Wallis
Altoona
Charles Edward Lyon
Worcester
Mase
Harry Fitzhugh Gray
Warrenton
Loring Schuler
Bala
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Newport
Stuart Duncan
Hilips
Eleventh Street
Georgette
Jersey
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