Down Virginia Way

Down Virginia Way

By Nina Carter Tabb

Mrs. George Carter of Alexandria, Va. announced the engagement of her daughter, Anne Cliffe Carter, to Peter Knowles of Washington, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. Knowles of Pensacola, Fl.

Miss Carter is the daughter of the late George Carter of The Plains, Va. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Tidball Carter of The Plains, and of the late Judge and Mrs. John Hannum of Chester, Pa. No date has been set for the wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cox left their home, Mount Rose in The Plains, the past week for Lexington, Ky. where they will spend the winter, and where Mr. Cox has accepted a position.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill Jones have closed their Virginia home, Rock Hedge near Bluemont, and with their son, Charles Hill, Jones, Jr., have returned to their home in New York for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will come back to Rock Hedge later in the fall for a visit.

Mrs. Mary Cary Walker Dudley and her young son, Thomas U. Dudley III of Richmond, have been spending several days in Middleburg with Mrs. Rosalie Montague Littleton. Mrs. Littleton and Mrs. Dudley were out long before daylight on Saturday to go cub hunting with the Middleburg Hunt, when they met near Middleburg for an early morning of sport.

Mrs. John A. C. Keith of Warrenton has been visiting her sister, Mrs. B. Lauristen Hardin, in Washington, and left this weekend for Plainfield, N.J. to spend some time with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Day.

Colonel and Mrs. George Wertenbaker of Washington have taken a house at Waterford, Va. and moved into their new home the past week with their little daughter, Elizabeth.

Mrs. Helen Lipscomb Henderson and her son, Joe Henderson, have arrived in Virginia from Clearwater Fl., where they have been on a visit. They are staying with her father and brother, William, H. Lipscomb and Ross Lipscomb, at their home, Raspberry Plain in Leesburg.

Mrs. McNeile Moffett and her son, Billy Moffett of Washington, were the houseguests of Mrs. Henderson for several days at Raspberry Plane this week.

Mrs. Robert Barton, Jr. and her daughter, Miss Edith Barton of Richmond, came to Washington to attend the MacCracken-Whitten wedding. From there they came to Winchester to stay with Mrs. Robert Barton, Jr. for the weekend. They both attended attended a dinner party Saturday evening at the River House on the Shenandoah River hosted by William H. Lipscomb of Leesburg.

Foxcroft School near Middleburg opened for the season Monday with 100 young women enrolled.

Reprinted with permission from The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 1947