Jennifer Trezevant Blencowe The first of the season’s debutante balls, The Columbia Ball, was held Thanksgiving Eve, November 25, 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. Christian Tucker Weston III, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Weston, along with the debutante daughters, their mothers and grandmothers, and the debutante granddaughter and her grandmother, 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 Jennifer Trezevant Blencowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Trezevant Blencowe and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Randolph Blencowe Jr., escorted by Mr. Hunter Phelan Strasburger. Miss Blencowe was followed by Miss Virginia Calvert Key Glazebrook, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Spotswood Glazebrook Jr. and granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Spotswood Glazebrook, escorted by Mr. Thomas Spotswood Glazebrook III; Miss Catherine Heyward Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker III and granddaughter of Mrs. Heyward Hutchinson Fouché and the late Dr. Fouché, escorted by Mr. Edward McClain Smith; Miss Martha Glazener Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehrlich Walker and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moore Walker Sr., escorted by Mr. Marion Sadler Walker; Miss Frances Eugenia Ellerbe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe III, escorted by Mr. Lunsford Richardson Preyer III; Miss Sara Watts Faulks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Faulks Jr., escorted by Mr. Tyler Baldwin III; Miss Virginia Hallett Connell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Carl Connell, escorted by Mr. Marion McLean Sims. Debutante granddaughter was Miss Heyward Boykin Foxworth, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cameron Todd, escorted by Mr. Thomas Robertson Kibler.

Catherine Heyward Walker Virginia Calvert Key Glazebrook Guest debutantes were Miss Margaret Leigh Becker, escorted by Mr. John Elihu Wofford V; Miss Helen Jervey Brennan, escorted by Mr. James Seawright Brennan; Miss Katherine Wood Martin Byrd, escorted by Mr. Harry Roy Lindsey IV; Miss Mary Marchant Couick, escorted by Mr. Victor Breeden John IV; Miss Martha Cleveland Covington, escorted by Mr. Robert Stevens Walker; Miss Charlotte DuBose Gantt, escorted by Mr. David Douglas Moffatt II; Miss Elizabeth Skardon Garrison, escorted by Mr. Joel Ashford Tupper; Miss Anne McMeekin Herlong, escorted by Mr. James Augustus Herlong Jr.; Miss Ella Hampton Hyatt, escorted by Mr. Parkerson Carter Moore; Miss Alice Patterson Hymson, escorted by Mr. Carter Whaley Scott; Miss Catharine Alexander League, escorted by Mr. Richard Inglesby Simons; Miss Nathalie FitzSimons Matthews, escorted by Mr. Williams McIver Bryan IV; Miss Mary Louise McDonald, escorted by Mr. Henry Dargan McMaster Jr.; Miss Ada Margaret McKinney, escorted by Mr. John Bryant Lambert; and Miss Harriette Caroline Peele, escorted by Mr. Adrian Newton Wilson.

Martha Glazener Walker 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.

Sons and grandsons invited to attend their first Ball were Mr. Tyler Baldwin III, Mr. Joseph Rozier Blanchard Jr., Mr. James Wilks Fant III, Mr. John Russell Fowles, Mr. Thomas Robertson Kibler, Mr. John Bryant Lambert, Mr. Henry Dargan McMaster Jr., Mr. William Walker Roth, Mr. Marion McLean Sims, Mr. Marion Sadler Walker, and Mr. Robert Stevens Walker.

Frances Eugenia Ellerbe Seated at the president’s table with Mr. and Mrs. Weston were Mr. William Powers McElveen Jr., president of the Columbia Cotillion, and Mrs. McElveen; Mr. Lana Hancock Sims Jr., chairman of the Ball, and Mrs. Sims; Mr. Bruce Thomas Williams, hotel arrangements, and Mrs. Williams; Mr. James Judson Godbold, hotel arrangements co–chairman, and Mrs. Godbold; Mr. Thomas Charles Bryan II, music chairman, and Mrs. Bryan; Mr. Robert Edward Kneece Jr., past president, and Mrs. Kneece; and Mr. Frank Jones Brunson, former president, and Mrs. Brunson.

Sara Watts Faulks Committee chairmen were Mrs. Lanneau William Lambert Jr., debutantes; Mrs. Henry Dargan McMaster, debutante figure; Mrs. Earl Boyd McFadden Jr., decorations; Mrs. Robert Parks Kapp III, coffee table and silver; Mr. Hunter Lang Clarkson, reception; Mrs. William Austin Bunch, house and seating; Mrs. Raymond Emery Clark, invitations; Mrs. Frank Elliott Robinson III, publicity; Mrs. Ansel Claiborne Bunch, stags; Mrs. Frank Ehrlich Walker, social; Mrs. John Asbill Cloyd, scrapbook; and Mrs. William Wallace Bruner Jr., executive secretary.
Virginia Hallett Connell
Heyward Boykin Foxworth