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The marriage of Mrs. Merrette C. Abel and
Mr. Eldridge J. Cassellman, both of Pittsburgh,
took place Wednesday in the Little
Church Around the Corner, New York. The
Rev. Randolph Ray, the rector, read the service.
Mrs. Ambrose N. Diehl and Mr. Gilbert
D. Fish, of Pelham, New York, were the only
attendants. Following the ceremony Mrs.
Diehl was hostess at a tea in the Ritz-Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Cassellman will be at
home in Roslyn Place after June first.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Clemson, who have
been in Pasadena since shortly after the New
Year) holidays, are expected to arrive tomorrow
at Highmont, their home in Fifth
Avenue.
Mrs. Robert B. Kernonan, who has been
at Three Toms Tavern, Thomasville,
Georgia, for some time, has returned to her
home in Pembroke Place.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. Waldo Cherry,
of Harrisburg, have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Kathryn Fleming
Cherry, to the Rev. J. Harold Thomson,
son of the Rev. and Mrs. John A. Thomson,
of Calt Neck, New Jersey. The wedding is
planned for the Autumn. Miss Cherry, who
is a niece of Mrs. Paul N. Critchlow, of Sewickley,
the old home of her mother, is a
graduate of Wells College.
Mrs. James G. Pontefract has returned to
her home in Shields after spending the Winter
at Palm Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy Brown, of
Pittsburgh and Sewickley, have announced
the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rebekah
Law Brown, to Mr. William Woodbridge
Upham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Janeway Upham, of Duluth, and St.
Petersburg, Florida.
THE INDEX, Saturday, April 14, 1928
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Mr. and Mrs. George A. Harder, who have
been abroad since their marriage, returned
to New York Monday from France, where
they were with Mrs. Harder's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Dickinson Rhodes, of Sewickley.
Mrs. Harder was Miss Elizabeth
Peebles Rhodes.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. Horner, of North­
Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Burke, of
umberland Avenue, were hosts at a dinner
the evening of April seventh in honor of their
Devonshire Street, were in New York for a
few days to meet their daughter Mrs. Don­
niece, Miss Helen Adeline Snively, her fiance,
ald Scott Rodgers, on her return from Eng­
Mr. Nevin T. Brenner, and their nephew,
land on the Leviathan. Mrs. Rodgers went
Mr. Murray Grimes and his fiancee, Miss
abroad to attend the Grand National Steeple­
Virginia Corbus Patterson.
chase Race at Aintree, after which she
motored through England.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crawford' returned
to their home in Woodland Road Wednesday
after having spent the Winter at
Palm Beach.
Mrs. Hepburn Walker, of Lark Inn Fields,
Shields, gave a tea Monday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Burgoyne Hamilton, of New
York. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were the
guests of Mrs. Walker over the week-end.
C L U B S - P H I L A N T H R O P I E S - C I V I C S
A N illustrated talk on "Old Economy"
will be given by John M. Tate, Jr.,
of Sewickley, before members of the
College Club at three o'clock Friday afternoon,
April twentieth. Mr. Tate has made
a study of this interesting old community,
from its beginning up to its decline. His talk
will be of interest from historical, architectural
and communistic view-points.
Mrs. Walter C. Leonard is chairman of the
hostesses for the afternoon. Assisting her
will be Mrs. C. W. Jennings, Mrs. Charles R.
Miller, Jr., Mrs. John Semple Brown, Miss
Carrie Van Patten Young and Mrs. Dean R.
Wilson. Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Miller will
be at the tea table.
The Nominating Committee of the Southern
Club prepared the following ticket which
was elected at the annual business meeting
held in the Hotel Schenley April fifth: President,
Mrs. Arthur B. Lynn; vice presidents,
Mrs. Harry F. Bockstoce, Mrs. Fanny L.
Hooff, Mrs. M. Day Kirk and Mrs. Thomas
Fitzgerald; recording secretary, Mrs. C.
