The Columbia Ball presents 13 debutantes Thanksgiving Eve
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| Eleanor
Elizabeth Kibler | |
The
first of the season's debutante balls, The Columbia Ball, was held Thanksgiving
Eve, November 21, 2007, at The Columbia Marriott.
The festivities began at 7 pm with a reception followed by the presentation
of the debutantes, the debutante figure, dinner, and dancing in the ballroom.
Music was provided by the Ross Holmes Band.
Mr. John Bruce Guignard, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Guignard,
along with debutante daughters, their mothers and grandmothers, and the
debutante granddaughters and grandmothers, received members and guests. The
daughters and granddaughters making their formal bows to society were presented
by their fathers and grandfathers and introduced by Mr. Thomas Charles Bryan II.
The debutante figure was led by Miss Mildred Brown Knowlton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Yates Knowlton and granddaughter of Mrs. Charles Wilson Knowlton
and the late Mr. Knowlton, presented by her father and escorted by Mr. Robert
Yates Knowlton Jr. Miss Knowlton was followed by Miss Melissa Anderson Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomas Williams, presented by her father and
escorted by Mr. Thomas Keith Williams; Miss Dolores Emma Cantey Brunson,
daughter of Mr. George Washington Brunson Jr. and Mrs. Andrella Todd Brunson and
granddaughter of Dr. George Washington Brunson and the late Mrs. Brunson,
presented by her father and escorted by Mr. Omar Taylor Haque; Miss Eleanor
Elizabeth Kibler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Robertson Kibler, presented by
her father and escorted by Mr. Frank Page Morris Jr.; Miss Catherine Ehrlich
Menge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rothrock Menge, presented by her father
and escorted by Mr. Frank Taylor Brennecke; Miss Caroline Robinson Ellerbe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe III, presented by her father and
escorted by Mr. William Haselden Ellerbe; Miss Emily Chapman Faulks, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Faulks Jr., presented by her father and escorted by Mr.
Joel Ashford Tupper; and Miss Kathryn Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Clarence Sylvester Davis III, presented by her father and escorted by Mr.
Michael McDonald Davis.
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| Catherine
Ehrlich Menge | |
Debutante
granddaughters were Miss Alice Wilson Knowlton, granddaughter of Mrs. Charles
Wilson Knowlton and the late Mr. Knowlton, presented by her uncle Francis
Burkhead Brown Knowlton Jr., escorted by Mr. Benton DuBose Williamson Jr.; Miss
Katherine Flint Knowlton, granddaughter of Mrs. Charles Wilson Knowlton and the
late Mr. Knowlton, presented by her uncle, Mr. Robert Yates Knowlton, escorted
by Mr. Carey Parker Burnett Jr.; Miss Laurie Fraser Peebles, granddaughter of
the late Judge and Mrs. John Grimball, presented by Mr. James William
Haltiwanger Jr., escorted by Mr. Francis Heyward Harvin; Miss Caroline Louise
Whitaker, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, presented by her
uncle Mr. Manton McCutchen Matthews, escorted by Mr. Harris Chen Wang; and Miss
Louise McKenzie Whiteside, granddaughter of Dr. George Washington Brunson and
the late Mrs. Brunson, presented by her uncle Mr. Frank Jones Brunson, escorted
by Mr. Stuart Douglas Whiteside Jr.
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| Caroline
Robinson Ellerbe | |
Guest
debutantes were Miss Sarah Louise Bettis, escorted by Mr. Raymond Emery Clark
Jr.; Miss Whitney Elizabeth Cantey, escorted by Mr. Andrew Bradley Cantey; Miss
Annie Halford Childs, escorted by Mr. James Henry Fowles IV; Miss Margaret
Gignilliat Clay, escorted by Mr. James Lucas McFadden; Miss Caroline Reeves
Cotter, escorted by Mr. Moses Tucker Laffitte III; Miss Margaret Weston Fraser
Crews, escorted by Mr. Lee Lockwood Tupper; Miss Mary Lucille Dinkins, escorted
by Mr. Sanford Benjamin Dinkins; Miss Beverly Wallace Cornman Foster, escorted
by Mr. Kirkman Lindsay Amos; Miss Katherine Hamilton Helms, escorted by Mr.
Richard Larkin Bogan; Miss Catherine Rezner Hipp, escorted by Mr. Tobias Gavin
Ward III; Miss Lauren Frances Keisler, escorted by Mr. Cody Hamilton McWilliams;
Miss Ellen Campbell McKinney, escorted by Mr. Charles Connolly Prevost; Miss
Rebecca Connell Owings, escorted by Mr. Walter McNeel Keenan III; Miss Virginia
Boykin Roach, escorted by Mr. Sanford Manning Zeigler; Miss Katherine DuVal
Roman, escorted by Mr. Todd Charles Burnett; Miss Laura Lucius Taylor, escorted
by Mr. Lana Hancock Sims IV; Miss Alice McKellar Temple, escorted by Mr. James
Greenlee Davis; Miss Elisabeth Mays Williamson, escorted by Mr. John Calvin
Bruton III; and Miss Eliza Katherine Wolff, escorted by Mr. Oliver Iselin
Crawford Jr.
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| Emily Chapman
Faulks | |
The
debutantes carried round bouquets of small to large exhibition stage roses in
pink, blush, white and off- white with complementing greenery, short exposed
stems and short sheer streamers. The table arrangements were tall silver
candelabras with varying shades of pale pink roses, white tulips and hydrangeas,
variegated ivy, and flowing dendrobium orchids.
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| Kathryn
Elizabeth Davis | |
Sons
and grandsons invited to attend their first Ball were Mr. Richard Henning Beale
Jr., Mr. Frank Taylor Brennecke, Mr. John Calvin Bruton III, Mr. Oliver Iselin
Crawford Jr., Mr. William Haselden Ellerbe, Mr. James Henry Fowles IV, Mr.
Albert Thomas Gilpin III, Mr. James Lucas McFadden, Mr. Lana Hancock Sims IV,
Mr. Joel Ashford Tupper, and Mr. Lee Lockwood Tupper.
Seated at the president's table with Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce Guignard were
Mr. Benjamin Walter Taylor, president of the The Columbia Cotillion, and Mrs.
Taylor; Mr. Robert Edward Kneece Jr., chairman of the Ball, and Mrs. Kneece; Mr.
Christian Tucker Weston III, hotel arrangements and Mrs. Weston; Mr. Lana
Hancock Sims Jr., hotel arrangements co- chairman and Mrs. Sims; Mr. Bruce
Thomas Williams, music chairman and Mrs. Williams; and Mr. Constantinos Arthur
Corontzes, past president, and Mrs. Corontzes.
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| Alice Wilson
Knowlton | |
Committee
chairmen were Mrs. Thomas Rush Gottshall, debutantes; Mrs. James Livingston
Bruner, debutante figure; Mrs. Frank Ehrlich Walker, decorations; Mrs. Rodney
Carl Connell, coffee table and silver; Mr. Thomas Charles Bryan II, reception;
Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker III, house and seating; Mrs. Thomas Miles
Spong, invitations; Mrs. William Austin Bunch, publicity; Mrs. Wilmot Brown
Irvin, stags; Mrs. Ralph Rothrock Menge, social; Mrs. John Asbill Cloyd,
scrapbook; and Mrs. William Wallace Bruner Jr., executive secretary.
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