This weekend I was cleaning up and organizing my genealogy files. Part of that collection included a cache of newspaper clippings I had downloaded during a free weekend on Newspapers.com. It turns out that my wife's grandmother, Mary Marjorie Voorhees (born March 16, 1908), was frequently mentioned in the Richmond Times-Dispatch during the late 1920s and '30s. One of those clippings, a delightful society notice from 1927, really caught my attention and I knew I had to write a post about it to share it.
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| "St. Patrick's Dance," Richmond Times-Dispatch, 3 April 1927, page 36, accessed August 2, 2023, via Newspapers.com. |
The following clipping, transcribed in full, details the celebration for Mary Marjorie Voorhees’ 19th birthday:
St. Patrick's Dance
On last Saturday night a St. Patrick's dance was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Voorhees, of 2519 East Grace Street, in honor of the birthday of Miss Marjorie Voorhees.
Among those present were Misses Lea Britton, Edith Britton, Emma Davis, Hazel Moles, Thelma Overby, Ethel Voorhees, Mollie Huband, Marjorie Voorhees and Eloise Voorhees; Messrs. Robert Pruett, Cyril Britton, Robert Winston, Aubrey Kidd, John Ferreter, San Loury, Frank Sawyers, Fred Garris, Alfred Mason, Raymond Pereda, Leonard Galbraith, Eugene Pereda, Charles Jenkins, Gilbert Unger, Roland Britton, Carroll Voorhees, John Voorhees and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Voorhees.
Map of the Location
The Voorhees family home at 2519 East Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia:
(Zoom and drag to explore the neighborhood.)
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