The Columbia Cotillion Club holds 114th ball

2004-12-31 / Society

Abbot Land Bristow In its 114th season, The Columbia Cotillion Club’s Winter Ball was held Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at the Adam’s Mark Hotel. An 8 pm reception and receiving line was followed by the Debutante Figure, dinner, and dancing. Presented at the ball were seven debutante daughters, 11 granddaughters, and eight guest debutantes of the Columbia Gentlemen’s Club, organized in 1890.

Daughters presented were Abbot Land Bristow, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter James Bristow II, granddaughter of the Honorable and Mrs. Walter James Bristow Jr., escorted by Ansel Claiborne Bunch Jr.; Jewell Younger Gibbes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Felder Gibbes, granddaughter of the late Mr. Louis LeConte Gibbes and Mrs. Louis LeConte Gibbes, escorted by Brian Emerson Smith; Elizabeth Davies Gibbes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mason Gibbes Jr., granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mason Gibbes, escorted by Stephen Henry Ross; Christine Warren Irvin, daughter of Mr. Charles Warren Irvin III and Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon Edwards, granddaughter of the late Dr. Charles Warren Irvin Jr. and Mrs. Charles Warren Irvin Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker, escorted by Calhoun Hipp; Laura Cole Miot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davies Miot III, granddaughter of the late Mr. Joseph Davies Miot Jr. and Mrs. Joseph Davies Miot Jr., escorted by Herbert Floyd Ames Jr.; Irene Pinckney Simons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simons Jr., granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simons, escorted by Steven Simons Armato; and Catherine Chalk Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker, escorted by Zachary James Thompson.

Jewell Younger Gibbes Granddaughters presented were Ann King Austin, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smyly Tompkins III, escorted by Robert Blakely Lofgren; Elizabeth Graham Gertz, granddaughter of the late Mr. Alexander Talley Moore and Mrs. Alexander Talley Moore, escorted by John Means A’Hearn; Elizabeth Dial Jenkins, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Louis Dial Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Louis Dial Jr., escorted by Mark Joseph Williams Jr.; Katherine Helen King, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Means Davis Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Means Davis, escorted by Hudson Davis Shelby; Amy Elizabeth McEachin, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Blake Edmunds, escorted by Larkin Varmore Ellzey; Elizabeth Christian Pope, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington Pope Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alva Moore Lumpkin and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Peyre Thomas Jr., escorted by Belton Townsend Zeigler Jr.; Amanda Caldwell Reading, granddaughter of Mr. Tucker Fisher Dana and the late Mrs. Dana, escorted by John Hardin Reading; Asta Rose Repenning, granddaughter of Mr. Andrew Joseph Lawrence Nettles, escorted by William Tennant Manning; Kinloch Howell Smith, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woodward Barnwell, escorted by William Hastings Hensel Jr.; Eleanor Voigt Stanley, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walker Taylor, escorted by George McAlpin Crouch; Marie Gillespie Stitt, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Blake Edmunds, escorted by Fitz Lee Howard McEachin.

Elizabeth Davies Gibbes Guest debutantes were Elizabeth Kershaw Blackmon escorted by Edward Coles Taylor III, Elizabeth Sherwood Gregg escorted by Paul Ramsey Bowers Jr., Margaret Burnet Brunson escorted by Thomas Miles Spong Jr., Sarah Jernigan Weston escorted by Charles Matthew Bullwinkel, Margaret Ellen Pendarvis escorted by Phillips Lancaster McWilliams, Elizabeth Wood McCoy escorted by William Hammond Bowman IV, Sarah Belser Lamb escorted by William Frederick Lamb, and Mason McNulty Hubbard escorted by Samuel Hunt McNulty.

Catherine Chalk Walker Seated at the head table were Dr. Robert Holt Bunch, president of the Cotillion, and Mrs. Bunch; Mr. Thomas Otto Milliken, president of the Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Milliken; Mr. Church Carroll Heyward, secretary–treasurer of the Cotillion, and Mrs. Heyward; Executive Committee Members Mr. Joseph Walker Clarke and Mrs. Clarke; Mr. Geddings Hardy Crawford Jr. and Mrs. Crawford; Mr. Julian Bonham Shand and Mrs. Shand; Mr. John Cantey Heath and Mrs. Heath, debutante figure coordinator; and Mr. William Powers McElveen Jr. and Mrs. McElveen.