Fitzhugh Lee; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Maitland DuBois; assistant secretary, Mrs.
Stanley Crawford; treasurer, Mrs. Walter K.
Long. Executive Committee: Mrs. James
McFall, Mrs. William O'Lee and Mrs. Robert
F. Riddle.
Miss Jane G. Brice is general chairman of
the benefit bridge that the Phoebe Brashear broom stand, Mrs. John A. Freyvogel, with
Club will give at two o'clock this afternoon Miss Anne Stratman and Mrs. L. J. Fein-
at Kaufmann's. The proceeds are for the augle, vice chairmen; publicity, Miss Kather­
philanthropic and scholarship fund of the ine Goodman; escort, Mrs. Albert J. Bell,
club, of which Miss Ada Bishop is chairman. Mrs. William J. McAlister, vice chairman;
information, Mrs. Joseph Kunkel, Mrs. Fay
Mrs. William Maclay Hall is general chair­ Ida Lauer, vice chairman; hospitality, Mrs.
man of the annual observance of Week for Edward A. Weisser, Mrs. John H. Roney,
the Blind, which begins Tuesday, April seven­ vice chairman; receipts, Mrs. Robert L. Benteenth
in the Wabash Building. Other chairnett, Miss Katherine Saupp, vice chairman;
men are Mrs. Stephen Q. Hayes, for Catholic check-room, Miss Katherine Hanzel; emerg­
Day, April seventeenth; Mrs. Karl Kaufency, Mrs. J. M. Hilbish; braille, Mrs. John
mann, chairman for Jewish Day; Mrs. Ed­ F. McGraw, Miss Gladys Hegner; census,
win I. Fickes, Protestant Day chairman; Mrs. W. D. Brown; press, Miss Anna A.
press, Miss Priscilla Hall; publicity, Mrs. Egan.
William H. Connell, Jr.; tea, Mrs. C. Chester Assisting Mrs. Bell and Mrs. McAlister in
Kaufmann; program, Miss Mathilda Keat­ escorting the blind pupils and workers to the
ing; information, Mrs. Moses Ruslander; Wabash Building are Mrs. Raymond J.
sales, Mrs. R. C. Mulhatten; receipts, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. J. V. Dunlevy, Mrs. D. D. Kirby,
Nelle D. Willson; escort, Mrs. D. T. Jonas; Mrs. James J. Flannery, Sr., Miss Mildred
check-room, Mrs. James E. Bay; reading McCloy, Miss Miriam Friday, Mrs. Lawrence
matter for the blind, Miss Waller I. Bullock; W. Knapp, Mrs. Harry A. Friday, Mrs.
conservation of vision and prevention of Harry Hunter, Miss Margaret Kloos, Miss
blindness, Congress of Women's Clubs; Red Helen Kloos, Mrs. M. D. Kuhn, Mrs. A. A.
Cross Braille classes, Miss Lyde Kerr Wil­ Gillespie, Mrs. A. W. Robertson, Miss Kathson.erine
C. Shields, Mrs. Percy G. Cramp, Mrs.
Assisting Mrs. Hayes as vice chairmen are Clarence A. Vetter, Mrs. John A. Donahoe,
Mrs. H. M. Staley, Mrs. Frank J. Lanahan, Mrs. Andrew W. Bell, Mrs. John G. Steitz,
and Mrs. John Hermes, with Mrs. Charles Mrs. A. J. Diebold, Mrs. M. Diebold, Miss
A. Poth and Miss Naomi Larkin serving as Katherine Saupp, Mrs. Maurice L. O'Brien,
secretaries. The tea-room chairman is Mrs. Mrs. Herbert C. Mansman, Mrs. Frank J.
W. C. Eichenlaub; sales, Mrs. Mary C. Lanahan, Mrs. D. L. Frawley, Mrs. A. S.
Battles; program, Miss Genevieve Barr; Carson, Miss Elizabeth Keating, Mrs.