Newspaper clippings: Colonial Dames reception (Savannah, Dec. 1937) and 1938 debutante portrait

Two newspaper clippings pasted side by side at the upper half of the page; both relate to the late-December 1937 / 1938-season debut of Mary Ann Walker.

Left clipping (Savannah Morning News, page Four — Dec. 29th 1937):

Pencilled annotations at the top of the clipping:

FOUR — Savannah Morning [News]

Dec. 29th 1937

Printed headline:

Colonial Dames House Is [Scene of] Lovely Reception For M[iss Walker]

Article body (small type, partly broken by the bound edge; bracketed words at line ends are reconstructed where the clipping is cut off):

At a lovely reception taking place this afternoon at the Colonial Dames House, Miss Mary Anne Walker will be introduced by her mother, Mrs. J. Pickens Walker.

The rooms are beautifully decorated with pink and white gladioli. In the dining room the table is covered with a lace cloth, and has a centerpiece of pink carnations and white candles in silver holders. Mrs. David S. At[kinson] is pouring coffee and Mrs. Raymond V. Harris is servi[ng punch].

Assisting in entertaining are Mrs. [Walker’s] sister, Mrs. Donal[d Allston] of Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Jes[se Fulen]wider, Mrs. Frank S. Bagg[ett], Mrs.] Porter Pierpont, Mrs. Willi[am Rob]inson, Mrs. Hudson Boyd, [Mrs. Mal]colm Maclean, Mrs. W. Walt[er Doug]las, Mrs. Thomas Hilton [and Miss] Dee Walker. Serving are M[iss Amy] Allston and Miss Aramint[hea Allston] of Charleston, S. C., Miss Eu[nice Foss] and Miss Virginia Jones.

Miss Walker is wearing a [dress of] silver lame made with a clo[se fitting] bodice trimmed with green [chiffon at] the neck line and having a [very full] skirt. She is wearing a co[rsage of] orchids and carrying a bou[quet of] violets.

Mrs. Walker’s dress of g[rey mar]quisette is trimmed with l[ace and] has a short lace jacket. He[r flowers] are a corsage of orchids.

Miss Dee Walker is wearing [a black] velvet dress trimmed in lace [and her] corsage is of gardenias and [lilies of] the valley.

Those invited are: Mrs. [Pratt] Adams, Mrs. Evelyn Adams, M[iss Har]riette Allen, Mrs. J. Rando[lph An]derson, Mrs. Clarence G. A[nderson], Mrs. A. L. Alexander, Mrs. [Thomas] Allen, Mrs. David S. Atkins[on, Mrs.] F. W. Altstaetter, Miss Cathe[rine At]kinson, Mrs. F. S. Baggett, [Mrs. F.] B. Bragg, Mrs. Devereux Bac[on, Mrs.] O. W. Burroughs, Miss Ma[ry Bur]roughs, Mrs. Hudson Boyd, Mrs. [Emily] Bancroft, Mrs. J. F. Buckner, [Mrs. …] DeBard, Mrs. David Barro[w, Mrs.] James A. Baggs, Mrs. H. H. [Bruen, Mrs.] Thomas Bond, Mrs. Sullivan [Bond,] Miss Marjorie Bacon, Mrs. [F.] Bullard, Miss Beckwith, Mrs. [E. C.] Bull, Miss Mary Crisfield, [Mrs.] Dewey Cook, Miss Mildred C[unning]ham, Mrs. G. L. Candler, M[iss Leo]nora Candler, Mrs. Allen Cr[awford,] Mrs. W. B. Crawford, Mrs. M. X. Cor[bin, Mrs.] J. A. P. Crisfield, Mrs. Charles R. Clapp, Mrs. P. [N. Cal]houn, Mrs. Richard M. Charlton, [Mrs.] Frank Chisholm, Mrs. Retta F. [Coney, Mrs.] McCay Dearing, Miss [Helen] Dearing, Mrs. Harry Dearing, [Mrs.] Frances Dasher, Mrs. Fred Davis, Mrs. John S. Davidson, Mrs. [A.] R. Dancy, Mrs. Frank Duran[t, Mrs.] Fred Doyle, Mrs. W. Walter [Douglas,] Mrs. Raymond Demere, Miss [Allison] Davis, Mrs. Carl Espy, [Sr., Mrs.] …

