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S O C I E T Y
THE INDEX, Saturday, March 31, 1928
M R S . D. Herbert Hostetter, of Pitts­ of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Wilmer M. Jacoby, of Schoolhouse
burgh and New York, has announced John T. Brown, in Woodwell Street. Mr. and Lane, sailed March twenty-fourth for Rome,
the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Rohrer left later for a motor wedding where she will spend Easter visiting a friend.
Miss Helene Hostetter, to Mr. John Steven­ trip and after May first will be at home in Mrs. Jacoby will visit the Vatican while in
son Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tom- Ellwood City.
Rome.
linson Griffith, of Los Angeles. Mrs. Hos­
Among the out of town guests were Mr.
tetter and her daughter have passed a num­
Also sailing the same day were Mr. and
and Mrs. John M. Snyder, Mrs. William Lee
ber of Winters at the Hotel Huntington,
Mrs. G. Greer Coolidge and their daughter,
Woodcock, Miss Elizabeth Woodcock, Mrs.
Pasadena, and have a wide acquaintance in
Elizabeth, who are to spend six weeks in
Hays Mattern, Jr., and Mrs. George Evey, of Italy; Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Taylor, Mr.
Southern California society. Miss Hostetter's
Hollidaysburg; Miss Elyda Mary Wheeler, of
brother, Mr. D. Herbert Hostetter, Jr., makes
and Mrs. William B. Trainer, their son, Mr.
Minneapolis; Mrs. Henry A. Rohrer and Mr.
his home at Flintridge, California.
Louis D. Trainer, and Miss Wilhelmina Bal-
Howard Rohrer, of Lancaster.
ken, daughter of Mr. Edward Duff Balken, of
Colonial Place, who go to Naples.
Among the Pittsburghers noted recently
on the links at Pinehurst were Miss Louise
Elkins, Mrs. Cecil Anderson, Mrs. Edward
Pitcairn, Mrs. Porter S. Kier, Mrs. Elmer E.
Arensberg, Mrs. John R. Price, Miss Emily
Roseburgh, Mrs. Hugh Anderson and Mrs.
George Magoon.
Mrs. John M. Milliken, of the Schenley
Apartments, joined a party of friends who
left this week for Bermuda and will return
the latter part of April.
Announcement has been made of the engagement
of Miss Mary Katherine Walker,
daughter of the Rev. Dr. James E. Walker
and Mrs: Walker, of Astoria, Long Island,
formerly of Pittsburgh, to Mr. Drury Walls
Cooper, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Drury Walls
Cooper, of Montclair, New Jersey. Miss
Walker is a graduate of Scudder School and
is now president of the Scudder Alumnae Association.
Mr. Cooper is a Rutgers College
man, graduating in the class of 1923, and is
now in the New York University Law School.
Dr. Walker is now pastor of the Astoria
Presbyterian Church.
The marriage of Miss Charity Louise
Brown, daughter of Mrs. Samuel Elliott
Wakeley, of Celeron Street, to Mr. John Jay
Rohrer, son of Dr. and Mrs. George R. Rohrer,
of Lancaster, took place Wednesday in the
Morning Chapel of Calvary Protestant Episcopal
Church. The Rector, the Rev. Dr. Edwin
J. van Etten, read the service at half
past twelve o'clock, with only the immediate
families and a few friends present. The bride
wore a period gown of white wedding ring
satin, built with V-neck and having a band
of lace at the front and back. She carried
her mother's prayerbook, with shower markers
of calla lilies. Miss Ruth Lee Brown, a
sister, and Miss Barbara Barr, of Boston, as
the attendant maids, wore frocks of cornflower
blue chiffon. Their large leghorn hats
were banded with cornflowers and blue velvet
and they carried Dresden bouquets. Mr.
Henry A. Rohrer, of Lancaster, served as his
brother's best man and the ushers were Mr.
