The Cotillion Ball, Dec. 27, 2007

Carlisle Gibbes Childs Adams The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentlemen's dance club founded in 1890, held its Winter Ball Thursday evening, December 27, 2007, at the Columbia Marriott. Four daughters and three granddaughters of members were presented.

A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante figure including seventeen guest debutantes. Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr. directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of Dick Goodwin.

Daughters presented were Miss Carlisle Gibbes Childs Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Lyman Adams, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Davis Augustus Childs, escorted by Mr. Thomas Gordon McLeod; Miss Whitney Elizabeth Cantey, daughter of Mr. Joseph Moorer Cantey and the late Mrs. Cantey, granddaughter of the late Mr. James Willis Cantey and Mrs. Cantey, escorted by Mr. Andrew Bradley Cantey; Miss Caroline Inglesby Caldwell, daughter of Mr. Samuel Brent Caldwell and the late Mrs. Caldwell, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Louis Dial Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Louis Dial, escorted by Mr. Michael Anthony Murphy; and Miss Elisabeth Mays Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benton Dubose Williamson, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lockehart Mays, escorted by Mr. Sanford Manning Zeigler.

Whitney Elizabeth Cantey Granddaughters presented were Miss Mary Hunter Chamberlain, granddaughter of Mr. Chappelle Heath Manning and Mrs. Arthur Ravenel Jr., escorted by Mr. Chappelle Heath Manning III; Miss Caroline Robinson Ellerbe, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. David LeConte Robinson and the late Elizabeth Gibbes Robinson, escorted by Mr. William Haselden Ellerbe; and Miss Margaret Rhett von Werssowetz, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mullins McLeod, escorted by Mr. Frank Taylor Brennecke.

Guest debutantes were Miss Sarah Louise Bettis, escorted by Mr. Lee Lockwood Tupper; Miss Dolores Emma Cantey Brunson, escorted by Mr. Paul Moore Heider; Miss Margaret Gignilliat Clay, escorted by Mr. William Grayson Lambert; Miss Caroline Reeves Cotter, escorted by Mr. Jeffery Ansel Parrish; Miss Margaret Weston Fraser Crews, escorted by Mr. Samuel Francis Crews IV; Miss Mary Lucille Dinkins, escorted by Mr. Harrison Michael Floyd; Miss Sydney Ellis Evans, escorted by Mr. Raymond Emery Clark Jr.; Miss Emily Chapman Faulks, escorted by Mr. Joel Ashford Tupper; Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Kibler, escorted by Mr. John Calvin Bruton III; Miss Mildred Brown Knowlton, escorted by Mr. Robert Yates Knowlton Jr.; Miss Catherine Ehrlich Menge, escorted by Mr. William Clark Menge II; Miss Rebecca Connell Owings, escorted by Mr. James Henry Fowles IV; Miss Virginia Boykin Roach, escorted by Mr. Nelson Edings Seabrook; Miss Katharine DuVal Roman, escorted by Mr. Leland Baker Burns; Miss Erin Elisabeth Smith, escorted by Mr. William Joseph Keenan IV; Miss Alice McKellar Temple, escorted by Mr. Jehu Marion Molten; and Miss Melissa Anderson Williams, escorted by Mr. Thomas Keith Williams

Caroline Inglesby Caldwell Seated at the head table were Mr. Benjamin Walter Taylor, president, and Mrs. Taylor; Mr. William Powers McElveen, vice president, and Mrs. McElveen; Mr. John Calvin Thorne, secretary- treasurer, and Mrs. Thorne; Mr. Church Carroll Heyward, past president, and Mrs. Heyward; and Mr. William Harrison Theus and Mrs. Theus, Mr. John Calvin Thorne III and Mrs. Thorne, Mr. Andrew Crawford Clarkson III and Mrs. Clarkson, and Mr. Beverley Randolph Dunlap and Mrs. Dunlap, executive committee members.

Elizabeth Mays Williamson Also seated at the head table were Mr. John Bruce Guignard, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Guignard, and Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr., director of the debutante figure, and Mr. Heath. The Columbia Star has been publishing debutantes since 1963

Mary Hunter Chamberlain Caroline Robinson Ellebe Margaret Rhett von Werssowetz