(right-hand column, partly visible:) …wider, Mrs. E. B. F[…], W. Groves, Mrs. Ch[…], James Glover, M[rs. …] Gamble, Mrs. Stu[art] Ravenel Gignilliat, [Mrs.] Gadsden, Mrs. Geo[rge…], Mrs. R. J. Gilchrist, [Mrs. Ger]rard, Mrs. Fred Hi[ghsmith, Mrs.] Highsmith, Mrs. C. [… Mrs.] Mary Haines, Mrs. […], Mrs. George Heyw[ard,] Mrs. Wright Hun[ter, Mrs.] Haines, Mrs. R. […], Thomas Hilton, Miss Alice He[y]ke[ll], Miss Alice He[y]riott Hunter, Mrs. [Per]ry, Mrs. Percy Jones, Mrs. […] Jones, Mrs. W. Mc[…], Caroline Jones, Mrs. [Wash]ington King, Mrs. William T. K[…], Mrs. A. R. La[wton, Mrs.] Livingston, Mrs. A[lex, Mrs.] Ralston Lattim[ore, Mrs.] Lattimore, Mrs. La[…], Edna Lattimore, M[rs. M. M. L?], Mrs. M. W. Lippitt, [Mrs. Pres]ton, Miss Clermont Lawrence, Jr., Mrs. [Frank] L. McNeill, Mrs. R. E. L. Mat[…] Mixon, Mrs. John M. Mackall, Mrs. [Tho]Peter Meldrim, M[r]dim, Mrs. W. B. [Mercer,] George Mercer, Mrs. [Pratt] Mrs. Shelby Myrick [Mrs.] Cranie, Mrs. Malcol[m, Mrs.] J. D. McCartney, Miss Elsie McIver, Miss Marie Nesbet, Edgar Oliver, Mrs. P. G. Pi[er]ard, Mrs. P. G. Pi[er], Pollard, Mrs. O. W. Phillips, Miss Geor[ge] Charles D. Russell, Mrs. E. B. Patrick, N[orman R]obertson, Miss Emily R[…], [Rob]ert H. Roux, Mrs. William Rankin, Miss Alice Remshart Roux, Mrs. Horace Smart, Sipple, Mrs. W. F. Gordon Saussy, Mrs. Miss Margaret Stil[lwell, Mrs.] Solomon, Mrs. Eldredge, Catherine Shepherd Travis, Mrs. John Jack Trenholm, Mrs. E. S. Trosdal, Mrs. E. G. Thomson, [Mrs. Trens]dal, Mrs. Willis Waring, Mrs. T. P. [Wallace,] E. Wallace, Mrs. David Cady W[right,] Wright, Mrs. Anton[ette] Noel P. Wright, [Mrs. James] White, Mrs. William [T.] Seabrook, Miss H[…], Mrs. Raymond Sull[ivan]…

Following the [reception, Mrs.] Walker will ent[ertain Miss] Walker with a co[cktail party] 6:30 until 7:30 o’c[lock].

[The clipping is in two narrow columns; many surnames are cut by the bound edge or partly hidden under the overlapping right-hand clipping, and have been transcribed as best read with bracketed reconstructions where confidence is low.]

Right clipping (Union, Jacksonville, Florida, Friday Dec. 23 [1937]):

Masthead visible at the top:

[TIMES-]UNION, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, D[EC. 23 1937]

Pencilled annotation between masthead and headline:

Dec. 23

Printed caption headline (set above the photo):

ATTRACTIVE DEBUTANTE 1938

A full-length studio photograph of a young woman in a long pale formal gown with a fitted bodice and short puffed sleeves; she holds a bouquet of flowers at her waist and stands before a draped backdrop flanked by tall floral arrangements on pedestals.