Wilbur A. Kindley, of Detroit, and Mr. David
P. Reese, Jr., of Harrisburg. Following the
ceremony there was a breakfast in the home
Judge Harry R. Wilson, of Clarion, has announced
the engagement of his daughter,
Miss Harriette Wilson, to Mr. Harold Shields
Hays, of Pittsburgh, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick D. Hays, of Clarion. The wedding
is planned for the early Fall.
Miss Lide W. Shaffer, of the Negley Apartments,
returned Wednesday from a six
weeks' trip to Miami and St. Petersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Bughman have
returned from Aiken to their home in Sewickley.
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Kirk and their
daughter, Mrs. Robina Kirk Quinby, who
have been in Palm Beach during the Winter,
are now at their home in Sewickley.
April hostesses for social affairs in the
Pittsburgh Country Club are Mrs. William L.
Monro, Mrs. Donald McNeil, Mrs. Frank S.
Slocum, Mrs. R. W. Kiser and Mrs. Clark
Hammond.
A luncheon bridge for women members
will be given Tuesday, April third, at one
o'clock; the usual Sunday evening buffet suppers
will be continued with dinner dances
Thursday and Saturday nights.
Miss Georgianna and Miss Katherine Collin
have returned from Westover School, Middlebury,
Connecticut, to spend the Easter
holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William W. Collin, Jr., of Edgeworth.
Another Sewickley Valley girl home for
the holidays is Miss Caroline Crittenden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Crittenden,
of Shields, who is a student at the
Spence School, New York.
Wednesday, April twenty-fifth, the
Women's Social Committee of the Shannopin
Country Club will give a luncheon musicale
in the clubhouse. Mrs. J. L. Rodrigues is in
charge of the affair.
Another country club affair for April is
the luncheon bridge that will be given Thursday
of next week in the South Hills Country
Club. Mrs. J. Audley Pierce is the April
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Mr. William Larimer Mellon, Jr., and Mr.
Matthew T. Mellon, of Darlington Road, are
spending the Spring vacation with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Larimer Mellon,
at Hot Springs, Virginia.
Also at the Springs for Easter are Dr. and
Mrs. Robert Milligan and Miss Peggy Milligan
; Mrs. William G. Costin and her son, Mr.
William G. Costin, Jr.
The wedding of Miss Mary Louise Fawcett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P.
Fawcett, of Callowhill Street, and Mr. Richard
Owens Ludebuehl took place Saturday
evening, March twenty-fourth, in the Highland
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr.
George C. Fisher performed the ceremony.
The bride, who was given away by her
father, wore a gown of ivory satin, trimmed
with rose point and duchesse lace. The full
court train of satin was lined with flesh-tint
chiffon and the lace-edged veil of tulle fell
from a coronet of duchesse lace and orange
blossoms. Orchids, white lilacs and lilies of
the valley made up the shower bouquet. Miss
Janette Wright, as maid of honor, and the
matron of honor, Mrs. Lewis P. Fawcett, II.,
of Providence, wore gowns of light coral
satin, built with uneven hems and side trains.
Frocks of coral satin in a deeper shade were
worn by the bridesmaids, Miss Elizabeth
Humphreys, of Philadelphia; Miss Ruth Mc-
Cauley, of Beaver; Miss Martha Brahm and
Miss Eleanor Williams. They carried Spring
flowers. Mr. Bradway Brown, of Morristown,
New Jersey, served as best man and the
ushers were Mr. Henry McAllister, of Denver
; Mr. Horace Roberts, of Moorestown; Mr.
Lewis P. Fawcett, II., of Providence; Mr.
Norman E. Wynn, Mr. Jack H. Miller and Mr.
Albert Ludebuehl. A reception and dinner in
The Rittenhouse followed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Alex Hardy and Miss Leonora
Ashmore have just returned from an
eight weeks' visit in Florida, at Coral Gables
and Miami. The condition of Mrs. Hardy's
health necessitated the continuous stay as
she is convalescing from a serious illness.
After May first they will occupy their new
home in Shady Avenue.